Iola Snow and

Fred Brown, co-chairs of the local Alzheimer's Association, spoke to the

Fayette Metro Kiwanis about its 5k Memory Walk in October.

They pointed

out that there are 140,000 citizens in Georgia with the disease and 10,000

in the Southern Crescent, which include four counties.

Interested

participants should gather on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Frederick Brown

Jr. Amphitheater for the 3.1 mile walk. Registration will be from 8 a.m.

to 9:30 a.m. Runners will start at 9:15 a.m. and walkers start at 9:30

a.m.

Gold's Gym

will be on hand to properly warm everyone up and there will be water available

every mile. A local jazz group will be playing for those who end back

up at the amphitheater and the Peachtree City Kiwanis will be supplying

hot dogs.

In the year

2000 in Peachtree City, there were 450 workers, walkers and volunteers

who raised $73,000. Last year there were 850 who participated, and they

raised $117,000.

From the time

a person is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, he or she probably will only live

seven more years, according to experts.

For information

call Iola Snow, 770-486-6991, Fred Brown, 770-487-8397 or www.peachcity.com/memory

walk.