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Wellspring blames Bankruptcy on Counselor/ Riot
Antigen:
--- Quote ---On 2004-07-26 15:32:00, Anonymous wrote:
"What do you suggest we do? My son was there in 2001, he is doing great now but there is a sadness whenever the phrase "Wellspring Academy" is mentioned."
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One of the greatest gifts my father ever gave me was a simple apology. Why not ask him why mention of the Program makes him so sad and find out if you have anything to apologize for. Or if maybe he's needlessly frightened that you'd send him back if he told you. I mean, you wouldn't send him back, would you? In most of these programs, they really hammer it into your head that, if you try to leave or "manipulate" (i.e. tell your parents anything less than glowing about what went on there) then you'll wind up right back at the beginning.
I internalized this so thoroughly that, 6 years later, when my daughter was 4 and I was working and paying my bills, I almost sucker punched my employer one day when he startled me by calling me by my legal name. No one but the IRS and the Program ever called my by that name. So, for an instant, I thought it was Program people coming to take me away and I was halfway through what would have been a really effective round house before coming to my senses. Turned out, the man was only there to award me a gift certificate as employee of the month for cleaning the shop so thoroughly that some new investors were very impressed.
A lot of Program vets relate similar bouts of fear. If your son is living w/ that, anything you can do to allay it would probably not hurt.
Scoundrels are predictable, but you're a man of honor and that frightens me.
Robert Heinlein, Glory Road.
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Anonymous:
As I understand it, the former Wellspring Academy property was auctioned off into 3 parcels. I don't believe Bob bought any of them. Kind of hard to do when you're bankrupt but then again, you know Bob.
I'm very interested in hearing any details on Bob starting a new facility. If anyone knows anything about it please post. This guy needs to never have that kind of opportunity again. Perhaps he's trying to get a job at Enron.
Anonymous:
sad but true;
heard yesterday that someone saw bob and he was bragging how he got some rich parent to buy the farm and give it back to him. he says he is now doing "retreats" on the property.
it is hard to know if it is true, but at least that is what he is telling people.
Anonymous:
Wouldn't surprise me a bit if Bob was doing that and it wouldn't surprise me either if he was bragging about it. I hope the investigators have their eye on him.
Anonymous:
The Wellspring Academy property was sold at public auction May 2004 in 5 parcels. 2 parcels were bought by lumber companies. 1 parcel was bought by a local "land baron" with no apparent association to Bob Gluahreff. 1 parcel was bought by a man named Charles Grantham and the last parcel was bought by 6 people together. They are 3 married couples named Charles and Sharon Ballard, Robert Jr and Wanda Potts, and Steven and Lori James. The 5 parcels sold for $797,000 total.
June 28, 2004 Charles Grantham "sold" half of the land he bought in May to Charles Ballard and Robert Potts Jr for the recorded price of $10.
August 6, 2004 he "sold" the other half of the land he bought in May to Charles Ballard and James Mercer for the recorded price of $10.
As of today, nearly 200 acres of land including the house and buildings and 17 acres across the road are owned by:
Charles and Sharon Ballard
Robert Jr. and Wanda Potts
Steven and Lori James
James Mercer.
Cindy Thomas's house is vacant and for sale for $225,00.
This information is recorded at the Halifax County Courthouse.
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