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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1996-01-24, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1996 Missed! There were cheers from the Lost Sheep when this shot found its mark behind the Lazers goalie. The two teams were competing in the annual broomball league tournament in Blyth on Saturday afternoon. Standing by The Lazers goalie stands by with a watchful eye as the Lost Sheep tries to get control of the play. The action took place in Blyth on Saturday with the annual men's and ladies' broomball tournament. Bantams 0-for in tourney NOTICE RESIDENTS OF GREY owsw. TOWNSHIP The Township of Grey is in the process of making plans to celebrate the Township's 140th anniversary. Events are being planned for the weekend of JUNE 28, 29 & 30, 1996 A public meeting to discuss the anniversary will be held at the Cranbrlok Community Centre on Tuesday, January 30th, 1996 at 8:301p.m. Suggestions, volunteers, etc. would be appreciated. Grey Township Council d. 7 Things You Should Know About CREDIT UNION 1. FLEXIBILITY - Within one credit union RRSP contract, you can invest in a variety of options: Variable interest rate savings (withdrawable anytime) and fixed-rate terms of 1 - 5 years. 2. COMPETITIVE RATES - Call us for up-to-date interest rates. 3. NO FEES - There are no application or trustee fees, administration charges or withdrawal penalties. 4. SECURITY - Each and every credit union RRSP" contract is deposit insured to the legislated maximum of $60,000. (You may have as many separate RRSP contracts as you need). 5. R.R.S.P. LOANS AT PRIME RATE - If you do not have enough cash on hand to make an RRSP deposit, ask us about a RRSP loan. 6. DEADLINE, FEB. 29, 1996. - This is the last day for RRSP deposits which can be used as deductions from 1995 income. (we can serve you better if you come in before then!) 7. BUILDING THE COMMUNITY - Everyone who lives or works in this community is eligible to join the credit union. Your retirement savings are used to fund our lending program, helping your friends and neighbours to boost the local economy and build our community. CREDIT UNION 46 Ontario St., CLINTON - 482-3467 118 Main Street North, EXETER - 235-0640 Prof. says self-esteem may not affect success Blyth Atom Belgrave Jr. Girls downed 7-2 The Belgrave Junior Girls lost a tough 7-2 game to a strong Kincardine team on Saturday. Nicole Procter and Michelle Cook scored the two Belgrave goals. Belgrave Coach Cam Procter said the girls played a good game, but were simply outskated by their opponents. The Brussels Bantams went 0- for Howick on the weekend losing both games played in tournament action Sunday afternoon. The Bantams, in their best game of the year, held Lucknow scoreless until the third period before losing by a hard-fought 4-0 score. Stephen Oldfield was solid throughout the game, unfortunately the Bantams could not beat Sean Lougheed in the Lucknow net. Ean Moffat scored once and set up two for Lucknow, who are unbeaten in Bantam hockey this season. The Bantams were then eliminated with a disappointing 9-0 romp by the Wallace Twp. team. The larger Wallace club dominated from the games opening faceoff led by Dave Stewart with four goals, and a five point effort by Captain Chris Deniet. Last Wednesday the Bantams dropped a 5-0 home ice decision to Mitchell. The Bantams had no luck Self-esteem in children has no special impact on success in school, despite an educational emphasis on the link between the two, says University of Guelph family studies professor, Bruce Ryan. His study, which examined the relationship between self-esteem, achievement, student characteris- tics and family relationships, found that self-esteem does not independently affect children's achievement when the full context of the child's development is considered. In fact, in study after study that looked at the effects on behaviours such as acting out, internalizing problems, peer sociability and rule compliance, self-esteem was found to be irrelevant. Numerous previous studies have directly linked self-esteem and achievement and have led to the introduction of programs and strategies to promote healthy self- esteem in students. These studies did not, however, take into account S related variables such as family roles and children's characteristics, Ryan notes. "The most powerful factors for predicting academic success are intellectual effectiveness and academic effort," he says. "When the child and family variables were examined in combination, the significant direct relationship between self-esteem and achieve- ment disappeared." This suggests that programs to enhance self-esteem in school children won't lead to changes in achievement unless basic learning activities or family relationships are included, Ryan says. The study also found that children who received the most help from parents with schoolwork got the poorest grades,--e.ven when intellectual effectiveness and academic effort were taken into account. "Children who are trying hard, and get parental help, don't do as well as those who don't get parental help," says Ryan. Basically, the data collected in this study probably reflect the fact that parents tend to give help to children who are doing poorly, he says. Only a controlled experiment, which Ryan is planning, can accurately show if parental help with homework will actually boost achievement. The findings are part of a family/school connection study he has conducted over the past three years with family studies professor Gerald Adams and graduate students Maria Ketsetgis, Dominique Stret, Jacqueline Maclean and Jane Corville-Smith, who recently completed her PhD. The study involves data from 150 children in each of Grades 4 and 7 and 100 children in Grade 11, as well as from teachers and family members in the Wellington County Roman Catholic Separate School Board. The data are being analyzed to determine what happens in families to help or hinder school success. The study measures student success through report cards and teacher ratings, as well as through student and family perceptions of family competitive- ness, cohesion and promotion of academic work. The self-esteem study foUnd that students from competitive families had lower self-esteem, whereas students from cohesive families had higher self-esteem. In cohesive families, children have less pressure from their mother; in conflicting families, more pressure is exerted by the father. Children who had pressure from fathers had Continued on page 13 at all this season against Mitchell scoring only one goal in three games played. Milverton is in town tonight at 7:30 for the final game of the 95-96 schedule. The Bantams have drawn Drayton in the opening round of playoffs beginning next week. iced in 1, win 1 The Blyth Atoms split two league games last week. On Wednesday they took to the ice against a strong Mitchell II squad, and were defeated 7-1. Coach Tom Jarrett said his team was clearly off their game, having only six or seven shots on net and not scoring until the final minute of play. On Saturday, however, the team rebounded and handed an 8-2 thrashing to Hensall. Cole Stewart led the offense with four goals. Additional scores were tallied by Andrew Toll (two), Jeff Carter and Kirk Stewart. Assists were given to Michael Bean (three), Micah Loder (two), Steven Van Amersfoort, Eric Jarrett, Shaun Henry and Brad Schmidt. The team begins the playoffs against Wallace this Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Blyth arena.