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2/26: Peachtree Corners concept; No casinos here; 2016 races

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Proposal For 39 Unused Acres To Upgrade Peachtree Corners

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia Doesn’t Need Casino Gambling within Our Borders

ANOTHER VIEW: Looking Back at Presidential Campaigns in the Last 50 Years

SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

FEEDBACK: Comments about the Common Core and Local Goldfinches

UPCOMING: Gwinnett Library To Launch Online High School This Spring

NOTABLE: ARC Releases New Region Plan, Its Long-Range Blueprint for Atlanta

RECOMMENDED: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

GEORGIA TIDBIT: McIntosh County Shouters Perform in Ancient African Tradition

TODAY’S QUOTE: Impressive Talents Worthless Without Motivation

MYSTERY PHOTO: Just Where Does This Stairway Lead, and in What City?

by GwinnettForum · February 26, 2016 · Full issues

2/23: On Common Core, presidential delegates, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: GACS President Speaks to Common Core and Uncommon Learning
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia Delegate Count Important in Both Party’s Voting Next Tuesday
ANOTHER VIEW: Anti –Abortion Measures Before Legislature Are Deceptive
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: More on Peachtree Corners Tunnel and What Mama Taught
UPCOMING: Aurora Plans Annual Gala Marking 20th Anniversary on March 4
NOTABLE: North Gwinnett Teacher is Winn DAR Outstanding History Teacher
RECOMMENDED: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Southeastern Ring Shout One of Oldest Surviving African Traditions
TODAY’S QUOTE: Time to Listen to An Oracle
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of Water To Consider When Looking at This Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: First Goldfinch of the Season Arrives at Lawrenceville Park

by GwinnettForum · February 23, 2016 · Full issues

2/19: On Lawrenceville Co-op; What our parents told us; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Marking 20 Years Service, Lawrenceville Co-op Serves Area
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Parent to Child: “Did You Wash Behind Your Ears Today?”
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
UPCOMING: Suwanee Farmers Market Asks Vendors to Come to March 21 Meeting
NOTABLE: Three Gwinnett Seniors Win DAR Good Citizen Awards for 2016
RECOMMENDED: The Sisters are Alright by Tamara Winfrey Harris
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Shoulderbone Creek in Hancock County Hosted First Camp Meeting
TODAY’S QUOTE: One Way To Tell If You Are a Leader
MYSTERY PHOTO: Does This Look Like a Southern Scene?
LAGNIAPPE: Another Photo from Booth Western Museum Ongoing Exhibit

by GwinnettForum · February 19, 2016 · Full issues

2/16: BOOST in Grayson; coining a new term; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Main Street Grayson Launches BOOST for Local Businesses
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Those New “Drones” Help Friend Coin a New Term
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Letters on Wounded Warrior Project; Suggests Tunnel for Peachtree Corners
UPCOMING: County and Gwinnett Place To Study Mobility and Connectivity
NOTABLE: PCOM Students Prepare For Residency Program Match Day
RECOMMENDED: Ansel Adams Photography Exhibit at Booth Western Museum
GEORGIA TIDBIT: George Whitefield Part of Great Awakening in Georgia in 1700s
TODAY’S QUOTE: Why Companies Need To Improve Their Products
MYSTERY PHOTO: Two Dogs Who Look Similar
LAGNIAPPE: One Place Where Andrew Jackson Is Commemorated

by GwinnettForum · February 16, 2016 · Full issues

2/12: On black holes, Wounded Warrior Project, teaching English

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TODAY’S FOCUS: GGC Professor Contributes to Study on “Black Holes”
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Wounded Warrior Project Under Fire for High Overhead
ANOTHER VIEW: There’s Satisfaction in Teaching ‘English as Second Language’ Classes
SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Family Auto Dealerships
FEEDBACK: Two Views on Police Chases
UPCOMING: Coalition Plans Veterans Head Count; Needs Items for “Blessing Bags”
NOTABLE: GGC Names Lori Buckheister Vice President for Advancement
GEORGIA TIDBIT: de Soto Was First European To Visit Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s Another Way To Look at February 14
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can You Tell Us Something about This Dog(/font>

by GwinnettForum · February 12, 2016 · Full issues

2/9: New GACS tower; police chases; establishment politics

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TODAY’S FOCUS: GACS Has New Tower Gracing Its Campus

EEB PERSPECTIVE: State Needs To Put Limits on Police Chases

ANOTHER VIEW: Both Right and Left are Dissatisfied with Establishment Politics

SPOTLIGHT: Walton EMC

FEEDBACK: More on AT&T Bureaucracy; Would Tunnel Be Better Than Bridge?

UPCOMING: Early Presidential Voting Underway at Eight Locations in Gwinnett

NOTABLE: Regional Science Fair Looking for Judges for February 26 Science Fair

RECOMMENDED: Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Many Varieties of Birds Found in Georgia

TODAY’S QUOTE: Something of a Philosophy from W.C. Fields

MYSTERY PHOTO: What Is This Structure Doing in the Mountain Area

LAGNIAPPE: Beavers Find Ways To Thwart Mankind’s Protective Shield

by GwinnettForum · February 9, 2016 · Full issues

2/5: Sugar Hill named most active city; Political outlook after Iowa

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Georgia Municipal Association Names Sugar Hill State’s Most Active City

EEB PERSPECTIVE: The Political Outlook after the Iowa Voting

SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning Inc.

FEEDBACK: Several Views Concerning Norcross Community Garden

UPCOMING: 15th Annual NE Georgia Boy Scouts To Honor Three from Gwinnett

NOTABLE: George Pearce Park in Suwanee To Get New Gymnasium

RECOMMENDED READ: The Billion Dollar Spy by David E. Hoffman.

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Several Individuals Contribute to History of Birds in Georgia

TODAY’S QUOTE: Church Bulletin Board Finds Way To Show Allegiance

MYSTERY PHOTO: Try to Figure Out Where This Guy Is Fishing

LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnett Wildlife: One Beautiful Red Shouldered Hawk

by GwinnettForum · February 5, 2016 · Full issues

2/2: Duluth’s festival award; telephone frustrations; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: City of Duluth Wins Award for Best Festival in Southeast

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Frustrations When Dealing with Certain Bureaucratic Utilities

SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Braves

FEEDBACK: More on Community Gardens and Bridge Across Peachtree Parkway

UPCOMING: Stone Mountain Barbershop Quartet Offers Singing Valentines

NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners Certified as Green Community by ARC

RECOMMENDED MOVIE: Occupied on Netflix

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Long Term Effect of Yazoo Fraud Led to Trail of Tears

TODAY’S QUOTE: Even Darrow Recognized Anybody Can Be President

MYSTERY PHOTO: Peaceful Mountain and Lake Scene Awaits Your Discernment

by GwinnettForum · February 2, 2016 · Full issues

1/29: New GGC director; On Bloomberg and the primary

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TODAY’S FOCUS: GGC Names New Director of Sports Information

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Possible Entry of Bloomberg for President and South’s March 1 Primary

SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District

FEEDBACK: Another Letter on Medical Marijuana; Questions Why Not Combine States

UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners Jumps Squarely Into Gwinnett Bridge War

NOTABLE: Toastmasters at PCOM Trains Future Doctors in Speaking Skills

RECOMMENDED BOOK: Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Boundary once Extended to the Mississippi River

TODAY’S QUOTE: Andy Warhol Reflection on Dying

MYSTERY PHOTO: Must Be Cold in This Place Where Photo Taken

LAGNIAPPE: Duluth Honors Six Citizens with Spirit of Good Living Awards

by GwinnettForum · January 29, 2016 · Full issues

1/26: Georgia premiere; Government mergers; S.C.’s governor

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Aurora Theatre Presents Georgia Premiere of Teen Interaction Drama

EEB PERSPECTIVE: New Wrinkle: Some Smaller City and County Governments Merge

ANOTHER VIEW: SC Gov. Haley at First Sounded Good, But Then a Turnaround

SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Medical Center

FEEDBACK: Two Readers Respond to Column by Wilson

UPCOMING: Notre Dame Academy To Open George Student Center on January 29

NOTABLE: Kaiser Permanente Opens Member Services Facility in Gwinnett

RECOMMENDED READ: In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia First in Nation To Use Same Voting Machines in Each County

TODAY’S QUOTE: Why It Doesn’t Matter What A Room Temperature Is

MYSTERY PHOTO: Ever Hear of a Place Where People Say “Meet me at the Red Robin?”

LAGNIAPPE: Duluth Rexall Drugs Featured in Magazine about Drug Store Lunch Counters

by GwinnettForum · January 26, 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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2/26: Peachtree Corners concept; No casinos here; 2016 races

2/23: On Common Core, presidential delegates, more

2/19: On Lawrenceville Co-op; What our parents told us; more

2/16: BOOST in Grayson; coining a new term; more

2/12: On black holes, Wounded Warrior Project, teaching English

2/9: New GACS tower; police chases; establishment politics

2/5: Sugar Hill named most active city; Political outlook after Iowa

2/2: Duluth’s festival award; telephone frustrations; more

1/29: New GGC director; On Bloomberg and the primary

1/26: Georgia premiere; Government mergers; S.C.’s governor

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