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Southington library director resigns By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Southington Public Library Director Kristi Sadowski has resigned, citing health concerns. She leaves the position as town leaders debate how best to build a library for the $17 million voters approved at referendum last year.
Sadowski was hired in 2018, taking the place of Sue Smayda. Sadowski was the director of Coventry’s library for eight years before taking the Southington position. In addition to the library, she heads the Barnes Museum as well. Sadowski notified town officials of her resignation by email Oct. 24, citing the need to “prioritize her health and well being.”
Sadowski’s last day was Oct. 26. “I am very proud of the work I have done over the past four years and the trajectory in which both the Southington Public Library and Barnes Museum are headed,” Sadowski wrote. “I wish you and the future of both organizations nothing but the best of luck.”
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Wheeler Clinic received a $5,000 grant from Main Street Community Foundation to expand its outpatient clinic for LGBTQ+ people. Called Walk with Me, the program provides primary care, behavioral health care and peer support for all queer Connecticut residents and their families. “We’re able to… provide patients, their parents, their caregivers, guid-
Tina Riccio, library board chairwoman, said it’s a busy time for the library, the director in particular. “She has been out a lot for some medical reasons,” Riccio said. “I think it just became too much with the demand of this situation … I think she just decided to put her health first.”
Concern about inflation and rising costs top the list of voter worries for the Republican incumbent in the 16th state Senate district and his Democratic challenger. Rob Sampson, a Senate Republican from Wolcott, is running for reelection and has held the seat since 2018. Chris Robertson, a Democrat from SouthingNicole Heady poses in front of the progress pride flag at the Wheeler ton, is challenging Sampson for the Family Health & Wellness Center at 91 Northwest Drive in Plainville on Senate seat. The district includes Oct. 14. Heady is the peer support specialist for Walk With Me at Cheshire, Prospect, Southington, WaJeffrey Jolly, CFP® 203.407.8188 Wheeler. The center offers a full continuum of affirming, integrated terbury and Wolcott.
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Jim Morelli, a Town Council Republican and library building committee chairman, said Sadowski was instrumental in guiding the design and requirements of the new library. It’s fortunate that much of that work is completed, he said, although the library director is still an important role in the project. “She was very instrumental in the initial planning in the initial layout, space sizes, the ratio of adult book space to children’s book space,” Morelli said. “All of that is fairly locked down now.”
This summer, Sadowski took a medical leave. She came back right around the time that assistant library director Sandy DiCicco went out on maternity leave. With both the director and assistant director out, Town Manager Mark Sciota is taking up some of the administrative duties of the library and Barnes Museum. Riccio said Sadowski’s resignation is unexpected and that she’s hoping to fill the position quickly. This week the library board will review the job description and post the position soon. “I hope we get a lot of applications,” she said. “I don’t know how hard it’s going to be to find a library director.”
Morelli and the building committee have been working with architects to make sure the town can build a 24,000-square-foot building for $17 million. It will mean
the library won’t have all the “bells and whistles” that they’d like, but Morelli said some of those things could be added later.
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“We’re trying to make sure we get everything in place,” he said. “We went through a bumpy road with people angry, but I think in the end this will be a really great thing.” Riccio started on the library building committee during the pandemic. She described Sadowski as accepting of everyone. Sadowski also worked well with community groups. “She wanted the library to be an inclusive place,” Riccio said.
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Leaf collection in the Town of Plainville began Monday and will continue through Dec. 3, weather permitting. Areas to be covered during the first collection (schedule subject to change): Central area, West Main Street area, Farmington Avenue area, South End/ Red Stone Hill area, Shuttle Meadow area, Arcadia Avenue area, Metacomet area, Northwest area, Unionville Avenue area. Rake leaves to the curbline. Bagged leaves and grass clippings will not is collected. No sticks or stones. Bagged leaves can be brought to the drop-off center Monday through Friday from 2 to 4 p.m., and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Questions? Call Public Works, 860-793-0221 ext. 7176.
Comcast will host a Veterans Breakfast at the Boxes to Boots Operation Cares event Saturday, Nov. 5 at McGee Middle School, 899 Norton Road, Berlin. Breakfast will be served at 9 a.m. All veterans are welcome. They need not be a resident of Berlin, or Connecticut even. To attend, contact Andralou Millerd at milleal@comcast.net or 860-670-5131.
Tag sale First Baptist Church of Southington will present its annual tag sale Saturday, Nov. 5, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 581 Meriden Ave. Among the treasures to be found will be collectibles, jewelry, housewares, books, toys, holiday decorations, sporting goods, tools, and much more. Shoppers are encouraged to bring reusable shopping bags. For more information, visit firstbaptistsouthington.org or find the church on Facebook.
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Bazaar, tag sale Holy Trinity Church, 200 Summer St., Plantsville, will host a Holiday Bazaar Saturday, Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and a tag sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Also, a Polish dinner (golumbki, pierogi, kielbasa, sautéed cabbage and rye bread) will be available for $16. Eat in or take out. To place a dinner order, call Sandy at 860-681-5483. For more information, call 860-628-0736.
50th reunion The Southington High School Class of 1973 50th reunion planning committee is looking for classmates. If you are a 1973 SHS graduate, or know of one, email SHS73_50threunion@aol.com.
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Meriden man charged with murder in Southington shooting By Christian Metzger Record-Journal staff
SOUTHINGTON — A Meriden man has been formally charged with murder in connection with a shooting and car crash along Queen Street, police said Saturday. Victor R. Perez, 43, was issued the arrest warrant on Friday, Oct. 28 with bond set at $10 million.
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Inflation worries Both candidates say residents want state leaders to help address rising costs.
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“It’s kind of heartbreaking. There’s a lot of elderly people out there, single moms out there, families out there, hurting out there with the price of gas, the price of food, the price of oil,” Robertson said. “This is the first year where I think a lot of families are really, really concerned with the next few years.”
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duced competition. State leaders should start “restoring competition in the marketplace and reducing government regulation that is driving up costs and simply get rid of taxes,” he said. Another way to help residents would be the state’s budget surplus. “They need to return that surplus back to the taxpayers,” Sampson said. “That money would be far better suited in the hands of my constituents than in a bank account in Hartford.”
Rent commissions Robertson and Sampson differed about the creation of fair rent commissions. The General Assembly mandated that towns and cities with at least 25,000 residents create such commissions by July 2023 and gave municipalities the option of allowing those commissions to order land-
lords to lower rents or reduce rent increases. Sampson opposed the legislation, saying it interfered with the market, was a form of rent control and would lead to further rental shortages. A commission with the powers to subpoena and fine shouldn’t be injecting itself into rental agreements. “Landlord-tenant agreements are private contracts and they should be,” Sampson said. “I believe that tenants need to be protected from unscrupulous landlords all day long, but they don’t need to be protected from themselves. “The Democrats believe in control and they are forever trying to put controls in place and those things disrupt production. Production is the way to drive costs down,” Sampson said. Robertson said the elderly in particular are concerned
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about rising housing costs since many are on a fixed income. He supported the creation of fair rent commissions. “It safeguards the elderly,” he said. “The elderly are on fixed incomes. We have to be very fair that we’re not pushing elderly people out of their housing.” Robertson said he wanted to hold Sampson “accountable” for his opposition votes in the legislature. “The one thing I’m doing differently is that I’m going out there and holding him accountable for a lot of his ‘no’ votes,” Robertson said. “People don’t hold politicians accountable for their actions.”
Platforms, party affiliation Sampson said his voting record is consistent with his principles, which at times means he takes positions different even than other Republicans. “I do the right thing every time. I can answer any question and defend my vote.
They’re based on principle,” he said. Sampson questioned Robertson’s political affiliation, which has included the Democratic and the Working Families parties and an attempt to run on the local Southington Republican ticket for Board of Finance. In 2014, Robertson ran on the Working Families ballot line for the 16th Senate seat since the Democratic nomination was closed by the time he joined the race. He lost to former senator Joe Markley, a Republican who held the 16th Senate seat for several terms. Last year, he switched his affiliation to Republican hoping to run for the Board of Finance. He tried to get on the ballot as an unaffiliated candidate but didn’t get enough signatures by the deadline. “It tells me he wants to get elected anyway, anyhow,” Sampson said of Robertson’s party affiliations.
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Democrat for all but about 90 days of his life. While he ran on the Working Families Party line, he remained a Democrat and ran with the support of Democrats. He switched to the Republican Party due only to disagreement with the local Democratic party leadership at the time. He left the Republican party, which he said was too extreme for him. “I only switched parties one time and that was for a very short time,” Robertson said. jbuchanan@record-journal.com
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Perez is a previously convicted felon and has a prior history of being uncooperative with police. His connection to the victim remains unknown, and neither have any suspected ties to the Southington area.
The medical examiner ruled Principe’s death a homicide after discovering a bullet wound in his torso, which is presumed to have been what caused the crash. Officers investigating on scene found Perez nearby and asked him questions about what happened. He gave them a false name and was uncooperative, according to police. He was arrested on charges of interfering with officers and criminal possession of a firearm. Perez had a pistol and a shell casing in his pocket at the time of the arrest. He was held on $750,000 bond and was arraigned, posted bond, and was released. He’s since been taken back into custody. At the time of his arrest on the murder charge,
Earlier in the evening there was a reported altercation at the Cumberland Farms convenience store north of where the crash occurred, though it remains unconfirmed if it has any connection to the incident. Authorities are still investigating. The incident is Southington’s first reported homicide in six years, according to police. Authorities are still asking members of the public to come forward with any potential information to aid in their investigation by calling the Southington Police Department at 860-621-0101.
Plainville Police Blotter Arrests reported by the Plainville Police: Sept. 2 Wesley J. Knowles, 41, 135 Cottonwood Road, Newington, operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, 5:38 a.m. John Paradis, 59, 33 Wayne Drive, third-degree assault, second-degree breach of peace, 3:48 p.m. Sept. 6 Chase M. Soucie, 26, 24 Wayne Drive, second-degree breach of peace, second-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree failure to appear, 1:45 a.m. Sept. 7 Logan P. Cook, 30, 23 W. Main St., third-degree assault, disorderly conduct, 3:45 p.m.
Raven S. Hardy, 31, 35 Clark St., Hartford, sixth-degree larceny, 1:48 p.m. Sept. 13 Ashley N. Morgan, 34, 48 Bagley Road, two counts second-degree failure to appear, first-degree failure to appear, 12 p.m. Sept. 16 Angelica M. Muniz, 31, 165 S. Vine St., second-degree breach of peace, 2:55 p.m. Sept. 19 Kevin Pieretti, 29, 31 Wayne Drive, second-degree breach of peace, 2 a.m. Alexis Colon-Pieretti, 27, 31 Wayne Drive, second-degree breach of peace, 2:32 a.m.
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From A8 Sept. 21 Anthony T. Lebby, 49, 182 Magnolia St., Hartford, sixth-degree larceny, possession of a shoplifting device, 8 p.m. Sept. 23 Todd A. Chappel, 49, 101 Kenyon Circle, New Britain, fourth-degree larceny, 10:30 p.m. Philip B. Bouchard, 27, 62 Judson Ave., Bristol, operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, 9:02 p.m. Luis A. Rosario-Tellado, 51, 9 Elliott Place, Hartford, violation of a restraining order, 4 p.m. Sept. 24 Anne C. Couchon, 54, 141 W.
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One thing that I pride myself on is being an independent thinker. Ask anyone who knows me or has worked with me. I don’t vote according to ideology. To me, good policy is good politics. Voting solely along ideological lines often means missing the mark on key opportunities that can help people, towns, businesses and the state as a whole. I would also suggest that “where we are today” in Connecticut is much better than what the doomsayers might say. Whether we’re Democrats, Republicans or unaffiliated,
it’s important to note Connecticut’s progress – progress we all now share and should be proud of, while being mindful that there’s more work to be done. Connecticut is running a surplus of $4 billion. That’s not a result of inflation, that’s in spite of it. That’s not on the backs of workers, that’s working together with labor. That’s not a burden but a blessing. It means covering future costs such as pension funding, setting the stage for a more prosperous tomorrow. Connecticut is currently enjoying a gas tax holiday, one that a few vocal legislators opposed because “it’s temporary.” See McNair, A16
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unteer again once he retired SOUTHINGTONJohn SOUTHINGTON - John He leaves behind his W. W. Thompson, Thompson, Jr., Jr., 71, 71, ofof beloved wife, Karin (SwanSouthington, Southington, Connecticut, Connecticut, son) of 15 years and eight passed passed away awayafter after aafourfourchildren, Kevin Thompson and-a-half-year battle and-a-half-year battle with (Lisa) of Brea, CA, Elaine with cancer, at home lunglung cancer, at home sur(Matt) Strohl of Plymouth surrounded by loving his loving rounded by his famiMeeting, PA, Robert Morelfamily. ly. li, of Southington, CT, BornononDecember December 22, 22, Born Stephanie (Justin) 1950,ininIndianapolis Indianapolisto tothe the 1950, Pronovost of Plainville, CT, lateJohn Johnand andAnn Ann(Mueller) (Mueller) late Joshua (Erin) Morelli of Thompson. At At Bishop Bishop Thompson. Bristol, CT, and Amanda, Chatard High High School School he he Chatard Matthew and John W. was an an Indiana Indiana All All State State was Thompson III of Southinghigh school football center. high school football ton, CT, and seven grandHe played football for center. He played football children Drew, Zachary, Brown University Bears all He served on football Lynnea, Jack, Sunne, Sifor Brown University Bears Zachary, Lynnea, Jack, booster Simon clubs and both in mon and Grant, his sister all4 4years. years.HeHegraduated graduatedin Sunne, Grant, 1972 with a degree in meFarmington and Southingin 1972 with a degree in his sister Cheryl Striewe Cheryl Striewe and her chanical engineering. ton along with being vice- husband, John, of Indimechanical engineering.In and her husband, John, his own own president of 2 yrs. On the In1991 1991he he started started his Indianapolis, IN and anapolis, IN and sister-incompany, Construction In- of SHS Boys LAX booster law MaryAnn Thompson, of company, Construction sister-in-law MaryAnn sight, and ran it for 31 club. His beloved volunteer Insight, and ran it for 31 Thompson, of Deland, FL, Deland, FL, and several years. position was as a mentor years. several nieces. Cyber nieces. He was involved in many and for the Southington He was preceded in He was involved in many He wasRobotics precededclub, in aspects of his community. Knights death by his brother, David aspects of his community. brother, David Active member in many ar- death where by hishisson, JT, was a Thompson, of Deland, FL. Active in manyof Thompson, of Deland, FL. eas ofmember the YMCA'S member. With his love of In Lieu of flowers, donaareas of the of In Lieu of flowers, Plainville and YMCA’S Southington. robotics he planned to volPlainville and Southington. donations in John’s He served on football memory may be made booster clubs both to The John Thompson in Farmington and Memorial Travel Southington along with Scholarship Fund, being vice-president of 2 benefiting the Southington yrs. On the SHS Boys LAX High School Cyber booster club. His beloved Knights, a nonprofit To position our valued existing soon-to-be patients: volunteer was as a and organization. To donate Your health is very important loyalty to mentor for the Southington online to gous. to:Your http://srtea. Cyber usKnights Robotics is reflected in our loyalty to you. We know your org/donate/ . When club, where son, needs JT, because answering thethequestion names his and your we are was a community member. With his of “who referred you” for pharmacy. love of robotics he planned the online form, please We wouldn't be doing job to the best of our to volunteer again once he our enter “In Memory of John ability if we were only available parttoofearmark the time. retired Thompson” the We havebehind two full time on scholarship. duty. He leaves his pharmacists funds for this belovedWhenwife, Checksfilled can also be mailed you needKarin a prescription or have a (Swanson) of 15 years SRTEA, P. O. Box 826, question, we're here fortoyou. Always. and eight children, Kevin Southington, CT. Make Thompson (Lisa) of Brea, sure to include “John CA, Elaine (Matt) Strohl Thompson Memorial of Plymouth Meeting, Scholarship” in the note PA, Robert Morelli, of section of the check. Southington, CT, Stephanie This Reviews scholarship• will help Immunizations/Flu Shots •Comprehensive Medication (Justin) Pronovost of underprivileged students • Medical Supplies • One-on-One Pharmacist Counseling Plainville, CT, Joshua (Erin) afford travel expenses for • Diabetic Supplies and Management Morelli• Weekly of Bristol, CT,Packs and for robotics Blister Seniorscompetitions. Please share a memory Amanda, Matthew and note accepted of sympathy at John W. Most Thompson III or plans major insurance & affordable co-pays offered of Southington, CT, and www.carlsonfuneralhome. When You Call...Plainville Community Pharmacy Delivers! seven grandchildren Drew, com
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SOUTHINGTON Property transfers reported from Sept. 29 – Oct. 4. John J. Kasperzyk to Richard A. Doski, 996 Meriden Waterbury Tpke Unit 2J, $140,900. Pearl Roberts Rev LT and Lynn Webster to Jeffrey Miller, 129 Mckenzie Drive, $322,400. John E. Kowalczyk Est and Marc A. Kowalczyk to Marc A. Kowalczyk and Lindsey D. Rimmer, 36 Sunnyridge Drive, $140,000. Cristiano Figueiroa and Jennifer M. Figueiroa to Natasha J. Verela, 152 Liberty St., $265,000. Madeline Carr Est and Susan Carr to Evelyn L. Giacomi, 61 River Crest Drive Unit 61, $278,153. Lovley Development Inc to Kelli Russo and Mark A. Russo, 100 Winchester Drive Unit 28, $229,900. Mark Gove to Behar Bimaj and Jasmina Bimaj, 296 Harness Drive, $395,000.
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Obituaries Richard J. Beharry
Diane Morneault
Stacia M. DiValentino
SOUTHINGTONRichard John Beharry, 64, of Lehigh Acres, Florida, formerly of the Plantsville section of Southington, Connecticut, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Friday, October 14, 2022. He was born with a twin brother Michael “Mike” on November 3, 1957 in Southington and was the loving son of the late John R. Beharry and Jean A. (Tully) Beharry. Richard was an electrician by trade, graduating from H.C. Wilcox Technical School in 1975. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy in the Buddy System with his late friend, James Fusco. While in the Navy, he met his late wife Helene (Philips) Beharry Tomlinson. During his service in the Navy from 1975 - 1979, he served as an Electrician Mate on the USS Cone DD-866 in Charleston, SC. After being honorably discharged, he returned to his hometown of Southington where he made his life with his family. Richard worked as a facility manager at Corbin Russwin and managed other corporate facilities. Richard studied at Teikyo Post University and received a Bachelor Degree. He was an avid sports fan and loved UCONN teams. Most of all, he truly loved all of his family and his pet dog, Boomer. Richard leaves behind his son Richard James Beharry of Lehigh
R A N C H O , CUCAMONGA, CA- Diane Morneault, age 60, passed away on October 09, 2022. Diane was born in LAC Bakerbrook, NB, Canada to the late Ulric Morneault and Rejanne (Lizotte) Morneault. She attended New Britain High School and worked tool focused jobs as she crossed the country. From her earliest job at Mastercraft Tool in Southington, CT, to Eastman Chemical in Kingsport, TN, to her final position at Home Depot in Mira Loma, CA, you could see Diane’s comfort with tools and her passion for design and crafting. She is survived by her sister Arlene McGraw of New Britain, her nephew Vincent McGraw of Plainville, and her niece, Nicole Guglietta of Farmington. Memorial services will take place 4:00 PM Saturday November 5th at the Congregational Church of Plainville. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery in New Britain. The Bailey Funeral Home of Plainville has been entrusted with the arrangements. To leave a message of remembrance, please visit www. BaileyCares.com.
SOUTHINGTON- Stacia M. (Lubinski) DiValentino, 79, of Southington, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 27, 2022 surrounded by her loving family. Stacia was born on June 9, 1943 in New Britain to the late Anthony and Geneva (Bride) Lubinski. She worked as a dental assistant for many years and was a faithful member of Faith Baptist Church in Southington. Stacia was very artistic and painted beautiful oil and water color paintings. She also created stunning pen and ink drawings. She loved gardening, baking and bird watching. Most of all, she cherished her family and centered her life around her grandchildren. Stacia is survived by her son, Rocco DiValentino and 2 daughters, Sandra Brino and her husband Gino and Benita Sica and her husband Vincent, 6 grandchildren; Valerie Moriarty (Kevin), Cecilia Zimmerman (Tim), Steven Sica, Kayla Sica, Myles DiValentino (Jess) and Gabrielle DiValentino and 3 great-grandchildren, Eli, Luke and Joanna. She is also survived by her sister, Alecia Magri and her husband William and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by 3
Library challenges The beleaguered project to build a new public library in Southington has experienced another setback with the resignation of Kristi Sadowski, the library’s director. The first observation that needs to be made is that Sadowski is wise to be making a priority of her health and well-being, which she mentioned in her resignation letter. That’s the most
important consideration. While much of Sadowski’s work in the design and requirements of the new library have been completed, the leadership role remains important, noted Jim Morelli, chairman of the Town Council’s library building committee. See Editorial, A14
Faith Helen Fabrizio PLAINVILLE- Faith Helen Fabrizio died on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. We would like to honor her life with a memorial service to be held Saturday, Nov. 5,2022 at 1 p.m. at The United Plainville Methodist Church located at 56 Red Stone Hill Plainville.
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Francis Joseph Falco SOUTHINGTON- Francis Falco passed away on October 20, 2022, after a long illness. He was born on June 28, 1941 to the late Pasquale Falco and Josephine ( Orphino) Sherman. Prior to his retirement Fran was the New York Regional Bakery Manager for Grand Union for 54 years. He leaves behind his Sister Patricia Franki (Thomas). Daughters Sherri Michaud, Bonnie Michaud and 3 grandchildren, Nicole, Rochelle and Richard Godbout. He was predeceased by his son Gary Falco and his sister Rose Adams. A Celebration of his life will be held in the Spring.
SOUTHINGTON - Jane Jane SOUTHINGTONStella(Siwek) (Siwek)Caddick, Caddick,87, 87, Stella Southington, passed passed ofof Southington, away peacefully on Octoaway peacefully on ber 27 at St. Francis HospiOctober 27 at St. Francis tal in Hartford. She was the Hospital in Hartford. She wifethe ofwife the of late Cadwas theRoy late Roy dick and and the former wife of Caddick the former the late Stephen E. Kiltonic, wife of the late Stephen E. as wellas well as as mother Kiltonic, motherof ofStephen StephenKiltonic Kiltonic(Kelly) (Kelly)of and Jane Jane ofWestfield, Westfield,MA MA and Pierce (Jeff) of Salem, CT. Pierce (Jeff) of Salem, CT. Known as "Babci," she enKnown as “Babci,” she joyed spending time with enjoyed time her six spending grandchildren: with her six grandchildren: Kelsey, Lindsey and Kelsey, McKenzie Lindsey Kiltonic and and McKenzie Kiltonic Erica and Matthew (Danielle), Matthew (Danielle), Erica and Rebecca Pierce. She and Rebecca Pierce. was predeceased by her She wasMary predeceased by sisters (Siwek) Gauher sisters Mary (Siwek) vin, Helen Siwek and brothGauvin, Helen Siwek and brothers Stanley, Joseph, John and Walter Siwek. Jane was born on May 9, 1935 in New Haven, CT, daughter of the late From A13 Sergiusz and Veronica “She was very instrumental (Swieton) Siwek. She was the initialofplanning in the a in graduate Wilbur Cross initial School layout, space the High andsizes, New ratio of adult book space to Haven State Teacher’s book space,” he children’s(S.C.S.U.) College with told the Record-Journal. a bachelor’s degree in Education. Jane Sadowski was alsopositively head of impacted the lives the Barnes Museum. “I amof many of herofstudents a very proud the work Ias have done over theteacher past fourfor years kindergarten 40 and the in which years intrajectory the Southington both the Southington School System. Public She was a member of the Southington Festival Chorale for over 30 years and a communicant of St. Aloysius and St. Thomas Churches in Southington where she sang in the choirs of both parishes
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She was a graduate of Wilbur Cross High School and New Haven State Teacher's College (S.C.S.U.) with a bachelor's degree in Education. Jane positively impacted the lives of many of her students as a kindergarten teacher for 40 years in the Southington School System. She was a member of the Southington Festival Chorale for over 30 years and a communicant of St. Aloysius and St. Thomas Churches in Southington where she sang in the choirs of both parishes and was known for her angelic, soprano vocals. Jane was a founding member of the Red Hat Society in Southington and was a volunteer at the Southington Public
ers Stanley, Joseph, and was known for John her and Walter Siwek.vocals. Jane angelic, soprano was born on May 1935 in Jane was a 9, founding New Haven, CT, daughter member of the Red Hat of the late and Society in Sergiusz Southington Veronica (Swieton) Siwek. and was a volunteer at the Southington Public Library. Jane enjoyed playing theBarnespiano, Library and the MuThat has meant scaling back gardening, arts and seum are headed,” shecrafts, said in the project. Morelli said the family vacations at Cape library won’t have all the her letter of resignation. Cod, theater shows and “bells and whistles,” but that The project to bring classic movies, herSouthfavorite they could be added later on. ingwhich ton’s public library into of “We went through a bumpy of was the Wizard the modern era has been Oz. She was also involved road with people angry, but I challenged apthink in the end this will be a in various since clubs,voters activities proved spending for it at a really great thing,” he said. and trips at the Calendar referendum last November. House and at Mulberry As the R-J reported, Sadowski Increasing costs and supply Gardens Day Center. had been on medical leave chain issues have prompted Jane’s wouldplan. like during the summer, and had a limitingfamily of the initial to extend a sincere thank returned around the time The task ahead is to build a you to the entirebuilding staff at Sandy DiCicco, assistant di24,000-square-foot St. Francis Hospital for rector, went on maternity for the $17 million approved their compassion and leave. In their absence, Town by voters. the excellent care they provided. Plantsville Funeral Home was entrusted with handling the arrangements. For You’re going to LOVE our office! online condolences, *Natural looking Fillings, Crowns, Bridges & Dentures please visit www. *Invisalign, ClearCorrect, 6 Month Smiles & Braces plantsvillefuneralhome. *Dental Implants placed & restored com. *One visit Root Canal treatment
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Library. Jane enjoyed playing the piano, gardening, arts and crafts, family vacations at Cape Cod, theater shows and classic movies, her favorite of which was the Wizard of Oz. She was also involved in various clubs, activities and trips at the Calendar House and at Mulberry Gardens Day Center. Jane's family would like to extend a sincere thank you to the entire staff at St. Francis Hospital for their compassion and the excellent care they provided. Plantsville Funeral Home was entrusted with handling the arrangements. For online condolences and directions, please visit www.plantsvillefuneralhome.com. Manager Mark Sciota has been filling in on some administrative duties. The library committee has been working to do more with less. A recent R-J story noted that architects had a booth at the Apple Harvest Festival and mentioned that residents “were understanding of the changes that need to be made.” Despite the challenges, a year after voter approval the library project still deserves the community’s support.
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Veach: A leader you can count on By Donna Veach
ing for the issues I said I would. Transparency, honesty, and trust in government are essential to me.
As your state representative, Often times you can predict I've worked to make our someone's future behavior communities safer while based on their past actions. supporting our law enforceMy priorities have never wament officers by rolling back vered: Fighting to reduce the dangerous policies included middle-class tax burden, inwithin the police accountcreasing public safety, standability bill, introduced and ing up for parents rights, inco-sponsored legislation to creasing government transaddress catalytic converter parency, and removing Harttheft, and introduced multiford from local decisions. ple bills to address juvenile crime. These efforts have led I have always taken great me to be the candidate enpride doing exactly what I dorsed by the Berlin Fraterpromised you I'd do – fight-
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nal Order of Police, Southington Police Union, Connecticut State Fraternal Order of Police, and Police Officers Association of Connecticut. If I wasn't fighting for our teachers, children, and a more affordable Connecticut, I wouldn't have received a favorable score for probusiness initiatives from the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA), been endorsed by the Asso-
ciation of Retired Teachers of Connecticut, National Federation of Independent Business, and CT Realtors Association. I've also co-sponsored bills to address hunger in Connecticut, establish a new property tax exemption for low-income veterans, provide income tax deductions for volunteer firefighters and ambulance members, and supported increased coverage for mammograms, ultra-
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Obituaries Joseph JosephElmer E. Moreshead Moreshead SSOUTHINGTON O U T H I N G T O N -Joseph E. Moreshead Joseph Moreshead passed away peacefully passed peacefully from CovidCovid 19 from 19 complicacomplications on28, October tions on October 2022, cared for by cared devotedfor family 28, 2022, by members. Joe was born on devoted family members. February 18, 1930 in PortJoe was born on February land, Maine and was mar18, 1930 in Portland, ried to and Mary Brown MoreMaine was married to shead Monticello, Maine Mary of Brown Moreshead for years untilMaine her passof 69 Monticello, for ing in 2019. had 12 69 years untilThey her passing children in 2019.together. They His hadfather 12 Joseph was a U.S. cuschildrenSr. together. toms officer,Joseph and Joe His father Sr.grew was up oncustoms northern Maine's a U.S. officer, and border crossings in JackJoe grew up on northern man, Monticello and HoulMaine’s border crossings ton. Joe would Monticello frequently in Jackman, reminisce on Joe an would idyllic and Houlton. childhood despite on the frequently reminisce an Great the idyllic Depression childhood and despite hardships of World War II. the Great Depression and Growing up withoffour sisthe hardships World War II. Growing up with four sisters instilled in him an independence and self-reliance that would characterize Joe his entire life. As a youngster, he would shovel coal into the family furnace at 5:00 AM before delivering local papers at 30 degrees below zero. He frequented Houlton’s car dealerships to see the newest models, and before long he could identify any automobile made in the 1930s and name a neighbor who owned one. Following his marriage to Mary on July 3, 1949, Joe ventured south for work and arrived in Hartford on an$0 Aroostook MONEYCounty DOWN
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“We’re trying to do as much as we can to ensure that wherever you live, you do have access to specialty LGBTQ+ services,” she said.
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The program was founded in 2021 after Wheeler Clinic received an anonymous $100,000 donation to fund medical and behavioral ser-
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According to a 2020 state surAt first, the track was only vey, 64% of LGBTQ+ responavailable at Wheeler’s dents had concerns about acPlainville location and only cessing healthcare. Similarly, accepted queer youth clients. 55% of respondents were But, Trocchi explained that concerned about accessing the Walk with Me team quickmental health, addiction and ly realized the need to expand substance abuse help. Their services to all LGBTQ+ peoconcerns about accessing ple in Connecticut. care are related to services not being LGBTQ+ friendly or knowledgeable in queer health and the cost of care. Walk with Me essentially eliminates all three barriers by providing a multidimen-
Gender-affirming primary care is available at all five Wheeler Clinic Health and Wellness centers in Bristol, Hartford, New Britain, Plainville and Waterbury. However, behavioral and peer-support services are only available at the Plainville and Hartford locations. The behavioral health director of Walk with Me in Hart-
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ance and strategies to help navigate their child and their family’s journey,” said Sabrina Trocchi, president and CEO of Wheeler Clinic.
sional program that allows for wrap-around services to ensure that clients have access to anything they need to live confidently as themselves. In addition, they will not turn anyone away due to their inability to pay, according to the Wheeler Clinic website.
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ford, Jessica Arnold, said that the behavioral team comprises two clinicians and two peer-support specialists. She said that the behavioral clinicians are trained in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and EMDR — eye movement, desensitization and reprocessing. Arnold explained that these therapy models are popular, evidence-supported practices. In addition, Arnold said that all staff, including the front desk and janitorial staff, were intensively trained in providing gender-affirming care. “Feeling comfortable when you walk into a [medical appointment] that maybe you’ve done so many times before and in just complete and utter fear and being able to provide a safe space for clients should be the norm,” she said. Trocchi explained that peersupport specialists are not medical providers. Instead, LGBTQ+ identifying people with lived experience help clients manage day-to-day needs and provide extra support. In addition, their community ties allow the specialist to build a deeper connection with their clients. She said that the specialists’ support is not a billable service, so the grant will be used to expand their services further and hire more staff. The peer-support specialist “really serves as a mentor, as a peer, as someone who’s gone through and has lived experience and is critical in making the connections to ensure that the patients are following up, receiving the services and engaged in the care that they need,” Trocchi said. Arnold estimated that Walk with Me currently serves 120 clients across the entire program. Trocchi added that the program does not have a waitlist.
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‘how are you feeling today?’ It’s being hands on, and it’s helping them with anything that they would need in order to feel happy, confident and safe.”
“I wanted to share my experience and be able to help others through what I’ve already been through,” Heady said.
“Our clinicians are wonderful at navigating that really difficult transition for parents as well as clients. Whether it be the client is just exploring, the client is curious, the client is questioning, the client is angry about what they’re going through, so allowing that younger client to go through those emotions in that experience with the clinician until the client is ready.”
Heady wears many hats as a peer-support specialist. They host and attend programwide events, help clients with non-medical needs, host numerous support groups and work with a client’s designated support systems, such as family or friends.
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Heady said that clients ask for help on various topics, such as help coming out, getting hormones and changing legal names. Specialists can even help their clients find genderaffirming clothing. “Sometimes our transgender clients have no idea how to buy a suit. They’ve never had to buy a suit before. So you help them make those changes so they can feel comfortable with themselves,” she said. “So it’s a lot more than just,
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The peer-support specialists run parent support groups on a bi-monthly basis. Arnold said that they do this so parents and caregivers have adequate space to ask questions and share emotions, espeDeveloping natural cially for parents of younger clients so that they can return support systems to their loved ones with nothA vital aspect of the Walk with ing but support. Me medical and behavioral “There is nothing worse than track is the inclusion of the patient’s designated support having that parent [or] systems, such as family mem- guardian go into their emotions, their sadness and their bers and caregivers, that the feelings, while this client… alpatient feels comfortable ready has enough on them, with. “Although therapy is never mind having to carry wonderful, we are very temsomeone else’s weight on top porary. We get to know of that,” she said. clients for a very, very small portion of their life,” Heady A nationwide survey by said. The goal then is “to Trevor Project of 40,000 build up those natural supLGBTQ+ identifying youths ports and really encourage reported that 68% had sympthe client to reach out to toms of generalized anxiety those natural supports… so disorder, 55% had a major dethat they don’t have to be in pressive disorder and 40% setherapy forever.” riously considered attempting suicide in 2020. In addiArnold explained that clinition, 3 in 4 gender-diverse incians help clients identify dividuals report having an their support systems and anxiety disorder and 2 in 3 rediscern how much knowledge they would like that per- ported having a major depressive disorder. son to know to ensure privacy.
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Nearly 15% of respondents attempted suicide, including more than 1 in 5 transgender and gender-diverse individuals. In 2019, a similar Trevor Project survey found that LGBTQ+ youth were 40% less likely to attempt suicide if they had at least one accepting adult in their life. Heady said that Wheeler Clinic recognized that not all LGBTQ+ people have support from their families, so they have opened up their services to include friends or found family, which describes a family created by choice rather than biologically. “Blood is not the end all be all. I like to say collect family along the way. Because sometimes, even if we do have the support of our family, they might not understand they might not know because they don’t live it,” they said. “Sometimes people do abandon their family members because of this... And sometimes that’s all they have is their found family.” cvillalonga@record-journal.com
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Poulos: Integrity and civility matter state level elections. I told them NO, and that I wanted to talk to everyone who voted in the 2020 presidential election. I argued that we are in unprecedented times, and for me it was critical to get a pulse on what all people living in the 81st district think.
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Since June, I have been knocking on doors. When my team was determining which doors I was going to visit, they suggested that I visit the people who have voted in the most recent
In my travels, I’ve visited a
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number of deep blue Democrats, and I’ve knocked on the doors of many deep red Republicans. However, the most people that I've talked to are the ones in the middle. When these folks come to the door, I introduce myself, ask if they have any questions about my campaign, and inquire about issues that keep them up at night. In almost every case they answer with something to the effect of: Chris, I’m tired … enough is enough with the polarization.
When I hear this frustration, I typically respond by talking about my moderate and common-sense Town Council record. I share how on the council I voted for what I thought was best and right for Southington, not the party line. And then, with my approach to governing in mind, I share my platform :
appropriate consequences for those who break the law in our community.”
I encourage my future constituents to “Imagine a state representative that will go to Hartford and be tough on crime, while advocating for
I add, “Imagine someone who wants to ensure we have an adequate housing inventory in our town and at the same time insists that zoning decisions are kept at the local level.”
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I say, “Imagine a state rep who advocates for tax relief for small businesses, but at the same time works to extend the child tax credit, so young families can go out and support those very same businesses.”
And then education comes up. As a teacher, I know a little bit about issues impacting our schools… and I ask them to, “Imagine someone in Hartford who will fight for Southington to get its fair share of education funding in order to hold the line on our local taxes… and someone who can explain to legislators the implications of their votes on teachers, students and families.” And I ask our older residents to, “Imagine someone who has and will continue to advocate for what's best for Southington seniors, the disabled population, and veterans.” I’ll be honest … I know, governing from the middle means I'm going to make many votes in Hartford that you are going to agree with, but also there’s going to be some that may frustrate you. Either way, I give my word: I will always do what is best and what is right for Southington. I promise to lead with integrity and civility in everything I do on behalf of our great town. Chris Poulos is the s the Democratic Party candidate in the 81st House district.
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