Sunday, December 5, 2010

Rockford woman calls Obama pardon 'a blessing' - DailyHerald.com

 

A Rockford woman is calling her pardon by President Barack Obama "truly a blessing."

Obama granted the first pardons of his presidency Friday to nine people, including Floretta Leavy.

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Leavy was sentenced in 1984 to a year in prison and three years of parole for drug offenses.

She told the Chicago Tribune that she feels "like one of God's angels" and the Rockford Register Star that she's in awe.

Leavy is retired from the U.S. Army. She's now an officer with the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs.

She says she just made a mistake along the way. She'd applied for a pardon in January 2007.

No one well-known was on the list of pardons. Presidential pardons often come in the holiday season toward year's-end.

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Illinois nursing home safety reports -- chicagotribune.com

Some of the information is old but this Chicago Tribune source gives a quick look at nursing homes in the Belvidere Area.  Overall rating from Medicare, the stars,  is always a good starting point.
Nursing homes near 'Belvidere, IL'

Distance
Nursing home
Address
City
Residents
Medicare accepted
Medicaid accepted
Overall rating
from Medicare
Sex offenders
/ felons **

1.4 miles
Home Bridge Center
1701 W. 5th Ave.
Belvidere
* 47
Accepted
Accepted
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0 / 1

1.8 miles
Northwoods Care Centre
2250 Pearl St.
Belvidere
* 97
Accepted
Accepted
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0 / 0

2.1 miles
Maple Crest Care Centre
4452 Squaw Prairie Rd.
Belvidere
* 85
Accepted
Accepted
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0 / 1

7.9 miles
Alden Alma Nelson Manor
550 S. Mulford Ave.
Rockford
* 185
Accepted
Accepted
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0 / 0

8.0 miles
Rosewood Care Center of Rockford
1660 S. Mulford
Rockford
* 75
Accepted
Accepted
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0 / 1

8.3 miles
Alden Park Strathmoor
5668 Strathmoor Dr.
Rockford
* 122
Accepted
Accepted
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0 / 8

8.4 miles
Fairview Nursing Plaza
321 Arnold Ave.
Rockford
* 198
Accepted
Accepted
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3 / 29

9.3 miles
Provena Cor Mariae Center
3330 Maria Linden Dr.
Rockford
* 117
Accepted
Accepted
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0 / 0

9.7 miles
Provena St. Anne Center
4405 Highcrest Rd.
Rockford
* 153
Accepted
Accepted
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0 / 0

9.9 miles
Fairhaven Christian Retirement Center
3470 N. Alpine Rd.
Rockford
* 146
Not accepted
Accepted
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0 / 1

10.8 miles
Walter Lawson Children's Home
1820 Walter Lawson Dr.
Loves Park
* 82



0 / 0

10.8 miles
Alpine Fireside Health Center
3650 N. Alpine Rd.
Loves Park
* 82
Accepted
Accepted
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0 / 0

11.0 miles
P A Peterson Center for Health
1311 Parkview Ave.
Rockford
* 125
Accepted
Accepted
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0 / 0

12.0 miles
East Bank Center, LLC
6131 Park Ridge Rd.
Loves Park
* 9
Accepted
Accepted
filled-in starempty starempty starempty starempty star
0 / 0

12.1 miles
Rockford Healthcare & Rehab Center
1920 N. Main St.
Rockford
* 79
Accepted
Accepted
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1 / 1

Information is not available from either the Illinois Department of Public Health or Medicare's Nursing Home Compare.
* Source: Illinois Department of Public Health, last updated Dec. 31, 2006.
** Source: Illinois Department of Public Health, provided to the Tribune in June 2009

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