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6/1, full issue: Linemen in Bolivia; About Cincinnati; New thinking

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Jackson EMC Linemen Help with Bringing Electricity for Bolivia
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Short Visit To Cincinnati Gains the Flavor of Ohio River City
ANOTHER VIEW: New Ways of Thinking Bring Feeling of Being Very Old
SPOTLIGHT: Eastside Medical Center
FEEDBACK: Truncated Thoughts from Local Observer of the Political Scene
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Cake Again
UPCOMING: Snellville’s Farmers’ Market Opens New Season Beginning June 2
NOTABLE: Sorority Restores Playground, Surprises Beauty Baldwin with Naming
RECOMMENDED: Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
GEORGIA TIDBIT: See How Many of These Quick Facts of Georgia You Knew
MYSTERY PHOTO: Long Hair and a Guitar Are Clues in Today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Manuscript Workshop at Five Forks Library on Saturday

by GwinnettForum · June 1, 2018 · Full issues

3/6: On Billy Graham; Watershed political year; Behaving

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Dr. Billy Graham: Humanitarian or Unrepentant Capitalist (or Both)?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Looking Back to the Political Watershed Year of 1984 in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Let’s All Behave Like Grown-ups and Teach Our Children Well
SPOTLIGHT: Heaven and Associates, P.C.
FEEDBACK: Many Gun Owners Come into Them as Inheritance from Relatives
McLEMORE’S WORLD: Illegal Immigrants
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Unveils Countywide Trails Master Plan of 320 Total Miles
NOTABLE: Eight Students Graduate from First Career Online High School
RECOMMENDED: Alexander The Great by Phillip Freeman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Poet Natasha Trethewey of Emory University Wins Pulitzer Prize
MYSTERY PHOTO: Distinctive Building is This Edition’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Norcross Bicentennial Program is March 11 at 3 p.m.

by GwinnettForum · March 6, 2018 · Full issues

7/14: Lessons from Gwinnett; Wind Gap, Mo.; Morning Joe and Rubio

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Looking Forward to Sign on Interstate 95 Saying “Camden Is Great”
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Wind Gap, Mo. Says A Lot About the Growing Film Industry in Georgia
ANOTHER VIEW: Hearing Morning Joe and Remembering Meeting Marco Rubio
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
UPCOMING: Snellville OKs Document To Jointly Build New Library with County
NOTABLE: Eighth Season for Lilburn Farmers Market on Friday Nights
RECOMMENDED: The End The Book: Part One by J.L. Robb
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Screws vs. United States (1945) Becomes Landmark Court Case
TODAY’S QUOTE: Government Is There to Respect and Protect Us
MYSTERY PHOTO: Traditional Architecture of this Mystery Photo Could Be Anywhere
LAGNIAPPE: Navigate Lifeline Partners with Eastside Medical for Recovery Coaches
CALENDAR: State of Peachtree Corners Address will be July 24

by GwinnettForum · July 14, 2017 · Full issues

5/26: Sugar Hill’s water; Gwinnett’s diversity; Beach’s sand

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Water Seen as Unifying Force as It Will Flow Through Sugar Hill
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett’s Great Diversity Makes One Newcomer Feel Comfortable
ANOTHER VIEW: The Joys of a Five Year Old Being Buried on the Beach Up to His Head
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: Peachtree Corners Council Determined To Build Unwanted Bridge
UPCOMING: Aging Expo for 50 and Over at Infinite Energy Center on June 3
NOTABLE: Snellville Resident Wins Highest Honors Award at VMI
RECOMMENDED: OLLI-Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
GEORGIA TIDBIT: From Daguerreotypes to Kodachrome, See 18,000 Photos of Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Working at a Fire Hydrant Factory Produces
MYSTERY PHOTO: For the Memorial Day Weekend, Where Is This Memorial?
LAGNIAPPE: Clean-Up of Bromolow Creek Wetlands Proves Successful
CALENDAR: PCOM Awards Degrees to 265 Students on Friday

by GwinnettForum · May 26, 2017 · Full issues

3/31: More on rural buildings; More diverse boards; Orange bubble coat

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TODAY’S FOCUS: South Georgia Native Addresses Why Abandoned Buildings Still Standing
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Coming Soon: A Much More Diverse Board Structure in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering That Old Orange Bubble Coat in the Closet
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
FEEDBACK: Climate Change and Two Letters Concerning Possible Baseball Rule Changes
UPCOMING: Sixth Art Market To Be Held at Pinckneyville Park on April 15
NOTABLE: DAR Member Giving Class to Fourth Graders on U.S. History
RECOMMENDED: It’s Good Weather for Fudge: Conversing with Carson McCullers by Sue Brannan Walker
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Fannin County Namesake Fought against Mexico, But Executed There
TODAY’S QUOTE: Some People Just Seem To Want To Go Back Again
MYSTERY PHOTO: Give us Two Parts of Your Answer for This Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Sonesta Gwinnett Place Hotel Now Showcasing Kudzu Art Zone Artists
CALENDAR: Chipper Jones Coming to Coolray Field in April

by GwinnettForum · March 31, 2017 · Full issues

3/7: Gwinnett Challenge; Baseball’s pressure; Fishing time

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TODAY’S FOCUS: GC&B Plans 19th Gwinnett Challenge in Great American Cleanup
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Fans Bring Pressure on Major League Baseball To Shorten Games
ANOTHER VIEW: Nostalgia Time as Many Proclaim, ‘I Can’t Wait to Go Fishing”
SPOTLIGHT: BrandBank
UPCOMING: Duluth “Spring Fling” Fitness Camp To Benefit Rainbow Village
NOTABLE: Sonesta Gwinnett Place Adds Bardugon to its Catering Department
RECOMMENDED: The Wars of the Roses by Dan Jones
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Gen. Lafayette Travels 400 Grueling Miles Across Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Why Dogs and Cats Jump Into Your Lap
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can You Tell Us Which City Has This Skyline?
LAGNIAPPE: Philadelphia Winn DAR Chapter Names Outstanding History Teacher

by GwinnettForum · March 7, 2017 · Full issues

2/21: New county slogan; Speakers on 4 religions; Immigration impact

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Chairman Outlines County’s New Slogan: “Many Voices, One Gwinnett”
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Church Plans Lenten Series of Speakers on Four Different Religions
ANOTHER VIEW: Impact on Immigrant Community Is Widespread and Poignant
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
UPCOMING: Suwanee Preparing for Inaugural Marathon on February 26
NOTABLE: Braselton Hospital Wins National Construction Leadership Award
RECOMMENDED: The Moon Before Morning by W. S. Merwin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Senator Richard Russell of Georgia Guides National School Lunch Program
TODAY’S QUOTE: One Way Helen Keller Felt You Could Attain Happiness
MYSTERY PHOTO: Geometric Pattern May Tell You Something About this Mystery
CALENDAR: Tucker Library Extends Frank Sharp Photo Exhibit

by GwinnettForum · February 21, 2017 · Full issues

1/31: On warmest year on record, mobile homes, Greatest Generation

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TODAY’S FOCUS: The Most Recent Year, 2016, Was the Warmest Year on Record
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How About Eliminating Manufacturing of Mobile Homes?
ANOTHER VIEW: Modesty One of the Characteristics of Many of Greatest Generation
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Campus – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
FEEDBACK: Six Letters on Varied Subjects Today
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Tech Launching New Health Program, “Sterile Technicians”
NOTABLE: Duluth Recognizes Nine Citizens for Contributions to Community
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early Moravians in Georgia Were from the Present day Czech Republic
TODAY’S QUOTE: Even Ages Ago, There Was Conversation About the Truth
MYSTERY PHOTO: Look Up To Recognize This Special Shape
LAGNIAPPE: Workshop Coming Soon for Brain Injury Survivors

by GwinnettForum · January 31, 2017 · Full issues

HOUSTON: How two different people worked toward a deep friendship

By Debbie Houston, contributing columnist | Mary Lou and I became friends about six years ago. We’re two different people, to be sure. She is Unitarian and I am Baptist. She voted for Bernie Sanders in the Georgia primary; I voted for Marco Rubio.

by GwinnettForum · December 23, 2016 · Another View

HOUSTON: Tumultuous year in USA, but the United States can take it

By Debra Houston, contributing columnist | We come to the end of a tumultuous year. The presidential election was an ugly one, worse than any I can recall. Both parties were to blame. As a result, we hear unendingly from the shrill media that the American people are more divided than ever.

by GwinnettForum · December 16, 2016 · Another View

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.

Post Tagged with: "Debra Houston"

6/1, full issue: Linemen in Bolivia; About Cincinnati; New thinking

3/6: On Billy Graham; Watershed political year; Behaving

7/14: Lessons from Gwinnett; Wind Gap, Mo.; Morning Joe and Rubio

5/26: Sugar Hill’s water; Gwinnett’s diversity; Beach’s sand

3/31: More on rural buildings; More diverse boards; Orange bubble coat

3/7: Gwinnett Challenge; Baseball’s pressure; Fishing time

2/21: New county slogan; Speakers on 4 religions; Immigration impact

1/31: On warmest year on record, mobile homes, Greatest Generation

HOUSTON: How two different people worked toward a deep friendship

HOUSTON: Tumultuous year in USA, but the United States can take it

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