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No Excuse for Abuse
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abuser o f w om en and children? H ere are
som e traits and signs to follow:
A batterer is a person w ho uses force or
forms o f abuse to gain and m aintain control
o f another person. T he m edium o f control
m ay be either physical o r mental. The force
m ay b e physical orcoercive.m eaning threats
o f violence tow ards you and tow ard som e
one w hom you hold dear are used to gain
control o f you.
1 do not seek revenge for the victim s, nor
fo rm y self, I seek reform .
R efo rm in o u r ju d ic ia l p ro cess in p ro s
ecu tin g th e a b u se r an d a ssau lter; refo rm
in o u r civ il p o lic ie s re g a rd in g assau lt;
refo rm in o u r c o n g re ssio n a l an d le g isla
tiv e p ro cess e n a ctin g law s w h ich g o v ern
th ese v io la tio n s; an d refo rm w ith in o u r
c h u rc h e s and w ith in th e c o n sc io u sn e ss
o f o u r sp iritu al lead e rs to teach th e ir c o n
g re g a tio n s to re sist a b u se and to ten a-
c io u sly p ro se c u te ab u sers.
Reform must also take place in our schools
in the early stages o f education. Program s
such as conflict resolution m ust be taught in
an effort to show the young how to diffuse
their anger.
Y oung and old fem ales alike m ust be
taught how to recognize persons w ith the
traits o f an abuser and assaulter. W e must
becom e actively involved in our legislative
process to enact change.
O ur involvement can begin within our own
state by contacting and joining forces with the
Oregon Coal ition Against Domestic Violence,
503-365-9644, www.ocadsv.com and the Wash
ington Coalition Against Domestic Violence,
101 N. Capital Way, S uite302,O lym pia, WA
98501,360 586-1022, wscadv@ wscadv.org.
Martha Raye lives in Vancouver and is
available fo r speaking engagements. You
can reach her by calling 360 693-1976 or
by writing to her at P.O Box 561, Lake
Ofwego, OR 97034.
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Don't Pass the Wounded By
by M artha
R ave
With emotions torn and tattered, and
hurting within, a life o f sorrow, when did it
begin? Women and Children, living on the
street, what is their address, what do they
eat?
Multiple cuts and bruises they try to
conceal... beatings... done year after
year... the wounds won ’t heal.
Their pain is constant, the battering
never ends, today, tomorrow, it starts over
again!
Broken-hearted, disillusioned... they
don 7 know where to go... who hears their
cries, who cares to know?
While living with a broken spirit and
broken bones too... silen t cries and screams
o f terror, what are they to do?
Sometimes it's undetectable, beatings
done "oh so discreet, "but here and there....
women and children... arc being ‘slaugh
tered like sheep!'
"They cry help us. please save our li ves,
we plead save them, or they will die! ”
Domestic violence kills.
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PRESENTS
DIAVOLO'S
Nonprofits Have Much to Lose
P G E is c o m m itte d to s u p
p o rtin g m in o rity , w o m e n and
e m e rg in g sm a ll b u s in e s s e n te r
p rise s b y u tiliz in g th e ir s e rv ic e s
a n d p ro d u c ts . P G E p ro v id e s
fin an cial su p p o rt to a larg e n u m
b e r o f m in o rity n o n -p r o fits and
lo cal c o m m u n ity fo u n d a tio n s .
H o w e v e r, a m e a s u re o n th e
N o v e m b e r b a llo t w o u ld th ro w
th a t a w a y — by c o n d e m n in g
P G E a n d P a c if ic P o w e r ’s
M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty s y s te m s
a n d c o n v e r t i n g th e m to a
p e o p le ’s u tility d is tric t (P U D ).
T ake a look a t O reg o n U niting,
a g rassro o ts o rg an izatio n w h o se
m ission is to “a d v an ce the u n fin
ish ed a g e n d a o f racial ju s tic e
th ro u g h p u b lic e d u c a tio n an d
said the decision is contingent upon hood and the school to m ake the
securing a spot for V ocational V il transition successful.
h av e a b u y er. M ad iso n South lage.
“ 1 think ifVocational Village does
B anfield Pet C linics placed a bid
Some Meek neighbors, however, m ove into the M eek site, it's going
and a proposal to build their world have expressed uneasiness w ith to be im perative that the students
headquarters and an off-leash dog bringing a high school into their and the teachers and the com m u
park on the 5.4-acre property.
neighborhood. At a recent m eeting nity get together and say, ‘this is
“ It suits o ur needs fairly well with the C oncordia N eighborhood w hat our expectations are o f the
because o f the proxim ity to m ass A s s o c ia tio n ,
C h a irw o m a n school and each other, ’” H endricks
transit and the airport,” said Kelly N ancym arie H endricks said she said.
O rfield, senior director o f opera w anted m ore inform ation about
M eanwhile, Rob Kremer, execu
tions for the pet clinic, w ho noted w hat affect the high school w ould tive director o f M astery Learning
how the school is across the street have on her neighborhood.
Institute, said M eek w ould be the
from w here the com pany estab
A rtertouring Vocational Village, perfect place to open A rthur A cad
lished its first pet hospital in 1955. she said she w as very im pressed em y. a charter elem entary school
The district and the pet clinic are w ith the level o f com m itm ent from w ith plans to expand to Portland,
in negotiations and O rfield said he both students and staff, but that it W oodburn and R eynolds.
expects an answ er from Portland w ould take an open dialogue b e
K rem er presented a proposal to
Public S chools w ithin w eeks. He tw een the district, the neighbor open the academ y at M eek last
m onth, but says the location is ju st
a detail in a string o f challenges the
school w ill face.
The charter school w ith 75 stu
dents in the D avid D ouglas School
D istrict is not yet approved in Port
land.
If accredited, representatives at
the L earning Institute also plan to
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ing kindergarteners to read and do
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Receive an official Personal Safety Kit, play in o u r m in i hospital, meet Search and
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Kids (3-13) receive free museum admission w ith paid adult
with Vocational Village faculty, stu
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dents, the school board, an archi
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Suitors Romance Meek
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WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29
h o n est d ia lo g u e .”
A s an ad v iso ry b o ard m e m b e r
o f O reg o n U n iting, I k n o w p e r
so n ally how su p p o rtiv e PG E has
been to o u r org an izatio n and w hat
w e have to lose. W e a re in the
m id st o f a stru g g lin g ec o n o m y
an d c an n o t affo rd to lose this
esta b lish e d g en ero sity .
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