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May 14, 2020
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Tables set for dine-in service BY TOM SCANLON
Peoria Times Managing Editor
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On May 11, many around Peoria for the first time in two months heard this: “Please follow me to your table.” Gov. Doug Ducey banned eating in restaurants in mid-March, though takeout and delivery was permitted. Last week, a few days before his May 12 announcement that his stay-at-home order would end May 15, Ducey announced people could begin eating in restaurants again May 11. Peoria Artisan Brewery could hardly tap its excitement, as seen in a recent Facebook post: “We have put in place controls per the guidance of the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Arizona Restaurant Association, the state of Arizona and the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild. ... We are ready, we are responsible and we are united in opening.” Many restaurants, like Urban Margarita in north Glendale, are modifying dining
rooms to provide 6 feet of separation between tables. Kobito Poke restaurants, including the Peoria location, “will reopen dining rooms with heightened cleaning protocols and additional enhancements in place to ensure the safety and health of both guests and staff,” according to a press release. Though protective gear is not required for reopening, Kobito Poke’s staff members will wear masks and gloves—a new look for many restaurants around Peoria. Like Urban Margarita and other restaurants, Kobito Poke will change its dining rooms for the CDC guideline of 6 feet of social distancing. At Abuelo’s, occupancy will be capped at 50%, with no parties larger than 10 people. Abuelo’s employees also will wear masks and participate in temperature SEE RESTAURANTS PAGE 2
Ricky Ray, general manager of Kobito Poke, gets ready for customers to start dining in again. (Photo courtesy Kobito Poke)
Seven die of COVID-19 at Glencroft BY TOM SCANLON
Peoria Times Managing Editor
According to a New York Times story, one-third of national deaths from COVID-19 were residents of long-term facilities. The statistic is far more extreme in Maricopa County, where nearly 70% of the 248 coronavirus-related deaths
were residents of long-term facilities. At Glencroft Center for Modern Aging in Glendale, 38 residents and 31 employees tested positive for COVID-19 and seven residents died of complications from the disease, according to Millie Oakeson, vice president of corporate marketing for the facility. “Glencroft has 1,600 people work-
ing and living on its campus. The seven deaths have come from Providence Place, a Medicare-certified skilled nursing facility at Glencroft,” Oakeson said. She said none of the 600 residents in Glencroft’s independent living resiSEE GLENCROFT PAGE 3
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