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Mattea, Martz to Speak at W.Va. Benefit
05/24/2004 12:50 PM, AP
West Virginia native Kathy Mattea and St. Louis Rams football coach Mike Martz are scheduled to speak June 4 at a black-tie benefit for a West Virginia University research center that will study Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases.
The event is the first major gala for the nonprofit Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute, whose construction in Morgantown should be finished by June 2006.
Mattea, a Cross Lanes native and a two-time Grammy winner, and husband-songwriter Jon Vezner will meet with guests at a pre-dinner reception.
Martz, whose late mother suffered from Alzheimer's, and Mattea will speak during a $1,000-a-plate dinner and program at the Charleston Civic Center.
The institute is named for the mother of Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., who died of complications from Alzheimer's in 1992. Rockefeller's family has contributed $15 million to the institute.
By 2020, some 8 million Americans are projected to be suffering from Alzheimer's.
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