By Lou Camerio | Anyone once in the military knows that you never volunteer, for it’s no telling what’ll happen if you volunteer. Luckily, I found out that sometimes, volunteering can be good for you. It was back in February of 1969 (when we had the draft) that I was called to active duty and assigned to the San Diego Naval Air Base, while awaiting orders.
You can be more informed about the 2022 General Election by reading next Tuesday’s (October 18) edition of GwinnettForum. In that issue, you can read unedited answers from candidates about their views on six questions GwinnettForum put to them. In addition, the October 18 edition will highlight the GwinnettForum endorsements of local candidates in many of the state and local political races.
Here’s a beautiful sculpture in a nice setting. Figure out where it is located and send your idea to elliott@brack.net, and tell us where you live.
Bob Foreman of Grayson had no doubt about the recent Mystery Photo: “It’s a view of Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park, near Bar Harbor, Maine. The mountains are North and South Bubble. The trail around Jordan Pond is a beautiful two or three mile walk. The time to be there is October because of the fall color.” The photo came from Charles Anderson of Lawrenceville.
Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Level Creek UM Church marks its Bicentennial Year
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Family in Banks County restoring 1793’s Fort Hollingsworth
ANOTHER VIEW: Joro spiders back in full force this fall in Georgia
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Health of mothers should be free of legislative action
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Police get new ordinance to address drag racing
NOTABLE: Park Springs Foundation scholarships valued at $10,500 each year
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Former Opera House was State Capitol for two years
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where was the photo taken? Also ID the mountains
LAGNIAPPE: Precision Planning of Lawrenceville marks 40th anniversary
CALENDAR: Lilburn to mark 50th anniversary of Lilburn Daze on Saturday
By Lloyd E. “Pete” Fleming | Founded in 1822, Level Creek United Methodist Church located near Suwanee, on Suwanee Dam Road, celebrated its 200th anniversary on October 2, 2022. North Georgia Resident Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson delivered a message about the power of the church in the world and congratulated Level Creek on providing that power for most of our nation’s history.
By Collin Elder | The sticky webs of Joro spiders are back in full force this fall, and they have got scientists researching their nature as predators. Dr. Patrick Cain, a biology lecturer at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), says of the potentially invasive species. “While they’re not classified as invasive right now, I’d be surprised if that didn’t change soon.”
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Considering the Supreme Court and its recent decisions
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Atlanta sports fans after last weekend have big smiles
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: County needs 2,500 workers for November General Election
NOTABLE: Gwinnett County park system wins national accreditation
OBITUARIES: James Perry Dykes III
RECOMMENDED: Domestic Work by Natasha Trethewey
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Hurricane of 1893 makes landfall south of Tybee Island
MYSTERY PHOTO: Could this be a sculpture, art piece, commemoration or what?
CALENDAR: Rescheduled Elisha Winn Fair is this weekend in Dacula
“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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