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Monday, October 19, 2020
Number 42
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
By Linda Timian Republican Writer
Turn to Page 3 to read the latest from the Langdon City Commission.
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Thursday, October 22, is “wear purple day.” Domestic Violence Awareness Month was first introduced in 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and was specified for October in 1987. The purple ribbon is used to honor domestic violence victims and support growing awareness. Domestic violence is a pattern of cruel behavior where a person uses different types of abusive ways to control someone. It takes many forms – physical, emotional, verbal, sexual, economic and financial. It affects 10 million men, women, and children every year. On an average day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls made to domestic violence hotlines across the nation. As many as 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men face severe domestic violence from an intimate partner, resulting in injury, stress disorders, contracting sexually transmitted diseases and many other devastating results. As few as 34% of victims ever receive medical treatment for their injuries caused by their intimate
partner. If there is a gun in the home where domestic violence is taking place, the risk of homicide increases by over 500%. An abuser can be just about anyone, but is usually a person in close relationship with the abused person. They can come from any background, culture, religion, and economic status
behavior on drugs or alcohol. They may be charming and nice to others, even the victim. Abusers will use anger, humiliation, jealousy, accusations, blaming, cruelty, physical violence, possessiveness, verbal abuse, or be emotionally unpredictable. They may try to control the victim’s behavior, finances, rela-
and can be your neighbor, relative, teacher, clergy, spouse, parent, or co-worker. There are some common characteristics among many abusers. They may downplay the abuse or say it doesn’t exist, and the victim may believe them. They may have low selfesteem and may treat their victim like an object, property or sexual object. They may make excuses saying they are under a lot of stress and blame their
tionships, or work environment. When someone is in a domestic violence situation, it is important to seek help if they feel it is safe to do so. Unfortunately, there are many times where a victim will not leave or seek help because they are afraid of the abuser, they have been threatened, their children or pets have been threatened, or they feel they don’t have enough money and will end up
homeless. They may not have anyone to turn to that will support their decision. These fears can be compounded by expectations from family, society, and religion. They may be unaware that help is available. The Domestic Violence and Abuse Center in Grafton serves Cavalier, Pembina and Walsh counties. You can call the main line during regular working hours 701-331-0466, or the 24 hour crisis line after hours and on weekends, 1-866-435-7490. When you call, you will be connected with one of their trained advocates, who will talk with you and help you figure out the services you need which may include a protection order or temporarily moving into their shelter. There is always someone “on-call” during the night and on weekends, so if there is ever an emergency that’s not during business hours, there will always be someone available to assist you. Your call is confidential and calling does not mean you have to take action. The DVAC is there to provide emotional support and guidance; everything you do beyond that is completely your own choice. It doesn’t cont. on page 2
A new way to trick or treat for the Cavalier County Food Pantry Emergency Health Profile now available In the past, area youth groups gathered on the Wednesday prior to Halloween, broke into groups, and went door to door throughout town collecting items for the food pantry saying, “Trick or treat for the food pantry!” when someone answered the door. This year, the event will focus on financial donations. "When talking with the food pantry, they mentioned that this year there is a greater need for financial donations than for food items, h o w e v e r, food items are happily still accepted,” said Pastor Jordan Braunberger. T h e event will still happen the Wednesday before Halloween (October 28), but instead of gathering as a group, everyone will be meeting at their own youth group buildings or churches.
All the youth groups will hear a unified message given by their pastor about hunger awareness and caring for their neighbor. "Youth whose church has no youth group leaders are welcome to join with another church for the evening,” shared Pastor Karl Breddin. “We want to make sure all youth are
welcome to participate in the event.” Students will then call or text church members or people in
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their contact list asking for donations as well as posting and sharing a link to online giving. Online donations will be able to be given through a Cavalier County Ministerial Association PayPal account set up specifically for this purpose, which will make it easier to distinguish food pantry donations. The link for the PayPal site is paypal.me/ CCMA58249. A person will be asked to create a free PayPal account if they don’t already have one. Even though anyone can give at any time via this PayPal method, the specific dates for “Trick or Treat for the Food Pantry” will be Tuesday, October 27 to Tuesday, November 3. Af te r wa rd s, a check will be written for the total amount donated and given to the food pantry. cont. on page 3
If you live in Cavalier or Towner County, there is something you can do now, ahead of time, to help the 911 dispatcher and first responder teams if you would ever have to call them in an emergency. Residents now have the ability to create a free Emergency Health Profile to share optin medical information with
Taking the time to fill out this data ahead of time helps the 911 team accelerate response by having some of the needed information ready to quickly pass on to first responders enroute to you. Emergency technology company RapidSOS teamed up with the American Heart Association, the American
Langdon 911. In many instances, 911 telecommunicators are talking to you on one of the very worst days of your life. There will be questions about the person in need. “We (telecommunicators) do ask some of these questions but not all,” said Cavalier County Emergency Management Coordinator Karen Kempert. "However, you will be asked some by emergency medical technicians when they arrive on scene so it’s nice to have it in advance.”
Red Cross, and Direct Relief to launch the Emergency Health Profile initiative in an effort to get first responders vital information in an emergency, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can create your free emergency health profile at www.emergencyprofile. org. You must be 16 years old or older and have a mobile phone. Legal guardians may sign up individuals under the age of 16. It will ask you to enter pertinent medical and procont. on page 2
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