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A ‘Labor of Love’ at Allen Road Elementary
Volume 119, No. 7 Feb. 16 to 22, 2011
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Pieper admits to killing Jenni-Lyn Watson Steven Pieper admitted in court this week that he strangled and suffocated the 20-year-old Watson in her Donegal Way home in Clay before dumping her body in Clay Park Central on Nov. 19 . Newspaper reports say that Pieper pleaded guilty to seconddegree murder during his arraignment on Feb. 15.
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Caitlin Donnelly
Allen Road Elementary PTO held its Third Annual “Labor of Love” Valentine’s Dinner on Feb. 11 in the school gynmasium. The event was expected to draw a crowd of 200 to 300 people durint the two hour span, said Liz Kasch, PTO president. All proceeds from the event, including proceeds from the silent auction on plates and bowls decorated by the teachers, went to the Golisano Children’s Hospital at SUNY Upstate Medical, said event chair, Barb Rachetta. Pictured above, Mike and Lauren Navarra decorated cards for sick children at the hospital with their daughters, Allison, 3, and Marissa, a kindergartener at Allen Road Elementary.
Family honored for recent adoption Supervisor Boyke names Feb. 9 “Rumo Family Day” in Cicero
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Digging out
Village residents asked to help clear hydrants and sidewalks
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editor@eaglestarreview.com For many people, Feb. 9 is just another cold day of winter. For the Rumo family, is marks the date they were united with their three adopted sons. And starting this year, it has been labeled “Rumo Family Day” in Cicero. The journey began in 2008, when Paul and Julie Rumo began considering adoption after realizing their two biological children would soon be heading off to college. With the approval of their biological children, Zachary,
then 16, and Emily, then 15, the family started looking into domestic versus international adoptions. After ruling out domestic due to the longer, more difficult and more expensive process, the family began researching different countries and adoption. After learning about adoption requirements around the world, the family chose Haiti because of the dire need, explained Paul. The family scored over thousands of photos of Haitian children in need of adoption before their adoption agency, Love Beyond Borders, came to them with photos of three brothers in December 2008. Their names: Mackenzie and Mackenson, four-year-old twins, and Mackenley, two years old. “It’s really hard to explain
Caitlin Donnelly
The Rumo family poses with Cicero Supervisor Judy Boyke after she proclaimed Feb. 9 Rumo Family Day in Cicero during the last board meeting on Feb. 9. how you know you’ll connect with a child, but seeing their pictures, it just clicked, and I knew,” said Paul. The family opted for adopting a sibling unit because they didn’t want to raise an only child when the older children went away to school. The family submitted all their adoption paperwork in May 2009, and Julie went
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down to meet the boys with a family friend. Paul met the boys in Haiti in June. While a costly endeavor, at nearly $50,000, Paul still recommends the process to those “that have adoption on their hearts.” Jan.12, 2010, the infaPlease see Rumo, Page 14
Central New York has endured more than 11 feet of snow so far this season. The snowfall total approached 140 inches late last week, and it appears that the Syracuse area will break the all-time Upstate NY of 199.4 inches which fell on Buffalo in 1976-77. The snow blanketing the village prompted Liverpool Mayor Gary White to request that residents help clear sidewalks and fire hydrants. “Due to the overwhelming amount of snow we’ve already received this winter, I’m asking all village residents who own a snow blower if they can help maintain the sidewalk area in their neighborhoods,” White said in a printed statement. “Also, if a fire hydrant is on your property or in front of your house, the [Liverpool] Fire Department appreciates your keeping it shoveled and clear.” In January, the Moyers Corners Fire Department had to abruptly evacuate a fire scene in Clay when firefighters found the two nearest hydrants frozen beneath the snow. It took several minutes for firefighters to shovel out and thaw the hydrants so they could continue knocking down the blaze in a house on Oriole Path, according to Battalion 1 Fire Chief Steve Zaferakis. Please see Digging out, Page 14
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