(c)2013 NPT PHOTO BY NELSON MORAIS

The Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center recently held a public awareness
reception at its offices in Newport. A presentation was made on the
long-term effects of sexual abuse in children. From left, seated, are: Jimmy
B. Dunn, district attorney general; Donna Koester, executive director of
Safe Harbor; Valerie Fancher, of the Chamber of Commerce; and Rose
Gainey, a therapist at Safe Harbor. Standing, left to right, are Dan Metcalf;
Crystal Piarrot, Cope coordinator; Lucy D. Hooper; Mechelle Robinson;
Spencer Thomas, of the Newport Medical Center; Cocke County Mayor
Vaughn Moore; and Tom Newman, program development director for Safe
Harbor. In the back row standing, from left, are Jason Oury, detective for
the Cocke County Sheriff's Department; Maurice Shults, Police Chief of the
Newport Police Department; Jenny Stith; and Wendy Williamson, of the
Department of Children's Services.