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NEW for 8/18: Bucket list trip; Trump’s Georgia indictments; Dems in 2024

NEW for 8/18: Bucket list trip; Trump’s Georgia indictments; Dems in 2024

Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Vietnam provides locale for working on her bucket list 
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Two from Gwinnett among the 19 indicted in Fulton
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia 
ANOTHER VIEW: Democrats will have to fight hard to win 2024 election
FEEDBACK: State stiffs counties on employee pay increase dollars
UPCOMING: Up 9%, Georgia Gwinnett College now tops 12,000
NOTABLE: Rainbow Village adds two veterans to staff
RECOMMENDED: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia poet laureate teaches at Mercer University
MYSTERY PHOTO: Flowers brighten today’s photographic mystery
CALENDAR: Varadarajan speaks Aug. 24 at Suwanee library

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by · August 18, 2023 · Full issues
Paige Havens (right) stands alongside Rotary Club of Saigon President Kieu Vuong Nguyen (center), and Alliance for Smiles Can Tho Mission Director Tina Fischlin (left) as they serve patients and their families in the recovery ward post-surgery.

FOCUS: Vietnam provides locale for working on her bucket list 

By Paige Havens |  Recently I had the unique opportunity to join a humanitarian medical mission to repair cleft lips and cleft palates in Vietnam. 

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by · August 18, 2023 · Today's Focus
MYSTERY PHOTO: Configuration is clue here

MYSTERY PHOTO: Configuration is clue here

The configuration of this Mystery Photo may give you a clue where it’s located. It’s somewhat famous. Try to determine where this photograph was made, and send your answers to elliott@brack.net, to include your hometown.

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by · August 15, 2023 · Mystery photos
MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a different photograph to identify this time

MYSTERY PHOTO: Here’s a different photograph to identify this time

Today’s mystery is, yes, a photograph, though the setting is somewhat irregular. That’s all we’ll say, but surely some readers will easily recognize where this photograph was taken, and will inform us.  If you think you know the answer, send to elliott@brack.net, and include where you live.

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by · August 11, 2023 · Mystery photos
Le's grandparents. Photo provided.

FOCUS: After Thailand, Vietnamese family finally lands in States

By Tim Le |  On the third night at sea headed to Thailand, we encountered a storm which knocked out the engine. We had to set up a sail that night and let the wind take us. The following morning, the men worked on the Yarma engine and adjusted the valves to generate engine compression and got it going. The remainder of the trip took about a day and  was peaceful and uneventful.  I remember my uncle making his prayers asking for safety and blessings. 

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by · August 2, 2022 · Today's Focus
NEW for 3/27: On virus’s economic impact; Grocery shopping; Quarantining

NEW for 3/27: On virus’s economic impact; Grocery shopping; Quarantining

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside this edition:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Where Will the CoViD-19 Pandemic Hit the Economy Next?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Early Morning Grocery Shopping Finds Unusually Easy Maneuvering
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a Guy Who Had Training for Today’s Quarantine Situation
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Administration’s Public Health Failure Open for All to See
UPCOMING: Gwinnett’s The Water Tower To Begin Training Professionals Soon
NOTABLE: Animal Shelter Open, But Limiting Visitors Inside at a Time
RECOMMENDED: A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie
GEORGIA TIDBIT: J & J Industries of Dalton, Makes Broadloom Carpet Since 1950s
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Mystery Photo Doesn’t Ask Where, But Instead “What?”

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by · March 27, 2020 · Full issues
6/6: Parsons Alley; Eerie moment; Vietnam story

6/6: Parsons Alley; Eerie moment; Vietnam story

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Duluth’s Parsons Alley Wins Prestigious Urban Design Award
EEB PERSPECTIVE: An Eerie Moment After Reading a South Georgia Newspaper
ANOTHER VIEW: Sister Learns 50 Years Later What Happened to Brother in Vietnam
SPOTLIGHT: Eastside Medical Center
FEEDBACK: Even the British Were Slow To Learn about Afghanistan
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Parks and Recreation Offer Summer Camp through July 28
NOTABLE: North Gwinnett Arts Association Accepting Summer Show Entries
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Allman Brothers Band Continues To Be On Tour in 21st Century
TODAY’S QUOTE: Canadian Author Asks A Question about Summertime
MYSTERY PHOTO: Immediate Clue in Mystery Photo Is Snow on the Ground
LAGNIAPPE: Philadelphia Winn DAR Chapter Provides Welcome on Memorial Day

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by · June 5, 2017 · Full issues
BRACK: An eerie moment after reading a south Georgia newspaper

BRACK: An eerie moment after reading a south Georgia newspaper

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Today is catch-up day, with a couple of items to write about.

But first: the day after writing last edition’s perspective, I got a jolt.

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by · June 5, 2017 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Another local soldier falls abroad; No more build-up, President Trump

BRACK: Another local soldier falls abroad; No more build-up, President Trump

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | It was near the start of the war in Viet Nam. This war was a long distance away, though Americans could see its action on the six o’clock news each night. But then that illusion of the war being distant was shattered when a local young soldier, was killed in Viet Nam. With modern transportation, his body soon arrived home.

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by · June 2, 2017 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
MYSTERY: Tell us who was the inspiration for this modern facility

MYSTERY: Tell us who was the inspiration for this modern facility

Today’s Mystery Photo may surprise you where it is located. Check it out and see if you know where it might be. Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · November 8, 2016 · Mystery photos
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