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4/17: On Gwinnett transit; A great race; Funding for study

4/17: On Gwinnett transit; A great race; Funding for study

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TODAY’S FOCUS: County Seeks Public Input To Gwinnett’s Transit Future
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Suddenly, Among 64,500 People, There Was An Eerie Feeling
ANOTHER VIEW: Congress Needs To Fund More Money for Gun Research through CDC
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: Remembers Music Teacher in Bibb County Schools
McLEMORE’S WORLD: King James
UPCOMING: 45th Annual Snellville Days Return To Briscoe Park on May 5-6
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GEORGIA TIDBIT: Hugh Peterson Sr. Served as First District Congressman
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Mystery Photo Could Stump the Field, Too.
CALENDAR: Eastside Medical Plays Open House on 1,300th Robotics Procedure

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by · April 17, 2018 · Full issues
Magnum Moon. Image via Oaklawn Jockey Club.

BRACK: Suddenly, among 64,500 people, there was an eerie feeling

By Elliott Brack | It was an eerie feeling.

Here we were at a sporting event along with 64,500 others, and all day, there was hubbub all around us, a loud buzz of voices continually yakking, no matter where you were.  People were excited and moving about.

We were in Hot Springs, Ark., at Oaklawn Park, where the ponies run. It was late in the day.

Part of all the moving around was, of course, going to and from the betting windows. Most of the long row of windows were stacked with five-seven-nine people, some putting down a new bet, a few cashing in their winning tickets.

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by · April 17, 2018 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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