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Thursday, December 10, 2009 15:57
Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center conducted two days of training seminars
Written by Gary Butler
Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center conducted two days of training seminars at the Bass Pro Shop, off Interstate 40, Exit 407, on Monday and Tuesday, during which law enforcement, court system, and social services representatives received instruction on forensic investigation, child abuse intervention and treatment, communications, and many other aspects of child abuse.
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From left, standing, are
crime scene investigator Arthur M. Bohanan, Safe Harbor Victims Advocate Janice Hendrix, Newport Police Department Det. Wayne Ball, Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center
Executive Director Donna J. Koester,
and Safe Harbor board member Joyce Sewell. Seated, from left, are Pigeon…
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NEWPORT PLAIN TALK
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Original Publication Date
March 30, 2006
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Thursday, December 10, 2009 15:55
Safe Harbor moves one step closer to reality
Written by Gayle Page
The Safe Harbor Child Advocacy
Center, Inc. has moved one step closer to tangible reality with the signing
of a twenty-five year lease for land on which to build its first facility.
At a February 20
meeting, Sevierville’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the lease agreement previously endorsed by Safe Harbor’s
president, Barry Fain, on behalf
of that organization’s directors.
The property is located
next to the Boys & Girls Club on Dolly Parton Parkway, and the lease
agreement provides Safe Harbor
two additional 10-year extensions before renegotiations would be required.
Board members
will now begin phase two, the…
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STANDARD BANNER
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Original Publication Date
March 7, 2006
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Safe
Harbor Child Advocacy, Inc., a non-profit
organization designed to help streamline all incidents of sexual abuse,
physical abuse and severe neglect involving child-victims is one step closer
to having its first physical location to begin offering services to children
of the 4th Judicial District, including the counties of Sevier, Grainger,
Jefferson and Cocke.
During
their regular scheduled meeting on February 20, the Sevierville Board of
Mayor and Aldermen approved a
lease agreement, previously approved
and signed by Safe
Harbor’s
president, Barry Fain, on behalf
of the board of directors.
The
agreement provides Safe Harbor
with a twenty-five year agreement…
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THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN HERALD
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Original Publication Date
February 21, 2006
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EVP Mike Brown of Mountain National Bank donates a computer to Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center Inc. and President, Donna Koester. Safe Harbor is dedicated to serving children who are victims of severe neglect, physical and sexual abuse through prevention, education and intervention.
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THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN HERALD
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Original Publication Date
February 9, 2006
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Thursday, December 10, 2009 15:52
Lease for children’s ‘Safe Harbor’ approved
Written by KeeYoung Hartley
Sevierville
city officials voted to approve a
lease agreement with Safe
Harbor for the
establishment of the district’s first Child Advocacy
Center.
The
Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) approved
the lease agreement at their meeting Monday night, which allows the non-profit corporation to build its center on
city-owned land on McMahan
Avenue.
A
child advocacy center would allow abused children to get into counseling
quickly and comfortably in a child-friendly atmosphere, according to the Safe
Harbor Executive Director, Donna J. Koester.
Medical examinations could be performed at the center as well as extensive
interviews, she said.
“Safe Harbor
serves…
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THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN HERALD
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2006
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Thursday, December 10, 2009 15:51
Board to review lease agreement to provide land for advocacy center
Written by Jeff Farrell
SEVIERVILLE
- The Board of Mayor and Aldermen will review a lease agreement Monday to provide city-owned land for the Safe Harbor
Child Advocacy
Center.
The advocacy center's board of
directors has already reviewed the agreement, which would give the
organization a 25-year lease for property
the city owns adjacent to the Boys and Girls Club on McMahan Avenue
"We're really excited about
it," Fain said.
The center would bring together different agencies that serve abused or neglected children, including the district attorney general's
office, law enforcement, juvenile judges and Department of Children's
Services.
Fain said they are…
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THE MOUNTAIN PRESS
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Original Publication Date
February 19, 2006
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