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NEW for 11/17: On Supreme Court, Masonic lodges, Norcross school
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Loss of faith in Supreme Court hurting democracy
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett County has 10 Masonic lodges in operation
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District
ANOTHER VIEW: Everybody Wins produces great result at Stripling school
FEEDBACK: Sends a compliment from home base in Chamblee
UPCOMING: County proposes $2.5 billion budget for 2024
NOTABLE: Marine vet finds new life, heading GGC’s development
RECOMMENDED: Prequel: An American Fight against Fascism by Rachel Maddow
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia marble used in many monuments in Washington
MYSTERY PHOTO: Two-fold mystery this time; what is it, and where?
CALENDAR: Festival of Trees underway at Southeastern Railway Museum
ANOTHER VIEW: Everybody Wins produces great results at Stripling school
By Howard Hoffman | “People often commend me for my dedication to these students; however, if the truth were known, the program, the personal interaction with the children, the robust smiles received, fuel and fill ME,” says Leslie Paulsen about the Everybody Wins program at Stripling Elementary in Norcross. She lives in Norcross and is a senior vice president for a Norcross commercial insurance company.
NEW for 11/14: From lodge to roads, sleeping and Bulldogs
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Norcross Masonic Lodge disbands, sells downtown building
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Roads, sleeping, a novelist, first newspaper and Bulldogs
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: GGC’s nursing program wins accreditation
NOTABLE: Todd is new VP for communications at GGC
RECOMMENDED: Hamburger, A Global History by Andrew E. Smith
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Thomas Butler King was planter, U.S. government official
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classical building is this week’s mystery
CALENDAR: Why the Bible Began is a talk Nov. 15 at the Lawrenceville library
Gwinnett Forum | Jan. 14, 2025
“I have learned that our greatest blessings come when we are able to improve the lives of others.”
– The only president from Georgia, No. 39, Jimmy Carter (1924-2024), 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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