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Show Page A10 Thursday, February 25, 1982 The Newspaper r Myrtle Buck of Park City (left), her sister, Laura Blair of St. George, and Mike Busio. I.... i.i.i.i..ii..liiii,.iliii i i. ii ,u,,i. " ii mi iniiiimiii, i.i mull i .i i i j t ;mif::m0 i t " mf . inn mini iiiiiii mini mrrnir '- ' "A-& ' , W'.Pmll ; h& IX lv I...'.. '9 j. '1 '. May Yates of Midway, Lillian Birgcumshaw and Ruby Dingle, (left to right) enjoy a visit at the Park City Senior Citizen's Center Monday night. All have been long-time Park City residents. if"'' ' ' : '" : lllllllMllll'lliiiitimtiiiill m..n i.romi.nHi mi i.iii.ii.ihiliiifirff'i f"u Park City's elite enjoy life by Morgan Queal There's a certain elite group in Park City made up of those who have paid their dues and can sit back and enjoy some well-deserved special privileges. They are the town's senior citizens who are chauffeured around town on their weekly errands, courtesy of the city, the federal government and driver Mike Busio. It's a job he does every day with warmth and care, making sure everybody gets to where he or she needs to go. The seniors themselves obviously enjoy the outings, visiting with Busio and each other, and at the same time doing their shopping, laundry laun-dry and banking and getting to doctor's appointments. Busio, a native Parkite, appears to be a man happy in his work. "I've been acquainted ac-quainted with most of my passengers all my life but never really got to know them until I started driving," driv-ing," he said. That was four years ago. Since thpn he's become very familiar with his passengers' needs. "We sort of limit them to two trips a week, but we're always available if somebody some-body needs extra food or another trip to a doctor," he said. Conversation among the passengers often centers matter-of-factly on illnesses, On Mondays and Thursdays, Thurs-days, bus trips end in late afternoon at the Park City Senior Citizens' Center, 1361 Norfolk Ave., where some 40 people get together for dinner and conversation. Members themselves take turns cooking the meals in the building's big kitchen. Most of the members were Charles Grose, president of the group, noted that probably half of the center's membership had moved away after getting good prices for their homes and finding it cheaper to live elsewhere. even deaths, of friends and family members, but there seems to remain a collective sense of humor about aging. "Don't put my picture in the paper or it will go out of business," said Mrs. Gladys Dennis as she walked to ner house along the path she shovels herself. born and raised here; many are widows whose husbands at one time worked the area's mines. And it appears to be a universal opinion among them that what's happened to their home town in the last decade is lamentable. lamen-table. Busio himself summed up what seems to be a unanimous unani-mous sentiment among the old-timers here that "the place has gone crazy. Everybody's Every-body's seeing who can spend the most money." Two long-time Parkites who were visiting the Senior Citizens' Center this week said they both moved awav because of the change here in environment and lifestyle. Virginia Street, now of Salt Lake, and May Yates of Midway said they chose to relinquish their ties here when development mushroomed. mush-roomed. "It just isn't Park City am more," Mrs. Street said. Charles Grose, president of the group, noted that probably half of the center's membership has moved away after getting good prices for their homes and finding it cheaper to live elsewhere. Many of them keep their dues current and return to enjoy the summers in Park City ww.. ,,.-,-. The center s facing used to be the old Keetley depot, was sold to the group for $1 by the Union Pacific Railroad and moved to the site, which was leased for 99 years from the city at $1 a year. Moving the building cost $6,000, financed fi-nanced by a federal grant, and niemDers raised the money and did the remodeling themselves. Operating funds come from dues, federal aid and grants from the Mountain-land Mountain-land Association of Governments. Govern-ments. The bi-weekly dinner costs members $1 each, with the remainder paid from federal funds. The federal government also pays 80 percent of the cost of the bus service, with the rest being picked up by the city. In summer months, members mem-bers make frequent field trips around the area to plays, the circus, even fishing fish-ing in the Uintas. Currently, during the mayhem may-hem of winter, the center stands between two busy, construction sites. But it remains a quiet, congenial, comfortable place where its members can enjoy life and each other. . I life L Above, Tom Hanley, affectionately known as Sir Thomas, and driver Mike Busio. Charles Grose (left), presides at the senior citizens' Monday night dinner at the center, the old Keetley depot at 1361 Norfolk. lifi.. ' J' .If j ' -J PARK MEADOWS Pharmacy your full service pharmacy 649-2600 Senior Citizen Discount Delivery service all items to Park West, Park City and Deer Valley areas j1 SM Park Meadows Plaza Building across from Prospector Square Suite F-102 Open 6 days a week 9:30 a.m. -6:30 p.m. Closed Saturdays j SPRING CLEARANCE j Connies TChicken A Outenvear Quilts Single Face Calico Quilts Coup -Craft patterns a I 50 OFF $2.15 yard .90 each A Good selection A A Asst. Cottons Printed Flannels Reg. $2.29 Wool Blends A I $1.99 yard now $1.59 yard 50OFF 5 Cotton Blends H20 and Peters a I -j) Fleece Reg. 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