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Bringing dance to Lucknow!
Owner of Danceology jenna Hart holds up Alexis Smith with a shoulderstand.
Danceology has been open since Sept. 14 and for Hart, things are going great. She
enjoys bringing the joy of dance to the Lucknow area. (Below) Logan Stanley holds
Alexis Smith as they perform a chokehold position, just one of the many dance
moves the two have learned during the time they have been a part of Danceology.
See story on page 12.
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Week 41 — Vol. 136
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Publications Mail Registration
No. 07656
Bringing Together
Huron & Bruce
Social assistance is
up from last year in
the county of Bruce
BY PAT HALP1 cial.
Special to the Sentinel
The social assistance
caseload in Bruce county
has crept up another per
cent compared to the
same period last year.
The 500 person case-
load is the highest sum-
mer rate in years, said
social services director
Terry Sanderson, but he
isn't surprised by the
numbers.
"It's an expression of
the recession, it's an
expression of job losses
and it's an expression of
the fact that people can't'
find jobs as easily right
now.. We're expecting it
will probably continue to
grow in the fall,"
Sanderson said about
caseload numbers.
The intake of new
clients is not dramatically
high, according to the lat-
est department figures,
but clients are staying on
assistance longer and
some are turning to assis-
tance as their employment
insurance runs out.
The caseload numbers
are expected to grow in
spite of signs the econo-
my is turning around,
because job growth lags
behind recovery. At the
same time, seasonal
employment is winding
up and making it harder
for job counselors to find
placement for clients
looking for work.
The caseload in Bruce
is' partly due Co people
moving back tothe area,
Sanderson told Bruce
county councillors. Some
people are moving back to
give their children a better
lifestyle, but for others
the pressure is all finan-
"Some people can't
afford to stay in the city if
they've lost their job," he
said. "They're staying
here with family of
friends.
Crystal meth
A task force in Bruce
county is pressing for
provincial money to corn
bat the crustal meth orob
lem.
Saugeen Shores mayor.
Mike Smith is a newly-
appointed county repre-
sentative on the task
force.
Crystal meth is more
than one problem when it
hits a community, Smith
said.
"It's not one problem
it's a . whole range of
issues (involving) differ-
ent agencies," he said..
"I think they're looking
now to come together
with some recommenda-
tions to the (province)
about funding certain ini-
tiatives."
So far crystal meth
appears to be a problem in
the south end of Bruce
county and is not as pro-
nounced in the Saugeen
Shores area.
"We understand it's a
bigger problem down in
the south," Smith said.
"Our police services says
luckily, no, that is not a
big issue in Saugeen.
Shores. In fact they've
only had a few incidents
of it here - but that's the
way you want to keep it."
The Bruce -Grey crystal
meth task force is still in
the early . stages of plan-
ning and says it could be a
few months from having
an action plan ready to go.
Continued on page 2