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NEW for 10/18: On helping Helene victims, the White House and a spider

NEW for 10/18: On helping Helene victims, the White House and a spider

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TODAY’S FOCUS: You can help suffering hurricane victims here
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Some scary thoughts should the wrong person win
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Feels “the fix is in” about transit referendum
UPCOMING: 11th annual Suwanee Wine Fest coming Nov. 2
NOTABLE: GGC team studying Joro spider genetic make-up
RECOMMENDED: The Tragedy of Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Nellie Black organized women for improvements
MYSTERY PHOTO: Who is this person immortalized in stone?
LAGNIAPPE: Movie location overkill in traffic cones?
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Ballet Theatre presents Dracula Oct. 18-20

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by · October 18, 2024 · Full issues
Devastation wrought in North Carolina by Hurricane Helene.  Image by N.C. Department of Transportation via Wikimedia Commons.

FOCUS: You can help suffering hurricane victims 

By Randy Brunson | Several have asked if we had a list of organizations which you could give to, which are directly involved in restoration efforts in North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida. The following list is not at all exhaustive. But it does include organizations which are on the ground, making a difference.

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by · October 18, 2024 · Today's Focus
BRACK: Gwinnett Salvation Army leading Valdosta storm relief

BRACK: Gwinnett Salvation Army leading Valdosta storm relief

By Elliott Brack  |  Talking to people around the South this week after Hurricane Helene roared through, there was so much extensive damage throughout eastern Georgia, western South and North Carolina, and into Tennessee and Virginia.

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by · October 4, 2024 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Flooding near Asheville, N.C.

FOCUS: Horrifics from Helene devastating for a long time 

By Susan McBrayer  |  Ann Royster, who lives here, has a way of turning lemons into lemonade. So when Hurricane Helene hit Shelby Friday, wiping out power and uprooting tall trees, Ann got out her camping gear, cranked up the old camping stove and invited her neighbors over for a makeshift dinner.

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by · October 1, 2024 · Today's Focus