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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 20, 1976, p. 2

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Page I Wednesday October Contact centre starts training The North Halttm Contact Centre volunteer training pro gram started Thursday with a speech on suicide by Tom director of an area distress centre Upcoming guests include communications expert Peter Marks of Acton Misslssauga lawyer who specializes in wo men and the low and a nurse experienced In working in pita I psychiatric wards The final training day tea lures a pane discussion hosted by representa lives of social services Director of the North Contact Centre Peggy explained the information re layed by guest speakers pro vides new volunteers with some background on social problems equipped Ihem lo handle calls In addition to visits by exp erts the training course in eludes guidelines for handling standard cases and lions on who to contact in various Since the Contact Centre was established In November 1973 Mrs Balkind estimated the number of volunteers manning the 24hour telephone service has to GO All are interviewed prior lo accept This year there are new recruits and she said could never Bet too many The phone is always ringing Some people regularly coll the Contact Centre sold Mrs Bal kind using as examples the chronically lonely alcoholics or people with unsolved family differences Approximately per cent of the calls are from people In distress while the others ply ask for Information Sometimes the two functions of the Contact Centre discus sing problems and providing data axe inter related Mrs explained An example would be calm down a women upset after No money for equipment purchase There not enough money in the equipment budget to pur chase another removal machine for this winter town engineer Robert Austin told the works committee last Nor is hi recommending the purchase of my equipment he added He told the committee hi could not justify a one way nor a two- way or a blower all three different methods required to remove from added difficulty hispid is that two urban areas in Hills an 1 miles and may require a piece of snow removal equipment whin only one is available The snow rimovil for the tow may be eased this winter Mr Austin said if prohib iting snow from being dumped on the road or the boulevard especially on Street In reply to Coun Dick question of where could dump the Mr Austin said Please don ask He hinted thai some of the snow picked up by the town was being dumped on authority property During the meeting at which Austin gave councillors a list of streets with most priority for snow removal Coun Ern Hyde who lives on Street in Georgetown asked repeatedly that Street be placed on the list even as the last street Hyde said that the street was a major route for traffic going to Smith and Stone Company and the two paper milts Pedestrians on the cast side of Street are forced lo walk on the road after the snow has been plowed on to the sidewalks No boulevard exists on that side of the street lo accept the snow Hyde sold SERVING WITH UNITED NATIONS IN THE GOLAN JimZettil of Kitchener tint is outfitted with a United Nations beret by Corporal lwis 19 of Both serve ihe of the United Nations Disengagement Ob server on the Heists s a national force separates the Israeli armies Pie is based at Canadian Calgary He is the son of Mr and Mrs Don ate I- dm Si Kitchener Lewis is based it Canadian Forces Base London and is the son of Mr and Mrs fc Lewis Normandy St Georgetown Photo BOOKS LIMITED i the put I works told works director Rib Mi ore mid the comment is to HAITON HILLS PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY DEDICATION SERVICES SUNDAY OCT 31st GUEST SPEAKERS GUEST SINGERS THE GALILEAN SINGERS CHOIR MRS BLAIR SOLOIST VISCOUNT SINGERS IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH Windsor Carole St Rv Hroid Ptier Oct School am worm Church me Lutheran Hour HALTON HILLS PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY Trafalgar and No Filter E J Sunday Oct 10 am Family School am A Pratt and Bible Study I GEORGETOWN ALLIANCE CHURCH 14 Main SI Peter Ralph Sunday Oct 45 am Sunday School 11 am Morning Worahl Evenlno Everyone Welcome the of budget Mr Moore following the meeting Mr Moore its It Ihe region may up WO n ore during the I two months- of lJr if Ihe must the ten ders Sin rm in if ind of lour rules i from 111 an hour to in hour ind two for plowing it rites of to iH in hour Action delayed on area petition works committee last week delayed pending a report on shoulder widening any action on a petition from residents in the over pedestrian safety on Ninety nine persons signed a sent to council by residents of the area protesting the flagrant disregarding posted speed limit of on a section of the road between Sixth Line to pr Fifth Line and that for ST GEORGES CHURCH Anglican R A STB Oct Trinity a The Eucharltt am Family i a Morning Variety ti and n tun day school rm and cyclists be made safer possibly by widening and improvement of the almost nonexistent hard surface or by construction of a sidewalk A report is for the next committee meeting In two weeks Hills Coun Dick Hewitt said the Is being by greater patrolling by polite and town is investigating the Instillation of a sidewalk her husband beat her then suggesting she contact a mar riage counsellor The Ideal solution in this cose she said would be referring the women transition house but North does not offer such a facility for emergency Only as a last resort do volunteers call in authorities to aid troubled people the pro cedure is lo uphold the anon ymity of all callers It may be breaking the rule of confidentiality but we cannot leave someone there lo die we have to call the ambulance said Mrs kind it a mutter of priori A telephone service only the Contact Centre docs not usual ly muki house calls and far bids visitors In occasional extreme cases a volunteer makes face contact with someone for guldcncc like teen last summer with slushed wrists This type of call usually tomes night Mrs has veil while people pho for Information through She concluded that a com nation of proper training concern for others and sensible Judgement are the qui hues important for volunteers lo have so they can manage unexpected predicaments CLAUDE PICKET TROPHY AWARDED left Is Judge David Ontario Ontario At right Claude Picket Georgetown Ontario with Doughs A Ontario who had presented the trophy which he awards for the lop winning Herd at the West Central Ontario Breeders Herd this show Doug Camp- Show held October at tnn received the trophy for Mr Should your ad be here We reach 12500 homes weekly Home Newspaper of Haiton Hills Snow budget overspent who dally must use the roadw to and from school or rchool buses the petition reads SHOW SEE ALL THE NEW MODELS ON DISPLAY FROM THESE DEALERS IMPORTED CARS LTD JEFFREY- LYNCH LTD VOLKSWAGEN LTD CHEV OLDS LTD DERMAC MOTORS LTD PINE TREE MERCURY SALES LTD ENSIGN MOTORS INC SATELLITE CITY MOTORS GUILD TOYOTA STONEHOUSE SALES LTD OCTOBER 823 pm Saturday am6 Pm BRAMALEA CITY CENTRE ay EATON s Beaver food city 160 STORES HIGHWAY DIXIE ROAD Open Sat 930am

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