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FOCUS: Two from Gwinnett inducted into Ga. Military Veterans HOF
By Marilyn Weitzel | Two military veterans from Gwinnett County were inducted Saturday into the Georgia Military Veterans Hall of fame in Columbus. Inducted were the late World War II Army Staff Sergeant Carvis Pittman Williams of Snellville and former Vietnam Prisoner of War Air Force Lt. Col. James Wesley Williams, who currently lives in Norcross.
MYSTERY PHOTO: Just what is the name of the tree in this photograph?
Today’s Mystery Photo is a tree of unique design. Figure out where this tree is located, and what it is called by those who know trees. Send your answer to elliott@brack.net and list the city where you live. Lou Camerio of Lilburn recognized the recent Mystery Photo and remembers it well. “High Falls, just off I-75 south of Atlanta near Jackson …
NEW for 11/3: On Olympic site; Apostle Paul; GOP
Click here to read the latest full edition of GwinnettForum. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s background on future use of Olympic site
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The travels that the Apostle Paul took got my interest
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
ANOTHER VIEW: What on earth happened to the Grand Old Party?
FEEDBACK: Animal shelters are full; please consider an adoption
UPCOMING: Sugar Hill unveiling web-based Digital Budget Book
NOTABLE: PCOM Student Shares his Success with First Generation Students
OBITUARY: Stephen Willis Day
RECOMMENDED: We’re about out; send your recommendations!
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah College of Art and Design has 16,000 students
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you identify this roaring stream over rocks?
CALENDAR: America Recycles Day at Gwinnett Fairgrounds is Nov. 4
BRACK: The travels that the Apostle Paul took got my interest
By Elliott Brack | A surprised interest from a recent trip to Greece got me to realize how vast and difficult the travels must have been as the Apostle Paul moved around in the years after the death of Christ. He was the first Christian evangelist, as he spread the gospel of the church in those rugged days as no person has spread it since.
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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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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