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NEW for 8/23: On Kilimanjaro trip, Luckie agency, FBI and GOP
Click here to read the new edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Wesleyan teacher among group climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Biggest marketing agency in Gwinnett calls Duluth home
ANOTHER VIEW: “Defund the FBI” statements are hurting the GOP
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
FEEDBACK: Church leadership should be held to high standard
UPCOMING: Preservation Board seeks nominations for 2022 awards
NOTABLE: Gwinnett jury awards plaintiffs $1.7 billion, largest ever in Georgia
RECOMMENDED: Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett
GEORGIA TIDBIT: The Andersonville Trial was both a play and television production
MYSTERY PHOTO: Is a bunker the key to today’s Mystery Photo?
LAGNIAPPE: Ooops. That Historic Courthouse scaffolding isn’t that ancient
CALENDAR: Learn more about foster parenting on August 30 in Grayson
FOCUS: Wesleyan teacher in group climbing Mount Kilimanjaro
By Laura Jensen | This June I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania with Beyond Adventures, bringing to fruition a 20-year dream! Our group of eight climbers required four guides and 20 porters. Our lead guides have been climbing Kibo, the highest of Kili’s three peaks, for over 20 years with 250+ trips to the summit. Their knowledge and experience put us at ease. Our porters faithfully cooked, set up tents, pumped water and carried equipment on their backs, shoulders, and heads.
Gwinnett Forum | July 23, 2024
“I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together , not only our government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained, is unbroken at home and abroad.”
–The 38th president of the United States, Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006).
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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