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SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
October 14, 1988
The regular meeting of the Senior Advisory Board was held at the Parks Shop
at 2 p.m.
Members present were: Joe Campanella, Kay Rios, Kathleen Jones, Sam Rosenthal,
Margaret Watts, Barbara Schoenberger, June Bergstrom, Ellen Connelly, Pat Long,
Yetta Rollin. Susan Pedersen and Art Ganung from the Office on Aging attended
as guests.
The minutes of September 14, 1988, need to be corrected to read: It was
agreed to change the time of the meeting to 2:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday
of each month.
Old Business
The Board had previously decided to sponsor a meeting for seniors on health
insurance. Since the laws are being change, the Board felt that, if the
meeting were held in March, information on the newest options would be available.
Several ideas for speakers were offered and discussed. The meeting will be
open to the public and will be held at several different locations and times
in order to draw a greater number of people. Ellen Connelly will check on
locations and bring information back to the next meeting.
It was suggested that, instead of a regular January meeting, the Board should
have a "Coming Out Party" and provide coffee and cake. The public would be
invited to come and meet the members and tell them about concerns they have as
seniors.
Joe will get the Dykwald slide set for the November 9th meeting,
The "Time to Plan" booklet was discussed. The AARP also outs out a vital log
book. June will look into it. Joe will set up a meeting for her with other
interested parties. June will also contact Iris Slack of RSVP.
Susan offered "Thank You to the Board for their help in producing the Guide
to Services book and the sub -committee who sold the ads. 3000 of the book
are currently available.
She also thanked the Board for their work on screening for the Paint-A-Thon.
The project has become larger, with 11 homes involved this year. More DUI
recipients are doing community service for non-profit organizations and through
this programs, there is the option to repair more seniors" homes.
NEW BUSINESS
Susan discussed the site selection for the new senior center, She told the
Board of several alternatives and stated that the issue is not closed. She
would like to work with the Board in furthering the search for alternatives,
Margaret will look for other locations and will serve on a sub -committee with
Susan. Kay also volunteered to serve on the sub -committee. Barbara will
try to provide two members from the Senior Center Board as members, It was
also suggested that someone contact AARP for representatives.
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Susan passed out a priority list for funding by the Office on Aging. She
explained the allocations process and the cuts that were made for this
year.
The Office on Aging is sponsoring an art auction on November 12th to raise
money for Respite Caregivers. The auction will be held at the University
Park Inn. Admission is free. Susan explained that they need to have 125
people in attendance for the auction to begin.
The latch -Key program is in place and operating in two schools in Poudre R-1,
According to Susan, more seniors are needed to volunteer their time, And;
she said, there are other hurdles to get over, but the program is going and
she feels positive about it. Yetta has spent some time in the program
and enjoyed the work. Barb will run a notice in the Greening Leaf asking for
more senior volunteers.
The agenda setting meeting will be the first Tuesday, November 1, at 3:30
p.m. at the Senior Center.
Ellen told the Board that Mike Degner is the new coordinator for senior
services at Poudre Valley Hospital.
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at
3:50 p.m.
Submitted by:
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Kay 'o , Recording Secretary