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Page A3 November 12, 2 0 0 8 O Ingredients for life.» SAFEWAY grana opening CELEBRATION Shafia Monroe and her daughter Nia attend a program to learn about lead safety. Family Safety Issues Tackled 1303 NW Lovejoy St., Portland Addressing lead poisoning, domestic violence D o m estic violen ce an d o th e r fam ily safety issues w ere the topics o f a recen t fam ily stren g th en in g p ro g ram h o sted by the Im m ig ran t and R efu g ee C o m m u n ity O rg an izatio n . IR C O ’s c o m m u n ity ro o m w as filled w ith w o m en , ch ild ren an d m en fo r “ U n m ask the S ilence,” a program geared tow ard raising aw are ness o f d o m estic v io len ce, w h ich cro sse s all eth n ic and so cio -eco n o m ic lines. E scap in g d o m estic v io len ce is alw ay s d iffi cu lt, but it is e sp ecially so fo r im m ig ran t and refu g ee v ictim s w h o face sig n ifican t b arriers o f lan g u ag e , im m ig ran t statu s, lack o f reso u rces, no jo b sk ills and lack o f legal rep resen tatio n . Ju d g e K eith M e ise n h e im e ro f the M ultnom ah C o u n ty F a m ily L aw C o u rt a n d M a ry L i, M u ltn o m ah C o u n ty S ch o o l an d C o m m u n ity P artn ersh ip s p ro g ram m an ag e r, w ere k ey n o te sp eak ers, a d d ressin g h o w the c o m m u n ity can su p p o rt v ictim s o f sex u al an d fam ily vio len ce. A lth o u g h , as the ju d g e p o in ted ou t, p rev en tio n is b e tte r than in terv en tio n , an d in terv en tio n is p re ferab le to ju d ic ia l action. Dear Deanna! Ask Deanna\ O ne o f my friends has the bad habit o f talking about people. I d o n ’t have a problem until she starts being loud and the per son she talks about can hear. W e ’ve had quite a few fights an d e m b a rra ss in g s itu a tio n s because o f her mouth. Now that she has this reputation of being a trouble m aker, people are thinking I’m the sam e way. My friends step aw ay when 1 show up and they think I gossip and start trouble as well. I'm tom betw een two sets o f friends and need help. —A nonym ous; V entura. Calif. Real People, Real Advice \n advice column known for reality based subjects ! pass surgery and h e’s a new man. T he only problem with this is the fact h e’s a new man for everyone but me. He has becom e so confident, o u tspo ken and charm ing that he seem s like a different person. W hen I say so m eth in g about his b e havior he gets upset. He ac cuses me o f keeping him fat all through the years and that I d o n ’t w ant him to be happy. O ur m arriage is headed for d i saster and 1 d o n ’t know how to get through to him . -F ra n tic W ife; Baton R ouge, La. Dear Frantic Wife: T here w ere problem s in your m arriage before your husband stopped being a fat boy. Now that the w eight is no longer an issue, h e 's confident and co m ing out o f y o u r shadow , his insecurities arc gone and h e's doing things he enjoys. You should celebrate his w eight loss and be proud to start on a new journey and new chapter in both your lives. O therw ise, y o u ’ll be in the co m er with a silly look on your face and when he leaves you w o n 't know what hit you. Dear Deanna! I w as the other w om an in a relationship and now that I have the m an it’s not all w h at I thought it w ould be. W e arc living together and I've learned that h e 's a slob, his finances I F riday, November 14th, 8am to 8pm Lucerne* Large Eggs S a fe w a y Sugar 5-lb Granulated. Limit 1. 12 et Grade AA Limit 1. CLUB PRICE aren ’t right and I got fooled by w hat I thought was a fan tasy. 1 see his wife all the tim e and she looks happy and I feel m iserab le b ecau se o f what I did to her as well as the situation I’m in. I want to tell this man to go back to his w ife but he thinks things arc fine. How do I tell him my true f e e lin g s ? --T h e O th e r CLU B PRICE ggc Nabisco Premium Saltines CLUB PRICE 11 to 16.5-01. Selected varieties Limit 2. CLUB PRICE Q uilted N orthern Ultra Plush Bath Tissue 4-roll. Limit 2. Dear Other Woman: You know good and well that y o u ’ve tossed your tw o cents into the gam e a few tim es and now you w ant to run and hide. The best thing you can do is tell your friend to grow up and have som e discretion if she ch o o ses to talk about people. If she c a n 't take your advice,, sh e 's not a friend and you should only deal with her one-on-one o r on the phone u nless you w ant to borrow trouble. A lso, if she ca n ’t say anything good about peo p le, she should be q u iet. Dear Deanna! 12 HOUR SALE W om an; O n-L ine R eader Dear Anonymous: M y h u sb an d had g astric b y Friday, November 14th Store Opens at 8am A n o th er sp eak er w as a su rv iv o r o f d o m estic v io len ce w h o sp o k e o u t ab o u t w hat sh e had e x p erien ced and th e p ro cess that ev en tu ally to o k h er to a p lace o f relativ e safety , in the hope th at h e r sto ry w o u ld h elp o th ers w ho need to m ak e d ecisio n s to p ro tect th eir safety. T h e fo llo w in g d ay , S atu rd ay , O ct. 25, the IR C O g y m w as ag ain filled w ith fam ilies, this tim e fo r learn ab o u t lead p o iso n in g . F ree b lo o d tests to d e term in e e x p o su re to lead w ere p er fo rm ed on p reg n an t w o m en and ch ild ren b e tw een 6 m o n th s an d 6 y ears. W o rk sh o p s w ere p resen ted and tran slated into sev eral lan g u ag es. In ad d itio n , each fam ily w h o had a ch ild tested receiv ed a free lead -safe toy fo r e ach ch ild an d a free d u st kit to test fo r lead in th eir hom e. T h e Jo siah Hill III C linic also p ro v id ed a free lunch to p articip an ts. A total o f 59 ch ild ren an d p reg n an t w o m en w ere tested by the clin ic fo r lead p o iso n in g . O f th o se, o n ly tw o retu rn ed w ith p o sitiv e re a d ings, b o th y o u n g ch ild ren . T h e p aren ts w ere then co u n seled on th e next steps. Boy oh boy, did you get fooled thinking some body else’s grass was greener on the other side. Actually you got what you bargained for because you had no business with som eone else’s hus band. You should feel bad because you wrecked som eone’s home, m essed up your life and he’s probably on his way to cheat with someone else. As for the wife being happy, you did her a favor by making it easy to get rid o f him. You made your bed hard now sleep in it! 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