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MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you figure out where these houses are located?
Today’s mystery photo is not a composite. It is a single photo, which appears to be houses stacked on top of each other. The distinctive colors might help you identify this image. Get to noodling and send your guess to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
What we thought would be an easy Mystery Photo turned out to be difficult, perhaps because the photo probably had not been exhibited anywhere before.
NEW for 3/24: On Dacula pianist, Gwinnett’s district attorney, electric vehicles
Click here to read our new full edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Dacula pianist wins grant for three-stop jazz tour
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett District Attorney not performing duties as she should
SPOTLIGHT: Crowne Plaza Hotel
ANOTHER VIEW: Ready to buy an EV? There are some consequences
FEEDBACK: 760 trucks in 58 mile stretch: meaningless but scary
UPCOMING: UPCCA will award two $1,000 scholarships this year
NOTABLE: Three factors drive increased enrollment at Gwinnett Tech
OBITUARY: William Robert Souter
RECOMMENDED: Anything…by Tom Robbins
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Coles College at Kennesaw State has more than 7,000 students
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out and identify this idyllic setting
CALENDAR: Spring exhibition reception at Suwanee Art Center scheduled for Sunday
FOCUS: Dacula pianist wins grant for three-stop jazz tour
By Hannah E. Jones | South Arts recently selected 12 artists and ensembles around the country to receive funds to help cover the costs of a local tour. In June, Georgia’s Greg Satterthwaite Quartet will embark on a three-stop tour in Georgia and Florida, thanks to a grant provided through the nonprofit’s Jazz Road Tours program.
ANOTHER VIEW: Ready to buy an EV? There are some consequences
By Raleigh Perry | People who buy battery-powered automobiles do so because it is good for the environment. Clean power, no exhaust emissions! Gosh that is wonderful! Yet where does their power really come from? Since we live in Georgia, let us talk about the Georgia origins of the electricity that powers these cars. Basically speaking, Georgia gets its electricity from several different sources including nuclear, hydroelectric and steam plants.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out and identify this idyllic setting
Here’s an idyllic scene, showing some of the blooms of springtime. Figure out where this photo was taken, and tell us about the area. Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
The most recent Mystery Photo was recognized by several readers, though the photograph is far across an ocean. It’s as Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex., says, at: “the western-most point of Portugal and all of Europe, Cabo da Roca (which means ‘Cape of Rocks”’ in English)…
William Robert Souter
William Robert Souter, 84, of Snellville, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2023. He will be joined with his deceased daughter Sandra in God’s kingdom. A visitation for him will be held Monday, March 27, at noon at Eternal Hills Funeral Home and Cremation, 3594 Stone Mountain Highway, Snellville. Following the visitation will be a memorial service at 1 p.m.
NEW for 3/21: Left the GOP and overladen trucks
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Clearer each day why he left the Republican Party
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia doesn’t need heavier trucks pounding our roadways
SPOTLIGHT: Sugarloaf Community Improvement District
FEEDBACK: Says Forum got reason wrong on comment on Lake Lanier
UPCOMING: Norcross Gallery and Studio offers first juried show of the year
NOTABLE: Winn DAR Chapter picks six students for Good Citizen Award
OBITUARY: Timothy Joseph Connolly,
RECOMMENDED: The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Collin Rogers was master builder of elegant houses in 1830s
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of clues: Rocks, water, building, but where is it?
CALENDAR: Food tasking from vendors of Gwinnett Stripers at the ball park March 22
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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