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-FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1989
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woman staying in a shelter and the cycle of violence.
Volunteer Pat Bradley explained the battering cycle as
having three distinct phases: A tension build-up period
that can last several months; the explosive phase when
the actual battering occurs, whether it be emotional, eco
nomic or actual hitting and the honeymoon phase, when
the abuser is apologetic which may last a day to several
weeks followed by a return to the build-up phase when the
cycle repeats itself.
Much of the crisis intervention training includes learn
ing a victim’s legal options followed by “active listen
ing,” learning to counsel a victim and the shelter’s admit
tance procedures.
Volunteers are expected to recognize the different
kinds of calls: Crises call, (then and there battering);
ventilation call, (when the the volunteer participates in
“active listening”); informative call, (when victim, ac
quaintance or family member seeks information); venti
lation-information, (a volunteer actively listens and out
lines resources and referrals within the community).
If for any reason a woman feels she is in imminent
danger, she will be accepted into the shelter for a period
of up to 30 days where she will work within the safety and
confidentiality of the shelter atmosphere with a support
group and the residency.
“Most women do not want to leave their home because
they love the abuser and think he will change,” explained
Beam. “It is the principle of power and control” the abus
er has over his victim.”
He tends to isolate her and the more isolated and de-
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work. I figured they knew more about
what is going on with the company
than I did, so I followed their recom
mendation,” Wilson said.
“People here (at Eastern Airlines)
have a good attitude and working here
so far has been pleasant. We are
working a lot of hours, but that is un
derstandable because we are still
short of people.” Wilson said.
Wilson is bothered by the fact the
government did not react favorably to
the plight of the striking pilots.
“We have had no government sup
port in this endeavor. The govern
ment was totally against the pilot’s
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Blackburn said.
The city has not yet established a
budget for the project nor has any
kind of estimate been made on how
much the renovation will cost.
“We won’t know how much it is go
ing to cost the city to renovate until
the consultants get finished with their
recommendation,” Blackburn said.
After the first of the year, the tenta
tive plans are to renovate the church
and grounds for use by the city’s park
and recreation department.
The church structure itself is still
being used by the Methodist Church
and the city won’t gain ownership un
til the first of the year, Blackburn
said, but the church grounds have al
ready had some clearing done by the
city as well as some installation of
sewer lines.
The structure is two stories in the
front and three stories in the rear of
the building where the education part
of the building is now housed.
The square footage of the church is
a little over 13,000 square feet.
Blackburn speculated about con
verting part of the church into a small
concert hall that would have a seating
capacity of 800 to 1,200.
He said the concerts would help
fund a large part of the operating
costs and programs the city chooses
to put in place.
“It would bring in money into the
community and make the center al
most completely self sufficient after
the initial costs of renovating it,” he
said.
The city workers and contractors
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graded she is, the more power and control he has, she
said.
All abusers are not men.
“Five per cent of victims are male,” said volunteer,
Young Joe Harrington, a member of the original Board of
Directors and Optimists Club.
When the Optimist Club donated the first $2,000 restrict
ed for the building fund, it asked Harrington, also a mem
ber of the Human Resource Council to attend a meeting of
the shelter program.
Subsequently he became a volunteer.
“Last week I had three telephone calls from people who
had friends in trouble, so it shows the need for crisis inter
vention up here,” he said.
With their efforts coming to fruition, Harrington re
flected on the past 11 months.
In January we had a dream; in October we had a
house,” he said.
A delay in property closing has postponed the opening
until December 1 of the shelter for victims of domestic
abuse, say volunteers.
Until Family Haven shelter opens, the crisis hot line
number is 887-1121 and can be reached only during regu
lar business hours. After the opening, the hot line can be
reached 24 hours a day.
For those interested in giving donations or volunteer
ing, phone 889-6384.
Another volunteer training session is scheduled for
January.
sympathy strike for the Machinists’
Union. That is something I have never
understood,” Wilson said.
Frustration is the word that de
scribes the feelings in the Renzi
household.
Carol Renzi is the wife of Jim Renzi,
an Eastern pilot who has yet to regain
Eastern employment.
“I feel frustrated, and disappointed
that President Bush can support soli
darity movements in other countries,
but in this country, he refuses to even
look into labor problems.”
She said her husband is not working
would do the renovation work, Black
burn said.
The property could be utilized by
the entire crmmunity after it is reno
vated, the city administrator said,
adding that there are a lot of ideas for
the church building, but no firm plans.
However, the park’s department
has a lot of ideas for all kinds of pro
grams to make use of the old church
building.
“We are in hopes of expanding our
programs a good bit,” said City Park
Director David Horton.
“We will focus a lot on senior citizen
type programing, I think. We can
move some of the existing programs
into the building, because some of our
programs such as our arts and crafts
classes, are limited in size because of
size of room we now have,” Horton
said.
“Once we get in there, we can see
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for Eastern.
“Getting his job back will depend on
what the courts decide about Frank
Lorenzo’s company dealings,” Mrs.
Renzi said.
Her husband Jim who was on strike
for nearly six months, held out until
the very end of the strike, his wife
said.
“Jim was on strike until the end.
Eastern said they don’t want him
back... But, he still believes he was
right by striking with the union and
for its cause. I do too,” she said.
Her husband does not have kind
words for President Bush.
what we can do with what we have.
We will have a lot of rooms and a lot
more space to deal with,” said
Horton.
“Structurally, we have to wait until
next year and see because there are a
lot of unknowns as far as the renova
tions,” Horton said.
Horton said he hopes to be able to
serve more of the needs in the
community.
Blackburn said he did expect the
city park offices to move from their
present location across the street, into
the old church building.
After the renovation is complete,
Blackburn said he hopes the building
and property to be primarily self suf
ficient with classes and programs
within 24 months and that doesn’t
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if the right location could be found he
did not think it would cost much to
construct some type of storage facili
ty.
In addition to the joint purchasing
department, officials will also see if it
is feasible to have one garage for re
pairing vehicles. For several years ,
the school system has been discussing
the idea of a bus garage and that could
tie into an overall garage, Case said.
The county has primarily used the
services of private garages to repair
its vehicles, but the costs for that run
high and setting up its own garage
could be more cost efficient, said
Commissioner James Harrington.
While both groups agreed on that
subject, there was disagreement on
the whether the county should charge
the school system for collection of
taxes.
Currently, the county charges a
commission of 2Vz percent on the mon
ey collected. This year that could
amount to about $350,000.
Such a charge is not done statewide
and the school system is concerned
that paying the money adds about a %
mill to the school taxes, said School
Board Chairman Johnny Stone. As the
school system gets close to its man-
“ After President Bush stabbed us in
the back, we didn’t have a choice.
Most of us going back going back with
our heads held high,” he said.
“Eastern claims I have been re
placed, and I claim I have not, be
cause there is still a union contract in
place. Lorenzo is violating that union
contract if he doesn’t take us back,”
Renzi said.
“We (the striking pilots) honored a
picket line, we were not the principle
strikers. I think it will end up in
court,” said Renzi.
count the startup cost in the
beginning.
“I want to make clear that this fa
cility is not being developed to take
place of any existing facility but to
perhaps enhance what we already
have in place,” Blackburn said.
“With this facility, I hope to attract
all those wonderful elderly who still
have a lot to give to the community
because I think their experience is in
valuable especially to the youth in our
community,” Blackburn said.
“What a wonderful addition these
elderly can make to our community if
we let them help us meet our needs
and just give them something to do,”
said Blackburn.
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dated 20 mill cap, any savings is use
ful, Stone said.
He encouraged the commission to
include the cost in its millage.
“We are getting close to our 20 mill
cap and unless we get some relief we
will be in trouble,” Stone said.
However, Bennett gave copies of
the state law to the school board,
which seemed to indicate the county is
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The two-step process should deter
mine if the level of lead is above the
permissable limit, said Fredrick.
Since the fountains will have to be
inoperable for eight hours the testing
will probably be done on a Friday af
ternoon or during Christmas break,
he said.
Each test will cost approximately
$lO, about SI,OOO for the entire pro
cess, Fredrick said.
Replacing the fountains will cost
about S2OO each, the assistant superin
tendent said.
Tax digest officially rejected by state
By Sallylyn Hill
Staff Writer
The order to reject the county’s pro
posed 1989 tax digest was signed by
the State Revenue Commissioner,
said an official in the State Revenue
Department.
The order signed Monday by State
Revenue Commissioner Marcus Col
lins and dated Wednesday, Nov. 29,
was sent to county Tax Commissioner
Bobby Gene Gilbert.
The rejection, however, will not
stop the arrival of property tax bills
and the notices should be sent out by
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There is a penalty required for early redemption of time deposits.
required to charge the commission.
Additionally, the county officials
presented figures to indicate that the
school board is paying less than what
it should for the work being done in
collecting the taxes.
The group also heard a presentation
by school board member Catherine
Amos on the ideas of adult education,
open school and a community school.
It hasn’t been decided who will pay
for the replacement, whether the
school board wiil be responsible of the
companies that supplied the
fountains.
“If we have to replace them all it’s
going to be quite a lot of money that
we will be talking about,” Fredrick
said.
One benefit is many of the schools’
fountains have already been re
placed, through a handicap grant
awarded by the state, said Fredrick.
next week, said Tax Commissioner
Bobby Gene Gilbert.
It will take about two days to pre
pare the bills after the rejection notice
is received from the state, said
Gilbert.
Gilbert is able to continue the tax
process under house bill 12-79. This
bill allows counties with rejected di
gest to collect taxes based on the pro
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The county would have one year to
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