April 23 and 24, 2016
April 23 and 24, 2016
BULLYING
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for teachers. I think it is disrespectful because they are
here to give us an education
and not everybody gets that.”
The bullying also extends
outside of school. All three
report that bullying frequently occurs via apps and social
media. The cyber bullying
makes the students feel as
if they aren’t even safe away
from school.
“I don’t feel like there is
ever a break from being bullied anymore,” Diana said.
“It goes on all the time.”
The bullying has taken
a toll on all three of the
youngsters. They say they
have changed as a result of
the bullying and wish that it
would stop.
“I used to be a really open
person and now I hide a lot
of things from people,” Diana said. “I’m not myself in
front of others.”
“It seems like in some
ways it has made me stronger but in other ways I feel
weaker,” Xena said. “I would
rather things be peaceful
at school and not so much
drama.”
“I don’t like school at all
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now,” Xavier said. “I don’t
want to go. I don’t want to be
there. I used to love school.
If it was up to me the kids
that bully wouldn’t be there
anymore.”
In spite of the difficulties the trio face at school
each day they remained
concerned about their peers.
They are hopeful that by
sharing a bit of their experience they will help someone
else.
“I don’t want people to
feel alone,” Diana said. “I feel
alone a lot.”
“This isn’t something I really like to talk about,” Xavier said. “But I know there are
other kids that won’t say anything. I worry about them.
There are kids a lot smaller
than me that are really getting picked on. We need the
school and our parents to
help make it stop.”
“I would like other kids
to know that bullying is
hard,” Xena said. “But no one
should hurt themselves or
cut themselves or kill themselves because of it. By telling about what is happening
to me I hope no other kids
have to go through this.”
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THE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS
DISCUSSION
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ties to know if fire occurrences are greater than in
other areas?
No, general fire data
is not looked at. When
working with arson fires the
Sheriff’s office worked with
surrounding counties because often times bordering
counties have problems with
arson too.
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We are gathering that information together along with
if you have a controlled burn,
you have a responsibility to
have ample suppression to
keep it from spreading. That
is a pretty loose term; some
fires I can control with a rake
and a shovel; some of them
I can control with a garden
hose; some of them I might
need a large water supply
with a spray apparatus to
contain it, so that’s really
subjective. Once we get all
that information together
we present that information
to the county attorney and
reviews that to see if person
has violated open burning
resolution.
Have there been any
updates on the Allen
fires that occurred on March
11?
That particular property owner had had two
What was the damother controlled burns on
age estimate on the
that property that were con- historic building in Allen
tained and did not get away. that burned from drifting
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embers?
The building value
was $0 and the damage to the land was listed
as $3,000. It was a unique
limestone building; it was
sad to see it burn down. It
was definitely in need of
a lot of repair prior to the
fire.
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fire marshals are trained
in. He’s trained on how to
determine point of origin,
things to look for at that
point of origin, accelerants
that probably should have
been there in a normal instance and how fire works
and progresses through a
structure or field. One deputy has the training.
What is the training
like for Sheriff’s office
Was the fire at 3183
investigators?
Road W-7 on Feb. 16
We have a deputy that arson?
has been through some
Yes, the fire near Millspecialized training, which
er was determined to
would be very similar or be arson but there are no
equivalent to what the suspects at this time.
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