DAYVILLE — Westview Health Care Center I sponsoring, supporting and encouraging Tiffany O’Leary, physical therapist at Westview, in the upcoming 2016 Boston Marathon on April 18.
O’Leary, with 22 years of running experience, qualified for the Boston Marathon in October 2014 after training diligently for three years. To mark the highlight of her running career, O’Leary has chosen to represent Team Limb-It-Less while raising funds for the Heather Abbott Foundation - a non-profit charity devoted to providing customized prosthetics for those affected by traumatic limb loss. “We are very proud of Tiffany and her very worthwhile endeavor,” said administrator David T. Panteleakos. “I have chosen this charity for both personal and professional reasons,” said O’Leary. “I am fund-raising to improve someone’s quality of life; perhaps affording a child the opportunity to play with peers on a school soccer team, allowing a woman to regain her identity by again wearing high heels to work or perhaps making it possible for a lifelong runner impacted by traumatic limb loss to run again.”
DAYVILLE — The public is invited to view, and share input into, the draft corridor management plan for the Connecticut State Route 169 National Scenic Byway. A draft plan will be available at: http://neccog.org/programs-services/route-169-national-scenic-byway-management-plan-update/ not less than one week prior to April 5. The draft corridor management plan includes the recommendations for land use, preservation, road maintenance, signage, marketing, and tourism development.
On Tuesday, April 5, Wednesday, April 6, and Thursday, April 7, the Northeastern Connecticut Council of Governments will hold public informational meetings at the UCONN Windham County Extension Center in Brooklyn, Woodstock Town Hall, and Lisbon Town Hall, respectively.
The public is also invited to learn more about the Corridor Management Plan on the NECCOG website: (www.neccog.org) and contact NECCOG (860.774.1253) with comments and questions.
Honored
DAYVILLE — Alexandria Arias, PTA, was named Westview’s employee of the month for March. She achieved her associate’s degree in physical therapy from New England Institute of Technology and has been working in Westview’s rehabilitation department as a physical therapy assistant since June.
She lives in Glocester with her fiancé, Tim Trinque.
Administrator David T. Panteleakos, said, “Ally is such a wonderful addition to our amazing staff of health care professionals. She works very hard and always has a big smile and a kind word to say to everyone she encounters.”
Honored
WORCESTER — Five local students were named to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dean’s List for academic excellence for the fall 2015 semester: Claudia Dufour of Woodstock, class of 2017 majoring in chemical engineering; John McGinn of Pomfret Center, class of 2018 majoring in actuarial mathematics; Shivam Mehta of Chepachet, class of 2018 majoring in biomedical engineering; Michael Paquette of Woodstock, class of 2018 majoring in electrical and computer engineering; Yu-sen Wu of Danielson, class of 2017 majoring in mechanical engineering.