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NEW for 12/5: On Rosalynn Carter; and defendants in court
Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Reflecting on the life of First Lady Rosalynn Carter
EEB PERSPECTIVE: U.S. courts don’t operate for the convenience of defendants
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
FEEDBACK: Feels four more words needed in author’s statement
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners beginning work on expanded amenities
NOTABLE: Chamber recognizes ten Small Business winners
RECOMMENDED: Fargo, streaming on Hulu
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Author Michael Bishop’s books often set in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: A photo from the past; now, tell us where it was taken
LAGNIAPPE: Colorful tree
CALENDAR: Christmas train continues on Reps Miller Road in Norcross
NEW for 5/26: PCOM grads, Jimmy Carter Blvd., and Southernisms
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TODAY’S FOCUS: PCOM grad wins highest student honor, pursues medicine
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Background on the naming of Jimmy Carter Boulevard
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
ANOTHER VIEW: Send GwinnettForum your favorite Southern phrases
FEEDBACK: Six letter writers offer their thoughts on a variety of subjects
UPCOMING: Gwinnett summer meals program begins on May 30
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville boasts new kinetic wind sculpture
RECOMMENDED: One Mind by Larry Dossey, M.D.
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Indians in Georgia spoke many languages
MYSTERY PHOTO: Traditional man-on-horse statue is today’s mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Memorial Little Free Library opens in Peachtree Corners
CALENDAR: Author Daniel Black speaks June 1 at Duluth Public Library
BRACK: Background on the naming of Jimmy Carter Boulevard
By Elliott Brack | The idea of honoring President Carter with a road named for him in Gwinnett came from former county commissioner Ray Gunnin of Norcross. In November 1976, signs went up re-naming Norcross Tucker Road (Georgia Highway 140) as Jimmy Carter Boulevard, two months before Carter became president.
NEW for 11/18: Helping Ukraine; Car troubles; Heating costs
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Join in the movement to send assistance to Ukraine people
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The slow-cranking vehicle and dodging a bullet
ANOTHER VIEW: Natural gas at 14 year high, so expect higher heating bill
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Peachtree Christian Health seeks $500,000 to prevent closing
NOTABLE: Republicans re-elect Chuck Efstration as majority leader
RECOMMENDED: The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Namesake of Fort Benning was judge and Confederate General
MYSTERY PHOTO: Today’s mystery is local, but can you tell us where?
CALENDAR: Lilburn Farmers’ Market returns Saturday with holiday treats
NEWS BRIEFS: Morsberger to receive Council for Quality Growth Award
Emory Morsberger of Lilburn will be honored by the Council for Quality Growth (CQG) as one of its two award recipients on November 15 at the Comcast Center at The Battery Atlanta. The second winner is John Shern of Atlanta. This will be the 13th annual Community Improvement District Recognition Reception.
NEW for 7/12: Ukrainian mission trip and a new book
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Morsberger heard air raid sirens on Ukrainian mission trip
EEB PERSPECTIVE: New book of Gwinnett’s transformation raises at least one question
SPOTLIGHT: Law Office of J. Michael Levengood, LLC
FEEDBACK: Are “widows and orphans” today’s “single moms and their children?”
UPCOMING: GC&B opens application for Green Youth Advisory Council
NOTABLE: Here are ways to enjoy a vacation, while relieving stress
RECOMMENDED New York by Edward Rutherfurd
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Guidestones offer10 principles to ensure humankind’s survival
MYSTERY PHOTO: The tree, the fence, building and big sky: where is it?
LAGNIAPPE: CALENDAR: Historical Society to hear talk July 18 on last slave ship
FOCUS: Morsberger heard air raid sirens on Ukrainian mission trip
By Emory Morsberger | In Ukraine, I spent a few days helping with food distribution, and meeting a number of the refugees. Most of them were people just like us. I mean, you wouldn’t know them from your average American walking down Peachtree Street. They were disrupted and forced out of their homes, under great pressure, and suddenly ended up in all parts of Ukraine.
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 19, 2024
“If it weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we’d still be eating frozen radio dinners.”
– Nighttime TV Host Johnny Carson(1925 – 2005).
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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