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serious offenses. For his own safety and thesafety of society, the court finally placed theyouth in secure custody.Kaleb ended up at Jetson. But within justsix months he had obtained his GED. And atthe review hearing a few months later, theJCY staff noted to the court that Kaleb wasone of only two offenders in the entirepopulation to earn the privilege of leavingthe campus for work detail. Ten monthslater, he is entering the Transitional LivingProgram in Lake Charles -- a much moremature young man with genuine hope for aproductive future and potential for successin society. Due to his accomplishments atJCY, his self-esteem and self-confidencehave been heightened.This is a case where a client actuallybenefitted from being placed in state custodyin one of our intensive residential programs,for his own good and the good of thecommunity. Indeed it appears as though thatis exactly what happened as a result.Steve NeefPPO 3/J, Lafayette OJJLake Charles Regional OfficeCongratulations to:• Monet Newman, who was promotedto a PPO3/J in October, and recentlygave birth to a beautiful baby girl,Elaina Clair.• PPS Melissa Cross on the recentbirth of her handsome baby boy,Jackson Benjamin.• PPO Garrick Chambers, who willcomplete the POST Academy thismonth.• New Social Worker Janice Bray-Manuel, such a nice addition to ouroffice.******Hurricane Ike may have flooded our officeand destroyed all of our case records, but allemployees’ homes and families are okay.Kudos to all Lake Charles OJJ staffmembers who assisted in the move to thetemporary office. We also want to thankthose from other OJJ offices, specificallyAlexandria Regional Manager JohnnyQualls, who travelled from other areas ofthe state to assist us in the aftermath. Heavylifting and getting hands dirty wereinvolved. Finally, we want to expressappreciation to RM Ann Vick for being ourfearless leader through TWO major,devastating hurricanes.Monroe Regional OfficeCongratulations to:• P P O 3 J e n n i f e r P e r k i n ssuccessfully completed the annualP O S T F i r e a r m s I n s t r u c t o rRecertification.• PPO I Joel McNair has been electedpresident of his POST Academyclass, and scheduled to graduate nextmonth.• Three officers who were promoted toPPO3: Donald Hamler, DavidMcMillan, and Patrick Cooper.12
• PPO2 Joseph Black’s marriage toNinanette Black. The Monroe officecelebrated honored them with awedding shower.• Welcome to new PPO1 CherylPringle.Natchitoches Regional OfficeCongratulations to:• Monica Breedlove, AdministrativeCoordinator 3, Support Staff of theQuarter.• PPS Monique LaCour and PPOSimon Sarpy have both completedthe Supreme Court Drug Courttraining necessary to be coremembers of the Drug Courtcommittee.******Service Coordination Training began inOctober, using the Ware Youth Center inCoushatta for training. The 21 trainingmodules that Juvenile Justice employees aretested on range from safety to placement ofyouth. The training is conducted by staffmembers from several OJJ Districts andCentral Office.Youth in area group homes are writingletters to veterans as a Veterans Dayremembrance. Natchitoches OJJ &Shreveport OJJ staff members will deliverthe letters to the LA War Veterans’ Home inBossier City. Staff from Natchitoches andShreveport OJJ offices will participate inVeterans’ Day activities in the area.New Orleans Regional OfficeCongratulations to:• Paula Kilbourne, PPO3, Employeeof the Quarter.• PPO2 Lemoyne Reine and wifeLisa on celebrating 25 years ofmarriage and renewing their vowsthis month.• PO Stanley Schofield is a wellknownmotivational speaker whosespeeches have impacted lives in amost positive and profound way.Stanley had the opportunity to makepresentations at two outstandingevents:• the New Era Track Banquethonoring recent winners at theannual AAU National TrackChampionships held in Detroit,MI.• the West New Orleans LadyPride Banquet and Awardprogram honoring outstandingAAU basketball participants.• Welcome back to Daria MelderPPO2. Daria is a former employeewho has returned to continue servingthe youth of OJJ.Shreveport Regional OfficeCongratulations to:• Kristi Martin - the ShreveportRegion welcomed Kristi Martin intothe Regional Manager's position byawarding her Employee of theMonth. Kristi made a grand13
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