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ANOTHER VIEW: Get your mammogram every year. Make it a priority
By Barbara Myers | A teacher, a pharmacist, a public health advocate and a diabetes care and education specialist, Mandy Reece, a doctor of pharmacy is adding one more title to her resume. Recently diagnosed with breast cancer, Reece has become even more adamant about advocating for yearly mammograms for adult women.
ANOTHER VIEW: Collins acts like a 6-year-old, wanting to get his way
By Jack Bernard | The Grand Old Party (GOP) just does not have its act together, as shown by the fight to elect a Speaker. Our country narrowly averted a government shutdown last month when then conservative House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R) made a last-minute deal with Democrats to pass a continuing resolution (HR 5860) to keep the government open for 45 days at existing spending rates.
ANOTHER VIEW: Conflagration in Israel bemoans a different approach
By Ashley Herndon | Today’s violence in Israel bemoans a different approach, regardless of our allegiances and beliefs. Imagine the surprise that hit the historical tribal leader Moses when he came down from a mountain and saw his people shaping and worshiping a Golden Calf, and on an altar built by his brother, Aaron. That would knock your socks off. Wow…ya’ can’t eat gold.
ANOTHER VIEW: In that family game of Euchre, I know what I saw
By David Simmons | My mom and dad ventured west from East Tennessee in the late ’50’s to Indianapolis, and were soon followed by my mother’s older brother Elmer and his family. After we moved to the suburb of Greenfield, we lived about 30 miles apart and Elmer actually bought the house that we used to rent on the southside of Indianapolis.
Gwinnett Forum | July 19, 2024
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.”
–British Philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970).
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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