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NEWS BRIEFS: Hampton to be Veteran’s Day speaker on Nov. 11
Speaker for the 28th annual Veteran’s Day observance at the Fallen Heroes Memorial in Gwinnett County will be retired Army Col. Dolores Hampton, who lives in Atlanta, and retired from the United States Army in 1997 after 26 years of service. The ceremony will begin at 11:11 a.m. on November 11 in front of the Gwinnett Judicial and Administration Center.
NEWS BRIEFS: Morsberger to receive Council for Quality Growth Award
Emory Morsberger of Lilburn will be honored by the Council for Quality Growth (CQG) as one of its two award recipients on November 15 at the Comcast Center at The Battery Atlanta. The second winner is John Shern of Atlanta. This will be the 13th annual Community Improvement District Recognition Reception.
NEWS BRIEFS: Lawrenceville seeks call for design of elongated mural
The city of Lawrenceville has issued a call for design of a community mural. It is an open call for artists to submit designs for a community mural planned along Buford Drive between East Pike and East Crogan Streets where the Post Office is located. Deadline for submission is Friday, December 2, 2022.
NEWS BRIEFS: Oct. 18 edition to present candidate answers, endorsements
You can be more informed about the 2022 General Election by reading next Tuesday’s (October 18) edition of GwinnettForum. In that issue, you can read unedited answers from candidates about their views on six questions GwinnettForum put to them. In addition, the October 18 edition will highlight the GwinnettForum endorsements of local candidates in many of the state and local political races.
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 22, 2024
“We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.”
– Etiquette Authority Judith Martin (1938 – ), also known as Miss Manners.
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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