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10/28: No, Yes, No, No on constitutional amendments, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Voting “Yes” on Amendment Means Helping and Hope for Child Victims
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Vote Against Three of Four State Constitutional Amendments
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
UPCOMING: Telling the World of Holocaust Is Subject of Gwinnett Presentation
NOTABLE: Primerica Foundation Announces 2016 Grants Totaling $960,000
RECOMMENDED: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Atlanta Is Home To the Arthritis Foundation, Founded in 1948
TODAY’S QUOTE: Determining If It’s A Good Time to Take a Hike
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Classic Building Could Be Anywhere in the World
LAGNIAPPE: Lack of Rain Shows Drought Being Felt at Gwinnett Lakes
CALENDAR: Luxomni Community Fall Festival Is This Sunday, October 30
FOCUS: “Yes” on amendment means help, hope for child victims
By Renee Unterman, Buford, Ga. | On October 18, the FBI announced over 239 arrests for trafficking and prostitution as part of Operation Cross Country X, a nationwide initiative conducted in partnership with local law enforcement agencies. Nearly 70 of those arrests were from locations in Georgia including Alpharetta, Marietta, Dunwoody and Gwinnett County.
10/25: On Gwinnett’s libraries and a new Dahlonega distillery
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Libraries Cement Knowledge and Community in One Place
EEB PERSPECTIVE: New Dahlonega Distillery Aims at Producing Spirits by January, 2017
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Several Readers Respond To GwinnettForum Candidate Endorsements
UPCOMING: Advanced Voting Adds Two Sites This Week, Five Sites Next Week
NOTABLE: Metro Chamber Recognizes Gwinnett Water Plant Byproduct
RECOMMENDED: Bleak House by Charles Dickens
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgian Moves to Stage, Screen But Best Known for Voiceovers
TODAY’S QUOTE: Your Memory Can Be Useful in Determining If World Is Weird
MYSTERY PHOTO: These Bowl-Like Objects May Give A Clue about Photograph
LAGNIAPPE: Visitor Enjoys Zoo Atlanta Amphibian and Reptile House
CALENDAR: Open House Saturday at Lilburn’s New City Hall and Library
BRACK: New Dahlonega distillery aims at producing spirits by January 2017
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | A new $2 million hand-crafted distillery is about to begin off Town Creek Road near Dahlonega. Stillhouse Creek Distillery has as president Diane Kelly of Dahlonega, the only woman who is head of a distillery in Georgia.
On November 4, the distillery will mark its opening at the plant at 2 p.m. Dave Pickerell, a master distiller previously with Maker’s Mark bourbon, will be present.
FOCUS: Libraries cement knowledge and community in one place
By Dick Goodman, Lilburn, Ga. | There is one thing the other speakers this afternoon didn’t mention: the important role of libraries in our community and in our definition of who we are as Americans.
Libraries were not always as convenient as they are today, but we all have memories as children of going to a library. But libraries weren’t always accessible. In some communities they just didn’t exist, or they weren’t open to ordinary people.
10/21: Women are winning; Presidential endorsement; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: WIN Cites Progress Made in Electing Women to Political Office
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Our Endorsement for the Presidency of the United States
SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Family Dealerships
UPCOMING: Several Gwinnett Cities Plan Scary Halloween Activities
NOTABLE: County Approves Two Non-Profit Grants for Chronic Care
RECOMMENDED: Brown is the New White by Steven Phillips
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Once Techwood Homes, Atlanta Site Now Is for Student Housing
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Scientists Usually Think About Philosophers
MYSTERY PHOTO: See if this Mystery Photo Means Anything To You
LAGNIAPPE: More Progress at GGC To Accommodate Growing Student Body
CALENDAR: Tannery Row Artist Colony Fall Juried Art Exhibit Is Saturday
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 14, 2025
“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.
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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.
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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