2p 5 A6 LOCAL, NEW ENGLAND MW Union-News, Friday, January 7, 2000' DiNapoli memorial fund shows rise to $28,407 Holyoke police said they were 4 touched by the donations, many from law enforcement officers. By NANCY H. GONTER Staff writer HOLYOKE People from throughout New England are continuing to honor the memory of slain Police Officer John A. DiNapoli, pushing a memorial fund in his honor over $28,000. total in the fund, which was started by the Union-News and Sunday Republican and Peoples Bank, had grown to $28,407 by yesterday afternoon.
police said they are touched by the contributions, many of which came from law enforcement officers. have taken such an interest and been so generous. That is appreciated by everyone. It certainly helps the work atmosphere to realize they are that concerned and caring," Police Sgt. George Girard said.
family of DiNapoli yesterday also issued a statement saying they would be "forever grateful" to all those who expressed their support after the death of DiNapoli. response from both the local communities and far-away cit- The following is a letter from the family of John A. DiNapoli addressed to the many people who have offered support since the Holyoke patrolman was slain on Dec. 22: From the entire family of Officer John DiNapoli. At this time we would like to express our sincere thanks to everyone for your support during this tragic time for the family.
The response from both the local community and far away cities and towns was overwhelming. To the countless number of people who sent flowers and Mass cards and all the restaurants and friends that provided us with food, we will be forever grateful. A special thank-you to Chief Mark Cournoyer and each and every member of the Holyoke Police Department. Your help could only be described as above and beyond the call of duty. God bless all of you.
ies and towns was overwhelming," said the letter signed "the DiNapo- lifamily." The fund was started after DiNapoli, 52, a veteran of 21 years on the Holyoke Police Department, was shot and killed as he followed a suspect at Hampshire and Walnut streets on Dec. 22, 1999. The man police say fired the five shots that killed DiNapoli, Eddie Morales, 27, was apprehended in Scranton, Pa. He was returned here and pleaded innocent to a murder charge. The money i in the fund will be used to honor DiNapoli's memory either through a scholarship or a monument.
The Union-News started the memorial account with a $2.500 donation. Peoples Bank plans to contribute $2,500. Local banks have pledged a total of $7,500. Contributions have come from people who live in Connecticut, and from the police unions in North Dartmouth, Revere and Pittsfield. The Union-News is publishing a list of contributors beginning today with further lists to appear in subsequent editions.
Publisher Larry A. McDermott said the fund will provide a fitting tribute to an officer who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving the people of Holyoke. "The number of contributions is a testament to how well-loved John DiNapoli was and how ap- Contributors to the DiNapoli Memorial Fund Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Maziarz Jr.
John D. Borlen James T. Mooney Marilyn Boudreau Mountain View Inc. John Bresnahan Frances Moxica Mike Burke Yolanda Valentine Mariellen Burke Lennihan John D. Burlen Cummington James and Gertrude Byrnes J.
A. Dunham Sr. Francisca Canide Deerfield Juanita Carew Donald R. Carlson Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Ruschmann David Cavanaugh Mr. and Mrs. Michael Censabella East Hartford, Conn. Timothy and Kathleen Linda DePamphilis Champange John Cheryl East Longmeadow Cathy and Stanley Chmiel Catherine A. Dickson Edward and Nancy Chrzanowski Stephanie and John Chwalek East Windsor, Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Clayton Jr. Somers Sanitation Services Crabtree Service Station Tom Curran Easthampton Mr. and Mrs.
Curran Christine and Roy L. Baker Cynthia and Walter Cyran Suzanne Beaumier Christine Daniels Nancy and Raymond Martin Shirley M. Davis Joseph and Betty Roy Theodore and Betty Day Linda Staples Fozzie Defonsca Gerald and Carol Tierney Lucille Deperrault Mr. and Mrs. Chester Warawka Downtown Plaza Enfield, Conn.
Joseph Dube Jr. Kenneth and Kelly Cerino Doogie Duggan Anne T. Delgrego James and Maryann Dunn Mr. Stephen and Mrs. and Joan Augustus Halloway Oakely Cleo and Thelma Lucille Duperrault Faye Robert Feyer Fitchburg John P.
Fitzgibbon Timothy McDermott Barbara Fleming Sheila Flynn Spencer Granby Michael and Joanne Fogarty Stephen J. Fit Mary P. Furlani Peter and Delores Reis Joyce Gadbois Margaret Yzsak Thomas and Mary Gasheen Greenfield Patti Gatehouse Gazda Machine and Welding Douglas R. Bartlett Francis Gillon and family Hadley Andy Giroux Kathleen A. Ellen and Howard Greaney Bemben Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Gubala Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Chmura Mary Haglund Hampden Patricia and Donald Hartmann Mr.
and Mrs. John Monaghan John and Kathleen Havry Bethaney and Todd Healy Hatfield Wanda Hebert Barbara Pomeroy Mr. and Mrs. Norman Hiersche Joyce M. Higgins Hingham Jill A.
Hodnicki James and Arlene Costello Daniel P. Hogan Holyoke Holyoke Holyoke Post Liquor Office Mart employees Julien Albert Clayton Hough Jr. Mary Alfano John J. Joyce American Electric Cable Co. Betty Ann Kadlewic Hector Archilla Laura Ann J.
Kadlewicz Ruth and Claire Arhle Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kane Michele M. Aubrey. John and Irene Kelly Beth Authier Roxanne Kennedy Ronald Authier Katherine P.
Kiely Carol A. Baker Margaret and Kathy Labombard Karl Barbacki Francis K. Lavelle Mr. and Mrs. David Bartley Jeanne Lawrence James Bartley and family William Letrancois Barbara Bernard Billie and Mickie Lempke Kevin Bligh Gerald Lenihon Bob Simpson Signs Inc.
Mariellen Burke Lenihan Celeste Rimbold Longmeadow Albin Rodren Patricia Anzalotti Michael and Maureen Russell Phyllis and Irving Feldman Matthew J. Ryan, Jr. Joseph W. Kresock, M.D. Martha Jean Sabin James Laurenzano Mrs.
Arline Salinsky Mr. and Mrs. Peter Macelhiney Harding and Beverly Stewart Savvas and Katherine Ruth and Claire Ziff Papazoglou Ludlow Sturbridge Sturbridge Police Assoc. Ludlow Police Assoc. Suffield, Conn.
Montague John Braun Mark Ames Venus, Fla. Natick Tina Fleischer Susan E. McCarthy Ware North Granby, Conn. Scott A. Guimond Stewart King Washington, D.C.
Northampton Elizabeth Mason David A. Banas John Milkiewicz Mr. and Mrs. David Callahan Richard C. Garvey.
Wellesley Northampton Police Officers Pamela Desimone Union Northampton Police Relief Assoc. West Springfield Eva J. Corduff Pittsfield Tim Carey Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith Barbara Delnero Russell Mark Dinicola Direct Results Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley Herman Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Perkins Salem Raymond N. Remillard Mr.
and Mrs. James Slowski Salem Police Patrolmen Assoc. Nancy Wilson South Hadley Westfield Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bernier P.
Ann Comeron John Cournoyer David Ericksberg East Sheila Mountain Champagne Frederick A. Haas Jr. Country Club Mr. and Mrs. William Eberle Sophia Kuzebski Brian Kazck Mr.
and Mrs. William Lambert Mr. and Mrs. James Moccio Chester S. Marciniak Bob and Pat Pouliot Roger Swenson Mr.
and Mrs. Kevin Sullivan Southampton Westport, Conn. David M. Griffin Richard and Theresa Peloquin Joan Poster, V.M.D. Mark Peters Wilbraham Mr.
and Mrs. Michael Reardon Judge Rebekah and Harold Barbara Tetreault Crampton Jr. Southbridge Mr. and Mrs. David Duncan Eileen Lessard Mr.
and Mrs. George Marceau Mathews Associates Springfield Kevin and Lillian O'Donnell Stanley F. Bailey Williamsburg Mr. and Mrs. G.
Bennett Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James Didonato Better Care Cleaning of Springfield Allan Krystan J. Nubile Honsberger Bob Bonavita Edward Brown Wolcott, Conn.
Henry Clay Ill Anne and James Gillooly Comfort Footwear Margaret Croteau No town given Arline Dalinsky Nancy Bowser Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gigliotti Mike Dunn Margaret M. Hynes Nancy Jourdain Cotherine M. Kennedy Jeannette R.
Murray Mr. and Mrs. Silvio Lopardo Mr. and Mrs. David Nitkiewicz Michael G.
McGillicuddy John Pietrzykowski Gerald A. Philips Donald E. Pilon Mildred and Anthony Potito Crystal D. Senter Judge denies release of couple linked to fatal fire WORCESTER A homeless pair accused of accidentally startmg a warehouse blaze that led to deaths of six firefighters were obligated to report the fire. So said their attorneys yester'day in arguing for their release from jail.
At a bail hearing in Worcester County Court, lawyers for Thomas 37, and Julie Barnes, 19, also argued that prosecutors had FAMILY LETTER not shown that the firefighters' deaths could have been prevented if Barnes and Levesque had reported the fire. Barnes and Levesque have each pleaded innocent to six counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the Dec. 3 warehouse fire at Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse where they had been living. Firefighters had been told the couple lived in the building, and entered it, in part, to find them. Associated Press 1, 2000' MEMORIAL FUND Anyone who wishes to make a contribution in memory of slain Holyoke police officer John A.
DiNapoli can contribute to a memorial fund set up by the Union -News and Peoples Bank. The newspaper has started off the drive with a $2,500 donation. Donations made to any bonk in Holyoke will be funneled to the account Send a check or money order to: Holyoke A. DiNapoli Memorial Fund Peoples Bank 314 High St. Holyoke, MA 01040 People can also stop by the bank, or any of its branches, or wire money to the following accounts: Bank Routing 211871772 Bank Account 01353210260 preciative people are of the work our public safety officers do for us every day," McDermott said.
The fund is expected to continue to grow next Monday when waiters and waitresses at Kahunaville, a restaurant at the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside, will donate all their tips from that day to the DiNapoli fund. Officials at the company's corporate headquarters said they will match those contributions. Donations to the fund can be made at any bank in Holyoke and will be sent to the account at Peoples Bank. and said he was deeply saddened by the firefighters' deaths. "He is overwhelmed by remorse," said Ryan.
"Mr. Levesque is like a child He is scared to death." Judge Elliot Zide rejected motions to release the defendants on personal recognizance. despite lawyers' arguments that Barnes is four months' pregnant and that Levesque is mildly retarded. Zide reduced Levesque's bail to 000, and Barnes's to $75,000. Hospitals: Bed shortage result of staff shortage Continued from Page Al and the recent news that the state took over the financial dealings of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, the state's largest HMO, which to lose $150 million this year.
She said Baystate told Holyoke Hospital it was inundated with trauma cases. "For Baystate to say they can't deal with this, what are we doing? Maybe we need to bring in someone from the state Department of Public Health, or get on the governor," she said. Officials are meeting at Bay-, state three times a day to keep tabs on how many beds are available for, patients. As of Wednesday night, a decision was made to stop accepting patients transferred from other hospitals, Lorenzatti said. Baystate.
is the largest in the region, with 579 beds, and often takes patients that need advanced care not available at other local hospitals. Across the state, hospitals are dealing with overcrowded emergency rooms and long waits for patients to be admitted. Responding to reductions and changes in the way insurers and. the federal government pays for health care, hospitals have downsized in recent years. Staff and bed counts are at levels to accommodate the average use of the hospital, not times of peak demand.
In mid-winter for the past three years, outbreaks of respiratory illnesses have put stress on hospitals. And hospital officials say a nursing shortage is contributing to the problem. "The entire health system is collapsing. The politicians don't want to listen to those who are rendering care to patients." said Koppelman. But Daly said there still is an excess number of beds in Western Massachusetts, and here, the number of beds may be approaching a balance point in what is needed.
The current overcrowding during the wintertime bout of respiratory illnesses is just a blip, he said. and the trend in hospital use will continue to decrease. Contrary to some research that indicates more hospital beds will be needed to care for an aging population, Daly says other analysts predict more treatment and care will be done outside the hospital in the future. Developing technology and gene therapy will place more care in the physician's office, he said. The hospital of the future will be a.
large. intensive care unit. Patient, care will move to other sites such, as urgent care centers, the doctor's office and the patient's home. But for now, Baystate is so full' that the hospital is telling area hos-, pitals to find another place to send. patients who need advanced care, However, as the region's designated 1 Level One Trauma Unit.
the: hospital must continue to accept' patients who come in by ambu-: lance. Some hospitals, Mercy in Springfield and Baystate, say, they are using all available beds but others say they aren't, and can't because they don't have enough nurses. Craig N. Melin, president of Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, said his hospital anticipated overcrowding and made preparations. 1 "We increased our nursing staff.
this year. We a added a new resource pool of additional people: who don't have specific nursing assignments to go where they, need extra help," he said. And the hospital added bonuses to recruit reserve staff, he said. He. said his hospital did not have to hire temporary nurses from out-.
side the hospital to meet the cur-, rent demand. The hospital's joint replacement: center was opened for medical patients. "And we filled that within two hours," Melin said. "Believe me, if I had any extra beds, I would use them," Melin, said. But he said the issue with using all available beds is whether the hospital has enough money to support the staff.
This year, he said, the Cooley Dickinson medical staff was heavily involved in the budget process and nursing staff was added. 7 Koppelman said she was treating one patient for 34 hours before that patient could be placed in an intensive care unit at Holyoke Hospital. "Not because there was no intensive care unit bed. But because there weren't enough nurses to take care of that patient." she said: "They had birthing unit nurses in the emergency room," said Koppelman. Hospitals around the region are' opening up.
beds not being used, asking staff to stay overtime and hiring, temporary nurses where available. "This bed shortage is very real," said Koppelman. "Not because there are a lack of beds, but because there is a lack of nursing staff to take care of the patients." 4, One of jury pool ousted in slaying trial -6. Associated Press of Bridgeport, arguing that they cannot get a fair trial here because BRIDGEPORT, Conn. As jury the case has received intense meselection began yesterday in the dia coverage.
Judge G. Sarsfield trial of two brothers accused in the Ford has reserved a final decision slayings of an eight-year-old wit- on the change of venue request, at ness and his mother, almost one- least until an attempt is made to third of prospective jurors were pick a jury in Bridgeport. dismissed because they said they As the selection process got unhave already formed an opinion der way, about 18 out of a pool of about the high-profile case. 60 jurors said they knew many de: Russell in and the Adrian Peeler are tails of the case from news charged Jan. 7, 1999, slay- and had formed an opinion reports that ings of Leroy "B.J." Brown and his would make it difficult for them to mother, Prosecutors Karen alleged Clarke.
that Russell be impartial if picked to sit on the Peeler arranged for Adrian to kill jury. the mother and son to prevent the Several were dismissed immediboy from testifying against him. ately by the judge after they made B.J. was expected to be the strong statements about their bestate's key witness against Peeler lief that the brothers are guilty of in the 1998 slaying of his mother's murdering the boy and his mother. boyfriend.
Several months before "I've formed an opinion that that trial was scheduled to begin, they're guilty as hell," said one the boy and his mother were man. gunned down inside their Bridge- Another man told Ford that he port home. had a child of his own and would Lawyers for the brothers have fear for the safety of his family if asked that the trial be moved out he were picked for the jury. mits were granted, abutters complained that the company had let the lawn and landscape become overgrown. The building is on 18 acres of property on Monastery Road.
Of the 105 units, 35 will be set aside for Alzheimer's disease patients and 20 percent for lower-income residents. Giovannucci said the Alzheimer's section will have its own wing "so that (the patients) are in an isor lated unit for their own safety." Monastery: Project to start soon' Continued from Page A1 Shortly after the building per- "We expect to be in construction until the end of December, with opening in January." he said. The 75-year-old building will undergo a detailed historical reno-4 vation. Simsbury and Associates bought the building a year ago for; $1.5 million from the Passionist Missionist Society. The company secured building permits on March 22, although little visible work was undertaken through the summer.
1F The following is a list of people who have donated to a fund set up by Peoples Bank and the Union-News and Sunday Republican in memory of Holyoke Patrolman John A. DiNapoli, who was fatally shot Dec. 22. The newspapers will publish the names of additional donors in the coming weeks. Contributions are through Jan.
4: Agawam Brian and Amy Crowley James J. Fleming Sandra Lepore Lloyd and Karen Paro Anna and Walter Valego Amherst Mt. and Mrs. Richard Baxendell Todd S. Lang Phoebe Sunderland Arlington Arlington Police Patrolman's Assoc.
Ashfield Ashfield Police Assoc. Austin, Texas Margaret and Peter Macelhiney Bedford Edward Dioz Belchertown y. and Mrs. Paul Skomro Bernardston Patrick A. Tynan Boston Mt.
and Mrs. John Famiglietti John Guliemeti Louise Pace Harold Vitale Memorial Fund Caslie and Margaret Vitale Brimfield Mt and Mrs. Mark Fellion Dorothy A. Poirier Chicopee Juan and Helena Doming Christine M. Engelson Carl and Cecilia Fitzek Sohn and Jean Foley Shannon J.
Foley rarily and Robert Friedrich Mildred M. Geaughan Af: and Mrs. Francis Geoffroy Geraghty Catherine Goyette Charles and Marie Haney The Harold family Scott Hayden Virginia L. Heatwole and Mrs. David Hebert Jim Armstrong Photography Whights of Columbus George Lachapelle Aden Marshall R.
Mason Martin Lesser, D.O. Windell Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Arthur James Lyle Johanna Maisonet Angela Mannings Mastex Industries Inc. Lisa M.
Menard Adrian and Olga Monty Joann and Thom Mooney Carol J. Morey John F. Moriarty Jr. Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Moskel and sons Mr. Park Amusem*nts Richard Muller Albert Jr. Murray Michael Neilon Attorney Nancy D. O'Connor Claire and Kevin O'Hare James and Patricia O'Leary Maura C. O'Neill Suzanne L.
Orsini Sally and Bob Paquette Peoples Bank Kathryn Peterson Phil's Used Appliances Wayne and Elizabeth Pomeroy Mark Porter Jim Pouliot Richard and Mary Pratt Rosalie Pratt Lydia H. Quinones Samantha and John Quirk Riverview Mochine Co. Theresa Robertson Robert J. and Charlotte T. Rohan Eliba Ruede David Sacks Caron Shoup Harold and Joan Skelton The Smalley family Mr.
and Mrs. Allan Stefancik Matt Stefanik Stein Jewelers Larry and Jerry Stone and family Stop and Shop, Jim Wojcik Manager Suffolk Tailors Mary R. Sullivan Laurie Sullivan William and Suzanne Sullivan Andrew J. Sweeney Al and Bev Trombley U.S. Distribution Centers Union-News Mr.
and Mrs. L. Upatham James L. and Kathryn Verville Donna E. Wagner John Webster Steve Webster Ruby Westbrook Robert and Theresa Wheatley Daryl Whitelock Wendell Willis Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Wilson Thomas Wilson Michael Wright Nicholas and Tami Yee Hoover, Ala. Mike Ragora Huntington Roberta Dion Yesterday, prosecutors, attempted to portray Levesque as a man who felt no regret about the fire. Assistant District Attorney Lawrence Murphy said that after kicking over a candle during an argument with Barnes, Levesque told her, "I don't give a (expletive)," before heading to an arcade with her to listen to music. Levesque's attorney argued that the comment was made in 1 reference to clothes burned in the fire, 1:.
