Wednesday, December 6, 1995 — North Shore News - 38

CAPILANO HIGHWAY SERVICES COMPANY
HIRED EQUIPMENT REGISTRATION |

Capilano Highway Services Company operating in the
Howe Sound Highway District is compiling its Hired
Equipment list and advises all persons or companies
wishing to have their rentable equipment such as trucks,
‘buckhoes, loaders, excavators, graders, rollers, or
tractors listed, should contact the Head Office at
#101 - 255 West First Street, North Vancouver, B. Cc.
V7M 3G8 (phone: 983-2411).

Current policy will not permit the hiring of equipment
that is not registered with Capilano Highway Services
Company.

Deadline for registration is December. 30, 1995..
Applications received after this date will be recorded on
a late registration list. Full. details of equipment,
including serial numbers are required for registration.

MEWS photo Mike Wakefield

: CONSULTANT AND trainer Stacey Holloway speaks with Hillside
peer counsellor Carly Dean (left) and Sentinei peer tor Brenda .

. Raweliffe during a session on conflict resolution at Cedardale | SI ARE 5 sg io . wet
‘Centra. Hillside established its conflict resolution and peer medi- LOOK FOR US ON THE INTERNET :
ea ool ation program in 1981. Sentinel initiated its program this year. . § pail - :

resolves

” ‘Community Reporter

WHEN. ‘CONELICT : arises:

at Hillside, Middle. School,
“the students’ now have. the
- tools to. resolve the . situa-
: tion before it escalates.

oA conflict’ " resolution and
peer mediation ‘program | was
‘introduced *."in' ‘the, | West.
: Mancouver:: school. four years*” |
‘QBo,= _according to counsellor if.
Linda Fraser...

Fraser , said the aim: of! the
program is to arm: the ‘students:
with knowiedge.and skills nec-
essary for. them to work through
heir conflict...

calt, doesn’ t'eliminate conflict
but | gives the ‘students choices in
érms of how’ ‘they’ We resoive it,”,
‘she said.

The p gram is ‘supported t by.

West: Vancouver. Kiwanis’ ,
Club,: Hillside: Parent Advisory ©
Com-mittee’'and: Seyview Drug
and Alcohol Services.’

Each” Grade’’ 7. student
eceives 10°lessons on conflict
resolution. The school’s coun-'

* sellors and: staff. members: also
receive training in conflict reso-' §
lution. os one
then. ~ students... cannot’
esolve“a°conflict on their own:;5
hey’can seek outside help. 7
The school’s 16 Grade 9 peer
counsellors, ‘five: teen, boys and

Al teen’girls, are trained.as peer . | © »

‘mediators. When al conflict is J. ‘
Tought ‘to, “mediation, -the two, - °
parties must sign an agreement. _— a a

_. The Success.of that agreement is
“then monitored. . ae
‘The school has undertaken 13 § ue
'. sinediations since Sept. °13:°So J. - “The holidays: can add chaos to‘an already hectic schedual'... so let your neighbours : at Lynn”
; ee most. of the mediations: have“) [Ae Valley Centre provide you with free services designed to give you,
een..over harassment, rumors, | >: Cn a few less things to worry about...

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said Fraser.”
! -Student- teacher conflicts con-, See Mall signage for desails -.

“cerning” marks, missing assign-
7 ments “and* classroom disruption |;
ave also been ‘noted, she said. «

si

Trying «to , solve, the real

‘issues instead: ‘of handing‘ down - f . ; ; i UA season of gata.

‘punishment; is ‘what. "Fraser ;
es. as_the. real benefit of the § a : fey - service beg ins
programi wpe : a oe
“LE we can get at the reasons | {” uy N
“for the conflict-in-the first place, he : ; - December ? at eee
. hopefully we can’ ‘prevent it from
. happening - again,””- she: ‘said. ©
-. Hillside’s program encourages = :
. students lo. assume responsibili-
heir-actions, said Fraser, *