Word: soulier
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...Amber prepared are just one of those strategies. Wednesday's Child, a nonprofit organization that places teens in Oregon and Idaho, helps create videos, which air as a weekly feature on the local news and on a website. The technique worked for Jason, 18. Jeri and George Soulier of Weiser, Idaho, saw a profile of Jason on the Wednesday's Child website last summer and quickly arranged to meet him. They have since taken him into their home and are planning to adopt him. "Parenting is stressful," concedes George, an engineer for Hewlett-Packard and a first-time father...
...delicate period, and studies suggest that somewhere between 10% and 24% of these placements fail--a higher rate than for younger adoptees. The key to success seems to be careful preparation of both the teen and the family. Community support also helps. When George and Jeri Soulier approached their pastor about adopting Jason, he responded, "If we can't support you in doing this, then we are not a church...
...International Festival, which runs from Aug. 15 to Sept. 5, appeals to the highbrow set. This year's 160 performances include everything from a new production of Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice to Paul Claudel's Le Soulier de Satin, an 11-hour epic play set in 15th century Spain. Both the Hanover State Opera and Cleveland Orchestra will be in town. And there's a major retrospective of Antony Tudor's choreography...