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10/20 issue: New Cyclorama, Obama and Afghanistan
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Saving a Natural Treasure: The Cyclorama To Be at History Center
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How President Obama Disappoints Many in This Country
UPCOMING: Good Samaritan Health Clinic To Move to Buford Highway in Norcross
NOTABLE: Suwanee Saves $180,000 When Re-Financing City Hall
RECOMMENDED READ: The Importance of Being Seven by Alexander McCall Smith
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Missionaries Sentenced to Prison in Cherokee Rights Affair
TODAY’S QUOTE: On the Movement Away from September
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only Two Persons Were Eagle-Eyed in Spotting Recent Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Waffle Houses Are Located in 25 of the Lower 48 States
MYSTERY: Only 1 recognized bridge taken from shore bollards
The United States for ages has built lighthouses to guide ships away from the shores, and into harbors. This lighthouse photo may give you a clue to where it is located. Now, it’s your turn to tell us where this lighthouse is located. Send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.
JULY 14: Gwinnett 101, legislative “protection,” flower mystery
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TODAY’S FOCUS: County Seeking Applicants for Second “Gwinnett 101” Class
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Speaker Ralston Proposes Bill That Georgia Doesn’t Need
MYSTERY SOLVED: Flowers on Courthouse Square Were Misidentified
FEEDBACK: Vines Railroad Needs Volunteers; School Buses; Rapid Transit
UPCOMING: Career Fair in Norcross; Snellville Names New City Attorney
NOTABLE: Program Seeks Improved Medicine for Area; Watch for Summer Scams
RECOMMENDED READ: My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me by Jennifer Teege
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Blueberries Now Worth Multi-Millions in Georgia
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s What an Expert Says about the Adjective
MYSTERY PHOTO: Some confused “Little Mermaid” with last mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Great egret
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 17, 2024
“I think this one will make a noise in the world.”
— Comment from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) in Vienna after Ludwig Beethoven played the piano for him. (December 16 is believed to be Beethoven’s birthday in 1770 in Bonn.)
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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