2011-11-23
By Lisa Loomis
Many people know Dr. Steve Zonies as the man on the other end of the dental drill, but just as many, or maybe more, know him as the guy who walks all the way down Stagecoach Road, across to Bragg Hill and down Bragg Hill to Route 100 and south to his dental practice at Fiddler’s Green.
Zonies’ morning constitutional (which he has also made on a snowboard) was severely interrupted after Hurricane Irene flooding which swamped his offices, destroying all the equipment, his foundation and floors plus a portion of the walls. The building was taken back to the studs and is undergoing a transformation. Zonies dug down to the footings of the building and up to two feet above the high waterline and wrapped all those areas in an impermeable membrane.
“This is the most number of consecutive days that I’ve missed walking to work since I started walking 19 years ago,” Zonies said.
“I’ve missed it and can really feel the deterioration from lack of exercise. I’ve been trying to make up by doing other things, paddling, peddling, skijoring, but I really miss the walk. I look forward to it and it’s a great way to start the day,” he said.
He says he won’t be able to start walking again for another four to six weeks, definitely not before the New Year.
“I’m taking this opportunity to do it right. Since we took the offices back to the studs and joists, we can really start over and make it what we’d like. Dr. Horan and I have been seeing our patients in other clinics on a limited basis and it’s been a good opportunity to see other dental offices,” he said.
“So we’re making modifications to our space, rethinking how we use it. Everything is going to be brand spanking new,” he said.
His employees are still working, handling details like phones, scheduling and billings, and Zonies, when not at a borrowed dentist’s office or in a planning meeting or filling out paperwork to secure an SBA loan, has been working at the construction site as well, wielding a drill somewhat larger than his normal drill.
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