Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 7, 1976, p. 2

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Page HERALD July GROUP OFFERS HELP FOR CHILDBEATERS Remorse guilt fills some parents Stiff Writer Parents In Hills who bent their children and suffer the remorse of guilt and shame now have a number to coll tor help Under the direction of Howard a social worker at Peel Memorial Hospital in Brampton chapter of Parents Anonymous has been formed Parents Anonymous is not necessarily answer to child abuse told the Herald in recent interview but It can help Ihosc who ore unable to lurn elsewhere There ore four kinds of abuse children are subjected to by their parents said physical abuse in the form of beatings verbal or psychological abuse which the child image of himself neglect in which the child is malnourished ill and sexual abuse or How parent eels about the action is what determines abuse Abuse may range from a pot on the bottom to severe enough that the go hospital shopping to keep ihur dreadful secret from becoming known he added Being able talk about your concern without value or moral judgements therapeutic said Knowing you are not alone is itself therapeutic TWO AVLNUtS Two avenues of help ore available parents 1 hour distress line and group telephone technique the service will be on the clock basis who the first trained with an introduction to abuse who abuses often those who were themselves abused as children he said that Parents Anonymous is a self help organization and empathy training and telephone technique he said Over telephone you miss visual cues aid adding that Uie caller is in control they the agenda Port all transferred lo home of volunteer The number o call is Ill local IT Its the next best thing said You dont hear rules that you should or you shouldnt on the phone added The volunteers are there to The other avenue of help parents is to group meetings said adding that to protect the identity of the parents the of the meeting place is two rooms in Brampton one for the parents the other for babysitting STAFF As Anonymous is entirely staffed by volunteers and has no money the group meetings arc staffed by two trained who con duct the two hours sessions We stress parenls to go one step a lime Denofsky said Parents are encouraged to not abuse their children for a week but for a day he said The group shows parents that theyre not bad people he said It helps them worthwhile about themselves According to the Child Welfare Act of Ontario 1975 Every person having in formation of the abandonment desertion physical ill treat or need for protection of a child shall report to a Childrens Aid Society or Crown Attorney The maternal thing Is to jump to the childs defence said but the parent has feelings and deserves to be The goal of ParentB Anonymous is to establish strengthen and maintain a healthy emotional and physical existence for us and our children Here we are Denofsky said Come if you wan do sou children with in hand Do you sometimes Council becomes villain as request denied found Glen themselves unwillingly having the to ploy the villains role last thoroughfare had to week as they told mi elderly refuse building permit Hills resident that she because cannot build a retirement Official Plan forbid- tun home on her property in Glen on properly that docs Williams not front on a public decision noun did for following night Tuesday ing planning board town solicitor twice during past three weeks with Liieir lawyers in Karris was hopes of finding a around the problem of Mrs Mane Plan and Just isn I any of the few per mould be granted Mrs was told would be if the road was brought up ipil standards and then llccause of of land thai would be required to do so losls would bo high illor Hyde to have he roadway Mrs had isktd Councillor Dick told fur permission to build Mrs thai thiy tried home on Strict in lo an alternative for 11 I Recess may be cut short aicusul tin planning I ward of not renliug to the wishes of Hyde repludihil If there has In en Airline pilot concurs with air dispute pact which queens Park will not four months of vacationing for Burlington I iberal MP Julian teed in fact he may be in the legislature he Canada is expected to rule within two weeks on the validity of the federal inflation guidelines ami the agreement the On la no and federal gov the said the Perce King wins draw judges Came to Quitch mission to investigate safety of bilingual air traffic control Canadian pilots returned to work last week following on innouuicnunl the appoint three mediators They vtre grounded for nine days I expect the judges will be otolh impartial said in i telephone interview Once the commission weighs all the pros and cons he added I sure we will win the final decision vcars of living experience ilt scribed airports which use more than one language as potential trouble spots 1 rises of near misM in gin bet ity caused by illegal use of French ground lonlrol prior to the expose of ihe language problem During a flighl from Newfoundland June it I renin nr traffic controllers re prei working to rule and ex 1righsh inglish has liven Hie universal air language lor he belli thai it will be difficult to more ad only professional excellence he said painting that on no other time in history has another iountry opposed air traffic control The bleeding heads in Qui will have lo accept use of as other countries do he added all have to do is learn the jargon involved with King expressed ap for lhe from the public The commission regardless of position taken by either pilots or people will have final say The commission will submit a report to parliament con eluding whether the in of bilingual air traffic support pilots Canadian airports will result in safety hazards be adopted without the unanimity of the commission and MPs will have a free nonpartisan Cedarvale area plan calls for six homes home sub tree Park have been finalized and presented to the towns sub planning board Hob representing the owner 1 nomas presented the plans to the board lisl week lie mill the committee lhil while the development liners over aires of prop rlv the major part of it aires will nut be used for housing hut instead will remain green belt Plans for a similar sub division were presented Georgetown council four years ago but rnn into opposition from the Credit Valley Con Authority told the board that Hie had approved the project this lime The plans for lhe subdivision all the homes above the flood plain and a road from Main Street to the houses has been redesigned to meet the authority standards Legion ponders improvement to Remembrance Park Works committee will learn next week whether the legion ranch gab ingini proposed Park ponds lhe proposal last week at the works lommittee iilK for the installation of gabion basket walls along a IS fool wide channel and could tost as lcoigcttiwn lias been investigating lhe improvement of the park in lonneclion ary reduce his fleet lo one truck He also the of a building permit for by fool garage house llie tnicks Building Doug disputed Mr allegation thai he I Mr was aware the intended use lor propirly when the permit was issutd spent thousands of dollars up Mill building on a even though iskul it thill Hint mill was told Hare was mi Problem Mr I elebrntions of the founding of the Royal Legion Legion officials attending last week mteting accepted the iiporl and said the membership would to be toiisiiltedsnint time this week Tin engineering proposal prepared by assistant town led following meetings last month by legion and officiate is intended eliminate growth of algae and other vegetation which might otherwise persist he said Three fool gabion baskets installed so Dial one foot above water level would be installed from to the end of the liiivtr pond a distance of 1 1 is estimated at about basket floor is necessary pond but added that it ma be an expensive cissory for the money spent I lie floor would aid in garbage and algae from pond suggested an additional problem could be eliminated by installation of a manhole connected to the existing storm sewer at the lower end of the pond This would eliminate the existing deephole here which is imMglitly and hazardous to children he said Cost of the additional proposal la estimated at about For the amount of money being spent gabions dont really appearance of the park lhal much Coun Ern Hyde commented Norm Ward Legion park improvement chairman said membership is concerned about the look of the park and we want to avoid the children wading pool ap pearance Concrete has already been ruled out because of this concern he said Bui linger suggested that a contractor is available for the project on three weeks notice and that fill required for the sodding of the area Is now available from Draper works project to show mat ion in doing this project and come up with something better gabion baskets He suggested patio flagstones saying ho believe flow of water would be great enough to tear apart stones Mayor Tom Hill commented that a problem could result from Iheft of the stones CONTRACT AWARDED From The Ottawa Bureau Of The Herald OTTAWA A Georgetown firm Varlan Associates of Canada Ltd has won a contract manufacture electron lubes for the department of national defense the departrrent of supply and services has an nounced It was one of 239 unci ass I tied federal contracts each worth or more to Canadian companies during the week ended June IB Total of these contracts was

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