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MYSTERY: Glass ceiling, various flags may give clues
Today’s Mystery Photo may be difficult for the fact that people don’t always look up to see what the ceilings look like. Check out this glass ceiling, which is apparently surrounded by flags, and see if you can determine where it is. Send in your thoughts to elliott@gwinnettforum.com and be sure to include your hometown.
6/21: Older student returns to college; Water tank slogans; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Older GGC Student Overcomes Obstacles and Returns to College
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remember Those Water Tank Slogans? Put ‘em To Work Again
SPOTLIGHT: Primerica Inc.
FEEDBACK: On Voting for Someone Other Than the Two Presidential Nominees
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville Gas System Wins Award from National Association
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech Gets Support from DEUTZ in Diesel Program
RECOMMENDED: Emma by Alexander McCall Smith
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Lena Horne Spent Part of Her Childhood in Middle Georgia
CALENDAR: Peachtree Corners Had Meeting on Bridge on Thursday
TODAY’S QUOTE: How Prejudices Can Easily Overcome Logic
MYSTERY PHOTO: Two Competing Soft Drink Signs in Today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Looking at Downtown Atlanta West from Jackson Street Bridge
BRACK: Remember those water tank slogans? Put ‘em to work again
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Ever happen to you? Ever fail to see something right in front of you? Or another time, did you ever give something away, and then later regret your action?
That could be happening to Gwinnett County government these days, as it searches for a new slogan that succinctly identifies the diverse community that Gwinnett has become.
MYSTERY: Two competing soft drink signs
Here’s a clue for this edition’s Mystery Photo: it’s located in Georgia, but you tell us where. Also note the juxtaposition of this store having a Coca-Cola sign against the building, with another beverage sign, of Royal Crown Cola, also sticking out from the wall. Send in your thoughts to elliott@gwinnettforum.com and be sure to include your hometown.
6/17: The creative process; this and that; church attendance
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Time and Pressure Is in Geology, But Also in the Creative Process
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Graphic Presentations, Sheriff Candidate, A Bridge, and Z Names
ANOTHER VIEW: An Explanation of Why One Person Goes To Church Regularly
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
FEEDBACK: Newton’s Law Also Works with Large Numbers of People
UPCOMING: Leadership Gwinnett Announces Members of 32nd Class
NOTABLE: Thirteen Compete in Annandale Village’s Kiss-A-Pig Contest
RECOMMENDED: The Closing of the Liberal Mind by Kim R. Holmes
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Russell Library Now in a New Facility at UGA
TODAY’S QUOTE: Basing His Life To Reflect Positively on His Father
MYSTERY PHOTO: Marsh Scene May Be Difficult for You To Identify
LAGNIAPPE: DAR Chapter Participates in Snellville’s Flag Day Ceremony
BRACK: Graphic presentations, sheriff candidate, a bridge and Z names
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | We saw this the other day and liked it: “If your data has fewer than 20 pieces of information, a graphic presentation is not needed.”
How many civic clubs presentations are ruined because the audio-visual won’t work? But how many times is the audio visual not of high quality, or it presents TOO MUCH info? Many times, just plain speaking is superior to poor quality AV.
FOCUS: Time and pressure is in geology, but also in the creative process
By Karen Burnette Garner | In the field of geology, the study of rocks and their creation come down to two pretty simple ideas: time and pressure. Those elements take everyday materials and transform them into something altogether different. Precious stones are the result of time and pressure on the crystallization of minerals. Coal becomes diamond, sea sand and creatures become limestone and slate, rocks become different rocks through the forces of pressure-created heat and time. Time and pressure can allow the most fragile tree root to split the massive boulder.
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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