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Jun 27, 2008
Rehab center selling lake site for $3.69M — Battle Creek EnquirerMore: pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Elizabeth Huff Source:
Battle Creek Enquirer PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP — A Scientology-based drug and alcohol rehabilitation center has listed its St. Mary's Lake property for sale for $3.69 million. Realtor Roger Molenaar of Prudential Preferred Realtors said Narconon Stone Hawk, at 216 and 218 St. Mary's Lake Road, has been listed online for a couple weeks. On Thursday, he said no prospective buyers have inquired yet about the buildings. "We're just getting the marketing out to different corporations because it would be ideal for corporation or church retreats," ...
Jun 17, 2008
Destin not giving up on blocking Narconon — The Destin LogMore: nwfdailynews.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Fraser Sherman Source:
The Destin Log New court rulings in South Florida may give Destin the power to stop Narconon Gulf Coast from opening a halfway house in a single-family neighborhood, City Councilor Dewey Destin says. “Give the land-use attorney the chance to do his job,” Councilor Destin told the council Monday, after which the council voted unanimously to have Land-Use Attorney Scott Shirley study the Boca Raton cases in question. The drug treatment program Narconon has been controversial because of its ties to Scientology, and became ...
Jun 4, 2008
Another drug program to open in Destin? — WJHG Channel 7
Type: Press
Author(s):
Alex Denis Source:
WJHG Channel 7 Some residents in Destin are upset about the possibility of another Narconon drug rehabilitation center opening in their neighborhood. There's already one center operating in a residential area, and apparently some homeowners believe the program is too close to home, but the residents may not have a choice in the opening of the new facility. These trees hide the Narconon Gulf Cost a safe haven for recovering addicts. Debbie Ross and her husband converted their home off of scenic 98 into ...
Jun 3, 2008
Attorney: Destin’s hands are tied on Narconon in the neighborhood — Northwest Florida Daily News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Fraser Sherman Source:
Northwest Florida Daily News Destin can’t stop Narconon Gulf Coast from opening a “community residential home” for recovering addicts as long as the home abides by Florida law, the city’s land-use attorney says. “The state has made a decision to encourage the treatment of individuals â€Â¦ in a community homelike setting,” Land Use Attorney Scott Shirley told the City Council Monday, and that pre-empts the city’s zoning and even homeowner association covenants. It wasn’t what the council wanted to hear. “If I put myself in ...
Jun 3, 2008
Council: Narconon not city's business — Northwest Florida Daily News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Fraser Sherman Source:
Northwest Florida Daily News The Narconon drug-treatment program can open a "community residential home" for recovering addicts in a single-family neighborhood, city staffers say. "We have determined that they are abiding by the state statutes," said Destin Planning Manager Ken Gallander. "Now they have to get licensing from the state." Debbie Ross of Narconon Gulf Coast said that while Narconon has looked at a home in the Emerald Breeze subdivision off Emerald Coast Parkway, it has no firm plans, no contract and no lease. "We ...
May 27, 2008
Narconon rehab may land in Destin neighborhood — The Destin Log
Type: Press
Author(s):
Fraser Sherman Source:
The Destin Log It’s legal for the Narconon drug-treatment program to open a “community residential home” for recovering addicts in a Destin single-family neighborhood, city staffers say. “We have determined that they are abiding by the state statutes,” Current Planning Manager Ken Gallander told The Log. “Now they have to get licensing from the state.” Debbie Ross of Narconon Gulf Coast said that while Narconon has looked at the Emerald Breeze subdivision off Emerald Coast Parkway as a possible site, they have no firm ...
May 25, 2008
Dr. David S. Touretzky, Mark Ebner interview on Glosslip — Glosslip
Type: Radio
Author(s):
Dawn Olsen Source:
Glosslip Scientology expert and outspoken critic Dave Touretzky will be joining Glosslip to discuss his knowledge of LRH's controversial "Study Tech" and the drug addiction program Narconon. The second hour we'll be talking to best-selling author and Scientology critic Mark Ebner of the popular website Hollywood Interrupted. Ebner has written countless articles on the CoS and has been victimized by the CoS.
May 24, 2008
Intergalactic tyrants beware: the boys in blue are after you — The Guardian (UK)
Type: Commentary
Author(s):
Marina Hyde Source:
The Guardian (UK) Anyone who thinks the police aren't interested in diversity will be amazed by the links they have built with Scientology Once again our great nation has entertained the world, putting on two stunning exhibition matches this week. First was the Champions League final, between the clubs who finished first and second in our very own Premier League. The second - and whether the parties were quite as closely matched as Manchester United and Chelsea will be for you to decide - ...
May 23, 2008
Rehab homes file for permits — Daily Pilot (Newport Beach & Costa Mesa)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Brianna Bailey Source:
Daily Pilot (Newport Beach & Costa Mesa) Most of the local recovery facilities apply for use permits to remain open. Those that did not may stay open for one year. At least two drug and alcohol recovery home operators, including Newport’s second largest, have chosen not to apply for use permits with the city by the Thursday deadline. City officials had received 30 applications from rehabilitation homes as the deadline closed in late Thursday afternoon. “The majority of homes have submitted applications at this point, albeit most with ...
May 8, 2008
Scientology and the Blackfeet — Missoula Independent
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paul Peters Source:
Missoula Independent Tribal members are getting advice, free trips—and perhaps a new rehab program—from their connection with L. Ron Hubbard's church. Is this the help they need? In 1964, when Rayola Running Crane was just 13, her parents sent her away from her home in Browning on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. She and her friends were drinking alcohol on a regular basis, and she had already been in an alcohol-related car accident that caused her permanent back injuries. She says her parents gave ...
May 1, 2008
Scientology and the state: Narconon’s influence in the prison system
Type: Research
Author(s):
Drew Tewksbury Abstract: Scientology has never been a stranger to controversy and now an alternative prison rehabilitation center based on Scientology drug treatment stirs concern with medical experts. The Second Chance Center is a small facility outside Albuquerque, N.M., which uses the Scientology-based drug treatment program called Narconon. It is the first prison-based rehabilitation center in America that was designed specifically to foster the Narconon system, and its founders hope that it will be the model for more centers around the country. The ...
Apr 25, 2008
Council revokes rehab consent — Wanganui Chronicle
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Wanganui Chronicle A PLANNED church-based rehabilitation centre in Papaiti Rd for male alcoholics and drug addicts no longer has resource consent. Its consent was revoked this week after an investigation by a Wanganui District Council planning officers. Councillor Ray Stevens said that, after a number of complaints from residents and members of the community, council planning officers had found that the original resource consent should not have been granted. "It became clear to us that what had been written in the proposal and ...
Apr 19, 2008
Future of rehab center unknown — Battle Creek EnquirerMore: rickross.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Elizabeth Huff Source:
Battle Creek Enquirer Narconon Stone Hawk's drug rehabilitation clients at the Pennfield Township inpatient treatment facility will be relocated by May. The center's approximately 75 patients will be moved to Albion's Narconon Stone Hawk East facility, President Per Wickstrom and Executive Director Eric Tenorio said. Narconon Stone Hawk is a private-pay drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Clients shell out about $29,000 for typically three to six months' worth of treatment. Treatment includes classroom lessons, a vitamin regime, exercise and two to three weeks' detoxification ...
Apr 18, 2008
Ulyanovsk police search local branch office of Church of Scientology — Interfax
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Interfax Ulyanovsk, April 18, Interfax - Law enforcement officers have searched the office of the Narconon Center of Promoting Healthy Lifestyle in the town of Dimitrovgrad in Ulyanovsk region. "The search of the building was carried out as part of the criminal case over illegal enterprise, launched by the investigative committee of the Dimitrovgrad police department," the regional police department said in a press statement on Friday. "Everything that was seized during the search, and the questioning of clients shows that Narconon ...
Apr 9, 2008
Group defends rehab centre plan — Wanganui Chronicle
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lin Ferguson Source:
Wanganui Chronicle WANGANUI woman Helma Vermuelen is adamant scientology's Narconon drug and alcohol programme is desperately needed and can be made to happen in Wanganui. Mrs Vermeulen, a member of the Redding Bethren at the Wanganui Bible Chapel, is part of the group planning the church-based rehabilitation centre at Holly Lodge in Papaiti Rd. Mrs Vermeuelen said yesterday she told her church more than a year ago that they needed to do something to help the community. "There are so many people with ...
Apr 7, 2008
'We're talking about drug addicts living next door to our children' — Wanganui Chronicle
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lin Ferguson Source:
Wanganui Chronicle 'We're talking about drug addicts living next door to our children' 07.04.2008 By LIN FERGUSON NEIGHBOURS of a planned church-based rehabilitation centre for male alcoholics and drug addicts are worried and frightened for their children's safety. The Papaiti Rd residents living either side of the former Holly Lodge winery, where the centre is planned, say an addiction centre should not be set up in a community where there are families with young children. Leanne and Terry Cox said on Friday they ...
Apr 3, 2008
Former winery to become rehab centre — Wanganui Chronicle
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lin Ferguson Source:
Wanganui Chronicle Former winery to become rehab centre 03.04.2008 By LIN FERGUSON PLANS ARE under way to resurrect a former Wanganui winery into a church-based rehabilitation centre for male drug addicts and alcoholics leaving prison. Wanganui Prisoners' Rehabilitation (Pars) manager Steve Treloar said yesterday that even though the centre was still very much in the planning stage they (the Wanganui Bible Chapel, a Brethren group) hoped to have it up and running within two years. The former winery, part of the Holly Lodge ...
Apr 2, 2008
Des théories remises en question [French] — Société Radio-Canada (Canada)More: Video: Unofficial English translation , Transcript: Unofficial English translation
Type: TV
Author(s):
Émilie Dubreuil Source:
Société Radio-Canada (Canada) La scientologie est une entreprise ultramoderne qui a aussi des activités séculières. Par exemple, en 1966, Ron Hubbard fondait avec un collègue Narconon une cure de désintoxication qui compte aujourd'hui plus d'une centaine de centres dans le monde, dont un à Trois-Rivières. En plus d'être une cure de désintoxication, Narconon s'est donné pour mission d'instruire les jeunes sur les méfaits de la drogue en donnant des conférences dans de nombreuses écoles de la province. L'atelier offert dans les écoles, appelé La ...
Mar 16, 2008
Protesters bid to unmask Scientology — Sunday Star-Times
Type: Press
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Sunday Star-Times THE CHURCH of Scientology in New Zealand has laid a complaint with police after allegedly receiving death and bomb threats from an internet-based protest group that has waged an online war against the religion. The group, calling itself Anonymous, held a worldwide action day yesterday, with about 20 people gathering at Britomart in downtown Auckland and in other centres, handing out fliers attacking Scientology as a dangerous cult "that scams members with pseudo science". The project was started in response to ...
Mar 5, 2008
MP denies knowledge of endorsed organization's ties to Scientology / Scientology denies ties to anti-drug organization — West Island Chronicle
Type: Press
Author(s):
Raffy Boudjikanian Source:
West Island Chronicle MP denies knowledge of endorsed organization's ties to Scientology
Scientology denies ties to anti-drug organization
Article online since March 5th 2008, 23:59
BY RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN
raffy.boudjikanian@transcontinental.ca
West Island Liberal MP Bernard Patry defended his recent endorsement of anti-drug organization Narconon Trois Rivière's prevention campaign despite the latter's supposed links to the Church of Scientology.
"I did not know that they might be tied into the Scientology church," said Patry, who represents the Pierrefonds-Dollard riding. "As a former physician, when I started ...
Feb 19, 2008
MP backs anti-drug organization — Le Messager
Type: Press
Author(s):
Raffy Boudjikanin Source:
Le Messager MP backs anti-drug organization
Pierrefonds-Dollard MP Bernard Patry and Carole Arvisais hold a banner from Narconon Trois-Rivières, which preaches drug prevention to students. MP backs anti-drug organization
BY RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN
raffy.boudjikan...@transcontinental.ca
Pierrefonds-Dollard MP Bernard Patry added his name to a banner declaring he promised to live a life without drugs, a symbolic gesture aimed to help non-profit organization Narconon Trois-Rivières preach prevention to grade school students across Quebec.
"I remember seeing a patient years ago," recalled Patry, a former physician, "who ...
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