July 12, 2007 edition


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COVER STORY:

Fight for Steven

Morris Brasovankin is fidgety these days. He goes from room to room in his Oxford Circle home with one thing on his mind — his grandson, Steven.
Alongside pictures of the child, Thomas the Tank and Percy toy engines wait for him on the coffee table. His videotapes stacked neatly against the wall, the tub attachment in the bathroom that Brasovankin uses to rinse the suds from the little boy’s hair, and even a trip to the refrigerator stocked with the 5-year-old’s favorite purple-lidded yogurt — everything around the house reminds him of young Steven, who was taken from them by . . .

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EDITORIAL

Children come first

One need not be a member of Northeast Philadelphia’s large elderly population to feel bad for Morris and Mildred Brasovankin. Anyone with a heart and soul should feel bad for the grandparents from Oxford Circle, who’ve have been getting a raw deal in their quest to gain custody of their 5-year-old grandson, Steven.
Here’s a case of two loving grandparents, well into their twilight years, who’ve been stymied for no good reason

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