NEW STAFF AT ACADEMY AT CEDAR MOUNTAIN
(October 10, 2001) Jodi Tuttle, Founder and Director of the Academy at Cedar Mountain, Cedar City, Utah, 877-723-3729, a transition school for students who are underachieving with only minor behavior problems, announced the addition of Dr. Bernard Farrow as Guidance Counselor, and Mitch Littlefield as Dean of Students.

OBHIC COLLATING OUTCOMES RESEARCH
(Oct. 12, 2001) Rob Cooley, Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Expeditions in Oregon and Chairman of The Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Industry Council (OBHIC) Board, reported good progress in collecting and analyzing data from member programs for the assessment of treatment outcomes of wilderness healthcare programs. The research project is being done in conjunction with the University of Idaho Wilderness Research Center, lead by Keith C. Russell, Moscow, Idaho, 208-885-2269. The final report will be published and available later this year or early next year.

MOIR AND PRESLEY THROUGH TOWN
(October 15, 2001) Sarah Moir, with Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy Expeditions, Albany Oregon, 541-926-7252, and Lynn Presley, a new Educational Consultant with Presley Consulting Etc., Mesa, Arizona, 480-396-0900, stopped by our offices on a tour of North Idaho and Western Montana programs. Presley is just starting her practice and is touring as many schools as she can to prepare for taking in clients in the near future.

CEDU REORGANIZES
(October 17, 2001) Rae Ann Knopf, Vice-President of Private Education Outreach for The Brown Schools, 503-762-2500, the umbrella organization for Rocky Mountain Academy, Boulder Creek, Northwest Academy, Milestones, and Ascent, announced they have relocated many of their Sandpoint, Idaho staff to the campuses of their various schools and programs. 24 administrative staff will remain at the Sandpoint Office. The 208-265-0607 phone number offers a menu of choices and a directory for individuals with their extension numbers to assist callers. This follows an October 8 announcement by Sherry Thornton, Chief Operating Officer for The Brown Schools, 901-312-7940, re-defining the leadership and mission for each school and program. Everyone will maintain their present position; they simply will operate out of a school’s campus rather than the Sandpoint central office.

DORNY JOINS LOGAN RIVER ACADEMY
(October 17, 2001) Larry Carter, Founder and Administrator of Logan River Academy, Logan, Utah, 866-755-8400 announced Clinton Dorny started as Admissions Coordinator on October 5, 2001. Clint has a Bachelor’s Degree from Southern Utah University, with previous experience in residential treatment, including work in admissions.

WILDERNESS TREATMENT CENTER OFFERS GROUND TRANSPORTATION
(October 18, 2001) John Brekke, Director of Wilderness Treatment Center, Marion, Montana, 406.854.2832, announced that recent national tragedies, combined with people’s fear of flying, have caused openings to be available at WTC, and when appropriate, they will make available ground transportation “when it makes sense."

MONARCH SCHOOL SETTLES INTO MONTANA PROPERTY
(October 24, 2001) Patrick McKenna, Founder, and Ranel Hansen, Admissions Director, of Monarch School, an experiential school near Heron, Montana, 877-955-2232, stopped by Woodbury Reports in Bonners Ferry interrupting their busy schedule of settling into their 80 acres near the Clark Fork river. They informed Educational Consultants Lon Woodbury and Loi Eberle that Monarch School has students who are working on their unique arts-based curriculum. More students are on the way ready for new students, and are offering a sizeable tuition reduction for a student’s entire time in the program, if they are enrolled by March of 2002.

CHUKITUS WITH ALPINE BOYS RANCH
(October 27, 2001) Drew Chukitus, COO of Alpine Boys Ranch, Leavensworth, Washington, 509-548-7408, stopped by Woodbury Reports to inform us they had completed the transition from being a treatment center, regulated by the Dept. of Social and Health Services, to being an emotional growth school regulated by another state agency. The all boys program is located on some beautiful property outside the town of Leavensworth (Woodbury Reports Jun 1992, Aug 1992; Seen N’ Heard, Jun 2000 #70, Apr 2001 #80).

CAMERON PULLAN INVITES ED CONSULTANTS TO SPRING CREEK LODGE
(October 27, 2001) Cameron Pullan, Director of Spring Creek Lodge, an emotional growth school in Thompson Falls, Montana, 506.827.4344 contacted Woodbury Reports, Inc. to extend an invitation to all educational consultants to visit Spring Creek Lodge. He emphasized that although the school is part of the World Wide Association of Schools and Programs (WWASP) network, they are independently owned and operated. Speaking of the large number of satisfied customers, he encouraged consultants to please visit to see for themselves what the school has to offer.

CAROL HOPWOOD, L.C.S.W. OF TRANSITIONAL HOME PLACEMENT STOPS IN
(October 31, 2001) Carol Hopwood, L.C.S.W. of Transitional Home Placement, Kalispell, Montana 406.257.1330, alixsienna@yahoo.com, stopped by the Woodbury Reports, Inc. office to visit with educational consultant and editor, Loi Eberle M.A., 208.267.5550. Hopewood was excited to report how well the two girls in her transitional home were doing. Their activities included finding work in the local community, attending the local community college, and individual counseling. One girl was transitioning from Montana Academy to Hopwood’s transitional program as part of her work to eventually attain independence and self- sufficiency. Hopwood anticipates having space for one at least one other girl.

WOODBURY REPORTS AT IECA TAMPA
(November 2, 2001) Woodbury Reports Inc., 208-267-5550, was represented at the IECA Fall Conference in Tampa, Florida by Office Manager Chris Wells and Referral Assistant Kristie Vollar.

IT’S A BOY!
(November 5, 2001) Denise Westman of Provo Canyon School, Provo, Utah, 619.588.7499, announced they are welcoming Jonathan Dan Cory to the world, who arrived October 19, 2001, weighing in at 6lb. 11 oz and 19”. Proud parents are Kelly & Dean; Kelly Cory is the Regional Director for Southern California and Colorado.

SUNHAWK DESCRIBES UPGRADES AND ADDITIONS
(November 12, 2001) Kevin Baron, Executive Director of Sunhawk Academy, St. George, Utah, (800) 214-3878, describes recent additions which include: “the library, computer lab, new beds, lockers, basketball & volleyball courts, computers, furniture, medical exam room.” They have also added “additional teachers, a librarian, a special education consultant, a field director, a nurse’s aid, an admissions counselor, a clinical assistant, two therapists, and some great staff members in the Academy as well as in the wilderness.”

HITCHCOCK NEW HEADMASTER OF CEDU
(November 13, 2001) Diane Huggins, spokesperson for Brown Schools, 615-279-9696, announced CEDU High School’s Academic Director Greg Hitchcock has been named headmaster of the CEDU High School and CEDU Middle School, emotional growth boarding schools located in Running Springs, California. Hitchcock has been the school’s academic director since 1999, and before that was had directed the Woodland Lodge Program for St. Johnsbury Academy in St. Johnsbury, Vermont and also several leadership positions at Mount Bachelor Academy in Prineville, Oregon. Brandi Elliott will remain as Director of CEDU Middle School, and Tony Becker as Director of CEDU High School.

STEPHEN BOZAK VISITS WOODBURY OFFICE
(November 10, 2001) Stephen Bozak, MA, CEP, IECA, a educational consultant and psychometrist in Clifton Park, New York, 518.373.8069 stopped by the Woodbury Office, with his assistant, Greg Ballard. They showed Loi Eberle, MA, their directory which lists over 900 schools and programs, and had their picture taken at the sign, before heading out to tour CEDU’s North Idaho programs, 208-265-0607.

BOYS WILL BE MEN DOCUMENTARY AVAILABLE ONLINE
(November 14, 2001) A documentary about growing up male in America, entitled “Boys Will Be Men” now has a website for ordering and screening information. It was produced by Tom Weidlinger, the award-winning producer of the PBS series MAKING PEACE. Boys Will Be Men” includes videotaped segments of participants and counselors from SUWS, a therapeutic wilderness program in Gooding, Idaho, 888-879-7897.

PHIL JONES OF TIMBER RIDGE VISITS WOODBURY REPORTS
(November 14, 2001) Phil Jones of Timber Ridge, Clark Fork, Idaho, 800.305.4812, Ext. 01, stopped by Woodbury Reports to discuss Timber Ridge. Jones, former staff member of Elk Mountain, and later, Whitely Meadows, is excited to now be helping Cindy and Mark Scott, owner/operators of Timber Ridge, an elegant and rural home in which young women can modify past behavior and refine their life skills. It also offers a variety of academic options, including, when appropriate, attendance at Clark Fork Junior & Senior High School, with its combined population 150 students, a special education teacher, resource room, and satellite link to classes at the University of Idaho. In addition to Timber Ridge’s therapeutic work, in-depth individual counseling with Mary Sims.