But he wasnât dead. He was in a coma.
The 68-year-old Wilkes-Barre man said he witnessed his funeral, eerily seeing himself in a casket dressed in his Knights of Columbus attire he plans to wear for his burial one day. He read his obituary. Then he appeared in a paradise-like place and encountered his beloved cat Pumpkin, who died years ago.
God soon appeared.
âHe took me to the gates and said, âGo. Go home,ââ Kownacki recalled.
After more than a month, Kownacki awoke from the coma in a hospital bed. He didnât remember anything since right before he was rushed to the hospital on March 23, 2020 following a sudden bout with COVID-19.
hello. i m joyce louis. i am a longtime resident of the area, for over 40 years. i have seen a lot of changes in the neighborhood. that area that you were just talking about at 1685 sacramento, i remember it as the brownie hardware store, which moved across the street. these changes have been in the demographics and business, both good and not so good. in response to the conditional use application for the liquor license, i oppose this action. stores are selling liquor for off-premises consumption within a four block radius. in addition, there is a bar right next door. so there s always access. i personally oppose any more access to liquor, as this is related to crime and it decreases the quality of life in the neighborhood. we are trying to revive and maintain the area to make it a more safe and family-oriented area. so having another site for liquor sales goes against the core of maintaining the neighborhood s safe and family-oriented. the planning commission s considerat
close. h.c.d. is already very concerned about how long this has taken and it s very important for us to bring this to a close. i will do my best to lead an effort to have these discussions, and i agree with some of the comments made, that some of these things are not easily discussed in this type of format. with three minutes per person and all that. it s not an easy thing to do to have a true discussion. obviously it can t be done. so we will do our best to try to maneuver some discussions and enable some discussions where we can have meaningful dialogue. the other thing that i think we need to do is have a serious discussion about what is appropriately in the housing element and what is part of all the other work that the department and the city does. so many of the issues i hear raised in this context have nothing to do with the housing element. they have to do with concerns about d.r., concerns about density or too low a density or too high a density. that is not an issue
loitering or graffiti on any of his businesses. he immediately tidies them up. there are a lot of liquor outlets in our neighborhood, but they seem to be springing up all the time. and he, who has an established relationship with all the other businesses in the neighborhood, can t seem to get that little kick, which he needs. because just the selling of cigarettes or lottery tickets or gum is just not enough to cut it. anyway, thank you. president miguel: thank you. newman, michael, shawn. i m michael, but i m on the next item, item 13. president miguel: excuse me. i m shawn, i own a few properties within a block of the proposed liquor store. this is the third time i ve been here over so many years. when he started before he opened this liquor store, it was a plant store. i don t remember what it was before. none of the neighbors were particularly thrilled about it being a liquor store and we fought it. he knew it wouldn t be a liquor store when he opened it up. there s