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Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday April Town seeks dialogue SHARPENING ONES WITS Continued from page trade In drinks and food Admission cliarged at the door Isn a profit making venture for the Franciscan fathers who own I he property and live Here Mr Webb com later As he appealed for neighbors and Croatian Centre reps to resolve their differences through negotiations Mayor told Mr Webb his clients to give duo consideration to the some of the offending activities The recommendation patscd by the committee also asked the centre for Its long awaited land use plan for the property Mr Andersons report concluded that the ics which have been place at the centre for several years can be permitted according lo the wording of the Its their tint time and they re scared The encyclopaedias a bit reading before Middle School Quit Kids left to right meeting the challenge of Sen or Centenn te im Kovacs 13 Carl Paul Kllpalrlck 13 and Stacy Miller pulled out the lleraldphoto such as using a storage shed as a gathering place and the sale of food and drinks and the charg of admission A second opinion from lawyer Roger agreed that current plan ning policies In force allow the centre but acknowledged thai arguments on the other aide could be eloped Mr wondered if the of tome of the commercial activities would normally be permitted under the ion ing bylaw Mr Anderson explain ed that seeking a long term Injunction against the certain activities the centre would be a costly and lengthy legal problem for the town taking as long as two years and costing as much as to Mr Beatly instated that negotiations between the centre and Its neighbors couldn take place until the largescale sale of food and liquor and the noise from amplified music has been cut from the centre weekend programs 1 dread lo think of the ions Most of the activity storage a dialogue that would take takes place on about nine purpose room ami a park place If we have another acres of land Besides a area summer like we did last residence and farm out year Mr Beatty said buildings the has Not all the acres sports faculties a grand- is used for the celebrat stand pool barbecue pit Last year council re jected a plan to develop Girt of the land into a cemetery Police vigil for job burnout Continued from page A 1 There the stress of continually being Involved with people In conflict People don like getting arrested on Friday night for impaired driving as they re leaving a pub the deputy chief said You re continually dealing with people who don I like you and don want to deal with you As well officers are dealing con stantly with the ugly side of life handling domestic disputes dlscover- DEP CHIFF BOB abused children fatalities drunks people under emotional stress themselves things the average person may face only Infrequently In their life That gets you after a while Deputy chief said You ve got to be able to vent your frustrations and reelings Officers need to divorce them selves from their Job once their eight hours ore over Graham said Itsnolthateasylodo however he said You see a bad child abuse case and I sure that preys on your mind for a while CYNICAL Sgt Graham said being exposed to such situations makes policemen icnl and when they carry over that there can be problems They see an awful lot from bad accidents to bad domestics to Youdontofiendealwithnorma citizens You deal with the characters of society the undesirables Graham said Year after year that can wear you down With the stress of an increased workload is the stress or more violent crimes being committed There no doubt there more violence against officers now than when I was on Ihe road in the late sixties Deputy chief said At thai time everybody respected a police officer rarely did you have anybody assault a police officer Now come in every Monday morning and there at least six police assaults Thai respect Is gone Basically cops have a negative outlook on life and feel alienated and separate from the rest of the public Graham said I think people expect an awful lot from policemen he said They expect them lo be lawyers doctors Judges and perfect which puts an awful burden on them It an awful responsibility day in dayout There is a public and personal expectation that police should be perfect whether on or off duty but they re not perfect they re only man Sgt Graham said Take an office employe what happens to him on the weekend t matter Bui our guys whatever hap pens them can affect their life and career he said Police arc covered by a strict Police Act which can lose- them their Job if they re found guilty of legal Infractions a harsher punishment than t paid by the average citizen when ight by the law caught IT QABDEN TRACTOR n mod Km from 0 LIST SALE PRICE 10hp hp 16 hp SALE OH IN STOCK ITEMS ONLY KJ 4699 9473 Sinclair Av Georgetown SERVICE Peers help restore family life Herald Staff Writer A program to deal with stress will be starting up In two months for regional police officers civilians and their spous es The Employee Assist a nee program will make one of the few forces in Canada to offer confidential guidance and support for employees suffering the effects of stress At a cost of do I commissi oners agreed to imple ment a counselling pro gram led by Major John Hasek A retired army officer with a masters degree in psychology Mr studied stress among officers last year and reported on the need for stress coun selling Looking at stress management programs already in operation in other Canadian forces Major Hasek discovered most were in the menlary stage of deve lopment WINDOW DRESSING Some of the largest police forces in Canada dldn t have anything or they were Just window dressing types of plans he said Forces either had a staff sergeant designated to deal with stress related problems or the problems were parceled out to a firm of phy chologists deal with The former was found to be used by officers only when they needed legal advice and the latter was found to be too imper and so wain used Mr said The Ideal programs were discovered to be those where staff not connected with the force administration were giving constables once They had training in the humanities and social sciences and also had credibility in the eyes of the officers and the administration he said SUPERVISORS ROLE Anticipating dealing with five to ten per cent of and women in Halton force some where between and people Major Hasek said stress prevention programs will be given to supervisors so they know how better to sec stress building up in their sub ordinates and how not to induce it Peer counselling semin ars will teach officers how to communicate better and seminars for husbands and wives of 32 DIFFERENT MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM WHILE QUANTITIES LAST