Gwinnett Daily Post — May 13, 2018

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Norcross mural garners community support, collaboration

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Democrats square off for seats County infrastructure, transportation among candidates’ top issues

BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com

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Survivors and caregivers do the Purple Glove Dance at the 2018 Gwinnett Relay for Life on Friday evening. (Photos: Anthony Stalcup)

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County’s fight against cancer endures in world’s largest Relay For Life MORE ONLINE

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When Pam Kramer recalled the first Gwinnett County Relay For Life on Friday night, one of the first things she remembered was that there was kitchenware involved. It wasn’t a widespread thing. Just something unique to Kramer — who has participated in all but one of the Gwinnett Relay events over the last 25 years — and other members of Eastside Medical Center’s Relay team from that year. “We were the M.A.S.H. unit; I’ll never forget it,” Kramer said. “We had four teams and

Visit gwinnettdailypost.com for a photo gallery of Gwinnett’s Relay For Life event.

The Norcross High School Relay Team cheer on ancer survivors and caregivers making their way around the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds for the Survivors Lap at the 25th annual Gwinnett Relay for Life on Friday evening.

we all wore camouflage shirts and we really relayed because we stayed on the track 24 hours and we used kitchen tools

as our batons so one had the spatula and one had a frying pan because we used to do it, as I said before, like how we’re

supposed to do it where someone is on the track at all times. See RELAY, Page 5A

Transportation, infrastructure and housing are some of the issues that Democrats running for county commission seats feel need to be addressed by Gwinnett leaders. The May 22 primary will feature contested Democratic battles for the Board of Commissioners Districts 2 and 4 seats. The winner of Marlene those contests will face Fosque District 2 Commissioner Lynette Howard and District 4 Commissioner John Heard, neither of whom are facing challengers in the Republican primary election. Ben In District 2, Ben Ku Ku and Desmond Nembhard are squaring off in the Democratic primary for the chance to face Howard in November. Meanwhile, in District 4, Marlene Fosque and Greg McKeithen are facing each other in the Greg McKeithen Democratic primary for a shot at going against Heard in November. McKeithen, an attorney who previously ran for solicitor general in 2014 and Superior Court judge in 2016, did not respond to a Desmond Daily Post questionNembhard naire that was emailed to him twice. The campaign website address he listed when he qualified to run for the seat still lists information from his 2016 campaign.

See COMMISSION, Page 5A

Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ filming at Gwinnett Place Mall store fronts in the struggling shopping center are getting overhauls that include some Gwinnett Place Mall is getretro looks. ting some new life this week The show is filming its third by going back in time. season, which will be released Back to the 1980’s — which next year. happens to be when the mall in From the outside, the only Duluth opened — that is. hints that something is up at The Netflix series, “Stranger Gwinnett Place are the proThings,” has taken over parts duction trucks and tents in of the mall for filming of the the parking lot, and the signs show which means vacant for the “Starcourt Mall” over BY CURT YEOMANS

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the entrance located between Beauty Master and the former Belk store. Inside, there are extras hanging out near the former food court in 1980s fashions and hairstyles — such as the occasional mullet or rat tail on guys and permed and crimped hair on women — as if there was nothing out of the ordinary See STRANGER, Page 5A

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Gwinnett Place Mall visitors hang out near a portion of the mall that is being used to film scenes for the Netflix series “Stranger Things.” Some wellknown 1980s mall retail names, including Radio Shack and Spencer’s Gifts, can be seen on that portion of the set. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

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