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From left, Marion County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Wilson, newly sworn-in CASA Advocates Melissa Mohr, Amanda Tennant and Hannah Lucas.
PHOTO BY DAVID KIRK
PHOTO BY DAVID KIRK
FAIRMONT â Marion County children who undergo trauma and end up in the court system have three new advocates on their side as of Tuesday.
Circuit Court Judge Patrick Wilson swore in three Court Appointed Special Advocates on Tuesday in the Division I courtroom.
âWe appoint volunteers through the court system to advocate for abused and neglected children in Marion County,â said Shannon Hogue, executive director of Marion County CASA.
CASA is a national organization whose goal is to use trained community volunteers to speak for the best interests of abused and neglected children in court. They also work in technical assistance, training, public awareness activities, research and resource development, according to the CASA website.
Copacetic colloquialisms
Regarding “Flappers said ‘baloney!’ to idea that slang was for men” in the Dec. 14, 2020, Monitor Weekly: Oh, what fun memories Melissa Mohr’s column stirred up for me. I was born in the late 1920s, so I grew up hearing my folks and their friends use “flapper slang.” I figured it was just normal English.
I’m now living in a large retirement building and will occasionally use “the cat’s pajamas” or “the bee’s knees” or “the cat’s meow” – which always makes someone say with delight, “Oh, I haven’t heard that for years!”
In 1922, there was even “A Flapper’s Dictionary,” and that’s not “baloney!” Flapper slang is fun and refreshingly different from today’s colloquialisms. Right? Right.
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