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4/1: Our 16th year; Gwinnett’s 1st CID; Deal’s veto

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Looking Back at a Decade of Progress for County’s First CID

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Governor Deal Protects State’s Name with Recent Veto

ANOTHER VIEW: Traveling Gwinnettian Now Plans to Climb Highest Peak in Africa

SPOTLIGHT: Primerica, Inc.

FEEDBACK: Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful Executive Director Retiring

UPCOMING: Boutwell Family Gives $100,000 to Aurora Theatre of Gwinnett

NOTABLE: Classmates at Collins, Two Local Grads Join GA-PCOM Faculty

RECOMMENDED: Kinky Boots Brings Life to the Fox Theatre Stage through Sunday

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Covington Native Become Authority on the History of Slavery

TODAY’S QUOTE: Do We Have Funerals and Birth Times Reversed?

MYSTERY PHOTO: Blue Skies, Mountains, All This Awaits Identification

by GwinnettForum · April 1, 2016 · Full issues

3/29: Beverage checks; Garland hearing; General Assembly

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Police Checks of Beverage Retailers Continue with GUIDE Funding

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Stubbornness on Garland Hearing May Signal Woes for GOP

ANOTHER VIEW: Wants To See Improvement in Georgia’s General Assembly

SPOTLIGHT: Arbor-Nomics Tree Service

FEEDBACK: Reaction to Article on Driving Under the Influence in Georgia

UPCOMING: Regents Approve Naming of GGC Library for Dan Kaufman

NOTABLE: ARC Recognizes Suwanee Youth Leaders and Lawrenceville’s Prelude

RECOMMENDED: The Remarkable Andrew by Dalton Trumbo

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Peachtree City One of Most Successful Planned Communities

TODAY’S QUOTE: What Teachers Can Do for Aspiring Authors

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s Another Beautiful Picture Asking Where It’s Located

LAGNIAPPE: PCOM Student Heads to Johns Hopkins This Summer To Study Aging

by GwinnettForum · March 29, 2016 · Full issues

3/25: On DUI convictions, Berlusconi and Trump

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TODAY’S FOCUS: DUI Convictions Are Not Only Expensive Propositions but Last Forever

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Italy’s Berlusconi and Trump Come from Similar Backgrounds

SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank

FEEDBACK: FBI Needs to Try To Tap Into Phone, Without the Help of Apple

UPCOMING: Jackson EMC Offering “Bright Ideas” Grants to School Teachers

NOTABLE: PCOM Elects David McCleskey to its Board of Trustees

RECOMMENDED: The Autobiography of James T. Kirk by David A. Goodman

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Long Serving Georgian Naval Officer Scuttles Confederate’s Merrimac

TODAY’S QUOTE: Considering What Is Infinite and What Might Not Be

MYSTERY PHOTO: Can You Tell from the Snow Where This Is Located?

LAGNIAPPE: Lilburn Resident Wins DAR Outstanding Veteran Volunteer Award

by GwinnettForum · March 25, 2016 · Full issues

3/22: Foundation’s record year; Gibbs Gardens; Cell phones

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Community Foundation of Northeast Georgia Has Record Year

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Years After Concept Emerged, Gibbs Gardens Maturing Nicely

ANOTHER VIEW: Concerning Old Ben Franklin Not Owning a Cell Phone

SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s

FEEDBACK: Jaywalking and Not Halting at Stop Signs Are Community Menaces

UPCOMING: Three Artists To Be On Display at Snellville City Hall Starting April 2

NOTABLE: Lilburn Stake of Latter-day Saints Men Pack Louisiana Relief Supplies

RECOMMENDED MOVIE: Miracles from Heaven

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Granite Used for Foundation of State Capitol, Opened in 1889

TODAY’S QUOTE: Note the Date When Spending Programs Are Eliminated

MYSTERY PHOTO: Do These Clues Give You Any Idea Where This Is?

by GwinnettForum · March 22, 2016 · Full issues

3/18: Good year for bankers; Coal ash problems; Corruption

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Georgia Bankers Found 2015 To Be Very Good Year

EEB PERSPECTIVE: What’s Happening in Wayne County Could Happen Anywhere

ANOTHER VIEW: Levels, Examples, and Types of Government Corruption

SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library

FEEDBACK: Heed the Rules, When Walking along Our Streets

UPCOMING: Gwinnett Library Will Standardize Hours at All Branches on May 16

NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Awards $28,500 to Gwinnett Agencies

RECOMMENDED: Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgians Vote to Move State Capitol to Atlanta from Milledgeville

TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s a Thought, Just a Day Late

MYSTERY PHOTO: Familiar Looking Scene Might Be Anywhere in Our Area

LAGNIAPPE: GGC and Vietnamese University in Cultural Exchange program

by GwinnettForum · March 18, 2016 · Full issues

3/15: New college graduate; Gwinnett politics get hotter; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Loganville Resident Wins College Diploma 16 Years After Dropping Out
EEB PERSPECTIVE: While National Scene Plays Out, Local Politics Heating Up
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
UPCOMING: Fix-A-Leak Workshop Can Save Your Water….and Dollars
NOTABLE: Warbington Leads CID To Become Lawrenceville City Manager
RECOMMENDED: The Long Telegram by George Kennan
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Dr. Pemberton Was Successful Druggist Before Inventing Coca-Cola
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s Something To Make You Wonder
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell Us Where Photographer Shot This Beautiful River Scene

by GwinnettForum · March 15, 2016 · Full issues

3/11: On Twin Lakes proposal; Infinite Energy Center

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Concerned about Twin Lakes Proposal in Peachtree Corners

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett’s Infinite Energy Center Focuses on Two Main Customers

SPOTLIGHT: United Community Bank

FEEDBACK: Funding the GOP; More on Templeton Library; and Politics in 1816

UPCOMING: Medical Center Announces Two New Urgent Care Centers

NOTABLE: March 19 at McDaniel Farm Park Will Host Giant Easter Egg Hunt

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Founder of Coca-Cola Had Previous Career as Distinguished Druggist

TODAY’S QUOTE: Unmotivated People Must Be Content with Mediocrity

MYSTERY PHOTO: The Camera Is Turned Upward for this Mystery Photo

by GwinnettForum · March 11, 2016 · Full issues

3/8: Muslim groups; Demise of GOP?; European trek

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Understanding the Differences in Muslim Organizations
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Could 2016 Be the Year for the Death of the Republican Party?
ANOTHER VIEW: Traveling Gwinnettian Learning as He Treks Through Europe
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Wants More Sidewalks from Subdivisions to the Parks
UPCOMING: Changes Coming to Braselton Farmer’s Market, which Opens in June
NOTABLE: Supporters Give $50,000 to Renovated Media Center at Norcross High
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Women Become Famous With Astonishing Vaudeville Acts
TODAY’S QUOTE: Lewis Grizzard Could Be Poetic, Too
MYSTERY PHOTO: What? This Library Does Not Contain Any Books?

by GwinnettForum · March 8, 2016 · Full issues

3/4: Rail museum activities; political races; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Lots of Activities Coming Up at Duluth’s Southeastern Rail Museum

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here We Go Again: Total of 60 State and Local Offices Open This Year

ANOTHER VIEW: WXIA Tells Position of Senator Unterman and Her Employment

SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union

FEEDBACK: One Goldwater Republican Plans To Sit Out Presidential Election

UPCOMING: Plant and Wildflower Symposium in Tifton

NOTABLE: Scouts Provide City of Suwanee with Multiple Projects

RECOMMENDED: Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Marquis de Lafayette, 67, Completes 400 Mile Trek across Georgia

TODAY’S QUOTE: Way That The Right Looks Upon the Left

MYSTERY PHOTO: Classical Building Seems Imposing; Just Where Is It?

by GwinnettForum · March 4, 2016 · Full issues

3/1: On centrists, Trump and Apple

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TODAY’S FOCUS: It’s Sometimes Difficult to Think Like a Centrist

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Is Trump Candidacy on Target, Much Like Reagan Came On?

ANOTHER VIEW: Government Argument for Apple Master Key Is a Trojan Horse

SPOTLIGHT: The IMPACT! Group

FEEDBACK: On Political Bullying, Low-Level Jobs and Another Way To Help a Charity

UPCOMING: Apartments, Hotel Coming to Sugarloaf at Lakes Parkways Area

NOTABLE: Great American Clean-Up Opens; New Logo for Art-on-River

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Court of Appeals Began Because of Workload of Supreme Court

TODAY’S QUOTE: Achieving Excellence Grows from Little Matters and Attitude

MYSTERY PHOTO: In the Bright Sunshine, Just What Type of Building Is This?

LAGNIAPPE: Pink Magnolia Signals Spring

by GwinnettForum · March 1, 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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4/1: Our 16th year; Gwinnett’s 1st CID; Deal’s veto

3/29: Beverage checks; Garland hearing; General Assembly

3/25: On DUI convictions, Berlusconi and Trump

3/22: Foundation’s record year; Gibbs Gardens; Cell phones

3/18: Good year for bankers; Coal ash problems; Corruption

3/15: New college graduate; Gwinnett politics get hotter; more

3/11: On Twin Lakes proposal; Infinite Energy Center

3/8: Muslim groups; Demise of GOP?; European trek

3/4: Rail museum activities; political races; more

3/1: On centrists, Trump and Apple

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