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| Page Label | 1999-02-09 The Scroll Vol 110 No 21 |
| fhtitleno | Ricks College |
| Creator | 1999-02-09 |
| Title | 1999-02-09 The Scroll Vol 110 No 21 |
| Volume | 110 |
| Number | 21 |
| Day | 09 |
| Month | 02 |
| Year | 1999 |
| Format | Application/pdf |
| Language | English; eng; en |
| Collection | The Scroll |
| Description | The Scroll newspaper has been in print since 1905, when BYU-Idaho was known as the Ricks Academy, a locally run school with a newly-developed high school program. At the time this newspaper was known as the “Student Rays,” and was printed monthly. In 1933 the name of the newspaper changed to “The Purple Flash.” In 1937 the name was changed again to “Viking Flashes,” and in 1938 the name finally changed to “The Viking Scroll.” The paper continued under this name until 1972, when it changed to “The Scroll.” The Scroll is still in print at BYU-Idaho as its official newspaper. |
| Rights | Permission is granted for the contents of the “Historical Ricks College/BYU-I Scroll” digital collection to be copied for the limited purposes of private study, scholarship, or research. Any copying of the contents of “Historical Ricks College/BYU-I Scroll” collection for commercial purposes is not permitted without the express written consent of BYU-Idaho. |
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| Page Label | 1999-02-09 The Scroll Vol 110 No 21 |
| fhtitleno | Ricks College |
| Title | 1 |
| Volume | 110 |
| Number | 21 |
| Day | 09 |
| Month | 02 |
| Year | 1999 |
| Description | I N S I D E S P E C I A L Multi-Cultural week teaches students about other cultures. Page 8 IMPULSE Students participate in the Day of Dance. Page 47 OFF-CAM PUS Tuesday, February 9, 1999 R I C K S C O L L E GE Planning a wedding? Check out the annual Bride's Guide on Page 27 for ideas and suggestions. Children of the state Student shares her experiences with foster care BY DAVID RANDALL Scroll staff w hen Stephanie Tanner was 8-years-old, living in Bellevue, Wash., her parents took her and her brother on a rare outing to see The Empire Strikes Back in nearby Kent. The parents left in the care of their 13- year-old son, Stephen, two younger sisters and two toddler autistic twins. When the group returned they found no children — only a note on the door. Stephen had fallen asleep, and one of the twins was discovered in the street, and a telephone call was made. The state of Washington decided that John and Donna Tanner were no longer fit to be parents, and consequently, all of the children were placed in the custody of state. Stephanie, now a sophomore at Ricks College, remembers her father often removing his belt to scold her for being too hyper, or not mopping the floor fast enough. The beatings were incessant; she remembers them beginning, but never ending. Stephanie's home was not the best place for her childhood development, but as with so many others, foster care would not prove the best place either. She lived with five different families before she finally outgrew the program, and, though some of the families spark memories of good food and good play, others bring back feelings of deception, hunger and loneliness. Nearly a half-million children live in out-of-home care across the country. While legislation has passed to try to get children into permanent homes, some children end up in the system for years suffering the emotional and often physical abuse sometimes coupled with foster care. So how do the children continue to stay in a system created as a temporary shelter? How does the abuse continue to plague the system? What is the real toll of never having a family? When children are placed in the foster care system, they are placed in custody limbo while the courts decide whether the children will be placed up for adoption or returned to their parents. Under this system, children could bounce around in foster families for years without a permanent home. A study by the Heritage Foundation called "What I Need Is A Mom" found that on average, foster children will move to three different homes, "though 10 or more placements is not uncommon." "The state ... doesn't make very good parents" Jared Ostermiller, a foster care worker from Rexburg, said, noting that the law often forces him to separate values from work. "You feel bad a lot" he added. Congress has noted the problem. The Adoption and JAN PETTERSSON / Scroll photo illustration ON HER OWN — Stephanie Tanner, a sophomore at Ricks College is a product of the foster care system in Washington, having spent time with five foster families since she was 8, before she out grew the system. Safe Families Act of 1997, was made to get children out of the system and into either their old home or an adoptive home within 12 months. Although the effort is being applauded by foster care workers, it is not a perfect fix. "This law that passed is really going to help" Lee Ann Holm, a foster care coordinator from Pocatello, Idaho, said, but added that older children are difficult to place. "You get the older ones, and they are tough. We've got kids who have failed two or three adoptions already" Holm continued. In 1995, the Heritage Foundation reported that 50,000 children, legally available for adoption, remained in state care. Stephanie's stay in foster care stay ended for a time when she was 10. The courts decided that her family would be reunited, but in two years her parents proved unreformed. "Looking back, I tried to spend as much time away from home as possible" she said. Once again, the state of Washington became her parents, and she became subject to the problems of long-term foster care, including neglect and abuse. An Albuquerque Journal article reported that in New Mexico more than 160 foster parents were confirmed by the state as having neglected or abused children in their care. "It's just horrendous to think children who are neglected, as bad as that can be in some cases, have entered state custody and are sexually abused, a lawyer please see TANNER, Page 3 Idaho's bid for the new spaceport and how it will affect the area. Page 20 PERSPECTIVES How college students get their religion. Page 14 S POR I S R E X B U R G , I D A HO V O L U M E C X « I S S U E 2 |
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