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9/22: On renting your house for movie, Civic Center
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TODAY’S FOCUS: A Glimpse Where A Walk in the Woods Was Partially Filmed
EEB PERSPECTIVE: After 10 Years, There’s Excitement about Expansion of Civic Center
FEEDBACK: One Guy Wants George Wilson To Run for President
UPCOMING: Jackson EMC Returns $6.5 Million; SPCA Plans Gala and Masquerade Ball
NOTABLE: PCOM New President is Inaugurated; Ball Court Named for Amanda Riley
RECOMMENDED READ: The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
GEORGIA TIDBIT: World War II Spending Helped the South out of the Depression
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lighthouses Abound Around the Country; Where Is This One?
LAGNIAPPE: You Can Still Have Fun at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds This Week
BRACK: Expansion of Gwinnett Civic Center area getting attention
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Gwinnett was booming along nicely in 2005 and 2006. Plans were underway to expand the Gwinnett Civic Center and its environs.
The recent recession cut expansion plans short. Finally, in 2015, we’re starting to see some movement for new facilities around this area that is more-and-more the heartbeat of the county.
MYSTERY: Only 1 recognized bridge taken from shore bollards
The United States for ages has built lighthouses to guide ships away from the shores, and into harbors. This lighthouse photo may give you a clue to where it is located. Now, it’s your turn to tell us where this lighthouse is located. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.
9/18: Mandatory uniforms, Mackinac Island, average guy
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Mandatory Uniform Policy Adopted at Summerour Middle School
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Peddling Around Mackinac Island, Michigan
ANOTHER VIEW: Steps USA Could Take To Improve Conditions for the Average Guy
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Offers Comedy; Elisha Winn Fair; StoryCorps Coming
NOTABLE: PCOM Gets Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine
RECOMMENDED READ: The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia State University Has Largest Labor Archive in Southeast
TODAY’S QUOTE: What We Don’t See in People Who Have Offended Us
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only One Person Recognized the Last Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: State Official on Aging Visits with Gwinnett Officials
BRACK: Visiting and pedalling around Mackinac Island, Michigan
By Elliott Brack | Visiting Mackinac Island, Mich., had always intrigued both my wife and me. After years of pondering the area, a time in August presented itself, and we visited. It’s on the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. We flew to Detroit, rented a car, drove north, and crossed on the every-30-minute ferry.
FOCUS: Summerour Middle School adopts mandatory uniform policy
By Dorothy Jarrett | Here at Summerour Middle School (SMS), our motto is “We are committed to creating a culture of excellence by working hard and being nice!” Every student can recite this and every teacher talks about what it really means with our students. We believe that our culture of excellence will ignite our success.
Gwinnett Forum | April 18, 2025
“Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.”
– English critic and essayist Charles Lamb (1775-1834).
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judicial and school board elections to the date of the General Election.
- More creative efforts to support the arts in Gwinnett.
- Advancement and expansion of city historical societies.
- Require establishments that serve alcoholic beverages to halt sales of such products at 1 a.m., and close by 2 a.m.
- Require the Georgia Legislature to meet only once every two years.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Gwinnett planners to encourage condos and townhouses instead of apartments.
- County-wide microtransit services.
Interested in Gwinnett history?
Now re-printed in its third edition, Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta, the award-winning history of Gwinnett County, is once again available for purchase. It sold out of its first two printings. The book won the 2010 Award of Excellence in Documenting Georgia History from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board. The book is available at Old Town Antiques at 93 Main Street in Lilburn.
- The history of Gwinnett is also available as an e-book from Amazon or Barnes and Noble for $9.95.
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