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Squawk Box

Spare The Rod?

With Doug Johnston

Most

European

countries have banned the

use of corporal punishment

in their schools. The U. S.

Supreme Court ruled in

1977, (Ingram vs. Wright)

that paddling in schools did

not violate the “Cruel and Unusual Pun-

ishment” clause of the constitution. Case

closed? Not hardly. The discretion of cor-

poral punishment in schools is left to each

state.

In the United States, Florida

is among 22 states that still allow the

paddle in public schools, but it is an is-

sue that is decided by respective county

school boards. Levy County, according to

the Levy County Disciplinary Response

Code, still allows paddling as long as it

is not in conflict with county disciplinary

policy and complies with Florida statutes.

This week in Marion County

Carol Ely, who was elected this year and

will soon begin her term on the Marion

County School Board, announced that she

is for reinstating corporal punishment in

Saturday was the bi-annual Survival Swim at the U S Coast Guard Station Yankeetown. On the dock are USCG Jason Carter and Richard Standridge

the Marion County School system. Out-

observing Bryan Jackson, John Adams, Jeremy On, Michael Flynn and Nicholas Harr(not in exact order) who will spend 15 minutes in the cold

going Superintendent Jim Yancey is op-

water as part of the training. The suits they are wearing are called Mustangs and they have pockets that fill up with water and the body tem-

posed to corporal punishment but, he

perature heats the water up. Mayday, the station dog for 7 years now, regularly cools off in the water alone but is happy to take the dive with

mentions the threat of legal action and

the guys and enjoys the training event.

HIV positive woman charged

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litigation as reasons for abstaining from

paddling.

Most of us love our children and

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we abhor the thought of them, or any chil-

dren being beaten or physically abused.

But the fact is that in today's world there

verness man, stated that he and Solida had

From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.

Missing Man

are too few children who are disciplined

unprotected sexual intercourse,

The Citrus County Sheriff’s Of-

at home and thereby throwing the onus

multiple times between Decem-

fice became involved with a case on June

of correcting bad behavior on our teach-

ber 2010 and March 2012, at her

27, where allegations were made against a

From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.

ers and school administrators. Taking the

residences in Citrus and Marion

34 year-old HIV (human immunodeficiency

paddle, or the threat of a paddle, away

(Citrus Springs) Members of the Citrus

counties and at his residence in

virus) positive Beverly Hills woman for

from a teacher is just another way of in-

Solida

County Sheriff s Office have been follow-

Hillsborough County.

having sexual relations “with multiple vic-

hibiting that educator from having control

ing up on tips and leads as to

The second victim, a 25 year-old

tims” without first informing them of her

of their classroom.

the whereabouts of 27 year-old

Homosassa man, stated that he had unpro-

sexually-transmissible disease, according to

Certainly there are teachers who

Kenneth John Ritchie, of Citrus

tected sexual intercourse with Solida on

the woman’s arrest report. The woman, Jes-

are so gifted that they can run a classroom

Springs, ever since his mother

multiple occasions during March and April

sica Kay Solida of 46 S. Columbus St., was

without using a paddle. But some children

reported him missing just after

2012, at both his and her residences in Cit-

charged on Sept. 21 with one count of the

today are raised to disrespect authority

3:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8. Richie

rus County, as well as in her car in Citrus

first degree felony charge (involving mul-

Ritchie was last seen, that Satur-

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County.

tiple victims).

day, at a friend’s residence on N. Mendoza

Witnesses stated that they had seen

During the investigation, two vic-

Port Citrus,

Way, also in Citrus Springs, at approximate-

both victims in Solida’s residence. One wit-

tims were located. Both made statements

ly 8:30 a.m.

ness stated that he had watched Solida and

A Flashback to

that they’d had unprotected sex with Solida,

Ritchie is described as 5 feet 9

the second victim have sex in a vehicle.

and she did not disclose to them that she was

inches tall, weighing 175 pounds, with

1970?

According to the arrest report,

infected with with HIV, although each stated

brown hair and eyes. Ritchie has three dis-

Solida contacted the sheriff s office on July

they asked Solida if she was HIV positive,

Details pg. 4

tinctive tattoos: SUMMER appears on his

26, wanting to know why the sheriff s office

and she told them both no.

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The first victim, a 22 year-old In-