By Carrol Dadisman | Americans visiting Cuba on recently-authorized “people to people” tours catch only glimpses of the burdens borne by 11 million Cubans still subjected to Communist rule. But they see flashes of change and innovation that eventually could unlock the latent potential of our island neighbor.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Peachtree Corners Mayor Answers Questions on Proposed Bridge
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Visit to Cuba Shows Happy, Friendly People, But Crumbling Buildings
ANOTHER VIEW: State Should Call Bluff of Filmmaker’s Many Tax Breaks in Georgia
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Braves
FEEDBACK: Letters On Bridges, Cubans, Artists and Candidates
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Announced Themes, Times for Summer Acting Camp
NOTABLE: Mural in Toyota Promotion To Remain in Norcross’ Skin Alley
RECOMMENDED: Singing for Mrs. Pettigrew by Michael Morpurgo
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Horace Ware Born Lowly, Rises to Federal Judicial Bench
TODAY’S QUOTE: When To Start on Your Retirement Activity
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Significant Hints In This Edition’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Peachtree Corners Rotary Hosts First Career Exploration Night
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | While visiting Cuba last week, we didn’t get much contact with everyday Cuban people. My wife and I were on a visit with primarily American newspaper people.
Other than Cubans at our hotel and restaurants, meeting and talking with Cubans was not part of our trip to this island nation of 11 million people.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: What Drives the Artists to Keep “Taking a Licking” from Viewers?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: What One Organization Faces After 57 Years of Operations
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District
FEEDBACK: Idea of a Bridge Across 141 Has Awakened Peachtree Corners as Issue
UPCOMING: County Buys New Devices to Help in Cardiac Arrest Cases
NOTABLE: GACS Announces New Roles for Four Veteran Educators
GEORGIA TIDBIT: World’s First Black Combat Aviator Was Born in Stewart County
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Doing Good in the United States Has Become
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Clues in This Round-About May Lead You to Solution
LAGNIAPPE: Rotary Honors Connie Wiggins for Her Extensive Service to Gwinnett
By Karen Burnette Garner, Dacula, Ga. | I may be showing my age, but remember the old Timex watch commercial? To display the fine workmanship and durability of the watch, the spots showcased examples of the Timex being abused in many ways, and at the end, it was always still working! The message was the product was built tough, built to last, and was a good investment (though they were, and are, very affordable.) As an artist myself, may I ask, what do we do to make our work, and ourselves, able to “take a licking and keep on ticking?”
“Nothing makes us feel more connected than when we are engaged in a healthy balance of thoughtful speaking and hardcore listening.”
— Belgian-American psychotherapist and relationship expert Eshter Perel (1958- ) 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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