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The 2000 US Census found that 2.4 million grandparents are the primary caregivers for the children in their families. Oregon CPS News Archive
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Foster Girls Receive Royal Treatment
by Jessica Debbas
EUGENE, Ore. -- About 350 girls in foster care across Lane County got some royal treatment Sunday.
A Family for every Child hosted its 4th annual "Princess for a Day" event. Foster girls get their hair, make-up and nails done, along with a dress and crown to take home. And of course, they get to attend a royal tea party, all for free.
kezi.com
March 4, 2012
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Sea-Change at DHS: New effort to keep Black, Native American kids out of foster care
by Lisa Loving
It could well signal a sea-change in Oregon's troubled foster care program for children
Responding to dismal statistics - and heartbreaking personal stories of broken families - the Oregon Department of Human Services is launching a major initiative to reduce the number of children in foster care statewide. One recent posting is a commentary called, "Even the Best Foster Homes Can't Replace Family Support."
theskanner.com
January 12, 2012
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Holiday gifts provide joy for Washington County foster children
Summerfield residents again turned out in full force to support Washington County's annual gift drive for foster children.
Last year child services provided 55 tags, and Summerfield residents provided 42 gifts. This year there were 75 tags, and Summerfield residents were able to provide 63 gifts, according to Kathy Peper, who organized the drive again.
theregalcourier.com
December 29, 2011
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Even the best foster homes can't replace family support
by Christy Barrett-Obie
When you hear about child abuse or neglect, most people's first reaction is "get that kid out of danger."
Once we know the child has been removed, we breathe a sigh of relief, assume that the child will be better off in foster care, and consider the problem fixed. If we think of the abuser, it is almost always to condemn and judge: "How could they do that?" While our reactions make sense - child safety is imperative - is removing children from their homes and everything they know really the best for them and for our community? As 2012 nears, take time to reflect on this important question. And realize Lane County has a higher than average rate of children in foster care. More than 1,000 kids are in care on any given day.
registerguard.com
December 28, 2011
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Marijuana flung from car pelts Oregon trooper
An Oregon state trooper says he was giving chase at more than 100 mph when suspects in the car ahead ripped open half-pound bags of marijuana and began flinging it out of the window.
Trooper Clay Core tells the Eugene Register-Guard that the pot was "pelting my car" as the chase continued north Monday night along Interstate 5 toward Eugene
CNS News
December 14, 2011
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Foster Kids More Likely To Have Prescriptions
by Kristian Foden-Vencil
Children in foster care are significantly more likely than other kids to be given mind-altering drugs -- according to a study by the federal government.
The 'Government Accountability Office' looked at children in Medicaid, in Oregon and four other states. The report found foster kids were prescribed psychotropic drugs four times more than other kids. It also found they were more likely to be prescribed five or more drugs at a time -- and at doses that exceed FDA-approved levels. The report even found four thousand babies being prescribed a psychotropic drug.
dailyastorian.com
December 5, 2011
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Child Abuse Cases Drop Dramatically in Lane County
by Stacia Kalinoski
EUGENE, Ore. -- After increasing in 2010, child abuse cases in Lane County have dropped dramatically this year. So far, thirty percent fewer children have been taken into the state's care.
DHS District Manager John Radich attributes that to places like Willamette Family, which is considered an in-home service. Last year, the state reallocated money for in-home services, so kids didn't have to straight to foster care. To fund those agencies, Radich says the state took money away from parenting classes. Radich says parenting classes don't do much good if the kids are in foster care.
kezi.com
October 20, 2011
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Parent 2 Parent: Homeschool cool
This week KING and NBC news are teaming up to bring you Education Nation, an in-depth look at education topics across America. Parent to Parent takes a bit closer at the growing trend towards homeschooling.
The trend is up - homeschooling is becoming an attractive option for many local families. Gone are the days when only ultra-conservative, religious families or very liberal families homeschooled their children. According to the Oregon based National Home Education Research Institute, there was a seven percent jump in homeschooled children in the last three years. It's estimated more than two million students are homeschooled across America.
king5.com
September 26, 2011
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State's Efforts To Keep Kids Out Of Foster Care Yielding Results
by Kristian Foden-Vencil
The state has reduced the number of children going into foster care in the last five years by about 1000 children a year. That reflects success on a number of fronts, including drug treatment.
The state is spending about $10,000 a year to help Blang turn her life around. It's expensive. But, it's substantially less than putting her daughter in foster care. That would be $30 thousand-a-year. A national study by the University of Washington shows girls in foster care have an 80 percent chance of becoming pregnant by age 23 and a 70 percent chance of ending up on food stamps. The statistics are bleak. And Oregon has twice as many kids in foster care as the national average. But that's why the Department of Human Services is trying to keep kids with their families.
news.opb.org
August 9, 2011
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Police search 5 homes linked to major marijuana operation
by FOX 12 News
PORTLAND -- Five search warrants were served in the Portland metro area today as part of an investigation into a drug trafficking organization operated by Chinese nationals, police say.
Three grow houses used by the suspects were specifically renovated for large-scale marijuana growing operations and no one actually lived at the homes, investigators say. During the searches, investigators say they seized an estimated 2,000 marijuana plants, along with growing equipment, power transformers and packaging materials designed to ship the marijuana.
kptv.com
August 3, 2011
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Pesticides by the pound
by Steve Law
One fine day in early summer, the Southeast Portland Fred Meyer was selling Braeburn apples for 89 cents a pound, while organic Braeburns were more than double that price, at $1.99 a pound.
That poses a nagging question for many health-conscious shoppers: Is organic produce worth the steeper price? The Environmental Working Group helps shoppers make that call by compiling an annual "Dirty Dozen" list of fruits and vegetables that showed the highest incidence and concentration of pesticides in federal tests. The Washington D.C., research and advocacy group also compiles a companion "Clean 15" list of fruits and vegetables that tested lowest in pesticides.
sherwoodgazette.com
July 14, 2011
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Faith-Healing Sect Members Face Trial After Daughter Gets Ill
by Isolde Raftery
OREGON CITY, Ore. - At the Clackamas County courthouse here, Timothy and Rebecca Wyland sat next to each other - ramrod straight, their shoulders barely touching - as they watched images of their daughter flash on the screen.
At birth, the girl, Alayna, was a pink-cheeked bundle, but by 6 months, a growth the size of a baseball had consumed the left side of her face, pushing her eyeball out of its socket. The Wylands, members of the Followers of Christ Church, a faith-healing sect whose members shun medicine, would not take her to a doctor.
nytimes.com
May 29, 2011
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Trial opens for couple over child's health care
by Rick Bowmer
OREGON CITY - A prosecutor charged that an Oregon City couple watched a growth over their infant daughter's left eye balloon into a golf ball-sized bulge but didn't seek medical treatment because that conflicted with their religious practices.
Timothy and Rebecca Wyland are members of the Followers of Christ, a congregation that relies on faith healing. They were charged with first-degree criminal mistreatment after the growth over their daughter Alayna's eye went untreated until a court ordered her taken to a doctor.
bendbulletin.com
May 29, 2011
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Couple allegedly imprisoned autistic boys
by Laura McVicker
A Vancouver couple have been arrested for allegedly holding their two young autistic boys captive in a darkened, caged room.
Responding to a tip from Child Protective Services, police officers raided the couple's apartment Tuesday and found the boys, ages 5 and 7, confined in a bedroom with a cage-like door. Eckhart is listed in court papers as unemployed; a search for his Facebook page displays a picture of him making an obscene gesture.
columbian.com
April 18, 2011
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Hearing to decide placement for autistic boys
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- A Superior Court hearing is scheduled next Thursday to decide temporary placement for two autistic boys who Vancouver police say were kept locked in a darkened room.
The boys' father John Eckhart and his girlfriend Alayna Higdon were arrested Tuesday for investigation of second-degree criminal mistreatment and unlawful imprisonment. The boys' mother, Jona Bronson of Tillamook, Ore., has said she'll try to regain custody of the children -- ages 5 and 7.
columbian.com
April 15, 2011
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Ore. mother surprised to hear 2 sons kept caged
by Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. -- An Oregon mother says she's shocked to learn that the father of her two autistic sons has been accused of caging the boys in his apartment.
Jona (JAH-nah) Bronson of Tillamook, Ore., was once the girlfriend of 30-year-old John Eckhart. She said Thursday that she gave Eckhart custody because she didn't want to disrupt the boys' routines, but she's now hoping to win custody over the boys.
columbian.com
April 14, 2011
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Toddler hurt in Milwaukie fire put in foster care
The toddler who survived a fire that killed his two brothers last month in Milwaukie has been placed in foster care. Authorities have not said why the boy's mother, Kimberly Hasty, does not have custody.
Wani Lemi's mother saved him from the flames by tossing him down to a man standing below her two-story window. Then, Hasty jumped out the window, shattering her heel bone. Officials with the Oregon Department of Human Services would not release any specifics in the case but said the decision to put Wani in foster care would be reviewed in 30 days.
kgw.com
March 9, 2011
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Finding the right balance
After receiving a tip that a 9-year-old girl had been sexually abused, a child protection investigator and a deputy sheriff in Bend, Ore., went to the girl's school to interview her. The first of its kind in 20 years, the case has drawn wide attention.
Oregon Attorney General John Kroger appealed the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying the decision would have an adverse effect on child abuse investigations. The Supreme Court heard the case Tuesday, which pits the rights of families and children against the responsibility of states to investigate child abuse.
lasvegassun.com
March 5, 2011
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Urban Permaculture Design Certificate Course
by Permaculture Schools
Permaculture is a sustainable design science rooted in natural patterns. By observing the way nature works and then applying the same patterns and principles, we learn to design truly sustainable, extremely resilient systems.
Permaculture is what our ancestors instinctively knew when they lived in villages, made their own things, and grew their own food. It is the art of respecting nature and working with it, rather than against it, to cultivate land, plants, animals and people by fostering mutually beneficial relationships between them. It is also is a philosophy, one that changes you from the inside, as you see that there is a way to heal the earth, live in harmony with nature, and create abundance we can share.
commoncircle.com
December 12, 2010
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Supreme Court To Hear Oregon Parental Consent Case
by Kristian Foden-Vencil
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear an Oregon case that deals with state investigators interviewing children without their parents' consent.
The case dates back to 2003 when a social worker went to a school to ask two children about possible sexual abuse at home. Sarah Greene, sued saying the social worker should have gotten a warrant to talk to the kids in school.
OPB News
October 12, 2010
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Court to hear case over child interviews involving alleged sex abuse
by Bill Mears
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an emotionally divisive dispute on when children can be interviewed about sex abuse allegations without a warrant and without parents present.
Oral arguments will be held early next year. A federal appeals court ruled in favor of an Oregon mother after concerns were raised about the well-being of her two daughters. But the judges noted the "delicate" balancing interests that will be weighed in the upcoming high court review.
CNN Justice
October 12, 2010
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Portland lemonade stand runs into health inspectors, needs $120 license to operate
by Helen Jung
Technically, any lemonade stand -- even one on your front lawn -- must be licensed under state law, said Eric Pippert, the food-borne illness prevention program manager for the state's public health division.
Franklin is organizing a "Lemonade Revolt" for Last Thursday in August. He's calling on anarchists, neighbors and others to come early for the event and grab space for lemonade stands on Alberta between Northeast 25th and Northeast 26th.
The Oregonian
August 6, 2010
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Couple charged with assaulting, mistreating adopted son
EUGENE -- A Lane County couple once featured in a flattering newspaper article about foster parents now face assault and criminal mistreatment charges that allege they injured and neglected a boy they adopted.
Alona Lee Hartwig, 46, faces felony assault one and assault two charges and five counts of criminal mistreatment. Rodger Hartwig, 51, faces felony assault two and two counts of criminal mistreatment. The victim is a 9-year-old foster child the couple cared for and later adopted.
KVAL
June 2, 2010
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Mom, Son Reunited After 2-Year CPS Nightmare
by Robert Franklin, Esq.
The case that's dropped jaws all across the U.S. and Canada is finally coming to an end. Judge Kip Leonard is finally allowing Noah Kirkman to return to his native Calgary after two years in foster care in Oregon.
I and countless others have written outraged pieces about the case. Noah Kirkman is now 12 years old. When he was taken into foster care by Oregon authorities two years ago, he had not been abused; he had not been neglected. No one has ever claimed that his mother Lisa Kirkman (pictured) or his stepfather John Kirkman has ever been anything but a good parent to him. That's reflected in his grades which are straight A's despite Noah's severe ADHD.
bloggernews.net
June 1, 2010
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Oregon judge says boy in foster care should live in Canada
by Michelle Cole
EUGENE -- An Oregon judge Friday ordered a 12-year-old boy sent back to Canada, his home country, even though the boy doesn't want to go.
A hearing Friday in Lane County juvenile court centered on the boy, who was taken into the state child welfare system nearly two years ago and whose case threatened to become an international incident.
The Oregonian
May 28, 2010
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