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FOCUS: Joy in Duluth as Peachtree Christian Health raises $593,900
By Paige Havens | Peachtree Christian Health (PCH) has been saved! After announcing recently that it might be forced to close unless the community could raise $500,000, the community came through. Many large anonymous gifts came in. As of Wednesday morning, the community had rallied by contributing $593,900 for PCH.
NEWS BRIEFS: Peach State FCU announces merger with 2 credit unions
Two more South Carolina credit unions are merging with Peach State Federal Credit Union of Lawrenceville. Credit unions in Abbeville and Pickens, S.C., announced the mergers this week. The announcement follows votes last week by the two credit unions during a special meeting of their members. Both mergers, which have been approved by the National Credit Union Administration, are effective December 1, 2022.
NEW for 11/29: On PCH miracle and ranked-choice voting
Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Peachtree Christian Health hoping for a Christmas miracle
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Big surprise: Georgia already has partial ranked-choice voting!
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
FEEDBACK: Here are some considerations should USA have a rail strike
UPCOMING: Discount flooring firm expands with 15 new jobs in Buford
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC awards 20 teachers with Bright Ideas grants
OBITUARIES: Ms. Lovey Isabel Stephens
RECOMMENDED: The Kingdoms of Savannah by George Dawes Green
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Watson-Brown Foundation endows scholarships in two states
MYSTERY PHOTO: Let your mind stretch to see if you can spot today’s Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Original MARTA rail car now at SE Railway Museum
CALENDAR: Curious Connections planned for Peachtree Corners on December 1
BRACK: Big surprise — Georgia already has partial ranked-choice voting!
By Elliott Brack | If Georgia used the same method of voting that Maine and Alaska do, Georgians would have already settled who would have been elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022 from our state. There would have been no runoff election for the Senate. Georgians wouldn’t have the continuation of political advertising bombarding us.
Ms. Lovey Isabel Stephens
Isabel was her middle name, though ushered in by Lovey, which was her first name! Lovey was named after her grandmother, Lovey McAfee Nesbit. She was the second born, on September 15, 1927, to the late Frank and Dixie Nesbit Stephens and raised in the Pinckneyville community of Gwinnett, now Peachtree Corners. She died October 15 at age 95.
Gwinnett Forum | July 26, 2024
“I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.”
— American Humorist James Thurber (1894 – 1961)
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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