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She has been active in imple-
menting new activities at the
church. “We started a Sunday
School class for young adults
Monday nights and hopefully
we will begin to have some kind
of social event once a
month...to get people together
October is National Domes-
tic Violence Awareness Month.
The American Medical Associa-
tion estimates that over 4 mil-
lion women are victims of se-
vere assaults by boyfriends and
husbands each year. The issues
of what battering is, why men
batter women and why women
-stay are vital in understanding
the dynamic of domestic abuse.
What is battering? Battering is
a pattern of behavior used to
establish power and control
over another person through
fear and intimidation, often in-
cluding the threat or use of vio-
lence. Battering happens when
one person believes they are
entitled to control another. Bat-
tering may include emotional
abuse, economic abuse, sexual
abuse, using children, threats,
using male privilege, intimida-
tion, isolation, and a variety of
other behaviors used to main-
tain fear, intimidation and
power.
Battering escalates. It often
begins with behaviors like
threats, nartie calling, violence
in her presence (such as punch-
ing a fist through a wall), and/
or damage to objects or pets. It
may escalate to restraining,
and hang out,” Williams said.
Williams strives to be an ef-
fective minister and believes
that certain things are required
of an individual in order to be
one. “An effective minister is
someone who loves the Lord
with all their heart, mind, soul
and strength. Someone who is
willing to truly be involved in
the lives of those in his or her
care and willing to spend time
before the Lord (by) listening
and praying on behalf of the
people. An effective minister...
is someone willing to go to the
battle of spiritual warfare in the
name of Jesus Christ and will-
ing to walk through life with
another regardless of how
pretty or ugly the situation,”
Williams said.
Williams position of being a
minister is seen by some as be-
ing controversial. “Although I
feared peoples’ opinions of
women in ministry, it is not
something I have ever faced
personally. My family l\as sup-
ported me 100 percent from the
moment I accepted the call to
full-time vocational ministry.
However, I know that it is an
issue for many. I believe that if
we study the scriptures within
the context in which they were
written, we would find many
women actively in ministry pro-
claiming the name of Jesus
Christ,” Williams said.
With strong convictions and
an unwavering determination
there is no doubt that she will
find success here in Stamford.
“low self-esteem.” The truth
is that no one enjoys being
beaten, no matter what their
emotional state or self image..
A woman’s reasons for stay-
ing are more complex than a
statement about her strength-of
character. In many cases it is
dangerous for a woman to leave
her abuser. If the abuser has all
of the economic and social sta-
Texas Tech University, in Lub-
bock, for two years before tak-
ing her current’position here in , jective is to be able to provide a
Stamford. place for those people,” Will-
/Het calling to thnnint«ry iams said. •
Came at an early age. “The sum-
mer before my eighth grade year
I was at camp and realized that
God was calling me to full-time
ministry. 1 really battled with and we have a bible study On
that when I got into college. I
was trying to find anything to
do but go into the ministry...but
once 1 finally surrendered to the
suit of his behavior. Batterers
come from all groups and back-
grounds, and from all person-
ality profiles.
A batterer objectifies women.
He does not see women as
people. He does not respect
women as a group. Overall, he
sees women as property or
sexual objects. He has low self-
esteem and feels powerless and
ineffective in the world. He may
appear successful, but inside he
feels inadequate. A batterer ex-
ternalizes the causes of his be-
havior. He blames his violence
on circumstances such as
stress, his partner’s behavior,
a “bad day,” alcohol or other
factors. Some behavioral warn-
ing signs of a potential batterer
include extreme jealousy, pos-
sessiveness, a bad temper,
unpredictability, cruelty to ani-
mals and verbal abusiveness.
Why do women stay? All too
often the question “Why do
women stay in violent-relation-
ships?” is answered with a vic-
tim blaming attitude. Women
victims of abuse often hear that
they must like or need such
treatment, or.they would leave.
Others may be told that they are
one of the many “women who
pushing and slapping The bat- love too*much” 6r who have
tering may include punching,
kicking, biting, sexual assault
and throwing. Finally, it may
become life-threatening with
serious behaviors such as
choking, breaking bones, or the
use of weapons.
Why do men batter women?
Many theories have been devel-
oped to explain why some men
use violence against their part-
ly Brian Davidson said. She left seminary to work
St. John’s Methodist Church at the Wesley Foundation at
has a new young adult leader.
Jenny Williams received her
undergraduate degree at
McMurry University where she
studied Christian education.
She went to seminary at Asbury
Theological Seminary in Ken-
tucky and is currently finishing
up her degree. “When I was
there I really realized that it
would be a place where I could
not only get a good education
but also be able to have a chance
to grow spiritually,” Williams
Stenholm Introduces H.R. 5203, Ag Disaster Legislation
Domestic Violence: Answering the
reality that that was the calling
that God had on my life, every-
thing seemed to fall into place.
I wouldn’t want to be doing
anything else,” Williams said.
Williams worked with the
youth of St. John’s Methodist
Church while she was work-
ing on her undergraduate de-
gree. Williams said that she re-
ally cherished the time that she
spent here and gained valuable
experience. “The two years that
I was here were probably some
of the sweetest in my life. We
had youth from all different
churches coming here, from all
different races, and I really
think it’s a picture of what the
kingdom is supposed to be like.
God really taught me a lot while
I was here,” Williams said.
As young adult leader, Will-
iams wants to provide a place
for young adults, both married
and single, to be able to grow
with other Christians. “There
always seems to be a place for
youth and children and for older
adults with families, but you
have this gap from the time you
graduate from high school un-
til you are in your forties. There
doesn’t seem to be a whole lot
that is offered. My overall ob-
ners. These theories include:
family dysfunction, inadequate
communication skills, provoca-
tion by women, stress, chemi-
cal dependency, lack of spiri-
tuality and economic hardship.
These issues may be associated
with battering of women, but
they are not the causes. Remov-
ing these associated factors will
not end men’s violence against
women. The batterer begins
and continues his behavior be-
cause violence is an effective
method for gaining and keep-
ing control over another person
and he usually does not suffer
adverse consequences as a re-
tus, leaving can cause additional
problems for the woman. Leav-
ing could mean living in fear and
losing child custody, losing fi-
nancial support, and experienc-
ing harassment at work. Al-
though there is no profile of the
women who will be battered,
there is a well documented syn-
drome of what happens once
the battering starts. Battered
women experience shame, em-
barrassment and isolation. A
woman may not leave batter-
ing immediately because: She
realistically fears that the
batterer will become more vio-
lent and maybe even fatal if she
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(Jonn County) State Representative, District 85
Kent Sharp (REP) (
James E. “Pete” Laney (DEM)
(Jongs County) District Attorney, 259th Judicial District
Billy John Edwards (REP)
Britt Thurman (DEM)
U.S. Congressman Charlie
Stenholm (TX-17) introduced
a $3 billion legislative package
to provide agricultural disaster
assistance for 2003 and 2004
disasters in response to an in-
creased need expressed by ag-
ricultural groups and the
nation’s farmers and ranchers.
The bill, H.R. 5203, was co-
sponsored by Republicans and
Democrats, and it identical to
bipartisan legislation passed in
the U.S. Senate and included as
part of the funding package for
attempts to leave; Her friends
and family may not support her
leaving; She knows the difficul-
ties of single parenting in re-
duced financial circumstances;
There is a mix of good times,
love and hope along with the
manipulation, intimidation and
fear; She may not know about
or have access to safety and
support.
the Department of Homeland
Security for fiscal year (FY)
2005.
“On September 27th, the
President requested supplemen-
tal funding to cover only losses
that occurred as a result of hur-
ricanes and tropical storms in
2004,” Stenholm said. “I believe
that fairness requires that as-
sistance be provided on the
same basis for all producers
affected by disaster - including
freezing weather, drought,
flood or excessive rain.”
H.R. 5203 provides emer-
gency assistance in the form of
a Crop Disaster Program
(CDP), Quality Loss Program
(QLP), the Tree Assistance Pro-
gram (TAP) and the Livestock
Assistance Program (LAP).
Assistance would be paid for
eligible losses during the 2003
or 2004 production years, but
not both years.
“When the President made his
request to Congress, he pro-
posed to designate the requested
spending for 2004 hurricane
Proposed Tax Rate Set
By Brian Davidson
The Stamford City Council
will met in regular session on
Monday October 4, 2004 at
7:00 p.m. in the Council Cham-
bers at Stamford City Hall 201
E. Mcllarg. The council de-
cided to change its meetihg time
to 6:00 p.m. City Council meet-
ings will still be held on Mon-
days. The City received its cer-
tified tax roll October 1, 2004.
The set proposed tax rate is
0.874 per $100. This is a three
percent raise from the last fis-
cal year. The first reading for
this tax rate was heard and ap-
proved October 8,2004 and the
second reading will be October
18, 2004.
losses as emergency require-
ments,” Stenholm noted. “My
legislation also provides for an
emergency designatioh. Under
my legislation, the Department
of Agriculture may only expend
the funds if the President agrees
with the emergency spending
designation.”
At the same time as
Stenholm’s bill was introduced,
the Senate leadership was con-
sidering a scaled-back drought
assistance package designed to
overcome the objections of
senators who were resisting the
call for disaster assistance for
agriculture.
Specifically, the Senate lead-
ership is proposing a $1.6 bil-
lion drought relief package that
would be partially paid for by
making cuts in mandatory pro-
grams in the 2002 Farm Bill.
Stenholm rejected this ap-
proach. i
“Producers need help now.
We need to get it done,”
7%e Stamford Bulldogs were all smiles after their win against the Hawley Bearcats last Friday evening. The Bulldogs, Cheerleaders,
Twirlers and Flags gather on the field to hear the Stamford Band play the School Song.
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