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July 21: Mass transit, sprinkler days, more

July 21: Mass transit, sprinkler days, more

Click here to read full issie. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: New Internet Site Seeks Promoting Mass Transit in Gwinnett
EEB PERSPECTIVE: City of Lilburn Planning To Have Two Sprinkler Days!
FEEDBACK: Strategic Warning Signs About Passing Buses Could Educate Drivers
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners Businessmen Plan Second Outreach Event
NOTABLE: After 26 Years, Gwinnett Community Clinic in Snellville Is Closing
RECOMMENDED READ: Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Urban Sprawl Impacts Species Conservation
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Can Sometimes Happen to the Innocent
MYSTERY PHOTO: Georgia Landmark in Washington Was Latest Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Opening Night Coming for Aurora’s Production of Memphis

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by · July 21, 2015 · Full issues
BRACK: Lilburn plans Sprinkler Days; having a good day before getting going

BRACK: Lilburn plans Sprinkler Days; having a good day before getting going

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Three cheers for the City of Lilburn. The City is doing something during Dog Days that is applaudable.

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by · July 21, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
FOCUS: Site seeks to raise funding to promote mass transit in Gwinnett

FOCUS: Site seeks to raise funding to promote mass transit in Gwinnett

By Jack Snyder, director, Gwinnett Needs Mass Transit | Do you commute to work in the Atlanta area? Is sitting in traffic jams worth using your own car? Does our lack of spending on road infrastructure in the Atlanta area bother you? If you answered “Yes” to these questions, then it is time to really consider mass transit as an alternative. Whether you like it or not MARTA is now the best alternative solution.

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by · July 21, 2015 · Today's Focus
MYSTERY: Deep discussion

MYSTERY: Deep discussion

CLUE: What in the world are these two guys, one a baseball player and the other a businessman, discussing? Who and where are they? Send your guess to elliott@gwinnettforum.com — and make sure to include your contact information and hometown.

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by · July 21, 2015 · Mystery photos
July 17: EMC trip, Berlin diary, more

July 17: EMC trip, Berlin diary, more

Click here to read the full issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Four Students from Gwinnett Attend Washington Conclave
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Berlin Diary Remains Gripping Account of 1939-40 Germany
FEEDBACK: More on Buford Highway Appearance, Bus Stops and Pastor Protection Act
UPCOMING: Suwanee Plans Two Performances of Chitty-Chitty, Bang-Bang
NOTABLE: New Outdoor Theatre in Gainesville Offers New Educational Drama
RECOMMENDED READ: Books That Have Made History by Professor J. Rufus Fears
GEORGIA TIDBIT: More Professionals Needed in State Horticulture Industry
TODAY’S QUOTE: Perhaps It’s Getting There That Counts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mystery Photo Stumps Readers of GwinnettForum

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by · July 17, 2015 · Full issues
BRACK: Shirer’s Berlin Diary is gripping account of World War II build-up

BRACK: Shirer’s Berlin Diary is gripping account of World War II build-up

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Back in the winter of 1962, just after the publication of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Iowa native William L. Shirer was scheduled to speak at the University of Iowa. His book chronicled the Nazi era by someone actually living in Europe, and watching and chronicling this bit of history.

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by · July 17, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Jackson EMC’s 2015 Washington Youth Tour Delegates, from left, are Kirtan Parekh, North Gwinnett; Emily Bauer, Brookwood; Kristen Gomez, Mill Creek; and Chris Larkins, Dacula, at Lafayette Park, with the White House in the background.

FOCUS: Four students from Gwinnett make EMC trek to Washington

By Kay Parks | JEFFERSON, Ga. — Just returning from a leadership trip to the nation’s capitol, local students Emily Bauer, Brookwood High School; Kristen Gomez, Mill Creek High School; Chris Larkins, Dacula High School; and Kirtan Parekh, North Gwinnett High School, joined 107 other Georgia high school students on one of the nation’s most prestigious, longest running leadership programs for teens.

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by · July 17, 2015 · Today's Focus
MYSTERY: Photo stumps the readers of GwinnettForum

MYSTERY: Photo stumps the readers of GwinnettForum

Perhaps this edition’s Mystery Photo will prove a little easier than last week. The architecture may tell you something. Now figure out where this building is located, and tell us what you can about it. Send your thoughts to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to include your address.

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by · July 17, 2015 · Mystery photos
JULY 14: Gwinnett 101, legislative “protection,” flower mystery

JULY 14: Gwinnett 101, legislative “protection,” flower mystery

Click here for the full issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: County Seeking Applicants for Second “Gwinnett 101” Class
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Speaker Ralston Proposes Bill That Georgia Doesn’t Need
MYSTERY SOLVED: Flowers on Courthouse Square Were Misidentified
FEEDBACK: Vines Railroad Needs Volunteers; School Buses; Rapid Transit
UPCOMING: Career Fair in Norcross; Snellville Names New City Attorney
NOTABLE: Program Seeks Improved Medicine for Area; Watch for Summer Scams
RECOMMENDED READ: My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me by Jennifer Teege
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Blueberries Now Worth Multi-Millions in Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s What an Expert Says about the Adjective
MYSTERY PHOTO: Some confused “Little Mermaid” with last mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Great egret

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by · July 14, 2015 · Full issues
BRACK: Georgia doesn’t need “protection” offered by Speaker Ralston

BRACK: Georgia doesn’t need “protection” offered by Speaker Ralston

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Why do legislators think we need so much protection?

It seems that they are always modifying current law to protect us from that Boogerbear or that Devil? And the fact is that we often don’t need their help at being protected, for we already have more protection in our Bill of Rights and Constitution than most people in other countries of the world.

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by · July 14, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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