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Thousands listen to talks on leadership Saban, Wozniak among headliners at Arena event BY KEITH FARNER keith.farner@gwinnettdailypost.com
Pat Flynn stands with Dr. Gordy Klatt during a Relay For Life. Flynn and Klatt are known as the Mother and Father of Relay For Life. (Special Photos/Courtesy of Pat Flynn)
A mother like no other
BY CURT YEOMANS
Relay For Life pioneer to visit Gwinnett event for the first time IF YOU GO
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Pat Flynn is not your typical mother. Although she has a family of her own, she is also perhaps one of the most important motherly figures around to many people around the world who are involved in the fight against cancer. While many moms put “My child is …” bumper stickers on their cars that tout their kids academic or athletic feats, Flynn can say her “child” — or children as she sees it — has raised more than $5 billion to fight a disease that can take lives if left untreated. Flynn is the Mother of Relay — as in Relay For Life. “It’s so overwhelming when you realize how big it
What: Relay For Life of Gwinnett When: 6:30 p.m. May 13 to 6:30 a.m. May 14 Where: Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville. Parking: Some available at fairgrounds; additional parking, shuttle buses at Sunrise Baptist Church, 3000 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville, and Gwinnett County Elections and Registration Office, 455 Grayson Highway, Lawrenceville
Pat Flynn and family members lead an all-team lap at the 2010 Tacoma Relay For Life. Flynn, who is known as the Mother of Relay, will attend the Gwinnett Relay For Life on May 13.
has become,” she said. “Relay has become the largest global movement to end cancer. That’s just mind-boggling to me, so I’m a very proud ‘mother’ … It is like seeing a
child grow up. “ Flynn considers each Relay event held around the world to be an individual child to her, and she is coming to the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds
DULUTH — Before James Brown stepped on stage, the back side of his prepared notes were covered with things he jotted down from Andy Stanley’s talk. That scenario was common at the Infinite Energy Arena on Friday morning before 6,000 people locally at Leadercast and overall about 120,000 who watched on MORE ONLINE simulcast from Visit gwinnettdailypost.com some 800 other for more photos and a video locations in from the event. 21 countries. They came to hear from a list of well-known authors, speakers, business leaders, a pastor and a football coach. The speakers were Stanley, Kat Cole, Brown, Nick Saban, Chris Barez-Brown, Henry Cloud, Steve Wozniak and Rorke Denver. “It’s like a wonderful unselfish sharing of a wealth of information that people have gained over the years,” Brown, the CBS Sports broadcaster said after his talk. “You can’t invest too much in yourself.” While Brown added that there are several doctorate-level speakers on the stage, he asked the crowd to consider him an elementary
in Lawrenceville on May 13 to see what is considered the largest one around: Relay For Life of Gwinnett. See MOTHER, Page 9A
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University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban speaks to a crowd of about 6,000 people at Leadercast on Friday at the Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth. (Staff Photo: Keith Farner)
Free Comic Book Day draws fans to Lawrenceville Square BY CURT YEOMANS
Kyle Puttkammer, left, and Hunter Catherwood pass each other on the sidewalk in downtown Lawrenceville during the city’s Free Comic Book Day celebration on Saturday. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)
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Just to get this out of the way: Captain America did meet a future version of himself on the sidewalk at the Lawrenceville Square on Saturday. No, there were no universeending paradoxes as a result. No tears in spacetime occurred, either. That kind of stuff only happens in “Doctor Who.”
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The two captains did disagree briefly over who was better: 1940s Captain America, or his 21st century version. “You’ve got to respect the past,” said Galactic Quest owner Kyle Puttkammer, who was dressed as 1940s Captain America.
“You’ve got to embrace the future,” Hunter Catherwood countered while dressed as the 21st century version of the character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The scene played out as Lawrenceville hosted a downtown-wide celebration of Free Comic Book Day, held the first Saturday in May. Residents and comic book fans got to browse
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