Sentencing Update: The Buffalo News has just published "Former law clerk sentenced in Jesters prostitution case" and reports that:
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Update: A second Jester has come forward. His answers are now included. Sandy Frost December 9, 2008 Starbucks, WA
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Update: I decided to follow up about noon on December 8 and called Shriners Hospitals for Children HQ to ask if Edgar McGonigal, SHC Director of Corporate Development, still worked there.
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The Sunday morning Tacoma I-5 turnoff to highway 16 was beginning to slow with cars headed to Cheney Stadium, home of the Tacoma Rainiers, the Pacific Coast League AAA affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. Tacoma is the next major city south of Seattle, Washington.
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Note: Updated with links 9/30/08. Celebrities who support charities have been in the news lately. Passionate philanthropist Paul Newman passed on last Saturday. MSNBC ran a story last Friday about celebrities and their charities. It explains:
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Warning: Adult Content. Download Alert! Get a cup of coffee, put your feet up and prepare for lengthy downloads.
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You'd think that as an Athabascan woman, an Alaska Native corporation shareholder and a U.S. Navy vet, I'd be thrilled after John McCain forced Sarah Palin on an unsuspecting electorate.
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Editor's Note: This is the third of three stories that links the Royal Order of Jesters to prostitution.
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I'm pretty quiet about my service work. For me, it's important to be of service without expecting anything in return. Service and Gratitude are the cornerstones of my life because I'm lucky to be alive in more ways than you can imagine.
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The point is to get the Grandfathers, as I would call them, to focus on their primary purpose and that is to be role models for the young men so they, can in turn, do what is best for the tribe.
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Editor's note: Insert Adult Disclaimer here. Twenty years ago, the Orlando Sentinel reported that whistleblowers had alerted them to how a Shriner circus ticket scam was reported to police who failed to investigate allegedly because they were also Shriners.
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OK. I have been turning to one of my journalism heroes for guidance, Hunter S. Thompson. I have had my nose in "Better than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie." This is dangerous, at best, but it's one of the things that keeps me going. It starts like this.
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I'm going to do something most reporters don't and that is tell you about my feelings and reactions to what I do. And that is work as an investigative reporter.
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Editor's Note: Updated with timeline on July 21, 2008. Sandy Frost, Starbucks, WA
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Sandy Frost is a great citizen journalist and is, in fact, quietly doing some of the best journalism on Newsvine.
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Scott Butki is a gifted Newsvine columnist, distinguished by his fine grasp of and mastery our craft. He weaves his words together wonderfully. He cares about words and writers and writes here.
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"I had a great curiosity to know as much as possible about everything. I also wanted to capture with a pen and paper everything I saw and felt. I was an avid reader and loved word games and crossword puzzles. I was 'literally' in love with words."
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For the second year in a row, "by Sandy Frost" and Newsvine.com have been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists, this year being awarded second place in the Online Media, Special Report/Enterprise (Original) category for "Shriners Investigation."
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Adult Disclaimer: This story contains sexually-oriented adult content which may include written references to nude adults, adults engaging in sexual acts, and other materials of a sexually-explicit nature.
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Here is a copy of an email sent to Shriners worldwide that tells "all brothers" how to stop me from posting. From: XXX XXXXXX To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [1] Interesting reading................
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KSDK Channel 5 in St. Louis is reporting that the FBI is investigating how thousands were stolen by the former head of the local Shriners Hospital office of fiscal responsibility.
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Editor's Note: Apology to those who are reading this editorial and already know the complex organizationals. I am explaining these relationships for those who don't.
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The Buffalo News's latest FBI/Jesters/Prostitution headline reads: "Judge Tills traveled with woman he jailed on prostitution charge, Former state justice is a central figure in probe of activities of Buffalo Jesters" The article by Dan Herbeck begins:
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A new music therapy room at a hospital on Florida's Gulf Coast is being named for AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson.
This happened in the UK.
Sentencing Update: The Buffalo News has just published "Former law clerk sentenced in Jesters prostitution case" and reports that:
Update: A second Jester has come forward. His answers are now included. Sandy Frost December 9, 2008 Starbucks, WA
Update: I decided to follow up about noon on December 8 and called Shriners Hospitals for Children HQ to ask if Edgar McGonigal, SHC Director of Corporate Development, still worked there.
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