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Show Governor's Conference on Aging Sept. 10 present funding priorities; and 3) either state or federal legislation to change program policy. Other activities during this annual event include the senior citizen's ball at the State Capitol Rotunda on Sept. 9 and Senior Citizen's Day at the State Fair on Sept. 10 after the luncheon at the Salt Palace. The State Division Of Aging is encouraging senior citizens to contact their local Area Agency on Aging for further details and information including transportation to the events. The annual Governor's Conference on Aging will be held on Sept. 10 in the Salt Palace Exhibit Hall from 9 a.m., to noon. Governor Matheson is expected to address two key issues that resulted from 36 mini-conferences throughout the State long term care and inflation. A total of 418 recommendations came from 2,800 senior citizens who want to retain a high degree of self-worth, independence and dignity. The mini-conferences mini-conferences exposed a feeling of anger and frustration regarding inflation and the apparent ap-parent indifference toward the individual who has to live on a low, fixed income, and must try to survive the rapidly increasing costs of taxes, medical care and utilities. Leon PoVey, Director, State Division of Aging, said "A further clarification of the recommendations from these 36 mini-conferences allowed us to consolidate them, into three major areas: 1) actions that can be taken by administrators ad-ministrators to help solve the problems; 2) either an increase in funding for senior citizen programs or a reallocation ok |
