Articles by: GwinnettForum
NEWS BRIEFS: Long-term patient rehab center coming to Gainesville
Patients in need of long-term inpatient rehabilitation in north Georgia will soon have more access to these critical services. Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health of Brentwood, Tenn., have entered into a joint venture partnership to build and operate a new inpatient rehabilitation facility in Gainesville.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you pinpoint this street scene in our nation?
Here’s a street scene that could be anywhere in the nation. Your job is to figure out where this is. How many can name the street and city? Send your thoughts to elliottt@brack.net, and be sure to include your hometown.
Fran Worrall of Lawrenceville recognized the last Mystery Photo: “It’s the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., located on the Hudson River approximately 50 miles north of New York City.
NEW for 3/31: King statue, fishing for vets, PCOM grads return
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Unveiling of Dr. King Statue is Saturday in downtown Atlanta
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Berkeley Lake plans day of fishing for veterans on May 6
SPOTLIGHT: Crowne Plaza Hotel
ANOTHER VIEW: Two PCOM grads leave practices to return to teach
FEEDBACK: Ex-officer sees mishandling in District Attorney’s office
UPCOMING: Renova Technology expanding at Oakbrook Parkway location
NOTABLE: Math competition at GGC honors late faculty members
RECOMMENDED: Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins by William and Mary Morris
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Maj. Gen. Thomas Ruger was provisional governor of state
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perhaps this one clue will guide you to ID this photo!
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Stripers’ 2023 season opens tonight at 7:05 p.m.
FOCUS: Unveiling is Saturday in downtown Atlanta of King Statue
By DePriest Waddy, | It started with a dream…a dream to launch a billion prayers and acts of kindness worldwide. That desire led to the National Monuments Foundation of Atlanta, partnering with Clyde and Sandra Strickland, Tim Minard, Dame Didi Wong and Social Investment Holdings, Inc., to commission a statue of Atlanta’s Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the world’s greatest examples of peace. M
ANOTHER VIEW: Two PCOM grads leave practices to return to teach
By Barbara Myers | In 2009, four years after PCOM Georgia was established, PCOM Georgia Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Renee Himmelbaum, and Department of Family Medicine Assistant Professor Joy Zarandy matriculated into the campus’ osteopathic medicine program. They both remember their student years in a similar fashion.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perhaps this one clue will guide you to ID this photo!
The major clue for today’s mystery is that body of water in the foreground. That’s the only help we’ll give you today as you seek to identify this photograph. Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
Sara Rawlins of Lawrenceville was among those recognizing the latest mystery. She wrote: “This a photo from Andy Brack’s vacation in and around St. John’s, Newfoundland.
NEW for 3/28: On Trump, “gobsmacked” and wokeness
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TODAY’S FOCUS: When will the key GOP leaders openly condemn Trump?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Perfect word: have you ever been gobsmacked?
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
ANOTHER VIEW: Resist! Don’t get caught up in all this “Wokeness”
FEEDBACK: Appreciates valuable alternative of Gwinnett Tech
UPCOMING: Sculptor Basil Watson offers artist tour April 1 at Hudgens
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Chamber announces winners of VALOR awards
RECOMMENDED: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Macon is home of Georgia’s largest arts and science museum
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you tell us where these houses are located?
LAGNIAPPE: Signing of legislation creating the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit
CALENDAR: King statue unveiling planned for April 1
Gwinnett Forum | July 23, 2024
“I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together , not only our government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained, is unbroken at home and abroad.”
–The 38th president of the United States, Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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