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May 16, 2010 BSLC Meeting

THE BARBARA SMITH LARYNGECTOMEE CLUB
Please note; Member of the American Cancer Society and the IAL
Meeting schedule for 2007: 3rd Sunday of odd numbered months, i.e. Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov

Meeting Date: Sunday March 21, 2010 at 2:00PM
Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 147 West Main Street, New Britain

Parking at rear of the church and please use the rear entrance. We have been given the Library Room that has a kitchen
The meeting room is on the ground level, which is handicapped, accessible. **Family and friends always welcome to attend.




Saint Mark’s Church at 147 West Main Street, New Britain




SAINT MARK’S CHURCH






Please note that we haven't resolved the elections of officers as mandated by the BSLC by laws
The navel sub-marine base in New London announced that in 1960 a smoking ban on a sub lasted just three days. The Navy has yet to find a solution to be able to end the smoking on all subs.
The Former President of the Middlesex community college, Wilfredo Nieves, has taken the position of President of the Hartford Capitol Community College where Mr. Louis Tromboni and I do the nurses lectures on post laryngectomee care.
Fox News announced that a mid- western town has issued a no smoking edict to its work force or be fired.
Also in Conn. The Elks and the Moose clubs have issued a ban on smoking whether that will become a successful reality remains to be seen.
The State of Connecticut has passed a Senate bill that prohibits smoking within business' facilities with five or more employees. Editorial have been appearing in many of our state's newspapers supporting this new approach citing the second hand smoke issues.
I have been in contact with Mrs. Nadeau of the Head & Neck Cancer group in Manchester, Ct. and she has assured me that its membership are planning to attend our meeting this month.




The BSLC Meeting Agenda:

1 The Treasurer’s financial report.

. Acceptance of the Treasurer’s current financial report.


.

2 Nominations committee:

A. To present its recommendations.

B. Acceptance of the recommendations by the nominations committee and a vote by the membership shall take place at the following membership meeting.

4 Items to be added to the agenda may be added by any member.

5. Guest Speakers will be allowed to make their presentations prior to the business portion of our meeting.

Should any member of this club become aware of a new laryngectomee please contact any one of the club’s officers after obtaining the patient’s permission so we can supply the “headlines article” that will guide the patient and his or her family members on how to obtain necessary supplies.



I hope we will see you all at the May 16th. meeting.



Frank Smith

President: Frank Smith VP. & Webmaster Thomas Mucha
40 Chestnut St., A308, New Britain, CT 06051 44 Hillside Ave., Plainville, Ct.
860-224-0218 phone 860-351-5287 Phone
Email: S_NB@comcast.net Email tom@ctcomp.com

Secretary & Treasurer Al Valeri
Email alinda67@comcast.net
Speech-language Pathologist – Andrew Lees
18 Black Birch Road, Plainville, CT 06062 231 Snow Owl Drive, Southington, CT 06489

860-747-8674 860-621-4591
Email: ajlees@cox.net

School Programs – Frank Smith, S_nb@comcast.net 860-224-0218, Al Valeri, Diane Ashe
Nurses Training – Louis Tromboni 860-628-8146, Frank Smith, s_nb@comcast,net Al Valeri alinda67@comcast.net
Hospital Visits
- Frank Smith 860-224-0218 phone email: S_NB@comcast.net Al Valeri 860-747-8674 email: alinda67@comcast.net Tom Mucha tom@ctcomp.com
-
-

******************************************************************************************

FYI : our location is accessible from routes 84 to 72. The 72 exit puts on Corbin Avenue just one block from West Main Street. Route nine south exit #26 is onto Chestnut Street turn left to Main Street and turn right to West Main and Turn left and St mark’s will be on your right hand side two blocks up. Routes 91 to route nine and follow the aforementioned direction. Route nine from route 84 take the downtown exit which is East Main Street, turn right to Main Street, left to West Main and Turn right.

The ACS in Meriden mails our notice to 129 people and we email or fax it to the ACS in Springfield and nine area hospitals and the IAL. If you no longer want our notice or know someone who would like to receive it please let Frank Smith know.

If you have an email address please send it to Frank at S_NB@COMCAST.NET

Other Connecticut Clubs:
Danbury New Voices Club, Contact: Mary Burke 203-744-3586.

The Lost Chord Club of New Haven, website www.speakagain.org
Contact: Bob Herbst 203-468-1576(evenings) bobh@i2world.com

Tri County New Voice Club, Norwich,
Contact: Carl Strand 860-536-6844(evenings) c.a.strand.jr@snet.net

Websites
Somerset County Miracle Voice Club http://pages.ivillage.com/njpatsy/
www.SpeechPathologist.org http://www.webwhispers.org

IAL: http://www.larynxlink.com CT Clubs list at http://larynxlink.com/Clubs/CT-Clubs.htm

For local sales and service of an electrolarynx or supplies contact:
Professional Speech Aid Service, P. O. Box 379 Colchester, Ct. 06415
(Roseann George) 860-859-2807 or 800-454-7778 FAX 860-8593102
Website: http://www.speechaid.com email: rzgeorge@sbcglobal.net

A reminder to you to be listed with SBC Enhanced 911 as speech-disabled. Information can be found in your local phonebook. There are relay system phones for people who cannot speak clearly over the phone. See the information pages of your local phone book look under TDD/TT for more information, call 711.


The Lauder book, “Self Help for the Laryngectomee” is available free to all new laryngectomees. All SLP’s should have postcards for this purpose. If you need a supply of postcards call the Laryngectomee Information Foundation (LIF) at 1-800-356-1266.


I hope you all get and read the IAL News which comes out three times a year, in Jan., May, and Sept. There are many interesting and helpful articles. To subscribe to (or remove name from) IAL News, email info to IALHQ@larynxlink.com or mail to IAL News, P. O. Box 691060 Stockton, CA 95269-1060 .
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March 21, 2010 BSLC Meeting

THE BARBARA SMITH LARYNGECTOMEE CLUB
Please note; Member of the American Cancer Society and the IAL
Meeting schedule for 2007: 3rd Sunday of odd numbered months, i.e. Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov

Meeting Date: Sunday March 21, 2010 at 2:00PM
Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 147 West Main Street, New Britain

Parking at rear of the church and please use the rear entrance. We have been given the Library Room that has a kitchen
The meeting room is on the ground level, which is handicapped, accessible. **Family and friends always welcome to attend.




Saint Mark’s Church at 147 West Main Street, New Britain




SAINT MARK’S CHURCH




Second Hand Smoke Was Always a Problem But Now a Third issue has Arrived!

Third Hand Smoke is also very bad for you: [PNAS] The National Academy of Sciences.

When a cigarette burns , nicotine is released in the form of a vapor that collects and condenses on indoor surfaces such as walls, carpeting, drapes and furniture, where it can linger for months, said the study, which was published by the Academy.

Opening windows to air out the room while a cigarette burns does not eliminate the hazards of third hand smoke. And smoking outdoors doesn't help either, because while smoking outside the nicotine residues will stick to the smokers skin and clothing and these residues will follow this smoker back into the house permeating throughout the house as though he smoked inside.

The biggest risk is to the young children and pets who are forced to breathe the third hand smoke residue.

Again I am reminding the membership that we are in violation of the current BSLC by laws since we have not held an election of officers for some past three years.

Hopefully, The Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Support group will be attending our meeting this month

We have received a donation from the city of New Britain Board of Education for lecturing our anti-smoking session held at the New Britain High School.

Ms. Lisa Mowry SLP, formerly of the New Britain General Hospital has contacted for a electrolarynx loaner for a patient at the West Hartford Hebrew Nursing Home, where she is currently employed, and will be returning it in a few weeks.

Arthur Stickney's family has decided while holding the family memorial of his passing on how much the work of the BSLC support group meant to him and how he had dedicated his life to serving and caring for others. They went on by saying the work of the laryngectomee was very important to him and we hope that this financial gift will further the club's work in assisting those whose live have been altered by a laryngectomee.

In loving memory of
Arthur M. Stickney 1-22-1922-5-20-2008
Total Donation to the BSLC a sum of $475.00.

A Special Thanks goes to his Daughter and Son in Law Jane & Richard Hanson and their family members for remembering the BSLC with Arthur's memorial.

Bristol Hospital was successful in getting the city to allow a smoking ban On Newell Road. University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington was able to prevent smoking near their front entrance of the main building and should have this rule instituted at all their buildings through their campus.

A Boston real Estate broker sued over second hand smoke. When selling a $400,000 condominium to a32 year old advertising employee the agent claimed that the smoke she was smelling was from the former owner of the condo and that this smell would disappear. However, subsequent to her moving in she discovered that the second hand smoke was coming from one of the two men living in the condo below. She moved out and sued the broker. The Broker decided to settle the case rather than going through the expense of a defense trial.

E. C. Goodwin Technical school held what might be their last graduation class in their LPN program. The state budget reduction measure is being proposed by Governor Rell at 10 Technical schools throughout Conn. Unfortunately, this plan will cause an extreme shortage of nursing staffing in all of Connecticut's hospitals.

State Of Connecticut continues with its smoke and mirrors by collecting 400 million dollars, this year, from the tobacco industry for programs to help our residents to quit smoking but instead these funds are place into the general funds to accommodate the shortages in our state budget.




The BSLC Meeting Agenda:

1 The Treasurer’s financial report.

. Acceptance of the Treasurer’s current financial report.


.

2 Nominations committee:

A. To present its recommendations.

B. Acceptance of the recommendations by the nominations committee and a vote by the membership shall take place at the following membership meeting.

4 Items to be added to the agenda may be added by any member.

5. Guest Speakers will be allowed to make their presentations prior to the business portion of our meeting.

Should any member of this club become aware of a new laryngectomee please contact any one of the club’s officers after obtaining the patient’s permission so we can supply the “headlines article” that will guide the patient and his or her family members on how to obtain necessary supplies.



I hope we will see you all at the March 21 rst. meeting.



Frank Smith

President: Frank Smith VP. & Webmaster Thomas Mucha
40 Chestnut St., A308, New Britain, CT 06051 44 Hillside Ave., Plainville, Ct.
860-224-0218 phone 860-351-5287 Phone
Email: S_NB@comcast.net Email tom@ctcomp.com

Secretary & Treasurer Al Valeri
Email alinda67@comcast.net
Speech-language Pathologist – Andrew Lees
18 Black Birch Road, Plainville, CT 06062 231 Snow Owl Drive, Southington, CT 06489

860-747-8674 860-621-4591
Email: ajlees@cox.net

School Programs – Frank Smith, S_nb@comcast.net 860-224-0218, Al Valeri, Diane Ashe
Nurses Training – Louis Tromboni 860-628-8146, Frank Smith, s_nb@comcast,net Al Valeri alinda67@comcast.net
Hospital Visits
- Frank Smith 860-224-0218 phone email: S_NB@comcast.net Al Valeri 860-747-8674 email: alinda67@comcast.net Tom Mucha tom@ctcomp.com
-
-

******************************************************************************************

FYI : our location is accessible from routes 84 to 72. The 72 exit puts on Corbin Avenue just one block from West Main Street. Route nine south exit #26 is onto Chestnut Street turn left to Main Street and turn right to West Main and Turn left and St mark’s will be on your right hand side two blocks up. Routes 91 to route nine and follow the aforementioned direction. Route nine from route 84 take the downtown exit which is East Main Street, turn right to Main Street, left to West Main and Turn right.

The ACS in Meriden mails our notice to 129 people and we email or fax it to the ACS in Springfield and nine area hospitals and the IAL. If you no longer want our notice or know someone who would like to receive it please let Frank Smith know.

If you have an email address please send it to Frank at S_NB@COMCAST.NET

Other Connecticut Clubs:
Danbury New Voices Club, Contact: Mary Burke 203-744-3586.

The Lost Chord Club of New Haven, website www.speakagain.org
Contact: Bob Herbst 203-468-1576(evenings) bobh@i2world.com

Tri County New Voice Club, Norwich,
Contact: Carl Strand 860-536-6844(evenings) c.a.strand.jr@snet.net

Websites
Somerset County Miracle Voice Club http://pages.ivillage.com/njpatsy/
www.SpeechPathologist.org http://www.webwhispers.org

IAL: http://www.larynxlink.com CT Clubs list at http://larynxlink.com/Clubs/CT-Clubs.htm

For local sales and service of an electrolarynx or supplies contact:
Professional Speech Aid Service, 20 Hartford Road, Suite 30, Salem, CT 06420
(Roseann George) 860-859-2807 or 800-454-7778 FAX 860-8593102
Website: http://www.speechaid.com email: rzgeorge@sbcglobal.net

A reminder to you to be listed with SBC Enhanced 911 as speech-disabled. Information can be found in your local phonebook. There are relay system phones for people who cannot speak clearly over the phone. See the information pages of your local phone book look under TDD/TT for more information, call 711.


The Lauder book, “Self Help for the Laryngectomee” is available free to all new laryngectomees. All SLP’s should have postcards for this purpose. If you need a supply of postcards call the Laryngectomee Information Foundation (LIF) at 1-800-356-1266.


I hope you all get and read the IAL News which comes out three times a year, in Jan., May, and Sept. There are many interesting and helpful articles. To subscribe to (or remove name from) IAL News, email info to IALHQ@larynxlink.com or mail to IAL News, P. O. Box 691060 Stockton, CA 95269-1060 .

THE BARBARA SMITH LARYNGECTOMEE CLUB
Please note; Member of the American Cancer Society and the IAL
Meeting schedule for 2010: 3rd Sunday of odd numbered months, i.e. Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov
Meeting Date: Sunday January, 17 2010 at 2:00PM
Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 147 West Main Street, New Britain
Parking at rear of the church and please use the rear entrance. We have been given the Library Room that has a kitchen
The meeting room is on the ground level, which is handicapped, accessible. **Family and friends always welcome to attend.




Saint Mark’s Church at 147 West Main Street, New Britain




SAINT MARK’S CHURCH

We still have not held an election of officers, for the past three years, as prescribe by our current by-laws.

I am pleased to note that the anti-smoking campaign in Massachusetts has been a complete success since it has reduced the smoking habit state wide by a 38% result with their two year education program.

The officers of the BSLC have met with the Oral Head and Neck Cancer Group of Manchester, Connecticut to discuss the possibility of merging our two groups together and it was decided that we would meet with them at their meeting with their meeting at our as well.

According to the Day Newspaper in New London, Ct. The U. S. Senate pass a resolution " To Help Snuff Out The Cigs." This action is a direct result of a federal report citing that 440,000 Americans succumbing each year because of nicotine-related illnesses, which was reported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. It was also noted, during their deliberations , of the successes the state of Massachusetts Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program in reducing the smoking habit among its citizens.

To add to the anti-smoking issue the Health Department of the state of Connecticut has effectively passed a law, that has been publicized with little effort by the media which was passed in 2008 citing that any teen under the age of 18 who is found in possession of tobacco products can be fined $50.00 for the first offense and up to $100 for each subsequent offenses.
The Bristol Hospital has made a formal request to have the city roads that run through its ground declared non-smoking areas.

Amazingly, we also see a reduction in new Laryngectomees with only two at the University of Connecticut Health Center over the past six months and one at each of the following hospitals during the same period of time, Saint Francis, Meriden, Hartford.





Respectfully submitted by:



Frank Smith













BSLC Meeting Agenda:

1 The Treasurer’s financial report.

. Acceptance of the Treasurer’s current financial report.


.

2 Nominations committee:

A. To present its recommendations.

B. Acceptance of the recommendations by the nominations committee and a vote by the membership shall take place at the following membership meeting.

4 Items to be added to the agenda may be added by any member.

5. Guest Speakers will be allowed to make their presentations prior to the business portion of our meeting.

Should any member of this club become aware of a new laryngectomee please contact any one of the club’s officers after obtaining the patient’s permission so we can supply the “headlines article” that will guide the patient and his or her family members on how to obtain necessary supplies.



I hope we will see you all at the January 17, 2009 meeting.



Frank Smith

President: Frank Smith VP. & Webmaster Thomas Mucha
40 Chestnut St., A308, New Britain, CT 06051 44 Hillside Ave., Plainville, Ct.
860-224-0218 phone 860-351-5287 Phone
Email: S_NB@comcast.net Email tom@ctcomp.com

Secretary & Treasurer Al Valeri
Email alinda67@comcast.net
Speech-language Pathologist – Andrew Lees
18 Black Birch Road, Plainville, CT 06062 231 Snow Owl Drive, Southington, CT 06489

860-747-8674 860-621-4591
Email: ajlees@cox.net

School Programs – Frank Smith, S_nb@comcast.net 860-224-0218, Al Valeri, Diane Ashe
Nurses Training – Louis Tromboni 860-628-8146, Frank Smith, s_nb@comcast,net Al Valeri alinda67@comcast.net
Hospital Visits
- Frank Smith 860-224-0218 phone email: S_NB@comcast.net Al Valeri 860-747-8674 email: alinda67@comcast.net Tom Mucha tom@ctcomp.com
-
-

******************************************************************************************

FYI : our location is accessible from routes 84 to 72. The 72 exit puts on Corbin Avenue just one block from West Main Street. Route nine south exit #26 is onto Chestnut Street turn left to Main Street and turn right to West Main and Turn left and St mark’s will be on your right hand side two blocks up. Routes 91 to route nine and follow the aforementioned direction. Route nine from route 84 take the downtown exit which is East Main Street, turn right to Main Street, left to West Main and Turn right.

The ACS in Meriden mails our notice to 129 people and we email or fax it to the ACS in Springfield and nine area hospitals and the IAL. If you no longer want our notice or know someone who would like to receive it please let Frank Smith know.

If you have an email address please send it to Frank at S_NB@COMCAST.NET

Other Connecticut Clubs:
Danbury New Voices Club, Contact: Mary Burke 203-744-3586.

The Lost Chord Club of New Haven, website www.speakagain.org
Contact: Bob Herbst 203-468-1576(evenings) bobh@i2world.com

Tri County New Voice Club, Norwich,
Contact: Carl Strand 860-536-6844(evenings) c.a.strand.jr@snet.net

Websites
Somerset County Miracle Voice Club http://pages.ivillage.com/njpatsy/
www.SpeechPathologist.org http://www.webwhispers.org

IAL: http://www.larynxlink.com CT Clubs list at http://larynxlink.com/Clubs/CT-Clubs.htm

For local sales and service of an electrolarynx or supplies contact:
Professional Speech Aid Service, 20 Hartford Road, Suite 30, Salem, CT 06420
(Roseann George) 860-859-2807 or 800-454-7778 FAX 860-8593102
Website: http://www.speechaid.com email: rzgeorge@sbcglobal.net

A reminder to you to be listed with SBC Enhanced 911 as speech-disabled. Information can be found in your local phonebook. There are relay system phones for people who cannot speak clearly over the phone. See the information pages of your local phone book look under TDD/TT for more information, call 711.


The Lauder book, “Self Help for the Laryngectomee” is available free to all new laryngectomees. All SLP’s should have postcards for this purpose. If you need a supply of postcards call the Laryngectomee Information Foundation (LIF) at 1-800-356-1266.


I hope you all get and read the IAL News which comes out three times a year, in Jan., May, and Sept. There are many interesting and helpful articles. To subscribe to (or remove name from) IAL News, email info to IALHQ@larynxlink.com or mail to IAL News, P. O. Box 691060 Stockton, CA 95269-1060 .

Sunday Novemeber 15, BSLC meeting

THE BARBARA SMITH LARYNGECTOMEE CLUB
Please note; Member of the American Cancer Society and the IAL
Meeting schedule for 2007: 3rd Sunday of odd numbered months, i.e. Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov
Meeting Date: Sunday November 15, 2009 at 2:00PM
Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 147 West Main Street, New Britain
Parking at rear of the church and please use the rear entrance. We have been given the Library Room that has a kitchen
The meeting room is on the ground level, which is handicapped, accessible. **Family and friends always welcome to attend.




Saint Mark’s Church at 147 West Main Street, New Britain




SAINT MARK’S CHURCH

I must admit to being frustrated over the lack of the membership's wanting to review the group's by-laws in order to hold the election of officers as mandated.

I certainly hope that a nominations committee will be selected from the membership at the November meeting in order to make the review necessary and report back there recommendations at the January meeting. Anyone that wishes to serve as an officer of the group please contact the nominations committee.

77 new laryngectomees were announced to have joined our way of life with nine passing on with one here locally. We had one new Laryngectomee at The Hartford Hospital who resides in Somers, Ct. so I recommended his joining the Club in Springfield's Mercy Hospital meeting location in Massachusetts since his travel would only be approximately seven miles to that location.

Winter is back again and as laryngectomees we should be concerned with the problems that gas heating, cooking, and hot water services present for the need of a gas detector due to our lack being able to smell. Please do not count on your relatives because an occurrence could happen while you're home alone.

The new cigarette taxes hopefully will help reduce the need to remove the vocal cords for those who quit smoking, due the added cost, which will tend to reduce all the clubs memberships throughout Connecticut.

Health Days presentations at all our area schools and the anti-smoking presentations to the students we desperately need help in order provide all the requests.


Anyone willing to provide the time please contact me.



Respectfully submitted by:



Frank Smith


The BSLC Meeting Agenda:

1 The Treasurer’s financial report.

. Acceptance of the Treasurer’s current financial report.


.

2 Nominations committee:

A. To present its recommendations.

B. Acceptance of the recommendations by the nominations committee and a vote by the membership shall take place at the following membership meeting.

4 Items to be added to the agenda may be added by any member.

5. Guest Speakers will be allowed to make their presentations prior to the business portion of our meeting.

Should any member of this club become aware of a new laryngectomee please contact any one of the club’s officers after obtaining the patient’s permission so we can supply the “headlines article” that will guide the patient and his or her family members on how to obtain necessary supplies.



I hope we will see you all at the May 17, 2009 meeting.



Frank Smith

President: Frank Smith VP. & Webmaster Thomas Mucha
40 Chestnut St., A308, New Britain, CT 06051 44 Hillside Ave., Plainville, Ct.
860-224-0218 phone 860-351-5287 Phone
Email: S_NB@comcast.net Email tom@ctcomp.com

Secretary & Treasurer Al Valeri
Email alinda67@comcast.net
Speech-language Pathologist – Andrew Lees
18 Black Birch Road, Plainville, CT 06062 231 Snow Owl Drive, Southington, CT 06489

860-747-8674 860-621-4591
Email: ajlees@cox.net

School Programs – Frank Smith, S_nb@comcast.net 860-224-0218, Al Valeri, Diane Ashe
Nurses Training – Louis Tromboni 860-628-8146, Frank Smith, s_nb@comcast,net Al Valeri alinda67@comcast.net
Hospital Visits
- Frank Smith 860-224-0218 phone email: S_NB@comcast.net Al Valeri 860-747-8674 email: alinda67@comcast.net Tom Mucha tom@ctcomp.com
-
-

******************************************************************************************

FYI : our location is accessible from routes 84 to 72. The 72 exit puts on Corbin Avenue just one block from West Main Street. Route nine south exit #26 is onto Chestnut Street turn left to Main Street and turn right to West Main and Turn left and St mark’s will be on your right hand side two blocks up. Routes 91 to route nine and follow the aforementioned direction. Route nine from route 84 take the downtown exit which is East Main Street, turn right to Main Street, left to West Main and Turn right.

The ACS in Meriden mails our notice to 129 people and we email or fax it to the ACS in Springfield and nine area hospitals and the IAL. If you no longer want our notice or know someone who would like to receive it please let Frank Smith know.

If you have an email address please send it to Frank at S_NB@COMCAST.NET

Other Connecticut Clubs:
Danbury New Voices Club, Contact: Mary Burke 203-744-3586.

The Lost Chord Club of New Haven, website www.speakagain.org
Contact: Bob Herbst 203-468-1576(evenings) bobh@i2world.com

Tri County New Voice Club, Norwich,
Contact: Carl Strand 860-536-6844(evenings) c.a.strand.jr@snet.net

Websites
Somerset County Miracle Voice Club http://pages.ivillage.com/njpatsy/
www.SpeechPathologist.org http://www.webwhispers.org

IAL: http://www.larynxlink.com CT Clubs list at http://larynxlink.com/Clubs/CT-Clubs.htm

For local sales and service of an electrolarynx or supplies contact:
Professional Speech Aid Service, 20 Hartford Road, Suite 30, Salem, CT 06420
(Roseann George) 860-859-2807 or 800-454-7778 FAX 860-8593102
Website: http://www.speechaid.com email: rzgeorge@sbcglobal.net

A reminder to you to be listed with SBC Enhanced 911 as speech-disabled. Information can be found in your local phonebook. There are relay system phones for people who cannot speak clearly over the phone. See the information pages of your local phone book look under TDD/TT for more information, call 711.


The Lauder book, “Self Help for the Laryngectomee” is available free to all new laryngectomees. All SLP’s should have postcards for this purpose. If you need a supply of postcards call the Laryngectomee Information Foundation (LIF) at 1-800-356-1266.


I hope you all get and read the IAL News which comes out three times a year, in Jan., May, and Sept. There are many interesting and helpful articles. To subscribe to (or remove name from) IAL News, email info to IALHQ@larynxlink.com or mail to IAL News, P. O. Box 691060 Stockton, CA 95269-1060 .

BSLC September Notice 2009

SAINT MARK’S CHURCH






THE BARBARA SMITH LARYNGECTOMEE CLUB

Please note; Member of the American Cancer Society and the IAL
Meeting schedule for 2007: 3rd Sunday of odd numbered months, i.e. Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov

Meeting Date: Sunday September 20, 2009 at 2:00PM

Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 147 West Main Street, New Britain
Parking at rear of the church and please use the rear entrance. We have been given the Library Room that has a kitchen
The meeting room is on the ground level, which is handicapped, accessible. **Family and friends always welcome to attend.




Saint Mark’s Church at 147 West Main Street, New Britain





After our having the whole summer off; I trust everyone has had a wonderful and healthy season.

With the advent of the raises to the cigarette tax by our state and the federal governments it is hopeful that new laryngectomees will become smaller in numbers.

But a new problem is coming at us with the introduction of the battery powered devises known as the electronic cigarette which delivers nicotine without burning tobacco like the conventional cigarettes and are dangerous since they contain carcinogens. Even some products that were tested, by the FDA, were also found to contain diethylene glycol an ingredient found in antifreeze. SO PLEASE WARN ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO NOT FALL FOR THIS ADVERSE ALTERNATIVE TO SMOKING. Advise them to quit.

The major item to be discussed at this month’s meeting will be reviewing of our current by-laws and establishing a nomination committee for the election of officers at the November membership meeting. I will have sufficient copies, of the by-laws, for presentation for all the attendees.

Unfortunately, we have had one notification regarding local laryngectomee operation at the Connecticut Health Center however, there were 79 new laryngectomees nationally that have joined our way of life with 6 demises.

I have mentioned on many occasions that we do need help with hospital visits, school anti-smoking lectures and Health Days presentations at all our area schools.


Anyone willing to provide the time please contact me.



Respectfully submitted by:



Frank Smith













BSLC Meeting Agenda:

1 The Treasurer’s financial report.

. Acceptance of the Treasurer’s current financial report.


.

2 Nominations committee:

A. To present its recommendations.

B. Acceptance of the recommendations by the nominations committee and a vote by the membership shall take place at the following membership meeting.

4 Items to be added to the agenda may be added by any member.

5. Guest Speakers will be allowed to make their presentations prior to the business portion of our meeting.

Should any member of this club become aware of a new laryngectomee please contact any one of the club’s officers after obtaining the patient’s permission so we can supply the “headlines article” that will guide the patient and his or her family members on how to obtain necessary supplies.



I hope we will see you all at the May 17, 2009 meeting.



Frank Smith

President: Frank Smith VP. & Webmaster Thomas Mucha
40 Chestnut St., A308, New Britain, CT 06051 44 Hillside Ave., Plainville, Ct.
860-224-0218 phone 860-351-5287 Phone
Email: S_NB@comcast.net Email tom@ctcomp.com

Secretary & Treasurer Al Valeri

Email alinda67@comcast.net
Speech-language Pathologist – Andrew Lees

18 Black Birch Road, Plainville, CT 06062 231 Snow Owl Drive, Southington, CT 06489

860-747-8674 860-621-4591
Email: ajlees@cox.net

School Programs – Frank Smith, S_nb@comcast.net 860-224-0218, Al Valeri, Diane Ashe
Nurses Training – Louis Tromboni 860-628-8146, Frank Smith, s_nb@comcast,net Al Valeri alinda67@comcast.net
Hospital Visits
- Frank Smith 860-224-0218 phone email: S_NB@comcast.net Al Valeri 860-747-8674 email: alinda67@comcast.net Tom Mucha tom@ctcomp.com
-
-

******************************************************************************************

FYI : our location is accessible from routes 84 to 72. The 72 exit puts on Corbin Avenue just one block from West Main Street. Route nine south exit #26 is onto Chestnut Street turn left to Main Street and turn right to West Main and Turn left and St mark’s will be on your right hand side two blocks up. Routes 91 to route nine and follow the aforementioned direction. Route nine from route 84 take the downtown exit which is East Main Street, turn right to Main Street, left to West Main and Turn right.

The ACS in Meriden mails our notice to 129 people and we email or fax it to the ACS in Springfield and nine area hospitals and the IAL. If you no longer want our notice or know someone who would like to receive it please let Frank Smith know.

If you have an email address please send it to Frank at S_NB@COMCAST.NET

Other Connecticut Clubs:
Danbury New Voices Club, Contact: Mary Burke 203-744-3586.

The Lost Chord Club of New Haven, website www.speakagain.org
Contact: Bob Herbst 203-468-1576(evenings) bobh@i2world.com

Tri County New Voice Club, Norwich,
Contact: Carl Strand 860-536-6844(evenings) c.a.strand.jr@snet.net

Websites
Somerset County Miracle Voice Club http://pages.ivillage.com/njpatsy/
www.SpeechPathologist.org http://www.webwhispers.org

IAL: http://www.larynxlink.com CT Clubs list at http://larynxlink.com/Clubs/CT-Clubs.htm

For local sales and service of an electrolarynx or supplies contact:
Professional Speech Aid Service, 20 Hartford Road, Suite 30, Salem, CT 06420
(Roseann George) 860-859-2807 or 800-454-7778 FAX 860-8593102
Website: http://www.speechaid.com email: rzgeorge@sbcglobal.net

A reminder to you to be listed with SBC Enhanced 911 as speech-disabled. Information can be found in your local phonebook. There are relay system phones for people who cannot speak clearly over the phone. See the information pages of your local phone book look under TDD/TT for more information, call 711.


The Lauder book, “Self Help for the Laryngectomee” is available free to all new laryngectomees. All SLP’s should have postcards for this purpose. If you need a supply of postcards call the Laryngectomee Information Foundation (LIF) at 1-800-356-1266.


I hope you all get and read the IAL News which comes out three times a year, in Jan., May, and Sept. There are many interesting and helpful articles. To subscribe to (or remove name from) IAL News, email info to IALHQ@larynxlink.com or mail to IAL News, P. O. Box 691060 Stockton, CA 95269-1060 .

July Meeting 2009 cancellation

THE BARBARA SMITH LARYNGECTOMEE CLUB
Please note; Member of the American Cancer Society and the IAL
Meeting schedule for 2009: 3rd Sunday of odd numbered months, i.e. Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov
Meeting Date: Sunday Sept. 20, 2009 at 2:00PM
Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 147 West Main Street, New Britain
Parking at rear of the church and please use the rear entrance. We have been given the Library Room that has a kitchen
The meeting room is on the ground level, which is handicapped, accessible. **Family and friends always welcome to attend.

THE JULY MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED AND OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON September 20th.





Saint Mark’s Church at 147 West Main Street, New Britain





We do need help from volunteers for hospital visitations and to also help with the very important anti-smoking
School lectures as well as the school of nursing, post operative laryngectomee care, lectures. Please consider in providing a helping hand with these important activities provided by our group.

We have set up a new website which will be more accessible in communicating with our officers: http://BSLC2.blogspot.com

We had two new cases of new patient laryngectomees cases at the Connecticut University Health Center in Farmington Ct. and one at The Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Ct.

Unfortunately, they were 61 additional cases reported nationwide and four deaths.

The American Cancer Society has alerted that 90% of all colon cancers begin with a polyp. They suggest the removal of all polyps in order to prevent colon cancer from ever starting. We highly recommend your visiting your Gastroenterology Specialist.

At our last Meeting Mrs. Alice Nadeau of the oral, Head and Neck Club of Manchester, Ct made her presentation as our guest speaker. Mr. Mucha, Mr. Valeri and I attending their club meeting at the Manchester Memorial Hospital on June 1, 2009. Amazingly, to find an organization so close to our location, with the similar everyday problems that we face as laryngectomees has made us aware that other groups do have similar problems to deal with and it is called CANCER.

A new nail affecting the tobacco industry was passed this June by the Congress with their giving the U. S. Food and Drug Administration control over tobacco.

The Canada Free Press had an interesting article entitled “Is Cigarette Control Turning citizens in Criminals?” In this article they point out cigarettes in New York City cost nearly $10.00 per pack with the federal ATF finding counterfeit New York State/ City tax stamps?

The Day Newspaper in New London, Ct. said it well with their headline “If smoking won’t kill you, the taxes will.

Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off the end of a burning cigarette, pipe or cigar and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of the smoker. This mixture contains more than4,000 substances, including 40 that are known to cause cancer in humans. When smoking in the presence of children they are susceptible in developing pneumonia, bronchitis, and other lung diseases such as cancer. So please if you must smoke do not smoke in the presence of your children or adults. You must all remember young Justin from East Hartford, Ct. who begged the Ct. Legislature to make it against the law for drivers to smoke while driving with youngster in the vehicle. The State of Maine passed their no smoking law with children in the vehicle. Why is Connecticut so difficult to get this mandate passed? As reported; I was asked to speak to the legislature by a state representative, regarding the second hand smoke issue, during the past session however, no invite or notice was received to make this important plea.

I have mentioned on many occasions that we do need help with hospital visits, school anti-smoking lectures and Health Days presentations at all our area schools.


Anyone willing to provide the time please contact me.


BSLC Meeting Agenda:

1 The Treasurer’s financial report.

. The Acceptance of the financial report.


.

2 Nominations committee:

A. To present its recommendations.

B. Acceptance of the recommendations by the nominations committee and a vote by the membership shall take place at the following membership meeting.

4 Items to be added to the agenda may be added by any member.

5. Guest Speakers will be allowed to make their presentations prior to the business portion of our meeting.

Should any member of this club become aware of a new laryngectomee please contact any one of the club’s officers after obtaining the patient’s permission so we can supply the “headlines article” that will guide the patient and his or her family members on how to obtain necessary supplies.



I hope we will see you all at the Sept. 20, 2009 meeting.



Frank Smith

President: Frank Smith VP. & Webmaster Thomas Mucha
40 Chestnut St., A308, New Britain, CT 06051 31 Mattabassett Street, East Berlin, CT 06023
860-224-0218 phone 860-828-3198 Phone
Email: S-NB@comcast.net Email tom@ctcomp.com

Secretary & Treasurer Al Valeri
Email alinda67@comcast.net
Speech-language Pathologist – Andrew Lee
18 Black Birch Road, Plainville, CT 06062 231 Snow Owl Drive, Southington, CT 06489

860-747-8674 860-621-4591
Email: ajlees@cox.net

School Programs – Frank Smith, S_nb@comcast.net 860-224-0218, Al Valeri, Diane Ashe
Nurses Training – Louis Tromboni 860-628-8146, Frank Smith, s_nb@comcast,net Al Valeri alinda67@comcast.net
Hospital Visits
- Frank Smith 860-224-0218 phone email: S_NB@comcast.net Al Valeri 860-747-8674 email: alinda67@comcast.net Tom Mucha tom@ctcomp.com
-
-

******************************************************************************************

FYI : our location is accessible from routes 84 to 72. The 72 exit puts on Corbin Avenue just one block from West Main Street. Route nine south exit #26 is onto Chestnut Street turn left to Main Street and turn right to West Main and Turn left and St mark’s will be on your right hand side two blocks up. Routes 91 to route nine and follow the aforementioned direction. Route nine from route 84 take the downtown exit which is East Main Street, turn right to Main Street, left to West Main and Turn right.

The ACS in Meriden mails our notice to 129 people and we email or fax it to the ACS in Springfield and nine area hospitals and the IAL. If you no longer want our notice or know someone who would like to receive it please let Frank Smith know.

If you have an email address please send it to Frank at S_NB@COMCAST.NET

Other Connecticut Clubs:
Danbury New Voices Club, Contact: Mary Burke 203-744-3586.

The Lost Chord Club of New Haven, website www.speakagain.org
Contact: Bob Herbst 203-468-1576(evenings) bobh@i2world.com

Tri County New Voice Club, Norwich,
Contact: Carl Strand 860-536-6844(evenings) c.a.strand.jr@snet.net

Websites
Somerset County Miracle Voice Club http://pages.ivillage.com/njpatsy/
www.SpeechPathologist.org http://www.webwhispers.org

IAL: http://www.larynxlink.com CT Clubs list at http://larynxlink.com/Clubs/CT-Clubs.htm

For local sales and service of an electrolarynx or supplies contact:
Professional Speech Aid Service, 20 Hartford Road, Suite 30, Salem, CT 06420
(Roseann George) 860-859-2807 or 800-454-7778 FAX 860-8593102
Website: http://www.speechaid.com email: rzgeorge@sbcglobal.net

A reminder to you to be listed with SBC Enhanced 911 as speech-disabled. Information can be found in your local phonebook. There are relay system phones for people who cannot speak clearly over the phone. See the information pages of your local phone book look under TDD/TT for more information, call 711.


The Lauder book, “Self Help for the Laryngectomee” is available free to all new laryngectomees. All SLP’s should have postcards for this purpose. If you need a supply of postcards call the Laryngectomee Information Foundation (LIF) at 1-800-356-1266.


I hope you all get and read the IAL News which comes out three times a year, in Jan., May, and Sept. There are many interesting and helpful articles. To subscribe to (or remove name from) IAL News, email info to IALHQ@larynxlink.com or mail to IAL News, P. O. Box 691060 Stockton, CA 95269-1060 .

BSLC Meeting for May 17,2009

THE BARBARA SMITH LARYNGECTOMEE CLUB


Please note; Member of the American Cancer Society and the IAL.
Meeting schedule for 2009: 3rd Sunday of odd numbered months, i.e. Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov

Meeting Date: Sunday May 17, 2009 at 2:00PM

Location: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 147 West Main Street, New Britain
Parking at rear of the church and please use the rear entrance. We have been given the Library Room that has a kitchen
The meeting room is on the ground level, which is handicapped, accessible. **Family and friends always welcome to attend.





Saint Mark’s Church at 147 West Main Street, New Britain





We do need help from volunteers for hospital visitations and to also help with the very important anti-smoking
School lectures as well as the school of nursing, post operative laryngectomee care, lectures. Please consider in providing a helping hand with these important activities provided by our group.




We have set up a new website which will be more accessible in commuting with the officers of the our group. http://BSLC2.blogspot.com

Unfortunately, with our last mailing of the BSLC notice it was too late to include the changes to our New Website, by the webmaster.

.
Due to the changes to the income tax laws regarding the deductions for donations the ACS who provides our mailing cost for our club asked us to find a way to eliminate the number of mailings through our website. It is important that if you do not have the use a computer that you may have a friend OR A RELATIVE who will print out our semi-monthly notice for you in order to eliminate the mailing cost to the ACS. Needless to say this will be the last complete mailing from our current club list and the next mailing will only include those who have no computer availability. Please cooperate with our plea to reduce the mailing cost provided for us by the ACS.

There has been a lot of concern over the second hand smoke issue at the gambling casinos with a ban going into effect by the government election committee with a 8-3 affirmative vote.

Attorney General Blumenthal stated this is to protect the employees from the exposure of the second hand smoke. The Indians on the other hand argue that they are a sovereign nation; but Attorney General Blumenthal insists that they had executed an agreement with the State to abide by the state health codes laws.

The Canada Free Press had an interesting article entitled “Is Cigarette Control Turning citizens in Criminals?” In this article they point out cigarettes in New York City cost nearly $10.00 per pack with the federal ATF finding counterfeit New York State/ City tax stamps?

You May all recall Justin’s anti-smoking efforts by parents with small children in their vehicles. In the 2009 session of the State Legislature H.B. No. 6318 which is being supported by 29 Senators and Representatives. I have contacted New Britain’s local representative, Rep. Tim O’Brian, and assured me that he would sign on to this bill as a co-sponsor.

Mentioning the cigarette taxes with the federal tax being jacked up from .62cents to $1.01 and with our state of Conn. adding their tax $2.00 on every pack one can only hope that this will reduce the population of smokers thus reducing the new Layngectomees.

The Day Newspaper in New London, Ct. said it well with their headline “If smoking won’t kill you, the taxes will.”

Marlou Karieva advised me that Fox channel 6l had done an article on Aug. 20th., 2007 about our school anti-smoking lectures that had appeared in the Hartford Courant entitle “A grim voice warns: Don’t smoke.

I received a communication reminding me to inform all our members from Carl Strand to alert your 911 dispatcher that you are a laryngectomee and that you may not able to speak in the event of an emergency. Needless to say that is a good reminder to always remind our new members to do just that.

Good news The Aetna and Cigna have banded smoking completely within their workplace with the Hartford Hospital, Saint Francis and the Medical center. They are planning to ban smoking on hospital owned properties as of Nov. 19th coinciding with the ACS annual Great American Smokeout.

Unfortunately, we have had one notification regarding local laryngectomee operation at the Connecticut Health Center however, there were nationally 128 new laryngectomees have joined our way of life.

On April 9th.I attended Health Day at the E. C. Goodwin State Trade School representing our group with pamphlets, literature, and answering whatever questions the students had. The Principal, Mr. Anderson, was very appreciative for our doing this for his school and he did note that the students were very inquisitive and were also taken aback with all the cancer photos I had for them to look at. He indicated that they will be talking about it for days.

Lou Tromboni and I did our annual nurses lecture at the Hartford Community College Monday April 27th., and we were well received by all the students, some 300, with our presentation. They had numerous questions for us and were very tentative throughout the presentation. Using a memory stick presenting what the cancers look like on there main screen along with our programmed Microsoft Power Point segments.


The swine flu has been hitting some our states, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts has indicated cases have been cited. Governor Rell was quoted in the Waterbury Republican American stated that the Federal Centers for Disease are providing 134,000 doses of the antiviral medications in response to the swine flu outbreak. The CDC will add the more than 11,000 antiviral treatments that Connecticut already has on hand. The governor added since there is no vaccine for swine flu yet, the anti viral medications can cut done on the severity of the systems. I strongly suggest that you as Laryngectomees keep in constant contact with your medical personnel to get whatever medical help available and to be alerted when shots are available in order to prevent getting this awful disease.

At our last meeting it was discussed but not finalized whether or not we will be holding a BSLC Meeting in July.

I will apprise you of the result of that discussion on our new Website subsequent to the May meeting. Another matter that came up was election of officers so I have printed enough copies of the by-laws so they may be reviewed and acted upon.

We are going to have a guest speaker Ms. Alice Nadeau. She comes to us through the ACS. She heads up a group in Manchester, Ct. called The Oral Head and Neck Cancer support group and has accepted to be our guest speaker at our May 17th. meeting.



I have mentioned on many occasions that we do need help with hospital visits, school anti-smoking lectures and Health Days presentations at all our area schools.


Anyone willing to provide the time please contact me.






BSLC Meeting Agenda:

1 The Treasurer’s financial report.

. Acceptance of the financial report.


.

2 Nominations committee:

A. To present its recommendations.

B. Acceptance of the recommendations by the nominations committee and a vote by the membership shall take place at the following membership meeting.

4 Items to be added to the agenda may be added by any member.

5. Guest Speakers will be allowed to make their presentations prior to the business portion of our meeting.

Should any member of this club become aware of a new laryngectomee please contact any one of the club’s officers after obtaining the patient’s permission so we can supply the “headlines article” that will guide the patient and his or her family members on how to obtain necessary supplies.



I hope we will see you all at the May 17, 2009 meeting.



Frank Smith

President: Frank Smith VP. & Webmaster Thomas Mucha
40 Chestnut St., A308, New Britain, CT 06051 31 Mattabassett Street, East Berlin, CT 06023
860-224-0218 phone 860-828-3198 Phone
Email: S-NB@comcast.net Email tom@ctcomp.com

Secretary & Treasurer Al Valeri
Email alinda7@comcast.net
Speech-language Pathologist – Andrew Lee
18 Black Brick Road, Plainville, CT 06062 231 Snow Owl Drive, Southington, CT 06489

860-747-8674 860-621-4591
Email: ajlees@cox.net

School Programs – Frank Smith, S_nb@comcast.net 860-224-0218, Al Valeri, Diane Ashe
Nurses Training – Louis Tromboni 860-628-8146, Frank Smith, s_nb@comcast,net Al Valeri alinda7@comcast.net
Hospital Visits
- Frank Smith 860-224-0218 phone email: S_NB@comcast.net Al Valeri 860-747-8674 email: alinda7@comcast.net Tom Mucha tom@ctcomp.com
-
-

******************************************************************************************

FYI : our location is accessible from routes 84 to 72. The 72 exit puts on Corbin Avenue just one block from West Main Street. Route nine south exit #26 is onto Chestnut Street turn left to Main Street and turn right to West Main and Turn left and St mark’s will be on your right hand side two blocks up. Routes 91 to route nine and follow the aforementioned direction. Route nine from route 84 take the downtown exit which is East Main Street, turn right to Main Street, left to West Main and Turn right.

The ACS in Meriden mails our notice to 129 people and we email or fax it to the ACS in Springfield and nine area hospitals and the IAL. If you no longer want our notice or know someone who would like to receive it please let Frank Smith know.

If you have an email address please send it to Frank at S_NB@COMCAST.NET

Other Connecticut Clubs:
Danbury New Voices Club, Contact: Mary Burke 203-744-3586.

The Lost Chord Club of New Haven, website www.speakagain.org
Contact: Bob Herbst 203-468-1576(evenings) bobh@i2world.com

Tri County New Voice Club, Norwich,
Contact: Carl Strand 860-536-6844(evenings) c.a.strand.jr@snet.net

Websites
Somerset County Miracle Voice Club http://pages.ivillage.com/njpatsy/
www.SpeechPathologist.org http://www.webwhispers.org

IAL: http://www.larynxlink.com CT Clubs list at http://larynxlink.com/Clubs/CT-Clubs.htm

For local sales and service of an electrolarynx or supplies contact:
Professional Speech Aid Service, 20 Hartford Road, Suite 30, Salem, CT 06420
(Roseann George) 860-859-2807 or 800-454-7778 FAX 860-8593102
Website: http://www.speechaid.com email: rzgeorge@sbcglobal.net

A reminder to you to be listed with SBC Enhanced 911 as speech-disabled. Information can be found in your local phonebook. There are relay system phones for people who cannot speak clearly over the phone. See the information pages of your local phone book look under TDD/TT for more information, call 711.


The Lauder book, “Self Help for the Laryngectomee” is available free to all new laryngectomees. All SLP’s should have postcards for this purpose. If you need a supply of postcards call the Laryngectomee Information Foundation (LIF) at 1-800-356-1266.


I hope you all get and read the IAL News which comes out three times a year, in Jan., May, and Sept. There are many interesting and helpful articles. To subscribe to (or remove name from) IAL News, email info to IALHQ@larynxlink.com or mail to IAL News, P. O. Box 691060 Stockton, CA 95269-1060 .