The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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Carrington resident Sandy Trader meets her son for first time since his adoption in 1971 -
Steve Goetz of Cincinnati, Ohio, right, along with his wife, Laurie, give a tender embrace to Steve's birth mother, Sandy Trader of Carrington. Steve and Sandy, separated for nearly 53 years, were reunited Tuesday night, August 27, at Trader's home.
Sitting in a Fargo hospital room, young Sandy Holden delivered a baby boy on October 14, 1971.
Her only secure option at that time was to relinquish that brown-eyed babe to a loving family, and give both mother and child the opportunity for a better life apart from each other.
Nearly 53 years later, a red Kia Optima with Ohio plates rolled up to Sandy Trader's front curb on 5th St. North in Carrin...
