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2/11: Remembering Maurice Wheeler; On government; On impeachment

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Neighbor Remembers Friendship and Stories of Maurice Wheeler
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s Another Example of Us Having Too Much Government
ANOTHER VIEW: Understanding the Impeachment Results from Worldwide Media
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
FEEDBACK: After Brexit, England Now Holds the Trump Card on Its Future
UPCOMING: Special $2.14 Adoption Fee This Week at Gwinnett Animal Shelter
NOTABLE: State NSSAR Conference Recognized Dee Camerio for Service
RECOMMENDED: Don’t Know Much About Mythology by Kenneth C. Davis
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Lookout Mountain Near Chattanooga Is a Major Tourist Attraction
MYSTERY PHOTO: Today’s Mystery Is Something of a Walking Giant
LAGNIAPPE: Surprise Snow Brings White to Gwinnett
CALENDAR: Discuss Afrofuturism on Feb. 15 at Lilburn library

by GwinnettForum · February 11, 2020 · Full issues

2/7: Woes in the U.S.; Batteries and handkerchiefs; Brexit

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Our Country Is in Trouble, No Matter Which Party Wins Next
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Fob Batteries, Handkerchiefs and the Many Dates for 2020 Elections
ANOTHER VIEW: With Brexit Question Finished, England Now Open To Move Forward
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Googled Product and Found That Snake Venom Is Used in Process
UPCOMING: Sixth Annual Women in Action Forum in Suwanee on February
NOTABLE: PCOM Names Athens Resident as New Member of Trustee Board
RECOMMENDED: The Year We Seized the Day by: Elizabeth Best and Colin Bowles
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Digital Library of Georgia Resources Found in Online Encyclopedia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s Another Searchlight Tower To Ponder as Mystery
CALENDAR: Historically Black College and University Fair is February 8 at Meadowcreek High

by GwinnettForum · February 7, 2020 · Full issues

2/4: New hotel construction starts; Inspired by Newnan

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Construction Begins for Hotel Connecting to Infinite Energy Center
ANOTHER VIEW: Newnan, Georgia Inspires Thought: Let’s Not Allow Dividers To Win
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
FEEDBACK: Feels the President Owes IRS Imputed Interest of $436,000 over Ukraine
UPCOMING: Snellville Approves 18 Acre Grove at Towne Center Project
NOTABLE: Damon Berryhill Returns as Striper’s Manager for Fourth Season
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Charles Kuralt Praised Georgia Novelist Raymond Andrews
MYSTERY PHOTO: Modern Building and Sculpture Asks If You Recognize Them
CALENDAR: One Man Photo Show by Frank Sharp at Tucker Library through February

by GwinnettForum · February 4, 2020 · Full issues

1/28: About community learning, tickling coughs, changing minds

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Finally Recognizing That Not All Learn around a Family Supper
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Do You Have a Continual Tickling Cough? Here’s One Solution
ANOTHER VIEW: Doesn’t See Right-Wing Thinkers Changing Minds Any Time Soon
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: Here’s One Who Is Applying for Membership in the Royal Family
UPCOMING: Every Gwinnett Fire Station Now Has at Least One Ambulance
NOTABLE: ARC Recertifies Peachtree Corners for its Green Communities Program
RECOMMENDED: BLOWOUT by Rachel Maddow
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Communities of Lichen Occupy Depressions Over Georgia Granite
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of Brick Went into Producing This Scenic Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Start, finish, sell your book workshop is Feb. 1

by GwinnettForum · January 28, 2020 · Full issues

1/21: On Eliza Pinckney; Impeachment; Economy

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Eliza Pinckney Famous in Her Own Right in South Carolina
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Impeachment Trial May Be Democrats’ Last Hope To Oust Trump
ANOTHER VIEW: Appears the Economy Is Chugging Along; Enjoy It Now
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Here Are a Few Solutions To Inform The Fearful Electorate
UPCOMING: New Community Foundation Non-Profit Academy Begins Soon
RECOMMENDED: In Search of Mary Shelley, the Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by Fiona Sampson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Plant Life Abounds on Many of Georgia’s Granite Outcrops
MYSTERY PHOTO: Aerial Photo of Countryside Is Today’s Mystery Picture
CALENDAR: Elections Board Building To Be Named for Beauty Baldwin

by GwinnettForum · January 21, 2020 · Full issues

1/17: On job shift; Fiction writers; Phishing

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Moving from a City Councilman To Working on Disaster Responses
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How Do Those Writers of Fiction Come Up With Their Story Ideas?
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’re Steps To Take When Your Computer Is Phished
SPOTLIGHT: Imagine Advertising and Global Signs
FEEDBACK: Chattahoochee Watershed Endangered by Forest Service New Plan
UPCOMING: Two Top Officials in Lilburn To Resign, Then Seek Other Posts
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Donates $73,000 To Gwinnett Non-Profits
RECOMMENDED: Movie: Just Mercy
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Marine Corps Logistics Base near Albany, Opened in 1954
MYSTERY PHOTO: Figure Out The Location of this Southern Mansion, a Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Learn Stories Surrounding Georgia Lake in Upcoming Talk

by GwinnettForum · January 17, 2020 · Full issues

1/14: New book system; When legislature should meet

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Libraries Adopt New Method To Classify Books
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Legislature: Meet Only Every Other Year and Have Less Mischief
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
FEEDBACK: Before Session Begins, Here Comes a Legislative Gender Policeman
UPCOMING: 12th Kiwanis Father-Daughter Dance To Be Both February 7 and 8
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Commission Adopts Record $1.84 Billion Budget for 2020
RECOMMENDED: The United States of Trump by Bill O’Reilly
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Is Federalist Candidate for U.S. President
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell Us More About This Important Stone Structure and Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Gwinnett NAACP Plans Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday Supper on January 19

by GwinnettForum · January 13, 2020 · Full issues

1/10: About DAR membership; Powell’s tragic death

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Why She Belongs to the Daughters of the American Revolution
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett Community Shocked at Tragic Death of Emily Powell
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
FEEDBACK: Will Someone at Democratic Convention Get for an Ovation Nomination?
UPCOMING: Two Spearhead Efforts To Improve Census Results in Norcross
NOTABLE: Hudgens Board Picks Awtrey as Youngest Chair
RECOMMENDED: BurgerIM, Peachtree Corners
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Trained in the Law in London
MYSTERY PHOTO: Take a Gander at the Clues and Identify This Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: MLK Great Day of Service Will Be at Two Locations

by GwinnettForum · January 10, 2020 · Full issues

1/7, full issue: Immigration reform; Great Christmas puzzler

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Immigration Reform, First Amendment Incident Are Saddening
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Christmas Gift of Jigsaw Puzzle Teaches about Georgia
SPOTLIGHT: Agrisel USA Inc.
FEEDBACK: Maintains that Leaders “Should Hurt to Serve” Fellow Mankind
UPCOMING: Nature Photography Exhibit Coming to Hudgens Center in February
NOTABLE: Now’s the Time To Start Working in Your Garden; Plant Sale Coming
RECOMMENDED: The Last Republicans by Mark A. Updegrove
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Charles Pinckney Served as Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain
MYSTERY PHOTO: Simple Downtown Scene Is Today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Gwinnett House Delegation to Georgia Assembly Will Meet January 8

by GwinnettForum · January 7, 2020 · Full issues

1/3: Ineptness of impeachment; Gwinnett objectives; Lionheart’s 20th

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Our Nation Is Damaged by Ineptness of Current Impeachment Process
EEB’S PERSPECTIVE: Action Needed in Several Areas To See Improvements in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Lionheart Theatre Marks 20th Year With a Roaring 20s Party
SPOTLIGHT: Law Office of J. Michael Levengood, LLC
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: No Fee Adoption On Fridays in January At Gwinnett Animal Welfare
NOTABLE: New County Transit Plan Aims To Make Travel Safer and Smoother
RECOMMENDED: Educated by Tara Westover
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Pinckneyville Namesake Outspoken in Belief Articles Were Defective
MYSTERY PHOTO: Idyllic Mountain and Lake Scene Is Today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Peachtree Corners Library Will Soon Mark 31st Birthday

by GwinnettForum · January 3, 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.

Full issues

2/11: Remembering Maurice Wheeler; On government; On impeachment

2/7: Woes in the U.S.; Batteries and handkerchiefs; Brexit

2/4: New hotel construction starts; Inspired by Newnan

1/28: About community learning, tickling coughs, changing minds

1/21: On Eliza Pinckney; Impeachment; Economy

1/17: On job shift; Fiction writers; Phishing

1/14: New book system; When legislature should meet

1/10: About DAR membership; Powell’s tragic death

1/7, full issue: Immigration reform; Great Christmas puzzler

1/3: Ineptness of impeachment; Gwinnett objectives; Lionheart’s 20th

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