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âIâll see you in heaven.â
It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life.
Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday.
Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization.
Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.
“Community in Michigan City was at its best when we had neighborhood centers and community centers,” said Daniel McKinney, an adult education instructor at LaPorte County s newest satellite location.
Educators and leaders, including Fred Greene, Delincia Smith and Daniel McKinney explain how adult education opportunities are being expanded in LaPorte County, including at Lakeland Estates in Michigan City. Video by Connor Burge.
MICHIGAN CITY â A new satellite location of the LaPorte County Adult Education program seeks to bring high school equivalency preparation directly to students.
LaPorte County Adult Education staff, joined by representatives of the Michigan City Housing Authority, had an informal open house Wednesday for their new satellite site in the community room of the Lakeland Estates public housing development with the programâs first series of classes beginning later that day.