Gwinnett In The News

After accusations fly, Gwinnett commission reaffirms airport vote
Atlanta Journal Constitution
When it was over, commissioners voted 3-2 to direct a consultant to seek proposals from private firms interested in buying or selling the airport near Lawrenceville. No one seemed to walk away happy, least of all several dozen opponents of commercial ...

Abandoned homes pose problems for code enforcement officers
WSB Atlanta
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- The growing number of abandoned houses in Gwinnett County is posing a serious challenge to code enforcement officers. And residents say they are fed up with blighted homes destroying their communities. ...

Man shot in face outside Gwinnett apartments
WSB Atlanta
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- A man was shot in the face outside a Gwinnett County apartment complex. The shooting happened at about 3 pm Tuesday at the Landmark at Bella Vista Apartments in the 4000 block of Satellite Boulevard in Duluth. ...

Help pours in for Lilburn officer who lost home
WSB Atlanta
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- Hundreds of people showed support on Tuesday for a Lilburn police officer and his family who lost their home to a fire during a tear filled fundraiser. Capt. Mike Johnson says his family's life completely changed one week ago ...

Residents leave town hall frustrated
Walton Tribune
Woodall, R-Lawrenceville, walked out a few minutes past his scheduled start time at 9 am thanking his attendees for their patience and dedication to their government, a government he began to explain was in a dark period of legislation. ...

Patriotic Celebrations in and near Snellville

Sunday, July 3:

Snellville First Baptist Church - American Celebration. Begins at 5 p.m. on July 3.
Inflatable rides & games for children. Food vendors. Celebration is followed by fireworks show. Snellville Police will be on hand to help citizens cross Highway 78 to enjoy festivities on the Snellville Town Green (see below)

Snellville Town Green - Star-Spangled Snellville celebration (via Snellville Tourism and Trade Association) - Variety of musicians from the community. Snellville First Baptist Church's Celebration Orchestra will perform. Bring blankets/lawn chairs and enjoy the excellent fireworks display.

Lawrenceville Fireworks - Lawrenceville will celebrate on July 3, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Gwinnett County Historic Courthouse, 185 West Crogan Street, Lawrenceville
The event will feature the Aurora Theater's "Beauty and the Beast" selections and fireworks. Free seating on the lawn, table and catered dinner for six is $125. If you go, note that alcohol is prohibited at the courthouse. For more information, call 678-226-269.

Monday, July 4:

Fireworks - Oasis Church, Loganville GA will have events all day, culminating with fireworks display. 3 p.m. until dark. Oasis Church is located 1 mile south of Highway 78 on Highway 81 in Loganville, Georgia. Address: 3275 Tig Knight Road, Loganville, GA 30052
For more information, see the church's website here or call 770-554-3322.
 
The City of Lilburn will host a free 4^th of July concert followed by fireworks in City Park, located at 76 Main Street, Lilburn GA 30047. Festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. on the 4^th with the band StratoGeezer opening and The Surge! headlining the show.  Both bands specialize in the sounds of summer -- surf music. StratoGeezer, hailing from Norcross, regularly performs around the Atlanta area, including at the Peachtree Road Race and the Sweetwater Brewing Company. The Surge! is a hometown band based in Lilburn. Attendees should bring blankets or lawn chairs and a picnic supper for a fun, laid-back 4^th of July Celebration.

Food fights shut down school cafeteria

This isn't Snellville news, but Lilburn news...however, it relates to Gwinnett County Schools, so I decided to share my thoughts here on this topic.

Berkmar High School in Lilburn is having some challenges keeping students in the mindset for learning. Recently, the principal had to suspend all student's privilege to the cafeteria due to ongoing food fights. I think it's a great idea to shut down the cafeteria so students can learn to appreciate it. Instead of being able to use the cafeteria, the students will eat lunch in their 5th period classrooms. They'll have healthy lunches, but limited choices of what they can eat...and of course, they won't get to sit with their friends.

Unfortunately, the majority of the school population is having to pay for the issues of the few - and those who instigated this are not going to be very popular with the rest of the students. Even when I was in middle school and high school, I thought food fights were dumb.

I'm all for using peer pressure and natural consequences to teach students that disrespectful behavior won't be tolerated in our schools. We don't pay taxes so kids can be unappreciative little jerks. We pay taxes so we can have an educated population.

I only hope that parents of the 'non-trouble' kids won't complain and want this plan revoked. Hey, sorry your kid is affected by this, but please allow school administrators to enforce discipline to help all our children learn about life! Sometimes life isn't fair, and we all are harmed by the 'crimes' of others.

So that's my opinion, and here's the news story. Let me know how you feel about this.

Gwinnett School Suspends Cafeteria Lunches
WSB Atlanta

Octoberfest October 3rd

Trinity Lutheran Church in Lilburn will have their 7th Annual Octoberfest on Saturday, October 3rd from 10 am until 9 pm.

The Arts and Crafts Fair will take place from 10 am until 6 pm, a Health Fair from 10 am until 6 pm.

The Octoberfest will feature German and American foods, German beer (yes, at a church! Yay Martin Luther! I grew up Lutheran , so I know we can express our unworthiness and punish ourselves later to make up for it... lol), games, and live entertainment.

Music by the Atlanta Polka Band, Atlanta Sangerkreis, Alias Smith and Jones and the Dynamic Range.

There will be games and entertainment for kids. Bring 1 can of food for 2 game tickets. The food will be donated to local charities.

Admission to all events is only $3 per person, under age 4 admitted free.

Trinity Lutheran Church is located at 1826 Killian Hill Road, Lilburn GA 30047.

For more information, contact Trinity Lutheran Church at 770-972-4418.