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Artist takes time to teach inmates ifflaCHBl I* O K T II A I) L () C K , Wash. (AP) Chlmacum arti■»! Sherri S< <iif molds humans like art pieces onn ill u time She works on tho filmalionul ■mil finoliomil rough sides until they become smooth and soft And for some of thorn, tho edges urn morn than just a little rough They are men and women who have mlsstoppod some where and ended up in the Jef ferson County Jail Hut w he ther t h e v r a p ed someone or robbed a t olive nterwo store. Si .ilf Is i rimmitlfd to helping those who want to learn or to attain an edm alional goal or dabble in art studies That is why twite a week for the past five years. Stall lias cnimi to a small t onferenre room in the Port Had lot k jail to work with inmates toward (•!-.!) ai hies e men I, to stud v other subjects or sometimes just to be their friend And she isn't paid a dime for it Si all. who Is fluent in < berk. Hebrew and Portuguese, has dedIt ated her life to learning She has a dot lorute in neural biology and a master's degree in edm atton and i cimmiinK a lions So. if there is a sublet I one of the inmates or deputies wants to sHiriv she will re search it to help him Surprisingly, St oIf t ame to lho volunteer jail position with lots of exponent c Her Hot torn I thesis was setting up a program similar to this at the Oregon State Hospital She also volun teered at the Oregon State I’eni tentiary. where she taught mur Herers, rapists and other violent crime offenders "It didn't matter what their < rime was, to me they were a student." said Si alf Hut she admitted there were times she had to be very < iireful 'They were s( a red that I might lie'taken arid used as a hostage, sin- said "Hut I was never afraid Some of tlie inmates ask to lake lo r < lasses just to get out of their regular routine "There is always someone who is diffii ult to work w ilh think they .ire too good for it. ' said Si alf "That has to he tak i'll w ilh the Jot) Many ol those have a real at litu.de problem, .she said, add mg that sire has found that art is a real ice breaker in those i ases "Most ul them that do time ate artlstu in some form." she said Right now Si alf lias two stu dents, a 1 <1 y ea r old III m a ! e who is study mg for the (il-.i) ‘It didn’t matter what their crime was; to me they were a student.’ Shem Scalf, Jefferson County Jail volunteer nxnni and a deputy who is learning Spanish so he may com in un Ira te with Spanish speaking Inmates The inmate, who was i on vn ted of rape of a ( ti i Id and sentenced to eight months at the lai ilitv. wants to change his life, fie said His fattier didn't finish high school rigid awa\ and couldn't help him with his studies 1 don't want to he like that with mv kids," he said After ai hiev irig the (Jlil), wini li S< alf is helping him do, fie hopes to go on to college in ari Inter tore, math or r omputer areas, lie said Not all fier pupils go on to something great, she said One ol 1 hem did pass (hr* OKI) with one with the highest store ever seen OH percent Hut others end up liai k in tail Groups appeal plan for salmon recovery PORTLAND (AIM l ive environmental groups .mil an In dian Irils- asked a federal appeals court Friday to review the multimillton dollar salmon recovery plan adopted by the Northwest Power Planning Council The two actions were filed in 'he <Hh t S -Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on the last das that appeals to the plan could be submitted The environmental groups say the plan does not do enough to preserve and restore the depleted salmon runs, especially those in the upper Snake Kiver We want the court to order the < ouncll to go hack and provide (or adequate flows for fish and really give the fish equitable treatment with the hydropower system and other river users," said Adam Berger, attorney for the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund The document filed by the Yakima Indian Nation says the recovery plan would harm its "treaty reserved rights to the natural and i ullur.il resources of the Columbia Basin ” Tim Weaver, attorney for the Yakima tribe, was not avail able Friday to elaborate on the Indians' < laims Count 11 i h airman led Hal lock said he was d isappointed hut not surprised by the filings "These are difficult and i (intentions issues and we recog nize that there are Ixiund to be disagreements," Halloek said Berger said he did not intend to delay putting the plan into action while the court dec ides on the issue Both Halloek and Berger said they hoped to avoid any fur ther ( ourt ai tion and would t ontinuc to try to resolve the dis pute "We want to help create a regional consensus We don't want to destroy a regional consensus," Berger said "But the fuel the fishing interests, the conservation interests and the tribes all feel thal these amendments are inadequate demon strates that no regional consensus exists at present anil that the present plan isn't sufficient to save the fish EMERALD CLASSIFIEDS :t LINES ❖ 3 DAYS ❖ 3 BUCKS! 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