| Nursing home aide to face patient-abuse charges
XENIA — — A former nursing home aide accused of hitting a male resident in the face is scheduled to be in Greene County Common Pleas Court next week on a charge of patient abuse. Keyetta Keller, 22, is free pending arraignment Feb. 16. The charge stems from a report by Wright Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 829 Fairborn-Yellow Springs Road in Fairborn, accusing Keller of hitting the resident July 10. .
Sarawood hits 25-year mark
It was built almost a century ago, and its peaks and gables, fireplaces and woodwork still conjure up an earlier era. Sarawood, an unusual assisted-living retirement home on Loomis Avenue in Holyoke, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its current incarnation. Sure, it's got all the modern amenities. A TV remote lies on the sofa. The kitchen has stainless steel counters. Someone from the YMCA leads an exercise class once a week. But William G. ("Bill") and Marjorie Lyons, owners of Sarawood, have cultivated the historic feel of the place, which was named after Bill's grandmother. "We tried as much as possible to stay with a Victorian style," says Bill. Around every corner are such vintage pieces as a carved wooden bird or a grandfather clock, a marble-topped occasional table or a venerable treadle sewing machine, a wicker baby buggy or an old family portrait in an oval frame.
Elgin council tells developer: Back to drawing board
That was Councilman John Walters' way of summing up the city council's decidedly negative response Wednesday to a request by developer Grand Pointe Homes for feedback on two proposed far-west subdivisions. It was the second time in recent months that the council has sent a developer back to the drawing board. Usually, though certainly not always, developers manage to get a fairly clear sense of what the council will or won't support long before they get a spot on the council's agenda. But Grand Pointe decided to make use of a little-used procedural option that allows developers to show up at a meeting and ask the council for reactions to their plans, without subjecting themselves to a vote. And despite that council members didn't like what they saw, Grand Pointe's Rick Zirk, the former village president of South Elgin, said he would much rather get feedback early in the planning process than later, after having spent a great deal of time and money.
Club & Organization Activities
RUBBER STAMP CLUB The Rubberifics Rubber Stamp Club will meet on the first Wednesday of each month in 2007 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the South Charleston Public Library. For additional information, contact Rhonda Sarcone at 304-342-7552 or pinkchenille@charter.net or radianteye@suddenlink.net. CARBIDE OLDTIMERS The Carbide Oldtimers' Club publishes a free monthly newsletter for members and meets for dinner on the third Tuesday of each month. There is also an annual picnic and a Christmas dinner. Membership is open to spouses and former employees of Union Carbide who are retired from UCC or any of its successor or divested companies or Dow Chemical Co. For more information or to request an application for membership, send name and address to Carbide Oldtimers', P.O. Box 8715, South Charleston, W.Va.
Report: Retirement poverty risk rises
Without changes in the U.S. retirement system, poverty among people 65 and over is likely to increase, according to a report released Tuesday by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. The center measures households at risk of being unable to maintain their standard of living once they stop working. For the highest income households, being unable to maintain their standard of living may mean cutting back on extras. But for the lowest third of households, 45 percent of whom are at risk, being unable to maintain their standard of living may mean cutting back on essentials, the report said. The bottom third of households are less likely to own their homes, have pensions and have meaningful 401(k) assets, making them more reliant on Social Security than their wealthier peers.
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