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CASAblanca gala raises bids for kids
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Elaine Gerke gets a plate of food Saturday during the CASAblanca gala at the Chattahoochee Country Club in Gainesville. The event was held to raise funds for Hall-Dawson Court Appointed Special Advocates. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Hailey Van Parys
Updated: Oct 23, 2016, 2:15 AM
Published: Oct 23, 2016, 1:53 AM
For some children, a trip to grandmother’s is not picturesque. Janet Walden, new executive director of the Hall-Dawson Court-Appointed Special Advocate program, described her own children’s trip to their grandmother’s as a positive experience. “They know they are loved,” Walden said in her speech Saturday at the ninth annual CASAblanca gala.
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‘A weapon that we don’t understand’: Gainesville’s Bridging Hope part of pilot program on strangulation exams
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An exam room inside Bridging Hope provides essential care for survivors of sexual assault and other traumatic events. The non-profit has received a grant for conducting strangulation exams for victims of domestic violence. - photo by Scott Rogers
Nick Watson
The Times
Published: Apr 8, 2025, 1:54 PM
Prosecuting strangulations since 1999, Sandra Partridge looks back on cases she’s handled and knows she would have acted differently.
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