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NEW for 4/24: On swine flu, Gov. Kemp and taking responsibility

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Let Us Not Forget the Consequences of the Swine Flu Vaccine
EEB PERSPECTIVE: What Was The Governor Thinking in Re-Opening Some Services?
ANOTHER VIEW: President Needs To Take Responsibility for Actions during Pandemic
SPOTLIGHT: Imagine Advertising and Global Signs
FEEDBACK: Remembering Those Serving Honorably in Vietnam
UPCOMING: Duluth Seeking Talent Competition Videos from Its Residents
NOTABLE: Peach State FCU Makes Donations To Local Food Bank
RECOMMENDED: The System by Robert B. Reich
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Fitzgerald’s Frances Mayes Becomes Famous Writing About Italy
MYSTERY PHOTO: Modern Building on Lonely Street is Today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Library Offers Three Author Program with the Week

by GwinnettForum · April 24, 2020 · Full issues

NEW for 4/21: Virus timetable; Postage for ballots; Earth Day

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Peachtree Corners’ Center for Opportunity Suggests COVID-19 Timetable
EEB PERSPECTIVE: ACLU Stance on Postage for Mailed-In Absentee Ballots Is Unreasonable
ANOTHER VIEW: Climate Lobby Holding Virtual Earth Day Event April 25
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
FEEDBACK: Highlights Dates Dr. Anthony Fauci First Spoke about COVID-19
UPCOMING: Former Armstrong College Professor New Dean of GGC’s Liberal Arts
NOTABLE: PCOM Students Saw a Need, and Are Finding Ways to Help Community
RECOMMENDED: The Perfect Fraud by Ellen LaCorte
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Statue Atop Georgia State Capitol, Miss Freedom Remains a Mystery
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unusual Design May Be Clue to This Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Political Forum for Commission Chairman Candidates is Wednesday Night

by GwinnettForum · April 21, 2020 · Full issues

NEW for 4/17: On reading enrichment; Local government; Truth

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Great Little Minds Program Seeks Early Reading Enrichment
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Yes, Indeed, Government at the Local Level Is Shining Again
ANOTHER VIEW: Comparing President’s Statements with Those of Health Officials
SPOTLIGHT: Agrisel USA Inc
FEEDBACK: Questions Our Government Bailing Out Airlines and Banks
UPCOMING: CIDs To Zoom Air Live Forum in County Commission Chair Race
NOTABLE: Two PCOM Students Enjoy Medical Rotation…at the State Capitol
RECOMMENDED: This Could Hurt by Jillian Medoff
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Cobb Native James McRae Was Studio Artist for 60 Years
MYSTERY PHOTO: Military Scene Is Offering for This Issue’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Red Cross Continues To Need Blood Donations during Pandemic

by GwinnettForum · April 17, 2020 · Full issues

NEW for 4/14: On Gwinnett transit projects, candidates, pandemic

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett To Submit 95 Transit Projects Readers Learn about Candidates
ANOTHER VIEW: Savor Life Now; This Pandemic Won’t Be Like This Forever
SPOTLIGHT: Law Office of J. Michael Levengood, LLC
FEEDBACK: Seeks Additional Information on Writer’s Conclusions
UPCOMING: Gwinnett’s Public Library Continues To Serve During This Pandemic
NOTABLE: Community Foundation of NE Georgia Seeking $100K in COVID-19 Help
RECOMMENDED: Brothers Forever (Tom Sileo and Col. Tom Manion, USMC
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Malaria Was Threat to Georgia From Earliest Colonial Times
MYSTERY PHOTO: Today’s Mystery Photo Seems Set in a Peaceful, Serene Area
LAGNIAPPE: Creativity Rules on Charleston, S.C. Greenway

by GwinnettForum · April 14, 2020 · Full issues

NEW for 4/10: On Georgia’s broadband and helping hospital staff

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TODAY’S FOCUS: State’s Broadband Initiative Suggests Sites for Public Wi-Fi Networks
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Collins Hill High Student Finds a Way To Help Gwinnett Medical Staff
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: Will Pandemic Do Damage to World’s Relationship with China?
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Offering Digital Series of Programming in April
NOTABLE: Saturday Marks 40th Anniversary of Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
RECOMMENDED: Netflix Series: Borgen created by Adam Price
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Emory University Hospital Provides Full Range of Patient Services
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Site May Be Familiar To You, But Hard To Place
LAGNIAPPE: Lilburn Mayor Tim Dunn Takes Office

by GwinnettForum · April 10, 2020 · Full issues

NEW for 4/7: Chicken, cow, Kemp, Morgan and home

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Feels Governor Brian Kemp Is a Throwback to the “Wool Hat Boys”
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Hansel Morgan Sr. Served Buford and Gwinnett County with Distinction
ANOTHER VIEW: Staying Home, and Adapting To New Ways of Doing Things
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
FEEDBACK: Possible Long Term Monetary Policy, and a Certain Corporal
UPCOMING: Hudgens Center for the Arts Named Atlanta Native as New Director
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Awards $142,257 In COVID-19 Assistance
RECOMMENDED: Sidewalk Art
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Macon’s Peyton Anderson Foundation Supports Middle Georgia Area
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues, Clues, Clues Stare Out at You in This Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Turning an Asset Into Another Type of Help During Corona

by GwinnettForum · April 7, 2020 · Full issues

NEW for 4/3: Courts functioning; Voting by mail; Importance of trucking

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Order in the Courts Continues During Judicial Emergency
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Will Current Dilemma Cause Georgia To Consider Voting By Mail?
ANOTHER VIEW: Trucking Industry Vital In Emergency Times Like These
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
FEEDBACK: Applauds Gwinnettians for Willingness to Comply with Restrictions
UPCOMING: Good Attendance at Gwinnett Rotary Club First Virtual Meeting
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Salvation Army Helping Those Struggling with COVID-19
RECOMMENDED: The Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Civil Rights Leader Joseph Lowery Had Distinguished Career
MYSTERY PHOTO: What’s The Name and Location of This Bridge?

by GwinnettForum · April 3, 2020 · Full issues

NEW for 3/31: Stay-at-home order; Bus drivers deliver meals

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Stay at Home Order to Remain At Least Until April 13
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett School Bus Drivers Deliver Meals to Gwinnett Students
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
UPCOMING: GwinnettCares Providing Food During School’s Spring Break
NOTABLE: Deadline Is Wednesday for Application for Homestead Exemption
RECOMMENDED: Child’s Play by Danielle Steel
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Peachtree City, a Planned Community, Was First Chartered in 1959
MYSTERY PHOTO: Not So Beautiful a Mystery, But May Be Difficult to Pinpoint
LAGNIAPPE: A Beautiful Dogwood Gives Inspiration at Vines Garden Park

by GwinnettForum · March 31, 2020 · Full issues

NEW for 3/27: On virus’s economic impact; Grocery shopping; Quarantining

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Where Will the CoViD-19 Pandemic Hit the Economy Next?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Early Morning Grocery Shopping Finds Unusually Easy Maneuvering
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a Guy Who Had Training for Today’s Quarantine Situation
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Administration’s Public Health Failure Open for All to See
UPCOMING: Gwinnett’s The Water Tower To Begin Training Professionals Soon
NOTABLE: Animal Shelter Open, But Limiting Visitors Inside at a Time
RECOMMENDED: A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
GEORGIA TIDBIT: J & J Industries of Dalton, Makes Broadloom Carpet Since 1950s
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Mystery Photo Doesn’t Ask Where, But Instead “What?”

by GwinnettForum · March 27, 2020 · Full issues

NEW for 3/24: Commuting, shutdowns and Founding Fathers

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Morning Commute Time in Atlanta: Strange Driving Is Normal
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Major Widespread Shutdowns Create Another World for Most of Us
ANOTHER VIEW: You Might Be Surprised at the Ages of Founding Fathers
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Had a Relative Who Died in Philadelphia of Spanish Flu
UPCOMING: County Parks Limit Hours and Close Certain Areas During Virus
NOTABLE: Community Foundation Well on Way To Raising Fund for COVID-19
RECOMMENDED: Blue Flowers by Carola Saavedra
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Present Georgia State Capitol Opens amid Celebration in 1889
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unique Images are in This Edition’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Go Bird Walking with Southern Wings on March 28

by GwinnettForum · March 24, 2020 · Full issues

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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NEW for 4/24: On swine flu, Gov. Kemp and taking responsibility

NEW for 4/21: Virus timetable; Postage for ballots; Earth Day

NEW for 4/17: On reading enrichment; Local government; Truth

NEW for 4/14: On Gwinnett transit projects, candidates, pandemic

NEW for 4/10: On Georgia’s broadband and helping hospital staff

NEW for 4/7: Chicken, cow, Kemp, Morgan and home

NEW for 4/3: Courts functioning; Voting by mail; Importance of trucking

NEW for 3/31: Stay-at-home order; Bus drivers deliver meals

NEW for 3/27: On virus’s economic impact; Grocery shopping; Quarantining

NEW for 3/24: Commuting, shutdowns and Founding Fathers

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