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Council on Aging Board Meeting
Room 16 - Town Hall
April 14, 1989
Present: Gladys Cail, Frank Day, Barbara Doucette, Dorothy
Foxon, Linda Nordberg, Loretta Spaulding, Barbara
Ritchie, Lois Bond
Absent: Ginny Lane, Irving Stackpole, Ruth Vitkovich
Meeting was called to order at 5:35 P.M. by Chairperson Gladys
Cail in Room 16 of the Town Hall.
The Shopping Assistance Co-ordinator was unable to attend this
meeting therefore will give her presentation at the May meeting.
Minutes of the March meeting were accepted on a motion by Loretta
Spaulding and seconded by Linda Nordberg.
The Treasurer's Report was accepted. Sixty-two percent of a
projected seventy-five percent of the budget to date has been
spent.
Old Business
Barrow school students doing well with Vial of Life - 1250 kits
have been put together.
of the $7.00 per person for cholesterol screening VNA took $6.00
and $1.00 went to us to be put in the general fund.
Senior Ball at the high school is April 27 in the afternoon.
Visits with managers at Tannerville, Peter Sanborn and Cedar Glen
went very well; plan to meet with them once a month and bring in
other service people who work with Reading elders.
Fix-It will try to get appropriate people to work on Handy Folk
projects. Liability needs to be clarified. Possibly it could be
arranged for van driver to pick up items to be fixed if it
doesn't become too burdensome.
Knitting Club must be made to realize that there isn't a leader -
it is not a class.
Peggy White is very grateful to learn-that van will be available
for the quilting class.
Director's Report
- Donation of wheelchair and flowers were much appreciated;
- Elder Services had to trim $400 from budget so Contractual Ser-
vices is now $5600 for FY 190;
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