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THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2020

In the midst of it all… York grads, now adults, work at Elmhurst Hospital – in New York

By Dee Longfellow

FOR THE ELMHURST INDEPENDENT

Two York grads are currently serving at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York in the thick of things, with regards to the COVID-19 Coronavirus. The hospital has been referred to as the “Epicenter.” On March 26, York graduate Anastasia Talarico Zvonek (class of ’07), now a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), signed on through Krucial Staffing to help in New York. Within a day, she had borrowed 16 sets of blue scrubs and traveled from her home in Minneapolis to New York City to share her expertise. When asked why she would

head to the U.S. epicenter of the COVID-19 Coronavirus, Anastasia said, “I’m happy to help, I feel like I have been training for this my whole life. Time for the rubber to meet the road.” Upon arrival, York classmate Ashley Thorpe, now living in Brooklyn, N.Y., called Anastasia to see if she could help. “What started as an idea to get Anastasia a care package quickly turned into a relief effort for the entire hotel [where she was staying],” Ashley said. “Thousands of healthcare providers in New York are not being taken care of right now, especially those

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Elmhurst man arrested on predatory criminal sexual assault, child pornography charges Reports and court documents said Pearson was charged with assaulting a child younger than 13 while the child was sleeping on Jan. 5. He also was charged with child pornography, for recording it, and child pornography, for distributing it. Additionally, he was charged with possession of child pornography. Grundy County record stated that Pearson pleaded guilty in 2013 to the burglary of a gas station in Morris in 2012. He was scheduled to appear in court last Friday, April. 3. Pearson faces six to 30 years in prison if convicted of the assault charge.

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Counting the days…

Elmhurst resident Bob Lahey is on a ladder, changing the number on a banner he and his wife Liz hung on their garage, where it will remain until the coronavirus crisis has lifted. Every evening, the Laheys, who live on the 600 block of Princeton, go outdoors and change the number while having a toast to being a day closer to freedom and safety – we hope! A big thank-you to their neighbors Jeff and Jodi Redick, who brought this to the attention of the Elmhurst Independent.

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DuPage County court records and published reports, an Elmhurst man has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault, as well as for video-recordErnest A. ing the attack and Pearson disseminating it. Ernest A. Pearson, 34, was charged Friday, March 27. As of Monday evening, March 30, he remained at the DuPage County Jail on $500,000 bail. Pearson was then to be transferred to the custody of the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office.

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