Maryland legislators are introducing a bill that would allow for certain support dogs to assist veterans participating in a rehabilitation process through the
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The beginning of a new year is a great time to reflect on the previous. Despite the many obstacles of 2020, the work done by Judge Jason B. Thompson and the Fayette County Accountability Courts team was still needed by the community.
After implementing the Griffin Judicial Circuit’s first DUI/Drug Court in 2016, Judge Thompson began 2020 with the judicial circuit’s newest court: Veterans Treatment Court. Last year concluded by graduating the largest class of participants in DUI/Drug Court to date, whom remained dedicated to their sobriety while navigating the Covid-19 pandemic.
Two veterans who are involved in the Missoula Veterans Treatment Court Program were on Talk Back on Monday to speak about the program and to encourage more veterans to become mentors.
LAURA JAMESON ljameson@lockhaven.com
LOCK HAVEN Non-salary, full-time county employees received a 2.5 percent increase across the board to start off 2021.
The increase for an employee making over $100,000 is 0.5 percent. Chief Clerk Jann Meyers said the county employs only one person in the IT Department who qualifies for the lower rate.
The Clinton County Salary Board made up of commissioners Miles Kessinger, Jeff Snyder and Angela Harding and Treasurer Michelle Kunes –unanimously approved the action at Monday’s meeting.
Along with the increase, the board approved a resolution for President Judge Craig P. Miller’s office to compensate Clinton County Adult and Juvenile Probation Officers, as follows:
RACINE â âComing from military service, youâre used to a lot of camaraderie, people being there for you,â said Cheldon Payton. âYour coworkers are sometimes like your family.â
In the civilian world, it is not always like that. Payton, who lives in Kenosha, experienced added strain because the friends he had prior to enlisting in the Army were not the same as he remembered. They had changed.
âI felt like there was a big change, and I didnât want to get used to it at first,â Payton said.
Veterans Treatment Courts were designed to divert veterans from the criminal justice system and into programs where either substance abuse or mental health issues could be treated.