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NEW for 10/27: Thankful to Carter; Military training; Mammograms

NEW for 10/27: Thankful to Carter; Military training; Mammograms

Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Thankful to Jimmy Carter and for growing up on JC Boulevard 
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Universal military training would be good for our country
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Community Improvement District
ANOTHER VIEW: Get your mammogram every year. Make it a priority
FEEDBACK: Questions validity of re-zoning ex-Olympic Tennis Center
UPCOMING: Third annual Suwanee Classic Car show to benefit arts
NOTABLE: Gwinnett music school students perform at Carnegie Hall
RECOMMENDED: The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Archaeology can tell us about lives of our ancestors
MYSTERY PHOTO: See if this unusual angle helps you identify this photo
LAGNIAPPE: Two Revolutionary  War patriots marked at ceremony here
CALENDAR: Drug Take Back will be held October 28 in Snellville 

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by · October 27, 2023 · Full issues
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FOCUS: Thankful to Jimmy Carter and for growing up on Boulevard

By Patty Thumann  |  In 1980, President Jimmy Carter opened the United States for Cubans who wanted to flee under political asylum. My father was a ham radio operator and was able to communicate in secret with an old family friend in the United States on helping to get to this country.

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by · October 27, 2023 · Today's Focus