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White doves and blue uniforms bid Baby Isabella good-bye By Russ Tarby Though she lived for less than a day, Isabella Marie has made a lasting impression on the village where she was born and buried. The infant—who was found dead, wrapped in a towel and placed in a trash bin outside a Pearl Street apartment complex on Jan 6—was buried Saturday March 26 at Liverpool Cemetery following a funeral service at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church. “We wanted her to be buried with full dignity and respect,” said Liverpool Police Chief Bill Becker. “We didn’t want her to be just a marker up at Potter’s Hill.” When people see Isa-
CNS girls beaten in Federation semifimals Northstars basketball finishes season with 22-3 record. ...See page 10
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bella Marie’s gravestone, they’ll notice she lacks a last name. So the gravesite will remind people of the infant’s tragic story, Becker said, and may encourage them to help deter child abuse in the future. The Liverpool Police Department had named the newborn and organized Saturday’s funeral. A dozen uniformed LPD officers attended the service along with another two dozen or so law enforcement officers and emergency medical personnel from other area agencies. LPD Det. Mike Lemm and Officer Ken Hatter acted as pallbearers and delivered the service’s initial readings from Scripture. Lemm’s lines from Revelations promised both “a new heaven and a new earth,” while Hatter’s New Testament Please see Isabella, page 13
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Allen Road donates $1,000 Funds raised by the PTO “Labor of Love” dinner were recently donated to the Golisano Children’s Hospital. ...See page 6
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Local father pens first children’s book By Caitlin Donnelly
editor@eaglestarreview.com When Glenn Wright’s son, Bradley, became terrified of sleeping in his own bed, he and his wife, Molly, tried everything to coax the toddler back into his own room. But nothing worked. After nearly three years of Bradley sleeping in their bed, Wright, of North Syracuse, came up with an idea. Since none of the bedtime books the couple found really addressed their dilemma, Wright decided to
write his own book to help Bradley adjust to bedtime. The result: 43 pages of colorful illustrations and story, titled “I Sleep in My Own Bed.” “The manuscript for the book was easy,” Wright said of his first book. “The reasons for a child to sleep in their own bed just came rushing to me. The
illustrations took a little longer.” It took 10 months to finish the book, from initial idea to completion of all the artwork. Through Xlibris selfpublishing company at the cost of $5,000, the book was first published in October 2010.
Please see Wright, page 12
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From the mailbag Liverpool BOE members return fire over petitions To the editor, This letter is in response to the continuous attacks on our school district by Ms. Yager, Ms. Matson and Ms. Ruf (from “Taxpayer revolt grows,” March 23, 2011). These individuals allegedly represent the taxpayers and children by propagating baseless complaints about what is happening in our district and by accusing the
superintendent and board of education of spending taxpayer money inappropriately. We take their statements and allegations extremely seriously and feel we must respond. In 2008, the State Comptroller’s office audited our school district and found serious deficiencies. Since that time several new processes and controls have been put in place and the “tone at the top” has been addressed through the hiring of Dr. Richard Johns. The BOE is very much aware of the Please see Letters, page 5
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