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2 -T4m Can'WWPOhammpbo, Fdt1ay FoW*uary e6 1998 ZAK'S PHARMACY WWIRE SAVE NOW off selected kems Our New Location WiII Open FEBRUARY 23 at 70 Main St. (a#mg&f 86 Man St. IE. TVe cmreaboutypur heath'875-2424] Bonflie Ewart SPCILEZ SURS. MI Workfare initiative 'doomed' from start says private partner By KAREN SMITH know how to conduct thcmseivcs in a job The Champion interview or prepare a resume. The job-finding componefli of Halions "I'm totaliy fnistratcd," lie told members workfare programi was "doomed tromn the of' the regional heaith and social services beginning," a private sector partner told comnmittee. regional officiais Tuesday. "Nobody had worked with tbem and Jim Giddens of' the Steady Force helped themr and that was supposed to hap- employment ageiicy - one of two tirmns pen. contracted by Halton Region to find jobs Mr. Giddens said to top it ail off hie bas for wclfarerecipients - said most of the had no contact trom the Region about the 42 welfare recipients referred to himi didn't program since August. His comments came shortly betore the committee was to hear a workfare progress report by Bonnie Ewart, Haiton's commis- sioner of community and social services, * wbo was more optimistie about the pro- gram. * We're ver satisfied witb the progress we've made in the first yearof tbe pro- graim. We've got a long way to go and I mu think we've bad a good irsi year." However, the report showed that in the tirst year of the programi only nine welfare recipients found work tbrougb the job- * ftnding component. Tbe projected number was 330. a ? Yet, another 32 people found employ- ment after serving as volunteers in a com- * munîty placement program. But oniy 104 people took part in tbe volunteer segment, which had an annuai target of 315. Ms Ewart couldn't gîve an answer to * Burlington Councillor Jack Dennison, wbo ELEGANIR OSUPIlEME could be an individual problem," she said. She apoiogized to Mr. Giddens for any <oeoe~~< ack of communication and said there was ias. no intent to cause iI-féeeing. r 6479SE *7 The committee voted to request a staff 35 SET 569 DUI 439 SET 899 report to look into Mr. Giddens' com- 419 sET669 OUSEINI509 SET 769 pans KI SET 1149 pans ik cW 0-tersTeens charged Hon 59ç) for pellet shots acg eque ap ..àA pair of 15 year old Milton maies face Viu3mM84Mweapon cbarges after a man was struck MW NMwîth two sbots from a pellet gun ai Ontario Street and Derry Road Tuesday. The 46-year-old Strabane, Ont. msais sas waiking aiong Derry Road. jusi %%est ot W$ WAS5 Ontario Street, ai 12:30 p.ns. %%ien bie sas M &Wstruck twice in the back swit guis Pellets. The pellets bounced oitfIis eo.si and lie wasn't injurcd, said Dei. Set. Jackie WAS399Gordon o Haltoîs Regioial Police. #AS 329 Police were coillacted aîsd iso suspcts jaw AUWwere arrested nearbv. !4,9 Q Botb face sseapoiss rel.sied cls.rges..sasd Adlen-lfr B.= - one a probations relaied couri RUNK 0REDS ADJUSTABLE ELECTRIC BEDS U