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10/4: On the presidential race, baseball and more

10/4: On the presidential race, baseball and more

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Does Our Nation Want a Leader Who is a Bully and a Con Artist?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Maybe Baseball Suggests Better Way of Picking Political Candidates
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Medical Center
UPCOMING: Heritage Center Plans First Leif Erikson Day on October 10
NOTABLE: Gainesville Hospital System To Purchase Barrow Medical Center
RECOMMENDED: Stone Mountain Highland Games
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Siege of Savannah Was Second Deadliest Revolutionary War Battle
TODAY’S QUOTE: Weakness Is Often Hidden in Bluster and Boasting and Rashness
MYSTERY PHOTO: Another Beautiful Vista for You To Guess Where It is
CALENDAR: Several Authors To Visit Gwinnett Soon

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by · October 4, 2016 · Full issues
BRACK: Maybe baseball suggests better way of picking political candidates

BRACK: Maybe baseball suggests better way of picking political candidates

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | What if qualifying to run for president of the United States was as tough as becoming a major league baseball player? That’s the feeling we got when reading about the way baseball executives select their future players these days.

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by · October 4, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
FOCUS: Does our nation want a leader who is a bully and a con artist?

FOCUS: Does our nation want a leader who is a bully and a con artist?

By Alvin Leaphart, Jesup, Ga. | My grandmother, Florence Gibbs, a former United States Congressman, taught me “Noblesse oblige,” a French phrase meaning “nobility obliges.” It is the concept that nobility extends beyond mere entitlements and requires the person who holds such status to fulfill social responsibilities, particularly in leadership roles. She fervently believed that this applied to everyone in government, from the bottom to the top.

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by · October 4, 2016 · Today's Focus
MYSTERY: Another beautiful vista for you to guess where it is

MYSTERY: Another beautiful vista for you to guess where it is

No doubt this isn’t in relatively flat Georgia. But even is it in the USA? Take a guess and send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · October 4, 2016 · Mystery photos
9/30: On Yellowstone, Lillian Webb, Hillary Clinton, Fort Daniel Faire

9/30: On Yellowstone, Lillian Webb, Hillary Clinton, Fort Daniel Faire

Click here to read the latest edition. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Reliving the Past and Enjoying the Beauty of Yellowstone Park
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering Miss Lillian Webb
ANOTHER VIEW: Continues Conservation Concerning Whether Mrs. Clinton Is Progressive
ANOTHER VIEW: Fort Daniel Faire for 2016 Concerns the “Dynamic Borders”
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
UPCOMING: Suwanee Gets Another Park, with 25 Acres Near Center of City
NOTABLE: Central Gwinnett Students Excited about Health Career Academy
RECOMMENDED: Miracle on the Hudson, by William Prochnau and Laura Parker
GEORGIA TIDBIT: McIntosh’s Support for Land Treaty Cost Him His Life
TODAY’S QUOTE: Reflections About Exercising at the Gym
MYSTERY PHOTO: Clues Abound for Your Taking in This Week’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Here’s a View of the Central Activities of the Gwinnett County Fair
CALENDAR: Fort Daniel Frontier Faire Set This Weekend at Hog Mountain

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by · September 30, 2016 · Full issues
BRACK: Lillian Webb was major force in Georgia as elected official

BRACK: Lillian Webb was major force in Georgia as elected official

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Lillian Webb was a major force for good in Gwinnett as an elected official. She was a Norcross councilperson (four years, 1971-74) to 11 terms as mayor (1975-84 and 1996-2007) and chairman of the Gwinnett County Commission for eight years (1985-1992).

“Miss Lillian” Webb, 87, died last week. She was a pioneering office-holder, leading the way for women in state Republican political activities, and in city and county government in Gwinnett. She was the first female mayor of Norcross, and first female county commission chair. And she did all this with such a happy, welcoming demeanor that charmed everyone she met.

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by · September 30, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
FOCUS: Reliving the past and enjoying the beauty of Yellowstone park

FOCUS: Reliving the past and enjoying the beauty of Yellowstone park

By Susan Shenefield, Yellowstone National Park | How does one spend six months living in a caldera, a large volcanic crater of the mouth of the volcano? We’ve been working and relaxing in Yellowstone National Park for a season!

The back story is I met my husband, Jordan, 45 years ago working summer jobs in Yellowstone as college kids. We’ve been married 43 years and our goal has been retiring and returning to give back to this Park we love so much.

So year 2016 the stars aligned for us to do that…and more, since this is also the Centennial Celebration of the National Park Service. We are ambassadors for Yellowstone.

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by · September 30, 2016 · Today's Focus
HOUSTON: Continues conversation concerning whether Mrs. Clinton is progressive

HOUSTON: Continues conversation concerning whether Mrs. Clinton is progressive

By Debra Houston, contributing columnist | I’d like to respond to the thoughtful column written by Hoyt Tuggle on September 16. He disagreed with my article of September 9 concerning progressivism, especially my point that Hillary Clinton is a progressive.

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by · September 30, 2016 · Another View
GILMORE: Fort Daniel Faire for 2016 concerns the “dynamic borders”

GILMORE: Fort Daniel Faire for 2016 concerns the “dynamic borders”

By Delana Gilmore | Tucked away on the highest point of Hog Mountain every fall you can feel the excitement of people rediscovering Gwinnett County’s earliest historic site, Fort Daniel, and its history. On Saturday, October 15 Fort Daniel Foundation will host the eighth annual Frontier Faire at 2505 Braselton Highway (Georgia Highway 124) with this year’s theme being, “Dynamic Borders”.

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by · September 30, 2016 · Another View
MYSTERY: Clues abound for your taking in this photo

MYSTERY: Clues abound for your taking in this photo

Check out the clues in this Mystery photo. Look carefully and you may be pointed in the direction to solve this week’s mystery. Then send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · September 30, 2016 · Mystery photos
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