By Ashley Herndon | With all that is going on today across this country, it makes me wonder what do people do to handle the pain? One of my mentors shared in a training class a few decades ago, “There is no such thing as stress, only the inability of some to handle outside pressure.” That took a little thought and practice to achieve.
By Raleigh Perry | certainly have no heavy duty problem with a black female Court Justice. It is about time. The only problem that I have with her is that I am tired of Harvard and Yale educated members of the Supreme Court. There is not enough diversity on the court. Too much of the same does not necessarily get justice to everyone who comes before it. Congress is full of these single minded people also.
By Faith Meader | New South Associates, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, seeks to conduct oral history interviews with persons knowledgeable about the history of Lake Sidney Lanier and will be preparing an informational website on the history of Lake Sidney Lanier.
By Hoyt Tuggle
BUFORD, Ga. | As a former Georgia State University (GSU) student, I have many memories of my time there as a night student. I enrolled in Georgia State in 1968, eight years out of high school. I was married, had two children, two jobs, and wanted the college education I had earlier foregone.
By Byron Gilbert | In the 1970s, I had hair and lived in the small town where I went to college in Ohio (Ohio Wesleyan). Some of the years I spent working for a 500 watt daytime radio station that carried the Chicago Board and had agriculture shows and middle-of-the-road music. I could tell you the price of corn, soybeans, and winter wheat daily. These were the grain crops in the area and pigs and chickens were popular. Morgan and Arabian horses were bred there. West of town was Select Sires.
By George Graf | When living years ago in Europe, I was an admirer of the artist Vincent van Gogh. Therefore, I could not pass up a road trip to Arles, France, where van Gogh produced a massive amount of fantastic work. According to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, he lived here for 444 days and produced over 200 paintings, over 100 drawings and watercolors, and wrote some 200 letters. He was busy!
“Never tell anyone that you’re writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They’ll encourage you to death.”
– Comic Artist Lynn Johnston (“For Better or Worse”) (1947 – ).
The family-friendly event, Duluth Fall Festival, will take place on September 28-29. This is the 41st year, and the Festival has consistently been voted one of the top festivals in the entire area, including “Best Large Festival in the Southeast’” by national publications.
There will be more than 300 arts, crafts and food booths, a huge parade, entertainment at two venues, a 5K road race, and much more. If you would like more information, are interested in volunteering, etc., go to the Festival website:
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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