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COVID-19 VACCINATIONS First round of vaccines for Pinecrest Community
‘It means safety for our residents’ - CEO Ferol Labash
BY JEFF HELFRICH jhelfrich@shawmedia.com
After receiving the first part of their vaccines on Monday, Pinecrest Community residents and staff in Mt. Morris took pictures and shared on cards why the vaccine was important to them.
Nurse Kathy Lee’s “why” was her grandchildren and the residents and Pinecrest.
Brenda Camling works in dining services at Pinecrest. Her “why” was to be able to be around her family again for holidays.
Risk Manager Howell Herman’s reason was to be “part of the solution.”
One resident wrote she wanted to get the vaccine “for the future.” Another simply wrote “grandkids.”
“So I won’t get COVID-19,” One resident wrote. “I don’t want to die.”
Pinecrest CEO Ferol Labash said Monday was a happy day at Pinecrest. In November, the federal government contacted all nursing homes and asked about signing up for a vaccine program with CVS or Walgreens. Pinecrest chose Walgreens.
Walgreens contacted Pinecrest just before Christmas to get the vaccine clinic structured. Nursing homes started vaccinations on Dec. 28. The second leg of the Pfizer vaccine will come to Pinecrest on Jan. 25.
“Since March, our primary focus has been keeping residents and staff safe,” Labash said. “We’ve been very fortunate and haven’t had an outbreak. It’s devastating when it gets in nursing homes. It means safety for our residents.”
Labash hopes the Illinois Department of Public Health will open nursing homes back up for visitors sometime this year. Some residents haven’t seen their families since March.
“We’re hoping to reunite them,” Labash said. Pinecrest Community photos ABOVE: Pinecrest Community employee Kathy Lee and a resident hold their signs explaining why they wanted the COVID-19 vaccine. BELOW: Employees and residents hold signs explaining why they want the COVID-19 vaccine.
Neighbor’s Antiques hosting antique sale to benefit Serenity Hospice
Neighbor’s Antiques is hosting a close-out sale Jan. 21-24 and Jan. 28-30 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. each day. All proceeds benefit Serenity Home. Hospice and This rocking horse is one of the unique items to be sold
All items must go. during the closeout sale. Neighbor’s is located inside Conover Square shopping center in downtown Oregon, 201 N. 3rd St.
“Neighbor’s has been in business for more than 25 years and their inventory is varied and unique,” said Angie Theisen, community relations manager for Serenity Hospice. “The sale will include furniture, dishes, teapots, vintage items including purses and kitchenware along with many collectibles.
Serenity is a nonprofit hospice serving nine counties in Northern Illinois with a hospice home located in Oregon.
For more information and to see some photos of the items, visit Serenity Hospice and Facebook page or Seed Swap on Jan. 30 at Dogwood Inn
The Polo Woman’s Garden Club will have free seeds available at the Dogwood Indoor
Market at the intersection of Illinois 26 and Illinois 64 on Saturday, Jan. 30 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
The club asks that patrons come out with seeds to share and/or to obtain seeds. Contact Beth Green of the Polo Woman’s Garden Club with any questions at 815-299-1416.
“The seed swap is a fundamental part of human history. Seeds were one of the first commodities valued and traded. Today, modern gardeners collect and exchange seeds for many reasons ranging from cultivating rare, heirloom varieties to basic thrift. The exchange of seeds perpetuates biodiversity. It is an act of giving and the ultimate form of recycling.”
Meeting is cancelled due to lack of business
Due to lack of business, the regular monthly meeting of the Ogle County Regional Planning Commission scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 21, has been cancelled.
The next meeting of the Regional Planning Commission is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 18, at 6 p.m.. at the Old Ogle County Courthouse, 105 S. Fifth St., Oregon, in the County Board Room #317.
Midwinter bald eagle count is Jan. 30-31; volunteers are needed to help
The Eagle Nature Foundation (ENF) will host its 61st Annual Midwinter Bald Eagle Count on Jan. 30 and 31.
On these days hundreds of volunteers will be searching the skies and trees for bald eagles from Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota to Tennessee and from Indiana to Nebraska to document the bald eagles that are wintering in their areas.
Anyone interested in joining this effort to document wintering bald eagles should contact the Eagle Nature Foundation.
“Bald eagles normally wintered along the waterways and still do to some extent, but they seem to not be able to find the necessary food they need, so many of them are moving inland to look for road kills and other carrion,” said Terrence N. Ingram, executive director of the Eagle Nature Foundation. “Immature bald eagle numbers peaked about the years 2001-4. Their adult numbers peaked about 2008-10. For the past eight years the percentage of young has been declining and now the numbers of adults are declining as well.
For count forms, call 815-594-2306 or write ENF, 300 East Hickory St., Apple River, IL 61001.
For more information contact Ingram at 815-5942306.
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