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STORRS — Barbara P. Riley (UConn MS/1991) of Pomfret is one of five UConn School of Nursing alumni who received an award as part of the school’s recent annual Reflections of Excellence ceremony. Riley received the Carolyn Ladd Widmer Outstanding Alumni for Leadership in Nursing Award. This award, named after the founding dean of the School of Nursing, Carolyn L. Widmer (1942 - 1967), was established to honor distinguished alumni who have demonstrated excellence in nursing leadership.
Riley is senior vice-president for Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence. She oversees the department of nursing, spanning the emergency department, peri-operative services and adult patient services in the state’s largest acute care hospital and only Level I trauma center and its pediatric division, Hasbro Children’s Hospital. She is responsible for strategic planning, nursing standards of practice, and quality outcomes throughout the organization. Riley has over 30 years of nursing and management experience in progressively responsible roles. She was the director of critical care and inpatient services at Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam. Prior to that, she spent fifteen years at Hartford Hospital where she gained an understanding of the complexity of an urban teaching hospital. Riley earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Ohio State University and a master of science in nursing administration from UConn. She is currently a doctoral student at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. She holds board certification as a nurse executive at the advanced level and is an adjunct associate professor of nursing at the University of Rhode Island. She is a member of the Rhode Island State Nurses’ Association of which she is also a director. She has presented nationally on a variety of subjects, including variables associated with wound-healing, nursing leadership in health care reform, and causes and prevention of wrong-site surgery. She is a trustee of the Rhode Island Hospital/United Nurses and Allied Professionals Educational Trust and a former trustee of Pomfret School and Woodstock Academy. She is married and the mother of four children.
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Dividends
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PUTNAM — The Board of Directors of Citizens National Bancorp, Inc. announced the payment of a regular quarterly dividend. A cash dividend of $0.10 per share has been declared to shareholders of record on October 24, 2013 and payable on Nov. 13, 2013.
Citizens National Bancorp Inc. is a one-bank holding company which owns The Citizens National Bank headquartered in Putnam, with branch offices in Thompson, Woodstock, Killingly, and Brooklyn. The bank assets are currently in excess of $401 million.
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Then
This is Main and Elm streets in Putnam during the Flood of 1955. Photos courtesy of Susan Calaman.
& Now
This is the same view today. After the flood, Elm Street disappeared and was replaced by a shopping plaza.
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Seeking to broaden its advocacy impact, The Arc Quinebaug Valley has announced it is launching a membership drive.
The Arc is one of more than 700 chapters nationwide of The Arc of the United States, the largest national community-based organization advocating for and serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
Since 1952, The Arc has worked to provide people with intellectual, developmental and other life-affecting disabilities in northeastern Connecticut with services and opportunities to reach their greatest level of personal fulfillment and potential.
“The Arc was founded by parents seeking a better life for their children with disabilities,” said Board President Jeffrey Rawson. “We have always been a membership organization and it is through that membership that we have the strength to advocate for the individuals we support.”
Growth in membership is one of The Arc’s Strategic Goals for the next three years, Rawson said.
“Year after year, this community has been so supportive of and generous to The Arc,” said Membership Committee Chairperson Lynn Bourque. “We’re looking to partner with businesses and individuals in a different way through this drive. Members have a voice at The Arc at the local, state and national level, and can be involved in advocating for individuals with disabilities in our community.”
The cost of membership is $25 per year. The benefits include quarterly newsletters from The Arc Quinebaug Valley and The Arc of the United States, as well as other electronic updates on advocacy efforts toward policy change. Members also receive invitations to special events at The Arc.
The Arc kicked off the membership drive this week with a Facebook campaign. For every 25 new likes the agency’s Facebook page receives, The Arc will give away a free one-year membership to a fan.
The Arc Quinebaug Valley currently has more than 110 members. Online applications for membership can be found at www.qvarc.org
Bourque is joined on the Membership Committee by fellow Board Members Susan Johnston, Thomas Masso, Gary Cote, Julie Ann Dupont, Mary Ellen Snyder, Frances Bousquet, Honora Butts, Lorraine LaGarde, Mona Lee and Rawson. Staff liaisons are Executive Director Susan Desrosiers, Development Assistant Emily Groves and Administrative Assistant Sandi Riemann.
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Window 'Line Dance'
The old barn at Garden Gate Florist in Woodstock has its windows all lined up. Linda Lemmon photo.