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NEW for 6/19: On kindness, “Togetherness” and surprises
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Ministry Finding Great Kindness in COVID-19 Time of Great Need
EEB PERSPECTIVE: High School Grads Organizing “Togetherness” Event for Weekend
ANOTHER VIEW: Hiking the Appalachian Trail, Finding a Surprise, plus Raspberries
SPOTLIGHT: Northside Hospital
FEEDBACK: Atlanta Shooting Points to Inflexible Departmental Policies
UPCOMING: GGC To Resume Class in Fall with Added Safety Accommodations
NOTABLE: Northside Hospital Assumes Management of Urgent Care Centers
RECOMMENDED: Take a Trip to Gibbs Gardens
GEORGIA TIDBIT: African-American Granted Land in Recognition for War Service
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classical Building Is Today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Snellville Farmers Market Will Have Social Distancing When Shopping
11/19: Converse high tops; Eating crow; Senior voters
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Excitement for a 14 Year Old Wearing Converse High Tops
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Time to Eat Crow and Apologize for Error on Loganville Election
ANOTHER VIEW: Considerations for President Trump with the Senior Voters
SPOTLIGHT: Renasant Bank
FEEDBACK: The People Chose a Certain Rock; But Do They Still Feel Well?
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Continuing To Benefit From Top Financial Ratings
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Accepting Apps for 2020 Washington Youth Tour
RECOMMENDED: Movie: The Beautiful Fantastic
GEORGIA TIDBIT: “Piano Red” Perryman Also Performed As “Dr. Feelgood”
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Traditional Shipyard Mystery Has Many Interesting Facets
LAGNIAPPE: Another Good Guesser Who Gets the Mystery Photos
CALENDAR: Pop-Up Lilburn Farmers Market will be Saturday, November 23
7/16: Authoritarianism; Good year for Stripers; Trump
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Authoritarianism Could Come to America via Trump Presidency
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett Stripers Having a Good Year, In Second Place in IL
ANOTHER VIEW: Yearns for Another Trump Victory To Push USA Even More to the Right
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: United Kingdom Wrestles with Itself…..Jeepers! Near a Cliff!
UPCOMING: Governor Kemp To Speak at PCOM’s Moultrie Campus Opening
NOTABLE: Dispose of Hazardous Waste on July 20 at Gwinnett County Fairgrounds
RECOMMENDED: Surviving Progress by Matthew Roy and Harold Crooks
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Earl Patriot John Wereat Served State in Various Capacities
MYSTERY PHOTO: Tell Us Where You Think This Beautiful Artwork Is Located
CALENDAR: Writer’s Workshop Coming to Suwanee Library on July 27
6/14: Best drummer-singers; On writing; Impeachment
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Considering Some Rock-and-Roll Singers Who Are Drummers
EEB PERSPECTIVE: What’s the Ideal Written Column Length? Well, That Depends……
ANOTHER VIEW: Makes Case of Letting Impeachment Hearing on the President Begin
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Finds “Good Side” When Continued Attacks and Tragedy Erupt
UPCOMING: Norcross Planning Summer Block Party on June 20 from 5-9 p.m.
NOTABLE: LWV Chapter Requests County Consider Changing Election Policy
RECOMMENDED: The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons by Lawrence Block
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Ports Authority Operation Dates Back to Creation in 1945
MYSTERY PHOTO: Beautiful Sunset Scene Captures the Romance of a Lighthouse
CALENDAR: BookFest Gwinnett Is June 15 at the Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 22, 2024
“We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.”
– Etiquette Authority Judith Martin (1938 – ), also known as Miss Manners.
Continuing objectives
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
- Move statewide non-partisan judge and school board elections to the General Election.
- Adoption of the 2023 Transit Plan for Gwinnett.
- 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.
- 21st century salary for the Gwinnett County Commission members.
- Remove chewing gum on sidewalks at entrances of post offices and other governmental buildings.
- Eliminate single-use plastic packaging and straws in Gwinnett and require instead the use of paper products.
- Condos instead of apartments for Gwinnett.
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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