Residents of an assisted living facility in Manchester have to wait a little longer before going on their first outing in a year because someone stole the catalytic converter from their bus.Evergreen Place, a nonprofit assisted living facility, was preparing its 15-person bus to take residents on trips again. But Saturday, the facilities manager at Evergreen Place heard a loud noise when he started the vehicle up.”He shimmied underneath it and discovered that the catalytic converter had been cleanly cut away,” said Linette Handschumaker, president and CEO of Evergreen Place. “It’s discouraging. It’s disheartening.”Handschumaker said residents of the 52-bed facility in Manchester have had a rough year and have been confined to the building.”Along with that, we probably spent 12 to 14 weeks with all residents in quarantine in their room because of the virus,” Handschumaker said.With the recent relaxing of restrictions, everyone was looking forward to the trip, she said.”It makes that outing a chance just for them to be able to experience the outdoors again, which they haven’t been able to do for a year,” Handschumaker said.It now might be some time before the bus is back in service.”We’ll probably have it towed to Concord, where we get the bus serviced, in order to get that taken care of, because we can’t drive it around,” Handschumaker said.She said everyone is looking forward to heading out on the road once the bus is repaired.”I know they love the beach, so perhaps taking a ride to Rye Harbor, where it’s a little more protected and away from people, and they can get out and smell the fresh air and enjoy our beautiful coastlines,” she said.Handschumaker said she plans to file a claim with the facility’s insurance company, but she’s not sure how long it will take for that to be processed.
Residents of an assisted living facility in Manchester have to wait a little longer before going on their first outing in a year because someone stole the catalytic converter from their bus.
Evergreen Place, a nonprofit assisted living facility, was preparing its 15-person bus to take residents on trips again. But Saturday, the facilities manager at Evergreen Place heard a loud noise when he started the vehicle up.
“He shimmied underneath it and discovered that the catalytic converter had been cleanly cut away,” said Linette Handschumaker, president and CEO of Evergreen Place. “It’s discouraging. It’s disheartening.”
Handschumaker said residents of the 52-bed facility in Manchester have had a rough year and have been confined to the building.
“Along with that, we probably spent 12 to 14 weeks with all residents in quarantine in their room because of the virus,” Handschumaker said.
With the recent relaxing of restrictions, everyone was looking forward to the trip, she said.
“It makes that outing a chance just for them to be able to experience the outdoors again, which they haven’t been able to do for a year,” Handschumaker said.
It now might be some time before the bus is back in service.
“We’ll probably have it towed to Concord, where we get the bus serviced, in order to get that taken care of, because we can’t drive it around,” Handschumaker said.
She said everyone is looking forward to heading out on the road once the bus is repaired.
“I know they love the beach, so perhaps taking a ride to Rye Harbor, where it’s a little more protected and away from people, and they can get out and smell the fresh air and enjoy our beautiful coastlines,” she said.
Handschumaker said she plans to file a claim with the facility’s insurance company, but she’s not sure how long it will take for that to be processed.
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