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Legal worker Karen selected to study our welfare system If been a bus or at Mills tegs Besides their usual w or king there wa a move to their Mill Street head quarter Seen here Is lKal IlirPcicr and Staff lnuytr David with back row led lo June Wilde and Karen Thompson- Harry Absent Is Jack and Klmberley Herald photo Legal clinic staff swamped with work One word best describes the work at the Hills Legal Clinic Insl year busy to a new location on Mill Strecl In Georgetown kept both stall and board members busy said Director and Staff lawyer David Craig This ii the first year a written report wasnt prepared for the direc tors Mr Craig said There just wasnt lime Mr Craig spoke about the in creased sophist cat ion of the board of directors The board 11 working toward more long range goals and objectives for the Legal Clinic he On an basis Karen Thompson Harry ha had very No early registrations Its now possible to more time working a director at the Hills Community Legal Clinic At the legal clinics annual general meeting Sept 30 the direc tors voted to change the term of Previously a director could be eligible for two three terms Then a director would have to vacate his seat for a before seeking a nomination again Now directors will be eligible for three teims of off lie consisting of a total of nine years Walk against drug addiction A Walk Against Drugs is being sponsored by the Drug Abuse Com mittecofHaltonliillsOcl IB Monday night Hills said they had no objection to the walk which is begin at the Burger King on Street at 10 a m and end up at the town offices on Trafalgar Road Walkers are to walk on the sidewalks and shoulders of the road and will be supervised Drug Abuse Committee members nnd other adults Committee member Robert Stewart said in his letter to council Traffic not heavy enough for lights Traffic isnt heavy enough to war rant lights at wo town In Del rex Boulevard and Street in Georgetown Churchill and Queen Street in Ac I on Town Engineer Bob Austin broke the news to councillors Monday night telling them he doesnt think it will be too long before these in tcrsections will require lights The Ministry of Transport and Communications provides fun ding for the installation and maintenance of traffic signals through a Connection Link pro gram Traffic studies jre done annually In May or September to sec if traffic has changed Bowman said she us ed to drive II- rough the and until making a left tum from became too dif ficult Although more circuitous she now uses alternate routes Betty Fisher said she makes a right then makes a detour through the Georgetown Motor Inn parking lot to head back Georgetown Mr Austin said traffic has drop ped off by three per cent over last that corner DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC ft J Kohari DT SI on Hwy GEORGETOWN phone 8778974 he area of w The legd worker has talked to lawyers about her field of expertise and organized a con rente or other clinics on ad vocacy in welfare law he said Staff Lawyer Jack Fleming worked on gelling the property dards bylaw expanded to homes which arent in the downtown areas of Hills Hs day to lay casework representing tenants has been very good he wild Mr Craig said a lot of his own time has been devoted to a lest case on pensions Eight weeks of evidence has presented and the final sub mission will be made in October he The test case challenge the use of rating schedule which calculates how much pension on in worker would reteive after an injury For example if a worker has hurt his back is middleaged does manual labor and docs not speak English as a first language his op portunities for finding another job arent as good as if his cir cumstances were different Mr Craig said have lo assess the persons disability at the full extent he said not always by awarding a set 1520 per cent pension for a low injury Mr Craig also said he had been kept busy training people at other clinics in the area of compensation law and teaching seminars for the Law Society of Upper Canada Besides that hes had about 40odd projects on the go thelawyersaid Theres a lot thats wrong with tht provincial system of social assistance ana Karen Thompson Harry of the Hills Legal Clinic will be pointing them out The community legal worker has been hired as advocate for Ontarios legal clinics to represent them on a social assistance review commit tee recently set up by the Minister Community and Social Services Over the next six months Mrs Thompson Harry will be sharing her knowledge of the welfare system with members of this social assistance review committee Its purpose Is o review he pro vinces social assistance system and propose a new system Trie committee will be travelling across the province and holding public hearings Mrs Thompson- Harry will travel with them from the end of October to go- Got a gripe If you hove some gripes or Rest ions on how the welfare system can be improved youre to get in touch with the Legal Clinic The clinic will help you put together a brief to be heard and received by the newly formed social assistance review commit- The committee will be hearing presentations in Hamilton Dec 12 between and No loco- lion for the public hearing has been announced yet If you want to make a pro en a lion on that day you have to phone he review committee and get slot ted in Community agencies past and present recipients are Invited contact the clinic to have their say The clinic is located in the former building on Mill Street in Georgetown The phone number is to eight of the 14 public hearings The mother of one will be travel to Windsor Ottawa Cambridge Marie Hamilton Toronto London One of he things Ill be doing Is coming up with a working paper for our clinics As the staff person Ill be drafting It for us nil Mrs Thompson Harry said Ill be travelling around a fair amount listening to the briefs and getting ideas of local problems When shes not on the road Mrs Thompson Horry will be working out of her Georgetown office Another community legal worker has been hired from the Legal Clinic to fill In for Karen ing the six months of the committee work Her name is Baker The 12 member review is hendid by George Thomson a former family court judge and ant deputy minister of he Ministry New facility for clinic Its nice to be able to meet in the new Hills Legal Clinic facility said Chairman of the Board John Nicholas He was speaking at the legal clinics annual general meeting Sept JO There are no stairs in their new Mill Street location and he facility Is the disabled he said The chairman commended the board and staff who worked hard making things readv for the June 4 opening of the new facility on Mill Street TRIO KODAK PAPEH SERVICE PHOTO FINISHING Had on Hi li pun Moan Pun SI IZBMJlnSt toco lawn LEARN TO DRIVE THIS FALL WATCH THIS NEWSPAPER FOR UPCOMING KIWANIS EVENTS BEGINS NOVEMBER WEEK COURSE Wednesday Thursday to COURSES TAX DEDUCTIBLE ROAD TEST MCLUDED PRIVATE IN- CAR LESSONS 8770751 Rd S Georgetown FOR BRAMPTON CALL MOO REBATE TO 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