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PCOM planning to establish second medical campus in Georgia

PCOM planning to establish second medical campus in Georgia

By Barbara Myers, Moultrie, Ga. | By signing a Memorandum of Agreement, representatives from Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie, and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) in Philadelphia, Penn., agreed to develop a feasibility plan and present it for approval to the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) to develop an additional location in South Georgia. The College also operates a school of Osteopathic Medicine in Suwanee, Ga.

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by · November 8, 2016 · Photo essay
MYSTERY: Tell us who was the inspiration for this modern facility

MYSTERY: Tell us who was the inspiration for this modern facility

Today’s Mystery Photo may surprise you where it is located. Check it out and see if you know where it might be. Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · November 8, 2016 · Mystery photos
11/4: Police as guardians; Recap of endorsements; Next in politics

11/4: Police as guardians; Recap of endorsements; Next in politics

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Police As Guardians When Confronting Situations in Crisis
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here are GwinnettForum’s Choices in Tuesday’s General Election
ANOTHER VIEW: Looking Back on Presidential Campaign, and What Might Happen
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia-Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
FEEDBACK: Suggests Three Reasons To Vote Against Ballot’s Amendment Two
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Offering The 12 Dates of Christmas on Stage Soon
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners New City Manager To Begin Work November 21
RECOMMENDED: The Magnolia Story by Joanna and Chip Gaines, with Mark Dagostino
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Trio Exercises Dominance over State Politics for Many Years
TODAY’S QUOTE: Is All This Political Conviction Coming From People Second-Handed?
MYSTERY PHOTO: Learning More about the Wild West Days
LAGNIAPPE: Pam Hoffman Gets Award from District Parks-Recreation Group
CALENDAR: Red, Blue and You Event, Friday, November 18, at 11:30 a.m. at Coolray Field

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by · November 4, 2016 · Full issues
Here are GwinnettForum’s choices in Tuesday’s General Election

Here are GwinnettForum’s choices in Tuesday’s General Election

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | In this last edition of GwinnettForum prior to Tuesday’s election, we’ll give a run-down of our views on the various races, as a guide to the election. Details of these endorsements were printed in previous issues.

Here are our choices in elections where there are at least two opponents:

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by · November 4, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Boyce

FOCUS: Police as guardians when confronting situations in crisis

By Peter Boyce, Dacula, Ga. | Law enforcement has been thrust into a role of crisis intervention when confronted with persons suffering from mental illness and/or drug induced behavior.

The media now asserts that the police, as first responders who frequently confront individuals with severe mental illness or who are under the influence of drugs, must fulfill a legal obligation to protect the safety and welfare of the community as well as assess and safeguard the rights of people with disabilities such as mental illness or drug induced behavior.

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by · November 4, 2016 · Today's Focus
A. BRACK: On presidential campaign and what might happen

A. BRACK: On presidential campaign and what might happen

By Andy Brack | Come November 8, Southerners will cast about 33 million votes in this oddest and nastiest of presidential elections. Of those, more than 15 million will be for the Democrat, Hillary Clinton. That’s a lot of blue living in what most assume is just red.

Yes, our region, just like our nation, is more purple than just red or blue.

Recent polls indicate Clinton likely will replicate Southern electoral victories by Barack Obama in 2008, with narrow wins in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. Republican nominee Donald Trump likely will carry the other Southern states, but 45 percent to 48 percent of voters in each probably won’t vote for him, based on past results.

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by · November 4, 2016 · Another View
MYSTERY: From statuary to a tall building

MYSTERY: From statuary to a tall building

Can you figure out where this is, and what is its context? Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

What we thought might be a difficult Mystery Photo easily caught the eye of several readers, with Rob Keith of Peachtree Corners saying: “Well, this one was a lot easier than the last. It’s the statue of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday at the Historic Railroad Depot in Tucson, Ariz. Many people may not know that Doc Holliday was born here in Griffin, Ga. in 1851.” The photograph was sent in by Sandy and Rick Krause of Lilburn.

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by · November 4, 2016 · Mystery photos
11/1: Rodriguez back in A Christmas Carol; No to big telecom merger

11/1: Rodriguez back in A Christmas Carol; No to big telecom merger

Click here to see the latest issue. Inside
TODAY’S FOCUS: Anthony Rodriguez Returns In A Christmas Carol Beginning Nov. 25
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Proposed AT&T Merger with Time Warner Should Be Blocked
ANOTHER VIEW: Governments Give Away Much in Subsidies To Firms
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
UPCOMING: Duluth Snares 100 Employees of Engineering and Innovation Firm
NOTABLE: New Railway Museum Building To Increase Space Almost 50 Percent
RECOMMENDED EXCURSION: Wolf Mountain Vineyard
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Known as the “Bourbon Triumvirate:” Brown, Colquitt and Gordon
TODAY’S QUOTE: Writing a Book Means Some Demon Is Driving You
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where Is the Location of These Two Gunfighters Statues?
LAGNIAPPE: Watching a Soda Straw Rocket Soar at GSMST
CALENDAR: Barbershop Chorale Coming to Peachtree Corners Baptist Church

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by · November 1, 2016 · Full issues
BRACK: Proposed AT&T merger with Time Warner should be blocked

BRACK: Proposed AT&T merger with Time Warner should be blocked

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Can you see any benefit from AT&T taking over (not “merging”) with Time Warner?

Do you really think a bigger AT&T is automatically better?

Why is it that these big conglomerates think that buying more companies will improve the situation, at least for those of us down here in the trenches? We can see that a larger company may make the income of the top brass significantly higher than their present fat-checks. But that surely doesn’t help the Average Joe.

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by · November 1, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Rodriguez as Scrooge

FOCUS: Rodriguez returns in A Christmas Carol beginning Nov. 25

By Chelsea Bohannon | A holiday classic fit for the entire family, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol returns to Aurora Theatre this holiday season, November 25 –December 23! The timeless tale of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Anthony Rodriguez) and his quest for forgiveness unfolds in an unforgettable journey of transformation through Christmas past, present and future. Deemed one of the greatest Christmas stories of all time, audiences of all ages will delight in the spirit of the season as they revisit the splendor of what makes this production a holiday tradition.

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by · November 1, 2016 · Today's Focus
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