July 19, 2016

Richard Carlin, MD

When is surgery recommended for cataracts?

When is surgery recommended for cataracts?
By Richard Carlin, MD

When Dr. Richard Carlin started practicing 40 years ago, cataracts were removed only after the patient was legally blind, unable to see the big “E” on the eye chart, unable to see to drive, read or watch TV.

Charlotte Nash, Chairman Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners

Gwinnett’s Aquatics Centers: cooling off safely

Lifeguards and other staff members at Gwinnett County’s aquatics facilities have spent weeks preparing special games, activities, and prizes to mark Swim Safely Week at all County-operated indoor and outdoor pools starting on the Fourth of July.

Photo by Loralee Beard, Magic Moment Photography

Gwinnett’s hot bed of talent

Gwinnett’s hot bed of talent
By Loralee Beard, Magic Moment Photography

I was looking from computer to computer today for a special picture today of my sisters, Linda, Janet and me taken in 2013.  The warning, I have smugly given to numerous clients over my 20 year photo career came back to haunt me: Back up digitally, back up in print.

July 2016

For Your Thoughts
July 2016

By Jannetta Johnson

Read Proverbs 1:8

J. Sterling Morton was Presisdent Cleveland’s Sec of Agriculture. While in office his wife died and a month later he took his three children to see the new tomb that had been erected.

Diagnosing & treating a concussion is not as simple as 1-2-3

Diagnosing & treating a concussion is not as simple as 1-2-3

Some health conditions are easy to diagnose. The symptoms for a common cold, chickenpox, pink eye, strep throat, and such are all very consistent from person to person, which makes them easy to identify. But that’s not always the case with concussion. 

Tim Stewart Funeral Homes & Crematory go above and beyond to provide first-class funeral services for Veterans and their families

Every Veteran deserves a hero’s sendoff

Famous American writer Joseph Campbell once wrote, “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” In my opinion, this is the perfect definition of all the veterans who have so courageously served our great nation.

Home is where the heart is

They say home is where the heart is and Legacy State Bank has both its home and heart in Loganville and the surrounding areas.

The Gwinnett Roadrunner – On The Run July 2016

The Gwinnett Roadrunner – On The Run July 2016
By Mary Frazier Long
 
QUIPS AND QUOTES

The honesty of many politicians has never been questioned. In fact, it has rarely been mentioned.

A woman in Arizona married so late in life that Medicare paid for her honeymoon.