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mai The Chronicle: Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Loio Jessica Baggett ma ke ʻano he loio i mahalo nui ʻia, makuahine


Kau ʻia Ianuali 24, 2024
8: 31 pm


By Carissa Woytach

ʻO ia ka hopena i lawe mai iā Jessica Baggett i Lorain County.

Hiki iā ia ke holo i luna kānāwai a neʻe paha i ka honua ʻoihana, akā aia ʻo ia ma ʻaneʻi no ka mea ua pono ʻo ia e kona ʻohana a me kona kaiāulu, kāna hoaaloha a me ka luna kānāwai i hoʻomaha loa ʻo Charlita Anderson-White.

Ua make ʻo Baggett, 57, Jan. 15. ʻAʻole i loaʻa koke kahi kumu o ka make. ʻO ia ka loio hoʻokele o ka Legal Aid Society of Cleveland ma Lorain County, he loio hoʻomaʻamaʻa no 30 mau makahiki a he luna kānāwai ma mua o ka ʻAha Hoʻokolokolo Hoʻokolokolo Pilikino.

Akā, ua hoʻomanaʻo kona mau hoaaloha a me nā hoa hana iā ia i ka Pōʻalua no kona ʻano pilihua a me ke akamai, he ʻano i ʻike ʻia e hoʻomālamalama i nā lumi hoʻokolokolo a me nā lumi hālāwai like, a me kona aloha nui i kāna keiki ʻōpio a me ke kaiāulu āna i lawelawe ai.

Mai ka ʻāina ʻo Dayton, ua neʻe ʻo Baggett i Lorain County ma mua o ʻelua mau makahiki i hala aku nei, wahi a kāna hoa kōkua Legal Aid Society Tonya Whitsett.

Ua ʻike ʻo Whitsett, ka loio hoʻokele no ka hui hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻohana ʻole, ʻo Baggett no 30 mau makahiki, ua hui ʻo ia ma kahi hālāwai hoʻomaʻamaʻa kūloko i ka waena o 1990s - e noho ana ma nā ʻaoʻao kūʻē o ka hoʻokolokolo hoʻohenehene i alakaʻi ʻia e Legal Aid i kēlā mau makahiki i hala.

Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia i kā Baggett i kamaʻilio e pili ana i kona makuahine e ʻimi ana i ke Kokua Kānāwai i kona wā kamaliʻi a mahalo mau ʻo ia i nā poʻe ma laila e kōkua i kona ʻohana.

"Ua hele kona makuahine i Legal Aid a ua mālama ka poʻe ma laila iā ia me he kanaka lā," wahi a Whitsett. "Ua ʻike lākou i ke kanaka holoʻokoʻa, ʻaʻole ia he pilikia pili kānāwai, he kanaka hoʻokahi ʻo ia, he makuahine me nā keiki liʻiliʻi i loaʻa kahi pilikia a makemake i ke kōkua - pono ʻo ia i kahi mea ʻē aʻe e kākoʻo nona a kōkua iā ia e hoʻokele i ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokolokolo a hana. ma o ka pilikia. No laila paʻa mau me (Baggett). "

Ma laila pū ʻo Baggett e kōkua i kona ʻohana, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Whitsett, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hele koke ʻo Baggett i ke kula kānāwai, akā ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia i hoʻokahi makahiki e hana i kahi hale hana e kōkua i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kona makuahine a me nā kaikaina.

ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i loaʻa i kona makuahine mai nā loio Kokua Kānāwai nāna i kōkua iā ia i hoʻāla ai i ka hoʻokauwā like ʻana ma Baggett, ka mea i lilo i ʻāpana o ka ʻoihana kānāwai ʻohana ʻole mai ka makahiki 2007.

He kākoʻo ikaika ʻo ia no ka poʻe i pakele i ka hana ʻino i loko o ka hale a ua mahalo nui ʻia i ka ʻaha, wahi a Whitsett.

Ua mālama ʻo Legal Aid Deputy Director for Advocacy Tom Mlakar i ka hana a Baggett no kekahi mau makahiki, me ka ʻike ʻana i ka waiwai o ka ʻike a me ka ʻike āna i lawe mai ai i ke keʻena mai kona manawa ma ke ʻano he luna kānāwai pili home.

"ʻO ke aloha a me ke aloha o Jessica i ka poʻe a me kona hiki ke kamaʻilio he mea kūpono loa ia no kā mākou mea kūʻai aku a me kēlā kaiāulu," wahi a Mlakar, me ka hoʻohui ʻana ua holomua ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻelele no ke Kokua Kānāwai ma Lorain County.

Ua lawe ʻo ia i ka manawa e mālama ai i ka poʻe a puni iā ​​​​ia me ka mahalo, e nīnau mau ana pehea nā lā o nā hoa hana a i ʻole ke nānā ʻana i ko lākou ʻohana, wahi a Whitsett, a helu ʻo ia i kona mau hoalauna he ʻohana a ʻo ia ke kanaka hele i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā pāʻina.

"Ua hiki iā ia ke hana maʻalahi i mau hoaaloha," wahi a Whitsett.

I ka neʻe ʻana o Baggett i ʻElyria, ua lilo ia i home nona.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mlakar, ʻo nā pilina āna i kūkulu ai i ke kaiāulu - mai United Way a i ka Lorain County Bar Association a i Blessing House a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe āna i hana pū ai a lawelawe i nā papa hoʻokele - ua kōkua maikaʻi i ka lawelawe ʻana i ke kalana.

Ua hoʻohiki ʻia ʻo Baggett ma ke ʻano he pelekikena o ka Lorain County Bar Association i ka makahiki 2022. Ma kāna ʻaha hoʻohiki i ka mahina ʻo Iune, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Baggett i ka poʻe e hele ana i ke kuleana i loaʻa iā lākou ke kōkua i ka wā a me kahi e hiki ai iā lākou.

"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au ʻo ia ke kumu i hala ai mākou i ʻekolu mau makahiki i ke kula kānāwai, i ʻeha ʻia ma ka hoʻokolokolo bar, e kōkua i kekahi i kēlā me kēia lā," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Baggett i ka hanana 2022.

He hana ia i lawe ai i loko o ka puʻuwai, wahi a ka Pelekikena Lorain County Bar Association ʻo Giovanna Scaletta-Bremke i kēia manawa, me ka ʻike ʻana i ka manaʻo o kona mea mua i ke kōkua ʻana i nā kamaʻāina liʻiliʻi o ke kalana.

He helehelena ʻakaʻaka mau ʻo ia i ka hale hoʻokolokolo, wahi a Scaletta-Bremke.

"He mea paʻakikī ka loaʻa ʻana o ka inoa maikaʻi o ka loio i waena o kā lākou mau hoa hana, akā ua hana ʻo Jessica a ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo ia i nā makahiki he nui i ka Bar Association," wahi a Scaletta-Bremke. "… Ua hōʻike maoli ʻo ia i nā mea a mākou e makemake ai e ʻike i nā loio a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kaiāulu."

Akā i ka poʻe i ʻike pono iā Baggett, ʻike lākou i kāna keiki, ʻo David, 10, e loaʻa i kona puʻuwai.

ʻO ia ka moeʻuhane o Baggett e lilo i makuahine, wahi a Scaletta-Bremke a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ua hānai ʻo ia iā David i kona wā liʻiliʻi wale nō ma o kahi papahana hānai.

Ua nalowale kāna keiki pēpē ʻo Garrett Carter, ma kahi o hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki ma mua, wahi a Anderson-White, a hauʻoli loa nā mea a pau i kona lilo ʻana i makuahine.

"I kona lawe ʻana iā David, ʻo ia ka lā hauʻoli loa o kona ola," wahi a Whitsett. "Ua ʻike ʻo ia makemake ʻo ia e lilo i makuahine a he nui kāna aloha e hāʻawi."

ʻO lāua wale nō, wahi a Anderson-White, a ʻaʻole maopopo ʻo ia ʻo wai ka mea laki i loaʻa iā lāua kekahi i kekahi - ʻo David a i ʻole Baggett.

Ua hāʻawi ʻo ia iā David i ke ola maikaʻi loa a hiki i kona maʻi ʻana, wahi a Anderson-White.

"ʻO ka noʻonoʻo ʻana ua lawe aku ka hopena iā ia, ke ao holoʻokoʻa, ke Akua, ʻo ka mea nāna i lawe iā ia mai kēia pilina kūikawā i loaʻa iā ia me kēia keiki liʻiliʻi he mea ʻeha ia," wahi a Anderson-White. "Akā, ʻike mākou ʻo ke Akua a me ka honua o nā hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana ke nānā nei iā ia a hoʻokahi mea āna i noi ai ʻo ia mākou e hōʻoia e mālama ʻia ʻo David - no laila e hui pū kēia kaiāulu ma hope ona a me kona ʻohana a e hōʻoia i kēlā. aia iā ia nā mea a pau e pono ai. ʻO ia wale nō kāna pule.

ʻO nā mea a pau i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kona aloha a me kona lokomaikaʻi, wahi a Anderson-White. Mai kāna keke kokoleka Kelemania kaulana a hiki i nā huakaʻi i lawe ʻia a heluhelu pū ʻia nā puke, ʻo ia ka mea e pono ai kona mau hoaaloha a me kona kaiāulu, wahi āna, a aia lākou i laila nona.

"Ua aloha kona mau hoaaloha a pau iā ia," wahi a Anderson-White. "Ke hoʻohauʻoli nei mākou iā ia no kona aloha a me kona lokomaikaʻi."

E kipa ʻia ana ma ka Full Gospel Faith Fellowship Church, kahi i lilo ai ʻo Baggett i lālā ikaika, ma ka hola 10 am Poaono, me ka hana ma ka hola 12 pm


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