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Monday, April 22, 2013
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Nursing home staff members issued a wish list of items, but they got more than they bargained for.
Updated Thursday, April 18, 4:32 p.m. "No more, please!" That's the message Thursday afternoon from staff at Meadowbrook Nursing Home after being "inundated" with activity supplies after Patch's article earlier this week. Mission accomplished. Original article: The recent fire at Meadowbrook Nursing Home in Tucker resulted in the death of a resident and damaged a lot of its supplies. Staff members at the facility are asking for help in replenishing a number of badly needed items. The wish list is as follows: 1. Games (cards, checkers, large piece puzzles) 2. Arts and crafts supplies (flowers, glue, tissue paper, construction paper, etc.) 3. Videos 4. Socks 5. Toiletries 6. Books (any kind) 7. DVDs and CDs 8. Bingo prizes The contact is Ms…
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Fire broke out at a Tucker nursing facility early Tuesday morning.
Updated Tuesday, March 26 at 4:07 p.m. A man whose father is a resident at Meadowbrook spoke to reporters outside the building this afternoon. "When I heard about it, it was a shock to me," said Steve Chek. His father has Alzheimer's Disease and lives on the second floor, near where the fire broke out. "He's doing fine. He's all right," said Chek. Original article: A fire at a Tucker nursing home on Tuesday morning caused the death of an elderly resident and injured two others, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The DeKalb Medical Examiner’s office has identified the woman killed as Laura Barrett, 64, who had apparently been smoking in bed while on oxygen. Firefighters arrived on the scene around 3 a.m. for the two-alarm …
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The victim taught at a local preschool.
A preschool teacher has died after a fire at her home in Tucker. Ruby Eskew, 64, was pronounced dead on Wednesday night at Grady Hospital's burn unit after fire broke out at the Sheffield Place residence she shared with her daughter and son-in-law, both of whom escaped unharmed. A teacher at Eastminster Preschool on Hugh Howell Road, Eskew sustained severe burns and went into cardiac arrest in a fire that had engulfed the house when firefighters arrived on the scene. The cause has yet to be determined. Eastminster's director Sarah Baldwin said in a statement: "Ms. Ruby taught at our Preschool last year and continued working in our After School Program at Eastminster after arthritis kept her from working with the younger children. Ruby's …
7:16 am on Thursday, February 14, 2013
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Within a couple of hours, a 'Tucker institution' came to a dramatic end. We have reaction from residents.
Friday night's massive fire at Handy Ace Hardware obliterated what some are calling a "Tucker institution," and there's no word yet on what caused the blaze or whether the owners plan to rebuild. The business had served the area for five decades, moving three times during that period, and ending up in a handsome, remodelled building with two stories on Cowan Road that was once the Tucker Bowling Alley. "I used to work here when I was knee-high to a grasshopper," said Chris Shiver of Stone Mountain, gazing at the ruins in the cold light of Saturday morning. "It's heartbreaking to see this." Customer Gary Scott was also moved by the spectacle. "We've been coming here forever," he told Patch. "If you needed something, they'd get it for you…
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1:41 am on Friday, January 11, 2013
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Friday night blaze destroys Handy Ace Hardware on Cowan Road.
A sudden and devastating fire on Friday evening completely destroyed the two-story building that only recently became the new home of Handy Ace Hardware, a long-time Tucker mainstay. No injuries have been reported, and the store had closed for the day an hour before the fire started. Fire crews were called shortly after 7 p.m. to 4365 Cowan Road and were still battling the fierce blaze two hours later. Onlookers watched as the large structure slowly collapsed amid raging flames, billowing smoke and multiple explosions caused by ammunition and combustible gases. Jon Howell, a neighbor who lives in a nearby apartment complex, told Patch that propane tanks in front of the building had exploded. "The first thing I heard were three loud bangs…
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Part of the back of the home in the 200 block of Villa Place Court collapsed, Gwinnett County fire department says.
The back part of a home partially collapsed but no one was injured during a fire in the 200 block of Villa Place Court in Tucker early Sunday morning, the Gwinnett County fire department spokesman said. When crews responded to the fire at 12:34 a.m. both levels of the home were fully consumed and the blaze was extending into the attic , said Lt. Colin Rhoden said in a press release about the incident. Crews came in through the first floor and put out the fire. The heat and flames got worse on the upper floor and attic. The Battalion commander saw that the there were impending collapse conditions on the back side of the home, Rhoden said. Firefighters then began to extinguish the fire from the outside of the home with the ladder truck. …
"Act of nature" displaces three adults.
Firefighters were summoned to a Tucker residence this evening after an apparent lightning strike started a fire, according to a Gwinnett County official. A 911 caller said his house in the 300 block of Braxton Place had been hit by lightning. Crews found the roof and attic fully engulfed upon arrival. No injuries have been reported but three adult residents were displaced by the fire. A statement from Lieutenant Colin Rhoden of Gwinnett County Media Relations said, "an aggressive interior attack was made to the fire as firefighters were pushed back by the high heat conditions. Crews battled the blaze from the exterior of the house, knocking down the majority of the fire. Entry was made to complete putting out the fire and cooling any hot …
Deborah D Ross
12:35 pm on Friday, April 19, 2013
Shortly after reading this article on Wednesday 17, 2013 (Wednesday) morning, I called Meadowbrook facility and ask for Ms. Sam. I was transferred to her voice mail box and left a message regarding the items that she was in need of the most at present time. Here we are Friday morning at noon time, there has been no return call received from Ms. Sam. I do question how much of item needs that … more ›