Show PEOPLE Opinion Theaters Classified ads Comics The Herald JoTai Logan Utah Tuesday May 5 1981 A little fear a little paranoia is a good thing 5 in the afternoon's as dangerous as 2 the Cache Valley Rape Crisis Team “A little fear a little paranoia is a good thing Five o’clock in the afternoon is as dangerous as 2 am" Rape is the fastest growing crime in the country Rawlins told The Herald Journal Nationally the FBI says a rape occurs every nine seconds Most of those rapes are committed by men known to their victims and over half of all rapes happen in the victim’s home Neighborhood protection networks Marsha Rawlins Rape Crisis Team coordinator women can do to avoid 15 A © £ o HVFHI i£ becoming statistics By Nancy Williams staff writer Rape It’s not something women in Logan think about much except maybe when they’re walking home at night from a university class on a poorly-l- it sidewalk or working a late night at the office alone Most of us are certainly not paranoid enough to worry about getting raped as we walk up to our own front door in the late afternoon of a pleasant spring day daffodils blooming along the walk and all the neighborhood kids whooping it up on their trikes and bikes out front But that was the setting recently for an attack against a North Logan woman We ought to be more aware says Marsha Rawlins "I don’t think we think about how in danger we are most of the time” said Rawlins coordinator of There are a number of things women can do to beat the odds that give them a 70 percent chance of being raped hi their lifetimes One of the main often unthought-o- f things is to form a neighborhood protection network Women living in Utah State University's Triads (married student apartments) put (me together earlier this year in order to defend themselves against a phony salesman who gained entrance to their homes by pretending to represent a reputable company and then assaulted them Have some kind of a signal system set up in your Rawlins advised “It’s not that neighborhood neighbors don’t care about each other it’s just that they don’t sit down and set something up The pioneers did it They had signals set up and ran to each others' rescue and we should too" There are also the common sense precautions which are familiar but bear repeating: — lock your house when you leave it even just for a visit to your neighbor across the street — lock your car — not so it won’t be stolen but so nobody can get in and hide waiting for you to return — ask anybody who wants to come into your house even policemen for identification if you don't know who they are A lot of rapes — make your house burglar-proo- f are the result of burglars breaking in and finding a woman home alone she added — don’t look “muggable” when you’re out in public Be aware act assertive and your chances of becoming a rape victim will be decreased Walk Rawlins tells women briskly and be business-lik-e to avoid wearing tight jeans and high heels when they’re out by themselves so they’ll be able to run if they do get attacked Self defense courses valuable “Go take a class in karate” counsels Rawlins adding that karate was preferable to judo ju jitsu or kung fu “because it takes less time to become proficient" Even if you never got very good with karate Rawlins said you could defend yourself — “you wouldn't be such a total victim” There are a number of marital arts experts in the Cache area she added “Take advantage of them I heartily encourage every man woman and child to enroll in a class immediately anywhere” What about chemical sprays? They're good for certain things said Rawlins but not a cure-a- ll too many people allow them to impart a false sense of security “They're fine in the home for women who don't want to use a gun but want some kind of weapon" she remarked and advised keeping a chemical gun next to the door within easy reach or better answering the door with it already in your hand Whistles are useful only if your neighborhood is alert to them she said If a whistle is known as a signal to your neighbors then blowing it will bring a response In general Rawlins believes women should fight back “unless you’re facing a gun Some situations you can't protect yourself from" she said “You don’t run from a gun” Be aware play it safe “Women are more victims than men could ever she continued adding that men need to become more aware of that and make themselves more “available” to the women in their lives “Women go out at night alone to do lots of things that are potentially dangerous — grocery shopping to the airport — go with them Or send me of the kids Women with kids dogs or men along don’t get be” attacked “You can’t follow your wife around and protect her every living minute but you can be smart” Rawlins said Getting smart doesn’t stop with men she added “I see lots of young girls going out with people who aren’t their friends who aren’t known to them — just because they’re cute That’s dumb Date your friends” If despite all your precautions you are attacked do something about it Rawlins said “Most women are raped by someone they know — that's why they don’t sign complaints and follow through" The Rape Crisis Team maintains a service for victims and can be reached at 24-ho- ur 4 9 Team members are or either trained to aid the victim and will pick her up or meet her at the hospital and stay with her throughout the examination procedure if she wants them to offering advice and moral support The team also presents free rape prevention programs to church and civic groups 750-299- Happenings Logan kids 'skip a meal' fora hungry world 4-- 'The King Sneezes' at River Heights School RIVER HIEHGTS — The 5th and 6th graders of the River Heights School will present the operetta “The King Sneeses” this Wednesday and again Friday There will be two showings each day at 1 pm and at 7:30 pm The public is invited to watch this fairy tale told with music and dancing It is being directed by two Sky View High School cadet teachers Lori Rich and Lisa Christensen The accompanist will be Julie Merrill Admission is free Patti West daughter of Mr and Mrs Leon West Smithfield is a senior at Sky View High School The youngest of three children Patti was the New Year’s Baby of y will host the Brigham City Arts Festival 1981 beginning on May 9 and continuing for through May 16 For more information call details Museum-Galler- 723-67- 1963 'Tis This year she’s president of the Girls' Association vice president of Future Teachers of America and a member of Future Homemakers of America Patti is also sports editor of the school yearbook and has played on the basketball and tennis teams She belongs to the National Honor Society Patti enjoys all sports as well as quieter May marks the 112th anniversary of the driving of the golden spike marking the completion of the nations first transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit 30 miles west of Brigham City This year's Golden Spike Celebration will be held Saturday' at the National Historic Site with a reenactment of the original ceremonies and the presence of the operating Jupiter and 119 locomotives Festivities begin at the site at 10 am In conjunction with the festivities the Brigham City the season for church rummage sale It’s spring rummage sale season again at the Presbyterian Church Bargain hunters can look through the offerings Thursday May 14 through Saturday the 16th Thursday hours will be 6:30 to 9:30 pm Friday hours 9 am to 5 pm and Saturday the sale will be open from 9 to 11:30 am at the church 2nd West and Center St No early sales will be made said Sylvia Mahoney and anyone who would like to donate items to the sale or wants them picked up can call her at 752-95- hobbies such as macrame cake decorating textile painting sewing and cooking She plans to continue her education and become either a certified public a dental hygienist or an accountant teacher school elementary 38 Utah League of Writers will meet Thursday Patti West League of Utah writers Cache Valley chapter will meet Thursday at 7:30 pm in the Logan library auditorium A special invitation is beng extended to members of the Brigham City chapter to meet with them Members are encouraged to bring their contest entries to be critiqued before submitting them to the forthcoming competition sponsored annually by the state auxiliary of the League Wedding Providence historian's polygamy paper picked The Utah Women’s History Association has selected paper written by Lois J Kelley Providence for presentation at its May meeting Entitled “Polygamy and the Law” the paper focuses on laws and legal decisions that affected the ability of polygamous wives particularly in the perod after the M anifesto of 1890 to inherit property from their husbands The meeting will be held in Ogden Thursday at 7:30 pm in the Special Collections Room of Stewart Library Weber State College In addition to Mrs Kelley's paper Carol Lubomudrov of Salt Lake City will present a paper entitled “A Woman State Superintendent of Schools: Whatever Happened to Mrs McVicker?” The evening of papers is the last in a series of programs sponsored by the Utah Women’s History Association with the support of the Utah Endowment for the Humanities The public is invited to attend a Golden Spike celebrates Saturday 1 12 years 752-396- Top senior of Logan City’s elemen- If things work right many tary school kids will go hungry Saturday Willingly It’ sy the high point of “Help the World's Hungery Week” May 9 proclaimed officially by Logan Mayor Walter Nickel Monday afternoon Third graders in Mrs Gloria Wennergren’s class at Hillcrest School conceived the “Help the World’s Hungry" program with the idea that individuals — including children — could help the world’s starving people The class will give presentations later this week at Ellis Woodruff Hillcrest and Adams schools to convince other students to join them Saturday in skipping a meal and donating the money thus saved to a fund for feeding hungry people Next Monday they’ll bring their hunger donations to school and May 14 a check representing all their missed meals will be presented to Utah Partners a volunteer group which helps distribute aid to the Third World The children's donations will be used to buy alfalfa seed said Wennergren which will then be flown free to Bolivia by Braniff Airlines am' Allen-Pawlows- ki Mr and Mrs Herb Pawlowski Bountiful are happy to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Michelle to Trent Kam Allen son of Dr and Mrs Ross R Allen Logan Michelle is a 1980 graduate of Bountiful High School and LDS Seminary Trent graduated from Logan High School and LDS Seminary and later served an LDS mission to the Pennsylvania Harrisburg mission Both have attended Utah State University They will be married Friday in the Salt Tafcp lds Temple That evening a reception will be held at the Carillon in Bountiful in their honor On Saturday an open house will be held at the Logan 22nd Ward 875 North 15th East from 7:30 to 9:00 pm All friends and relatives are invited to attend After a honeymoon the couple will make their home in Bountiful and Trent will complete a degree in finance at Weber State College Michelle is employed as a secretary for the state of Utah f Trent Allen and Michelle Pawlowski I |