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NEW for 5/14: On bridging cultures, Kentucky Derby and a special prayer
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Bridging cultures and bonds through Rotary students
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How the Kentucky Derby became fashionable
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a prayer for Mother’s Day
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Animal Shelter at capacity; adoption fees waived
NOTABLE: Winner told for 13th Movers and Shakers awards
RECOMMENDED: Mala of the Heart, edited by Ravi Nathwani and Kate Vogt
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia state parks total 85,000 acres
MYSTERY PHOTO: Eight-man-tall statue is today’s mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Key ingredients here for blossoming daylilies
CALENDAR: Mulberry possible cityhood meeting is 7 p.m. Tuesday
NEW for 3/8: On trip to India, electoral college, shenanigans
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Life begins at the end of your comfort zone
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Electoral College could give Trump office again
SPOTLIGHT: Comet National Shipping
ANOTHER VIEW: Be prepared for Trump election shenanigans
FEEDBACK: Postal problems become a national nightmare
UPCOMING: County, CBRE partner to re-vitalize Gwinnett Place
NOTABLE: Buford non-profit gives women “second chance”
RECOMMENDED: Movie: Ordinary Angels
OBITUARY: Jack Stephens Tonge Jr.
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Atlanta’s McDaniel wins Olympic high jump medal
MYSTERY PHOTO: There’s something historical in this Mystery
CALENDAR: Gwinnett Stripers’ Coca-Cola Preseason Party Sunday
NEW for 9/16: On Day of Peace, Braves, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Rotarians plan Day of Peace Ceremony on September 21
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How about surveillance cameras, a new park and “them Braves!”
ANOTHER VIEW: Daughter learns more about her father in last days of his life
SPOTLIGHT: Centurion Advisory Group
FEEDBACK: Cracking open a history book can recall many obvious facts
UPCOMING: PCOM Physical Therapy unit holds Free Limb Loss Event
NOTABLE: GGC Broadcasting internship program paying off
OBITUARIES: Jack Roland Pittman Jr.
RECOMMENDED: The Highly Selected Dictionary by Eugene Ehrlich
GEORGIA TIDBIT: “Federal Roads” helped clear path for western settlement
MYSTERY PHOTO: Obvious clues might lead to your identifying this mystery
CALENDAR: Historical Society meeting on Monday will highlight Gwinnett First Families
NEW for 7/12: Ukrainian mission trip and a new book
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Morsberger heard air raid sirens on Ukrainian mission trip
EEB PERSPECTIVE: New book of Gwinnett’s transformation raises at least one question
SPOTLIGHT: Law Office of J. Michael Levengood, LLC
FEEDBACK: Are “widows and orphans” today’s “single moms and their children?”
UPCOMING: GC&B opens application for Green Youth Advisory Council
NOTABLE: Here are ways to enjoy a vacation, while relieving stress
RECOMMENDED New York by Edward Rutherfurd
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Guidestones offer10 principles to ensure humankind’s survival
MYSTERY PHOTO: The tree, the fence, building and big sky: where is it?
LAGNIAPPE: CALENDAR: Historical Society to hear talk July 18 on last slave ship
FOCUS: Morsberger heard air raid sirens on Ukrainian mission trip
By Emory Morsberger | In Ukraine, I spent a few days helping with food distribution, and meeting a number of the refugees. Most of them were people just like us. I mean, you wouldn’t know them from your average American walking down Peachtree Street. They were disrupted and forced out of their homes, under great pressure, and suddenly ended up in all parts of Ukraine.
2/8: Gwinnett Rotary projects; Girls’ flag football; Military spending
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Nine Gwinnett Rotary Clubs Work Together on February Projects
EEB PERSPECTIVE: High School Girls Flag Football Completes First Season in Gwinnett
ANOTHER VIEW: Worries That Military Spending Is an Addiction of the Conservatives
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Was a Beautiful Sight To Watch Buford Father-Daughter Dance
UPCOMING: County Approves $73 Million Expansion of Infinite Energy Center
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Appoints Victoria Jones To Fill One Year Vacancy
RECOMMENDED: Destination: The Jekyll Island Club
GEORGIA TIDBIT: First Camp Meeting in Georgia Was in Hancock County in 1803
MYSTERY PHOTO: Unsuspecting Clue Could Complicate Identification of This Mystery
CALENDAR: Open House Saturday Afternoon at Tannery Row Artist Colony in Buford
BRACK: Viewing dress at the airport, and how to present Georgia’s weather
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Spend time at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, and you get to see a continuing distinctive display of people walking by, decked out in all kinds of outfits for their travel. America’s clothing today is a far cry from the once common more formal apparel for airline travel. You see few people “dressed up.”
8/23: On Gober Plaza; The end of polio; more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: City of Sugar Hill Names Adjacent Plaza for Dawn P. Gober
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The World Is Just “This Close” To Eradicating the Polio Virus
SPOTLIGHT: Peach State Federal Credit Union
FEEDBACK: Recent Column by Houston Prompts Two Immediate Replies
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners To Have First Recycling Event on Sept. 10
NOTABLE: New Ga-PCOM Physician Assistant Class Earn White Coats
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Governor Henry Ellis Viewed as “Georgia’s Second Founder”
CALENDAR: Peachtree Corners Business Association Plans Charity Event
TODAY’S QUOTE: Here’s FDR’s Definition of a Conservative
MYSTERY PHOTO: The Mountains, the Buildings, the Water….Where Is This Place?
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 22, 2024
“We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.”
– Etiquette Authority Judith Martin (1938 – ), also known as Miss Manners.
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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