Gathering of Eagles: Alabama

I apologize for my recent absence from the site. My son-in-law passed away 2-21-08 and my last nine weeks have been full. I am relocating our daughter and granddaughter to the back of my property. She is still in shock as he died at 46 of a massive heart attack with no previous symptoms or warning signs. So for the last nine or ten weeks I have had two families to try and appease and settle into a new life without our son-in-law. He was my best friend and like a son to me. We did many things together and shared a love of woodworking. I will miss him but I shall update the site within the week. Thanks to all for your patience.

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The new state-of-the-art 280 bed VA nursing home will be built in Pell City, Alabama. Pell City is approximately 35 miles east of Birmingham. It wil be located on a 27 acre site directly across the street from the planned replacement St. Vincents St. Clair hospital and close to the Jefferson State Jr. College, where a new nursing school is planned. Local goverment has committed to the roads, water and sewer lines, as well as the acreage. The hospital will be in place prior to completion of the nursing home making it possible to take a nursing home patient by gurney to the hospital without calling an ambulance. There will be 50 dedicated Alzheimers beds as well as 50 assisted living beds. It will also be equiped to provide private rooms for female patients. The price tag will be about $40 million, most of which will be federally funded.

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