FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
From left, Walt McDaniel, 98, Ed Williams, 91, Jerry Hedrick, 85, and Dan Dougherty, 95, are part of a recumbent trike club at Paradise Valley Estates. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic)
Have recumbent trike, will travel: Paradise Valley residents average more than 12 miles a week
PARADISE VALLEY Dan Dougherty rode a bicycle with the Paradise Valley Pedalers until a few years ago.
Now he’s one of a handful of people who meet six mornings a week to ride their recumbent tricycles around the Paradise Valley Estates campus.
The average age of the riders is 92. Walt McDaniel is the oldest at 98. He spent 27 years in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot.
Paradise Valley Estates administers first doses of Covid-19 vaccines
A resident at Paradise Valley Estates in Fairfield receives the Covid-19 vaccine, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. (Courtesy photo)
FAIRFIELD More than 160 staff and Paradise Valley Estates residents received the first round of Covid-19 vaccines Wednesday.
“The residents were our most vulnerable in skilled nursing, but we plan on expanding the vaccinations to other groups in January and February,” Jeff Rausis, Paradise Valley Estates’ director of communications and technology, said in a press release.
The vaccinations were administered by staff from CVS Pharmacy. Paradise Valley Estates has a partnership with CVS from previous community outreach.