WDNNSCPS Foster parent, CPS adminstrator, CPS worker all molest....

.... oh, wait. It wasn't a foster parent or a CPS worker. Shucks. Must
have spoiled your day. Saaaahreeeee.

http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs....704240318/1002

Police Briefs

Man receives 10-year prison term for incest

STAUNTON - A Mount Solon man convicted in November of incest after
turning a 14-year-old relative into a surrogate wife received a 10-
year prison term Thursday in Augusta County Circuit Court, according
to court records.

Authorities arrested Douglas A. Kirk, 47, in January 2006 after a
woman came forward with information that she was repeatedly molested
during a 10-year period beginning in 1996. Testing done on a pair of
Kirk's underwear found both his DNA and the victim's, according to the
state forensics lab in Roanoke.

The woman, 24 years old when she testified at Kirk's trial, said the
molestations began as oral sex but quickly escalated into sexual
intercourse. The woman said she dropped out of school after completing
the eighth grade. She testified she was expected to clean Kirk's house
while he was away, and said she prepared all of his meals. As she grew
older the woman said she tried dating, but when Kirk found out "he
insisted on going on every date after that," she testified.

Kirk, a former IT specialist for Northrop Grumman, had been free on
bond pending sentencing. Judge Thomas H. Wood also placed Kirk on six
months of supervised probation upon his release from prison.

Don - why do you insist on disrupting ASCPS with your parent hating
drivel ??

This is a group for folks who have been victimized by scum like you. It
takes a real lowlife to come here and boast.

Run out of kiddies to spam to perverts ?? Huh Don ??

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Rescued from danger
Kids in drug homes taught to trust again

Jody Lawrence-Turner · Staff writer
Published April 25, 2007

Many children are traumatized, frightened and cautious when they enter
counselor Lucy DePaolo's Spokane office.

They've been taken from homes where drugs were used or manufactured,
and they were referred to counseling as part of the Drug Endangered
Children program.

Spokane County and the state of Idaho launched DEC programs in recent
years to help children from drug homes. Participants include law
enforcement, social workers, prosecutors, corrections officials,
educators, health care providers and community child advocates.

Last year alone, Spokane and Kootenai county authorities removed about
150 children from drug houses.

There are a lot of similarities among the children, said DePaolo, a
counselor with Lutheran Community Services.

No matter the cause, being taken away from their parents is stressful,
she said. It's the only life they know.

"A couple kids who came in were so frightened they were hiding under
tables," DePaolo said. "They were hiding under chairs. They can't look
anyone in the eye. We try to make sure they understand it's not their
fault. Creating safety and building trust are our first steps."

Counselors with Lutheran Community Services have worked with 131 of
more than 400 children who have been pulled from drug houses since the
program began in Spokane in 2003, said Dan Fox, clinical manager of
the organization's sexual assault and family trauma unit. Other
agencies, including Partners with Families and Children, have assisted
in counseling the remaining children in need of mental health
services.

Having a coordinated program allows children to be "connected to all
the social services as quickly as can be established," Fox said. "The
longer you wait the more damage is done. Intervention that happens
quickly allows the child to heal."

Under the DEC program, any of the involved agencies can identify a
child as drug-endangered. That agency then communicates with the
others to expedite the process of getting the child assessed
medically, emotionally and developmentally and into a stable home.

The concept of the drug-endangered program was developed in Riverside
County, Calif., because information was not being shared among
agencies before planned arrests.

There was a lack of cohesiveness in the delivery of social services to
children after they were removed from their homes, and crime scenes
were not being investigated for child abuse, which made it harder for
prosecutors to pursue charges of child endangerment, said Karen
Winston, a DEC coordinator and child interviewer with Partners with
Families and Children: Spokane.

Before the launch of DEC in Spokane "we were aware of situations where
law enforcement didn't contact us," said Geri Phillips, an intake
supervisor with Washington's Child Protective Services. Conversely,
"we didn't always involve them in situations where we could have."

Sacred Heart Medical Center used the DEC program last year to help a
child who was admitted to the hospital after ingesting
methamphetamines left by his mother and father. Police investigated,
both parents were arrested, and the child was taken into protective
custody.

The help that DEC gave that young child, and more than 400 others, is
how Spokane County has measured the group's success, Winston said.
Spokane's DEC program helps 15 to 20 children per month on average,
officials said.

Since the start of Idaho's program in 2002, there have been 178 DEC
investigations that resulted in 91 children being removed from their
homes, said Idaho State Police Maj. David Kane, who oversees statewide
investigations.

Most DEC programs are introduced by law enforcement agencies in
response to the meth epidemic. Idaho's DEC program is one of a few
that are statewide.

"The advantage is everyone is using the same protocol to remove
children from a (drug) home," Kane said.

Spokane, Thurston and Pierce counties offer DEC programs in
Washington, according to the state's Office of Environmental Health
and Safety.

Lisa Lydon, a Washington assistant attorney general and a member of
Spokane County's DEC program, said the group is working toward
creating a statewide alliance.

"We want to bring the concept of how to deal with drug-endangered
children to as many counties as possible," Lydon said. Smaller
counties might not be able to offer a complete DEC program, she said,
but a statewide alliance could fill some of those gaps.
Feds join in

From its origins in Riverside County, Calif., DEC has spread from the
ground up. Counties, then states, began adopting programs. The federal
government got involved in 2005 with the National Drug Endangered
Children's Alliance.

"We're fledglings on this. It's kind of new," Winston said. "Even the
federal government is new at this."

The national alliance was created as a resource for agencies that want
to launch DEC programs and to help states coordinate programs, like
Idaho's, said operations manager Julie Ray. The organization offers
information about how to get a DEC program started, inspiring stories
about why DEC works, and funding and grant opportunities.

Because the program is so new, no national data have been collected,
Ray said. People want it, but the alliance hasn't put together an
organized way to compile and disseminate information.

"One of the goals is to get each state to report the information," so
the national alliance can act as a clearinghouse, she said.

About a dozen states worked toward the creation of the National DEC
Alliance, and Washington and Idaho DEC representatives were among
them, said Lori Moriarty, executive director of the national program.

While the DEC program began with a focus of rescuing children from
meth labs, it has expanded to include parents who possess all illegal
drugs.

The number of meth labs has dropped significantly nationwide.

In 2002, for example, Washington ranked second in the nation for the
number of meth labs seized, with 1,441, according to the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration. In 2005, the number of lab seizures
dropped to 522; last year, it was 178.

In Idaho in 2002, 122 meth labs were seized, compared with only 12
last year.

Lawmakers, primarily in the Western states, also increased penalties
for those who make or use drugs in a child's presence. Three
Washington laws enacted in 2002 made it a felony to expose children to
methamphetamines, whether a person was manufacturing the drug or just
possessed it in the presence of a child.

The powerful amphetamine still remains the most common illegal drug
found when authorities have rescued children from homes, followed by
marijuana, crack cocaine, heroin and methadone, according to data from
Spokane police, Spokane County Sheriff's Office and Idaho State
Police.

In Spokane County, about 65 percent of parents whose children ended up
in the DEC program were using methamphetamine, said Amber Cleverly-
Thomas, a DEC coordinator and evaluator. In Idaho, between 60 percent
and 70 percent of parents whose children entered the program were
taking meth, according Idaho State Police.
Grants end in June

Spokane County received $1.5 million in federal grants for the DEC
program from 2003 through 2005.

"The majority of this funding has been for identification of the drug-
endangered children and providing services to the children," said
Esther Larsen, DEC's grant administrator. The federal program also
paid for one administrative position, a DEC coordinator. Larsen's work
as grant administrator was paid for through Spokane County.

The funds have been spread out over the years but will run out in
June, officials said. The agencies involved in DEC have agreed to
absorb the personnel expenses at least through the end of the year.
Larsen said the group has applied for more federal grants but hasn't
heard back yet. Funds are also being sought from private foundations.

The annual cost to run the program is about $1 million to $1.9
million, Larsen said. The local match from all the agencies involved
is estimated at about $400,000 a year, which includes personnel costs
for state and local law enforcement and prosecution, and Child
Protective Services partners, Larsen said.

Two detectives, one from the Sheriff's Office and another from the
Spokane Police Department, were initially funded through the federal
grants. As of January, the county and city began funding those
positions, which will continue through the end of the year. Sheriff
Ozzie Knezovich said he'll have to re-evaluate continuation of his DEC
detective position next year.

When Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick learned the funding had
ended for DEC Detective John Willard earlier this year, she persuaded
Spokane Mayor Dennis Hession to fund the specialized position. The
city used money saved from vacant positions, Kirkpatrick said. But the
position will have to be considered annually. However, "it's my
intention to keep it," Kirkpatrick said.

A prosecutor was grant-funded for approximately eight months during
those first three years, Larsen said. That position is now funded by
the Spokane County prosecutor's office.

The education component, offered by Educational Service District 101
and Spokane Public Schools, and prevention partners, such as Greater
Spokane Substance Abuse Council, provides services using local public
or private funds. Federal money became available to providers of
medical care late last year for cases involving children identified as
drug-endangered, Larsen said.

In Idaho, investigative costs for DEC operations are absorbed as part
of regular investigative operations, Kane said. The only other cost is
the expense of getting hair samples tested, which is the best way to
test a child's level of exposure to chemicals.
Helping the child

Phillips, with Washington's Child Protective Services, said the DEC
program works because of the cross-agency communication.

"It's favorable because you are working as a team," Phillips said.

In the past, a child taken from a drug home might be placed with a
relative after a police raid, she said. When that happened, the child
might not have received needed social services or medical treatment.

Now, CPS often accompanies police during drug raids and takes
immediate custody of children. The reverse also happens - if CPS
suspects drug use in a home, it can request that police investigate.

Once a child is in custody, "we don't just do a medical exam,"
Phillips said. "We do a mental evaluation, immediate referrals to
mental health counseling (and) developmental tests to say where they
are educationally."

The goal is to "stabilize the children as soon as possible," she said.

Fox, of Lutheran Community Services, said his agency does a full
psycho-social assessment of kids who come to them through the DEC
program.

"We see a lot of kids who are parentified," Fox said. "They are taking
care of their parents and their siblings sometimes. They have a
difficult time playing and socializing. They are very serious. And
they often don't trust adults."

Children coming out of drug houses often suffer multiple forms of
abuse, said Idaho State Police Capt. Clark Rollins. However, neglect
is even more common among substance abusers.

DePaolo, who has counseled many DEC children, said: "When kids
actually get the help that they need and feel safe, they thrive, not
just survive."
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On Apr 24, 3:50 pm, ":]" wrote:
Don - why do you insist on disrupting ASCPS with your parent hating
drivel ??

This is a group for folks who have been victimized by scum like you. It
takes a real lowlife to come here and boast.

Run out of kiddies to spam to perverts ?? Huh Don ??

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This guy is a 'parent'?

"Dragon's Girl" wrote in message
oups.com...
On Apr 24, 3:50 pm, ":]" wrote:
Don - why do you insist on disrupting ASCPS with your parent hating
drivel ??

This is a group for folks who have been victimized by scum like you. It
takes a real lowlife to come here and boast.

Run out of kiddies to spam to perverts ?? Huh Don ??

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This guy is a 'parent'?


Would not surprise me a bit. You should see the number of parents I run
across every week that think that they walk on water as far as parenting
goes. Of course the courts disagree, as do workers, lawyers, and the
general public, but hell everyone else must be wrong.

Ron

Ron wrote:
"Dragon's Girl" wrote in message
oups.com...
On Apr 24, 3:50 pm, ":]" wrote:
Don - why do you insist on disrupting ASCPS with your parent hating
drivel ??

This is a group for folks who have been victimized by scum like you. It
takes a real lowlife to come here and boast.

Run out of kiddies to spam to perverts ?? Huh Don ??

--
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This guy is a 'parent'?


Would not surprise me a bit. You should see the number of parents I run
across every week that think that they walk on water as far as parenting
goes. Of course the courts disagree, as do workers, lawyers, and the
general public, but hell everyone else must be wrong.

Ron



Did you ever consider that YOU might be the screwball and not them ??
Hmmmmm??

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On Apr 26, 10:53 pm, "Ron" wrote:
"Dragon's Girl" wrote in message

oups.com...

On Apr 24, 3:50 pm, ":]" wrote:
Don - why do you insist on disrupting ASCPS with your parent hating
drivel ??

This is a group for folks who have been victimized by scum like you. It
takes a real lowlife to come here and boast.

Run out of kiddies to spam to perverts ?? Huh Don ??

--
Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com

This guy is a 'parent'?

Would not surprise me a bit. You should see the number of parents I run
across every week that think that they walk on water as far as parenting
goes. Of course the courts disagree, as do workers, lawyers, and the
general public, but hell everyone else must be wrong.

Ron

Ron, I could tell you stories about people I met in California who's
parenting skills would make your hair curl.
I knew one named Jenny who lived right next door to me. Had two
little girls aged 3 and four who, literally, never wore any clothing.
So one morning I get up early to go to an appointment and on my way
out the door I hear these little girls yelling inside the apartment.
I sauntered over to the door and there they were, sitting in the
middle of the kitchen floor naked in a pile of sugar that they had
been scooping up with a spoon to eat because mom had not fed them in
days because she was tweeking and didn't think they were hungry
because she wasn't hungry. But that wasn't the worst of it,
nope...mom was gone, out looking for her Rot that got out of the
house, and had left the electric burner on the stove on. The girls
had thrown a stuffed animal up on the stove and a fire was blazing in
the kitchen. Mom's boyfriend was in the bedroom crashed after a five
day run and dead to the world.
I put the fire out, dressed the kids, cleaned up the sugar, and waited
for mom to come back.
Needless to say, that wasn't the only incident of that kind with that
family.
Had another that lived in the apartment next to me in another
building. My husband and I were managers, and I didn't want to rent
to her, but the owner made me, so she moved in six months pregnant
with a one year old. I never saw a stick of furniture in that
apartment, never saw a diaper on that baby, and we could hear her two
year old at night begging for something to eat so we started sneaking
him over the rail that separated our balconies and feeding him at our
house. The boy would be gone for an hour or better and his mother
never missed him....too busy smoking crack. When DFS finally showed
up they said that the baby had ben wrapped in a blanket full of urine
and feces, hadn't been bathed in quite some time, and that the
clothing (and I know this is FACT) that the two year old had on could
not have possibly been changed in weeks. (if I had something that
would have fit him I woud havechanged him, but I did at least clean
him up each night before dinner)
Both these chicks thought they were mom of the year.
Lots more just like these two.
I'm not perfect, and sometimes I wonder if I have room to point a
finger, but my kids ate every day, were bathed and clothed every day,
etc.
Why keep them if you don't want to take care of them?
I just don't get it.

Betty

Dragon's Girl wrote:

Betty,

Your criticicsms of parents is OT - and rather hilarious coming from a
cousin ****in nigga lover. lol.

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On Apr 27, 8:05 am, ":]" wrote:
Dragon's Girl wrote:

Betty,

Your criticicsms of parents is OT - and rather hilarious coming from a
cousin ****in nigga lover. lol.

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HAHAHA Yo daddy ain't my cuz, cuz.

":]" wrote in message
.. .
Ron wrote:
"Dragon's Girl" wrote in message
oups.com...
On Apr 24, 3:50 pm, ":]" wrote:
Don - why do you insist on disrupting ASCPS with your parent hating
drivel ??

This is a group for folks who have been victimized by scum like you.
It
takes a real lowlife to come here and boast.

Run out of kiddies to spam to perverts ?? Huh Don ??

--
Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com
This guy is a 'parent'?


Would not surprise me a bit. You should see the number of parents I run
across every week that think that they walk on water as far as parenting
goes. Of course the courts disagree, as do workers, lawyers, and the
general public, but hell everyone else must be wrong.

Ron



Did you ever consider that YOU might be the screwball and not them ??
Hmmmmm??

Once. And then the following 9 parents proved that wrong.

My question to you is why do you victimize the other users here and refuse
to add to the conversation? Cant hold up your end? Truth scares you?

Come on mikey/ken, tell us why.

Ron