EVENT SET FOR APRIL 7: JACKSON MOTHER, SON CHAIR WALK

JACKSON - Amy Mills, program director for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Gateway Area Chapter, has announced that Mary Kathryn Meyer and her son, Chad Meyer, both of Jackson, have been chosen again this year as local coordinators for the Multiple Sclerosis "Super Cities Walk." The walk is scheduled April 7 at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau.

Last year's walk drew 124 participants and raised more than $7,383.

Mary Meyer is a member of the local Multiple Sclerosis support group, the M.S. Gateway Area Chapter, and the M.S. Clinical Center in St. Louis. She attends the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Jackson, and is married to Charles Meyer.

Chad Meyer is a senior at Jackson High School, where he is a three-year letterman on the varsity soccer team, a member of F.B.L.A., J Club, SADD and DECCA. He is a life scout, member of the Order of the Arrow and is a licensed referee for the U.S. Soccer Federation.

He was a 1990 delegate to the Missouri Boys State, a member of the Cape Indoor Soccer League and the St. Paul Lutheran Church. He plans to attend Southeast Missouri State University, and does volunteer work for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

The MS Society, founded in 1946, is the only national voluntary health organization in the U.S. devoted solely to supporting international research on multiple sclerosis as well as providing services to people with M.S. and their families through its network of more than 140 chapters and branches.

Mrs. Meyer pointed out that M.S. is a chronic, often disabling disease that "short circuits" the central nervous system of more than 200 young adults every week. Most of these people are between the ages of 15 and 40, she said.

An estimated quarter million Americans have M.S., she said, adding that there is no known cause or cure.

To pre-register for the walk or receive a sponsors list, persons can contact the Meyers at 243-8501 or the National M.S. Society, Gateway Chapter at 1-800-628-1753.