J II lv 6. 1994
Serving the community through cultural diversity
Voinnin XXIV Number 27
Bikes Race For
Mayor’s Classic
A bicycle race to help police bike patrols
takes o ff Sunday. .
New Business On MLK Finds
Support
College Vision Center To Close
Employees are added to meet customer
demand at new A R C O amlpm market on
Martin Luther King Jr . Blvd.
Pacific University is closing it" s North
Portland vision center.
Lam Research opens a semi-conductor
processing center.
See Observing Vancouver, Page B2
See Health, Page A7
See Metro, inside
See Sports, Page B4
Semi-Conductor Business
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Violence Is Abuse
Of Power, Domination
Trying To
Break Abuse
Chain
M
ichael
L eighton
Shirley Dean Gary is in a Portland
Salvation Army shelter. She’s trying to
get some money saved up, her footing
strong, and the violence taken out of her
life.
She’s seen too much physical harm
inflected upon her and others and she’s
dished out a lot of violence herself.
Butat46years old,enough is enough.
She says she’s spent too many years in a
violent and on happy cycle.
Today, she doesn’t want to think of
herself as being “tough” and “bad.” In
fact, she said, she would just “like to be
thought of as a middle-aged kindly
M eat Safety Labels
Now Required
woman.”
L abels on m eat an d poultry products
em p h asizin g safe food han d lin g and
p rep aratio n are now req u ired on store
p ackaging. T h e action w as taken after
the E C oli b acteria, w as co n n e cted to
n u m erous incidents o f illness in the
Pacific N orthw est over the pasttw o years.
T he instructions advise co n su m ers to
keep the m eat or poultry refrig erated or
frozen, keep it separate from o th e r foods
in preparation an d c o o k it th oroughly.
G round b ee f poses a special risk if not
cook properly. B acteria that o therw ise
m ight be on the su rface o f m e a t ca n end
up in the m iddle o f a ground b e e f p ro d ­
uct. A ll the m ore reason to m ake sure
there is no red o r p ink o n the inside o f a
ham burger.
Shirley Dean Gary, 46, a past victim and perpetrator of abusive behavior, looks forward to a future without violence.
by
M ichael L eighton
H
e’s abusive. He tries to weld
power and control over his
wife. He tries to solve problems
at home with brut force.
According to authorities in domestic vio­
lence this is the profile of person whose anger is
New Police O ffice
For Lloyd District
A g rand opening w as held T h u rsd ay for
a new M etro C o m m unity P olicing O f­
fice at 600 N .E. G ra n d A ve. T h e office
w illg iv e N o rth e a stP re c in c tp o lic e o ffic -
ers a visible and accessible facility to
p ro m o te in te ra c tio n b etw e en p o lic e,
neighbors and b u sin esses in the L loyd
trict A ttorney w ill co n d u ct the L loyd
D istrict P rosecution p ro ject o u t o f the
office. T he facility w ill be staffed during
b u siness hours, b u t av ailab le aro u n d the
clock for officers to m eet w ith n eig h ­
b o rs, w ork on investigations an d w rite
reports.
Wild Side Walk
Part Of Zoo Event
M ore than 1,800 w alkers are ex p e cted to
p articip a te in the seventh an n u al “ W alk
on the W ild S id e” S aturday. T h e ev en t
sponsored by N ike T ow n, w ill begin
from 8 to 9 a.m . a t the north en d o f the
M etro W ashington P ark Z o o parking
l o t T he w alk is p art o f the z o o ’s new
R oar F aire ce leb ratio n , a day dedicated
to caring ab o u t endangered species. P ro ­
ceed s w ill b en e fit the endan g ered sp e­
cies program a t the zoo.
Wyden To Discuss
Issues At Precinct
U .S. Rep. Ron W yden, D -O re. w ill hold
tow n m eetings in O re g o n ’s T h ird C o n ­
gressional D istrict in July to d iscu ss key
issues before C ongress. S om e o f the
sub ject include cu ttin g health care cots,
reducing the federal d eficit an d fighting
crim e in our com m unities. H e w ill m eet
in N ortheast P o rtlan d S atu rd ay from
3 :3 0 p .m . to 5 :0 0 p.m . in the co m m u n ity
m eeting room o f the N ortheast P olice
P recin ct, 4 49 N .E . E m erso n St.
out of control.
“It’s about power over others,” said C hns
Huffine, a psychologist and director o f the M en's
Resource Center in Portland.
The victims are usually w omen and chil­
dren. Huffine said men are socialized in being the
leader, o f being in charge, but that’s not the
reality o f the world.
“Men are not always in control. Sometimes
his employer is in control, or police, or people
with more money. If you’re a minority, it may be
Pervasive
Fears Of
Violence
Safety And Future
Worry Kids, Parents
A pervasive fear o f violence,
the presence of guns, and the in­
fluence of drugs and gangs have
left 77 percent o f black adults
worried about their own children
or children they know becoming
victims of violence. A study con­
ducted by the Children’s Defense
Fund (CDF) and the Black Com­
munity Crusade for Children
(BCCC) reports that an over-
whelming majority (83 percent)
of black adults say these are “Re­
ally bad tim es” (50 percent) or
“Tough tim es” (33 percent) for
black children and many worry
that their children will not live to
reach adulthood. The poll does
say that despite the obstacles t hey
face, black children are more
hopeful - 75 percent feel these are
very good times for them person­
ally.
white people,” he said.
T h e f ru s tra tio n o v e r
power and control can lead to
anger.
Huffine said the key is to
learn how to be angry. Recog­
nizing anger is another key to
keeping it from becoming de­
structive.
Not everyone reacts to
anger in the same way. “It’s
different between cultures, for
example, from being loud and
verbal to being quiet and re­
served,” Huffine said. “Anger
is on a continuum, at different
Chris Huffine
levels every day.”
Huffine said controlling anger doesn’tcom e
from dominating others, but from gaining per­
sonal strength from within.
“Focus on yourself,
not the other person,” he
added. “T here’s nothing
wrong with anger, to key
is to find ways to make
constructive change.”
The emphasis at the
M en’s Resource Center is
making men fully account­
able and responsible for
their behavior. They can’t
physically abuse someone
and then put the blam e on
others.
“No m an ever hit his
w ife b e c a u se h e w as
p u sh ed ,” H u ffin e said.
Even if he was hit first, it’s a choice to hit back.”
Abusers leam how their behavior has hurt
their partners, children and themselves.
Cooling Off With Free Ice Cream
“A lot of tilings in my life need heal­
ing and mending, but I don’t have to
blame somebody,” she said, “I’ve learned
to be more observant about others, and
not be so defensive.”
It’s a whole new view on the world.
Gary first married at 16. The rela­
tionship, she said, was abusive, adding
that her last marriage was no different.
“I was miserable and I wanted to
make b im miserable. I’d pick on him, I’d
blame him for things. I was hurting.”
She came from a violent home. She
recalls how her mother was repeatedly
beaten by her father, a person who was
successful and held good jobs.
The beatings,she said, were extreme,
they left scars. When her mother finally
decided to end the marriage, she was
driven to buying a gun to keep her father
at bay.
“He tried to sneak into the home one
day, and she shot at him.„that kept him
away.”
Gary wonders if violence is inher­
ited in her family.
“I was a violent type of person,” she
said. “I was very destructive and wanted
someone else to fee, bad.”
She said her brother is violent.
“He once kidnapped a girlfriend,
after beating her up,” she said. “I see my
brother in the same pattern as my father,
with a low respect for women.”
Pat Hi„, director of the shelter, said
domestic abuse is usually learned behav­
ior.
She argues that if the problem of
family violence is to end, it has to start
with the upbringing of children, because
they are the future.
“Men who watch their mothers be­
ing beaten, are far more likely to beat
their wife,” Hill said.
“It’s inter-generational, we see it
crop up in families,” she said. “We’ve got
to put a dam into that cycle.”
Picnic Set For Supporter
Of Prenatal Care
Elliemay Brookshier, 14, enjoys the delights of a public ice cream social
coordinated by the Employee Recognition Committee at the Salvation Army Adult
Rehabilitation Center on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Alberta St.
A p icnic celeb ratio n for early prenatal
care w ill be held Friday, July 15 from noon
until 4 p.m . at St. A n d rew s C h u rch on N .E .
E ig h th A ve. and A lb erta St.
“ It is an o p portunity for the co m m u n ity
an d a g en cies to co m e to g eth er in a fun atm o ­
sphere an d in teract,” says C o rliss M cK eever,
co o rd in a to r o f the P renatal O u treach P ro ­
gram . “T h ere w ill b e en tertain m en t, food an d
fun, alo n g w ith edu catio n al m aterial - e v e ry ­
one is in v ited .”
S om e o f the services offered include door-
to -d o o r o u treach, linkage to the federal H o u s­
ing A u th o rity , b u s tickets for tran sp o rtatio n to
p ren atal care ap p o in tm en ts, case m a n a g e ­
m en t up to the b a b y ’s first b irth d ay , a sm all
in fan t clo th in g clo set, in fan t fo rm u la, and
referrals for co u n selin g , su b stan ce ab u se, and
dom estic violence.
For m ore in fo rm atio n , call 288 -5 9 9 5 .
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