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15.22: Rainbow Village, summer work, more
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IN THIS EDITION
TODAY’S FOCUS: Rainbow Village Reaches Another Milestone, Dedicating Building
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Use Care When Checking Out Jobs for Summer Work
UPCOMING: Program on Fatherlessness Coming to Snellville Library
NOTABLE: Exhibition on Georgia Textiles Coming to Environmental and Heritage Center
RECOMMENDED READ: Celts and Germans by Professor Timothy B. Shutt
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Native Nell Choate Jones Becomes World Famous Painter
TODAY’S QUOTE: Sometimes You Just Don’t Deserve What You Get
MYSTERY PHOTO: We Thought It Was Hard, But Several Recognized This Pattern
LAGNIAPPE: Time for Summer Farmers Markets
FOCUS: Rainbow Village dedicates new buildings, marking another milestone
By Nancy Yancey | Rainbow Village, a transitional housing community in Duluth that serves homeless families with children, marked another milestone recently. Over 250 supporters gathered to celebrate the opening of their new Community Center and six new apartments. Bishop Keith Whitmore of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta led the blessing of the buildings.
Rainbow Village began 24 years ago at Christ Episcopal Church in Norcross. As an outreach ministry of the church, Rainbow House was formed in 1991 in a house that was leased from Georgia Power which was converted into a duplex.
BRACK: Students must use caution when checking out summer jobs
Finding a summer job is always a top priority for college and high school students. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Atlanta and Northeast Georgia is warning consumers of seasonal job scams, which can lead to identity theft. Signs of these scams include fake postings that require little effort for the job or claim to be high paying. By falling for these scams, students can waste time, lose money, as well as be victims of identity theft.
15.21: WWII site, Fernbank roses, more
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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
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.
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.
Gwinnett Forum | April 8, 2025
“The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.”
— English poet, illustrator, painter, translator Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 – 1882).
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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