Page 82 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 2, 1991 Fostering offers reward : | Foster parenting can involve a wide variety of experiences . wanted to stay with the Sander- _ were living. with, were’ movirig, . each of which is unique, says = “ be and witi Pichon i fo ioe , um nesser in‘ court 'ad-.~ they would have besh ‘placed in a ‘Grade, “And the people one , es L Foster Care “vised that pig ith ‘them, an institution if esther oar | r: the fir st time, : : ao B ~_——. ut. the judge: felt the natural . home wasn't found, aes foster parents also dif- - I You canmake mother could. give’ minimum < It took a while for Triston ‘weight Vvatcher S -offers. ; : care so he was returned to her, and Susan to decide whether or by two families in the Kitimat- Terrace area who have been of: | fering a home to: ‘local children in’ care, They ‘were. Prepared with — thé -assistance of Cari Anderson and Elizabeth _Meiz- . "meler. In keeping with the ministry's policy of confidentiality, the in- reimcaai reai names are not us e The Sandersons have been years. They have three natural daughters and two adopted sons. They began fostering when their daughter, Julie, was one. They had.two girls at this ' point, and-wanted to adopt a son, and while they were waiting they began to foster, The Sandersons don’t have any particular placements they prefer and have fostered more :Belaw. are: examples of the a} “trials and. rewards. experienced’: ~ the: floor, a difference. than 30 children, At present they are fostering one child who has been with them ‘for three ‘years, °°. *. Things started out rough for the Sandersons, as their first foster child was a two-year-old, ‘severely handicapped boy, He suffered from hydrocephalus and -couldn’t lift his head off For three months Jody worked with him, taking en him to the Child Development fostering for twelve andia half - Center, but this proved to be too hard a case for anew foster- ing family, so he was moved. Their current foster child is af- fected by fetal alcohol syn- drome and: as a result is a slow learner, ' Jody and Tim’s foster children -have had some rough times. They recall one foster child who -had a schizophrenic mother who would lock him out “of her “apartment... The boy Jody feels all the children she “has cared for havé left her with good, .. lasting «memories; .. Jody really feels that‘in: the last five years. social workers have‘ begun’ to: treat . foster parents with greater respect. . She advocates.a greater contact . : between social workers,’ the child in care and the foster parents. Jody would like to see continued training for parents _ in Terrace, a3 she feels there can never be too much information. - Jody warns that if you ‘are thinking. of becoming a foster parent, be. sure. it’s something you really want to do. | ® Kekk Triston and Susan have three. children of -their own. They. began fostering it: 1985, when - they lived in Usk, about ten miles east of Terrace. When two foster children from the neighbourhood needed Thornhill Elementary news By MONICA GERLER and TRINA MATEUS -.. We.completed the count of the money given to UNICEF. “We collected $64.05 from pop- corm sales, $14.06 from the guessing contest — won by Shane Burke — and $393.74 from the UNICEF boxes taken around at Hallowe'en. The total contribution to UNICEF from Bevan and Tamara Harkonen. anne Douglas. Gall 1-800-663-3354 ee our school was $471.85. Grade 6 Grade? be fostering culdren for atleast : | - Frank.Hogue and Tomy —= Pam Visentin, Brad Allard, Jason Sarah Thompson, Selena Popovitch, another ten years. . Candelora, under the direction Cote, Teneille Hopp, Rhea Pearson, Bernadette Buck, Jill Thiessen, Martin egteinmmria scan of Mr. Gosse, did the final count of the money. Helping Frank and Tony roll the coins were. Carl Reiben, Andrew Parnell, Shawn Schafhauser ‘and Morgan Mitchell, HONOUR ROLL Each student in grades 4-7 who achieves a 3.0 average with no mark lower than a C (based on comparative achievement letter grades calculated on scale below) and with no unsatisfactory. . general development mark has his or her name published ins the term honour roll, "’ + Each pupil who achieves honour fol”: ‘standing for all three terms has his or her name inscribed on a plaque iocated in the school. "The following scale is used: A*4, B°3, C2, Ci and C0, Honour roll students for the first term of the 1990-91 year were: . Grade 4 Rebecca Boland, Matthew Chretien, Travis Riopka, Allie Lacey, Charlene Buck, Taylor McCowan, Donella Rundell, Aimee Cooper, Shelly LeFeb- , vee, Kara Myhr, Sharla Salem, Darryl Todd, Blanche Burkett, Kelly Julseth, Cara Stack, Tracy Shelford, James Chalmers, Amando Phillips, Shanda Suttis, © Skode, Bobbie Lee Clutterbuck, Farrel = Longridge, Melanie Ramsey, Kareen ’ i Sia amie Wet at Cer, DE an ern A | ~-Your chance to save 3 money and WIN! Enlon, Henther Lavole, Heldl Ruchot. TR NSPO RTA TION : ae se For more details see next weeks issue of the. ™ TanyaMildeon,StyRichrewndnari | = SYSTEMS LTD= oo BA TERRACE STANDARD) a nen fete kee Grade § Laurie -Archibald, Dainis Burton, Kerry Ann Kyle, Tara Sims, Amy Stack, Travis Mills-Carson, Ben Hull, Virginia Buck, Christopher Vienneau, Jessie Bartlett, Tia Casper, Phillip Le Ross, Tyler Thomas, Laurel Payjack, Deanna Lambright, Warren Eichhorst, Angela Boutilier, Dawn Thiessen, Pam Ben- nett, Shawn Kelly, Ryan Miller, Tracy Warner, Nicholas Mitzimberg, Candice Kennedy, Darren Daugherty, Jericho Kim Thomson, Michelle Wiebe, Crystal Ruchatzke, Kori Kivi, Kathleen Duffy, Jonatban Gagnon, Danny Miller, Tavin Longridge, Dexter Archibald, Michelle Demoe, Vanessa Humble, Kristen Petovello, Sarah Woodhouse, Adam Vienneau, Aeron Reid, Jennifer Jen- niss, Travis Casper,Charles Parks, Kim Larue, Clayton Blighton, Kareena Gillard, Dereck Kendall, Jeramiah Riopka, Stacy Alexander, Dominic Toovey, Michael Lacey, Holly Hovland, Paisley Carpentier and Rox- Ouellet, Dana Harkonen, Janie Ramsey, Carly - Belina . and Donita Vienneau. ters. 15, 1991. a personal interview. MINISTRY OF LABOUR & - CONSUMER: SERVICES - . The Workers’ Advisers’ Office Is independent of | the WCB and provides free and confidential assistance In Workers’ Compensation claims mat- A Workers’ Adviser wil be in Terrace at the Government Regional Access Centre, 100 - 3220 Eby Street, Terrace, B.C., V8G SK8, on January ; Injured worker's or dependents experiencing claims problems can call 638-3200 to arrange for ’ their care. Thereis a 16-year-old ' child is a 17-year-old girl who is Bellson’s natural children. may |. not be able to accept the foster | children, both ‘their children]: BANDSTRA Imankeoniind =f SSVI ACE TEE at homie, the foster ‘amily wo fe . not to accept the two children into their home. Triston: felt moved to help these* children, | but Susan felt there were too many unanswered questions. Eventually, however, “Triston was able to convince Susan to - accept them into. their home. « Triston and Susan don’t real-- ° ly” have any ‘preferred’ |- children that they would like for their home, and they are perfectly willing to -help | whomever they can. At present, they have two foster children in boy, who is profoundly mental- ly retarded, Their second foster schizophrenic and socially backward.:- There have been soine rough times for the Bellsons, such as their first foster. daughter who | » showed very precocious sexual behaviour. One of the foster children they are taking care of at present has a problem walk- ing normally, When shé walks, she stoops over and swings her body, which causes people to | stare and laugh at her. She is go- ing to see a neurologist to deter- mine if the walking Problem is physical or mental. Despite the worries that the and their children’s firends have accepted them fully. 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