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	Region in Brief: Court Hears Surgeon in Boys Ranch Trial By Kevin Graman Spokesman-Review February 4, 2010 http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/feb/04/in-brief-court-hears-surgeon-in-boys-ranch-trial/ SPOKANE (WA) -- A Spokane plastic and reconstructive surgeon rebutted earlier testimony of abuse at Morning Star Boys' Ranch as proceedings continued Wednesday in Spokane County Superior Court. Dr. Alfonso Oliva testified that it is unlikely the scar on witness Stephanie Miller's chest was caused by a cigarette burn. Miller, a transsexual, was a resident at Morning Star in the late 1970s. She testified Jan. 19 that a counselor whose name she cannot remember burned her with his cigarette when she refused his demands for oral sex and that she bears the scar. Miller had been called to testify by attorneys for Kenneth Putnam to support his allegations of sexual and physical abuse at the group home for troubled boys by its director, the Rev. Joseph Weitensteiner. Just before court adjourned Wednesday afternoon, the defense called Weitensteiner as a witness. His testimony and that of Putnam will be heard as the trial resumes today.
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