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6/14: On voting, Islam, gerrymandering

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Encourages “Never” Candidates To Sit This Year’s Voting Out
EEB PERSPECTIVE: More Understanding and Education To Understand Islam
ANOTHER VIEW: Calls for End of Partisan Gerrymandering in Georgia and Nation
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
UPCOMING: Suwanee City Hall Comes Alive with Student 3-D Art
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Awards $44,485 to Gwinnett Charities
RECOMMENDED: The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Russell Library at UGA Established Without Federal Funds
CALENDAR: Sugar Hill EpiCenter Groundbreaking is June 22
TODAY’S QUOTE: Watch Out to Hanging onto Resentment
MYSTERY PHOTO: Try Your Hand at Locating This Series of Buildings

by GwinnettForum · June 14, 2016 · Full issues

6/10: Hawaiian trip; Couple will be missed; No to gator

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s What One Couple Saw on A Visit to Our 50th State—Hawaii!
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Salvation Army Couple’s Next Post Is Tampa; Will Be Missed Here
ANOTHER VIEW: Wants No Part of That Gator around Lilburn
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: One Perspective of Washington State’s Mail-In Voting Procedure
UPCOMING: Parks and Recreation Offering Plethora of Camps This Summer
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Place CID Expands for Fourth Time, Adding New Properties
RECOMMENDED: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Garden Club of Georgia Dates from 1928 Founding
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Opportunity Often Wears
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stately Home Comes with a Story
LAGNIAPPE: Quiet Afternoon During a Setting Sun
CALENDAR: Author Plans Visit to Peachtree Corners

by GwinnettForum · June 10, 2016 · Full issues

6/7: Water district’s progress; Medicaid expansion; perpetual war

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Metro North Georgia Water District Marks 15 Years of Progress
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Senator Unterman Now Supports Medicaid Expansion Program
ANOTHER VIEW: Considerations of the Idea of Having a Perpetual War
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
FEEDBACK: More on Ty Cobb
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Senior Leadership Program Accepting New Applications
NOTABLE: GA-PCOM Begins First Classes in Physician Assistant Studies
RECOMMENDED: The Lake House by Kate Morton
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Gov. Ellis Arnall Gives Help To Pardon “Chain Gang” Author
CALENDAR: Peachtree Corners Sixth Annual Festival Is This Weekend
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Muhammad Ali Thought of Boxing Training
MYSTERY PHOTO: Layers of red
LAGNIAPPE: Time to Head For Summer Fun at Gwinnett Swimming Pools

by GwinnettForum · June 7, 2016 · Full issues

6/3: GACS campaign; On Ty Cobb; Cruise with difference

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TODAY’S FOCUS: GACS Raises $30 Million, Surpassing “Path Forward” Goal
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Authoritative Book about Ty Cobb Is Major Service to His Reputation
ANOTHER VIEW: How One Couple Enjoyed a Cruise with a Difference
SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank
UPCOMING: Library Offers High School Diploma Through Online Program
NOTABLE: Suwanee Medical School Campus Sees Nearly 300 Students Get Degrees
RECOMMENDED: The Martian by Andy Weir
GEORGIA TIDBIT: I am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang Is Literary Sensation in 1932
CALENDAR: Kids Fishing on Tap for Jones Bridge Park This Weekend
TODAY’S QUOTE: How Truth Gets To Be What It Is
MYSTERY PHOTO: Modernistic Building Design Was One Seen in Many Buildings
LAGNIAPPE: GACS Student Wins Key Award from School Musical Theatre

by GwinnettForum · June 3, 2016 · Full issues

6/1: On Norcross market, line insurance, blame

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Redefined Norcross Community Market To Open Saturday, June 4
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Letter Offering Water Service Line Insurance Gets To Me
ANOTHER VIEW: Get Off the President’s Back and Put the Blame Where It Belongs
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Thought on Changing Voting Dates and A Bridge Too Far
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Tech Hosting Two Adjunct Hiring Fairs in June
NOTABLE: GGC School of Business Names Dr. Tyler Yu as Its New Dean
RECOMMENDED: An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Emma Cheves Wilkins of Savannah Achieves Artistic Legacy
TODAY’S QUOTE: Something You May Not Have Realized About Comic Strips
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s All Sorts of Converging Bits of Architecture to Give You Clues
LAGNIAPPE: Duluth DAR, City of Dacula Remember Veterans

by GwinnettForum · June 1, 2016 · Full issues

5/27: On FDR Memorial; Safeguarding baggage; Cold calling; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering the FDR Memorial and the Ideas Behind His Life

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s a New Way to Safeguard Your Baggage While Traveling

ANOTHER VIEW: Learning from a Manhattan Guy the Success of Cold Calling

SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

FEEDBACK: Peachtree Corners Mayor Posts Q&A Proposed Bridge

UPCOMING: Fallen Heroes Memorial To Add Name of the late Kyle E. Gilbert

NOTABLE: City of Suwanee Open Space Bond Refinancing Saves $3 Million

RECOMMENDED: Lighthouse by P.D. James

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Oglethorpe Power Company Owned By 39 Georgia EMCs

CALENDAR: Memorial Day Services, Gwinnett Pools Open and Many Other Activities

TODAY’S QUOTE: One Man’s View of What Anarchism Means

MYSTERY PHOTO: This Mystery Photo May Prove as Tough as the Last One

LAGNIAPPE: Lawrenceville DAR Member Wins First Place in National Competition

by GwinnettForum · May 27, 2016 · Full issues

5/24: New PCOM fund; Judicial elections; Half-truths; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: PCOM Establishes New Venture Capital Fund to Aid Healthcare Field
EEB PERSPECTIVE: State and Local Judicial Balloting Should Be at General Election
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths of Sugar Hill
ANOTHER VIEW: Look for More Half-Truths, Lies and Innuendos about Hillary Clinton
UPCOMING: Dacula Memorial Day Activities Begin at 10 a.m. on May 30
NOTABLE: Kudzu Arts Zone Aims Summer Program at Unlocking Arts for Students
RECOMMENDED: The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Municipalities Must Provide At Least Three Distinct Services
CALENDAR: Memorial Day Ceremony Will Be on Saturday in Duluth
TODAY’S QUOTE: Something To Consider on Georgia’s Primary Election Date
MYSTERY PHOTO: Easy Clues: Art, Water and Mountains Give You Hints
LAGNIAPPE: How You Can Figure Out How Your Roses Rank

by GwinnettForum · May 24, 2016 · Full issues

5/20: Girl Scout luncheon; Holes, candidates, cold snap

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Gwinnett Girl Scouts To Hold “ToGetHer There” Luncheon May 23

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Climbing Out of Holes, Vice Presidential Candidates and a Cold Soup

SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre

FEEDBACK: Letters on Light Rail, Early Voting and Luggage and Airlines

UPCOMING: Lilburn Planning Initial Peachtree Reject 10K/5K on July 2

NOTABLE: Snellville Officials Say City Will Move Ahead with Towne Center Project

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Auto Tourism in USA Found Acceptance in Georgia

TODAY’S QUOTE: Sounds Like You Can Get There from Here

MYSTERY PHOTO: This Colorful Image, on an Incline, Is on What Continent?

LAGNIAPPE: Lots of Classic Cars Populated Norcross Streets Last Weekend

by GwinnettForum · May 20, 2016 · Full issues

5/17: Quarry Crusher Run; D.C. baseball; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: GVCID Presents Quarry Crusher Run To Support Meadowcreek Area

EEB PERSPECTIVE: An Eventful Day at the New Baseball Park in Washington

SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers Hardware

UPCOMING: Avoid Lines by Taking Advantage of Early Voting This Week

NOTABLE: Georgia Gwinnett College Graduates 470 Students in 2016 Class

RECOMMENDED: Built From Scratch, by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank

GEORGIA TIDBIT: For Nearly 30 Years, Jackson Lee Nesbitt Stops Creating Art

TODAY’S QUOTE: One Way To Insure That You Do Not Come Out Well

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s Another Vintage Mill Photo; Where Is It?

LAGNIAPPE: Chihuly Exhibit at Atlanta Botanical Garden Runs Through October 30

by GwinnettForum · May 17, 2016 · Full issues

5/10: Eastside’s new partner; presidential questions; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Eastside Partners with Argosy University For Upgraded Nursing
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Questions Arise Now that Presidential Contest Is Almost Settled
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Electric Membership Corporation
FEEDBACK: Suggests Plebiscite Concerning Peachtree Corners Bridge
UPCOMING: Snellville Plans Meeting on May 17 about Its Towne Center Project
NOTABLE: Community Foundation Makes Awards Totaling $288,000 to 24 Agencies
RECOMMENDED: I’m Not Rappaport at the Aurora Theatre
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Big Wetlands Near Valdosta Shows Complex Ecological Structure
TODAY’S QUOTE: One Route To Financial Instability
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just What Geographic Area Does This Structure Serve?
LAGNIAPPE: Four GACS Bandsmen Headed to College To Be in the Band

by GwinnettForum · May 10, 2016 · 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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6/14: On voting, Islam, gerrymandering

6/10: Hawaiian trip; Couple will be missed; No to gator

6/7: Water district’s progress; Medicaid expansion; perpetual war

6/3: GACS campaign; On Ty Cobb; Cruise with difference

6/1: On Norcross market, line insurance, blame

5/27: On FDR Memorial; Safeguarding baggage; Cold calling; more

5/24: New PCOM fund; Judicial elections; Half-truths; more

5/20: Girl Scout luncheon; Holes, candidates, cold snap

5/17: Quarry Crusher Run; D.C. baseball; more

5/10: Eastside’s new partner; presidential questions; more

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