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LOCAL/STATE 4A THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 White House adviser speaks at domestic violence luncheon By Adam Duvernay [email protected] The White House Adviser on Domestic Violence Lynn Rosen- thal thanked Louisiana for its efforts to reduce domestic violence Wednesday, but said there’s still a long way to go before the problem is solved. Speaking at the 2010 Faith- based and Grass-roots Community Domestic Violence Workshop and Luncheon in Bossier City, Rosen- thal lauded the success of federal, state and community governments and groups in curbing domestic vio- lence. “We are here on behalf of all the stories we know and those we don’t know,” Rosenthal said. “We’re here to remember the forgotten and to see the invisible.” Rosenthal stressed the continued need for community support and awareness in fighting domestic vio- lence. “The federal government cannot do this alone. The criminal justice system cannot do this alone,” Rosen- thal said. “We at the White House are standing with you and will do ever y- thing we can to help you.” She said she would make a special mention of Louisiana and Bossier City hospitality and support to Vice President Joe Biden, her immediate White House contact and a long-time advocate against domestic violence. Since the passage of the 1994 Vio- lence Against Women Act, Rosenthal said national cases of domestic vio- lence have dropped by 58 percent. But with battered women’s shelters still full and crisis hot lines still ringing, she said there was more to do. Rosenthal said three women in America die every day from domestic abuse and another 2 mil- lion are injured each year. She said people between ages 16 and 24 are still at the highest risk and many young people still believe domestic violence stereotypes. Currently there is $730 million making its way through Congress, Rosenthal said. This money — which would represent a $130.5 mil- lion increase in domestic violence prevention funding from the 2010 budget — targets curbing incidents of domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. A portion of that money — $100 million — comes from the Crime Vic- tims Fund, revenue collected from criminal fines, forfeited bail bonds and penalties for federal offenders. Judy Bell (left), president/CEO of Wellspring Alliance For Families Inc., greets Lynn Rosenthal, the White House adviser on Violence Against Women, during the 2010 annual Faith-Based and Grass-Roots Com- munity Domestic Violence Workshop and Luncheon in Bossier City on Wednesday. In the background is Bossier Parish District Attorney Spe- cial Assistant Lee Roy Clemons. Jim Hudelson/The Times “The federal government cannot do this alone. The criminal justice system cannot do this alone. We at the White House are standing with you and will do everything we can to help you.” Lynn Rosenthal, White House adviser on domestic violence
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White House adviser speaks at domestic violence luncheonBy Adam [email protected]
The White House Adviser on Domestic Violence Lynn Rosen-thal thanked Louisiana for its efforts to reduce domestic violence Wednesday, but said there’s still a long way to go before the problem is solved.
Speaking at the 2010 Faith-based and Grass-roots Community Domestic Violence Workshop and Luncheon in Bossier City, Rosen-thal lauded the success of federal, state and community governments and groups in curbing domestic vio-lence.
“We are here on behalf of all the stories we know and those we don’t know,” Rosenthal said. “We’re here to remember the forgotten and to see the invisible.”
Rosenthal stressed the continued need for community support and awareness in fighting domestic vio-lence.
“The federal government cannot do this alone. The criminal justice system cannot do this alone,” Rosen-thal said. “We at the White House are standing with you and will do every-thing we can to help you.”
She said she would make a special
mention of Louisiana and Bossier City hospitality and support to Vice President Joe Biden, her immediate White House contact and a long-time advocate against domestic violence.
Since the passage of the 1994 Vio-lence Against Women Act, Rosenthal said national cases of domestic vio-lence have dropped by 58 percent. But with battered women’s shelters still full and crisis hot lines still ringing, she said there was more to do.
Rosenthal said three women in America die every day from domestic abuse and another 2 mil-lion are injured each year. She said
people between ages 16 and 24 are still at the highest risk and many young people still believe domestic violence stereotypes .
Currently there is $730 million making its way through Congress, Rosenthal said. This money — which would represent a $130.5 mil-lion increase in domestic violence
prevention funding from the 2010 budget — targets curbing incidents of domestic violence, dating violence and stalking.
A portion of that money — $100 million — comes from the Crime Vic-tims Fund, revenue collected from criminal fines, forfeited bail bonds and penalties for federal offenders.
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DeSoto Council on Aging to select director
MANSFIELD — The DeSoto Council on Aging will hold a spe-cial meeting at 4:15 p.m. today in its office, 404 Polk St., to hire a new executive director.
The agency has been without one since November when former Executive Director Martha Jones was placed on leave. She was subse-quently fired in May. She and other members of her family are the sub-ject of a criminal investigation. Mary V. Adams is interim director.
Eight people applied for the job, but only seven followed through with the interview. Another appli-cant has since withdrawn from con-sideration.
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Springhill airport topic of luncheon meeting
SPRINGHILL — The Springhill mayor and Board of Aldermen will hold their pre-council luncheon at noon today in the Blue Room of the Springhill Civic Center, 101 Machen Dr.
The session will be followed by a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen at 1 p.m. in council cham-bers. Items up for a vote include a resolution authorizing the mayor to
sign an agreement with the FAA for a grant for design of runway exten-sion, taxiway extension and apron expansion and a resolution autho-rizing the mayor to sign the 2010-11 state grant applications.
Company donates to historical museum
MINDEN — AT&T has donated $3,000 to the Germantown Colony
Museum, with the proceeds to be used for educational purposes.
On hand for the donation from Wynn Lawrence, vice president of AT&T’s Shreveport office, were Cliff Deal, state director of museums, state Sen. Robert Adley, state Rep. Jean Doerge and John Agan, chairman of the Germantown Museum.
Police Jury makes board appointments
MINDEN — The Webster Parish Police Jury made a number of board appointments during its meeting this week. Mary McKinney, of Sibley, was put back on the Webster tourism commission to fill a vacancy. Billy B. Smith was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Webster Parish Fire District No. 6 board, and F.E. Robinson, Don Sayers, Charles Mims, James Allan Strickland and Jeffrey William Lair were ratified as members of Webster Parish Fire District No. 4.
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Judy Bell (left), president/CEO of Wellspring Alliance For Families Inc., greets Lynn Rosenthal, the White House adviser on Violence Against Women, during the 2010 annual Faith-Based and Grass-Roots Com-munity Domestic Violence Workshop and Luncheon in Bossier City on Wednesday. In the background is Bossier Parish District Attorney Spe-cial Assistant Lee Roy Clemons.
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Natchitoches man sought in fatal shooting
NATCHITOCHES — Natchi-toches police are seeking the pub-lic’s help in locating a man wanted in connection with the shooting death Friday of a Natchi-toches man.
The suspect, Isaac Mitchell Casson, 38, should be con-sidered armed and dangerous, Lt. Brad Walker said Wednesday in a news release. Casson is wanted for second-degree murder.
He is described as a black male who is 6 feet, 1 inch tall weighing 240 pounds. His last known address was in the 100 block of Mary Drive in Natchitoches.
Casson is accused in the death of
Kelvin Harrison, 25, of the 800 block of Koonce Street of Natchitoches. Natchitoches police found him inside the doorway of a boarding house in the 1000 block of Berry Avenue when responding to a 911 call about a shooting, Walker said.
They found Harrison unrespon-sive with a single gunshot wound to the back. He was pronounced dead at Natchitoches Regional Medical Center.
Anyone with any information on Casson’s whereabouts should con-tact the Natchitoches Police Depart-ment at (318) 352-8101 or Det. Jeff Townson at (318) 471-7158.
Fight injures officer at apartment complex
NATCHITOCHES — A fight with Natchitoches police Tuesday morning in an apartment complex led to the arrest of a Natchitoches
man on multiple charges and a police officer nursing his wounds.
Derrick DeWayne Sawyer, 23, of the 400 block of McDodson Way in Natchitoches, was booked into the Natchitoches Detention Center for aggravated second-degree bat-tery of a police officer, aggravated battery, aggravated criminal damage to property, resisting an officer, crim-inal trespass and obscenity. More charges are pending against Sawyer, who is also a suspect in several bur-glaries of the apartment complex, Lt. Brad Walker said Wednesday in a news release.
The injured officer, Roy Lee, was treated at Natchitoches Regional Medical Center and released. The manager of Frog Pond Apartments,
where the fight took place, also was injured by broken glass.
The incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. in the Frog Pond Apart-ments on University Parkway after the manager called police to report a man was inside the computer room masturbating to pornography. Sawyer began fighting with Lee during the arrest. Sawyer threw a metal chair, hitting Lee in the face, and then he struck Lee in the face several times with his fists, the news release states. Sawyer then threw a chair through the window of the computer lab and ran. Officers apprehended him about two blocks away.
Synthetic marijuana seized in traffic stop
HOMER — A blue pouch con-taining suspected synthetic mari-juana was discovered in the posses-sion of a driver who was stopped
Friday night for speeding, Claiborne Parish Sheriff Ken Bailey said.
Deputy Marc Herring stopped Carl W. Shirey, age unavailable, of Freeport, Texas, on U.S. Highway 79 north of Homer. He gave consent to search, said Bailey.
Shirey was booked into the Clai-borne Parish Detention Center for possession of marijuana, illegal car-rying of a weapon, possession of a controlled dangerous substance in the presence of a minor and speeding.
In an unrelated incident, Deputy Steve Harbour stopped an 18-wheeler north of Homer on state Highway 9 for improper lane use. The driver, David Michael Christie, 45, of Norphlet, Ark., pulled out a bag of marijuana from his left front pants pocket during questioning, Bailey said. Christie was charged with improper lane use and posses-sion of marijuana.
DeSoto Parish man shot in the back
CARMEL — A DeSoto Parish man shot his son-in-law in the back late Wednesday night at a residence on Daw Road in the Carmel commu-nity, DeSoto sheriff’s Lt. Robert Davidson said. The names of the victim and shooter could not be ver-ified at press time. The injured man was shot in the lower back with a small-caliber handgun.
He was in a ditch when deputies arrived on the scene around 9:30 p.m. LifeAir transported the man to LSU Hospital in Shreveport. Depu-ties scoured the area for the gunman, who left the scene in a pickup, and around 10 p.m. located him at the intersection of U.S. Highway 84 and state Highway 522. Deputies reported that he was drunk.
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“The federal government cannot do this alone. The criminal justice system cannot do this alone. We at the White House are
standing with you and will do everything we
can to help you.”Lynn Rosenthal, White House adviser on domestic violence
