“Man Accused of Molesting Girl He Was Homeschooling” plus 2 more |
- Man Accused of Molesting Girl He Was Homeschooling
- Coeur d'Alene Press
- Library celebration is Saturday in Pittsfield
| Man Accused of Molesting Girl He Was Homeschooling Posted: 13 May 2010 05:00 PM PDT  David Allen Goddard (Santa Ana Police Dept.) SANTA ANA - A 47-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a 17-year-old girl over a period of several years. David Allen Goddard was arrested at his home on South Taurus Lane on suspicion of committing lewd acts on a child under 14 years old, committing lewd acts on a child 14-15 years old as a dependent, oral copulation, continuous sexual abuse of a child, and sexual penetration by a foreign object. Goddard allegedly abused the girl on a regular basis beginning in October 2004, Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said. The alleged victim, now 17, lived with her grandmother until she was 10 years old, Bertagna said.
When her grandmother died, her stepsister and Goddard became her guardians. The 17-year-old came forward after she told a friend about the alleged sexual abuse, Bertagna said Goddard, an English citizen, is in the country illegally. He is being held at Santa Ana Jail on an immigration hold. Copyright © 2010, KTLA-TV, Los Angeles  Five Filters featured article: The Art of Looking Prime Ministerial - The 2010 UK General Election. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Posted: 14 May 2010 01:07 AM PDT I'm new to the IB discussion. I attended the informational meeting at the library on Monday. I assumed there would be information for both sides, but it was about why we shouldn't have the program and its' "socialist" connotations. Well educated, and well traveled globally, I came to Idaho 10 years ago for family values, and a community embracing educational choices, which included private schools which were expensive, "magnet" schools were on the radar, and the homeschooling network was becoming a national icon. Our son did well at Hayden Meadows, but for middle school, he needed more challenge. We are grateful for the choice of the Charter Academy, where our son has thrived both academically and in his world perspective. Charter may not be for everyone, but the point is, we have choice. And choice is how I am looking at the IB situation. Our educational system is dying. District 271 is trying new ways. I respect the effort. There are over 1,100 IB schools in this country, and the Charter, Magnet and IB models are growing leaps and bounds. At the meeting, someone suggested the IB program promotes a socialist attitude. Isn't going back to the old "one size fits all" style of education a form of socialism? Just a thought. Our country is about freedom of choice – religion, diet, speech, clothes we wear, where we live – why can't it also be about choice of educational styles for our kids? MELANIE HAWK Hayden More about Cdapress
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| Library celebration is Saturday in Pittsfield Posted: 13 May 2010 10:01 PM PDT Library celebration is Saturday in Pittsfield
By Scott Monroe smonroe@mainetoday.com PITTSFIELD -- Downstairs in the newly expanded Pittsfield Public Library, 5-year-old Ephram Owens walked across the spacious rooms on a recent afternoon, browsing books and toys. "It's fun," says Ephram, wearing a Lego Star Wars T-shirt. "There's lots of space for me to play." Nearby, his mother, Erica Cunningham-Owens, of Rome, N.Y., says that she has been visiting family in Corinna. "It's wonderful," she says. "We're here for an extended visit and I've been homeschooling Ephram here on a regular basis." Theirs is just one of many tales at the new library, which has been restored and expanded after a more than $1 million, several-years-in-the-making project was completed earlier this year. The historic Main Street building re-opened for business in January after major construction finished, but interior work and furnishing has continued. Now, it's all done. The Pittsfield Public Library will celebrate the project's completion tomorrowat 11 a.m., with guest speakers, a ribbon-cutting and tours of the library from staff. Refreshments will be provided by the Pittsfield Arts Club. Planning and fundraising for the project began in 2001 and was possible mainly because of donations, more than 40 grants and volunteer work, library officials say. And the donations keep coming. Framed artwork donated by a local artist now adorns the library's walls; the children's room recently received a picture-book browsing rack donated by the Waterville Public Library; and expensive hydro-grass seed was donated and now covers the outside grounds. On Saturday, "we're celebrating the incredible generosity of people of this area," said Ann McGowan, chairwoman of the library's capital campaign. "In fact, we're ending this project in the black." Lyn Smith, director of the library, said the improvements haven't necessarily resulted in more patrons, but rather have attracted patrons who hadn't been to the library in a while. "People will come in because of the new building," Smith said. "Every month we see new faces." And from homeschoolers to knitting groups and the Sebasticook Valley Water Association, many different people can now use the bigger space for different community purposes, Smith said. Children's story time, a program that used to be at the town offices because the library didn't have suitable space, now attracts more than a dozen children and their parents to the new, colorful area downstairs. Perhaps most importantly, a new entrance at the rear allows access to a new elevator and the library's halls and bookshelf aisles are wider -- all of which is welcoming to patrons in wheelchairs or with other disabilities, Smith and McGowan said. "That's one of the significant reasons we did this," Smith said. "Now, they can come in very independently." The project nearly doubled the size of the 1904 library building with a 3,600-square-foot addition attached to the 5,000-square-foot structure, providing spacious rooms with refinished floors; a bigger circulation desk area in a new location with adjacent offices; a wide-open lobby that now allows visitors to fully appreciate the large painted mural on the ceiling; a large community room; and new children's room containing a circular stage area with peach-colored walls. McGowan said that while many people who were instrumental to the project's success will be honored at Saturday's celebration, "everybody in town should feel ownership -- it is their library." Scott Monroe -- 861-9253 smonroe@centralmaine.com Five Filters featured article: The Art of Looking Prime Ministerial - The 2010 UK General Election. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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