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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 5-7, 2020 B-3 The Park Record Walk to End Alzheimer’s sidesteps the coronavirus REASONS TO SHOP LOCAL. PHOTO BY JEAN CANESTRINI The Alzheimer’s Association Utah’s annual Park City Wasatch Back Walk to End Alzheimer’s has made some adjustments to adhere to social-distancing regulations. This year’s participants can download a mobile app that will allow them to track their steps, distances and organize fundraising. Adjustments will help participants fundraise safely SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record If a coronavirus pandemic can’t stop Alzheimer’s disease, it won’t stop Alzheimer’s Association Utah’s annual Park City Wasatch Back Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Aug. 22, said Ronnie Daniel, the organization’s executive director. “The Walk to End Alzheimer’s will certainly happen this fall, but because of social distancing restrictions we won’t be gathering in large groups like we normally do,” Daniel said. “So the walk will be everywhere — your own street, your neighborhood, your favorite trail up in Summit County. We’ve made it possible so everyone can get involved in the walk.” Free registration is now open at alz.org/walk. “Past participants can renew themselves or teams, and firsttime registrants can sign up a new team,” Daniel said. “While there is no cost to sign up a team, we do encourage people to fundraise. When they sign up, they will be connected to a participants’ site that gives them ideas of how to fundraise and how to set up a social-media campaign.” The goal for this year’s walk is to raise $187,000, which will help fund research of Alzheimer’s disease, and keep support programs for patients and caregivers running, he said. “Last year we raised just under $170,000, so we’re trying to top that,” Daniel said. An estimated 34,000 people are living with Alzheimer’s in Utah, and there are more than 159,000 caregivers, he said. Caregivers, according to Daniel, are usually family members. “Typically women are twice as likely to have the disease, and 75 percent of the caregivers are women,” Daniel said. “Sadly, 36 percent of all caregivers end up dying before the people they care for.” Caregivers’ deaths are attributed to the stress of caring for their family members, he said. “It’s also because these caregivers are so focused on caregiving that they don’t pay attention to their own health,” Daniel said. “So this fundraiser is also a platform to raise awareness of the resources available for the caregivers.” To enhance the participant experience leading up to walk day, new features are being added to the Walk to End Alzheimer’s mobile app, which can be downloaded upon registration, according to Daniel. “We will host our opening ceremonies via virtual ‘mainstage’ in the walk app,” he said. “Participants can also interact with our resources and sponsors, like they do when they walk around and stop at the different booths at our normal event.” Sadly, 36 percent of all caregivers end up dying before the people they care for...” Ronnie Daniel, Alzhemier’s Association Utah executive director Annual Park City Wasatch Back Walk to End Alzheimer’s When: Aug. 22 Where: Park City, Summit County and Heber Helpline: 1-800-272-3900 Web: Alz.org/walk and distances and even follow a virtual walk path, he said. “It will also feature an audio track that encourages participants along the way, and congratulates them after they complete their walks,” he said. This year’s new format has the potential to boost participation, Daniel said. “We pivoted all of our support groups, education and other engagements to a virtual platform,” he said. “And we’ve found people who may normally not have gotten to engage with us, because they couldn’t leave a loved one at home to join a support group, are able to participate. So we think more people will be able to do the walk with us.” Studies show that when you buy from an independent, locally owned business, rather than a nationally owned business, significantly more of your money is used to make purchases from other local businesses, service providers and farms continuing to strengthen the economic base of the community. The L.A. Times crossword puzzle In addition, the Walk to End Alzheimer’s will set up two drive-by promise garden locations, Daniel said. One will be at Kimball Junction and the other will be in Heber, which will also host a walk, he said. “Promise Gardens are all about helping identify the reasons why people walk, and those reasons are signified by four different colors of pinwheel flowers,” he said. Yellow flowers represent people who are caring for someone living with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. Orange flowers represent people who are generally supporting the cause. Blue represents someone who is currently living with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Purple represents someone who has died because of the disease. “We also have another special white flower that represents the hope of a first Alzheimer’s disease survivor,” Daniel said. “During our opening ceremony, everyone will raise their flower and connect with the reason why Alzheimer’s is such a dramatic and tragic part of our lives. This tends to be a touching engagement.” The walk app will also allow participants to track their steps “SPACE SAVERS” By PAM AMICK KLAWITTER Across 1 Did gondola duty 6 “Today” rival, briefly 9 Middling 13 Short staff? 18 Dollar alternative 19 Short trip 20 Alpha’s antithesis 22 Beat in the kitchen 23 “Wait ... let me start over” 26 Najimy who voiced Peggy Hill in “King of the Hill” 27 Bad look 28 Heckle, but not Jeckle 29 The “P” in PIN: Abbr. 31 Unilever swab 32 Old manuscript copier 34 Scalpel sites, for short 35 Polynesian wrap 37 Rage 38 To the point 40 Spa sounds 41 Early pictures 43 Some online reads 45 Diamond surfaces 48 Georgia gridders, to fans 49 “Ginger __”: 1952 Newbery Medal-winning book 50 “Spring forward” letters 51 School reunion attendee 52 Car radio button 54 Oxygen-eating bacteria 56 Asian festival 57 Gets dirty 58 Busy center 61 Uncle Sam’s land, proudly 62 Bunny tail 63 Coral component 64 Big shot: Abbr. 65 Cellar, but not collar, opening 66 Belief common to much religion 68 “Explain, please?” 70 Western PA airport code 71 Disappearing retail giant 73 Hosp. readouts 74 Lodge opening? 75 Patel of “Slumdog Millionaire” 76 Gets one’s feet wet 77 Milne hopper 78 Caught 80 First novel in Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle 82 Sign of a hit 83 Wks. and wks. 84 Platters in sleeves 85 Beautify 86 Puts down 88 Honors 90 Svelte 92 911 pro 93 Culture: Pref. 94 Friend of Goat in “Pearls Before Swine” 95 Some skippers 97 Flock hangout 99 List-shortening term 103 Sticks on a boat 105 Boat owner’s rental 106 Flat owner, maybe 108 Sound 109 Fitness mantra opening 111 Method for slow, steady progress 114 Like a fleabag motel 115 Asian wraps 116 Dusk, to Donne 117 118 119 120 121 __ dish Half of scissors? 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Lakers championship teams 15 Feeling ecstatic 16 Stadium merch 17 Uses a Zoom alternative 21 “Hair” dos 24 First name of Dickens’ Madame Defarge 25 Ed.’s stack 30 Dudley’s toon foe 33 Make every effort 35 Brother of Ham 36 Fancy poultry dish 39 Retired fliers: Abbr. 40 Superior to all others 42 Sheepish girl? 43 Gentrification target 44 Negative forecast 45 Campaign funders 46 Alaskan native 47 “SNL” staples 49 Took a breather 53 Heat up 55 O’er and o’er again 57 Features of urns 59 Loosens, as a tot’s pajamas 60 Soft hits just over the infield 62 Big name in tennis 66 Carpenter’s groove 67 Sierra __ 69 LGBT History Mo. 72 Drawers? 78 “__ a loss” 79 Remote area known for its middle? 81 Hermione’s guy 82 Stream blockers 85 Assumed names 87 Paging devices 89 Family dinner fowl 90 Half of some couples 91 Hershey’s caramel candies 93 A time to dye 96 Granada girls 97 It’s a sign 98 __ Park, Colorado 100 Christine of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” 101 Like radon, say 102 Home on high 104 Kick starter? 106 L, in box scores 107 “What a mess!” 110 TV’s Burrell and baseball’s Cobb 112 Ocean flipper 113 Back (out) |