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FOCUS: Main Street Grayson launches BOOST for local businesses

FOCUS: Main Street Grayson launches BOOST for local businesses

By Gail Lane | We know that what most business owners need more than anything is a little bit of support. It might be people eating in our restaurants, shopping in our stores, or just passing along a positive post on social media. Main Street Grayson wants to do more. We want to give our small business owners a little bump … a positive nudge … a BOOST that will help them rise to the next level of success and distinguish themselves from their competition.

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by · February 16, 2016 · Today's Focus
MYSTERY: Another lighthouse for you to identify

MYSTERY: Another lighthouse for you to identify

Several times The Mystery Photo has been lighthouses. This edition here’s another lighthouse to identify. See if there’s anything in this photo that points you to its locality. As usual, send your guess to Elliott@brack.net and be sure to tell us where you live.

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by · February 16, 2016 · Mystery photos
2/12: On black holes, Wounded Warrior Project, teaching English

2/12: On black holes, Wounded Warrior Project, teaching English

Click here to see the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: GGC Professor Contributes to Study on “Black Holes”
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Wounded Warrior Project Under Fire for High Overhead
ANOTHER VIEW: There’s Satisfaction in Teaching ‘English as Second Language’ Classes
SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Family Auto Dealerships
FEEDBACK: Two Views on Police Chases
UPCOMING: Coalition Plans Veterans Head Count; Needs Items for “Blessing Bags”
NOTABLE: GGC Names Lori Buckheister Vice President for Advancement
GEORGIA TIDBIT: de Soto Was First European To Visit Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s Another Way To Look at February 14
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can You Tell Us Something about This Dog(/font>

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by · February 12, 2016 · Full issues
BRACK: Wounded Warrior Project under fire for high overhead

BRACK: Wounded Warrior Project under fire for high overhead

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | People shower lots of attention on military veterans today.

Perhaps it’s because we now have an all-volunteer military. Maybe it’s because with the proliferation of media now, the average American knows more about our troops engaged in military activity all over the world. Perhaps it’s the new patriotism since 9/11. Whatever the reason, people in our country shower a lot of attention on helping veterans of the military service.

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by · February 12, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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FOCUS: GGC professor among those contributing to “Black Holes”

By Sally Ramey | Black holes are the subject of much fascination, not just in science but also in popular media. For example, the 2014 movie Interstellar portrays a fast-rotating, supermassive black hole, into which the protagonist falls in order to probe its center.

Such a scenario may be more than the stuff of Hollywood magic, according to a research team led by Dr. Lior Burko, associate professor of physics at Georgia Gwinnett College, and including Gaurav Khanna, associate professor of physics at UMass Dartmouth, and Anil Zenginoǧlu, science coordinator at the Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling at the University of Maryland.

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by · February 12, 2016 · Today's Focus
HOUSTON: There’s satisfaction from teaching in English as second language

HOUSTON: There’s satisfaction from teaching in English as second language

By Debra Houston | Political operatives often give the word “immigrant” a negative connotation. Happily, churches are more magnanimous. In fact, as you roam about Gwinnett, you may notice church signs announcing “ESL Classes.” If so, that church offers English as a Second Language to foreign-born adults. Except for buying a workbook at a nominal fee, the classes are free. Childcare is also commonly available without charge.

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by · February 12, 2016 · Another View
MYSTERY: Tell us what you know about this dog

MYSTERY: Tell us what you know about this dog

There could be two correct answers to this edition’s Mystery Photo, which is of a dog. But what dog and where do you recognize this pup from? Send in your thought to elliott@brack.net, and include your hometown.

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by · February 12, 2016 · Mystery photos
2/9: New GACS tower; police chases; establishment politics

2/9: New GACS tower; police chases; establishment politics

Click to read latest issue. Inside:

TODAY’S FOCUS: GACS Has New Tower Gracing Its Campus

EEB PERSPECTIVE: State Needs To Put Limits on Police Chases

ANOTHER VIEW: Both Right and Left are Dissatisfied with Establishment Politics

SPOTLIGHT: Walton EMC

FEEDBACK: More on AT&T Bureaucracy; Would Tunnel Be Better Than Bridge?

UPCOMING: Early Presidential Voting Underway at Eight Locations in Gwinnett

NOTABLE: Regional Science Fair Looking for Judges for February 26 Science Fair

RECOMMENDED: Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Many Varieties of Birds Found in Georgia

TODAY’S QUOTE: Something of a Philosophy from W.C. Fields

MYSTERY PHOTO: What Is This Structure Doing in the Mountain Area

LAGNIAPPE: Beavers Find Ways To Thwart Mankind’s Protective Shield

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by · February 9, 2016 · Full issues
FOCUS: Deaths from police chases ought to cause us to re-think issue

FOCUS: Deaths from police chases ought to cause us to re-think issue

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | You tell me: why do we have so much talk about gun control, shootings and deaths in the United States, when automobile accident deaths are just as prevalent, actually slight more, than gun deaths?

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by · February 9, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
From left are Gavin McDonnell, Ethan McDonnell, Lacey Shaffer and Madelyn Shaffer.

FOCUS: New tower graces campus of Greater Atlanta Christian School

By Jamie Dalton | Several years ago, a vision was cast to families of Greater Atlanta Christian School (GACS) as part of a $29.7 million capital campaign. A place was needed in the heart of the campus where all could see that Jesus was at the center of the school.

Many stepped forward and gave generously. This past December, GACS’s new Cross Tower and Baptismal were dedicated.

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by · February 9, 2016 · Today's Focus
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