Griffin Hospital in Derby seeks volunteers for olive oil, diabetes study

DERBY - The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center at Griffin Hospital is seeking volunteers for a study on the effect of different types of olive oil on heart health and blood pressure in adults at risk for Type 2 Diabetes. 

Participants will eat food prepared with different types of olive oil and have testing done before and after each meal, and will come to the PRC for three tests between June and August. Participants will be paid $120. 

Volunteers must be non-smokers between the ages of 25-75 years. 

For more information, call Rocky, 203-732-1265 x300. The hospital is at 130 Division St.

About The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center
The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center is committed to research pertaining to the primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of chronic disease that is responsive to the priorities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley residents, the residents of Connecticut’s major cities, and other communities throughout the state. 

The center is dedicated to participatory research methods, to a robust research agenda inclusive of developmental/determinant, intervention, and translational research; to community involvement in public health; to the eradication of disparities in health and health care in the communities served; and to the dissemination of effective interventions in support of the national objectives of Healthy People 2010.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.

Ansonia police post no parking rules for Sunday's Memorial Day Parade

From the Ansonia Police Department:

On Sunday the City of Ansonia will be having its annual Memorial Day Parade. 
The parade will start at 2 p.m. at the Nolan Field Sports Complex on Wakelee Avenue. 
The parade will travel south on Wakelee Avenue, east on Jackson Street, south on Maple Street, over the Maple Street Bridge and then south on Main Street ending at the Big Y supermarket at the corner of Main and West Main Streets. 

There will be no parking on the parade route from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. The parade route will be closed to all vehicular traffic from noon to 4 p.m.

This will affect the following streets:

Wakelee Avenue -- Franklin Street to Jackson Street

Jackson Street -- Wakelee Avenue to Franklin Street

Maple Street -- Franklin Street to Olson Drive

Main Street -- Maple Street to West Main Street.

Any cars parked along the parade route will be towed at the owner's expense.

Seymour to hold annual Memorial Day Parade Sunday

The annual Seymour Memorial Day Parade will be held Sunday. There will be a program beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the reviewing stand at Main and Bank Streets.

The parade will step off at 11 a.m. starting at French Memorial Park and will proceed onto New Haven Road (Rt. 67) and head west. 
The parade will proceed onto Main Street past the reviewing stand and through the downtown area and turn onto Broad Street crossing the bridge and disbanding at the Community Center. 
The local Sikh community will once again pass out ice cream bars to spectators along the parade route.

Anyone interested in being in the line of march should contact John Stelma, 203-888-3104 or Alex Danka, 203-464-4345 prior to Sunday.

*Shared from the Town of Seymour website.

33rd annual celebration at Griffin Hospital in Derby honors nurses

Carol Lauer of Naugatuck

DERBY - Griffin Hospital recently held its 33rd Annual Nurse Day Celebration to honor its more than 350 staff nurses and present awards to those nurses who provided exceptional care during the year.

Carol Lauer, RN, BSN, of Naugatuck was named a winner of the 2019 Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing. 

Originally developed by the Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut, the Nightingale Award celebrates outstanding nurses and elevates the nursing profession. 
The goals of the Nightingale Award program are to encourage retention, inspire future nurses, focus public attention and recognize the breadth and scope of nursing practice at the local level.

Dike Miller of Shelton

Marge Fischer, Clinical Director of the Childbirth Center at Griffin Hospital, right, presented Kristen Richards of Prospect with the Richard Stivala, M.D., Obstetric Nursing Excellence Award.

Heather Kean of Seymour, and Susan Bouton, of Oxford, received Shirley Yale Nursing Scholarship Awards.

Julianna Butler of Derby

Also during the celebration, Dike Miller of Shelton received the Mary Schumacher Nursing Leadership Award, Kristen Richards of Prospect, received The Richard Stivala, M.D., Obstetric Nursing Excellence Award; Heather Kean of Seymour and Susan Bouton of Oxford received Shirley Yale Nursing Scholarship Awards.

Julianna Butler, MST, of Derby, won the Donald Torok Memorial Scholarship.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.


Congratulations to all the awardees!

Check out the special sale at My Sister's Place in Ansonia

My Sister's Place is a thrift store and donation center at 380 Main St., Ansonia.
All proceeds go to support The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services, a program of BHcare.

Celebration slated at Abundant Life Fellowship Ministries in Ansonia