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PAGE I4 TERRACE BAY NEWS MAY 16, 1973 GOLF CLUB MEETING MAY 30TH The Aguasabon Golf Club is pleased to announce that there will be no in- crease in golf membership fees this year. As of May I9th green fees will be charged to those who have not purchas- ed their membership for this year. Memberships can be bought from anyone on the golf club executive or at the club house when it opens shortly. The semi-annual meeting of the golf club will be held May 30th at 8:30 p.m. at the club house. Everyone is invited to attend and to express their opinions and join in discussion concerning the activities the golf club will be or should be doing this year. We have been fortunate with such a good spring this year and ex- pect lots of good golfing weather this summer. Won't you join us? STAFF MEMBERS HELPING ADOLESCENTS Since January of this year three staff members of the Regional Children. -'s Centre, Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital, have been devoting two nightg and three afternoons per week to Thunder Bay's troubled adolescents. And through a series of indiviudal, group or family therapy sessions the trio, George Llewelyn, Nancy Phillips and Dave Howard, are helping I3 to I9 year-olds from throughout the commun- ity solve a variety of personal prob- lems. As part of the Confederation Colleges based ACCESS program the group is ful- filling a basic, but often ignored, need in the community. "A I972 survey of local agencies re- vealed a program designed for community MCCAUSLAND HOSPITAL MONSTER "°° ALL PROCEEDS DONATED BY THE LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE MAY 24TH - DOOR PRIZE BUS LEAVES SCHREIBER AT 7:30 P.M, adolescents was one of Thunder biggest social needs," reports Miss Auldene Johnston, Co-ordinator of the Regional Children's Centre. "Troubled persons in this age bracket needed to talk with .professionals but were reluc- tant to approach clinic or hospital staff for help. "We decided that one way to get this help to them was to move out into the community - to be accessible." While some of the 30 persons now receiving counselling from ACCESS have sought help on their own, most have been referred to the program by parents guidance counsellors, family doctors or local agencies. Majority of prob- lems encountered have revolved around school or family situations and an ex- pected influx of drug-oriented diffi- culties has not materialized. "Drugs and alcohol are usually a sympton of a deeper problem," says Mr. Howard, "and rarely can they be considered the main issue." In some cases an initial interview and assessment will be sufficient to help individual adolscents find solu- tions to their problems, says Mr. Llewellyn. "Sometimes all they need is an opportunity to express their problems to talk things over with an objective party." Should further help prove necessary ACCESS staffers evaluate each case to determine if another social agency is better equiped to help. If ACCESS provides the only immediate answer and if the adolescent consents, discussions with family doctor or parents may take place. Family counselling is an important part of the program's service. "We try to get those involved to sit down together in order to find out what is really troubling each of them," explain -ed Miss Phillips. "Often we find it's a vicious circle - the parents are un- happy with their offspring because he's doing badly at school; the youth is un- happy because his parents are continu- ally nagging; and his teachers are un- happy because - cont'd page I8 ...... Bay's THE TERRACE BAY MINOR HOCKEY STANLEY CUP POOL WINNER WAS STEVE BREND WITH A TIME OF 8 MIN. [3 stc.