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124th Year No. 4 Wednesday, January 24, 1979 > ~*~~‘ Wetrerioo, Ontario f _ 10 Cents Kâ€"W Services for the Physically Disabled e A service to the community for past 10 years By Terry James Chronicle Staff Writer The organization is celeâ€" brating its 10th anniversary this year and it‘s likely that very few people in the comâ€" munity are even aware of it Since its inception in 1969. Kâ€"W Services for the Physiâ€" cally Disabled has preferred to remain lowâ€"key. despite the fact that it alone is reâ€" spofisible for providing phyâ€" sicalte. disabled adults and teens with a social life they Two young members of the Lanâ€"Tin Club perform a traditional dance as part of the New Year celebraâ€" tions welcoming in the Year of the Goat. The festivities included a Chinese meal, Kungâ€"fu dancing. a fashion show and the traditional Chinese lion dance. Story and more pictures on page 5. never could have hoped for before the organization‘s exâ€" istence. Funded through the Feâ€" derated Appeal and private contributions. the organizaâ€" tion boasts one fullâ€"time emâ€" plovee. Corme Cruickshank. secretary. 50 volunteers and 75 physically disabled parâ€" ticipants The participants. who pay a yearly $5 memâ€" bership fee. include teenagers and adults anyâ€" where between 20 and 50 vears of age There is no cut off point. Everyone is welâ€" According to Mrs. Cruickâ€" shank. who has been with Kâ€" W Services from the beginâ€" ning. it all started under the direction of Rick Woods. now viceâ€"chairman of the board and himself a victim of cerebral palsy. Mr Woods. who is working toâ€" wards his PHd degree in soâ€" cial planning. felt it his duty to be of some benefit to felâ€" low disabled To this day he has remained a "king pin in the organization. The original program was a weekly craft shop involvâ€" ing two volunteers and 10 participants ‘*They learned to do difâ€" ferent crafts but it was more of a social outing. said Mrs. Cruickshank ‘*The main idea was not proâ€" duction _ The original program was limited to the extent that only persons with the use of their hands could participaâ€" te A program â€" which The course will be led by Barb Foell, a lawyer from Waterloo who practises, mainly in the area of family law, with a Cambridge firm. .. . The Family Law Reform Act which was handed down in March, 1978, is legislation which introduced rather :~Cramatic changes to proâ€" ~ Perty law and support obliâ€" gations, Miss Foell said. Women _ and the law Women in the community who don‘t know the answers to these questions and are unsure of the implications of the new Family Law Re form Act will have a chance to hear them explained as they apply to them, this fall. Women and the Law is one of 10 courses offered by Conâ€" estoga College in its Woâ€" men‘s Education Program. Coâ€"sponsored by the Camâ€" bridge P.A.L. Office, it will be held Thursdays froin 7 :30 to 9:30 p.m. at the P.A .L. Office, 15 Cambridge St. It starts Feb. 1 and the cost of three sessions is $10. The law especially adâ€" dresses itself to property, support and the maâ€" trimonial home. The course will deal with these conâ€" cerns as well as those of special interest to the regisâ€" evolved from this was of inâ€" terest to all disabled, regarâ€" dless of their physical capaâ€" bilities. The Happy Rebels. as the group came to be called. was and still is a genâ€" eral interest program which takes the participants into the community. In the past members have gone on shopping sprees. visited the local libraries and gone bowling. Mutual Life dona: tes their bowling facilities once a month free of charge Trips to the theatre. bus community calendar 2 Waterioo at a glance 3 historical insights 4 comment 6 Inside For example, the act stiâ€" pulates that it does not matâ€" ter how the title is held on a matrimonial home â€" that each spouse has an equal share in it. However, there and it is around the special circumstances of regis trants that the lawyer wants the discussion to centre. Married women who come to the course can benâ€" efit because it will give them some idea of what their property rights are, Miss Foell said. Registrants who are not married may be able to get an idea of their financial expectations. She also hopes to deal with the three kinds of ‘‘domestic contracts‘‘ the Act refers to. (The Act only applies when portunity to put agreements something to the contrary has not been stipulated â€" as in the form of a contract). Contracts provide an opâ€" between parties down on paper â€" before litigation is necessary, she said. It is a chance to set one‘s own ground rules and thereby take you out of the presumpâ€" tions of tihie Family Law Reâ€" form Act. The lawyer also hopes to lead the registrants in discussions about proviâ€" sions and exceptions of makâ€" ing a contract. For more information, or to register, contact Patricia Carter, at 653â€"2511, Ext. 291. tours. trips to local resâ€" taurants. bingo and card games are also on their long list of activities. Guest speakers including candidaâ€" tes for municipal. provincial and federal elections and persons versed in such subâ€" jects as pensions and travel have also taken an active part in the Happy Rebol meetings With more and more phyâ€" sically disabled persons branching out into the comâ€" (Continued on page 3) 12â€"20