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MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you pinpoint where this modern building is located?
Take a crack at determining where this handsome modern building is located. We’ll give you a hint: it is located within the boundaries of Georgia. Send your entry to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
The last mystery photo stumped the experts, in that none of the regulars came anywhere close in determining the location of the photograph.
July 17: EMC trip, Berlin diary, more
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Four Students from Gwinnett Attend Washington Conclave
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Berlin Diary Remains Gripping Account of 1939-40 Germany
FEEDBACK: More on Buford Highway Appearance, Bus Stops and Pastor Protection Act
UPCOMING: Suwanee Plans Two Performances of Chitty-Chitty, Bang-Bang
NOTABLE: New Outdoor Theatre in Gainesville Offers New Educational Drama
RECOMMENDED READ: Books That Have Made History by Professor J. Rufus Fears
GEORGIA TIDBIT: More Professionals Needed in State Horticulture Industry
TODAY’S QUOTE: Perhaps It’s Getting There That Counts
MYSTERY PHOTO: Mystery Photo Stumps Readers of GwinnettForum
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 19, 2024
“If it weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we’d still be eating frozen radio dinners.”
– Nighttime TV Host Johnny Carson(1925 – 2005).
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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