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Legal clinic fills gap twixt lawyers Legal Aid The Halton Community Legal Clinic has been bus this summer organizing meetings the Workers Compensation Act or calling on residents to amend the tenantlandlord byljws But some people may wonder just who and what is a legal clinic It purpose is the legal welfare of the community and its target is poor people on a limited income But it is not Legal Aid said Karen Thompson Harry the community legal worker A legal clinic Tills the legal gap bet services offered by private lawyers and Legal Aid she said In general lawyers are hired by people who can afford to pay thetr fees while Legal Aid is designed for people who cannot afford lawyers but it handles only the serious civil and criminal cases The legal clinic specializes poverty law a name given to legal problems that are not criminal in nature but common to most people on limited in cornea who cannot afford the service of a private lawyer The legal clinic a free and confidential The most important function of the legal clinic is to explain an individual rights concerning the landlord and tenant law rent review unemployment in surance workmen compensation immigration or consumer law Thompson Harry said the Legal Clinic can also give limited advice and representation when going to traffic or small claims courts on family problems such as wife beating or harassment by bill collectors and when filling out ap plications such as Canada Pension Han appeals Another function of the clinic Thompson Harry said is to act as an information service about other social services and to refer some of their clients to these agencies The clinic however does not handle people in the areas of real estate Income tax corporate or commercial law or wills and estates Ironically Thompson Harry said lawyers often refer clients or phone for ice because they themselves do not have the expertise in pot law that the legal clinic has Inthertrstsixmonthsofthisyear over people have been helped by the legal clinic and that is keeping a good pace with the record numbers served in the past couple of years In 1902 1450 people were helped causing a jump of close to clients over 1961 Last year figures jumped again to 1 GOO This could be due Thompson Harry said to the opening of a branch office in Milton The clinic is constantly expanding she said In It started out in the base ment of St John United Church with only a scrounged desk a typewriter and two chairs From there It moved to a part of Gougeon store on Main St then to Its current headquarters on St Once a week it operates out of the Acton Community Services building but Thompson Harry said she finds most Acton residents come down to the Georgetown headquarters anyway The legal clinic was started by a group of volunteers and it Is still community volunteers who are elected each year to the board of directors The board is responsible for the day to day fuse Honing of the clinic including its budget The Legal Clinic operating funds are provided by the Ontario Legal Aid Plan and it among clinics In the province Its caseload is handled by Director David Craig a lawyer and Thompson Harry a community legal worker With the evolution of the legal clinic Thompson Harry said every aspect of law between us Legal Aid and private lawyers should be covered On the busiest oil Ices In town Is Halton Hills Community Legal Clinic a nonprofit organization providing legal ear vice residents Four years ago they opened a more spacious office at St as seen here with Its three full time employees David Craig stall lawyer June Wilde secretary and Karen Thompson Harry community legal worker newsmakers Georgetown Acton Wednesday August 1984 Georgetown CHRYSLER LTD Mountalnvtow N GEORGETOWN 8775108 Toronto Una 6776802 Board official Lock up spare rooms save board decides Internationally acclaimed actor Richard Burton Is dead at and many In Georgetown and Hills will mourn the death a man who brought the screen lor them In person Burton course filmed parts movie Equua In Georgetown In November 1976 where thla shot taken with two his aides beside the old post office Mill St He celebraled his birthday In Georgetown making that Anger end others film The Comedians and course Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor The two stars got Involved romantically and created a scandal They shed their spouses later wed divorced and rawed Burton a line Shakespearean actor and his stage career also Included such hits as Came lot Look Back In Locking up surplus classrooms is one way the Halton school board can save money In the face of declining enrolment trustees have decided trustees agreed with the head school superintendent Jim Morrison after he said the board could save between SI and a foot If it locks up elementary classrooms no longer needed The savings would come from unused lighting and heating and the elimination of daily care taking in those rooms Halton s school board has had a policy closing classrooms since 1976 but the cumbersome procedure and insufficient data often led lo frequent debates when deciding to close a classroom Mr Morrison said Mr Morrison proposed Chat a functional rated capacity for each school be established In order that an accurate number of student places is available when determining closures The functional rated capacity would identify how school space is being used and help determine how to use it more According to Mr Morrison analysis of schools School on Fourth Line for example has only students but enough space for students But Mr Morrison said it Is important to know the circumstances surrounding dual schools before making any conclusions At for instance although there appears to be space for students not being used those spaces are currently occupied by the East Education Centre Mr Morrison proposal or determining lock ups was adopted by the board The proposal also calls for each area ten dent to make tentative decisions to close certain classrooms by June each year Final decisions on these will be made in September by Mr Morrison the head school superintendent and Beevor the board director In October of each year an elementary classroom closing report is to be prepared for the board This is a good proposal said trustee Pat It shows us we need some fine tuning But the board approval in continuing to close rooms rather than schools had Burlington separate school trustee Bill Priestncr accusing other trustees of having a not back yard syndrome The time has come and passed when we should have closed schools he said I think we have to take the bull by the horn and start to at least close classrooms Mr Priestner added after it seemed a few trustees feared locking up classrooms would detract from programs like French which sometimes has a classroom with French displays set apart from other class rooms Other trustees disagreed with Mr however saying they ve often had to bite the bullet and schools in unpopular dec Burlington trustee Bev Voln complained hat the board Is proposing to build schools in some areas and yet is closing down class rooms in other areas But Mr Morrison said everything depends on the area Newer subdivisions north of he Queen Elizabeth Way in both Burlington and can support new schools he said Ill proposal yiso cans lor area Need mental health Centre for Children Teacher talks dragging on by Card Hallon Region needs Children Mental Health Centre of its own says Children s Aid Society director Ron Co upland Co upland made the comment in he wake of a ISO grant given Halton Region last week by the provincial ministry of community and social services The money will provide additional mental health ser vices for children in he region Vie needed this grant says Co up and and we re grateful to the ministry for it hut we hope one day a CMCI1 could be established here A loi of our kids should be kept here To understand unique pos lion in the world of children services is to preciate political dividing line according to Coup and Halton Is a patchwork of communities thrown together in order to prevent en cronchmenl by he of Hamilton in Ihc west and Melro Toronto to east he ex plains The populations of the regions com muni ties live along its borders Milton in he north Burlington in the west and in he east vast populations When the ministry of community and social services evaluates a region s need it takes into consideration population centres On either side of arc v population areas capable of handling large help ccn Ires The ministry sets up centres in these areas and correctly assumes ties will send problem children to the closest regional centre says Co upland But Co upland view is that with a centre in the cost of sending children to other centres will be cut significantly II costs us a full staff day to send children to London he says They re getting he best professional treatment we know that and have always leaned on London for help but the will soon be facing a problem in Halton just how is it going to continue to service us And there are other clumps of problems facing children service lions says There is the mailer of children them selves of disturbed children In the region who need to be helped beyond family support says Coupland CAS has a floating population of about children a year According to CAS figures ft costs million annually to provide them with core There la also the problem of Juvenile crime which is on rise says Coupland has about per cent of Peel Region juvenile crime rate which is monstrous We no qualms about Peel new children centre which will provide a variety of family and juvenile court vices Bui we have no centre to help young offenders in says They have to be sent elsewhere says a majority of Halton problems could be solved within the region But that where the biggest problem lies- community attitude You know the community opinion on children services Is like the dump site issue he says People wont to make garbage but don t bury it in my back example We get a lot of resistance in Oakville lo the establishment of social service centres he says The town want it yet other communities are different Coupland Illustrates Ihe point by rattling of communities which support children s services Hnllon Hills Burling ton London Hamilton Waterloo Region But without political support we re never going to convince the ministry to build a centre here he says The province wont force the establish ment of group homes in Hallon because they listen to the community objections says Coupland But that what they have to do It s up the community lo convince them otherwise So Ihe ministry feeds piecemeal grants to beef up local service groups ex plains Coupland The 150 is to provide Oakville Burlington and Milton with an additional psychiatrist and social worker In each community Ontario 7 community college teachers Including those at Sheridan Col lege probably won have a contract when Ihe current one expires at Ihe end of August soys a negotiator for the teachers Negotiations have continued during the summer but the provincial government and membersofthe Ontario Public Service Employees Union are no closer to agreeing on a contract says a negotiator for the teachers Negotiations have continued during the summer but provincial government and theteachers membersofthe Ontario Public Service Employees Union are no closer to agreeing on a contract says Ron Martin a Sheridan College based negotiator And with two days of negotiations scheduled for August Marl In t expect a contract to be ready There no way at this stage that we are going lo get a contract together In Iwo days he says Both sides met recently with a factfinder who will file a report within he next two weeks The report may contain suggestions for a settlement useless exercise He says a conlract vote will be taken by OPSEU teachers before Sept If it la rejected the union could call for a strike vote Support staff at he colleges arc also negotiating their contracts and Martin says the teachers and support staff will meet In August lo discuss joint plans Negotiators for the support staff Also members have called for a strike vote in mid August At the heart of the teacher negotiations are the issues of workload and Job security Support staff including caretakers and secretaries are seeking greater job security wilh what other public service employees are receiving There are about support staff at Ontario community colleges Horse show Graham tops league competes at Cheltenham Equestrian Hugh Graham of chouse after four qualifying shows Is the leader for Ihe Dunhiil Equestrian of the Year Award and also tops the standings in Canadian World Cup League Graham a member of he Canadian Olympic Team will be competing In Ihe World Cup Qualifier at Cheltenham August 19 the second last event in the battle for points toward the Dunhiil award In 1982 Graham riding Abraxas woo the Equestrian of the Year Award and this year aboard will be attempting to recapture the title In the league Graham leads 13 points with Mario of Quebec right behind him with But to the Canada World Cup League Graham Is ahead by ten He has points and Laura has Joining Graham at Farm Cheltenham will be team members Mark Jim Elder and Ian com fng directly from the Olympics Los Angeles Challenging the Olympic competitors at Cheltenham will be some of Canada best riders including Beth from where Hugh Graham trains and rides his horses Graham will have one more competition after Cheltenham to prove he Is the top rider in the event The winner of the August contest wins a trophy and a bottle of Premium Scotch The Cheltenham event is also the sixth of eight qualifying compel ions for the 19S465 Canadian League with he top three riders attending the World Cup Finals in Berlin Graham with the lead in this league at present stands a good chance of making the trip to Germany In the previous qualifying rounds Graham took one first two seconds and a third While Grand Prix is held Sunday August 19 the Cheltenham Gold Cup Horse Show starts August Hand ends the star event CBC Wide World of Sports will be covering the derbytype Grand Prix course which Includes a number of permanent fences open ditches water Jumps and a sunken road