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Police checks mandatory Ms Nankivell went on to say that "Anyone who wished 10 harm a child (in a sebool) would ont be deierred by this (police check) measure." She also told sehool trustees that the Boy Scouts, soccer associations and Big Brothers obtain police checks for leaders, coaches and mentors respcctively but don't require them for parents of children in the programs. The president of tbe Burlingon Youth Soccer Association, whicb oversees 6,000 players, said a for- mal screening process of ail volun- teers began about two years ago. "We ask for police checks for al of our volunteers in the higb-risk category," said Peter Summers. Higb-risk is defmed as tbe rep or all-star levels. Unlike in bouse league, wbere parents are ofien present for games and practices, rep or ahl-star teams travel to otber towns and cities regularly witb the possibility that young players will be alone witb adults. assistant coaches, managers and trainers wbo rmust get the $15 police check, which the BYSC covers. Many of those getting a police check are parents with chul- dren playing on their teamt or with- in the BYSC. Ms Nankivell noted there are many parents who assist a coach on the sidelines who aren't officiai volunteers and who aren't required to get a police check. She equates those parents with what she and others do for the i-laton board. I dont want to have to have a police check to, go into my child's sehool to feed their class pizza." When asked if the new policy would convince her to stop helping out at a sebool, she wouldn't say yes or no but did say, "My willing- ness to volunteer will neyer be swayed." Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Canada, whose head office is locat- ed in Burlington, requires police background checks of any volun- teer who bas direct, unsupervised Regional executive director Laurie LeBlanc said police checks aren't required for parents or mndi- viduals who work as office staff or help out with occasional events where a Big Brothers supervisor is present. Wbether the cost of the police check is covered by the volunteer or Big Brothers is a decision made hy the local associations. he said. The Halton Public Scbool Board doesn't pay for the $15 police check saying it can't afford to pay about $ 150,000 for the approxi- mately 10,000 volunteers witb the board. Even current volunteers and board employees, not just new vol- unteers beginning in September, must have a police check done. A check is only done once. Ms Oxley said that if a principal is advised of a volunteer witb an item on their police record check he or she will make the decision about ils relevance 10 tbe sehool volunteer role. Local students earn awards Tbree Milton students were among 32 Halton recip- ients of Iis year's Visions Canada Awards. Justin Clouden of St. Peter Scbool was recognized for is essay, "Wbat was Riels involvement in the Red River Resistance?' Wl. Dick Middle Sehool students Jaclyn Desforges and Adam Leslie were recognized for their 'News Archives' newspaper cl ippings and 'Continue lu Grow' crest, respectively. Every year. Visions Canada recognizes students througbout Halton for their outstanding projects about the country. The award ceremony will be beld Monday ai the Halton Regional Museum trom 7 to 9 p.m. The proj- ects will be on display in the museum's Visitor Centre tbrougbout the evening. The Canadian Champion, Frday May 31, 2002-23 EXTRA, EXTRA.. 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