LITTLE CURRENT—Diego Ramsey Di Salvo made his long anticipated entrance as Manitoulin’s first baby of the New Year on Monday, February 4 at 2:53 am. Although this announcement is a bit tardier than is this paper’s wont, there were some extenuating circumstances that delayed the story.
Diego’s parents are Gabriel Di Salvo and Laura Arellano and he is their first child.
Diego weighed in at 3.170 kilograms (6.97 lbs.) and stretched out to 51 centimetres (20.08 inches).
Mr. Di Salvo is a police trainee with the Wikwemikong Tribal Police who is currently undergoing training at Police College, in fact he just recently picked up his dress uniform in preparation for the graduation ceremonies. Therein lies some of the reason for the delay.
Although The Expositor dropped by to visit the couple and their newborn the day following his birth, it was determined that Diego needed a little blue light therapy before he was ready for his first close-up.
Although The Expositor had a great photo of the new arrival on the morning of his birth, it was decided that since his parents had played such a pivotal role in his arrival, they should be included in the photo. By the time Diego was cleared to head home with his parents, dad was on his way back to his classes in southern Ontario and mom had her hands full, as any first time mom can readily attest. With Mr. Di Salvo having to deal with the heavy work schedule of an aspiring police constable it proved somewhat tricky to get the crew together for Diego’s date with the paparazzi.
As can be seen by the photograph of the family at home accompanying this article on page 1, however, Diego is clearly doing great and none the worse off for his delayed date with fame.
So, welcome to Diego Di Salvo, the Island’s first Haweater of 2019. We here at The Expositor look forward to chronicling many of Diego’s accomplishments in the years ahead and offer our heartfelt congratulations to Gabriel Di Salvo and Laura Arellano—Diego is quite a handsome young man.
