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NEW for 2/14: On school grants, Super Bowl 57 and food production
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Walton EMC awards $241,500 in grants to schools
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Super Bowl 57 was good example of brawn and brains
ANOTHER VIEW: Wants students to understand personal food production
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
FEEDBACK: Ten letters will enliven your reading of this edition
UPCOMING: Peachtree Corners Library now exhibiting 100 juried photographs
NOTABLE: Stripers plan pre-season party at Coolray on February 26
RECOMMENDED: Moby Dick by Herman Melville
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Early housing in Georgia was identical clapboard design
MYSTERY PHOTO: Identify where this classic school is located
LAGNIAPPE: Gwinnettians turn in hazardous waste and recycling
CALENDAR: Mountain Park Community Association planning another meeting
FOCUS: Walton EMC awards $241,500 in grants to schools
By Savannah Chandler | Walton EMC is lighting up learning in K-12 classrooms within its 10-county service area. Cooperative representatives delivered checks totaling more than $241,500 to public and private school educators whose innovative ideas for creative learning projects were selected to receive a grant.
NEWS BRIEFS: Hampton to be Veteran’s Day speaker on Nov. 11
Speaker for the 28th annual Veteran’s Day observance at the Fallen Heroes Memorial in Gwinnett County will be retired Army Col. Dolores Hampton, who lives in Atlanta, and retired from the United States Army in 1997 after 26 years of service. The ceremony will begin at 11:11 a.m. on November 11 in front of the Gwinnett Judicial and Administration Center.
12/31: New solar facility; Share the Forum; New year
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Walton EMC Flips Switch on Early County Solar Facility for Facebook
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Help Gwinnett Be More Informed: Tell Others about GwinnettForum
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s Wishing You a Year of Love, Hope, Faith, and Purpose
SPOTLIGHT: Aurora Theatre
FEEDBACK: Remembers the Boom Effect Gwinnett Place Once Generated
UPCOMING: Cooper and Company To Build New Libraries in Norcross and Duluth
NOTABLE: Peachtree Corners Welcomes Brightree, a Health Care Company
RECOMMENDED: Movie: Fanny and Alexander
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Where Does the Pinckneyville Name Come From? Series Begins
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Train Is Pulling Out…..But Where Pulling Out From?
CALENDAR: Several Authors To Make Presentations in Gwinnett
9/17: Solar farming; NFL negotiator; Presidential debates
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Walton EMC Solar Farm Providing More Than Just Electricity
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnettian Participating in NFL and Football Player Negotiations
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s One Guy’s Views on Most Recent Presidential Debate
SPOTLIGHT: Precision Planning, Inc.
FEEDBACK: Talk About Your Unusual Ideas: How About Only 15 U.S. Senators!
UPCOMING: Snellville Adopts Ordinance Concerning Short Term Rental Property
NOTABLE: Meadowcreek Graduate Wins $7,000 Les Dame d’Escoffier Scholarship
RECOMMENDED: Understanding Democracy in America by Professor Ken Masugi
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Author, Anne Rivers Siddons, Dies at 83 in Charleston
MYSTERY PHOTO: Attractive Church Begs Question of Its Location as Today’s Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: 67th Annual Gwinnett County Fair Continues Through Saturday
CALENDAR: Check out these coming events
6/21: Walton EMC prepares; On Steve Rausch; On racial slurs
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Walton EMC Annual Meeting Hears of Preparations for the Future
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering The Many Good Discussions with Steve Rausch
ANOTHER VIEW: Remembering Racial Slurs When Growing up in Bygone Georgia
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Stripers
FEEDBACK: Wants More Media Exposure to Other Beliefs and Religions
UPCOMING: Three Entities Partner To Expand Arts Education at Central Gwinnett
NOTABLE: Rotary Club of Gwinnett Makes $40,000 Gifts to Charities
RECOMMENDED: The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Brumbys in Cobb County Take Control of Marietta Daily Journal
MYSTERY PHOTO: Classic Photograph Might Give a Clue to this Mystery.
CALENDAR: City of Duluth Plans Celebrate July Fourth holiday with activities July 3
Gwinnett Forum | Nov. 1, 2024
“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
– The second president of the United States, John Adams (1735-1826).
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SAMPLE BALLOTS
Consolidated sample ballots are available below and are not specific to a voter’s individual ballot. To find what your ballot will look like, visit My Voter Page on the Georgia Secretary of State’s website.
>> Click here for the 11/5 consolidated sample ballot in English/Spanish
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MULBERRY CANDIDATES
Residents of the new city of Mulberry can read answers to questions put to the 15 candidates for the coming council elections through a public service offered by GwinnettForum.
>> Click here to learn about Mulberry’s candidates.
>> Click here for the Mulberry election FAQ and sample ballot
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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