By The Editorial Advisory Board
Seriously, Kansas county officials, what will it take?
Does it take your residents falling ill and crowding hospitals? Does it take them succumbing to a pandemic because medical resources are stretched too thin? Or does it simply take COVID-19 finally affecting a family member or close friend?
These are strong words, we know. But the story last week from The Topeka Capital-Journal’s Andrew Bahl is most concerning.
“Multiple Kansas counties are backing off mask mandates they implemented last month as COVID-19 cases increased ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, with local elected officials arguing that they had weathered the wave of infections,” Bahl wrote. “But they are doing so over the guidance of local public health officials and hospital administrators, who say caution is still warranted.”
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Tue, 12/29/2020 - 8:48am
Diann Mendez Windmeyer Hall, 68, of Topeka, KS, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 at Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, KS, after fighting a month-long battle with COVID-19. Her son Shane Windmeyer and daughter Jennifer Windmeyer were by her side.
Diann was born Oct. 29, 1952 in Hiawatha, KS, the daughter of Joaquin and Jessie (Roubidoux) Mendez. She graduated Hiawatha High School in 1970 and attended Highland Community College. A member of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas & Nebraska, Diann worked in the tribal office bookkeeping and writing grants to benefit the tribe. In September of 1973, she married Frederick Windmeyer (deceased May 18, 2003). In 1989 she moved to Graham, Texas, where she was a store clerk at Mobley’s. Diann returned to Topeka, KS in 2000 and was a caregiver for the elderly. After losing her first husband to a drunk driver, Diann married on Nov. 1, 2009 to Ray Hall.