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Coming Events
Coming Events
DUNGANNON/TRINITY CHURCH
Swiss Chalet Chicken Dinner/
Silent Auction
Tuesday, March 7, 5 pm - 7 pm
Dungannon Ag Hall
Includes Swiss Chalet Dinner, Salad,
Vegetable & Dessert
Adults $15, Children 6 - 12 $8,
5 - under free
Please reserve tickets in advance:
Contact: Frank Alton 519-528-2771
Sharon Nivins 519-529-7740
or Ken Logtenberg 519-529-3662
MACKAY CENTRE FOR SENIORS
Tuesday Meal Deal - 12 noon, delicious 3
course meal - $10.00 (member) $12.00
(non-members) Pick up a newsletter from
MacKay Centre or check out our website at
www.mackaycentreforseniors to see the
menus.
MACKAY CENTRE LUNCH & CARDS
Wednesday, March 8th. Lunch 12:30 p.m.
Euchre & Bid Euchre at 12:30 p.m. No
partner required. Everyone welcome. $5.
MACKAY CENTRE WEEKLY CARDS
Bid Euchre every Thursday at 1 p.m. New
players always welcome.
PARKINSONS SUPPORT Group of Goderich -
Huron begins a new season Tues., March 7th at
1:30 p.m. MacKay Centre, lower level. Refresh-
ments follow.
TUESDAY TUNES old time fiddle music
and dancing at Seaforth Community
Centres every Tuesday afternoon starting
January 24/17 to May 2/17, 1-3:30 p.m.
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Classes Begin March 21 and 22
Fee $135.00
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Jacqui Knap — 519-319-3144
'The knowledge, the tools
and the confidence'
Mike Beitz
Postmedia Network
If knowledge is power, the
Huron Perth Community
Legal Clinic in Stratford may
be considered something of
a power station.
Since 2002, the local
clinic has been offering free
legal help on things like
landlord -tenant disputes,
power of attorney, employ-
ment law and disability
claim appeals.
Just recently, it began
offering formal legal educa-
tion sessions for the public,
covering a different topic of
interest each time.
They're held every month
in Stratford, at no cost.
"Our purpose for doing
these is we want to help peo-
ple learn about the law and
legal system," said Kim Bir-
mingham, one of the clinic's
lawyers, "and the goal is to
provide them with the
knowledge, the tools and the
confidence."
Those three things can
help open doors for people
who might otherwise not
even know where to knock,
she suggested.
"They can take that infor-
mation and take actions or
make decisions that will
empower them," said Bir-
mingham, "because the legal
system can he quite daunt-
ing for people. When issues
come up, they have no idea
where to turn or what to do."
A lawyer can help, she
said.
"But oftentimes, you
don't actually need one. As
long as you're equipped
with the proper informa-
tion, you can navigate a lot
of things yourself," said Bir-
mingham. "Or you can.
maybe navigate to a certain
point, and then you might
need some expertise."
The clinic has been offer-
ing the public legal education
sessions since September,
and the feedback from partic-
ipants so far has, been "very
positive," said Birmingham.
"I was just going to try it as
an experiment to see how it
would go, but people really
seem to like it," she said.
"They say they've learned a
lot."
The sessions represent a
more focused look at legal
issues of interest to people
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Kim Birmingham, a lawyer at the Huron -Perth Community
Legal Clinic, has recently started offering free monthly public
legal education sessions at the clinic's Lorne Avenue office in
Stratford.
in Perth and Huron, she employment insurance
benefits.
While the clinic's client base
has traditionally been lower-
income residents in Perth and
Huron, Birmingham said the
sessions are open to anyone
who's interested.
To register, call 519-271-
4556 ext. 29, or e-mail bir-
mink@lao.on.ca
More information about
the Huron Perth Community
Legal Clinic, and its upcom-
ing legal education sessions,
can also be found at www.
huronperthlegalclinic.ca.
- Stratford Beacon Herald
noted.
"We spent a lot of years
when we first opened in
2002 just educating people
about the clinic, who we are
and what we do," she said.
"Now I think the word is out,
hopefully, that we exist. So
now we're trying to delve
into more concrete legal
issues to help people that
way."
The free, plain -language
educations sessions are held
at the legal clinic at 59 Lorne
Ave. E. in Stratford.
In March, the issue will be
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We will join our neighbours in
celebrating World Day of Prayer at:
St. George's Anglican Church
87 North Street, Goderich, ON
Friday, March 3rd, 2017 at 2:00 p.m.
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