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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Celebrity Sightings: Erik Estrada at Meijer—While Blessing the Bikes

While on his way to the "Blessing of the Bikes" at Mooseheart, television actor Erik Estrada stops for some groceries.

This just in ... OK, actually it was "just in" on Saturday, and I just now saw it in my inbasket. (Note to self: Catch up on e-mails.) Alert Patch reader Melanie Gayton sent in these photos with a note: "Erik Estrada was in Meijer today because he is filming at documentary on Mooseheart and doing something at the motorcycle place in St. Charles." Turns out, Estada was in town as the 2013 guest rider for the 10th anniversary "Blessing of the Bikes" celebration at Mooseheart. The campus was the scene for a celebration centered around the blessing of motorcycle bikes and riders delivered at noon at the Mooseheart House of God. This blessing is the symbolic start to the riding season and a major fundraiser. In 2012, donations totaled $6,335 to…

Jim Kirkhoff

8:19 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Estrada at his best! http://www.faniq.com/blog/Video-Erik-Estradas-Awkward-7th-Inning-Interview-At-Wrigley-Field-Blog-26586   more ›

Friday, December 21, 2012

Moose CEO Retires After Sex Abuse Lawsuit; Hart Is New Director of Moose International

William Airey retires eight days after a civil lawsuit is filed that claims he abused a 12-year-old boy more than 30 years ago. Scott D. Hart, executive director of Mooseheart Child City and School, takes over immediately.

In the wake of a lawsuit claiming Moose International CEO William Airey sexually abused a 12-year-old boy more than 30 years ago, Moose International announced today (Friday, Dec. 21) that Airey will retire immediately. Airey's replacement is Scott D. Hart, executive director of Mooseheart Child City and School. Airey, 71, will stay on with the organization as a consultant of the 1.2 million-member organization through Jan. 31, to help in the transition, according to a press release issued by Moose International shortly before 3 p.m. Friday. The civil lawsuit against Airey filed Dec. 13 in Fort Hill, SC, by North Carolina physician Jason Peck claims that Airey "began grooming him to abuse him sexually in 1980, when he was 12," according an…

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Reports: Lawsuit Claims Moose International CEO Airey Sexually Abused Boy in 1980 (in Geneva Patch)

Maria

7:56 am on Thursday, March 14, 2013

This just makes me more glad that I ran away from that place when I did. I was only there 3 years and in the first year alone, one house parent was arrested for molesting several boys under the age of 6 and not much after a boy in my grade was raped by an older boy he lived with. Not to mention being HEAVILY medicated the first 2 years which made my life a living hell and watching constant …   more ›

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