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3/9: A community develops; Expanding your boundaries

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s a View on How One Community in California Developed
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Find the Fun By Moving Outside Your Own Boundaries
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: Focus Should Be To Embrace Responsibilities as Strongly as Rights
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Lenten Discipline
UPCOMING: Deadline is March 26 for Upcoming Leadership Gwinnett Class
NOTABLE: Walton EMC To Supply Renewable Power for New Facebook Site
RECOMMENDED: The Making of FDR by Linda Lotridge Levin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: King and Prince Seafood of Brunswick Thriving Since 1924
MYSTERY PHOTO: Another Covered Bridge Asks You for Its Location
CALENDAR: Jones Bridge Park Renovation Work Now Complete

by GwinnettForum · March 9, 2018 · Full issues

3/6: On Billy Graham; Watershed political year; Behaving

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Dr. Billy Graham: Humanitarian or Unrepentant Capitalist (or Both)?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Looking Back to the Political Watershed Year of 1984 in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Let’s All Behave Like Grown-ups and Teach Our Children Well
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Associates, P.C.
FEEDBACK: Many Gun Owners Come into Them as Inheritance from Relatives
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Illegal Immigrants
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Unveils Countywide Trails Master Plan of 320 Total Miles
NOTABLE: Eight Students Graduate from First Career Online High School
RECOMMENDED: Alexander The Great by Phillip Freeman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Poet Natasha Trethewey of Emory University Wins Pulitzer Prize
MYSTERY PHOTO: Distinctive Building is This Edition’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Norcross Bicentennial Program is March 11 at 3 p.m.

by GwinnettForum · March 6, 2018 · Full issues

3/2: Revel project; Delta flap; Arming teachers

TODAY’S FOCUS: “Revel” Project Seeks To Bolster Area around Infinite Energy Center
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Cagle-Delta Air Lines Flap Signals Beginning of 2018 Election Season
ANOTHER VIEW: Read This Possible Scenario And Question, Do We Arm Teachers?
SPOTLIGHT: Primerica Inc.
FEEDBACK: Democrats Controlled Congress During Obama’s First Two Years
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Medical Bills
UPCOMING: Lilburn To Get New Playground and More Downtown Parking Spaces
NOTABLE: Art Center and Holtkamps Continue Offering Free Admission in 2018
RECOMMENDED: The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Agnes Scott College Sees Significant Accomplishments by Its Alumnae
MYSTERY PHOTO: Is Today’s Mystery Photo Deemed Easy, or Is It Difficult for You?
CALENDAR: Workshop on Foster Care To Be Presented March 4

by GwinnettForum · March 2, 2018 · Full issues

2/27: On Rep. Coleman; Suburban changes; Extremism

TODAY’S FOCUS: After 26 Years, Brooks Coleman To Leave Georgia Legislature

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Suburban Gwinnett Changes, as More Multi-Family Units Arrive

ANOTHER VIEW: Some Corporations step up to counter the NRA’s extremism

SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s

FEEDBACK: Parkland Shooting Will Bring Sociological Change in Next Few Years

McLEMORE’S WORLD: How Firm a Foundation

UPCOMING: Snellville civic dinners tackling issues of the day one meal at a time

NOTABLE: Winn DAR Chapter Announces Good Citizen Awards

RECOMMENDED: What Can I Do? By Clyde Strickland

GEORGIA TIDBIT: North Georgia Mountain Land Now Valued in Tourist Dollars

MYSTERY PHOTO: This Nighttime Scene of a Skyscraper is Today’s Mystery Photo

LAGNIAPPE: More Evidence of Beautiful, Blooming Gwinnett

CALENDAR: Abstract Art Workshop Coming Soon to Kudzu Art Center

by GwinnettForum · February 27, 2018 · Full issues

Feb. 2018 issues of GwinnettForum

In this post, you will find full issues of GwinnettForum for February 2018. Click the QuickLink below to go to a particular issue. Or use your browser’s search function to find a word or phrase. QuickLinks to February issues: 2/2 | 2/6 | 2/9 | 2/13 | 2/16 | 2/20 | 2/23 | 2/27 . A WINNER: This painting by […]

by GwinnettForum · February 26, 2018 · Another View, Calendar, Elliott Brack's Perspective, Full issues, Mystery photos, Today's Focus

7/14: Lessons from Gwinnett; Wind Gap, Mo.; Morning Joe and Rubio

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Looking Forward to Sign on Interstate 95 Saying “Camden Is Great”
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Wind Gap, Mo. Says A Lot About the Growing Film Industry in Georgia
ANOTHER VIEW: Hearing Morning Joe and Remembering Meeting Marco Rubio
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
UPCOMING: Snellville OKs Document To Jointly Build New Library with County
NOTABLE: Eighth Season for Lilburn Farmers Market on Friday Nights
RECOMMENDED: The End The Book: Part One by J.L. Robb
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Screws vs. United States (1945) Becomes Landmark Court Case
TODAY’S QUOTE: Government Is There to Respect and Protect Us
MYSTERY PHOTO: Traditional Architecture of this Mystery Photo Could Be Anywhere
LAGNIAPPE: Navigate Lifeline Partners with Eastside Medical for Recovery Coaches
CALENDAR: State of Peachtree Corners Address will be July 24

by GwinnettForum · July 14, 2017 · Full issues

7/11: Restaurant Week; Partnership Gwinnett’s success; Ethnic fear

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Restaurant Week Starting on July 16 with 24 Participants
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Look at What’s Happened in 10 Years with Partnership Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: National Conversation Needed on Values Surrounding Ethnic Fear
SPOTLIGHT: U.S. Asset Management
UPCOMING: Jackson EMC Adds Power from New Georgia Solar Facilities
NOTABLE: New Southbound PIB Lane Opens in Peachtree Corners
RECOMMENDED: Stories of Georgia by Joel Chandler Harris
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Noble Jones and Whigs Take Control of Early Georgia Legislature
TODAY’S QUOTE: Sporting Goods Manufacturers Still Remember Bob Uecker
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classic Building Begs Your Identification as the Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Great Time To Visit Gainesville’s Site of Atlanta Botanical Garden
CALENDAR: Free Photography Workshop coming to Grayson on July 25.

by GwinnettForum · July 11, 2017 · Full issues

7/7: Perdue on D.C. recess; Tidbits and school honoree

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Perdue Says It’s Time To Pull The Plug on August Senate Recess
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Tidbits, Including Why Duluth Residents Should Remember This Guy
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: It Might Help the Discussion To Apply the “Mother Test”
UPCOMING: Commission Anticipates Slight Tax Increase for 2017 Budget
NOTABLE: Gwinnett DOT Opens Several New Sidewalk Projects in County
RECOMMENDED: The Last Four Days of Paddy Buckley by Jeremy Massey
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Noble W. Jones Called the “Morning Star of Liberty” in Early Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Remember That First Curse in the Movies?
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s Another Tower for Your Consideration
LAGNIAPPE: Methodists Still Holding “Camp Meeting” on Braselton Highway Site
CALENDAR: Isaac Adair House To Have Ribbon Cutting and Open House Soon

by GwinnettForum · July 6, 2017 · Full issues

6/30: On our faults; and 4th of July events around Gwinnett

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Our Faults Leave Us Vulnerable To Societal Breakdown
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett Cities Planning Activities for Fourth Holiday
SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Family Automotive Group
FEEDBACK: So It Now Appears This Confusion Is Ted Turner’s Fault
UPCOMING: Two Way Traffic Will Return in Front of Gwinnett Courthouse
NOTABLE: Norcross and County Will Collaborate on New Branch Library
RECOMMENDED: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Sherman’s Field Order No. 15 Sought Redistribution of Land
TODAY’S QUOTE: Successful Technology Needs Reality, Not PR
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Tower May Be Familiar in Your Subconscious
LAGNIAPPE: Views of Beauty at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens

by GwinnettForum · June 29, 2017 · Full issues

6/27: Electric service increasing; Pressures on republic; Dem gains

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Area’s Growing As Request for New Electric Service on Upward Trend
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Comments From Readers Show Pressures on Our Democratic Republic
ANOTHER VIEW: World’s Not Ending For Losing Democrats; Math Shows Major Gains
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Electric Membership Corporation
FEEDBACK: Success of Rainbow Village Came from Nancy Yancey’s Hard Work
UPCOMING: Re-Paving of Ronald Reagan Parkway Continues through August
NOTABLE: Lilburn Police Will Offer Junior Women’s Self Defense Class
RECOMMENDED MOVIE: Silent Light: from Carlos Reygadas Barguin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Still Trying To Correct Camak’s Northern Boundary Error
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s Another good Definition of Summertime
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell Us Where This Stunning Statue Is Located
LAGNIAPPE: Here’s a Photo of the Oldest Church in Gwinnett County
CALENDAR: Lilburn Planning Annual Fireworks Exhibit

by GwinnettForum · June 27, 2017 · 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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3/9: A community develops; Expanding your boundaries

3/6: On Billy Graham; Watershed political year; Behaving

3/2: Revel project; Delta flap; Arming teachers

2/27: On Rep. Coleman; Suburban changes; Extremism

Feb. 2018 issues of GwinnettForum

7/14: Lessons from Gwinnett; Wind Gap, Mo.; Morning Joe and Rubio

7/11: Restaurant Week; Partnership Gwinnett’s success; Ethnic fear

7/7: Perdue on D.C. recess; Tidbits and school honoree

6/30: On our faults; and 4th of July events around Gwinnett

6/27: Electric service increasing; Pressures on republic; Dem gains

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