WAYNE COUNTY -- A state panel reccomended a $16,000 fine Thursday for an assisted living center where six died from Hepatitis B. The Glen Care facility in Mount Olive was the center of the outbreak that hospitalized eight clients. Several people who knew the hepatitis victims said the fine is not strong enough."My friend was too young to have died like that," said Danielle Wiggins, who knew one of the infected Glen Care residents. "He was in his early 70s, still driving, going out. We were shocked when we heard the news."The North Carolina Penalty Review Committee unanimously proposed the fine to Barbara Ryan, chief of the state's adult care licensure section.Investigators with the Division of Public Health concluded five medical technicians at Glen Care reused diabetes pens, devices used to check blood-glucose levels. Seven of the eight people who contracted Hepatitis B were diabetes paitients.Hepatitis B is a contagious virus that can cause severe liver problems. The disease is usually transmitted by exposure to blood or bodily fluids.Requests for comment from Glen Care management were denied Thursday. The center has remained open since the outbreak began in August 2010. Wiggins says the proposed fine does not go far enough."The amount is not very much at all," Wiggins said. "It's less than what the average person makes per year. These people died."