By Ruthy Lachman Paul | “You can lie to some people all the time, you can lie to all the people some of the time, but you can’t lie to everyone all the time.” This saying is attributed to Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president of the USA, who abolished slavery after the victory of the Union army in the American Civil War.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Words of Lincoln have meaning for our country today
EEB PERSPECTIVE: It’s a sad time when those in Congress heckle a president
SPOTLIGHT: MTI Baths Inc.
FEEDBACK: Riding a bike to kindergarten would be “too dangerous”
UPCOMING: Community recycling will be Feb. 11 at Gwinnett Fairgrounds
NOTABLE: Amber Walden is Gwinnett Tech instructor of the year
RECOMMENDED: The Writing Class by Jincey Willtt
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Sam Jones was the South’s most famous minister in the 19th century
MYSTERY PHOTO: Colorful structures near the water ask for your identification
CALENDAR: North Gwinnett Kiwanis Father-Daughter dance is February 10-11
By Ashley Herndon | What a wonderful world. What a wonderful force…but wrongful motivation destroys. The primary motivations in settling North America were religious freedom, commercial opportunity, political freedom, and individual property rights for individual persons or a group, such as in Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
“….if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”
— Canadian Author Robertson Davies (1913-1995).
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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