Even our most serious mystery photo experts may have problems identifying today’s Mystery Photo. Saying that, we’ll give one clue: this photo was taken in Gwinnett County. Now start your sharpest search and tell us where this scene is located. As usual, send your answers with your hometown to elliott@brack.net.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: WWII African campaign opens the way to Sicily and beyond
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett legislators: address the county commission’s salaries
ANOTHER VIEW: Pulling a fast one on your high school baseball coach
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
FEEDBACK: Outside ownership of homes can hurt a community
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville to name Mullin as new police chief
NOTABLE: Bucking a trend, Georgia Gwinnett College fall enrollment is up
RECOMMENDED: The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah River is dividing line between Georgia and South Carolina
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unusual story goes with this Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Chef and Author Jonathon Scott Barrett will speak Nov. 17
By David Simmons | Early spring, 1972, Greenfield, Indiana, varsity baseball practice, Saturday morning, cold, and six inches of snow on the ground. Our coach, former Greenfield High football star who wore double zero (00), known as Zeke, had cleared off a big patch of the parking lot so we could have practice using hard rubber baseballs.
There’s an interesting story that comes with this photo. See if you can find out about it, and report back where the photo was taken, and give a glimpse of the interesting tidbit. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net, and list your hometown.
Last week Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill, was one responding to this photo: “This is the Great Hunger Memorial at the Ennistymon Famine Memorial site in County Clare, Ireland.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: The Rev. Wendell Cofer helped organized two veterans’ groups
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Joe Biden and Democrats were surprise winners in the midterms
SPOTLIGHT: Crowne Plaza Hotel
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Two Sunday walking tours will tell of area history
NOTABLE: Boy Scout Troop 26 leader wins “unsung hero” award
OBITUARIES: James Hardy (Jim) Nelems
RECOMMENDED: The Battle for the American Mind
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Edward Daugherty designed significant Atlanta landscape projects
MYSTERY PHOTO: This mystery may be difficult to locate
CALENDAR: Christ Church Episcopal men’s civic breakfast is Saturday morning
“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)
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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