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Transport, prosperity top issues in BOC races BY CURT YEOMANS
Determination
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While Gwinnett County voters are going to be asked next year whether the county should take the momentous step to join MARTA, a more immediate decision facing the county is who will help lead it. The two incumbent county commissioners up for re-election this year, District 2 Commissioner Lynette Howard and District 4 Commissioner John Heard — both Republicans — are facing challenges from Democrats Ben Ku and Marlene Fosque, respectively, in the Nov. 6 general election. What is at stake in the election is how the county addresses some of the big issues related to infrastructure and prosperity that it will face in the years to come. Howard said she is running for another term on the commission because there are several projects that she wants to finish. She sees water innovation as the biggest issue facing the county right now. “We must address providing safe, clean water for 1 million people with minimum
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GUBERNATORIAL RACE
Kemp covers registration controversy BY CURT YEOMANS curt.yeomans@gwinnettdailypost.com
Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp stopped by the Daily Post on Friday to answer questions about the campaign and his platform. During his visit, he also addressed a recent Associated Press report which said more than 53,000 voter registrations were on hold as well as calls for him to step down as secretary of state. A rally calling for Kemp to resign was held at the state Capitol while he was at the Daily Post. A federal lawsuit concerning the voter registrations was filed Thursday.
Christopher Fairchild of Duluth is using a new prosthesis made through 3D imaging to help him play the cello. Fairchild is part of the seventh-grade orchestra at Hull Middle School in Duluth. (Photos: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta)
12-year-old Duluth boy gets new prosthesis made to help him play cello
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp talks about his campaign and issues facing the state during a visit to the Daily Post on Friday. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)
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Playing the cello usually takes two hands. But for 12-year-old Christopher Fairchild, it’s a matter of one hand, one prosthetic and a lot of determination. The challenge for the Duluth resident is he has been missing his right hand since birth, even though it would otherwise be his dominant hand. Christopher, who attends Hull Middle School, came to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for a new prosthesis in late 2015 to help him ride his bike. When he returned for a different prosthesis last year, he had a new goal — he
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wanted to improve his ability to play the cello. (He still uses the first prosthesis for bike riding.) At Children’s, he works with Brian Emling, a licensed prosthetist and orthotist. Emling is trained to fit upper and lower limb prosthetic devices, and he enjoys helping children reach their best physical capabilities. See CELLO, Page 8A
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