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15.21: WWII site, Fernbank roses, more

15.21: WWII site, Fernbank roses, more

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IN THIS EDITION

TODAY’S FOCUS: Visit of World War II Sites Makes You Say, “Lest They Forget”

EEB PERSPECTIVE: Many Fernbank Rose Bushes Moved to Governor’s Mansion

FEEDBACK: Appreciated Remembrance of Adelaide Wallace Ponder

UPCOMING: Howard Leads ACCG Committee; Lilburn Votes for Body Cameras

NOTABLE: Two Walton EMC Directors Retire, and Two New Directors Join Board

RECOMMENDED READ: Amish Confidential by Levi Stoltzfus and Ellis Henican

GEORGIA ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ted Turner Launches CNN, Becomes World TV Force

TODAY’S QUOTE Where You Can Tell People to Go for the Climate

MYSTERY PHOTO: Rob Ponder Stumps Our Readers

LAGNIAPPE: Suwanee Farmers Market Open on Saturdays Through October 3

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by · June 12, 2015 · Full issues
The American Cemeterey at Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, by Tom Merkel

FOCUS: Visit of World War II sites make you say, “Lest they forget”

By Randall Pugh | Last Saturday, June 6, marked the 71st anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe during World War II. On that day 160,000 allied troops landed along a 50 mile stretch of the Normandy coast in northern France. Less than a year later Adolph Hitler was dead and the war in Europe was finally over.

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by · June 12, 2015 · Today's Focus
Locked rose garden gate at Fernbank Museum

BRACK: Many Fernbank rose bushes moved to Georgia governor’s mansion

By Elliott Brack | Imagine your surprise if you were going to an attraction, and when you got there, without you knowing anything about it, the gate was locked.

That’s what happened to one Gwinnettian seeking to visit and admire the roses at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History recently. A sign on the gate said the rose garden was closed permanently. Some of the roses moved to the Governor’s Mansion for care.

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by · June 12, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
MYSTERY: Where’s this construction?

MYSTERY: Where’s this construction?

It appears to be steel, and in some intricate pattern. Now tell us where you think this piece of construction is located, and its significance. Send your entries to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include where you live.

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by · June 12, 2015 · Mystery photos
15.20: Foundation grants, public servants, more

15.20: Foundation grants, public servants, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Local Non-Profits Get $130,000 from Community Foundation
EEB PERSPECTIVE: People Are There for You If Something Runs Amiss in Your Life
FEEDBACK: One Veteran’s Story and How He Got Help in Gwinnett
UPCOMING: Walton EMC Releases Details of Cooperative Solar Property
NOTABLE: Leadership Gwinnett Announces 40-Member Class for 2015-16
RECOMMENDED READ: Lusitania; Triumph, Tragedy by Greg King and Penny Wilson
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Finally, Gov. Ellis Arnall Pardons Author of Georgia Chain Gang Book
TODAY’S QUOTE: Concerning How Scientists Have Been and Are Today Thinking
LAGNIAPPE: Mike Rooks of Mulberry Park Wins National Trail Award

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by · June 9, 2015 · Full issues
FOCUS: Community Foundation awards $160,000 in 30th anniversary grants

FOCUS: Community Foundation awards $160,000 in 30th anniversary grants

By Paige Havens | The Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia (CFNEG) is awarding $160,217 in grants to 33 non-profit organizations in our community as part of the Foundation’s 30th Anniversary celebration. These awards are part of the Foundation’s annual discretionary grant disbursements that are gifted to help non-profit organizations further key projects, programs or community initiatives.

Julie Keeton Arnold, 2015 Grants Committee Chair shares: “Our goal was to award at least 30 grants to honor the Foundation’s 30th anniversary, but we had to stay within our granting budget.

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by · June 9, 2015 · Today's Focus
BRACK: People are there for you if something runs amiss in your life

BRACK: People are there for you if something runs amiss in your life

By Elliott Brack | In the distance, was that a siren? Waiting among a large group in a medical facility recently for a doctor’s appointment, an ambulance pulled up to the building entrance. That explained the siren. Three EMTs started rolling in a gurney.

About that time a Gwinnett fire truck from Station 15 on Perry Street in Lawrenceville also quietly pulled up to the building, with three fireman joining the EMTs.

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by · June 9, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
MYSTERY: Few recognize lodge at Yosemite National Park

MYSTERY: Few recognize lodge at Yosemite National Park

Try this waterfall on your brain. It’s not a major well-known waterfall, but it is beautiful, and some of the GwinnettForum readers have probably seen it. If you think you know where this waterfall is, send your idea to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to include your current home town.

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by · June 9, 2015 · Mystery photos
PHOTOS: Keen Ice comes in third

PHOTOS: Keen Ice comes in third

Keith Mason was soaring high when part of the horse he owns, Keen Ice, finished third in the Belmont Stakes to Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. Mason and his wife, Twinker, are shown with former President Bill Clinton. Of his horse’s performance, Mason says that he “Thought Keen Ice had the kick for the finish. We were most pleased. He ran the best race run thus far, giving it all he had. American Pharoah is a superhorse. There’s no shame in losing to a Triple Crown winner.”

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by · June 9, 2015 · Uncategorized
15.19: Triple Crown connection; entertainment center; criminal justice reform

15.19: Triple Crown connection; entertainment center; criminal justice reform

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s a Gwinnett Angle to Belmont Stakes Saturday in New YorkEEB PERSPECTIVE: Unique New Entertainment Center Coming to Peachtree CornersANOTHER VIEW: Steps We Need To Take To Reform the Criminal Justice SystemUPCOMING: City of Duluth Begins Demolition of Three Acres DowntownNOTABLE: Medical Center Expands Treatment of Adults with ConcussionsBOOK RECOMMENDATION: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Book about Georgia Chain Gang Proves To Be National SensationTODAY’S QUOTE: Somehow There Seems Like Something Is Wrong with This
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few Recognized Church of Ireland in Dublin
LAGNIAPPE: Check Out a the Snake-Necked Turtle from New Guinea

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by · June 5, 2015 · Full issues
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