On 2004-06-30 15:26:00, Scarstruck wrote:
"Yep...But most of the Dallas kids actually got up and walked out..
The whole group was misbehaving at this point..and I think a window was broken and they all just left..
Theres one person that knows his story firsthand perhaps she will pop up and post it for you, I forget the details...
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Hey Brad! Yeah, I did decide to pop in....
Heard a story about Dallas Straight when they closed the Las Colinas building....
Story was that everyone got up and just walked. And there was this misbehavior girl who walked too, and then as everyone was walking down the street, it occurred to her that she was conforming with everyone else. So she turned around and walked back to group and sat up in a blue chair and waited for staff to walk in. When staff finally did come through she started motivating. Since she was the only one who was working the program, they commenced her in a small ceremony with her parents. Thus she was the last person who commenced Dallas Straight.
I heard this story in 1992 and may have some of it wrong...
It does occur to me as well something about them breaking a window to all walk out. Maybe was a riot type situation, I don't know. There is an ex-staffer who was there at the time named Wes Kitchens. Don't know where he is now, but he knows the story well.
I was working at a rehab in Carrolton called FirStep. Wes was a staffer there and so was Heath Duncan. The girl that was the last one to commence came to FirStep one day and assisted in one of my girls' raps that I was doing. That's how I found out about it all.
[ This Message was edited by: taureana on 2004-07-08 09:45 ]