May 13, 2021
The people who miss Bryce Laughlin say he was the kind of guy who just wanted those around him to be happy.
Laughlin moved to Lake Placid in March and died last month of pneumonia after contracting COVID-19. He was 22 years old.
Laughlin is remembered as a kind-hearted person, good to his core, non-judgmental and accepting of people from all walks of life.
“He wanted people to be happy, and when he was there, you were,” said Bonnie Ingram, co-owner of a Chesapeake, Virginia, restaurant where Laughlin worked for over three years.
A new adventure
Laughlin’s father, Kevin, remarried and moved from Virginia to Iowa. His mother, Audrey Gudenkauf, was living in Kansas. For Laughlin, Lake Placid was a new adventure.
– Laughlin’s father, Kevin, remarried and moved from Virginia to Iowa. His mother, Audrey Gudenkauf, was living in Kansas. For Laughlin, Lake Placid was a new adventure. When Laughlin decided to move here, his parents worried about him but according to his mother, he was excited to show them that he could “do it on his own.” “He kept saying, ‘You know what, Mom? I have to show you that I can do it on my own, ” Gudenkauf said. “When he said he was moving to New York, I just had to let him do it. He did well. He drove up there by himself, transferred his mail and got new bank accounts.”
Northwood School in Lake Placid (Enterprise photo â Andy Flynn) LAKE PLACID Lake Placid’s Northwood School is sending students home in an effort to halt any further spread of the coronavirus, and in hopes that its seniors may be able to return at the end of the month for prom and commencement. Altogether, 24 people at the private boarding school have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks. This cluster of cases was first discovered in late April after a student on the boys soccer team started experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, according to Northwood Assistant Head of School Life John Spear. That student ultimately tested positive, and subsequent testing of other students on the soccer team revealed more positives.
eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com LAKE PLACID A group of Northwood School students and staff including members of the school’s boys soccer, boys hockey and girls hockey teams have been quarantined after a cluster of COVID-19 cases were discovered during routine testing. As of Monday, there were 22 people connected to the cluster who had tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Essex County Health Department. Of those, 15 people are in isolation in this county, and seven people are isolating elsewhere. Northwood School has a policy that allows students to complete their required quarantine at home or with an emergency contact. Those who have tested positive have reported experiencing either mild symptoms or none at all, according to Northwood School Marketing Director Darcy Norfolk.
eizzo@adirondackdailyenterprise.com LAKE PLACID A group of Northwood School students and staff including members of the school’s boys soccer, boys hockey and girls hockey teams have been quarantined after a cluster of COVID-19 cases were discovered during routine testing. As of Monday, May 3, there were 22 people connected to the cluster who had tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Essex County Health Department. Of those, 15 people are in isolation in this county, and seven people are isolating elsewhere. Northwood School has a policy that allows students to complete their required quarantine at home or with an emergency contact.