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Police stress force looking for solutions The responsibility of handling a loaded revolver can t one of many sources or stress experienced daily for regional police Herald Stall Writer With a work load among the highest of police forces in the pro il not surprising management with the regional police is Instigating a program on handling work stress force Is not overstaffed We re considerably understaffed cam pared to oil era deputy chief Dob Mlddaugh said I know If an officer Is going from call to call to call to call it can be overwork If they re putting in too much continual ly a stress factor starts to build that just as bad as If you re not doing enough A recent audit by Ontario Police Commission showed the force its manpower handling more work a shift than officers in most of forces Everybody realizes this Is a stressful occupation and ration here has decided to address that fact and do something positive about Ha lion police association president Constable Charles Gardner A police nan for years ten In Torn to four In Windsor and now two in Italian Const Gardner outlined some of stresses officers face in line of work He said stress problems affect about ten per cent of force member staff Stilt- TS BAD Shift work is one of Ihe biggest stress producers he said A nigh shift could be followed by a day in court making it not uncommon for an officer to be up hours working Criminal Investigations Bureau Staff Sergeant Graham said night shift is hard on family life especially if the policeman s spouse also works It not normal to work night shift Your body is not made to stay awake at night he said Shift work also Interferes with your social life and in this day and age with so many wives working that got to be rough on a relationship Statistics recently released by the Metro Police Association show six In ten police marriages end In divorce The nall average is four In ten a week shiftwork la Inevitable It also means when everybody else Is enjoy a public holiday or the weekend police have to be on duty The officers currently rotate through a morning afternoon and night shift In June that all going to change All uniformed officers and com muni cations personnel will be going on a hour shift working either from am to or from 6pm to a The force Is going to experiment for six months to see if these hours are preferable to the current eight hour shift Ihe possibility that any cull for service could quickly turn Into an extremely dangerous situation is a second source of stress chief said police work con go from being boring one minute to being very exciting or tic next All of a you re doing nothing then you re doing something and the adrenalin starts pumping Sgl Graham agreed It tough to be dealing with stressful situations all the time whe ther In actual physical confrontations or handling family dispute calls Continued on page -877-5213- EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS FOBERT Roal Estate Inc the HERALD Home Newspaper of Haiton Hills Established 1866 WEDNESDAY APRIL 27 1983 Mi FORD SALES LTD 8776928 Highway Georgetown BEST DEAL Is A CAPITAL DEAL Embittered public jousts with resources minister By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer Just how the new Agg regales Act will affect properly rights the only thing concerning Hills residents on potential sources of gravel They re embittered that the policy makers at Queen Park appear not to pay any attention though natural resources minister Allan Pope said that public comments ore being considered as the ministry readies the regales Act for the la lure later this year some residents have last faith In the public part lei nation process on which many of the provinces recreational and Indust rial policies arc based Battles over designat proieued aggregate were lost in don at Durham res I dents at Thursday night Acton meeting with Mr Pope noted If it for the protest in Halloo Burlington MPP Jul an Reed commented you would have kept on going NO Having seen a text of the legislation which Intends to present Mr Reed commented that it differ sub stantially from Bill Presented by the late James Auld former not Ural resources minister the bill was found to be so unacceptable Mr said that the Liber and opposition parlies proposed amendments to It Tie Bill was eventually withdrawn before tl provincial election Mr ALLAN POP Pope told the audience the new Aggregates Act is essentially the same but there arc plans for about seven amendments Comments from res I dents about the aggre gates Issue noted that it would be extremely cost ly and probably for residents to pro test before the Ontario Municipal Board if they can t develop their lands because of the need to save them for possible gravel sources Some homeowners In prime aggregate areas feel they ve already had a sample of govern deafness they point to the outcome of the Niagara Escarpment Plan hearings Contrary to he Niagara Escarpment Act Hills local Coun Sheldon said hearing officers have proposed opening up the Escarpment to more dev lop Including access lo the Escarp ment abundant gravel MEMORIES AND MODEL Ts Being kind and thoughtful Is the secret their SO fried Saturday at Knox Presbyterian Church hill In yean or marital union Mottle and Duke Wellington Georgetown after being given a cruise around town in a Wilson of Georgetown confessed Sharing their historic Ford The s have lived In Georgetown wedding anniversary with friends children grand since 1847 children and great grandchildren the couple were Herald photo by Keep us mobile seniors tell elderly study representatives Seniors in Georgetown are tired of not being able to easily get around town And when they do they like merchants to pay a little more a I ten tion to their needs There were many other comments about the life of senior citizens In the community and they 11 be among others gathered from around the region as prepares to launch the second phase of Its elderly study Regional councillors and staff chaired a meet at the Georgetown library Thursday after noon as the first phase of the report was presented to local About 40 residents took part in the meeting later breaking off into smaller groups to- come up with some general comments on how seniors lifestyles can be improved In Halton The second phase of the study is expected to begin this summer The region a consult ant on the study team told the audience wants sen ore tu have the appro priate services In the community to lessen the demand for Institutional HOME CARE Many at Iho meeting expressed disappoint ment that chronic care nursing beds promised for Georgetown a couple of years ago have yet be built But Kip Hallowny a consultant far the Peat and Partners Ltd study said that there are other areas of seniors services which are more pressing than providing additional institutional facilities Continued on page A3 Grass fires Seven grass fires kept firefighters busy Halton Hills last week Deputy chief Bob Hyde said the fires start as a result of open burning A spark catches In the breeze and races over dead grass There were no Injuries or serious In the grass tires WHATS INSIDE Section C The Forever One choir were active In Meanwhile Ashgrove ladles heard about a recent rural seminar Balllnafad news Features Education Week in Parent volunteers provide assistance to teachers GDIIS students prepare for the future Pages At AT and AH wins contract Varian Canada Ine on River Drive In Georgetown has been awarded a contract by the government to supply radar equipment to the Department of National Defence The contract was one of awarded by the government in the week ending April 1 Fun bowling Opinion A spring fun bowling league is starting Tuesday May 3 until June for anyone wishing to join The league members will bowl until Newcomers are welcome lo this league where instruction is available along with draws fun a party To register phone Weekend heist A weekend from a i s iw Circle and Street in Georgetown took Halton regional police report There were ISO sheets of plywood and ten 50pound bags of cement stolen sometime between Saturday and Monday The materials were being usedjo build family homes In Ihe area The act says to leave the escarpment in a slate Mrs Sheldon said describing the hearing officers re port which outraged Escarpment Lorn as a devest at piece of paper which files In the face of the democratic process For two years the hear officers held public meetings between the northern most tip in Tobermory lo the Niagara Peninsula Many of the submissions argued for light develop ment control on the Es while others sought freer regulations regarding the Escarp ment use Two years ago Sheldon represented a ratepayers group from Speysldc which lobbied against a proposed quarry expansion in area The group lengthy submission as rest dent noted barely raised a comment from the hear BREAKDOWN The public process working anymore Sheldon said Wove lost faith In it They should stop patron us people aren stupid We re saying Words but no one Is listen anymore What cr authority is there than he voice of people a resident asked MARATHON MARCHERS No they re not marching off to Africa as Waterloo Anion of Waterloo Larry Bender of Kipling poem Boots goes these young Keith of and Dean of people were on their way to queen Park Thursday They joined forces with other anticruise morning walking from Demonstrating against demonstrators Saturday In downtown Toronto cruise missile testing In Alberta were Valerie Huff of Herald photo by Guelph Grant Paltulla of Llmehotue Jon at Lawyers debate rural land use Croatian Centre saga resumes By CHRIS Herald Owners of the Croatian Centre south of have been asked to apply for changes In he town s official plan and zoning bylaw which may ensure that their controversial Weekend picnics are legal In the rural But while they are their paperwork In order Croatian repre sentatives have also been requested to cut back on noise and barbecuing at the centre which have angered neighboring res Almost since a Francis can fraternity purchased Ihe properly at the northwest corner cor of Winston Churchill Boulevard and Sldcroad Five in has found Itself In the midst of an argument about whe ther or not the weekend festivities fit Into the nor mally quiet farming community which but rounds It LAWYERS Submissions from five lawyers were given to general committee day night They examine the types of activities held at the centre In light of the local and regional plan as well as the towns zoning bylaw On the owns behalf lawyer Tom Anderson said thai although Ihe own zoning bylaw and official plan permit rec uses of rural land recreational con have broad meanings Lawyers representing citizens disgruntled at the smoke and noise and allegedly harassment from celebrants on sum weekends said viol of the bylaw and official plan are sub- stanslve enough for the lawn to take legal action to end the misuse of rural property However painting to the region a official plan the centre lawyers say the recreation use com plete with Ihe gale of food and liquor and charging admission is designated legal nonconforming My clients believe can use the property and the buildings as they doing under the lal plan lawyer Ron Webb told committee members LOUD MUSIC Town documents spec flcally say recreation community centres are permitted In rural areas and he pointed to two letters one from the town s legal firm Ihe other from Doug Sargent chief building inspector which acknowledge that the property would be used for large gatherings Normally the centre hosts about 1 people each Sunday throughout summer and Into Oct Mr Webb said Some special weekend celebrations he added may draw as many as people Commercial activities on the property remove it fn m being a community recreation centre neigh lawyer James Beat ty maintained His were backed up by lawyer Jack Wlnberg who later concluded that the town should seek an In junction against Ihe sale of food liquor admission and Iho playing of loud music on the site Although the town zoning bylaw is designed to protect rural area and preserve its farming character Mr Beatty said is an intrusion of an urban use In rural Despite a setback In when town council refused to change the zoning of the property to a open space category allowing a broader range of recreational uses the centra has con tinued to grow and en large its uses Mr charged As many as 100 pigs and lambs are barbecued Sundays between June and October he said and traffic problems are caused by he large or cars pulling in and out of the property NO PROFIT Mr described the centre weekend act as part of a full scale commercial ion which he recreation al use of the property Is outweighed by the brisk Continued on page Al No dark walks Students staying for activities at the new St Joseph Separate School In Acton won t linve to walk home In dark when standard lime returns next fall The town has endorsed plans to install street lights In the M IN Street west area around the school The lighting issue raised by Acton Dave Whiting and for the project was Included In this years budget Three high pressure sodium streetlights will be installed Jogger assaulted A 20year old female Jogger was Monday at 30 while exercising on Mountain view CNR Irnck bridge Halton regional police said a beige medium sized car and a man got out to chase the Jogger He grabbed one other legs and made her Tall down police said She suffered a bruised left knee and go hospital police said They re Investigating the Incident ClSiiiii lawyers on whether or not the Croatian Centre south of Norval It a suitable use of a rural land Were presented to town general committee Monday night Resident acknowledge that recreational uses arc permitted in rural area but they wonder If the summer activities drawing as many si 1 DM people each weekend aren stretching the definition of recreation as envisioned In si ton planning policies