| Senior housing a goal in Goodrich
GOODRICH - Vacant land near Goodrich United Methodist Church could become the site of the village's first senior housing development, something the church has advocated for years. D&J Investment Properties of Madison Heights has purchased 7 acres of land from the church for $1 in hope of constructing a two-story apartment building with 50 units. There are still plenty of steps that must be taken before the project can move forward, but the Rev. Karl L. Zeigler is optimistic the church's longtime dream will become a reality. "I'm on pins and needles waiting," Zeigler said. "We've made it over a significant hurdle by establishing this commitment from D&J Investment." Funding for the project must first be approved by the state Housing Development Authority, which requires a market study but also will consider community support for the project.
Vatican Statement to UN on Labor
NEW YORK, FEB. 10, 2007 (Zenit)- Here is the statement Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations, delivered Thursday to the 45th session of the Commission for Social Development of the U.N.'s Economic and Social Council on the theme of promoting full employment and decent work for all.
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Mr. Chairman,
Since work is the essential key to the whole social question, and is the condition not only for social development but for the cultural and moral development of all of us, the theme of full employment and decent work has a perennial importance for the Commission for Social Development. It is one which is rightly reviewed regularly, in order to judge progress toward its achievement and to consider further means for its promotion.
Seniors need sex-ed
In some neighborhoods, prostitutes know that one of their busier times of the month will be the first few days after Social Security checks arrive. At a growing number of nursing homes and assisted living centers, staff have arranged for one or more rooms to be set aside for senior couples to enjoy some intimate time alone. .
UPDATE: CAUSE OF FIRE AT RICHMOND SENIOR COMPLEX UNDER INVESTIGATION
Richmond firefighters are mopping up after a two-alarm fire that broke out earlier this morning at a Richmond senior citizen's housing complex, completely destroying one apartment and sending two residents to the hospital for smoke inhalation, Richmond Fire Chief Michael Banks said. The fire began at 8:03 a.m. in a sixth floor apartment of Hacienda Apartments, located at 1300 Roosevelt Ave., Banks said. The fire was contained by about 8:20 a.m. Residents on the first five floors were instructed to shelter-in-place while firefighters got the blaze under control because many of them have trouble walking, Banks said. Of the 150 units in the building, 140 were occupied. The apartment where the fire started suffered heavy fire damage and other apartments on the sixth floor may have suffered smoke damage.
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