Four Chaplains Memorial Service Slated

          SAGA OF THE FOUR CHAPLAINS

                    MEMORIAL SERVICE

         WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3^RD 2016

                 ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH

            25 MAPLE AVE., BEACON FALLS

                            7:00 P.M.

                       PRESENTED BY

                  EMIL SENGER POST 10

                  THE AMERICAN LEGION

HONORING THISE FOUR MEN OF GOD WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES ABOARD THE USAT DORCHESTER ON THAT FATEFUL NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 3^RD, 1943.

COME JOIN US TO HONOR THEIR COURAGEOUS ACTIONS AND THEIR UNWAVERING DUTY TO GOD AND COUNTRY WHENWITHOUT REGARD FOR THEMSELVES, GAVE AWAY THEIR OWN LIFE JACKETS TO SAVE OTHERS ON DECK THAT FRIGID WINTER NIGHT.

LIGHT RERFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED AFTERWARD IN THE CHURCH HALL. CONTACT COMMANDER MIKE KEARNEY 203 888-7813 FOR MORE DETAILS.

School of Allied Health Careers Offers Accelerated CNA Evening Classes

DERBY- The Griffin Hospital School of Allied Health Careers, at 300 Seymour Avenue, Suite 206, in Derby, is offering an evening session of its Accelerated Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program this spring to help aspiring healthcare professionals quickly jump-start their careers.

The 6-week CNA program starts March 7 and runs Monday-Thursday with classes 5-9 p.m. and clinical training Monday-Thursday from 5-10 p.m. Anyone 18 years of age or older with a high school diploma or GED may apply for admission.

 

The program runs for a total of 104 hours. The first four weeks of the program will be classroom education and skills training and the two final weeks will include clinical experience at an extended care facility and Griffin Hospital for the required 40 hours for CNA certification completion.

Tuition includes books, CPR training and malpractice insurance.

 

For more information or to apply, call 203.732.1276 or visit griffinhealth.org/allied-health.

 

Griffin Hospital's School of Allied Health Careers was one of the first hospital-based schools of its kind to be authorized by the Connecticut Department of Higher Education and offers training, education, and certification for Phlebotomy, Nursing Assistant, and Patient Care Technician healthcare careers. Classes are taught by certified instructors in the Griffin Hospital Medical Building, located at 300 Seymour Avenue in Derby.

 

(This is a press release from Griffin Hospital)

Derby Scouts Selling Super Bowl Subs

DERBY – Derby Second Congregational Church sponsored Boy Scout Troop 3 and Derby-Shelton Rotary Club sponsored Venture Crew 33 are accepting orders for one-foot and five-foot  double wide party sub sandwiches as part of their annual Super Bowl Sub Sale fundraiser. 

The subs are made to order and home delivered anywhere in the Lower Naugatuck Valley on February 7. All orders must be received by Feb 3.

One foot subs are $7 each and the five foot double-wide party subs are $65. Proceeds from the sale will help the scouts attend Edmund Strang Scout Reservation summer camp and a Caribbean sailing adventure.

For more information visit www.troop3derby.org or to place an order call 203-732-0343.

Valley Loses Popular Baker/Firefighter Roy Tidmarsh

 

ANSONIA - Roy Tidmarsh, who opened his unique bake and confection shop on Westfield Avenue in 1976, passed away Monday, Jan. 25, 2015.

Craig Smart, captain of Eagle Hose Hook & Ladder Co. No. 6, where Tidmarsh was a longtime volunteer, passed along the news on his Facebook page, posting

"I regret to announce the passing of active member Roy Tidmarsh. Please keep the Tidmarsh family in your thoughts. As more news becomes available I will post and send out a email. Please contact me with questions and give this time for the Tidmarsh family to morn their loss. "

Tidmarsh was a former chairman of the Ansonia Board of Apportionment and Taxation, as well as a former president of the Board of Directors at Valley Emergency Medical Services, the regional paramedic service serving the Valley towns.

Tidmarsh, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, kept his small bake shop thriving for nearly four decades, baking custom wedding and birthday cakes, pies, cookies and all kinds of candies and candy-making supplies.

(Photo is from Tidmarsh's website)

Dinner to Benefit Ansonia Animal Shelter

ANSONIA - There will be a benefit dinner for the Ansonia Animal Shelter from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, January 31st at the AM Club, 30 Hawthorne Ave., Derby.

Tickets are $20, and includes Marchigain pasta, chicken, salad, bread, dessert soda and coffee.  Orders to go will also  be available. Gluten and vegetarian paste will also be available.

(This is a press release from the Ansonia Mayor's Office)

Music Therapy Program Expands for Victims and Children of Domestic Violence

The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services (UCDVS) received a grant of $3,500 from the Michael Bolton Charities, Inc. to continue and expand its music therapy program for victims of domestic violence.

 

The music therapy program will now be offered twice a week at UCDVS safe houses.

 

The program, lead by Music Therapist Cyd Slotoroff, has had a positive impact on the families at the shelter. The children and mothers gather together for sing-a-longs and the moms with babies to learn to sing lullabies.

 

“The moms have been able to create new nonviolent experiences and positive memories with their children,” said Jane Adamik, Child Advocate, UCDVS.  “The children look forward to seeing Cyd every week and ask me when she will be back again.” 

 

The Michael Bolton Charities, Inc., founded in 1993, is dedicated to assisting at risk children and women through education and effective programs, creating social awareness to broaden horizons and expanding opportunities for youth across socioeconomic and multicultural lines.

 

BHcare’s The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services (UCDVS) is dedicated to increasing awareness of domestic violence and its effect on the community, empowering those victimized by providing advocacy and safe and effective services, and to working for social change to eliminate domestic violence.  Each year UCDVS provides free and confidential services for more than 6,000 victims and their children. Learn more at www.bhcare.org.

 

(This is a press release from BHCare)

 

Learn All about 3D Printing at Derby Public Library

DERBY -The Derby Public Library invites all young adults ages 12 to 17 to Teen Maker Space, February 16, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, for an Introduction to 3-D Printing.

Attendees will explore various aspects of this new technology. This program is a prerequisite for future 3-D printing programs. Light refreshments will be provided.

Registration is requested. For more information stop by the Library at 313 Elizabeth St., call 203.736.1482 or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org .

(This is a press release from Derby Public Library)