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11/24: Old Norcross library; Buford entrepreneur; Thanksgiving

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Is That a Carnegie Library Building in Norcross?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Enterprising Young Woman Ventures Out with First Product
ANOTHER VIEW: Oh, the Joys, the Anguish, of Thanksgiving
UPCOMING: Myriad of Christmas Activities in Dacula on Sunday, December 6
NOTABLE: Eleven Middle School Teachers Win Bright Idea Grants
RECOMMENDED READ: The Generals by Winston Groom
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Once a Wonder, Kudzu Is No Longer Considered a Beneficial Crop
TODAY’S QUOTE: The Name of Your Pillow Where You Pray at Night
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tall Column Commemorates What, and Where Is It?
LAGNIAPPE: Master Gardener Volunteers Win Recognition

by GwinnettForum · November 24, 2015 · Full issues

11/20: On election day, presidential politics, abortion

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Suggests Combining Election Day and Veterans Day

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Two Competing Factors Come Into Play for Presidential Race

ANOTHER VIEW: Proven Ways the United States Can Reduce Abortions

FEEDBACK: Feels Writer Has Misunderstanding of the Constitution

UPCOMING: Norcross Tour of Homes; Writing Workshop in Athens; Others

NOTABLE: Two People Singled Out for Accomplishments

RECOMMENDED READ: Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Guy

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Where Did the Phrase, “You’ll Be Out on Your Ear” Come From?

TODAY’S QUOTE: That Few Milliseconds Between Pitch and Call

MYSTERY PHOTO: Ex-Gwinnettian Sends Photo That No One Can Identify

by GwinnettForum · November 20, 2015 · Full issues

11/17: Louisianan’s view; on publishing GwinnettForum; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: A View from Louisianan Who Lived Short Time in Gwinnett

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Response from Readers Makes Publishing Worthwhile

ANOTHER VIEW: Land Line Customers Have Callers Who Abuse Them

FEEDBACK: Four Comments, including Two on Paris Bombings

UPCOMING: City of Suwanee Seeking Snappers in Photo Contest

NOTABLE: Little Mulberry Park in Gwinnett Honored with Award

RECOMMENDED READ: Very Good Lives by J. K. Rowling

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Association of Georgia Artists Started in Murphy Home in Savannah

TODAY’S QUOTE: One Element That Has No Handicaps

MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of People Recognize Harbor in Croatia

LAGNIAPPE: Augusta DAR Project and Tourist Attraction

by GwinnettForum · November 17, 2015 · Full issues

11/13: On public transit, college football, representation

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Majority of Gwinnett Citizens Now Favor Public Transit
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Unrest in Midwest Could Be Changing College Football
ANOTHER VIEW: Wants Change in the U.S. Constitution for “Fairer Representation”
FEEDBACK: We’re Rewarded with Three Letters for Readers Today
UPCOMING: Two Gwinnett Properties Named as “Places in Peril” by Historic Trust
NOTABLE: GGC Dedicates Military Success Center in Memory of Deborah Reato
RECOMMENDED READ: Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve by Ian Morris
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Christopher Murphy Jr. Prominent Artist For Years in Savannah
TODAY’S QUOTE: Why Voting Just Doesn’t Make Any Difference
MYSTERY PHOTO: What a Beautiful Photograph of a Harbor Town!
LAGNIAPPE: Vines Park Wins International Award for Grounds Maintenance

by GwinnettForum · November 13, 2015 · Full issues

11/10: Library improvements, plurality victory, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Major Improvements Seen in Gwinnett Library System

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Lilburn Councilman To Take Seat with Plurality Victory

FEEDBACK: Items on Huckabee, E-SPLOST, Closing Bars Earlier….and an Error

UPCOMING: Snellville Presents Well-Known Artist; Entries Sought in Promoting Event

NOTABLE: Dahlonega’s Calhoun Gold Mine Offered at Auction

RECOMMENDED RESTAURANT: Glen Ella Springs

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Yamacraw Indians Important When Oglethorpe Founded Georgia

TODAY’S QUOTE: On the Differences Between Hearing and Seeing

MYSTERY PHOTO: Four Readers Identify Recent Mystery

LAGNIAPPE: Vines Park Wins National Award

by GwinnettForum · November 10, 2015 · Full issues

11/6: Remembering veterans; thankful on E-SPLOST

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Many Veterans Who Served Are Still Hurting

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Big Relief Felt from E-SPLOST Voting from Small Turnout

UPCOMING: Christmas in 1860s Coming to McDaniel Park Farm in November

NOTABLE: Sidewalks and Resurfacing Coming To Parts of Gwinnett

RECOMMENDED READ: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Hazel Gaines First Woman in Georgia To Earn Pilot’s License

TODAY’S QUOTE: Yogi Sees Value in Little League Baseball

MYSTERY PHOTO: Three Recognize Last Edition’s Mystery Photo

LAGNIAPPE: GAC Dancers Cop State Championship for Fourth Time

by GwinnettForum · November 6, 2015 · Full issues

11/3: School testing, bar regulations, learning from each other

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TODAY’S FOCUS: School Testing Reduction Can Expand Students’ Minds
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett Needs More Regulation on Drinking Establishments
ANOTHER VIEW: Democrats and Republicans Can Learn from One Another
FEEDBACK: More on When People Are Free; Suggests Group to Help Pet Adopters
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners Invests in Business Incubator
NOTABLE: Watch Out for Scammers on New Chip Cards
RECOMMENDED READ: The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early Royal Georgia Was Unsettled Time for Most Residents
TODAY’S QUOTE: One Season Which Is Far Richer Than the Others
MYSTERY PHOTO: Three Recognized Location in Western France

by GwinnettForum · November 3, 2015 · Full issues

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

Continuing objectives

Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:

Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
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.
Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
County-wide microtransit services.

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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11/17: Louisianan’s view; on publishing GwinnettForum; more

11/13: On public transit, college football, representation

11/10: Library improvements, plurality victory, more

11/6: Remembering veterans; thankful on E-SPLOST

11/3: School testing, bar regulations, learning from each other

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

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

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

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