{"id":19600,"date":"2010-11-24T20:58:39","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T00:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=19600"},"modified":"2010-11-24T20:58:39","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T00:58:39","slug":"adoption-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/adoption-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Adoption Day celebrated by local families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/10nov\/adopth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" \/>With an album by Barry Bauer<!--more--><br \/>\nNovember 23, 2010 was declared Michigan Adoption Day by the Michigan Supreme Court. Counties around the state celebrated with Adoption Day ceremonies and Clinton County was no exception.<br \/>\nClinton County Family Court Judge Lisa Sullivan presided along with Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Marilyn Kelly. This is Judge Sullivan\u2019s 7th year of presiding over Clinton County\u2019s Adoption Day.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/10dec\/adoption.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nTwo families adopted a total of five children. The Joseph and Lisa Peter\u2019s family adopted Anthony Ward 16. The Jeremy and Lori Beard family adopted Paul 21, Tyler 18, Katie 13, and Cooper 9.<br \/>\nAlso on hand were Becky Schroeder and her adopted parents, Dennis and Eydie Schroeder. Becky is handicapped and confined to a specialized wheelchair. Her mom, Eydie, is well known in the community as a piano teacher.<br \/>\nSt. Johns Wendy\u2019s restaurant supplied the snacks and refreshments afterward, and Wendy was on hand to greet the youngsters.<br \/>\n[picasa width=&#8221;500&#8243; height=&#8221;375&#8243; bgcolor=&#8221;#000000&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;1&#8243; showcaption=&#8221;1&#8243; user=&#8221;sjindy&#8221; album=&#8221;es_101123&#8243;]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p>\nState of Michigan Michigan Supreme Court Resolution Michigan Adoption Day 2010<br \/>\nWe, the Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, wish to mark the occasion of the eighth annual Michigan Adoption Day; in so doing, we note that:<br \/>\nNovember 2010 has been designated National Adoption Month and November 23, 2010, has been designated National Adoption Day;<br \/>\nAt any given time in Michigan, there are over 15,000 children and youth in foster care, of whom over 3,800 have a goal of adoption;<br \/>\nThe goal of Michigan Adoption Day is to draw attention to the needs of these children and youth, particularly their need for permanent families, and also to encourage efforts to help those who are not adopted;<br \/>\nIn support of that goal, courts throughout Michigan will participate in Michigan Adoption Day on or about November 23 by finalizing adoptions, holding celebrations for adoptive families, and educating the public about the adoption process; therefore,<br \/>\nWe, the Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, declare November 23,2010, to be Michigan Adoption Day 2010, with our heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to the families, courts, adoption workers, and others participating in Michigan Adoption Day.<br \/>\nIn recognition whereof, we have affixed the seal of the Michigan Supreme Court on this day of November 4, Anno Domini MMX, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the two hundred and thirty-fourth year.<br \/>\nMarilyn Kelly, Chief Justice<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\">Michael F. Cavanaugh, Justice<br \/>\n Robert P. Young, Jr., Justice<br \/>\nDiane M. Hathaway, Justice<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">Maura D. Corrigan, Justice<br \/>\nStephen J. Markman, Justice<br \/>\n Alton T. Davis, Justice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With an album by Barry Bauer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}