She is collecting data on 50 patients in five area health-care facilities. Eventually, this type of research could lead to intervention programs that identify the causes of stress for Alzheimer's patients and lessen some behaviors associated with the disease. Breast Cancer Benefit Walk will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 5, outside the Ping Student Recreation Center at Ohio University. Proceeds from the walk, which is co-sponsored by the University Program Council and the Ohio University College of Health and Human Services, will be used for research to combat breast cancer.
Participants can walk, run, stroll or roller blade their way along the route.
Sailors and land-lovers alike will make waves with their creative crafts during the Wacky Raft Regatta in Athens at high tide, noon, Saturday, May 5. The race on the mighty Hocking River will begin at the bridge on Richland Avenue with the finish line at the bridge over Stimson Street. It promises to be an interesting nautical event, with much left to the imagination. About 25 seaworthy competitors are expected to lift anchor in the event, which is sponsored by the Ohio University Student Chapter of the Society of Plastic Engineers. More than a watery adventure, it's a race that serves a porpoise, er, purpose.