Duo Cited For Forensic Art Instruction, Police Training

Local forensic art instructors Rick Parks and Carrie Stuart-Parks recently received the John Edgar Hoover Memorial Gold Medal and Citation from the American Police Hall of Fame for leadership skills in police training and innovative forensic art instruction.

The Parks have trained more than 150 departments from federal, state, local, private and college security agencies in composite and forensic art, despite the original drawing skills of participants.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation sponsored a course for its Special Projects Section at the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., featuring the Parks, who have trained students from agencies including Texas Rangers, U.S. Forest Service, Federal Witness Protection Program and the Air Force. Their graduates have drawn composites that have led to the identification of numerous suspects, including the most notorious serial arsonist in the nation’s history.

Jared Kelsey, has been selected as Post Falls Rotary’s student of the month for October.

A Boys State delegate and a University of Idaho top scholar, Kelsey is involved with Pep and Jazz Band, NIC Symphonic Band and the High School Forestry Team.

He is on the INEL Team, Post Falls Urban Forestry Commission National Honor Society, and is a middle school mentor and holds a part-time job.

Kelsey plans to attend University of California at Davis to pursue a degree in secondary education.

Lakeland Junior High School in Rathdrum, Idaho, has selected the students of the month for October. Students and their grade levels are listed.

Rod Hansen, ninth-grader and son of Greg and Debbie Hansen of Rathdrum; Allison Long, eighth-grader and daughter of Dave Long of Rathdrum; and Katy Ridenour, seventh-grader and daughter of Steve and Vickey Ridenour of Hayden Lake, Idaho.

Students were chosen due to positive attitudes, a willingness to learn, effective communication skills and activity involvement. They will receive a Lakeland Hawks sweatshirt donated by local businesses.

, DataTimes MEMO: Contact for Idaho Achievements is Sherry Adkins. Tell us about your achievements by writing to: Achievements, The Spokesman-Review, Suite 200, 608 Northwest Blvd., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814. Pictures must be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope.