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11/6: Remembering veterans; thankful on E-SPLOST

11/6: Remembering veterans; thankful on E-SPLOST

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Many Veterans Who Served Are Still Hurting

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Big Relief Felt from E-SPLOST Voting from Small Turnout

UPCOMING: Christmas in 1860s Coming to McDaniel Park Farm in November

NOTABLE: Sidewalks and Resurfacing Coming To Parts of Gwinnett

RECOMMENDED READ: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

GEORGIA TIDBIT: Hazel Gaines First Woman in Georgia To Earn Pilot’s License

TODAY’S QUOTE: Yogi Sees Value in Little League Baseball

MYSTERY PHOTO: Three Recognize Last Edition’s Mystery Photo

LAGNIAPPE: GAC Dancers Cop State Championship for Fourth Time

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by · November 6, 2015 · Full issues
BRACK: Big relief felt in E-SPLOST vote despite small turnout

BRACK: Big relief felt in E-SPLOST vote despite small turnout

By Elliott Brack | Relief!

That’s what Gwinnett Countians should be feeling as the results of the 2015 E-SPLOST voting were announced. A small minority of the voters (only 7.09 percent, a record low) of Gwinnett thought enough of their county and the school system to go out and approve a one cent continuation of sales taxes for school purposes. That’s an awfully low number voting.

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by · November 6, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Merkel

FOCUS: Many who served are still hurting as we approach Veterans Day

By Tom Merkel, president, The IMPACT Group | On Wednesday, November 11, we come together to celebrate Veterans Day. It will be a day to say “Thank You” and honor all who have served in the military — in wartime or peacetime. It’s a day to acknowledge the contributions and the sacrifices they have made so Americans can continue to enjoy our Freedom, and live in a safer world.

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by · November 6, 2015 · Uncategorized
MYSTERY: Just where was this photo taken?

MYSTERY: Just where was this photo taken?

The automobiles in this edition’s Mystery Photo indicate that this photo probably was taken in the United States. But where? That’s the question. If you think you know where this photo was taken, send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.

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by · November 6, 2015 · Mystery photos
11/3: School testing, bar regulations, learning from each other

11/3: School testing, bar regulations, learning from each other

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TODAY’S FOCUS: School Testing Reduction Can Expand Students’ Minds
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett Needs More Regulation on Drinking Establishments
ANOTHER VIEW: Democrats and Republicans Can Learn from One Another
FEEDBACK: More on When People Are Free; Suggests Group to Help Pet Adopters
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners Invests in Business Incubator
NOTABLE: Watch Out for Scammers on New Chip Cards
RECOMMENDED READ: The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early Royal Georgia Was Unsettled Time for Most Residents
TODAY’S QUOTE: One Season Which Is Far Richer Than the Others
MYSTERY PHOTO: Three Recognized Location in Western France

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by · November 3, 2015 · Full issues
BRACK: Commission took a first step; now regulate bars more closely

BRACK: Commission took a first step; now regulate bars more closely

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Up through World War II and to about 1950, Gwinnett County was a relatively quiet, rural community merely near Atlanta. Then with the beginning of growth of Atlanta, Gwinnett began to see its own growth, though early on it was incidental, not wide open as it became later.

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by · November 3, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Moore

FOCUS: Reduction in school testing necessary to expand students’ minds

By Holly Moore | Education stories, particularly public school education stories, often dominate our news. You can’t escape the latest study or data pointing to successes and far too often failures. Bureaucrats, with little to no education background, weigh in on the best way to “fix” our schools. Systems explore the next big trend in teaching

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by · November 3, 2015 · Today's Focus
HOUSTON: Democrats and Republicans can learn from one another

HOUSTON: Democrats and Republicans can learn from one another

By Debra Houston | Democrats and Republicans can learn from one another. Democrats are strong on emotion, but often short on reason. Republicans are just the opposite. They are strong on reason, but often short on emotion.

Empathy is entirely appropriate in politics, but sometimes Democrats twist it into something hateful. They exploit the emotions of minorities when they portray Republicans as “the enemy,” as did Mrs. Clinton at a rally in October.

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by · November 3, 2015 · Another View
MYSTERY: Water may be a clue

MYSTERY: Water may be a clue

Today’s Mystery Photo is a massive building, and note the water in the foreground and the trees. It might give you a clue. But where is it? Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.

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by · November 3, 2015 · Mystery photos
10/30: Remembering Rhodes Jordan, E-SPLOST, more

10/30: Remembering Rhodes Jordan, E-SPLOST, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering Rhodes Jordan, Namesake of New Lawrenceville School
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here Are More Reasons To Vote for E-SPLOST Continuation
ANOTHER VIEW: There Are Many Ways an Individual Is Not Free
FEEDBACK: Letters on our Constitution; Annandale Run; and E-SPLOST
UPCOMING: Connie Wiggins Plans To Retire from Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
NOTABLE: Suwanee Medical School Names “Champions of PCOM”; YSS Expands
RECOMMENDED READ: The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia During Administration of Royal Governor James Wright
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Small People Talk About in Gatherings
MYSTERY PHOTO: Five Recognize Home in Slovenia

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by · October 30, 2015 · Full issues
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