Thursday Lindsborg police chief Michael Davis had a special assignment for officer Terry Reed — one that would put a smile on more than just a few faces.
The police department had received a tip to follow up on. There was a 96-year-old woman in town that needed a special welfare check.
“They told me that Aleda [Penn] had a birthday today, and that she was feeling lonely,” Davis said.
She was feeling lonely because she’s stuck at home — like so many others — due to COVID-19 and stay at home orders at the state level. Restrictions on groups of 10 or more made a party out of the question. There was, apparently, no one to visit her on her birthday,.
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