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NEW for 2/2: On tax time, family vacations, mentors
Click here to read the full edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: It’s tax time; updating what you need to know
EEB PERSPECTIVE: What has been your family’s best vacation ever?
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
ANOTHER VIEW: Find it. Ignite it. Do it. Resist…Reclaim…Rebuild
FEEDBACK: Individual homes have limited appeal to some
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Stripers to have new manager for 2024
NOTABLE: Small businesses in Gwinnett get $7 million in grants
RECOMMENDED: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia’s Botanical Garden is in Athens
MYSTERY PHOTO: Don’t let that UGA flag fool you in this mystery
CALENDAR: Celebrate Groundhog Day with Gwinnett Stripers’ Mascot Chopper today
7/6, full issue: Leukemia research grants; Recycling; ATF funding
Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: WES Foundation Funds Four Scientists with Research Grants
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here’s Where To Recycle Fluorescent Tubes and Other Products
ANOTHER VIEW: Fund the ATF More To Make Enforcement of Gun Laws Able To Work
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: Feels That Real Leaders, No Matter Where, Should Accept Responsibility
UPCOMING: Peach State Federal Credit Union Partners with Berenstain Bears
NOTABLE: Jackson EMC Foundation Makes Awards of $81,000 to Area Charities
RECOMMENDED: An Innocent Client by Scott Pratt
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Racers at Atlanta Motor Speedway Can Exceed 190 Miles Per Hour
MYSTERY PHOTO: Watch Out: Swashbucklers on the Move in This Mystery Photo!
CALENDAR: Free Photography Workshop Coming to GEHC on July 28
BRACK: Here’s where to recycle fluorescent tubes, other products
By Elliott Brack | Many of our everyday products we use around the house will not be recycled for a lot of reasons. Many are hazardous products that don’t need to be in the landfill. Others are materials that no longer is financially viable for recycling, such as the way the recycled glass market has deteriorated.
Gwinnett Forum | Dec. 20, 2024
“….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).
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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