Suicide Prozac 28/03/1992 Florida High School Teacher Kills Self
 
 Summary:<br><br><div>Second and third paragraphs from the end read:&nbsp; <strong>&quot;Hews&#39; body was found Thursday at his apartment on Melody Lane after he failed to report to school.&quot;<br /><br />&quot;Hews, 44, had a history of depression and was taking the anti-depressant drug Prozac, according to information from a Highlands County Sheriff&#39;s Office report.&quot;<br /><br /></strong>___________________________________________________________________<br />Students counseled in wake of <strong>suicide<br /></strong>The Tampa Tribune<br />March 28, 1992<br />Author: DEANNA BELLANDI; Tribune Staff Writer <br />Estimated printed pages: 1 <br /><img src="../localhost/C_/Program%20Files/Eudora%20Pro/Embedded/2407dc01.jpg" alt="[]" width="1" height="1" /> <br /><br />A Sebring High School teacher was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his apartment Thursday, one day after finding out he wasn&#39;t going to have a job next year, authorities said. <br /><br />A crisis intervention team of counselors and school officials talked Friday with the students of Russell Hews to help them deal with the loss of their teacher.<br /><br />&quot;&quot;I think some of them felt like they didn&#39;t have a chance to say goodbye,&#39;&#39; said Roger Pinholster, the district&#39;s coordinator of students services. &quot;&quot;There was really no warning on their part.&#39;&#39;<br /><br />An industrial arts and drafting teacher at Sebring&#39;s only public high school, Hews had received a letter Wednesday notifying him he would not be nominated for a teaching position in the upcoming school year.<br /><br />The decision was related to Hews&#39; performance, school board spokesman Bruce Wyse said.<br /><br />Principal Calvin Smith said he announced Hews&#39; death to the student body on the school&#39;s closed-circuit television Friday and asked for a moment of silence.<br /><br />&quot;&quot;He liked kids,&#39;&#39; Smith said.<br /><br />Hews, 44, had taught in Highlands County schools since 1981 and was on a continuing contract until last year, when he was demoted to an annual contract.<br /><br />Hews&#39; body was found Thursday at his apartment on Melody Lane after he failed to report to school.<br /><br />Hews, 44, had a history of depression and was taking the anti-depressant drug <strong>Prozac</strong>, according to information from a Highlands County Sheriff&#39;s Office report.<br /><br />A memorial services for Hews, a Vietnam veteran, will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church of Sebring. Hews will be cremated. <br />Edition:&nbsp; FLORIDA<br />Section:&nbsp; HEARTLAND<br />Page:&nbsp; 1<br />Index Terms: MENTAL HEALTH<strong>; </strong>RUSSELL HEWS<strong>; </strong>CAUSE<strong>; </strong>SEBRING HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER <br />Dateline:&nbsp; SEBRING&nbsp;<br />Record Number:&nbsp; 246 <br /><br />OpenURL Article Bookmark (right click, and copy the link location):<br /><a href="http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&amp;rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:TTRB&amp;rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&amp;rft_dat=0EB0F0C06DF95371&amp;svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&amp;req_dat=0FC00B934DD580D0">Students counseled in wake of suicide</a><br /><br /></div> 
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