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Schools, Programs & Visit Reports -
Oct, 1993 (#24) |
ROYAL HAVEN SECURED TRANSPORT
Sisters, Oregon
Steve & Karen Gage
503-549-4024
Lon Visit: September 8, 1993
The Gages have completed their
One Hundred mile move east from Cottage Grove Oregon
to Sisters Oregon. Moving from their old small house
to one with 4,000 square feet, they are now in a position
to implement their dream of developing a program to take in
children for short term holding and long term placement in
their home.
Steve and Karen have been involved
in counseling and transporting children for a number of years.
At times, to meet the needs of parents and children, they
have taken children into their home for varying periods of
time.
Their new, larger home is on
ten acres near the western-motif small town of Sisters
in the foothills of the eastern slopes of the Oregon Cascade
Mountain range. It has a pond, a new and well equipped
horse barn, adequate fencing for whatever kinds of animals
they want, plenty of work for kids to do in learning responsibility,
and a sense of isolation.
They are inclined to specialize
in working with girls. Steve says, "I like the feisty ones."
While I was there they had their own pre-teen daughter there,
an older girl living with them who is working on emotional
growth and attending the local high school, and a boy who
was there for just a few days until his parents could find
a long term placement. I can personally vouch that the view
of the Three Sisters Mountains is fantastic from their
hot tub on the deck in the back of the house.
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