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FOCUS: Considering the Supreme Court and its recent decisions
By Ashley Herndon | Our Supreme Court SMOTE us with various verdicts this summer. With each, another nail hit the coffin of our democracy. The attack was led and controlled by the ultraconservative theocratic religious right. If you do not feel helpless in halting this fast-moving train wreck, then “you just might be one.”
MYSTERY PHOTO: Could this be a sculpture, art piece, commemoration or what?
Could this mystery be a metal sculpture, a modern art piece or some local commemoration, or something entirely different? Not only figure out what it is, but tell us where it is now located. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.
Allen Peel of San Antonio, Tex. easily spotted the recent mystery. He wrote: “Today’s mystery photo is a shot of the main entrance to the Buford Community Center located at 2200 Buford Highway in Buford.
NEW for 9/30: Hudgens finalists; “Mass” timber; and a 1983 hurricane
Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Finalists named for $50,000 Hudgens art prize in Georgia
EEB PERSPECTIVE: “Mass timber” is new use of Georgia’s many acres of forest lands
ANOTHER VIEW: Cavorting during 1983’s Hurricane Alicia hitting Galveston
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers Outdoor Power Equipment and Hardware
FEEDBACK: Print news is like a Princess phone without a landline
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Technical College names three new directors
NOTABLE: Georgia Gwinnett College offers new MIS degree
RECOMMENDED: “Shelter in Place” at the High Museum of Art
GEORGIA TIDBIT: American College of Rheumatology based in Atlanta
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s an up front and personal photo about a building
LAGNIAPPE: Family gathers to honor Revolutionary War patriot
CALENDAR: Hurricane-induced weather cancels several events
BRACK: “Mass timber” is new use of Georgia’s many acres of forests
By Elliott Brack | Forestry is mighty important to Georgia. With about two-thirds of the state covered in forests, Georgia has more plantation acres, more total timberland acreage and more privately-owned timberland acreage than any other state in the United States. And the forests provide 55,089 forest industry jobs.
NEWS BRIEFS: Gwinnett Technical College names 3 new directors
Three new members have been named to the Gwinnett Technical College board of directors. They are:
* Kim Anker, chief nursing officer for Northside Hospital Gwinnett and Duluth;
* Raymer Sale Jr., chief executive officer for E2E Resources Inc.; and
* Deon Tucker, regional director, North Metro for Georgia Power.
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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