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• Children’s garden fosters trust and growth

  July 28, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Plants thrive and grow best with fertile soil, sunlight, water and care. But if people were plants, abused and neglected children would be the flowers sown in barren soil where … 1

• State to pay family in sexual assault case

  May 8, 2011 in City on Page B7 LONGVIEW, Wash. – The state has agreed to pay a Longview foster family more than $470,000 to settle a sexual assault lawsuit. The family sued in 2009, arguing that social …

• Welcome TO THE FAMILY

  November 20, 2010 in City on Page B1 Little did Randy and Trish King know when an infant named Connor showed up at their North Spokane day care two years ago that one day he would be theirs. …

• Adoption day means new families for children

  November 19, 2010 Little did Randy and Trish King know when an infant named Connor showed up at their North Spokane day care two years ago that one day he would be theirs. 1

• In care of new family, teen also gets new heart

  September 8, 2009 in City on Page A5 SEATTLE – If it hadn’t been for Cindy Locke and her family, Mykal Cochran might be dead. Instead, the 17-year-old foster child who “doesn’t have a mean bone in his …

• Judge splits up Morning Star lawsuits

  June 3, 2009 in City on Page A5 Morning Star Boys’ Ranch may have to defend itself in 18 separate physical- and sex-abuse trials next year after a judge split lawsuits into individual cases. The ranch wanted the …

• Kids give foster care solid marks

  September 5, 2008 in City on Page B3 The nation’s most extensive survey of foster children in a single state found that Washington youths were generally pleased with their foster care placement, but that they still see their …