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Counel IN Column Family counselling should be kept By COUNCILLOR BARRY L. EVANS Centre Ward I am usually reluctant to discuss regional issues, but the threatened demise of the family counselling service requires comment. Those of us in the legal profession only have the opoprtunity to see individuals encountering family problems after the possibility of reconciliation has ahl but disappeared. Once a party hires a lawyer, the marriage is usually past the point of repair. Although a lawyer is requried to enquire into the possibility of reconciliation, his training is geared towards confrontation. IL is my belief that a great number of persons utilizing mediation services such as our family counselling services are turned away from the lawyer's door, and are able to keep their families together. The prime complaint about the service is cost. At present the province is funding 50 per cent of the cost wvith the region paying the balance. Either way, we are paying for al of it as taxpayers. Weigh against the cost of taxes the cost 0f matri- monial legal disputes. A full trial involving issues of support, property and custody (or any combination of them) can easily cost thousands of dollars per side, without any accounting for the cost of running the courts. Add to this the fact that once separated, most people wiIl suifer a reduced standard of living, creating further social pressures. These monetary considerations are secondary to the real value of family counselling. We cannot assign a dollar value to assisting couples with marital difficulties, or to assisting parents having problems with their children. The family counsell- ing service is aimed at preserving the family unit upon which our society is structured, and such preservation is invaluable. Therefore, 1 invite our regional counsellors Lo judge Lhis issue flot on dollars, but on sense. Garage Sale Signs Courtesy GOf 668-6221j Itfs not work to walk. So why flot walk to work? WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNE.SbAX', OCTOBERi 28, 198 1, PAGEF 17 OPP advises parents1 to lie safety cons clous this Hallowe'9 By J.A. FULLERTON It's October 31, the early part of the evening. Supper is over and the dishes are stili in the sink. The children are get- ting their bits and pieces of costumes together, and moms trying to find some old makeup she doesn't use any more. Outside, there is a chilI. The suri is down. A mist is setting down in the trees. A perfect night for Halloween. When the kids go out this year, it's going Lo be a littie different. You walk down the road. They are ahead of you. On Hallowe'en, they're always faster than you are. At a spot by the bend in the road, near that lit- tle stand of pine trees where the mist is linger- ing and moon shadows are sprinkled on the ground, you see a shadowy figure glide back into the darkness. He seemns to be wear- ing very dark clothes - a high-neck tunic, leather belL and taîl helmet - just like an old-timne policeman. IL must be a trick of the mist and shadows. At least that's what you tell yourself. But you're stili not certain. spirit of the old-ime policeman. He comes out on Hallowe'en and walks his old beat, wat- ching to see the youngsters have a safe evening. The Ontario Provin- cial Police have some recommendations for a safe Hallowe'en. Here are some of them. - Use makeup on the children -- a mask cuts down their vision. -- A car driver cannot sec a black witch on a dark night -- get the children to wear light- colored costumes, bright patches or fluorescent stripes. A .flashlight is good. - Tell the youngsters only to go up to the .n night houses with lights on in- side. - Have an aduit go out with the ch.ildren. The old-time police- man is going to be with them, in spirit anyway. He'll be looking to see if the littie hobgoblins and supermen and Darth Vaders are following this advice. So if you see that dark figure with the tall hel- met, it may just be a good spirit drifting in and out of the shadows, not a trick of the moon- light and mist. EDITOR'S NOTE: Superintendent Fuller- ton is the director of the Community Services Branch of the Ontario Provincial Police. Do you want asecond 125Du, . East opinion? Here it is. WHIBY 68-383 Toroto ino361112 What you saw was theI IliilIiMm*I I NOW OPEN - - UN WHITBY ili 8 Athol St. 666-3366ý for pick-up or delivery WE HAVE THE LARG EST PIZZA IN THE AREA. 1240 Slmcoeo St. N. Rossland Square 576 Rilson Rd. S. Wat.r St. Oshawa Plaza, Oshawa Oshawa Port Perry 571-3303 571-17001 571-22441 985-8448 ENTERPRDISE FORD SALES LIMITED Did you ever consider ail the advantages of leasing your next new vehicle? Corne in and talk to us and let us explain them to you. ENTERPRISE LEASING A Division of Enterprise Ford Sales Umited 815 King St. W., Oshawa 576ml1800 The study has followed a planning process ap- proved uncler the Environmental Assessment Act, 1975. As required by this approval an Environ- mental Study Report has been flled with the En- vironmental Approvals Branch of the Ministry of the Environment (M.O.E.) and Is available for public review at the following locations: Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Approvals Branch, 135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1lOth Floor, Toronto, Ontario. M4V 1 P5 Ministry of the Environment, Central Region, Suite 700,150 Ferrand Drive, Don Milîs, Ontario. M3C 3C3 Ministry of Transportation and Communica tions, District 6 - (Toronto),'5000 Yonge Street, Willowdale, Ontario. M2N 6E9 Regional Municipality of Durham, Office of the Municipal Clerk, 605 Rossland Road East, Whitby, Ontario. LiN 6A3 Please refer any comments to: Mr. B. 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