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Community Alzheimer’s,
dementia forum planned
BY MEGAN REED
mreed@gainesvilletimes.com
A community forum on Feb. 11 will pro
vide information about Alzheimer’s dis
ease and other dementias.
Community members will be able to
ask questions about the disease, share
their personal experiences, and learn
about available resources and volunteer
opportunities. The Alzheimer’s Associa
tion Georgia Chapter will host the 9 a.m.
event at Lanier College and Career Acad
emy. It will be the chapter’s first forum in
Hall County.
Amy Johnston, a spokeswoman for
the Georgia chapter, said the asso
ciation wants to expand its reach as
Alzheimer’s and dementia become more
common.
“We’re doing this throughout the state,
but we’re choosing communities we feel
need additional support, whether it’s
through the Alzheimer’s Association or
things that we refer out,” she said. “We
also want to hear from the community
as far as needs that they are looking
for.”
Alzheimer’s
community forum
When: 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11
Where: Lanier College and Career
Academy’s The Oaks Building, 2723
Tumbling Creek Road, Gainesville
Johnston said people who are 65
or older are at an increased risk for
Alzheimer’s. About 10,000 Americans
turn 65 each day, she said, and Alzheim
er’s cases are expected to increase by
about 30% over the next five years in
Georgia.
The Georgia chapter knows of 150,000
people in the state with Alzheimer’s,
and 5.8 million people have the disease
nationwide.
In Hall County, a caregiver support
group meets at New Horizons Lanier
Park, with the next meeting set for 6 p.m.
on Thursday, Feb. 13. The association
also has a 24/7 hotline at 1-800-272-3900 to
offer support.
Johnston said the community forum will
be used to determine needs for additional
resources in Hall.
IVESTER
■ Continued from 1A
The foundation made
a similar commitment to
Hall County Schools in Aug.
2019, agreeing to honor the
system’s Teacher of the
Year with $10,000 for the
next 10 years.
Suzanne Cindea, Gaines
ville’s most recent Teacher
of the Year, will be the dis
trict’s first recipient of the
$10,000 award.
“It’s a great way for us to
show our appreciation for
our teachers of the year,”
Gainesville Superinten
dent Jeremy Williams
said.
Kelsey Podo
KELSEY PODO I The Times
From left, Andy Stewart, chairman of Gainesville’s Board of
Education, signs an agreement with Lynn Darby, president
of the Melvin Douglas and Victoria Kay Ivester Foundation,
to accept $10,000 for the district’s Teacher of the Year for
the next nine years.
SCHOOL
■ Continued from 1A
Adrian Niles, Gainesville
chief operations officer, said
the preliminary checklist
from the Georgia Depart
ment of Education has gone
well.
“We’re glad to report that
the state so far has seen that
everything does look good,”
Williams said. “For us it
meets the need from a loca
tion standpoint. It meets the
need from an overcrowding
standpoint.”
The Board of Education
will share renderings of the
new middle school and vote
on the site’s closing agree
ment during the next board
meeting on Tuesday, Feb.
18, at New Holland Knowl
edge Academy.
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