SWP PHOTOS BY MIC CAHLSON
Meeting The Candidates
Robert Anderson (right in photo above), Republican candidate for the US. House of Representatives,
speaks with Bill Altreuter, one of the organizers of a "Meet the Candidates" forum in Calabash last
week. Candidates for sheriff, county commissioners and school board (in photo below) answered ques
tions before a group of about 40 people at the town 's volunteer fire department Wednesday night.
First Batch Of Rods Routed Safely;
Next Delayed Pending Court Verdict
BY SUSAN USHER
Two vessels carrying the first of
three "urgent relief" shipments of
used nuclear fuel rods from Euro
pean research reactors unloaded
their four casks of hazardous cargo
last Tuesday at Sunny Point Military
Occan Terminal without incident
Left unanswered is whether re
maining shipments will be allowed
into the country early next year for
storage at the U.S. Department of
Energy's Savannah River Site near
Aiken, S C.
Unloading of the first 153 fuel
rods from Austria, the Netherlands,
Denmark and Sweden began last
Friday. Sept. 30, shortly after their
arrival at the site by train. A DDE
spokesman said workers there will
unload two casks per month under
water and will store the fuel under
water. The unloaded casks will be
decontaminated and shipped by
truck to a U.S. port for return to
Europe.
Another 236 rods are scheduled
for later shipments.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Ha2el
O'Leary has decided to delay future
shipments until the federal courts
have resolved their legai status.
"We would have appreciated it if
she had done that in the first place,"
said Julie Horton, public informa
tion director of the South Carolina
Attorney General's office.
O'Leary delayed unloading of the
Danish-flagged AA' Maria and ihc
W Marsus for two days last week
to allow time for the full U.S. Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals to hear an
appeal from South Carolina, which
filed suit last month in an a>tempt to
block the shipments, citing environ
mental and safety concerns. Wed
nesday, the DOL notified the court
that delivery couldn't be delayed
any longer because of conflicting
uses of the U.S. Army terminal and
safety considerations.
On Sept 29 the Fourth Circuit
court denied South Carolina's mo
tion for a stay to bar the shipment
and denied its motion for reconsid
eration by the court. Loiter that same
day the U.S. Supreme Court turned
down a motion for an injunction to
block the shipment.
South Carolina has asked for an
expedited hearing as the original suit
is readied for trial in federal district
court in Columbia, S.C., before
Judge Matthew Perry. "We don't
have a date yet," she said, "but we
want to get this settled before the
next shipment is scheduled to ar
rive."
DOE has said accepting the spent
fui i is critical to United States for
eign relations. As part of its effort to
stop the spread of nuclear weapons,
the U.S. more than 20 years ago be
gan helping research reactor opera-1
tors convert to using a lower-en
riched uranium fuel, and agreed to
take back (he old fuel, which could
be reprocessed and used to make nu
clear weapons.
The return shipments stopped in
the 1970s in the face of environmen
tal challenges that were never set
tled. As the reactors begai: running
out of on-site storage, the issue re
emerged with an urgent edge
Last month a three-judge federal
appeals panel lifted a stay set by
Judge Perry and said the Savannah
River Site could adequately handle
the "urgent relief" shipments, that
South Carolina had failed to show
environmental risks that outweighed
the United State's foreign policy in
terests in accepting return of these
first spent fuel rods. The full court
accepted that ruling.
An in-depth environmental study
is in progress regarding the future
shipment of thousands more rods.
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October Is
uomestic Violence
Awareness Month
Hope Harbor Home
Domestic Violence Statistics Jan.-Aug. 1994
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Total New CUents...l56 Children...78
In-Shelter Program-36 New Clients, 54 New Children
Total Days In Shelter...l,093 Total Meals Served.,.3,714
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? 24-Hour Crisis Line (910)754-5856 (Collect Calls Accepted)
? Emergency Shelter
? Legal /Medical Advocacy
? Domestic Violence Support Group
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? Children's Services
? Information and Referral
? Community Education
The Power and Control Wheel (below) refers to the tools, pressures and
rationale utilized in justifying coercive and dominant behavior. It provides
"snapshots" of coercive techniques: emotional abuse, intimidation, threats,
the use of economic pressure and privilege, attempts to isolate and insu
late the victims, the manipulation and victimization of children and the
prevailing assumptions of sexism (male privilege). This Wheel helps women
identify the many faces and moods of violent behavior.
USING
ECONOMIC
ABUSE
Prevent her from getting or
keeping a job ? making her ask for
r money ? giving her an allowance ?
taking her money ? not letting her
know about or have access to
family income
USING MALE PRIVILEGE
Treating her like a servant ? making
all the big decisions ? acting like the
"master of the castle* ? being the
1 one to define men's and
women's roles
USING COERCION
AND THREATS
Making and/or carrying out
threats to do something to
hurt her ? threatening to
leave her, to commit suicide,
to report her to welfare ?
making her drop
^charges ? making her
do illegal things
USING
INTIMIDATION
Making her afraid by
using looks, actions,
gestures ? smashing
things ? destroying her
property ? abusing pets
? displaying weapons
POWER
AND
.CONTROL
USING
EMOTIONAL
ABUSE
Putting her down ? making her
feel bad about herself ? calling her
names ? making her think she's
crazy ? playing mind games ?
humiliating her ? making
her feel ouiltv
USING
CHILDREN
Making her feel guilty
about the children ? using
the children to relay mes
sages ? using visitation to
harass her ? threatening to
take the children away.
USING ISOLATION
Controlling wtiat she does, who she
sees and talks to, what she reads,
where she goes ? limiting her outside
involvement ? using jealousy
^ to justify actions.
MINIMIZING,
DENYING
AND BLAMING
Making light of the
abuse and not taking
her concerns about it
seriously ? saying the
abuse didn't happen ?
shifting responsibility for
abusive behavior ? say
ing she causedj
What Is Battering?
? It is a pattern of behavior that seeks to establish power and control over
another person through fear and intimidation. It often includes the
threat or use of violence. Battering happens when batterers believe they
are entitled to control their partners. They believe that violence is accept
able and will produce the desired results;
? Not all battering is physical. Battering includes emoUonal abuse, eco
nomic abuse, sexual abuse, threats to and about children, using "male
privilege", Intimidation, isolation and other behaviors used to induce fear
and establish power;
? Battering escalates. It may begin with name-calling or punching through
a wall or kicking a pet. Next steps may be pushing, slapping, pinching;
then punching, kicking, biting, tripping, throwing or restraining. It often
includes sexual assault. It may lead to choking, the breaking of bones
and other life threatening incidents.
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