Seniors Section :: Page 7

• A painter seeks to lift spirits

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 27, 2011

  

  It would be hard to find someone with a more unique story than that of Elizabeth (Beth) Hertz, a painter well known in the Dayton area for more than four decades.

• Barr project concept OKd

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 13, 2011

  At their Oct. 3 meeting, Village Council members voted unanimously to approve the first stage of the Home, Inc./Buckeye Community Hope Foundation proposal for affordable senior housing on the Barr property downtown.

• Barr project receives its first approval

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 29, 2011

  A controversial land use issue packed the house at Village Council’s Sept. 19 meeting, with about 60 villagers attending as Council gave initial approval to the proposal to build affordable apartments for seniors on the Barr property downtown.

• ODH fines Friends Care for assault

  By Lauren Heaton

  Friends Care Community was investigated by the Ohio Department of Health, the center’s licensing body, whose regulators recommended the care center be fined $56,000 due to “conditions of jeopardy” that existed at the center.

• Senior Center Open House focuses on facility

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 23, 2011

  

  The community is invited to an open house at the Yellow Springs Senior Center on Sunday, Sept. 24, from 2–4 p.m. at the center to look closely at the facilities and consider future possibilities.

• Council to consider senior housing plan

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 15, 2011

  Over the summer Home, Inc. came to the Village with a plan to develop a senior apartment building on the Barr property, with the help of development partner, Buckeye Community Hope Foundation, based in Columbus.

• At 90, a wealth of memories

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 1, 2011

  

  At age 90, Frank Kakoi has a good head for numbers, especially those that were meaningful in his life.

• New senior center considered

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 25, 2011

  About 60 villagers came out Thursday, Aug. 11, to consider the best way to respond to the needs of the growing population of local senior citizens.

• Rehab wing opens at Friends Care

  By Megan BachmanAugust 18, 2011

  

  When the new $2.25 million rehabilitation wing at Friends Care Community officially opens next week, the organization will have much to celebrate.

• First small step for senior apartments

  By Lauren Heaton

  The most recent senior housing complex proposed for the Barr property downtown got its first nod from Village Planning Commission during a packed public hearing on Monday, Aug. 8.