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On Robin Williams’ suicide and preventing suicide in Georgia

On Robin Williams’ suicide and preventing suicide in Georgia
By Ann Wilder, M.S., M.B.A.

We often say, “life is worth living,” but to a person filled with feelings of despair, hopelessness, or regret, these are hollow words. Many kinds of emotional and physical pain can lead to thoughts of suicide.  Approximately 1,100 Georgia families are impacted by a completed suicide each year and many more impacted by suicide attempts.  In the darkest moments, a person can often feel as though the pain and unhappiness is permanent, no solution will ever come, and no change is possible.

Lt. J. G. Adams is presented the SAR Law Enforcement Medal by Awards Committee Chairman N. Walker Chewning of the Button Gwinnett Chapter SAR.

Lt. Adams receives SAR Law Enforcement Award

Lt. Adams receives SAR Law Enforcement Award
By Staff Reports

Each year the Awards Committee of the Button Gwinnett  Chapter, Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution presents the Law Enforcement Medal to an individual who has served in this occupation. The medal is intended to recognize exceptional service or accomplishment in the field of law enforcement. 

Kistner legacy keeps on giving

Kistner legacy keeps on giving
By Staff Reports

Duluth –  The Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia is excited to award the Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts a $20,000 grant through the Mary S. Kistner Endowment Fund. $15,000 will be awarded immediately in support of their Art of Giving Campaign. The remaining $5,000 will be issued as a challenge grant to help enable the Hudgens Center to leverage additional matching funds with other donors.

Mr. Dana Pugh, Principal, Grayson High School

Stealthy Administrator at Grayson High School

Stealthy Administrator at Grayson High School
By Beth Volpert

As Grayson High School begins its fifteenth year with new principal Dana Pugh, changes mix with a strong sense of tradition within the walls of the building. Those walls sometimes seem as if they might be just a little charmed, not unlike like the walls in a Harry Potter novel since they don’t seem to be able to keep the principal from being almost everywhere all the time.

County displays Berlin Wall section

County displays Berlin Wall section  

Lawrenceville, Ga (Sept. 3, 2014) – A four-ton chunk of the 100-mile long wall that once isolated West Berlin within East Germany for nearly three decades during the Cold War is now on display outside the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville. Graffiti artists painted an American flag, people and buildings on the side that once faced West Berlin.

Four elementary schools to pilot new safety initiative

Four elementary schools to pilot new safety initiative

As part of its ongoing focus on safety, Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) will begin a pilot at four elementary schools the week of September 2nd. 

Duluth Fall Festival Concert

Duluth Fall Festival Concert
Free concert in Downtown Duluth 

Duluth – It’s going to be a stellar production as some of the finest talent from around the nation takes the stage in a performance to surely give party-goers a good time.

Georgia Senator Gloria Butler with the inaugural Leadership Snellville class: Beverly Powers, Alisa Boykin, Michelle Munroe, Pose Staples, Connie Robinson, Rita Blake, Mack Brannon, Omotayo Aiyere, Dexter Harrison, Antonio Wallace and Crystal Moon (not pictured).

Snellville begins Leadership Snellville Program

UPDATE: ‘Leadership Snellville’ update and clarification from Snellville Mayor Kelly Kautz regarding original press release from the Mayor’s office 
By Auveed Bagheri Cawthon, Co-Publisher/Co-Editor

Snellville (September 1, 2014)- According to Snellville Mayor Kelly Kautz, Leadership Snellville is not an official City Program of Snellville as implied in an earlier press release (below from the Mayor’s office).