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NEW for 2/19: On our power grid, adventure, Southern accent

NEW for 2/19: On our power grid, adventure, Southern accent

Click here to read the latest edition. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: How about Georgia’s electrical grid?  Is it ready for weather?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Duluth author pens novel about business practices in part of Africa
ANOTHER VIEW: In some situations, it’s time to remember your Southern accent
SPOTLIGHT: Renasant Bank
FEEDBACK: Liked rant on handicapped parking; now about loud exhausts!
UPCOMING: GGC, Clayton State agreement allows seamless transition 
NOTABLE: Walton EMC allocates $290,065 in grants to schools
RECOMMENDED: The Man Who Was Thursday 
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Jain temple in Metro Atlanta is located in Norcross
MYSTERY PHOTO: Distinctive photo might not be a mystery to some

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by · February 19, 2021 · Full issues
L’Adventure with crop duster airplane

BRACK: Duluth author pens novel about business in part of Africa

By Elliott Brack   | A first-time Duluth resident has just published Grand Lure: Africa, an exciting 393 page novel set in West Central Africa.  The action takes place in four countries, Ghana, Togo, Barandi and Burkina Faso.

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by · February 19, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Many of us are so fortunate at seeing so much of the world

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher  |  Those of us born during the Depression and those born soon after World War II have really been lucky. They probably have seen more of the world than any other generation of people.

It’s been possible because of automobiles and ships and more leisure time, but mostly because of the jet airplane.

Americans are a traveling citizenry. Remember when you were growing up?  Can you ever have imagined that you would have traveled so extensively?

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by · March 16, 2018 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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FORKNER: Traveling Gwinnettian plans to climb Africa’s highest peak

By Daniel Forkner, part two of a series | RABAT, Morocco — In late January of this year, I left home in Gwinnett County to travel the world. So far I have been to nine countries and many more cities. One of the most memorable experiences so far has been hitchhiking for three days on a zero budget.

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by · April 1, 2016 · Another View