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NEW for 5/3: Georgians have 2 horses in Derby, more
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EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgians have 2 horses in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Feels writer is out of touch with Hispanic community
UPCOMING: County breaks ground on Lenora Park improvements
NOTABLE: Former Ghanaian changes view, and gains degree
RECOMMENDED: Hard Times by Charles Dickens
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Student activists demonstrate in Georgia in the 1960s
MYSTERY PHOTO: Concentrate broadly about today’s Mystery
CALENDAR: Breaking Legs opens Friday at the Lionheart Theatre
BRACK: Georgians have 2 horses in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby
By Elliott Brack | There’s interest in the Kentucky Derby for at least one family in Gwinnett. Keith Mason, the son of Ann and Wayne Mason of Snellville, is the co-managing partner of a syndicate which will have two horses running in the Derby on Saturday. Mason and Larry Connolly of Atlanta are co-founders of the West Paces Racing partnership group.
NEW for 4/30: New GI program; Spiced Coke; Trump
One click here to read the latest full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Hospital adds new minimally invasive GI program
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Random act of kindness brought on by Spiced Coke
SPOTLIGHT: E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
ANOTHER VIEW: Trump’s immigration issue will backfire on him
FEEDBACK: Disapproves of endorsement for new District Attorney
UPCOMING: County OKs new flight school at Briscoe Field
NOTABLE: Nicholas Brown beats odds to graduate from GGC
RECOMMENDED: Reincarnation Described and Explained by Emmet Fox
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Andersonville Prison subject of two TV films
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell us the location and the activity of this photo
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnett Tech hosts inaugural BAM! event
CALENDAR: Final 2024 Johns Creek Symphony Concert coming Saturday
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 10, 2025
“Nothing makes us feel more connected than when we are engaged in a healthy balance of thoughtful speaking and hardcore listening.”
— Belgian-American psychotherapist and relationship expert Eshter Perel (1958- ) via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
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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.
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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