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Bobby Schindler to speak...

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DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Was the government right to get involved in Terri Schiavo’s death? Did the court overstep its bounds when it ordered the disabled 41-year-old woman’s feeding tube removed? Will the debate over euthanasia be a factor in the upcoming election?

These are some of the questions Chris Mitchell, president of the Florida Chautauqua Center, hopes Bobby Schindler, Schiavo’s brother, will answer at the 13th Annual Florida Chautauqua Assembly.

Schindler opens the assembly with a keynote speech at 10 a.m. Jan. 31 at First United Methodist Church in DeFuiak Springs. The assembly’s apt theme this year is “A Journey into the American Presidency.”

Mitchell said he wants the assembly to educate voters........................

Terri Schiavo's brother to speak... Bobby Schindler will give a keynote speech Jan. 31 at Chautauqua Assembly

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Haleigh Poutre is still alive after Massachusetts DSS tried to kill her and failed. But her condition is still not clear this long time after, as DSS considers her their private property shielded from the eyes of the public. But this is about Jocelyn Ward, another victim in that state, along with Dontel Jeffers and Rebecca Riley. Perhaps under the new leadership things will get better for the poor kids.

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Jennifer Ward, charged with first-degree murder in the shaking death of her 9-month-old daughter, is set to appear for a bail hearing in Salem Superior Court today.

Hopefully, the appearance by the 37-year-old Peabody resident will lead to more details about the Nov. 21 death of Jocelyn Ward Anderson, and how the state Department of Social Services handled her case.

So far, there has been little helpful information on that account. We do know, according to an agency spokesman, that until her death, DSS considered the girl's case "a success story."

There are many unanswered questions:

* Jennifer Ward was allowed to take her daughter home from the hospital after the Feb. 22 birth despite the fact both had illegal drugs in their system. (This contradicts an earlier statement by the DSS that the agency took the baby into custody after the birth.) Is it common practice to allow newborns to go home when they and their mother have drugs in their system?

* The infant was taken from Ward late the next month by DSS, which was responding to a complaint of neglect. She was returned in July, after Ward went through drug treatment and a parenting education program. Is a little more than three months enough time to deal with problems of drug abuse and neglect?

* Did the agency continue to monitor Ward after July and, if so, how closely was she monitored?................................

Unanswered questions in shaken baby death

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