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The Daily Review/Bill Decker
Berwick Police Officers Billy Chapman, left, and J.P. Henry, right, pose for pictures with Don Valentine, red shirt, Quinn Toups and Isabelle Toups. Valentine and Isabelle received Beacons Shine On certificates at Tuesday's town council meeting. In August, Isabelle told her mother that Quinn Toups had fallen in a swimming pool. Valentine helped pull him out and administered CPR.

Beacons in Berwick: Two men and a girl saved her father's life

BERWICK — Town and city council meetings are often filled by routine matters — keeping the water flowing, hearing financial reports and deciding which potholes should be filled. But Tuesday’s Berwick Town Council meeting had more than a touch of human drama, and with a happy ending. During its “The Beacon Shines On” time, the council recognized two men and a little girl who saved a drowning man. The men are Donald Valentine and Don Minor. The girl is Isabelle Toups, 6. The man who was saved is Quinn Toups, Isabelle’s father. Police Officer J.P. Henry read his account of the Aug. 19 events ...

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