Steven Dube:
CLASS OF 1971
Westford AcademyClass of 1971
West hartford, CT
Penney High SchoolClass of 1970
East hartford, CT
Slye Elementary SchoolClass of 1964
East hartford, CT
Steven's Story
Life
Born in East Hartford: Lived there 16 years - South Windsor for 4 years - Married to my highschool sweetheart Dyann, cept she was gradutated and working - I was in high school - does that qualify? since 73, lived in East Hartford, Rockville, and Tolland CT. Retired from EHPD in 2014 and now living in TN on a ranch with 27 acres to play on.
Education: Slye ELementary, Penney High, Westford Academy. MCC 1 1/2 years college. Many many computer classes and seminars. Hard Knocks from then on .....
Job: Retired from being a civilian programmer/system admin (Information Specialist) at the East Hartford Police Department.
Kids: We have two sons - one granddaughter and recently 4 grandsons - two daughter-in-laws.
Hobbies: Still play guitar. Was lead guitarist with Trinity Covenant Church Manchester worship teams. In TN we joined the First Baptist Church in Pulaski and I was in the band there until the virus hit. I'm back with the band after a year or so hiatus. But have limited myself to 2 services per month to cut back on exposure.
We recorded first CD 2003 with veteran producer engineer - Chris Huston.
2007 Recorded two singles with Billboard 2002 Top Ten artist Jeff Pitchell producing.
2009 Recorded The Long Way Home CD with Tony Spada (East Hartford Musician / Producer). Our best effort yet. Available on CDBABY Amazon Facebook etc.
I build and repair vintage tube guitar amplifiers for fun. Article is out on this hobby and yours truly in October Edition 2009 of Popular Mechanics - who'da thunk? Completed the Gerald Weber Tube Amp course and got my certificate on 2015. Have been working on old Ham and antique radios also. Have built some antenna systems which are all over the yard LOL.
Amateur (HAM) Radio operator since 1988. I spend part of the mornings each day chatting with some other Hams in the central / and southern states. Occasionally make an international contact but usually in the fall and winter for that. Have made some great friendships with several hams in the UK and in 1997 spent a week in London with one and his family. It was a wonderful and memorable time. We are still in touch regularly by phone mostly but we'll get back to radio when conditions permit.
The nice thing about living in the country is you have to become self sufficient. I have a handyman and some other help from time to time but I've learned a lot of things over the years - electrical - minor plumbing - and small engine maintenance on my...Expand for more
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Hope you all are doing well - think about my former classmates often.
Life is good, but it has its challenges!!
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Addendum to Challenges:
In 2008 my bride since 1973 developed end stage congestive heart failure on top of a rare ataxia which has had her in a wheel chair since the early 90's. We almost lost her in the beginning as the teams of DRs strove to treat her for the CHF. She ended up with some cutting edge treatment at Hartford Hospital with two groups of DRs working with her. She was put on a portable IV drip (infusion pump) with some very strong medications which lowered her blood pressure and heart rate drastically in order to keep her going. She was not a candidate for a heart transplant and so we were told to get her affairs in order since the IV drug was a short term prospect and would probably result in her demise in a few years or less. This treatment was extremely delicate and involved about 9 pills daily + the IV. We had nurses in each week checking the pic line and taking readings and every day I took her vital signs and kept records of her condition.
We have been followers of Christ for a long time - she longer than I, so we gave as much of this stress and pain to God as we could. I prepared myself to be a widower as best as I could and she prepared to go home. There were lots of people praying for us constantly and the support from church and friends was wonderful. I became a medical technician during this time by default and learned a lot about this process and her care.
Last September she had a third echo cardiogram which showed some improvement in the heart. The Drs were guardedly optimistic but not convinced anything beyond the meds was doing this. In October during a routine daily vitals check I noticed a significant drop in her BP - by keeping a daily log I could easily see this was not the norm and I called HH. They suggested we get her in and within a couple of days they had to pull her off the IV as she was being over medicated - another echo was done and she improved even more. The Drs were besides themselves and amazed. To quote one cardiologist " I don't know how, But we'll take it." We know - God was in this from the beginning advising and being our rock thru this time. He's real folks. And I have my bride back better than ever. We just celebrated 47 years married in January and 49 years together. We are closer now than we've ever been.
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