A lath wall transitions the Maletsky household from its antique, original section to its modern, bright addition. Through the spaced wooden panels — once used as a wall’s foundation — one can view the living and dining room of a house originally built in the 1930s. There are wooden floors and arched doorways, windows letting in light from Barker Avenue. From the other side of the lath wall, a modern ...
It’s been more than a month and a half since the health department issued a pandemic-related order requiring bars to close in Douglas County. But the health department is still determining what exactly that means. In the first week of July, Douglas County’s public health officer ordered all bars closed in an attempt to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Yet, while the order is still in place today, some bars ...
Everyday, there’s a new joke outside of Betsy Evans’ home in the Hillcrest neighborhood. On Thursday, the whiteboard easel read, “The best thing about the good old days was that I wasn’t good and I wasn’t old!” For the past couple months, Evans has provided the neighborhood with laughs and one-liners with her daily jokes, an effort the 80-year-old started to give people a reason to smile when ...
Dale Willey loved cars. He would work 12- to 14-hour days — six days a week — at his dealership: Dale Willey Automotive. And even after he retired, he’d still pop in four to five times a week to check in. His daughter, Carol Ryan, called her father a “very hard worker” with a work ethic that was “second to none.” But despite his dedication to his business, Willey also found the time to serve and ...
As a paramedic, Charlie Hiersche has dealt with many patients who have had COVID-19, but it wasn’t until his stepfather got the virus that he came to know the whole process from contraction to death. George Kritos, founder of the Massachusetts Street restaurant The Mad Greek and Hiersche’s stepfather, died from COVID-19 on Thursday in Thessaloniki, Greece. He was 70 years old. Kritos owned The Mad Greek ...
Twenty-one residents and 16 employees at Pioneer Ridge Health & Rehab have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the company that manages the facility. Ali Ellis, the marketing director for Midwest Health, said that after the second round of testing at the skilled nursing facility, 15 residents and nine staff members tested positive. Prior to this second round of testing, six residents and seven staff ...