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MANCHESTER, CT 06040 646-3515 Couple conceives in hope of marrow match Mass molasses mess Horn’s embarrassment By Lee Siegel creates oozing chaos The Associated Press causes Kennedy ^regrets’ LOS ANGELES — A couple conceived a child in LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — A mass of molasses oozed through two blocks of Colorado’s “Sweetheart hopes the baby’s bone marrow cells could save the City” on Friday after a storage tank ruptured, forcing was embarrassed and perceived that shoulders,” she said. life of a teen-age daughter who is dying of cancer, By Rick Santos But she added, “It’s his way of but ethics experts said Friday the decision is out­ a kindergarten to close and blocking several busi­ Manchester Herald 1 attempted to intimidate her during a brief conversation we held after apologizing. That’s the clorest he rageous and troubling. nesses. can come to an apology, and 1 can No one was injured, but before the syrupy mess School Superintendent James P. Tuesday’s board meeting. I certainly Such criticism means little to Abe Ayala and his was identified, authorities took precautions against did not intend such an outcome, and live with it.” wife, Mary. They found out this week that despite Kennedy, accused of bullying Town Republican party leaders, what they thought was a potentially dangerous Republican school board member- I regret that I left Mrs. Horn with one-in-four odds, their unborn baby girl will be a speaking at Wednesday night’s compatible bone marrow “stem cell” donor for their chemical spill. elect Janice Horn, issued a statement these feelings.” Republican Town Committee meet­ Word of the spill reached authorities early Friday The statement continues: “The 17-year-old daughter, Anissa, who was diagnosed Friday saying he regrets Horn was ing, advised Horn to demand a after a car spun out of control on a slippery substance concern I expressed to Mrs. Horn with leukemia two years ago. embarrassed by his treaUnent of her public apology. After the meeting, was that I’ve always felt that board “We’ve been searching for a donor for almost two and ran into a ditch. and that she interpreted it as an at­ she said she would rather discuss the City Manager Mike Rock said two young males members and administrators should years and we haven’t been able to find anybody, so tempt at intimidation. matter with Kennedy privately. were in the vehicle and “one of them told me it was The superintendent would not say contact each other to make inquiries this is the only other alternative,” Ayala said in a like hitting glare ice. His windshield was so splat­ whether or not the statement was an or to voice disagreements prior to She said his telephone call to her telephone interview Friday. “We can’t just stand idly tered with the stuff he couldn’t see.” apology for his actions — some­ raising an issue publicly. Prior com­ Friday sufficed as the discussion she by and do nothing about it and wait for Anissa to The molasses was steaming when it escaped but it thing Republican leaders had re­ munications are necessary, in my sought. die.” view, to get all of the facts, to The Ayalas live in the Los Angeles suburb of Wal­ thickened in the 5 degrees below zero temperature. It quested. “He would like to know if some­ flowed down a busy street, into an industrial park and Horn, who discussed the matter clarify the issues, and as a matter of thing is going in the paper before it nut with Anissa and a 19-year-old son, Airon. They on into an irrigation ditch where it ran for another with Kennedy on the telephone mutual courtesy. does,” she said. “I think 1 can live were told that Anissa has a 70 percent to 80 percent $ half-mile, said police Cpl. A1 Sharon. Friday, said the statement is “as “I am greatly concerned about with that, and 1 don’t think it will in­ chance of surviving if she receives a transplant of “It gives a whole new meaning to the term much as an apology as he can give.” any issue that would detract from hibit me from going to the press. stem cells — bone marrow cells that help produ^ i i Sweetheart City,” Sharon said. Kennedy telephoned her and read the very imjxtrtant work board “He and I both agree that it’s im­ various blood cells — but no chance if she doesn t, rS m members and administrators have to Sharon estimated the ruptured tank was three her his statement. portant that we have a working her father said. stories high and 30 to 50 feet in diameter. do to preserve a quality budget. I relationship,” she said. None of the Alayas have compatible marrow. O ^ The controversy surrounds an in­ stand ready to take any actions to So against the advice of Anissa’s doctor and after Jack Fulton, director of government relations for Horn, who was elected to the 2 00 cident in which Horn says Kennedy keep the focus on the issue of ade­ years of resisting his wife’s wish to have another Western Sugar Co., owner of the molasses, said 3,400 Board of Education last November, ^ ■ < publicly reprimanded her for telling quately funding the schools,” the child, the 45-year-old Ayala had his vasectomy / tons or about 618,000 gallons were in the tank leased the press she has a problem with a will begin serving a three-year term statement concludes. reversed last year. Mrs. Alaya, 43, is due to deliver a The Associaied Press m H from Great Western Salvage Co. newsletter that a school principal is­ After hearing the statement from this November. She says the inci­ dent with Kennedy will not thwart baby girl in April. “We have engineers on the scene n^ing to deter­ sued to students because it urged Kennedy and having it reread to her If not for Anissa’s leukemia, “it’s true we would MOTHER AND DAUGHTER — Mary Ayala, right, shares a laugh with her daughter her. s s parents to support a fully funded by the Herald reporter, Horn said his have never had another baby this late,” Ayala said. mine the best way to clean up the spill,” Fulton said. “1 don’t think this will affect how Anissa. The mother is having a baby in the hope the newborn can become a donor for school budget and to sign PTA peti­ statement is not an apology for his “It is troublesome to say the least,” m ^ical ethics z "U The molasses is used as an animal-feed supple­ 1 operate on the board because that tions in favor of the budget. actions, but an expression of regret expert Philip Boyle said from The Hastings Center Anissa, who has leukemia. ment, often added to barley or other grains. isn’t my style,” she said. “If it does, O 33 for her interpretation of them. think tank in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. “It’s outrageous Kennedy’s statement reads: “I then 1 shouldn’t be on the board.” into the leukemia patient’s bones so healthy stem Traffic was directed away from Madison Avenue, read in the Herald where Mrs. Horn “He’s putting it back on my decision, the experts said. which was covered with 1 to 7 inches of sticky, that people would go to this length.” cells from the marrow can produce healthy blood 0 -n “The ideal reason for having a child is associated The Ayalas’ baby “is not seen as an end in itself, brownish-black goo. but as a means to another end. The fact that the other cells. CD m with that child’s own welfare — to bring a child into Ayala said his daughter’s leukemia is now stable, Rock said of the cleanup effort, “maybe we need end is laudable doesn’t change that” Capron said.