By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | A long time Gwinnett enterprise has another person in charge these days, though the company operates much the same as before. The company is John D. Stephens Inc., run for years by John D. himself of Snellville. Today his former companies are run by his youngest son, Mitchell, 47, while the father concentrates his efforts in another company with work around the Atlanta Airport.
By Scarlett Rigsby, Lawrenceville, Ga. | “Building relationships.” “No us and them.” “Meeting others where they are.” “It all counts”….these are statements frequently heard when the mission of Nothing but the Truth Ministry is explained.
I founded Nothing but the Truth as a charitable 501c3 in 2010 with the idea that it would seek to understand the needs of the community and then to mobilize ministry partners to meet those needs. What began as a small Bible study in a room of a local extended stay hotel has grown rapidly into a multi-faceted ministry. In 2013, the Nothing but the Truth’s Ministry Center opened its offices on Langley Drive near downtown Lawrenceville. It is centrally located near several low-income housing options.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: The West Needs To Come Together With Islam To Destroy ISIS
EEB PERSPECTIVE: What Is The Oldest City in Metro Atlanta?
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Associates, P.C.
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Place CID Works To Expand Boundaries During 2017
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech Librarian Is A Winner of “Love My Librarian Award”
RECOMMENDED: The Whistler by John Grisham
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah River’s Banks Steeped in History Going Back 12,000 Years
TODAY’S QUOTE: Wonder Why He Doesn’t Get Many Invitations To Parties?
MYSTERY PHOTO: Does This Architecture Tell You Anything about This Building?
LAGNIAPPE: Walton EMC Line Technicians Place in Lineman’s Rodeo in Kansas
CALENDAR: Model Railroad Exhibit Through Holidays at George Pearce Park
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Officials in the county seat of Lawrenceville have been selling themselves short. Perhaps it’s because when new people come into office in Lawrenceville, and that the institutional memory went the door. For the Lawrenceville officials have been saying recently that they are the second oldest city in Metro Atlanta.
By Alvin Leaphart, Jesup, Ga. | The moving forces in society are not lawyers. Lawyers simply work within the framework of society as it exists during a period in history, trying to make sense out of it, and maintain peace and harmony in society.
The moving forces, or the changers, are religious leaders, activists, and radicals in all groups. Religious leaders work to keep things as they are; activists seek change; and radicals use one or the other, or both, to destroy a society and create a new one in their own image.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Making a Few Points As She Waits for the 2018 Elections
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Lilburn Will Be Site of Gwinnett’s First Distillery by January
SPOTLIGHT: Primerica, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Three Letters Contribute to Dialogue on Political Events
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Cities Plan Their Own Christmas Tree Lighting Events
NOTABLE: Kudzu Art Zone To Mark 10th Anniversary through January
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah River Has Major Impact All Along Its Flow
TODAY’S QUOTE: How One Person Thinks after Being Given a Blow
MYSTERY PHOTO: America Based Scene Is This Edition’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Grand Reopening of Fire Station One Museum is December 3
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | By January, Gwinnett may have a distinctive new business venture up and running—-its first distillery.
Hope Springs Distillery in Lilburn is the concept of a Norcross couple who decided to “hire ourselves” when they were looking for something “legal to do” as they left full-time employment.
By Sara Rawlins, Lawrenceville, Ga. | Please allow me to make a few points.
Point 1. Yes, Mr. Trump won the election with the help of the “White Man,” especially in the rural areas, but here’s a fact that needs to be pointed out: most of their jobs went overseas way before President Obama came into office and most jobs were out-sourced because of cost concerns. Here the fault lies with big business, which Mr. Trump is a part of.
“I have learned that our greatest blessings come when we are able to improve the lives of others.”
– The only president from Georgia, No. 39, Jimmy Carter (1924-2024), via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
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