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the HERALD Features FIREFIGHTERS HONORED hour firelighters were honored for their years of to the Hills I Irellfihtcr An Delation at Monday nights council meeting presented with a certificate and mug In appreciation They were each completing either or service as a firefighter or with the town works department Honored by Major Pete Pomeroy centre were left to right John Vanden brink District Chief Alt by and Deputy District Chief BUI Herald photo Legion Lines The enthusiasm over the Grey Cup hoi Men and gone and another good time was had by all at the Branch I still not sure whether it was because the noise created by the East fans over the West fans or the fact that the won the game but one thing Is certain the East beat the pants off the West Dec 14 the Branch will be giving out the prizes to the winners of the Poppy poster competition competed In by the children of our local schools There were over a hundred posters and the judges really had a job to pick winners Dec IS our Children Christmas Party will be held with the usual fun and entertainment with Santa being present with gilts for all the children who were registered All gifts must be picked up at the Parly The New Year dance will be per couple Tickets are limited to two couples per member and can be obtained from the Stewards HOUSE TROPHIES The house trophy for Crib was won by Jim Ford and Joyce The house trophy for shuffleboard will be played for Dec 10 at 1 30 m STEAK Will be held on Saturday Dec 17al3pm EUCHRE Winners of our Friday night Euchre were 1st and Elbe Anthony 2nd Lucy Snow and Rod Cronin The booby prize going to Bess Allan and Bob McTaggart CAR DRAW Winners for the draw Dec were Joe Louth 333 Peter Smith 1S1 Dave 331 Ed Caldwell 352 Pat Ban Ray IngUs The Imperial section will be holding their Christmas Meeting at Dec 11 ENTERTAINMENT Dec 10 by Norm Eyres SICK LIST Georgetown Hospital Bob Williams Fred Weaver and Harry Allan SECTION A THE IIFKALD Wednesday December 1W3 Page BEAVERS INVESTED Scouting Is on the move according to their new theme which replaces the former slogan catch the spirit Here new Beavers are Invested at St Georges Anglican Church supported by back row to right Michael Greg Taylor Michael Cairns Scott Yale Robbie Wands Sammy Kent Ryan Parker Ryan Martin The new Beavers are left to right front row Robin Buckley Tim Patterson and David Photo by Jean Layman Brampton Hospital Lome Crosse St Joseph Mary Henderson Hamilton Phoebe Collins LADIES AUXILIARY Christmas meeting will be held on Dec at We shall have a brief meeting and then our Christmas Pot Luck Party I would like to take this opportunity to wish you your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year School board psychologists help children cope AMI Herald Slarr Writer Cli Idrcn suffer from stress as much as adults and mod support in the way with the Halt on board of education said If their life Is fairly chaotic I don t set how can expect them to focus on their job which is school any more than wo would expect an adult to do so psycho legist Dan Dalton said In today culture are products of families stricken with broken marriages unemployment or perhaps mental illness he said One of four psycho logists with the board works in the Halton Hills and Milton schools assessing children with learning or social emotional difficulties No instant solution to student help Dan Dalton strives in his Job as a psychologist with the board or education to deal with thestress of school or family problems tests a program is developed for the student in consultation with the teachir parents social workers child care workers and program consultants who may be invoked Part of the assessment process would be interviewing leather and parents Observations would made the child in the and schoolyard he said There children who find it difficult to make friends and feci part of a group Perhaps their parents have constantly moved Dalton said The fell and alienated and don the social skills to handle a classroom setting appropriately Perhaps they re intimidated by the large group he said They need special assistance to overcome this The board tries to keep the pupil in his natural environment as much as possible If the needs are severe then Dalton will look for a special placement with a smaller group of pupils Tor the child re finding many of these children net vLry inappropriately in a large group but their unacceptable behaviors are less evident in a smaller group said The children feci insecure in a large group and their perception may be that they re living In enemy territory he said These solutions aren t easy and they re always worked out In consultation with the parent Dr said There never an Instant solution We do what we can but psychology doesn have all the answers nor the resources to Implement solutions to all he social problems 1 think the most challenging cases arc those where children have a great deal of emotional and social needs he said We have some children here who ve lived through trying limes Most cases to come to his attention arc not just problems suddenly experienced by children In the last month or two Often they arc rooted within the family and extend over a longer time period We find per cent of parents want honestly to their and provide what best They may not have the skills or resources to do so sometimes and that what wc provide said He stressed that the problems children have t because their parents don t care fair the blame in any one place hi said You can say Us just the home or just the school when a child has a pro blem The two Inter act Formal assessment are done on 300 children a year in the north Infrequently parents refuse to have the see their child Dr said he has about four such cases a year There is still a stigma attached to having deal with a psycholo gist Dr Dalton said There still a ment of the population for whom that is still a scary thing and they want their child seen by the psycholo gist he said Attitudes are chang however and over SO per cent of referr als to Dr Dalton are Initiated by the parents now The rest come from teachers Depending on the problem the board psy have a battery of tests they can give a child to assess his problems perceptual auditory earning abilities and academic achievement tests They are standardized tests Dr said CHILDRENS CHRISTMAS CRAFT WORK SHOPS SAT DEC 10 em Noon TUES DEC 20 Noon Pay when you register GuelphvlewSq 1521 Probation breached A 30year old Glen Williams man has been charged with break and enter and of for Irving break into a John Street Georgetown apartment Nov at a The man had removed a living room screen aid broken the adjoin window causing damage Piggy bank robbed A piggy bank heavy with coin was robbed from a Drive Georgetown home daylight hours Nov Thieves caused damage to a rear door they forced open EC R Clipsham Limited Surveyors Consulting Engineers NH LONG LANE ORCHARDS GEORGETOWN NO ISPYSZALB 8 BUSHEL Mcintosh Cortland Delicious Idared 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