TheAnchor N E W S L E T T E R Thank You, Sponsors LobsterFest 2010 Lighthouse ($5,000) Margaret Adkins Boyd County Medical Society Marathon Petroleum Company, LCC Pollock’s Jewelers Sail Boat ($2,500) Dr. Robert & Mrs. Susan Fried Dr. Kelsey James, PSC Kentucky Farmers Bank King’s Daughters Medical Center Mr. Gerald & Mrs. Annie Mansbach Dr. Marcos & Mrs. Laura Nores Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital Regional Psychotherapy Services, Inc. Row Boat ($1,000) Ashland Center for Women’s Health Bill Cole Auto Mall Citizens National Bank City National Bank Community Trust Bank Judge Scott & Dr. Laura Reese StarCon Town Square Bank Canoe ($500) Ashland Community Medical Equipment Ashland Fabricating & Welding Ashland Office Supply Melissa Baker David & Kristy Bolen Dr. Michael & Mrs. Cheryl Canty Christie Cruise & Travel Masters Clark’s Pump ‘n Shop Dr. Chris & Mrs. Kim Epling Fannin Family of Dealerships Dr. Carter & Mrs. Theresia Gussler McMean’s Pharmacy Pawn Shop Express Second Hand Rose Dr. Bryan & Mrs. Kathryn Saltz Van Zandt, Emrich & Cary Vincenzo Fressola Design & Consulting, LCC Fall 2010 www.safeharborky.org Vol. 4, No. 2 “Creating homes free of violence” Rocky Adkins presents a check for $25,000 to Safe Harbor. Pictured (L to R) are: Sen. Walter Blevins, Rep. Kevin Sinnette, Rep. Rocky Adkins, WSAZ anchor Jessica Ralston, and Ann Perkins SAFE HARBOR of Northeast Kentucky, Inc. Judge Scott Reese and wife, Dr. Laura Reese Winners (purchasers) of 7-week-old Shih Tzu Jazzy, Dr. Chris and Kim Epling LobsterFest Chairperson Susan Fried with Executive Director Ann Perkins Social Hour Annie Stephens wins $6,400 diamond! Auctioning off an autographed basketball Past and present Medical Alliance presidents chat
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TheAnchorN E W S L E T T E R
Thank You, SponsorsLobsterFest 2010
Lighthouse ($5,000)Margaret Adkins
Boyd County Medical SocietyMarathon Petroleum Company, LCC
Pollock’s Jewelers
Sail Boat ($2,500)Dr. Robert & Mrs. Susan Fried
Dr. Kelsey James, PSCKentucky Farmers Bank
King’s Daughters Medical CenterMr. Gerald & Mrs. Annie Mansbach
Dr. Marcos & Mrs. Laura NoresOur Lady of Bellefonte Hospital
Regional Psychotherapy Services, Inc.
Row Boat ($1,000)Ashland Center for Women’s Health
Dr. Michael & Mrs. Cheryl CantyChristie Cruise & Travel Masters
Clark’s Pump ‘n ShopDr. Chris & Mrs. Kim EplingFannin Family of Dealerships
Dr. Carter & Mrs. Theresia GusslerMcMean’s PharmacyPawn Shop ExpressSecond Hand Rose
Dr. Bryan & Mrs. Kathryn SaltzVan Zandt, Emrich & Cary
Vincenzo Fressola Design & Consulting, LCC
Fall 2010 www.safeharborky.org Vol. 4, No. 2
“Creating homes free of violence”
Rocky Adkins presents a check for $
25,000 to Safe
Harbor. Pictured (L to R) are: Sen. W
alter Blevins,
Rep. Kevin Sinnette, Rep. Rocky Adk
ins, WSAZ anchor
Jessica Ralston, and Ann Perkins
SAFE HARBORof Northeast Kentucky, Inc.
Judge Scott Reese and wife, Dr. LauraReese
Winners (purchasers) of 7-week-old Shih Tzu
Jazzy, Dr. Chris and Kim Epling
LobsterFest Chairpe
rson Susan Fried w
ith
Executive Director
Ann Perkins
Social Hour
Annie Stephens wins $6,400
diamond!
Auctioning off an autographed basketball
Past and present Medical Alliance presidents chat
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For the past 10+ years, theKentucky Domestic ViolenceAssociation has been tryingto get a Dating Violence Billpassed. Each session we havehit a wall. But because of thetenacity of a University ofKentucky researcher, TKLogan, we hope all that willchange. In 2009, TK Logan,Robert Walker, WilliamHoyt, and Terry Faragherreleased the Kentucky CivilProtective Order Study. Thisis the most comprehensiveresearch that has been donein the U.S. on ProtectiveOrders to date. It really isground breaking research. Itis a 10-year project thatclearly shows the value of theEmergency ProtectiveOrders. This research showsthat:
EPO’s reduce the inci-dence of future violence
Victims only dropped 4%of filed protection orders
There are validated sav-ings for health, mentalhealth, victim services,legal fees, justice systems,police, convictions rates,jails, attorney fees, loss of
work, civic and familyresponsibilities, trans-portation costs, and prop-erty loss
Savings after filing amountup to $4,665 per petitioner
Overall, for every dollarspent on the ProtectiveOrder intervention, thereis a $30.75 in avoidedcosts to society per peti-tioner
The estimated savings tothe state amounts to$85,557,061
The real reason that we needa Dating Violence Bill is thatProtection Orders saveslives! What is more impor-tant than saving our daugh-ters, granddaughters, nieces,neighbors, and friends lives?If the research is there tosupport this effort, then whynot? If the cost savings tocities, counties and the stateis validated by research, thenwhy not? We need every city,county, and state official toget on board. Help us createa law that saves lives, andstop making excuses as towhy not. The girls and
women of Kentucky deserveour support. Right nowwomen have to be married orliving with a perpetrator toget a Protective Order.Women who are only datingalso need the right to protec-tion. In Kentucky datingwomen (or men), are notprotected. The research is in.Please help us pass theDating Violence Protectionlaw in our next session.Let’s make Kentucky homes,schools, colleges and ourcommunities a safe place fordating women of all ages!
For more information aboutthe research go towww.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/grants/228350.pdf
Why Should Kentucky Support A Teen Dating Violence Bill?A Message from Ann Perkins, executive director
quality, coordinated services tovictims of domestic violence.
Come Have a Snapping Good Time - An “Ocean” of Fun
PresidentMarty Vannatter
Vice PresidentLarry Higgins
SecretaryPenny Qualls
TreasurerMichael Robinson
David CannoyAlison ChristieDianne ClementLynn CouchotBruce DavisSusan FriedPam Fultz
Rev. Mark KlohaJane Layman
Mary Shortridge
Safe HarborBoard ofDirectors
Lobster Fest, 2010 was a fabulousevening! Under the direction ofSusan Fried, committees sharedtheir time and talents in makingthe event a night to remember!The evening began with a cocktailhour—open and raw bar, alongwith visiting with old and newfriends alike. A Maine lobsterdinner was served with all theaccoutrements while lovely dinnermusic provided the backdrop.The “festivities” opened with awarm welcome from Ann Perkins
and Susan Fried who then turnedthe microphone over to WSAZAnchor, Jessica Ralston. RebeccaKloha Strand sang a most beauti-ful rendition of “My Old KentuckyHome,” and Ritchie Collins &Friends provided live music forthe evening. Howard Harrisonwas on hand to assist with theseven Live Auction items; andthere were over 70 unique silentauction items for guests to bid onthroughout the evening. A specialthank you to Heather Van Deren
and Lynn Couchot for procuringmost of the live and silent auctionitems! Clayton Hill from Pollock’swas on hand with his Gem Scoop,where they generously donatedover $12,000 in gem stones. Aspecial thank you to Susan, thecommittee chairs and members,silent and live auction donors,Pollock’s Jewelers, our guests andall others who made anonymousdonations to the event. See youall next August!
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A Musical Tribute
Candlelight Vigil, A Musical Tribute Safe Harbor StaffExecutive Director
Ann Perkins
Administrative Coordinator
Mary Hill
Public Relations/
Community Outreach
Coordinator
Debra Wright
Finance Coordinator
Pauline Wagner
Client Services Coordinator
Vicki Hardy-Hill
Housing & Maintenance
Coordinator
Tonia Steele
Assistant Housing
Coordinator
Abbe Tomlin
Transitional Housing
Coordinator
Terri Franklin
Legal Advocates
Ruth Boggs
Tiffany Clay
Krystal Pennington
Child Advocates
Lea Brown
Melissa Faulkner
Brittany Ford
Therapists
Tiffany Haney
Gara Wilson
Andrew Wright
Caseworkers
Emily Clark
Susan Dickens
Tammy Eidson
Clyde Franklin
Nicole Howell
April Ison-Avery
Denise Jerrell
Cheri Keever
Cathy McDonald
Shana Michael
Cassie Simpson
Amanda Spears
VISTA/AmeriCorps
Tammy Carmon
Stephanie Clark
Brenda Keathley
Leah Roark
Courtney Wilson
By Debra L. Wright
“Why are your doors purple,” I’m asked while giving atour of Safe Harbor. I share, “Purple is to domestic vio-lence what pink is to breast cancer.” We wear purple rib-bons, publish newsletters in purple ink and our SafeHarbor apparel is purple as well. While DomesticViolence Awareness Month was first observed inOctober, 1987, we continue its tradition around the coun-try today with several activities that raise a sensitivity andawareness to those victims who have lost their lives in theprevious year and the courageous survivors who standtall while their candle burns brightly at the AnnualCandlelight Vigil.
This year, Safe Harbor hosted its Candlelight Vigilinside Harbor Hill (Safe Harbor’s 34-unit apartmentbuilding which opened over one year ago). The eveninghad its share of special remembrances and delightful sur-prises, like professional tenor vocalist and keynote speak-er, Dan Keeton, and his lovely wife, Nancy. He openedthe evening with a most outstanding rendition of theNational Anthem.
We celebrated two outstanding volunteers of the year,Diane Myers and Pamela Muncy, as well as two youngpeople who earned the highest awards in scoutingthrough their design and execution of projects at SafeHarbor. They were William Van Deren and Lura Frye.
Twelve-year-old Audrey Vance sang “Concrete Angel,”a song about the eventuality of a life of abuse if help is notsought. Nancy Keeton shared her lovely voice in “Answerfor the Lost,” a piece her husband, Dan, wrote specifical-ly for her.
A row of informational community tables lined thewalls as guests arrived who might need area outreachservices; and Texas Roadhouse, Andy the Armadillo, wasin attendance to hand out goodie bags to the children.
We honored nine White Ribbon Recipients from theFIVCO area. The White Ribbon award is given to menwho have demonstrated exemplary advocacy for victimsof domestic violence. This year’s award recipients fromBoyd county were: Circuit Judge George W. Davis, III,District Judge Gerald B. Reams, Jr., District Judge ScottT. Reese, Rev. Mark A Kloha, pastor of St. Paul LutheranChurch and member of the Safe Harbor Board ofDirectors, and Independent columnist, Tim Preston. ForGreenup County, Chuck Charles, vice president and chiefdevelopment officer of the Our Lady of BellefonteHospital Foundation, was honored; for Carter County,Attorney Robert L. Caummisar received the award, forLawrence County, therapist, Jimmy Highfield, withThree Rivers Medical Center, was celebrated. Absentfrom the evening, but still recognized was Attorney ReedGlass for Elliott County.
After Dan shared his personal story of child abuse, hesang “The 11th Commandment,” a very moving pieceabout how we need to Honor our Children.”
The evening concluded outside with a large circle ofsupporters and survivors alike.
Some of the White Ribbon recipients (L to R): Robert Caummisar,District Judge Scott Reese, Jimmy Hightower, Chuck Charles,
Circuit Judge George Davis and Rev. Mark Kloha
Dan Keeton
Dan & Nancy Keeton
More White Ribbon recipients (L to R): Tim Preston, DistrictJudge Gerald Reams, Robert Caummisar, District Judge
Scott Reese, Jimmy Hightower and Chuck Charles
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Grants and AwardsKentucky Colonels Awards Grant to Safe Harbor for VanOn behalf of Safe Harbor, VISTA Brenda Keathley attended the Kentucky Colonels grantawards celebration in Lexington recently. The Honorable Order is providing a $20,000 grantto the shelter, for use in purchasing a much needed passenger van to transport shelter resi-dents and their dependent children. Safe Harbor was one of fifty five organizations fromacross the commonwealth, who were receiving grants in this funding cycle. The KentuckyColonels has provided over one and a half million dollars in awards in the current fiscal yearalone.
Thank you, Brenda, for writing this grant on behalf of our families!
American Humane Society Awards Grant for Animal ShelterVISTA Member Stephanie Clark applied for and was granted a $2,500 grant from theAmerican Humane Society for start-up costs for our Almost Home PAWS Animal Shelter.This shelter is for new residents only and is designed to remove another barrier for womenand children coming into shelter. A devoted “dog mother” herself, Stephanie is coordinatorof our on-site PAWS program, the first in the state wheredogs will be housed on a case-by-case basis. If you areinterested in helping with donations or to foster a pet, callStephanie at 329-9304.
A special thank you to Sherwin-Williams for their donationof paint for the shelter.
Also, thank you to the ACTC professors and students in theelectrical program who donated their service.
Verizon Generously Donates to Safe HarborAshland’s Verizon Wireless Storerecently presented Safe Harborwith a donation for $5,000 attheir Grand Opening. They arealso collecting unused or obsoletecell phones for our ladies to usein case of emergency. We are sograteful for this partnership!
TJ Maxx Donates to Little HarborTJ Maxx awarded a $5,000 grant to Safe Harbor’s Day Care program, Little Harbor.Debra Wright, who wrote the grant for ongoing needs, is delighted about the part-nership and their recognition of the needs of our families on a local level.
Stephanie, and her dogs Sarah Bella and Misty Mo
Special thank you to Fashion Bug in Russell who hosted a "Girls' Night Out" for our ladies.And, thank you to Clyde Franklin, who drove our 15-passenger van to the event and thenprovided Child Care for those who needed it. Cake in photo was made by a customer andthe store provided us an opportunity to distribute information about Safe Harbor. Ourladies played BINGO and won prizes as well as other activities. Avon and Mary Kay repre-sentatives were on hand to make the ladies feel special. The community donated approxi-mately $100 with which we purchased much needed socks, undergarments, nightgownsand house shoes.
Thank You Fashion Bug!
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STARCON International
Volunteers of the Year
Ann Perkins thanks Lewie Strange and StarCon
Lura Frye is a senior at Blazer High School. She is not only counting down the months towardgraduation, but she is preparing to receive the Gold Award. Lura planned, outlined and completedthe design for the Teen Room, which is part of the long awaited, final phase of renovation for residentsof Safe Harbor’s permanent housing facility, Harbor Hill.
She began by selecting age appropriate books for the youth library from a large donation made byWaldenbooks in annual 2009. She then began the renovation of the teen room itself, which included securingdonated sealant and paint, as well as procuring selected furnishings and a computer. It took six weeks for herto complete all phases of the project, all of which was accomplished by Lura and a few close friends. The TeenRoom will provide both a recreational and educational environment dedicated to young residents.
Lura Frye is expected to receive her Gold Badge in the spring of 2011. Congratulations, Lura!
Diane Myers
Pam Muncy
DIANE MYERS relocated from Virginia to Ashland, Kentucky in the past few years. She, and her husband,Paul, moved here to be closer to six grown children and seven grandchildren. Diane is retired from theFairfax County Public Schools and volunteers at Safe Harbor in many capacities. She has most recentlytaken on the “Cut it Out” program (salons against domestic violence) visiting salons across the FIVCO area,training staff and placing materials in areas where women can access them. About Safe Harbor, she says,“I am proud to be involved with such a caring, well-organized service to the community. Knowing whatSafe Harbor provides to the victims of domestic violence is amazing! Lives are not only rescued, but theyare rebuilt. It is a privilege to help our community become more aware of what Safe Harbor has to offer.”
PAMELA MUNCY is originally from Louisville and now resides on the Boyd County – Greenup Countyline with her husband and occasional visits from her four adult children. Pam stays very busy with theministry through her church membership at Life Song. She has recently taken on both summer andwinter closets (rooms) – emptying, sorting and reorganizing, and rallying the troops of other dedicatedvolunteers. She and her family sponsored an apartment at Harbor Hill and they also helped with otherorganizations in their sponsorship of Harbor Hill apartments. About Safe Harbor she says, “It is oneplace with many ministries that can use all talents. It’s the perfect place to volunteer.”
Paul Blazer Senior Makes Inroads Toward Girl Scout“Gold Badge” With Safe Harbor Design Project
Lewie Strange and his remarkable STARCON crew (including his wife) are hard at work,renovating a ‘Tween Room for use by residents and their middle school aged children. Thiswill provide a fully functioning computer room for adult, job readiness training. STARCONis affiliated with Marathon LLC, locally. Their efforts on behalf of Safe Harbor residentshave been beyond gracious, providing personal time and money to the tasks at hand. They are seasoned Safe Harbor volunteers, having implemented a children’s toy drive forChristmas of 2009 and being corporate sponsors for Lobster Fest for the past two years.
Youth on Mission, 2010Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, Charlotte, North Carolina came to Safe Harbor forthe second year to assist with special projects. They are affiliated with Youth on Mission (YOM).They traveled many hours (vans, trucks and cars!) to clean basements, garages, sort throughdonations in addition to doing special group projects with our children. We so very muchappreciate the time they give to Safe Harbor!
Debra Thompson and Linda Griffith have proven to be a dynamic duo, even though they are fairly new at volun-teering for Safe Harbor. They are long time friends and seem energized early on, by any project posed to them. This wasdemonstrated by their welcomed efforts to assemble a new greeting cards project, which will allow for strategic fundingfor the Safe Harbor child advocacy program.
Debra Thompson and Linda Griffith Have Proven to be a Dynamic Duo
Safe Harbor Services• Safe, secure, emergency shelter• 24-hour Crisis Hotline staffed by Certified Domestic Violence Counselors• Transitional Housing Program• Harbor Hill Permanent Supportive Housing• Court and Victim Advocacy• Medical Advocacy• Educational Advocacy• Housing Assistance• Individual and/or Family Counseling• Drug and Alcohol Counseling• Children’s Programming• Domestic Violence Support Groups• Educational Support Groups• Referral Assistance• Food and Clothing Assistance• Life Skills Education• Safety Planning Education• Follow-Up Services/ Continuum of Care• Education and Career Assistance• Ongoing victim treatment services
If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, call 1.800.926.2150 or 606.329.9304.
