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Notices sent to water customers in areas with high manganese levels By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
East Street area residents received notices last week about manganese levels in nearby public wells that have been turned off for the winter.
The new manganese levels are not mandated by the state Department of Public Health. Manganese, a mineral, was usually considered an aesthetic problem since it can discolor water. Bill Cassarella, water department superintendent, said the town shuts off two East Street wells with high manganese during low demand months and turns them on again in the summer.
Water Department leaders said a reduction in the recommended maximum level of manganese by state health officials prompted the notices. The department has shut off two wells that have manganese levels above the While important for healthy adults, the DPH said manganese can build new recommendation and are makup more quickly in infants who exing plans to install filtration systems.
crete less of the mineral than adults. Adding water with excess manganese to baby formula, which already contains the mineral, can also cause increased levels. Dangers from manganese are usually associated with metalworking professions, such as nervous system disorders among welders. According to the DPH, it's unclear whether ingesting manganese could do similar harm to the nervous system.
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Solar farm proposed for vacant parcel on East St. By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
plan to bring the proposal before the town's Planning and Zoning and Inland WetA Hartford-based solar ener- land/Conservation commisgy developer is seeking state sions. Developers are also approval to build a solar seeking feedback from resifarm on more than 100 acres dents and businesses near owned by the Archdiocese of the site. Hartford. The parcel is an ideal locaVerogy, the developer, is tion for a solar farm because hoping to install solar panels it consists of mostly open on 31 acres of the vacant flat land that would require field at 1012 East St. little clearing of vegetation, A solar farm is proposed for this field off East Street in Developers say local approvals are not needed, but Dave Zajac, Record-Journal See Solar, A12 Southington.
Exploring options for graduation ceremonies
By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
The last time Trevor Messina and fellow members of Southington High School’s class of 2020 met as a group was the second week of March — before their school and others around the region and state closed due to public health concerns around the spread of COVID-19. Schools have not yet physically reopened, with classes having been taught remotely since then. Winter and spring sports have been disrupted and canceled. Some area school districts had already canceled other activities, including junior and senior proms and theatrical productions. What Messina and other soon-to-be graduates are hoping for is that they get to cap off their high school careers with something that resembles a traditional high school graduation on the football field or an alternative commencement event. See Graduation, A9
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Erika Pocock, water board president, said the legislature’s focus has been taken up with the pandemic. But she’s hoping that Southington and towns facing similar expensive upgrades may be able to get state assistance and help from local legislators. While the water department wants to keep rates low and affordable, Pocock said the filtration system is necessary.
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The Committee consists of: Michael DelSanto, Chair Michael Riccio, Vice Chair Christopher Palmieri, Council Mark Sciota, Town Manager Robert Phillips, Planning and Community Development Robert Hammersley, Chair Planning and ZoningTony Monison, Board of Finance
Town meetings The Town of Southington continues to have municipal meetings through electronic means. Check the town website for details.
Postponed Connecticut’s presidential primary election has been postponed to June 2 to impede the spread of coronavirus. The original date was April 28.
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The Election Department in the Town of Southington is looking for poll workers to help manage the voting process during federal, state and local primaries and elections. The poll workers are needed to fill the positions of: moderators, assistant registrars, checkers, ballot clerks and tabulator tenders. These are paid positions. Training is required, and is provided by the Election Department. The work day would be on primary or Election Day. Call 860276-6268.
The Southington Assessor’s Office is accepting applications for the elderly homeowners program which helps reduce property taxes. Income limits are $37,000 for single residents and $45,100 for married couples. One spouse in the household must be at least 65 years of age as of last Dec. 31.
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Southington Police Blotter Wolcott St., Bristol, violaton of a protective order, four counts probation violation, 4:32 p.m. Jaime Ortiz, Jr., 47, 309 Maple St., New Britain, disorderly conduct, third-degree assault, firstdegree strangulation, first-degree unlawful restraint, 8 p.m. Jessica Scagliola, 39, 343 Mount Vernon Road, sixth-degree larceny, 8:36 p.m. Dominika Tukaj, 37, 489 Wolcott St., Bristol, sixth-degree larceny, 10:52 a.m.
SOUTHINGTON — Arrests reported by the Southington Police: April 18 Corrina Nicholas, 22, 71 Hemlock Drive, breach of peace, 10 p.m. April 19 Frank Turrell, 37, 235 Mulberry St., disorderly conduct, 2:21 p.m. Anthony Dunlap, 18, 235 Mulberry St., disorderly conduct, 2:41 p.m. April 20 Stephen F. Lorusso, 37, 67
April 21 Daniel Marciano, 19, 1400 Whitney Ave., Hamden, third-degree burglary, two counts conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary, third-degree larceny, possession of burglary tools, 4 a.m. Carlos Rodriguez-Bilbao, 24, 70 Creamery Road, Cheshire, third-degree burglary, two counts conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary, third-degree larceny, possession of burglary tools, 4 a.m. Amy Waszczak, 35, 178 Cook Ave., Meriden, operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, 10:35 a.m.
Frank Turrell, 37, 235 Mulberry St., violation of a protective order, 10:20 p.m. Kevin Jacobs, 57, 63 Cloverdale Road, operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, two counts evading responsbility, first-degree reckless endangerment, 11:45 p.m. April 23 Alliyah Lampkins, 24, 8 Atwood St., Plainville, second-degree threatening, second-degree breach of peace, third-degree criminal mischief, second-degree harassment, 7:21 p.m. April 24 Ciara Ciccio, 27, 22 Walnut St., failure to respond to an in-
fraction, two counts second-degree failure to appear, sixth-degree larceny, 11:45 a.m. David Bass, 68 Park St., New Britain, operating under the influence of of drugs or alcohol, 12:35 p.m. Frank Turrell, 37, 339 Buckland St., violation of protective order, 9:25 p.m. David Balek, 42, 6 Lampson St., Waterbury, sixth-degree larceny, 12:15 a.m. April 25 Melinda Faust, 39, 253 West St., sixth-degree larceny, 6 p.m. April 28 Gary Allard, 57, homeless, third-degree larceny, 11:30 p.m.
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kids,” Solan said. “We're listening.”
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High school administrators have held virtual meetings with members of the class and their advisors, seeking input and suggestions.
“Whether it's in a car, in a drive-in, through a computer, or all together on the field, we're going to have some sort of graduation,” Messina told the Southington Board of Education last week. “We have worked 13plus years — just to have the best four months stripped away from us.” In Southington, Messina serves as a student representative on that town's Board of Education. When he spoke during a remotely held board meeting a week ago, Messina emphasized how important it is that he and more than 500 fellow Southington High School seniors get to celebrate their milestone together. But districts, awaiting guidance from local and state health officials, have not yet decided whether to hold inperson graduations or to replace them with alternative ceremonies.
“We're trying to be very, very, very optimistic about
In Wallingford, similar discussions with students and district staff are underway. tendent Jeffrey Solan spoke similarly. District officials are But no decision had been made, School Superintenwaiting to see if restrictions get lifted or remain in place after May 20.
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what the end of July, beginning of August, might bring in order to bring actual commencement exercises,” he said. “If there's any possibility at all, we're going to be prepared to do that, so that there is some type of in person commencement experience for our seniors. Virtually all of it is going to depend on what the (state) Department of Public Health and local health department have to say.” In Cheshire, School Superin-
dent Salvatore Menzo stated in an email to the RecordJournal.
Meriden date set In Meriden, city school officials have set June 12 as the district's official graduation date. “We will work on whatever graduation we can do that is safe for students and families,” said Meriden School Superintendent Mark Benigni. For now, Maloney and Platt high school principals are taking a wait and see attitude about a formal cap and gown See Graduation, A10
If those limitations on large gatherings continue, the district will assess whether to hold a virtual remote graduation for its students, or an in-person graduation with social distancing measures in place.
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Schools closed for rest of academic year By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas © The Connecticut Mirror
Gov. Ned Lamont will order K-12 schools throughout Connecticut to stay closed for the remainder of the academic year because of the health threat posed by COVID-19. In making this decision, Lamont becomes the 40th governor in the nation to decide that it is not safe for schools to reopen. “I know how important it is for so many students and teachers to finish out the school year, and I was holding out hope –
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stage ceremony, while also preparing in the event schools are closed.
particularly for high school seniors – that we’d at least be able to complete the final few weeks, but given the current circumstances and to protect everyone’s safety, it has become clear that it’s just not possible,” Lamont said Tuesday morning.
“We are working on plans and contingencies,” said Maloney High School Principal Jennifer Straub. “We are working with faculty and student representatives.”
No decision has been made yet about whether summer school and camps will be allowed to convene.
Platt High School Principal Robert Montemurro echoed Straub adding that while activities haven’t been cancelled, contingency plans are in the works.
This announcement – recommended by the panel the governor appointed to explore how best to reopen schools and
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Lawmakers: Connecticut’s nursing homes lack testing, equipment By Matthew Zabierek and Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
coronavirus-positive, but you can’t know that without testing,” she said. “We’re asking people to take care of (patients), but we’re not As coronavirus deaths and infections protecting them.” continue to climb at nursing homes The state Department of Public locally and around the state, state Health is working to increase testing lawmakers say there hasn’t been enough testing and personal protec- at nursing homes and assisted living facilities with a “mobile testing unit,” tive equipment to slow the spread. Abercrombie said. “What’s going on now is we have not The department is also working with tested or put a process in place to test the workers and the individuals the governor’s office on PPE shortages. The equipment is “coming in that are in nursing homes, and I on a more regular basis now,” Aberthink that it’s gotten to a situation crombie said. that, in my opinion, is very dangerous,” said state Rep. Cathy AberDuring a press conference last week, crombie, D-Meriden, co-chair of the Josh Geballe, Gov. Ned Lamont’s legislature’s Human Services Comchief administrative officer, said mittee. state teams supported by National
“Oftentimes it’s the family members who are the eyes and the ears … letting people know when there are staffing concerns or if there are things going on in nursing homes in terms of patient care,” she said.
The lack of testing goes hand in hand with protective equipment shortages, Abercrombie said Wednesday, because the condition of a patient dictates what equipment is required.
Guard medical personnel have now inspected 216 of the state’s 350 nursing homes and assisted living facilities, checking for appropriate supplies of masks, gowns and other personal protection.
“We have seen a leveling off of cases in nursing homes,” Cartter said. “Things have improved but there is still a lot of work to do.”
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homes and other frontline responders, Abrams said it should look toward establishing a “consistent model of how PPE is distributed.”
who chairs the legislature's Public Health Committee, is hopeful these state inspections will supplement monitoring normally done by family members, who are no longer allowed to visit.
“It seems a little ad hoc,” she said, “where sometimes (facilities) are getting them through our local department of public health, and sometimes they’re coming from different state departments. I think as we move forward, it’s gotten better, but I think there’s still a lot of work to do when it comes to that.” Meriden Health and Human Services Director Lea Crown said her office is in contact with skilled nursing facilities daily to field questions and provide guidance.
State epidemiologist Dr. Matthew Cartter said during the press briefing that state teams are concentrating on how nursing homes and assisted living facilities are using protective equipment and implementing infection control measures.
Long-term care facilities, assistedliving facilities, and residential care homes in the region pick up protective equipment from DPH every Tuesday in North Haven, according to Crown. The city also picks up protective equipment every Tuesday for
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According to Verogy's webSr. site, the firm's core busiSOUTHINTON- Richard ness is “developing, financKe M. DeLuco, Sr., 82, of nsi ngt ing, constructing, managon Rd Southington, husband of . ing, and operating solar Barbara (LaPorte) DeLuco projects.” for 61 years went to be Sloper Pond Details projecton canApril with on thetheLord Catholic Cemeteries property be29, found at verog y.com/ 2020 surrounded by southington-s his loving olar-one/. family at his home. On records July 9, 1937 Town property hethewas bornCemeteries to Nicholas list Catholic and Annaaffiliated DeLuco, Association, withboth deceased. Other than the Archdiocese of Hart- his wife,ashe leaves behind ford, owner of the parcel.his children; Richard DeLuco, The archdiocese acquired Jr.,property AndreainBrotherton the 1981. Prop-and husband erty recordsScott, don't and list aMarilyn decided by local municipal line, developers were to Olsen, his grandchildren; sale price, but show that the have completed an enviboards, Phillips explained. Rachel was Pierce (Dan), property most recently ronmental study by last Scotty at Brotherton (Jen), appraised more than $1.4 “All we can do is gather any month. The timeline lists Randy Brotherton (Jen), million. input we receive from the the submission of an appliAmber Armack (Justin), public and pass that along cation to the Siting Council Archdiocese of Hartford ofas information to the Siting as a target for this month. Kelly Ruderman, George ficials could not be reached Council,” Phillips said. Olsen (Paige), Ashley The council is expected to for comment. DeLuco and many greatmake a decision by SeptemVerogy has dubbed the promgagne@record-jourHe nal.com grandchildren. was ber. ject “Southington Solar 203-317-2231 predeceased by 6 brothers Twitter:@MikeGagneRJ One.” According to a timeand 4 sisters. Richard loved his motorcycle, camping, boating on the CT River, and traveling with his wife. He was a jack of all trades, owner of Ridel Home Improvements, B&D Variety, and was East St.
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will be remembered most willher be love remembered most for for her family for her love for herdesired family and friends. She and everyone friends. She desired that know that that everyone knowloved that they were deeply they cherished, were deeply and and loved had cherished, and had aandparticularly sensitive a particularly sensitive heart to those who were heart to those who were suffering. suffering. In addition to her husband In addition her husband Mario of 51toyears, Anna Mario of 51 years, Marie is survived byAnna her Marie is his survived her son and wife, by James son Marisa and his Lopiccolo wife, James and of and Marisa Lopiccolo of Coto de Caza, California, Coto de Caza, California, her daughter, Christa her daughter, Christa Lopiccolo of Easton, Lopiccolo of Easton, Maryland, and her beloved Maryland, and her beloved grandchildren, Aaron, grandchildren, Aaron, Hannah, Hannah, Sarah, Sarah, Joseph, Joseph, Daniel, and Daniel, Christina Christina and Rebekah. Anna Marie Rebekah. Anna Marie also also deeply deeply loved loved and and is is survived by her sisters-insurvived by her sisters-inlaw, law, nieces nieces and and nephews, nephews, and numerous dear and numerous dear friends. friends. She She was was predeceased predeceased by by her her brothers brothers Rudy Rudy and and Fred FredStraub. Straub. AA funeral funeral Mass Mass will will be be celebrated celebrated at at St. St. Thomas Thomas Church Church at at aa later later date. The The DellaVecchia DellaVecchia Funeral Home Home in in Southington Southington has has been been entrusted entrusted with her her arrangements. arrangements. Visit www.dellavecchiafh.com www.dellavecchiafh.com for online online condolences. condolences. for Memorial contributions Memorial contributions may be be made made to to the the John may Paul IIII Medical Medical Research Research Paul Institute (researching Institute (researching Alzheimer’s and Covid-19) Alzheimer’s and Covid-19) athttps://www.jp2mri.org https://www.jp2mri.org at
SOUTHINGTON- Paul Charles Barrett, 90, of Southington, beloved husband for 65 years of Jean (Thomasino) Barrett passed away on April 20, 2020. Born on May 13, 1929, in Montpelier Vermont he was the son of the late Paul and Anna Barrett and the oldest of seven siblings. Paul grew up in Greenfield, Massachusetts and graduated from Greenfield High School. After graduation, he joined the United States Army. His first assignment was the Korean War. Upon his return from Korea, he met and married his wife Jean (Thomasino) Barrett and together they started a military life. With family in tow they traveled across the United States and overseas. They were stationed in CT, MA, NJ, Okinawa, IN, and TX. Paul’s last assignment was Vietnam. When he returned home, and after twenty-five years of military service, he retired. He then worked for the United States Postal Service for the next twenty years. During his retirement years, he was a crossing guard for the Southington School System, a volunteer with the Southington Fire Department, and a volunteer at the voting polls. He liked camping and traveling with his
RV, wood making, and spending time with his family. His sweet, happy smile would light up any heart. He was a gentle and kind man, a devout Catholic and a longtime communicant of St. Thomas Church. He was blessed with a long life and enjoyed it immensely leaving this world with no regrets. A loving husband, father, and grandfather, Paul will be dearly missed by his wife Jean (Thomasino) Barrett; his children Linda (Barrett) Graver and her husband Bruce, Susan (Barrett) Ciccotelli and her husband John, and Thomas Barrett and his wife Rachel. Grandchildren Michael Graver, Alex Graver and his wife Carly, Jason Ciccotelli and his wife Tonia, Ashley (Ciccotelli) Cloutier and her husband Jeremy, Lindsey Barrett, and Jamie (Barrett) Semaria
and her husband Ricky. G re at- gr a ndchildre n Molly, Scarlett and Meadow, Landon and Everleigh, Logan and Isla. He is also survived by his siblings Joan Pelletier, John Barrett and sister-inlaw Carol, Martin Barrett and sister-in-law Mary Anne. His most special and favorite sister-inlaw Marie (Thomasino) Onofrio, and all his nieces and nephews. Paul was predeceased by his father Paul Barrett and mother Anna Barrett, his sisters Elizabeth Barrett, Marie Klepacki, Claire Barrett, brother-inlaw Carmen Onofrio, and grandson Thomas Barrett Jr. A very special thank you to the nursing staff and caretakers at the Curtis Home-St. Elizabeth Center, Meriden, for the care and compassion shown to Paul and his family. Burial with military honors will be at St. Thomas Cemetery, Southington, CT. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic services will be private. A memorial service will be held at a later time. Donations may be made in his memory to the Southington Community Services, 91 Norton St. Plantsville, CT 06479 DellaVecchia Funeral Home, 211 N. Main St. is assisting with arrangements. For online condolences please visit www. dellavecchifh.com
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healthcare providers in Meriden and “if any is leftover after distribution we offer it to the skilled nursing facilities,” Crown said in an email. “Quantities and type of PPE has varied the last 3 times we picked up,” Crown wrote. There were 112 infections
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April 22. That represents about 50 percent of all coronavirus-related deaths in Connecticut.
‘A longer scale’ The Summit of Plantsville, a Southington nursing home, recorded four confirmed deaths and a probably fifth, the most among area facilities. The Summit’s administrator Jack Kelly couldn’t be reached for comment. Shane Lockwood, Plainville-
in early April extended his school closure order through May 20.
ents, students and educators engaged in learning. Officials feared that cancelling school for the whole year While 16 other states had al- would lead to students beready ordered schools coming disengaged until a closed for the academic year new school year begins in at the time Lamont extended late August. the closure, he still received However, the governor has pushback from some in the signaled on multiple occalegislature and business sions that school would likecommunity for making an ly be closed for the remainearly decision to keep comder of the year. If Lamont merce and schools shuthad allowed schools to retered. open, students would have Delaying a decision to close come back for just three or for the remainder of the year four weeks before summer was an effort to keep parbreak began.
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businesses – is sure to complicate efforts to restart the economy since many employees rely on schools for childcare while they work. The Democratic governor first ordered schools closed seven weeks ago after most district leaders had already decided to close their doors. When it became apparent that it was not safe to reconvene schools, the governor
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Southington Regional Health District director, said nursing facilities in town are accustomed to dealing with yearly flu seasons or the outbreak of norovirus. But those last for a week or two at most. “We’re going on six,” Lockwood said. “This just happened on a bigger scale and more importantly a longer scale.” Lockwood said the health district has been providing To date, the leaders of 40 states have ordered their schools to stay closed for the remainder of the school year and seven have recommended that local district leaders keep schools closed, reports Education Week, a national news outlet that is tracking school closures. Among the states in New England, Connecticut and Maine are the only states that have not ordered schools closed for the
supplies such as masks to facilities in town and talks with administrators every few days. As part of its statewide mitigation plan, Connecticut is one of a few states that has aggressively worked to build up a network of “recovery centers” around the state, which serve as step-down facilities for nursing home residents who no longer require hospitalization. See Nursing homes, A16
rest of the school year, though Maine’s governor has recommended that local districts stay closed. States where decisions have yet to be made include Maryland, Montana, New Jersey and Wyoming. This story originally appeared on the website of The Connecticut Mirror, www.ctmirror.org.
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Curtain comes down on ‘lost season’ By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff
MERIDEN — A day long dreaded and long expected arrived Tuesday. Connecticut schools were officially closed for the rest of the 2019-2020 academic year and, with it, the 2020 high school sports season was officially canceled as well. The CIAC, the state’s governing body of scholastic sports, made its call a few hours after Gov. Ned Lamont made his announcement Tuesday morning on the fate of the schools. “The CIAC empathizes with our school communities and the experiences lost due to COVID-19,” the CIAC said in a statement. “Our focus is now on completing guidelines for summer contact and resocialization of CIAC sports in the fall.”
Connecticut was the last state in the nation to cancel its spring season — this after the CIAC was among the first to halt the winter season when the scope of the coronavirus pandemic began surfacing in midMarch.
The fate of the spring season was a gradual retreat. Moving in lockstep with the state, which initially closed schools from March 13 through April 20, the CIAC indefinitely suspended the launch of the spring season, slated for the first weekend in April. Then, shortly after the state pushed school closures to May 20, the CIAC on April 23 canceled its postseason events in hopes of freeing up the month of June for schools to salvage whatever they could of the spring season.
Throughout these past eight weeks, the CIAC made it clear the fate of spring sports ultimately lay with Lamont and the state Department of Education. So long as there was a chance schools would reopen before summer, there was a chance for some kind of a spring season, no matter how short. Now it is gone. “We all knew it was inevitable. We were holding that sliver of hope and that went away this morning,” Southington Athletic Director Steve Risser said Tuesday shortly before calling his coaches, who in turn would be getting in touch with all of their athletes. “It’s an emotional day today.” Indeed, even though it was likely spring sports would never get off the ground in See Spring season, A18
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Other states, like New York, have mandated that facilities take back coronavirus patients discharged from a hospital as long as they can provide adequate care. Connecticut’s plan, officials have said, was aimed at freeing up beds and capacity at hospitals for patients requiring acute care. “What we were seeing in other places is that hospital bed availability had a direct impact on the survival rate … If we didn’t have beds opened up at hospitals, we could be in a really bad place,” Abrams said, noting the recovery centers are meant for all positive patients, not just nursing home residents.
Staffing challenges The state has run into issues staffing the recovery centers, some of which are closed nursing home facilities with no existing staff. The recovery center approved to open at the former Westfield Rehab facility in Meriden, for example, was expected to open last week but has been delayed primarily due to a lack of staff, according to Abercrombie. Because the recovery centers are prohibiting employees from working at other nursing facilities to limit their contact with others, they’ve agreed to pay higher rates to
make up for money nurses would otherwise earn at other facilities. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the nursing field was seeing a workforce shortage, and now nursing facilities are essentially competing for staffing. In light of these challenges, Connecticut has started to follow other states’ lead by offering incentives to nurses out of state, Abercrombie said. So far, about four recovery centers are open and treating patients in Connecticut with a handful or so more planned, including the Meriden facility and another in Wallingford, which a spokesperson said this week is not yet accepting patients and has no definitive date for opening. “You can get a facility up and running, but you have to get people that are willing to work there and take that risk, not only for themselves but often for their families as well,” Abrams said. mzabierek@record-journal.com 203-317-2279 Twitter: @MatthewZabierek
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did what they could to cling to some sense of normalcy. Coaches devised workout From A16 throughout their high school regimens and emailed them years, their playing days. For to their players. Many teams the face of the coronavirus, some, this is it for them.” collaborated on videos of the Tuesday’s finality still hit instructional and/or inspirahard. From the West Side, Platt AD tional variety. There were Rich Katz said, “It’s a tough statewide “challenges” be“It’s heartbreaking,” reone for everybody. Sad for marked Maloney Athletic Di- the seniors, but it’s the safest tween teams on social media. rector Bob McKee. “It’s thing to do, and I support heartbreaking for those kids, the state and the CIAC.” All of that, however, could for them to lose out on their not replace the basic human season, their experience. So Throughout the delayed interaction that comes many memories are made spring, coaches and athletes with being in school and on playing fields together. It was an absence underscored by Wilcox Tech AD and golf coach Steve Wodarski on Tuesday. “I enjoy the day to day of seeing all the athletes and keeping in touch with all of my coaches and teams. We’re all losing out,” Wodarski said. “It’s terrible. I’ll have more seasons, but
these kids who are missing out, the seniors especially, that’s who my heart bleeds for. They can’t get this year back.” For senior student-athletes, the official cancellation of spring sports takes yet another end-of-year activity off their plate. Award ceremonies, proms and other rites of high school passage have been coronavirus casualties. How to best stage graduation is a challenge school districts desperately want to solve. “We don’t know how graduation is going to take place, but at some point it’s going to take place,” Risser said. “This senior class, it will always stay with them what happened this spring,” Risser added. “I’m so proud of them. Not one athlete has said anything to me negative
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about the situation. They understood what had to be done. From the day we locked the facilities here at Southington High School, they respected that.” There is a sense of a bigger picture having been gained from a pandemic that, as of Tuesday afternoon, had infected 3.7 million people worldwide and claimed the lives of 257,000. In the light of such numbers and the economic carnage the crisis has wrought, what is the winning and losing of sport? Another takeaway: Don’t take opportunities for granted. As Sheehan athletic director Chris Dailey remarked, “We’re just going to look forward to when we are allowed to step back on the field, whether it’s in the summer or in the fall. I think when that time comes we’re all going to have a pretty strong perspective and appreciation for that, and we’ll take advantage of that time when it comes.” “All spring long we’ve been talking about using this extraordinary, unprecedented, hopefully once-in-a-lifetime event to teach our kids about what’s really important in life,” said Risser. “It’s all about making kids understand that it’s OK to be disappointed about what’s going on, but also they’ve learned there are things bigger than sports in the world. This is given us all a chance to pause and recognize that.
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JIMMY’S MASONRY IF YOU Mention Over 28 years of exp. This Ad Stonewalls, patios, SPRING Yard sidewalks, chimneys, Clean-Ups pool areas, fireplaces, Brush, branches, leaves, fire pit steps, all types of storm damage masonry work. Free est. **JUNK REMOVAL** (860) 274-4893. Appl’s, Furniture, Junk, Debris, etc FACEBOOK.COM/ WE CAN REMOVE RECORDJOURNAL ANYTHING NEWSPAPER Entire house to TWITTER.COM/ 1 item removed! RECORD_JOURNAL FREE ESTIMATES Sr. Citizen Discount INSTAGRAM.COM/ LIC & INS. RECORDJOURNAL 203-535-9817 or W. BOOBER MASONRY 860-575-8218 Over 35 Years Experience All Types of Masonry CT License #626708 (203) 235-4139
HAVE DUMP TRUCK. Reg. Ins. Free on-site est. Attics, basements, garages, appliances & more. Any questions?
Landscaping A & A LAWN CARE
Spring Cleanups, Tree, Shrub, Brush & Debris Removal. 203-237-6638.
AHEARN BUILDERS Additions, Decks, Siding, GARY WODATCH Doors, Windows, ReHedge & tree trimming. modeling. 860.346.0409 Trim overgrown properties. Calls returned. #620397.860-558-5430
Specializing in roofing, siding, kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, basement remodeling. Senior citizen discount Insured. Free est. 203-265-5200 HIC#0631937
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GEORGE J MACK & SONS - Servicing the Meriden area since 1922. Toilet, faucet, sink & drain repairs. Water heater replacements. 15% Sr citizen disc. Member of BBB. 203-238-2820.
Demolition Svs Sheds, pools, decks, garages, debris removal. Quick, courteous svc. All calls returned. Ins. #566326. Cell, 860-558-5430
Moving and Storage
JM Lawn Care Lawn Mowing, Spring Cleanup, Hedge Trimming, Mulch, any color. 860.796.8168
JT’S LANDSCAPING LLC - Spring CleanUps, we specialize in weeding all types of beds, mulching, top soil work, pruning, hedges & trees, & all your landscape needs. Residential & commercial. Lic. #616311. Call today, 203 213-6528.
RT RELOCATION Your moving and storage specialists. Call for a free estimate. 833-668-3978.
Paving
Masonry GET 20% OFF! If you sign for the year w/ Affordable Lawncare. Reasonable. Reliable. 860.406.2771.
ALEX MASONRY - 30 yrs. exp. Patios, Ret. Walls, Steps, Brick, Stone, Chimneys. #580443. 203-232-0257 or 203596-0652
ASPHALT DRIVEWAYS When quality Counts 5 Year Guarantee Meriden, CT . Fully Ins. Lic.#575852
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Power Washing A-1 Quality Powerwashing Low Rates Call Dennis 203.630.0008
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POWER WASHING Is Spring Cleaning on THE OUTSIDE FREE Estimates #569127 Call Kevin 203-440-3279
Tree Services GARY WODATCH - Tree Removal. All calls returned. CT#620397 Quick courteous service. 860-558-5430.
ROOFING, SIDING, WINDOWS, DECKS & REMODELING. 203-639-0032 email: info@ gonzalezconstruction llc.com Fully Licensed & Insured Reg #577319
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Yalesville Construction Specializing in all phases of residential & Roofing.Siding.Gutters. commercial roofing. Senior citizen discount Skylights. Chimney ReInsured Free est. pair. Flashing. #0649808 203.510.3830. lmmason203-265-5200 HIC#0631937 ryconstruction.com
Specializing in tree removal, trimming, chipping & grinding. Call for free estimate. 203-945-1808.
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