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Child medicine shortage during spike in illnesses

A LOOK BACK

By Jessica Simms Record-Journal staff

Amid a spike of flu, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus and other respiratory viruses, a shortage in Children’s Tylenol and other medicines is making it more difficult for parents to take care of their sick children.

“Obviously the shortage comes at the worst possible time, but it really is because there’s just so many individuals that have gotten sick,” said Susan Lonczak, director of health for the Plainville-Southington Health District. “There’s just a really big demand.”

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Busy year for local business in 2022

By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff

Lionel Brault, 81, of Wolcott, touches the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall on June 2, 2022 at Cheshire’s Bartlem Park. More photos from the year gone by on Page A8.

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A new project in downtown Meriden, a distillery in Southington and an approved warehouse at the former Bristol Myers site in Wallingford helped make up some of the economic development news in the region during 2022. Cheshire also moved forward, with

help from government grants as well as business investment, to improve its economic scene.

The year began with trepidation as the world and the economy continued its crawl out from under the pandemic in the hope of defining a new normal.

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A rise in pet ‘surrenders’ following the holidays

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“Animal shelters right now are very full and like I said, we’ve just gotten a lot of unexpected surrenders where people will literally dump animals,” Annis said. “Unfortunately there’s not really a better way to say that … We do our best to accommodate the animals that are in danger.”

As of Dec. 28, Annis said they have had 375 adoptions in 2022, so the average is a little over 30 per month.

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“Bills are definitely higher than they have been in the past and sometimes that’s a struggle for people,” Rogers said. “We get a lot of phone calls from people who haven’t planned ahead.”

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“We always want all family Adoptions do ebb and flow members and all household over the course of the members to be on board year. Annis said from with the adoption,” Annis Thanksgiving of this year to said. “... Of course little kids Dec. 27, they had about 37 get surprised, but certainly adoptions, which is slightly we do not want people buymore than in 2021 where ing them as a present for they had 35 pet adoptions their spouse. Just because between Thanksgiving and we want everybody to have Dec. 27. the opportunity to be in agreement and make a fami“I always feel like there’s a little bit of a bump up in ani- ly decision.” mal adoptions around the Despite the slight increase in holidays, so I think that once adoptions during the holiday people have decided they season, Julie Rogers, staff want to adopt, they’re sort of and volunteer supervisor, eager to welcome their anisaid there is a “lengthy waitmal home before the holilist” of people who have apdays or do that around the plied to surrender an animal. holiday season,” Annis said.

“I work in the office and we However, Annis said the get phone calls literally evMeriden Humane Society ery single day from multiple does not allow a person to people calling and they just adopt an animal in order to want to drop off the anisurprise someone for the mals,” Rogers said. holidays.

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Tips during the shortage Kathryn Glendon, public health specialist with the Chesprocott Health District, said now is a good time to go on social media to see if someone may have some children’s medication to spare or know where people can find some. “There are people that may pick it up for you if they see it,” Glendon said. “Sometimes the stores you don’t think about will have it like Walmart or Aldi’s, Target. So just being in mind of where you shop.”

If a parent is in a situation where their child is sick, but they can’t find any children’s medication, Lonczak said “there are basic tried

and true things that they can do for their kiddos.”

Lonczak said some of those are encouraging rest, having kids drink a lot of fluids, having children take lukewarm baths, wearing cold compresses and being there for sick children, while also watching their symptoms.

“A fever will run its course, but if it continues or spikes or children are complaining of other symptoms, we encourage obviously calling their pediatrician, but a lot of times you can naturally work through a fever with your child,” Lonczak said.

For a homeopathic remedy for coughs, Dr. Lucia Benzoni, a pediatrician with Hartford HealthCare, suggested using two teaspoons of honey with lemon tea.

“That’s a big thing that we use,” Benzoni said.

Saline nasal spray can help with congestion, along with having a humidifier going by the child’s bed, Benzoni added.

“Use a lot of saline nasal spray,” Benzoni said.

“Children’s medication is very specific to weight and age,” Lonczak said. “A parent may think that giving half of an adult sized medication might be OK but it’s not something to play with. If parents are struggling and

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Health professionals say that parents should not give children adult medication and should give their children’s pediatrician a call if they are struggling with a child’s fever and are looking for an alternative medicine to use.

One medication Benzoni mentioned as a homeopathic fever and pain reducer is Arnica, however, dosage is uncertain.

Parents should consult with a pediatrician before using any new medications to ensure dosage and type of medication is correct for their child.

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An abuser may use social media to post or threaten to post compromising photographs or information, or to impersonate the victim.

Domestic abuse takes many forms, for example: physical violence, financial (by cutting off access to money and credit cards), and emotional (threatening to take children or harm pets).

On-line accessing of bank or credit card accounts to track or control a victim’s spending is another tactic.

Abuse using technology adds another dimension.

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‘We’re bursting at the seams’ The increase in surrendered animals has made work more stressful, Rogers said.

“We have limited cage space, so a lot of our cats are free roaming, but then we have other cats that have to be in cages,” Rogers said.

“New cats have to be in cages and dogs, obviously, have to be in a kennel.”

Rogers said it is even more difficult when people show up at the Humane Society wanting to surrender their animal, without calling ahead.

“So when people just show up and are like, ‘I can’t keep this animal’ when we don’t have cage or kennel space available, it’s definitely a stressful interaction,” Rogers said. “Trying to figure out what we can do to help the animal, but also not hurt the animals that we already have … There’s just a lot to deal with.”

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“Just like vetting bills, vetting costs have increased for private pet owners, they’ve increased for us too,” Rogers said. “... If animals come in that need surgery or extra attention medically, we do that for the animals. So it definitely comes with a high price tag.”

Donations of supplies are also welcomed and Rogers said people can see the shelter’s wishlist on their website.

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Obituaries

MEMORABLE MOMENTS 2022

Timothy Eamon Mara LONG BEACH, CATim Mara, 53, died unexpectedly at his home in Long Beach, CA, where he had resided for more than 20 years.

He was born September 29, 1969 in Philadelphia, PA, the son of Shaun and Annette (Maccari) Mara.

He is predeceased by his mother, Annette Mara, his aunt, Mary Elizabeth (Maz) Patrick and his Godson, John Joseph Latoracca.

He is survived by his father, Shaun E. Mara, his brother, Shaun P. Mara and his wife, Chantal, his sister Elizabeth Latoracca and her husband, Buddy, his sister Maureen Morris and her husband, Bill and his sister Eileen Matheson and her husband, Jon. He is also survived by 8 nieces and nephews whom he adored - Tim Morris, Bridget Morris, Stephanie Mara, Ryan Mara, Lindsey Latoracca, Jason Latoracca, Cameron Matheson and Cory Matheson as well as Jameson and Anderson Noack, whom he thought of as family.

Tim graduated from Villanova and earned his MBA from Tulane University. After several years of consulting in HR technology, he founded TM Solutions, LLC, in 2008 and was a Strategic Advisor at Blue Lake Consulting group since 2020. Tim had a photographic memory regarding dates and had an uncanny knack for trivia.

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his love for travel, (he visited countless locations around the world) running (he completed more than a dozen marathons with impressive times) and cooking (he especially enjoyed preparing ethnic dishes). Tim generously shared his gifts with others by training family and friends for marathons, inviting loved ones to experience fine cuisine and amazing vacations.

His sisters will always cherish their annual sibling’s weekend with Tim. Tim will be missed most for his kindness, thoughtfulness, quirky sense of humor and practical jokes. He was an incredible human being with a beautiful soul. May he rest in peace. The funeral service and burial will be private. The funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the John J. Ferry & Sons Funeral Home, 88 E. Main St., Meriden.

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But COVID-19 remained as the omicron variant raised new challenges for fighting the pandemic and people took advantage of testing and new vaccine boosters.

For the small business community, support came from continuing to seek any available funding through government assistance programs and the American Recovery Plan Act. Larger and small businesses faced supply chain issues and global inflation that slowed expansions and recovery.

But the region fared well as entrepreneurs helped fuel the local economy by opening new businesses in Meriden, Wallingford, Southington and Cheshire. State and federal funding helped assist in much of that growth.

The Rev. Dr. James Campbell and the Rev. Alison McCaffrey began discussing how the church could respond to such a horrific act. So the local churches teamed up.

In October, the town received nearly $300,000 in state funding to further improve its West Main Street corridor. The $290,000 grant to the town — part of the Small Town Economic Assistance Program, will go toward work on the third phase of Cheshire’s West Main Streetscape improvement project. The grant requires a match of $72,500.

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In August, the IAT Insurance Group, a specialty property and casualty insurance and surety products provider, completed the renovation of a 24,000-square-foot building at 1157 Highland Ave., after acquiring the building in 2021.

In September, St. Peter’s parishioner and Boulder Knoll Community Farm coPresident Marjorie Chapman, along with Boulder Knoll’s Hap Jordan, went to New Haven for a public event designed to raise awareness about gun violence in Connecticut.

Cheshire High School’s Chris O'Neal drives past Maloney’s Allen Lee on Dec. 30 in Meriden. The Rams lost that night 60-43 and headed into 2023 with a record of 2-2.

Maloney improved to 3-0 with its win against Cheshire. Junior Marquis Ward paced the victors with 18 points and senior teammate Tadrique Jones added 17.

Cheshire senior Jack Markarian led his team with 15 points.

In November, Cheshire held a workshop with members of the Planning and Zoning Commission, which will ultimately have responsibility for deciding what cannabis activities in Cheshire will look like.

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— The Planning and WALLINGFORD has adopted Zoning Commission Development ted the Transit-Orien tions Plan, outlining recommenda and infrastructure for developments new train station in updates around the rail service on expectation of expanded the Hartford Line. a state grant for The town received plan in June 2015. the $75,000 to create & Halliday a Consulting firm Fitzgerald plan and conduct was hired craft the market study.

Monday night, The plan, approved of the area within consists of a review a mile of the train three-quarters of approximately platform, running Highway and between North Plains incorporating downtown Wallingford, and the Choate the Route 5 corridor Rosemary Hall campus. tions include moving Key recommenda industrial the current commercial, vicinity of the zone in the immediate toward North north new train station allowing for Plains Highway while residential medium- and high-density The plan development instead. zoning for the recommends mixed-use train station, heading s area south of the development downtown, to encourage and floor first the with retail on apartments above. the area around the Although much of of small, privately new station consists

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