Treasured Time event Saturday to benefit Derby family

Mark Lanzieri of Ansonia to perform at 'A Night to Remember.'/Contributed photo

DERBY - Treasured Time will host a fun night of great music at 6 p.m. Saturday at Derby High School, 6 Nutmeg Ave. to benefit its mission of granting the wishes of parents with life-threatening illnesses.

“A Night to Remember” will feature four musical performances by popular area entertainers. 
Paula Bogart-Pettinella takes the stage at 6 p.m. singing the classics of Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline and other popular songs of the late 50s and 60s. 
Modern-day crooner Mark Lanzieri will start at 7:15 p.m. performing songs out of the American Songbook and Golden Era including Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. 
Flying Meat takes the stage at 8:30 p.m. with its original rock music, specifically tailored and written for the City of Derby, and The Gamma Rays close out the night at 9:45 p.m. playing hits of the '80s and '90s.

Admission is $10 for adults; children 16 and under are free. Additional donations are welcome throughout the night. 

There will be snacks and drinks available for purchase. Attendees can also take their chances in a 50/50 raffle. This event was organized by Mark Searles and Flying Meat with all proceeds being donated to Treasured Time, a Valley-based nonprofit organization.

Treasured Time is currently fundraising for eight families. 

The organization’s most recent wish is being granted to Jodi Chevarella, 44, of Derby. 
She was diagnosed in 2010 with Stage 2 Invasive Breast Cancer, and underwent chemotherapy, radiation and 11 surgeries in a year to remove the cancer and perform reconstruction surgeries. Her cancer recently resurfaced and she has been diagnosed with Stage 4, Her2 Metastatic Breast Cancer. 
This past year she received radiation again and is currently undergoing chemotherapy and hormone treatment. Chevarella  is continuing to fight and keep positive during this difficult and uncertain time. She wants the opportunity to be able to create a lasting memory with her family by going on a cruise with her loving husband, Dave, and their four children: Anna, 16, David, 14, Isabelle, 12 and Genna, 10. 
They have never been on a cruise and this is something she has always wanted to do. Treasured Time will be granting Jodi’s wish in the summer of 2016.

For more information about the event, contact Jenn at 203-446-1068 or jenn@treasuredtime.org.

Treasured Time, Inc. is a CT based 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to grant the wishes of parents with life threatening illnesses who want to create a lasting memory with their children.  
With your help, Treasured Time, Inc. can provide families with the “Gift of Moments.”
To see how you can help make a difference, visit www.treasuredtime.org.

Treasured Time event Saturday to benefit Derby family

Mark Lanzieri of Ansonia to perform at 'A Night to Remember.'/Contributed photo

DERBY - Treasured Time will host a fun night of great music at 6 p.m. Saturday at Derby High School, 6 Nutmeg Ave. to benefit its mission of granting the wishes of parents with life-threatening illnesses.

“A Night to Remember” will feature four musical performances by popular area entertainers. 
Paula Bogart-Pettinella takes the stage at 6 p.m. singing the classics of Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline and other popular songs of the late 50s and 60s. 
Modern-day crooner Mark Lanzieri will start at 7:15 p.m. performing songs out of the American Songbook and Golden Era including Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. 
Flying Meat takes the stage at 8:30 p.m. with its original rock music, specifically tailored and written for the City of Derby, and The Gamma Rays close out the night at 9:45 p.m. playing hits of the '80s and '90s.

Admission is $10 for adults; children 16 and under are free. Additional donations are welcome throughout the night. 

There will be snacks and drinks available for purchase. Attendees can also take their chances in a 50/50 raffle. This event was organized by Mark Searles and Flying Meat with all proceeds being donated to Treasured Time, a Valley-based nonprofit organization.

Treasured Time is currently fundraising for eight families. 

The organization’s most recent wish is being granted to Jodi Chevarella, 44, of Derby. 
She was diagnosed in 2010 with Stage 2 Invasive Breast Cancer, and underwent chemotherapy, radiation and 11 surgeries in a year to remove the cancer and perform reconstruction surgeries. Her cancer recently resurfaced and she has been diagnosed with Stage 4, Her2 Metastatic Breast Cancer. 
This past year she received radiation again and is currently undergoing chemotherapy and hormone treatment. Chevarella  is continuing to fight and keep positive during this difficult and uncertain time. She wants the opportunity to be able to create a lasting memory with her family by going on a cruise with her loving husband, Dave, and their four children: Anna, 16, David, 14, Isabelle, 12 and Genna, 10. 
They have never been on a cruise and this is something she has always wanted to do. Treasured Time will be granting Jodi’s wish in the summer of 2016.

For more information about the event, contact Jenn at 203-446-1068 or jenn@treasuredtime.org.

Treasured Time, Inc. is a CT based 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to grant the wishes of parents with life threatening illnesses who want to create a lasting memory with their children.  
With your help, Treasured Time, Inc. can provide families with the “Gift of Moments.”
To see how you can help make a difference, visit www.treasuredtime.org.

Dedication of portrait at Derby courthouse brings back fond memories

The Hon. Joseph P. Flynn unveils his portrait Tuesday during a ceremony at Derby Superior Court. At left is the artist, Ansonia resident Nicole Salva. Flynn's wife, Marilyn, is at his side. 

DERBY - I started feeling nostalgic Tuesday afternoon as I sat in Courtroom B at Derby Superior Court waiting for the start of a ceremony celebrating the Honorable Joseph P. Flynn, a lifelong Ansonia resident. He is a retired Chief Judge of the state Appellate Court.

I guess I'm dating myself here but the event brought back memories of my many years working in the newsroom of the former Evening Sentinel newspaper in Ansonia. 
For those unfamiliar, the Sentinel was the go-to paper for Valley residents who wanted to know what was happening in their community. We published six days a week. On the seventh day we rested!

The Sentinel was closed on Christmas Eve, 1992. More than 70 employees got pink slips that day. I'm sure they would have preferred coal in their stockings. I was fortunate that I wasn't there that day. I had resigned seven months earlier.

Seeing so many Valley lawyers gather Tuesday in one room to honor Flynn, "a Valley guy," as colleagues described him, sent me back to a different time and place. Was life simpler then? It sure feels like it now.

I became acquainted with many members of the Valley Bar Association through my job, not because I had "issues" that would have required legal representation.

I won't name the lawyers who greeted me yesterday, but you know who you are! And it was truly a pleasure to see you, even if memories of the '80s made me feel a bit old. 

It was in that decade that Flynn was instrumental in getting the courthouse for the Ansonia/Milford Judicial District built on Elizabeth Street.  
I can remember when court was held in Ansonia City Hall in what is now the aldermanic chambers. And I also remember people who had a date with the judge lining the staircase leading to the second floor courtroom waiting their turn. 

Greg Stamos speaks
at Tuesday's ceremony.

Fast forward to Tuesday and Flynn, 75, was surrounded by his family and Valley colleagues who packed Courtroom B for the hour-long ceremony presided over by The Hon. Frank A. Iannotti.
Ansonia lawyer Gregory J. Stamos spoke of Flynn's lifelong commitment to the Valley community in both his professional and personal life. 
Flynn is a son of the late editor of The Evening Sentinel, Charles Flynn, who died in 1969.  
The Valley United Way's annual Charles H. Flynn Humanitarian Award has been presented since 1971 to recognize dedicated service to the community. Stamos said it is "the most prestigious award given in the Valley."

Flynn offered a special thank you to his fellow Valley Bar Association members. He joked that his father "detested lawyers as a group."

And as for the portrait that will hang in the courthouse? Flynn said with a smile that artist Nicole Salva of Ansonia "did an amazing job with what she had to work with."

There were several guest speakers at the ceremony. Please click here to read all about it in a story by my friend, New Haven Register correspondent extraordinaire Jean Falbo-Sosnovich. 

Flynn chats with the press after the ceremony. 

The heartfelt recognition from friends and colleagues of Flynn's dedication to the Valley and the state was much-deserved. I wish him all the best in his retirement.

Social networking in job search topic of career coach visit to Derby Library

DERBY - The American Job Search Career Coach returns from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 15 to Derby Public Library, 313 Elizabeth St.

During both the morning session, 10 a.m.-noon, and 

the afternoon session, 1-3 p.m., instructors will offer the class, Using Social Networking in Your Job Search.

Both sessions will explain very useful tools that job seekers need today. Social networking has become one of the most popular ways of landing your next "big" job by creating useful connections online.

These connections make it easier to look for a job online through your created network.

The classes are free and open to the public.  
Registration is requested but walk-ins will be welcomed on a first come, first served basis.

The American Job Search Career Coach is operated by Career Resources.

For more information, stop by the Library, call 203-736-1482, or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org.  

This is a press release from Cathy Williams, Director, Derby Public Library.

CWV Post, Auxiliary in Derby to host dinner, movie

DERBY- Catholic War Veterans Post 1562 and Auxiliary will hold their monthly Pasta Dinner and a Movie at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Post, 112 Derby Ave.  

It is a new year so let’s get the party started and have some pasta, meatballs, salad, and dessert for only $6 and if you like, stay for the movie and popcorn.  

For more information call the Post after 1 p.m. at 203-734-9748.


This information is shared from an online community calendar sponsored by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and The New Haven Independent.

Ansonia Little League schedules registration

Kids can get crafty Saturday at Derby Public Library

DERBY - The Derby Public Library invites 9-14-year-olds to a Let’s Craft activity at 11 a.m. Saturday.  

The Library continues to offer a program this winter that is geared for tweens and young tweens that focuses on a different activity of interest each month.  

Participants are asked to bring an item of clothing they would like to refashion such as a sweater, T-shirt, pair of socks, or scarf.  

Registration is required; please be sure to register each child separately. Parents and caregivers do not need to be registered.

All materials will be supplied; there is no fee to attend.

The program is sponsored by the children's and teen departments. 
The library is at 313 Elizabeth St. 
For information call 203-736-1482.


This information is shared from an online community calendar sponsored by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and The New Haven Independent.