Music, Ribs and a Walk

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October 22, 2016

Mark Holloway, president of Modern Gas, left, shakes hands with one of the Rib Showdown teams. Members of the team are Ladd Murphy, Joe Brock, Ken Wood and Mike Cooper. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

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For the third year, Modern Gas’ Rib Showdown teamed up with The Walk to End Alzheimer’s fundraiser for the Albany Alzheimer’s Association on saturday.

These are some of the 20 cook tents that popped up in the Modern Gas Co. parking lot in southern Lee County on Saturday for the annual Rib Showdown. The grill-off and musical entertainment was conducted in concert with the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s fundraiser by the Albany Alzheimer’s Association. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Lindsey Richard, Albany Alzheimer’s Association director of constituent events and End of Alzheimer’s Walk coordinator, holds one of the pinwheel flowers that registrants for Saturday’s walk were to receive. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Lindsey Richard with the Albany Alzheimer’s Association stands behind the pinwheel flowers, which have symbolic colors: blue for those with Alzheimer’s disease, purple for those who have lost someone to Alzheimer’s, orange for those who are caregivers to someone with Alzheimer’s, and yellow for those who support the organization and its research fundraising. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Mark Holloway, third from left, says the annual Rib Showdown is a family-friendly event. He’s standing with the team of, from left, Todd Rice, Avery Rice, Haley Hatcher, Suzanne Hatcher, Ricky Hatcher, Abigail Rice and Jerry Long. Ricky Hatcher said this was their third Showdown competition. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Betty Odom lets a beanbag fly as she and Linda Shead prepare for the Saturday afternoon cornhole toss competition, which was new to this year’s annual Rib Showdown at Modern Gas. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Team members Roger Hormell, Rusty Schackelford and Lee County Sheriff Reggie Rachals were hoping to pick up some votes from the ribs judges Saturday evening. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Tyler Williams, right, looks on as Darren Denney makes a beanbag toss as they prepare for Saturday afternoon’s cornhole tournament at Modern Gas’s Rib Showdown, which has partnered with the Albany Alzheimer’s Association’s annual fundraiser, the walk to End Alzheimer’s. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

The Alzheimer’s Association had flower pinwheels for registrants for the End of Alzheimer’s Walk Saturday at a nature trail behind Modern Gas off Highway 520. Yellow pinwheels were for supporters of the Alzheimer’s Association, while orange were for caregivers, purple for those who have lost someone to Alzheimer’s and blue for those who have the illness. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

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