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15.05: Ensuring justice; Treasures; Legislature

15.05: Ensuring justice; Treasures; Legislature

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TODAY’S FOCUS: More Translators Key in Gwinnett for Ensuring Justice
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Just What Treasures Are in Your Closet or Attic?
ANOTHER VIEW: Feels Progressives Want Legislature To Meet the Year Around
FEEDBACK: When Will Do Not Call Rules Be Enforced?
UPCOMING: OTC Troupe Offers 10th Anniversary Performance in Norcross on Saturday
NOTABLE: Lilburn Will Honor Former Councilwoman Helen Morris with a Bench
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Charting the Flow of Georgia Rivers
TODAY’S QUOTE: Thinking Fanatics In Two Ways
MYSTERY PHOTO: Old Casino in Romania Didn’t Stump All Readers
LAGNIAPPE: Lawrenceville Is the Wisteria City

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by · April 17, 2015 · Full issues
BRACK: Unexpected find turns out to be great book

BRACK: Unexpected find turns out to be great book

We stumbled upon quite a treasure the other day, something we did not know was there.

It was a large-format book, in a box of textbooks and other literature, probably from one of our children. Going through this box to help re-stock our Little Free Library (see this archived issue), here was this older book with 86 stunning black-and-white photographs.

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by · April 17, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Lazarus

FOCUS: Court’s access to translators is key to justice

By Rachel M. Lazarus | Gwinnett has more primary languages spoken than any other county in Georgia, and that has a huge impact on access to justice. According to the last census, 33 percent of Gwinnett households speak more than 100 different languages other than English as their primary language. Without the ability to speak and be understood, Limited English Proficiency (LEP) is one of the biggest barriers people face when accessing the justice system.

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by · April 17, 2015 · Today's Focus
MYSTERY: Not Piedmont Park

MYSTERY: Not Piedmont Park

No, this isn’t Piedmont Park in downtown Atlanta. Yet the tall building might give you a clue. Think differently, and you might come up with the answer to this week’s Mystery Photo. Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to tell us where you live.

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by · April 17, 2015 · Mystery photos
15.04: New sculpture; novelist Michael Brown; more

15.04: New sculpture; novelist Michael Brown; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: New Sculpture at Environmental Center Honors Wayne Hill
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Loganville’s Michael Brown Writes Novels About the South
FEEDBACK: Oooops. We Re-Printed an Urban Legend
UPCOMING: New Exhibits at Hudgens Art Center Features Aurora Theatre Designs
NOTABLE: Brenau College Dedicates Second Bronze Sculpture, Completing Process
RECOMMENDED READ: Promise of Silver by Michael K. Brown
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia’s Water Comes from Varied Sources
MYSTERY PHOTO: We Tossed a Softball and Many Hit It Out of the Park
LAGNIAPPE: Opening Night at Coolray Field with the Gwinnett Braves

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by · April 14, 2015 · Full issues
Brown

BRACK: Loganville retiree writes novels about the South

By Elliott Brack | Who would have thought that years in corporate America would be the business background of a newly-published Gwinnett author?

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Michael Brown, a Loganville resident, has now had two books published. We read his Somewhere a River, a 268 page novel from Deeds Publishing of Atlanta, and found it most enthralling. It is set in Alabama, the story turning around growing up in the South, high school and college football, and the entanglements we can get ourselves in both when younger and afterward. Later parts of the story take place in a different setting……Wyoming, of all places, as a struggling Southerner finds redemption and contentment where he does not expect it. It’s a story, somewhat haunting, that develops out of, and makes sense in, the modern world.

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by · April 14, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Members of the EHC Foundation Board unveiled this rendering of a proposed sculpture garden featuring an interactive, nature-inspired art piece. The bronze sculpture will feature the likeness of former Gwinnett County Commission Chairman Wayne F. Hill, who was instrumental in the creation of the EHC.

FOCUS: Environmental Center foundation plans Wayne Hill sculpture

By Cammie Fulmer | Former Gwinnett County Commission Chairman Wayne Hill will be honored with the first outdoor art at the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center (EHC).

Funded by the private, non-profit Environmental and Heritage Center Foundation, this venture will consist of a multi-year project to place sculptures and reflective garden spaces throughout the EHC’s 700 acre campus.

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by · April 14, 2015 · Today's Focus
MYSTERY: Few clues in this mystery

MYSTERY: Few clues in this mystery

CLUE: There appear to be few clues for this edition’s Mystery Photo. There’s some rocks, which apparently means this building is located on water, but no other geographic features. Even the architecture is difficult to pinpoint. Tell us where you think this building is located by sending you answer to elliott@brack.net, and be sure to tell us where you live.

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by · April 14, 2015 · Mystery photos
15.03: Grayson Day; Tidbits; Another view; more

15.03: Grayson Day; Tidbits; Another view; more

Click here to see the latest edition. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Coming Soon: the 36th Annual Grayson Day Celebration
EEB PERSPECTIVE: From Cell Phones, Scholarships and Seniors to the Falcons
ANOTHER VIEW: Wants Legislature To Meet More, Not Less
FEEDBACK: Another Take on Legislature Meeting Less Often
UPCOMING: Aurora Opening, Barefoot Coming Soon, and Candidate for Mayor
NOTABLE: Forest Service Jobs, Suwanee Adds More Art and Water Council Openings
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Poetry Society Meets Quarterly Around the State
TODAY’S QUOTE: Can You Recall Anything Funny from Richard Nixon?
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only Two People Recognized This Landmark
LAGNIAPPE: Look on Bright Side Is Focus of Kudzu Art Zone show

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by · April 10, 2015 · Full issues
Darker areas shows heavier senior population in Gwinnett

BRACK: On seniors, scholarships and the late Eddie LeBaron

By Elliott Brack | APRIL 10, 2015 — Today let us throw in some tidbits which we have wanted to mention for a while.

In which part of Gwinnett are most of the older residents living? This accompanying map can tell you. The darker the precinct, the more people over age 60 who live in that area.

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by · April 10, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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