PAGE 2 October 21, 1988
Warm Springs, Oregon
Spilyay Tymoo
Hamer dealing with sexual abuse
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Jim Hamer
by Pat Leno-B.aker
"Sexual abuse is like a can of
worms that was opened several
years ago. Since that time, the
worms continue to crawl out of
the can," stated Jim Hamer. the
counselor for sexual offenders
hired by the Tribe to work with
local offenders. He explained that
the problem of sexual abuse is
not new, as the problem was
finally brought out to be dis
cussed in the open. It has been a
problem that everyone seems to
nave heard about and now, for
the first time, efforts are being
made to actually deal with the
problem in a fair and conscien
tious manner.
In the past, the Tribal Court
sentenced offenders to treatment
programs. However, there has not
been a program within the Cen
tral Oregon area. At one time, the
court sentenced one offender to a
treatment program in Salem. This
did not work out for many rea
sons, according to Chris Jansen
Yee. Youth Services Clinical
Director. Hamer whose office is
located in Bend, was hired and,
once a week, he will be at the
Youth Services office to conduct
group sessions for offenders.
Program helps parents
A unique program for parents is
beginning in Central Oregon to
help families give their children a
good foundation before they be-'
come "at risk. "Together for Child
ren is an eight-month program in
Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson
Counties for parents of children 0
3 years of age.
The program will build on fam
ily strengths, provide informational
and community resources to help
parents succeed, and create sup
port systems that allow parents to
work together. The program is
funded through a $140,000 state
grant and administered through
Central Oregon Community Col
lege's Head Start program. .
The program is open to all fami
lies with children three years old
and younger. Families can include
single parents, grandparents,
Applications needed by
IHS for health care
The Warm Springs Service Unit
of the Indian Health Service (IHS)
would like to encourage every In
dian person who is eligible for
health care through our organiza
tion to complete an "Individual
Application for Health Care"
(PAO-21).
Although by far the majority of
the members of this community
have completed the application and
established eligibility for care, we
occasionally run into a situation
where this is not the case. There are
some folks who have not used IHS
services for many years and perhaps
will never do so. However, in time
of crisis our Contract Health Office
seems to become a very popular
and important place.
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ASSISTANT EDITOR Donna Behrend
PHOTO SPECIALISTWRITER Marsha Shewczyk
REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER Patricia Leno-Baker
REPORTERPHOTOGRAPHER INTERN . . Saphronia Coochise
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Hammer entered into the field
of sexual offenders treatment in
Portland shortly after he received
his Masters degree from Western
College of Education at Mon
mouth. He worked with another
counselor and they developed a
system, through trial and error,
with the emphasis of their coun
seling placed on breaking down
the denial of offenders and then
teaching them to be responsible
for their actions and behaviors. It
is the choice of the offender to
exhibit behavior and actions of
abuse. Only the offender can stop
his actions and control his
behavior.
Group therapy is a stronger,
more powerful approach to the
ftroblcm. Hamer uses the "in-thc-acc"
approach, which has proven
successful. He stands face to face
with a participant, confronting
him until the offender responds to
Hamer. The rest of the group can
see certain behavior patterns that
are often much like their own.
Group members do not allow
others in the group to minimize
or deny behavior. Offenders then
are confronted by other
offenders. Once in group, an
abuser realizes that his behavior
is not as unique as many of them
believe. However, their problems
and behaviors are similar. Hamer
does not allow issues to be
"refocused."
In group. Hamer finds that
offenders are less inhibited and
they can share more with others
in the group. Before entering the
group setting most offenders find
it hard to communicate or verbal
ize with anyone. The others in the
group help to break down secrets.
A close look at what is causing
the behavior and then what is
needed to curb or change the
direction of the offender is taken.
An example of behavior would
be: the offender is driving down a
street and he sees a good looking
woman, he then begins to fan
tasize about the woman and the
fantasy turns to sexual thoughts.
This type of behavior can be the
adoptive parents, teachers, or any
primary care givers. Space is avail
able for over two hundred families
in the program. . ' ; . v y.."
A total of six hours of parent
Holiday Fare set
Classes, workshops and demon
strations pertaining to holiday gifts,
foods and decorations will be
offered October 29 during the Hol
iday Fare 38
Sponsored by Oregon State
University Homemakers Study
Groups of Jefferson County, the
workshops will be held at Madras
Jr. High from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The registration fee of $3 is due
October 21. If lunch is included,
the registration fee is $4.
For more information, contact
the OSU Jefferson County Exten
sion Service at 475-3808.
Relatives, hospitals and doctors
offices calls to request that arrange
ments be made to cover the cost of
care resulting from an unexpected
illness or injury. Unless a current
application is on file and a patient's
eligibility , our office must place
the request in the pending file. This
may result in delays and uncertainty
at time when the patient is most
unable to deal with them. This can
be frustrating to relatives and the
providers of care.
For this reason it is wise that this
important item of business be taken
care of when there is no crisis. The
peace of mind will be more than
worth the effort. Our patient registra
tion clerk will be pleased to help all
applicants through the process.
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onset ol an incident. I he offender
is taught in group to carry the
fantasy one step further by think
ing a policeman stops the
oltendcr during fantasy. The
policeman than arrests the
offender, he is taken to jail and
soon the story is in the newspap
ers so the public now knows his
secret. The offender is then taken
to court, found guilty, sentenced
to prison for what he has done.
Once in prison, the other imates
brutalize him. Such fantasies will
give the offender a chance to stop
the behavior before it can lead to
an' action.
Hamer related he has counseled
offenders from age eight years old
to eighty years. So how is a par
ent or adult able to differeniate a
child's behavior as experimenting
with life and being an offender.
Hamer says all children explore
their worlds. Sexual experimenta
tion is no longer experimenting
when force is used or threats are
made to continue the behavior. A
parent needs to know there are
different types of molesting:
touching, digital penetration, oral
contact as well as intercourse. For
the experimenter the incident
occurs and they go on with the
rest of living their lives without
further incidents. For an abuser
or offender, the behavior con
tinues. Each time the behavior
occurs, the offender will continue
going further as times goes on.
Parents need the same informa
tion the children need. They need
to know when it becomes abuse.
, In Warm Springs there are
presently three potential offenders
who will take part in group ses
sions. Hamer related it is impor
tant for an offender in the group
to be adjudicated, in other words,
sentenced by the courts.
In a study of ten offenders in a
prison, the offenders showed they
were responsibile for 25.000
separate offenses. In most cases "'
the abused becomes a future
abuser.
, There are women who are
abusers but women are reported
less often to law enforcement
succeed with children
support and education per month
is included in the program. Two
group meetings will be held each'
month, and one each hour will bd.
spent for a home visit and a parent
Volunteer aerobic instructors begin work
Lucinda Green, Antoinette Pam-
perien. Pinky Beymer and Viola
Govenor have all been busily learn
ing to become aerobic exercise
leaders, says Wellness Coordinator
Eva Montee. During the past year,
explains Montee, the quartet has
spent more than 80 hours studying
muscles, movement, safety, music, '
technique, leadership, nutrition,
injuries, target heart rates, taking
pulse, choreography, physiology
and a host of other topics which are
essential for becoming aerobics
instructors.
even though the learning and
keeping up with new developments
and research in the field will con
tinue, these community women are
ready to begin their frist classes.
,; Green is teaching the aerobics
portion of the Weight Loss Sup
port Group which meets each Tues
day and Thursday from 5 to 6:30
p.m. at the Community Center.
Green also instructed several aerobics
sessions during the summer at both
the Seaside Health Promotion Con
ference and at the IHS Health
Promotion Conference held in
Spokane. Those using the Com
munity Center have also seen Green
assisting with the noon and Early
Bird aerobic classes as well as the
Diabetic Chair Exercise Group.
Pamperien, Govenor and Bey
mer will be team teaching the new
aerobics class for beginners which
began October 17 and meets each
Monday and Wednesday from 5:30
to 6:30 p.m. The class is being con
ducted at the Warm Springs Ele-
mentary gymnasium. The class is
open to anyone who wishes to par
ticipate and there is no charge.
Montee said, "I'm excited about
this first group of community
volunteer instructors and I am
looking for others who might want
to become instructors." Anyone
interested can contact Montee at
553-1 161, ext. 205. If enough peo
ple show interest, another training
course will be conducted. All that
is required of prospective instruc
tors is a desire to teach others, a
willingnes to devote some time to
study and, upon completion of the
training, be willing to volunteer
some teaching hours to ti Well
ness Program. There is no charge
for the training.
Other exercise classes currently
being offered include:
Early Bird Aerobics Intermedi
ateadvanced level. Meets Mon
day. Wednesdays and Fridays from
6 to 6:45 a.m. at the Center Gym.
Body Conditioning Using Hand
Held Weights Meets Mondays.
Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:15
to 12:45 p.m. in the Center Social
problems
officials. But it a woman is in the
group therapy sessions they are as
easy to work with as men, says
Hamer. The issues of the offend
ers are the same regardless of sex
I heir issues arc the same as their
profiles.
Offenders have a hard time
dealing with malefemale rela
tionships, they have very poor
socializing skills and they show a
great dislike for the opposite sex,
according to Hamer. 1 hey are
also great controllers and they
like to control those around
them. It is important for them to
control their families. Power is
something they want over others.
They use whatever methods they
can to gain the control. In reality.
the abuser is a person who docs
not deal with feelings, they "stuff
their feelings." In other words,
they disconnect themselves from
others.
Counseling abusers to accept
the responsibility for their behav
ior and then teaching them to
avert any further incidents from
occurring is the answer to abuse
problems. Not everyone who
enters a program will admit they
have a problem and if they con
tinue to deny and refuse to take
any responsibility for behavior,
Hamer said, they need to be
taken off the streets. In other
cases an offender will continue to
say it is not their fault. They elect
to use excuses such as, "if she had
not argued with me and made me
so angry, I would not have done
it." Hamer said some offenders
refuse treatment and these are the
oltcndcrs who should be
imprisoned.
It is important for the com
munity to offer support for the
work being done by the offenders,
the group and the counselor. It is
important for community
members to know and understand
the problem is serious but it is not
impossible to treat.
If the public would like to talk
with Hamer he can be reached
through Youth Services, 553
1161. ext. 216.
child play period.
For more information, or to
enroll in the Together for Children
program, contact Carol Stile9 at
382-2486.
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Stretching for Flexibility and
Relaxation Meets Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 1 2: 1 5 to 1 2:45 p.m.
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recently for the beginning low impact aerobics class which meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:30
p.m. in the Warm Springs Elementary gymnasium. Instructor training was conducted by Wellness Coordina
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Wood sculpture dedicated
The new wood sculpture at the
south end of Madras "has created
quite a controversy," says Madras
Mayor Rick Allen during dedica
tion of the wayside October 7.
Most people like it but some feel
that not enough of the population
of Jefferson County is represented.
The 22-foot sculpture created by
Bend artist Clyde Keller is a pictor
ial history of the area. The eagle
dancer on the pinnacle of the pole
represents the period before the
white man's appearance. At the
dancer's feet are two coyotes and
leaping salmon. Beneath the dancer
are the faces of an Indian chief and
his wife. The settlement of the
Indian wars is represented by two
calvalrymen. At the base of the
pole is a pioneer family. Dogwood
seen near the Metolius River and
around Mt. Jefferson decorates the
entire sculpture.
The back side of the sculpture
contains approximately 100 picto
graphs representing those found in
the Columbia River Basin. A space
is available for 45 cattle brands
from area ranchers, thirteen of
which have already been placed.
Much hisorical reading and re
search went into the sculpture,
explains Keller. He says it was
necessary to learn about the his
tory of the area and about Indian
history before beginning work.
Once work on the carving began
Keller spent from four to six hours
each day for ten months working
on the sculpture. A rolling plat
form allowed him to turn the 38
inch diameter western red cedar
pole. A hole dug in the ground
permitted rotation of the log after
the 8-foot wing span of the eagle
dancer was added.
The design was not Keller's alone
but came from the Madras Beauti
fication Committee working with
Indian artist Suzanna Santos and
Keller. The committee, consisting
of Madras art gallery manager
Camille Green, Chamber of Com
merce executive director Marjean
Whitehouse, Chamber president
Carlos Kemper and local optome
trist Steve Evers and Kate Evers,
had worked on the idea for a way
side attraction for three years. Once
a wood sculpture was decided upon
work began on the design. The
final design is seen on the sculp-,
ture. i
"The committee wanted some
thing that showed us from the
in the Center Social Hall.
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Wednesdays and Fridays from 8: 1 5
to 9 a.m. in the Center Social Hall.
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beginning to now,"says Whitchousq.
They wanted something "to salute
the history of the county," some
thing that was "unique and differ
ent." They also wanted an attrac
tion "to show how we started in
this area." and "a reunification of
all of us working together," says
the Chamber director. It's also "a
tourist attraction," she adds.
Santos recommended the eagle
dancer at the top. "It adds more
flavor and action," says Keller.
The $7,500 cost for the sculpture
was raised by means of an auction
at the Fancy Food and Wind Fes
tival held in Madras. Wcyerhaucscr
Company donated the pole and the
committee donated their time.
Keller was assisted by an apprent
ice, Dick Schwenk of Bend.
Keller hopes someday to pro
duce a wood sculture for the Warm
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All classes are sponsored by the
Wellness Program and the Com
munity Center and are free of
charge.
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