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Volume 12, Number 8
Elim Park marks 1,000+ vaccines
Artist couple navigated race issues By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
Residents reflect on pandemic
Jocelyn Pannell is an art teacher in the Southington Public School system, working at Hatton and Thalberg elementary schools. Pannell said she loves working with young children and adds that they’re generally open and honest. She grew up in Cheshire, the child of a white mother and Black father. During the time of the Black Lives Matter protests last spring, one second grader asked Pannell if she was “sad about what was happening on TV.” See Couple, A10
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Thursday, February 25, 2021
By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
Rev. Anthony Federico makes a cross with a cotton swab while administering ashes to Desirae Whittle, of Meriden, on Ash Wednesday at Saint Bridget of Sweden Parish in Cheshire. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Large, saucer-sized snowflakes fell in the parking lot of Elim Park as the third and final COVID vaccine clinic got underway inside on Feb. 19. By the end of the day, the total number of vaccines given from all the clinics held at Elim Park totaled 1,014.
The clinics, run by Walgreens, were held in January and February and included residents from the Health Care Center and Elim Park Place Independent Living, as well as family caregivers, By Devin Leith-Yessian and volunteers and vendors said the Rev. Jeffrey Romans, pastor of now! on camRecord-Journal staff who are frequently St.Enrichment Bridget of Sweden inclasses Cheshire. are forming pus, said Cheryl Sheehan, Around 250Upcoming people attended Online two morn- Classes: Christians returned to church in newly Elim Park marketing and reinvigorated numbers for Ash Wednes- ing Masses at the church Feb. 17 and the communications director. afternoon worship was filled to capacity day, shortly after Gov. Ned Lamont reHusband and wife, Eleanor at 200 people, which was double the Tai Chi, Advanced French, Yoga, Meditation, laxed state pandemic measures to allow and Edward Kearney, both increased capacity at houses of worship. number allowed under the previous regCooking, Music Prep, Origami, in their early 80s, quickly ulations which cappedLessons, attendance at SAT the “It’s an important day for us as Catholics lower of 25 percent or 100 people. filled out their paperwork because it reminds us of God’s mercy,”Northlight Photography, Excel, Card Magic,
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