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PAGE 2A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. JUNE 11.2020
Alzheimer’s group hosts talk on “how what we eat affects our brains”
Hugh Acheson, former
Top Chef judge and owner
and operator of several
Georgia restaurants will
lead a discussion on eating
and brain health.
Live webinar to
include former
‘Top Chef’judge
Hugh Acheson
The Alzheimer’s Associa
tion is inviting all community
residents to a live webinar -
“A Talk with the Experts -
How Diet and Nutrition Im
pacts Risk of Dementia”.
The live online event will
take place on Thursday, June
18 from 1-2 p.m.
The panel of experts in
cludes:
• Hugh Acheson, former
Top Chef judge and owner
and operator of several Geor
gia restaurants including Em
pire State South and Five and
Ten.
• Dr. Lisa M. Renzi-Ham-
mond, neuroscientist, assis
tant professor, Institute of
Gerontology, University of
Georgia, College of Public
Health.
• Renae Brown, chief die
titian, Georgia Department of
Human Services Division of
Aging Services.
• Mary Caldwell, helpline
and early stage program
manager, Alzheimer’s Asso
ciation.
"It is critical for me to
learn more about the positive
impact that good food has on
people living with the im
mense burden of Alzheimer's
disease,” added Hugh Ache
son. “As a chef, I know that
nourishment can bring com
fort and relief to those living
through the anxiety of de
mentia. As a son of someone
afflicted with Alzheimer's I
know food can make a differ
ence."
June marks Alzheimer’s
and Brain Awareness Month,
an opportunity to hold a con
versation about the brain, and
share the fact that
Alzheimer's disease and
other dementias are a major
public health issue. Accord
ing to the Alzheimer’s Asso
ciation, eating a heart-healthy
diet benefits both your body
and your brain.
“We are extremely excited
to have this amazing group of
experts that can provide our
community residents valu
able information that can re
duce risk”, added Linda
Davidson, executive director,
Alzheimer’s Association,
Georgia Chapter. “This event
is for everyone, if you are 18
or 90, healthy lifestyle inter
ventions to benefit your
health, including your brain,
can start today,” she added.
According to the
Alzheimer’s Association,
Sons of Confederate Veterans,
concerned citizens offer reward for
monument vandalism information
photo/Sons of Confederate Veterans
Visible damage of the Confederate Lion at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta.
The Georgia Division,
Sons of Confederate Veterans
and concerned citizens are
outraged by the recent crimi
nal acts against Georgia's
Confederate monuments and
is offering a $2,000 reward
for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the
guilty party or parties on any
of the below recently dam
aged monuments.
The Confederate Lion at
Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta.
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where over 3,000 unknown
Confederate soldiers are
buried.
City of Athens/Clarke
County Confederate Monu
ment, erected by the Athens
Ladies Auxiliary in 1871.
City of Gainesville/Hall
County Confederate Monu
ment.
Spaulding County Con
federate Monument in Grif
fin.
Stonewall Cemetery Con
federate Monument in Grif
fin.
Dodge County Confeder
ate Monument.
City of McDonough /
Henry County Confederate
Monument
It saddens us that these
cowardly vandals would use
the death of George Floyd
that happened in Minneapo
lis, Minnesota as an opportu
nity to commit acts of
violence against individuals,
private property, and histori
cal monuments here in the
state of Georgia.
Not just Confederate
monuments are being vandal
ized. The National WWII
Memorial, Vietnam memori
als and even the 54th Massa
chusetts Regiment of Black
union soldiers have also re
ceived the same fate from the
Black Lives Matter and their
allied groups.
We call on all Georgia
municipalities and county
governments to do their
sworn duty and protect your
citizens and property in your
jurisdiction by allowing the
local police and deputies to
do their job and arrest these
cowardly vandals.
Please contact Secre-
tary@gascv.org or call
1.866.728.4642 with any in
formation on these crimes.
changes in the brain can
occur years before the first
symptoms of Alzheimer's ap
pear. These early brain
changes suggest a possible
"window of opportunity" to
reduce risk or delay dementia
symptoms.
The Alzheimer's Associa
tion launched a two-year
clinical trial researching
lifestyle intervention on pro
tecting brain health and po
tentially reducing the risk of
dementia. The U.S. Study to
Protect Brain Health Through
Lifestyle Intervention to Re
duce Risk (U.S. POINTER)
trial will test if combining
physical activity, healthy nu
trition, social and intellectual
challenge and improved self
management of medical con-
Alzheimer’s Fact sheet
• Alzheimer’s disease is the fifth-leading cause of death in
Georgia.
• More than five million Americans are living with the dis
ease, including 150,000 Georgia residents — a number esti
mated to grow to as many as 190,000 by year 2025.
• More than 16 million family and friends, including 540,000
in Georgia, provide unpaid care to people with Alzheimer's
or other dementias in the United States.
• In 2019, friends and family of those with Alzheimer’s in
Georgia provided an estimated 615 million hours of unpaid
care, a contribution valued more than $8 billion.
ditions can protect cognitive
function in older adults who
are at increased risk for cog
nitive decline.
More than 5 million
Americans are living with
Alzheimer's disease - the
sixth-leading cause of death
in the United States. Addi
tionally, more than 16 million
family members and friends
provide care to people with
Alzheimer’s and other de
mentias.
To register for the event,
visit alz.org/Georgia or call
1-800-272-3900.
Gov. Kemp to scale back budget cuts
By Dave Williams
Bureau chief
Capitol Beat News Service
Atlanta - Citing “reassur
ing signs of fiscal resilience”
in Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp
announced Wednesday that
cuts to next year’s state
budget won’t be as deep as
originally feared.
In a video message, Kemp
notified state agency heads
and legislative leaders he is
preparing an updated rev
enue estimate that will call
for 11% across-the-board
spending reductions in the
coming fiscal year rather
than the 14% cuts originally
anticipated.
The new revenue projec
tions reflect expectations the
coronavirus pandemic will
have somewhat less of an
economic impact on Geor
gia’s economy than had been
predicted when the 14% cuts
were ordered.
“Our state is positioned to
weather this storm better than
most,” Kemp said. “I’m
hopeful our state will be able
to avoid the draconian cuts
and measures many others
across the country will be
forced to make.”
State senators holding
budget hearings since last
week have been confronted
with the difficult choice be
tween furloughing teachers
and state employees or keep
ing them on the job at re
duced pay.
Kemp pledged to make
education, health care and
public safety top priorities
even as agency heads and
lawmakers grapple with
tough decisions on how to
balance the state’s needs with
declining tax revenues.
The General Assembly,
which was suspended in mid-
March by the coronavirus
outbreak, will reconvene
June 15, with passing the fis
cal 2021 state budget as its
top priority. Just 11 days re
main in the 2020 legislative
session.
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