Single adopters often must accept biracial or special needs children
Ohio's revised adoption law clarifies who may adopt while agencies keep bias against single persons. Officials say single parents often receive biracial or special needs children due to competition with two parent households. Agencies stress a two parent home is viewed as healthier, though no broad shift in single-parent adoptions noted.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Pat Montgomery
Ohio Adoption Resource Exchange
Catholic Services
Columbus
Helen McDaniel
Catholic Services Diocese of
Lutheran Services
Jewish Services
Franklin County
Valentines for Pets from Betty McNeill’s Biscuit Gift
Betty McNeill sent a Santa shaped dog biscuit with sprinkles that resembled a cookie. The treat uses chicken stock and appeals to Tiber the dachshund and other pets, including cats, inspiring the recipe idea for a column.
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Cecily Brownstone
Associated Press
Betty McNeill
Santa Claus
Betty
Tiber Betty
Apartment Life
Better Homes and Gardens
Bernie Clayton
Tiber
Willi
Haidi Kuhn
Teckwell
90 Still Traveling Driving Across America at 90
Alice Huyler Ramsey, first woman to drive coast to coast in 1909, remains active at 90. She just returned from a seven week Australia New Zealand cruise, celebrated birthday in Honolulu, and plans visits to Florida Massachusetts and New York with her 8 year old Mercedes.
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Covina
Calif
Alice Huyler Ramsey
United States
New Zealand
Australia
Honolulu
J.B. Creal
American Automobile Association
Ramsey
Mercedes-Benz
AAA
R. Stewart Bruns Jr
Largo
Fla
John R. Ramsey
Marblehead
Mass
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Swarts announce birth of daughter Brianne Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Swart of Union Furnace announce the Jan 8 birth of a daughter, Brianne Lee, born at Hocking Valley Community Hospital. They also have a son, Scott, 7. Grandparents are Mrs Janice Huffings and Mr and Mrs Paul Thrush. Great grandmothers are Mrs Berdie Black, Mrs Flossie Graham and Mrs Gladys Swarz.
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Ed Swart
Union Furnace
Brianne Lee
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Scott
Janice Huffings
Paul Thrush
Berdie Black
Flossie Graham
Gladys Swarz
Trades Comfort for Haiti
Susan Bailey, 23, leaves a comfortable home for a rugged Haiti role with CARE. She oversees 60 food for work projects and 675 feeding sites, supervising 20 men and traveling rough roads to boost water systems, schools, dispensaries, and reforestation while finding personal purpose.
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Haiti
Aein
National Grange sewing and needlework contests announced
The Ohio State Grange announces 1977 National Grange sewing and needlework contests with prizes including Singer machines cash bonds and merchandise. Entry blanks and rules available from Subordinate women’s activities chairs and county chair Mrs Clara Poston of Albany. Contest runs Feb 1 to Apr 30 for sewing and until Sept 1 for needlework with classes added pillows crafts embroidery and more. The stuffed toy contest covers three age groups and requires toys not exceeding 24 by 24 inches with entries accepted from Sept 1 1976 to May 30 1977.
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Ohio State Grange
National Grange
U.S
Women's Activities
Clara Poston
Albany
Coats and Clark
Grange
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Sormwen
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Washington St
Washburn Travel Center
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Little's
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