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10/30: Remembering Rhodes Jordan, E-SPLOST, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering Rhodes Jordan, Namesake of New Lawrenceville School
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here Are More Reasons To Vote for E-SPLOST Continuation
ANOTHER VIEW: There Are Many Ways an Individual Is Not Free
FEEDBACK: Letters on our Constitution; Annandale Run; and E-SPLOST
UPCOMING: Connie Wiggins Plans To Retire from Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
NOTABLE: Suwanee Medical School Names “Champions of PCOM”; YSS Expands
RECOMMENDED READ: The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia During Administration of Royal Governor James Wright
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Small People Talk About in Gatherings
MYSTERY PHOTO: Five Recognize Home in Slovenia

by GwinnettForum · October 30, 2015 · Full issues

10/27 issue: From Christian singles to schools to gun laws

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Christian Singles Group Meets in Peachtree Corners

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Buford and Gwinnett Schools Among High Districts in Nation

ANOTHER VIEW: Gwinnett Native Finds New York Gun Laws Distasteful

FEEDBACK: Wants Foreign Policy Bill of Rights; On E-SPLOST Voting

UPCOMING: City of Peachtree Corners Steps Toward Having Town Center

NOTABLE: Road Work Coming to Five Forks Area; Norcross Gym To Get Renovation

RECOMMENDED TRIP: Gibbs Gardens, Ball Ground, Ga.

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Period of 1752 to 1775 Known in History as Royal Georgia

TODAY’S QUOTE: One Way You Can Be Sure of Winning Any Game

MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Find Mystery of the Bells

LAGNIAPPE: GACS Students Make Sandwiches for the Homeless

by GwinnettForum · October 27, 2015 · Full issues

10/23: On driving safer, E-SPLOST vote, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: DOT Commissioner Asks Georgians To Drive Safer
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Why You Should Vote “Yes” on E-SPLOST Proposal
FEEDBACK: Urges Approval of E-SPLOST; Looks Forward to New Cyclorama
UPCOMING: Health Center To Move to Buford Highway Location in Norcross
NOTABLE: New Waste Recovery System Produces Fertilizer, Saves Money
RECOMMENDED READ: It’s Your World by Chelsea Clinton
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Supreme Court Upholds Native American Self-Determination
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Other Seasons Leave for the Fall of the Year
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only Logan Duke Spotted Previous Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: GACS Wins One-Act Play Competition; Finazzo Is Best Actress

by GwinnettForum · October 23, 2015 · Full issues

10/20 issue: New Cyclorama, Obama and Afghanistan

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Saving a Natural Treasure: The Cyclorama To Be at History Center

EEB PERSPECTIVE: How President Obama Disappoints Many in This Country

UPCOMING: Good Samaritan Health Clinic To Move to Buford Highway in Norcross

NOTABLE: Suwanee Saves $180,000 When Re-Financing City Hall

RECOMMENDED READ: The Importance of Being Seven by Alexander McCall Smith

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Missionaries Sentenced to Prison in Cherokee Rights Affair

TODAY’S QUOTE: On the Movement Away from September

MYSTERY PHOTO: Only Two Persons Were Eagle-Eyed in Spotting Recent Mystery

LAGNIAPPE: Waffle Houses Are Located in 25 of the Lower 48 States

by GwinnettForum · October 20, 2015 · Full issues

10/16: Remembering Pat Johnson; on gambling; divide and conquer

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering Former Gwinnett Newswoman Pat Johnson
EEB PERSPECTIVE: We Don’t Need Additional Gambling in Georgia
ANOTHER VIEW: Three Examples of Questionable Divide and Conquer
FEEDBACK: Photo of Dumpster with Trump Sign; Comment on Stone Mountain Proposal
UPCOMING: City of Lilburn To Erect New Police Station on U.S. Highway 29
NOTABLE: Aurora Theatre Launches New Ticketing Program Aimed at Younger Set
RECOMMENDED RESTAURANT: Matthews’ Cafeteria, Tucker
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Key Worchester Case Tests Cherokee Nation’s Time in Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Why So Little Is Known of the Canadian Country
MYSTERY PHOTO: Two People Recognized Town Doing Duty as Second Time Around
LAGNIAPPE: One Happy Duck at Rhodes Jordan Park

by GwinnettForum · October 16, 2015 · Full issues

10/13: New GGC provost, good Stone Mountain plan, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Georgia Gwinnett College Announces New Provost
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Innovative Thinking from the Stone Mountain Memorial Association
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Seeks Input for Direction at Simpsonwood Park
NOTABLE: Time for Annual Fall Plant Sale at Gwinnett Tech
RECOMMENDED READ: Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
GEORGIA TIDBIT: See 28 Georgia Art Pieces at the Georgia State Art Collection
TODAY’S QUOTE: On the Movement away from September
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only One Recognized Recent Photo with Mountain and Tin Can
LAGNIAPPE: Some 8,000 Stand for Two Hours To Hear Donald Trump Saturday in Norcross

by GwinnettForum · October 13, 2015 · Full issues

10/9: On nonprofits, candidates, bridge, progressives

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Non-Profit Organizations Are Force To Be Reckoned With

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Two Republican Candidates To Visit Gwinnett on Saturday

ANOTHER VIEW: Progressives Must Start from Bottom to Win Races

UPCOMING: Flu Season Coming, So Move Soon to Get a Flu Shot

RECOMMENDED RESTAURANT: Three Lil’ Pigs, Buford

GEORGIA TIDBIT: It’s Apple Time; Learn More about the Georgia Apple Crop

TODAY’S QUOTE: When You Think About This, Well….It’s Forever

MYSTERY PHOTO: New Photograph Comes without a Lot of Clues

by GwinnettForum · October 9, 2015 · Full issues

10/6: On Margaret Tanner, Gwinnett’s buses, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering Margaret Tanner of Lawrenceville
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett Schools Award Two Safe Drivers with New Buses
UPCOMING: Parkview Cluster Foundation Plans Fund-Raising Fun Walk
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Awards $10 Million in 10 Years
RECOMMENDED READ: The Jewels of Paradise, by Donna Leon
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Black Georgians Participate More in Government after World War II
TODAY’S QUOTE: On the Movement away from September
MYSTERY PHOTO: Old World Conditions Shown in Quiet Scene
LAGNIAPPE: A Look at Gwinnett Place Mall in 1984

by GwinnettForum · October 6, 2015 · Full issues

10/2: Watershed clean-up, Rivera masterpiece, income gaps

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Beaver Ruin Watershed Clean-Up Is Target of Clean and Beautiful
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Diego Rivera Masterpiece at Art Institute Worthy of Trip to Detroit
ANOTHER VIEW: What Happens When Rich and Poor Are Too Far Apart?
FEEDBACK: Remember the Simpson-Bowles Debt Reduction Plan?
UPCOMING: Ga-PCOM Wins Approval for Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies
NOTABLE: Gander Mountain Opens Outlet in Snellville
RECOMMENDED READ: Her by Harriet Lane
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Veterans in Vanguard of Changes in Georgia After World War II
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Women Get Soon, But for Man Takes Forever
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perhaps This Railroad Engine Will Give You an Idea
LAGNIAPPE: DAR Chapter Welcomes New Citizens at Naturalization Ceremony

by GwinnettForum · October 2, 2015 · Full issues

9/29: Two on video scoreboards, Warhol exhibit, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Check Out Story Behind New Norcross High Giant Videoboard
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s How Formetco of Duluth Expanded into Videoboards
FEEDBACK: Wonders If Others in Gwinnett Concerned about National Debt
UPCOMING: Warhol Exhibit Coming to Hudgens; Civil War Exhibit at Heritage Center
NOTABLE: GGC Expansion Continues; Jackson EMC To Build New Gwinnett Facility
RECOMMENDED READ: Where the Money Was by Willie (The Actor) Sutton
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Economy Booms in Post World War II Era
TODAY’S QUOTE: Those Who Write Can See Differently from Most of Us
MYSTERY PHOTO: Man, That Last Mystery Was Certainly That
LAGNIAPPE: Now You Can Pay Your Taxes with Plastic

by GwinnettForum · September 29, 2015 · 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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10/23: On driving safer, E-SPLOST vote, more

10/20 issue: New Cyclorama, Obama and Afghanistan

10/16: Remembering Pat Johnson; on gambling; divide and conquer

10/13: New GGC provost, good Stone Mountain plan, more

10/9: On nonprofits, candidates, bridge, progressives

10/6: On Margaret Tanner, Gwinnett’s buses, more

10/2: Watershed clean-up, Rivera masterpiece, income gaps

9/29: Two on video scoreboards, Warhol exhibit, more

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