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Show More Volunteers Needed For Sr. Cits nic Ms. Smith said, "No one had a long wait I think it went very smoothly." Ms. Johnson said additional serum will be sought. "When the elderly do get that flu, a lot of times it becomes pneumonia, pneumo-nia, etc." stressing the importance import-ance of immunizations for senior citizens. THE COUNCIL also approved use of the Kaysville site van for transporting interested in-terested clients to the new Jordan Jor-dan River LDS Temple for a tour, although it was emphasized empha-sized it would be considered as a trip with no sanction of any religious activity. Site Manager Patsy Seach said about 15 had expressed interest in-terest and approached her about ab-out such a trip. It will probably take place Oct. 27, she said, with directors at both Golden Year's and Heritage Center indicating in-dicating some interest had been shown by a number of their patrons, as well. A $2 DONATION will be asked, it was decided, with possible inclusion of others above the 15 although other transportation would have to be arranged. necessary services are provided. pro-vided. While the Heritage Center Cen-ter is a full-service facility, providing a myriad of classes, the Kaysville facility is primarily primar-ily a meal site although several classes are offered. It was started less than a year ago and has limited space. Both offer weekday hot noon meals. FOUR ST. Mark's residents addressed the board asking for possible transportation to the Heritage Center, where they formerly attended before moving mov-ing to St. Mark's. All said they had located in the area from out of state or the region and had all their area friends at the Heritage Center. A report on the recent flu shot clinics held at the Heritage, Herit-age, Golden Years and Silver Age indicated a drop from last year, largely due to limited serum supplies available from the county health department. SOME 88 shots were given at Kaysville, with ten additional addition-al planned there, 278 at Clearfield Clear-field and 347 at Bountiful. Speaking of the Bountiful cli- By TOM BUSSELBERG BOUNTIFUL Faced with possible drying up of state and federal support monies, the Davis County Council on Aging may be forced to seek more volunteer assistance. THE COUNCIL on aging board received that somber note Monday during their monthly meeting held at the Golden Year's Center in Bountiful Boun-tiful from Joyce Smith, that center's director, and William Marion, council nutrition director. Both attended a national nutrition conference in Portland. Port-land. Ore., where representatives representa-tives from 32 states convened. Faced with the prospect of less funding and a higher proportion propor-tion of elderly, put at 63 percent per-cent of the population over age 65 by the year 2.025. Mr. Marion Ma-rion emphasized a need for more support from nongovernment non-government sources. HE CITED the example of Providence. R.I.. where some 1.000 homebound meals are served vs. 50-60 here in a city with less than twice Davis County's population. He said cars are provided by volunteers volun-teers vs. county vans here and the volunteers are paid only for mileage. Volunteers here utilize council on aging cars. In that same city, all site space is donated, including utility and maintenance costs, he added, noting mostly churches chur-ches and clubs participate. "If our income from federal and the county goes down and down, we're going to have to look to other sources of income," in-come," he said. THE PEOPLE will still need service even if the current funding sources evaporate, Mr. Marion said, indicating support might be possible from United Way and various businesses. But Aging Director Alice Johnson said nationally, 85 percent of funding support comes from individuals and only about five percent from corporations and a like amount from other businesses. IN OTHER action, the board opted to experiment with transporting those residents resi-dents at the new St. Mark's Gardens complex in Kaysville to either the Heritage Center in Clearfield or Silver Age Nutrition Nutri-tion Site in Kaysville, depending depend-ing on preference. Current policy stipulates senior citizens can be transported trans-ported in county vehicles to the closest facility where |