[Vision2020] Ninety-two years old . . . and still building houses

[Moscow Cares]

You gotta love this guy.

Courtesy of today's (July 14, 2017) Spokesman-Review at:

spokesmanreview.wa.app.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=4afce0a4f

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Carter Builds Houses, Becomes Dehydrated 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was treated at a hospital Thursday after becoming dehydrated while helping to build houses in Canada for Habitat for Humanity.

The 92-year-old former president known for his post-presidential humanitarian work was taken to a hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for rehydration as a precaution, spokeswoman Deanna Congileo said.

Habitat for Humanity CEO Jonathan Reckford said the former president did not appear to be in serious medical danger.

“President Carter told us he is OK and is being taken off-site for observation, ”Reckford said. “He encourages everyone to stay hydrated and keep building.”

Carter had joined Habitat as the organization builds 150 homes for people in need in Canada to celebrate the country’s 150th anniversary.

The former president and his wife, Rosalynn, were in Edmonton, where Habitat is building 75 homes, from Monday to Wednesday before coming to Winnipeg, where the couple joined hundreds of volunteers working on 25 homes in the St. James community, said RowenaSara, a spokeswoman for the organization.

Photos showed the former president in jeans, a long-sleeved shirt and a red hard hat using a hand drill at the work site. Sara said he was scheduled to return Friday.

Carter had been working for about 90 minutes when he went to sit down in a chair, the Winnipeg Free Press reported. He appeared to wobble, so Secret Service agents led him to his motorcade. He was treated by paramedics who took him away in an ambulance, without using lights or siren, the newspaper said.

The Carters are prominent backers of the Atlanta-based building charity.

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Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
  
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