This took place in Portland

A coach/trainer up in Oregon turned out to be a sexual predator. There's many lessons to draw from this article but the primary one seems to be that direct evidence will fail to change minds in some situations because parents will not re-focus from their dreams.

Howard Avery's conviction is a lesson in parenting
John Canzano
The Oregonian
August 22, 2009

I am thinking the prison might have a basketball team in the exercise yard, and if it does, Howard Avery will soon be at it again, molding lives, making promises and shaping careers.

Maybe, too, the supporters who funded Avery's Triple Threat basketball operation will cry out for loyalty again, and carpool each other's children to the edge of the yard, so they can press their tiny faces against the fence and soak up whatever wisdom the registered sex offender might have left.

Either that, or the ignorant parents among us can finally start protecting their kids.

Avery was convicted last week on five counts of felony sex abuse. A judge found a brave victim credible and ruled Avery lured the 17-year old girl he coached to a home where he forced himself upon her. He will be sentenced on Thursday...

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