strong pg 3 9-22-22
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Strong Girls
empowerment
group offered
Northeast Opportunities for Wellness (NOW) will host a second year of its ~Strong Like A Girl~ girls’ empowerment group for girls in sixth through eighth grade living or schooling in the 10-town area of northeastern Connecticut.
This program is in partnership with Ginny Moylan, Certified Teen Life Coach and owner of Finding Your Firefly Teen Life Coaching; and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Lisa Marie Rivera.
The program is planned to be a month-by-month program with each session being a two-week commitment on the first and third Sunday of each month from noon to 2 p.m.
Girls can register for one, some, or all of the months.
The program will take place in Putnam and information regarding exact location will be provided to families who are registered to attend the program.
Register here: www.NOWinMotion.org/events
Throughout each session of this group, girls will learn new skills, to cultivate self-love, care, and respect.
The goal is to help teens navigate the natural challenges of adolescence while developing the toolbox of skills needed to conquer their own world.
Each month focuses on a different topic that will be explored in depth.
Girls enrolled in this group will form new and meaningful friendships with one another and new mentorships with the staff throughout the program.
Topics will include: Goal setting, stress management, health & wellness, self-image, nutrition, and real-life skills and challenges.
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vendors pg 3 9-22-22
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Vendors wanted
PUTNAM — The Daughters of Isabella is seeking vendors for Yuletide Festival which will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 12 at the St Mary Church Hall. $35 per table. Call Jean Ryan to reserve: 860-928-5014.
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wv pg 3 9-22-22
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Getting Started
Westview recently broke ground for a new employee child care center. From left; Maya, Jack, Henry, and Michael Panteleakos; Katherine, Zachary, and Alex Williams; David T. Panteleakos; Emily, Rowan, and Kayla Belanger. Courtesy photo.
DAYVILLE — Westview recently broke ground to develop a new 7,000 square foot child care center dedicated to children of its employees. The construction project will involve the redevelopment of an existing building as well as 5,000 square feet of structural addition; slated for opening in June 2023.
Shaws & Associates, LLC of Moodus is the contractor.
The new Westview Child Care Center will be directly across the street from Westview Health Care Center and Country Living at Westview Commons
The Westview family of companies now offers employment opportunities for over 300 full-time, part-time, and per diem positions.
Westview’s objective is to promote a child care center that is affordably priced, youth-oriented, developmentally appropriate, educationally encouraging, health promoting, independently functional, and environmentally sensitive. The project will feature enhanced safety, security, and surveillance systems (i.e., parental monitoring), a large centrally-located multi-purpose area, and an outdoor recreation yard with unique and enriching scenescapes—including a pirate ship and medieval castle. Westview Child Care Center will include licensure for up to 80 children; ranging between daycare for infants and toddlers to after-school care for older children.
“We have developed an exciting and enriching plan for inter-generational activity here,” said David T. Panteleakos, Westview Health Care Center administrator.
This new, state-of-the-art child care center has been in development for several years and will provide quality child care on-site, offer expanded backup care, and customize flexible schedules to address the community’s critical child care needs. “Addressing child care is as much of a workplace challenge as it is a family challenge,” said Panteleakos. “We are truly committed to being an employer of choice, and we work to continually enhance our wage and benefit program for our outstanding employees. This significant $2 million investment is made with full confidence that our team at Westview can do amazing things when we support each other. In doing so, we aim to recruit and retain working parents by helping with the balance between family life and work.”
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trama pg 4 9-22-22
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Peter G. Trama recently received the Merchant Mariners of WWII Congressional Gold Medal. Courtesy photo.
World War II and Korean War veteran Peter G. Trama of Thompson, formerly of Putnam, recently received the Merchant Mariners of WWII Congressional Gold Medal. The award was presented by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration in Washington, DC.
According to the Maritime Administration, “The Congressional Gold Medal, which is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. Congress, honors those whose dedication, heroism, and public service have created a lasting impact on American history. On March 14, 2020, legislation was signed into law authorizing the Congressional Gold Medal for American Merchant Mariners whose honorable deeds played a critical role in WWII.”
Trama served as a Seaman in the Merchant Marines from 1943 to 1950. He made seven trips across the Pacific Ocean to Australia, New Guinea, Marshall Islands and Hawaii, providing fuel oil, airplanes and PT boats for U.S. Navy ships.
In 1950, after leaving the Merchant Marines, Trama was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he served in Germany, during the Korean war. He was honorably discharged from the Army in 1951.
“I was very surprised but very honored to receive this Gold Medal,” said Trama, who celebrated his 97th birthday on Sept. 6. “This was a nice birthday present.”
According to the Maritime Administration, “The Merchant Mariners of WWII Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2020 authorizes MARAD to award duplicates of the medal to individuals who between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, were members of the U.S. Merchant Marine, or other related services.”
During World War II, Standard Oil of New Jersey had more than 125 oil tankers scattered around the globe with Merchant Marines supplying the war effort.
Trama is a longtime member of the Mayotte-Viens American Legion Post #13 of Putnam and the Albert J. Breault VFW Post #1523.
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