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NEW for 9/16: On Day of Peace, Braves, more

NEW for 9/16: On Day of Peace, Braves, more

Click here to read the latest edition. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Rotarians plan Day of Peace Ceremony on September 21
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How about surveillance cameras, a new park and  “them Braves!”
ANOTHER VIEW: Daughter learns more about her father in last days of his life
SPOTLIGHT: Centurion Advisory Group 
FEEDBACK: Cracking open a history book can recall many obvious facts
UPCOMING: PCOM Physical Therapy unit holds Free Limb Loss Event
NOTABLE: GGC Broadcasting internship program paying off 
OBITUARIES: Jack Roland Pittman Jr. 
RECOMMENDED: The Highly Selected Dictionary by Eugene Ehrlich
GEORGIA TIDBIT: “Federal Roads” helped clear path for western settlement
MYSTERY PHOTO: Obvious clues might lead to your identifying this mystery
CALENDAR: Historical Society meeting on Monday will highlight Gwinnett First Families 

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by · September 16, 2022 · Full issues
BRACK: How about speed cameras, a new park and  “them Braves!”

BRACK: How about speed cameras, a new park and  “them Braves!”

By Elliott Brack  |  How about those speed cameras around many Gwinnett schools!  We all appreciate technology allowing us a new way for these school streets to be safer.  But they sure are costly for some motorists.

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by · September 16, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
FOCUS: Rotarians plan Day of Peace Ceremony on Sept. 21

FOCUS: Rotarians plan Day of Peace Ceremony on Sept. 21

By Paige Havens |  On Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, leaders and members of Gwinnett’s eight Rotary clubs will join with 1.4 million Rotarians around the world in celebrating the 2022 International Day of Peace. The public is invited.

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by · September 16, 2022 · Today's Focus
Jack Pittman

ANOTHER VIEW: Daughter learns more about her father in his last days 

By Kate Pittman  |  My father, Jack Pittman, age 87, passed away on Sunday morning, Sept. 4, 2022.  Jack Pittman was a resident of Suwanee. When he was 19, he married my mom, who had me when he was 20, and had six children by age 28. 

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by · September 16, 2022 · Another View
NEWS BRIEFS: PCOM Physical Therapy unit holds free limb loss event

NEWS BRIEFS: PCOM Physical Therapy unit holds free limb loss event

The Department of Physical Therapy at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Suwanee hosted a free limb loss community event under the leadership of Dr. Carol A. Miller.

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by · September 16, 2022 · News
MYSTERY PHOTO: Obvious clues might lead to your identifying this mystery

MYSTERY PHOTO: Obvious clues might lead to your identifying this mystery

Some readers may have been in today’s Mystery Photo building. There are a few hints that could lead you to identify the photo.  Send your ideas of where this was taken to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

Virginia Klaer of Duluth quickly recognized the last Mystery.  “That’s the lighthouse called Esopus Meadows in the Hudson River in Esopus, N.Y.

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by · September 16, 2022 · Mystery photos
Jack Pittman

Jack Roland Pittman Jr. 

Our family is deeply saddened to announce the passing of our father, Jack Roland Pittman  Jr. of Suwanee, Ga., 87,  on Sunday, September 4, 2022. Born on June 16, 1935, in Memphis, Tenn. to Mary Ruth Milner Pittman and Jack Roland Pittman Sr. Jack was preceded in death by his parents and sisters, Jacqueline and Ruth Ann Jolly.

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by · September 16, 2022 · Obituaries
NEW for 9/13: On Putin, intervention program, traveling

NEW for 9/13: On Putin, intervention program, traveling

Click here to read the latest edition. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Predicts that Vladimir Putin has not long left for this world
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Public health clinicians and police have successful intervention program
ANOTHER VIEW: Recognizing they were only six states from goal
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Alvarez, LLC 
FEEDBACK: Continues to enjoy GwinnettForum
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Chamber backs one cent extension of sales tax
NOTABLE: Three counties join in effort to strengthen bonds in public health
OBITUARIES: G. G. Getz
RECOMMENDED: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
GEORGIA TIDBIT: College president, U.S. representative and senator, Baldwin died at 53
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a river scene for your discernment
CALENDAR: 68th annual Gwinnett County Fair will run from Sept. 15-25

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by · September 13, 2022 · Full issues
BRACK: Clinicians, police have successful intervention program

BRACK: Clinicians, police have successful intervention program

By Elliott Brack  |  A public health program with a 98 percent success rate that began in Conyers has been expanded to Gwinnett County and beyond. The counties forming Gwinnett Newton Rockdale Public Health Department, working with View Point Health of Lawrenceville, originally started the program with the Conyers Police Department.

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by · September 13, 2022 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
FOCUS: Predicts that Vladimir Putin has not long left for this world

FOCUS: Predicts that Vladimir Putin has not long left for this world

By George Wilson  |  Let me predict that Vladimir Putin has not long left for this world. The ruble is being pumped up high by Russian reserves, but when the Western sanctions bite hard the Russian economy will tank and then the Russian people will revolt again. Or one of his generals will reach for his revolver.

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by · September 13, 2022 · Today's Focus
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