User:DoonRay/COIs for Current Article Written by Anti-West Ridge Group

The information provided by the utahboysranchnetwork (an organization dedicated to damaging the West Ridge Academy) is misleading and inaccurate. Please note the following inaccuracies.

1. Senator Buttars has not been involved with the Academy for several years. His personal IRS issues are of no concern to the organization.

2. The stated purpose of the Academy (not camp) is as the current web site indicates "offering hope and healing to young men, young women and their families by providing quality clinical services, education, and experiences which promote spiritual awareness, personal accountability and change of heart." (http://westridgeacademy.com)

3. The Academy (Not Utah boys ranch) does not claim to "have elected to operat..." and the Director does not claim that "the facts indicate that our government..." West Ridge is governed by the Utah Department of Human Services (http://www.hslic.utah.gov/) and are reviewed annually and during the year without notice for compliance to its general standards http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r501/r501.htm) and specific standards for such facilities (http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r501/r501-15.htm). West Ridge Academy has no license infractions on file and is current with all licensure requirements.

4. The current list of directors is inaccurate. (http://westridgeacademy.com/categories/79/Default.aspx)

5. All donations, whether in cash or in-kind are gratefully received by the 501(c)(3) Academy. The list of Donors and nature of donations is kept confidential.

6. The original logo from 1964 did not contain the phrase as indicated, but is also not relevant to recent history and current operations.

7. West Ridge has spiritual advisors from many faiths including LDS Couples called as service missionaries. No proselyting takes place on campus. (http://westridgeacademy.com/pages/294/default.aspx)

8. Articles from disgruntled former clients are not third party nor without bias. Some articles from 3rd party reviewing bodies include the Private School Review (http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/27854#Editor), Woodbury Reports (http://www.strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/article_5382.shtml ) and College Bound Network (http://www.collegebound.net/content/article/boarding-school-spotlight-west-ridge-academy/8574/) - all of which are organizations that review programs like West Ridge around the nation.

9. Any invitations to attend an antagonistic group dedicated to the destruction of West Ridge Academy (see thier site at http://web.mac.com/goodk/www.MormonGulag.com/Main.html) is not useful.

10. Eric Norwood likewise refuses to allow his file from West Ridge Academy to be made public so that the public can see what his reasons were for attendance, whether he completed the program successfully or not, and whether or not there were abuses received by, or handed out by Mr. Nowood during his stay at West Ridge.

11. All references to the web.archive.org.... appear to be from the old Utah Boys Ranch and still have copyright marks at the bottom - but West Ridge Academy did not give its permission for their copy and re-publishing, nor do we accept that the articles are indeed genuine.

In short, all of the information provided in the currently "locked" document is defamatory and inaccurate. It is misleading and breaches copyright and outright misrepresents the truth. West Ridge Academy seeks for this article to be removed, even if the entire topic must be removed. Use of any of the true third party articles would be acceptable or publications from its current web site etc.