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re breaks out at county landfill
which got started at the brought two members of the meeting Monday morning to Don Smith and Marvin
County Landfill Sunday Fire District 16 Commission to discuss the need for a fire
for several hours the Mason County Commission protection plan for the landfill.
ild abusers coaxed
ut of the closet' here
from page one.) prosecuting attorney. He investigators generally
more
ss with groups such as
ats Anonymous - an
Lblage of abusers and
past and present, dealing
the roblem together in
the same way as
Anonymous deals
king problems and
rs Anonymous
with eating problems -
are discovering some
signs.
ere seems to be
quite therapeutic for a
to be able to say, 'I was
to my child; I did violate
observes Boegl.
when an individual can
to say these things,
halfway there."
learning to overcome
and embarrassment
almost as instrumental in
solution as does the
identification of the
itself.
caseworkers and
emphasize the fact
child abuse, more than
a crime, is an illness -
one.
often we find that,
a man who beats
was himself the victim
as a child," points out
a child health associate
experience includes four
with the University of
1o child-abuse team that
the National Center on
people must realize,"
"is that they are,
changing.',
point caseworkers
make is that the law
and service agencies
in such cases are
on family disruption,
what is involved
is criminal.
are geared towards
the family together,"
"And court
if it comes to that,
to balance the rights
patent and the child."
pically, here's what
when, say, Grandma
calls the sheriff's
here to report she
her begonias
from across the
Came flying out the
end
the call,"
Hauge, "and if
enough for a case
them on to the
determines the merit and
whether or not to bring
charges."
Hauge concedes, however,
that now and then she practices
"discretionary compassion," if
you will. She explains:
"I have to keep in mind that
these are people we are dealing
with," she says. "You have to
have compassion. So, if I find
that the abuser knows he has a
problem and doesn't deny it, I'll
often merely refer him to
counseling and not bring charges.
"In other words, if it's help
he seeks, help is what he'll get.
"But, on the other hand, if I
have to go after someb(xty and
he makes me prove he did it,
then more likely than not I'm
going to want to take him to
court. That's the person who
needs a sterner slap."
Hauge has found, actually,
that many child abusers are
anything but hostile or defensive.
On the contrary, they often are
so relieved that someone finally
has confronted them with their
problem that they take the
biggest step toward rehabilitation
themselves.
"And generally they are very
likeable people," she adds. "The
kids, too, generally are very good
manipulators. And you have to
understand that it's not always a
bad situation for the kid.
Especially in sexual-abuse
situations, the child may very well
be getting preferential
treatment."
As for the criminal justice
system's role in child.abuse cases,
Hauge admits she is not entirely
satisfied.
"As a law-enforcement
officer I'd like to see sterner
discipline when it is necessary,"
she says. "Rather than always
giving an offender two years
deferred sentence and counseling,
I'd like to see jail time for more
of them.
"While I have to agree there
are some good arguments against
certain people being put in jail,
it still is a deterrent to crime in
many instances."
Hauge says she is encouraged
by the apparent impact of much
of the recent legislation affecting
child-abuse and dependency-type
problems. House Bill 371, for
instance, by shifting the
responsibilitY for such cases
away from the juvenile court,
has given law enforcement
flexibility in that they are
encouraged to involve service
agencies such as Children's
Protective Services more often.
Moreover, all abuse cases
reported, whether they go to a
law enforcement branch or some
outside service agency, now are
recorded in a central registry, to
which all resources have access.
If there is a drawback to
House Bill 371, says Hauge, it is
found in the practical application
of its Runaway Youth Act. The
act says, essentially, that if
,you're a runaway you don't have
to go home if you don't want
to.
"It's good in a way,"
observes Hauge, "because it gives
the juvenile more say-so as to
what happens to him. But I
don't think it should be an open
pass for him to do anything he
wants."
In order to assure that he
will want to return home, of
course, the juvenile is going to
have to feel that his folks are
going to take the initiative to at
least try to improve their
"parenting," as caseworkers call
it.
If their inadequacy at
parenting is in any sense abusive,
the courts of course can force
them to take definite steps
toward that improvement.
But caseworkers here hope
such push.comes-to-shove tactics
won't have to be used as often
once a purely voluntary
organization the likes of Parents
Anonymous gets going here.
"And it would be good, too,
if perhaps we could start some
sort of parenting class in our
schools," says caseworker
Everett. "Kids need to be taught
early what does and does not
constitute appropriate
parenting."
Task force leader Favret says
the proposed development of a
Parents Anonymous organization
here awaits, first, the acquisition
of a willing leader. She asks that
all potential leaders or members
call May Rutledge at 426-4407.
A child-abuse seminar has
been planned for October 7.
Disqualified
The man who regards life.., as
meaningless is not merely
unfortunate but almost
disqualified for life.
Albert Einstein
Matheny, the fire district
commissioners, said they would
like to meet with county
officials to work out a fire
protection plan for the landfill.
They stated they were aware
that they could expect fires to
start at the landfill and that a
bulldozer and a water tank were
kept on hand and were available
for use in fighting fires.
The fire district and the
Department of Natural Resources
both responded, and after taking
the hazard out of the situation,
left the county the job of
cleaning up:
The county commissioners
asked the fire district
commissioners to meet with the
county engineer to discuss the
questions they had.
County Engineer Madey
Young said he planned to meet
with the contractor for the
operation of the landfill to
discuss what responsibilities as
far as fire protection are
concerned were the responsibility
of the contractor and which
were the responsibility of the
county.
Eldon Reed, public works
supervisor for the county, said
the fire Sunday burned much of
the area which was being used
for dumping. The fire lasted for
several hours, he said.
Court at
Belfair to
be discussed
Judge Carol A. Fuller, Mason
County District Court Judge, has
called a meeting in the Belfair
Fire Hall at 7 p.m., August 2, to
determine whether the district
court can serve the Belfair area
better by having court in Belfair
on a regular basis.
All interested persons are
welcome to attend. One of the
courts over which Judge Fuller
presides, lhe Shelton Municipal
Court, has recently gone to a
night court one time per month
to give people who work the
opportunity of appearing in
court to contest their cases
without taking time from work.
Presently many people feel
forced to forfeit bail because
they have difficulty making the
long trip to Shelton to appear in
court. Most often the matters are
small and the cases do not
justify the long trip. A
breathalyzer machine is now
located in Belfair in the sheriff's
office, and there are naturally
more arrests for driving while
intoxicated in the area than was
formerly the case, and thus more
defendants in the Belfair area.
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