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volume 16, issue 4 • april 2014 www.northcentralnews.net Sheila Shaffer, the middle school pro- Child drownings gram instructor for the Phoenix Hebrew Academy, can be prevented congratulates the By Teri Carnicelli two young men North Central mom Christie Shaw-Ulichny’s who came up with the winning slogan voice shakes as she talks about the day she nearly lost and artwork for the her daughter, then age 2. It was a birthday pool party school’s reusable at her home, she explains, and her husband, Mike, canvas bags. was stationed inside the pool to keep an eye on the Yaakob Almoslino, kids. Somehow their little girl went from sitting on left, 12, and Shmuel Brekan, 9, the top step to being submerged under water, just a were the lucky win- foot away—and behind Mike. It was the alarming cry ners. The bag’s from a friend standing by the patio that alerted Mike, slogan reads, who quickly pulled Maddie out of the water. “Reuse the things Maddie was conscious and spewing out the water you throw away to help our Earth in from her lungs and stomach, but they took her to the every way” (photo hospital just to be safe. She eventually was given the by Teri Carnicelli). all-clear. But to this day, Shaw-Ulichny is stunned by what happened. She and Mike both grew up around water, were strong swimmers, and were, they thought, Local academy is winner of the ‘Recycle Bowl’ very aware of their children’s locations at all times. It By Teri Carnicelli into the dumpster instead of a recycling bin.
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