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Show mt Vol.229, No. 174 a Salt Lake City, Utah South I Wednesday Morning Valley September 12, 1984 Green Thumb Inc. Agency Helps Elderly With Employment By Keri Schreiner Tribune Staff Writer In January, Louise Callahan will finish school and pound the pavement e in search of a job with all the confidence of a young college graduate. Louise is 62 years old. Like many older Americans, the death of her spouse left Ms. Callahan alone and struggling to survive with a Social Security check as her only means of sustenance. For her, and thousands of others, Green Thumb Inc., offered an alternative. Green Thumb Inc., is a national organization which was established in 1965 to provide part-tim- e public service employment at minimum wage for people older than 55. Its goal is to incorporate the growing number of senior citizens back into the work force by providing them with subsidized job experience. Assistant Librarian For Ms. Callahan, Green Thumb job as an assisprovided a part-tim- e tant librarian, as well as a referral to the Opportunities Industrialization Center for additional training in office skills. There is no reason for people to sit back, fold their arms and say theyre too old to work, she said. The training provided by Green Thumb through public agencies and organizations is inprivate tended as a stepping stone to private employment. The aim of Green Thumb is to get those enrolled back in the work force with a marketable skill, said area supervisor Doug Meacham, not to feed off a public trough, but to get them back into the economy. As area supervisor, Mr. Meacham assesses the ability and interests of the enrollees and fihus a position suitable to them. Some training positions for- - the Green Thumbers" may be assisting teachers in schools, blazing nature trails in state parks, helping the disabled through home health care, working in libraries or directing travelers in tourist information booths throughout the state. full-tim- low-inco- tablished to provide part-tim- e public service employment at minimum wage for low income people over 55 years old. widow, has been helped by Louise Callahan, a Green Thumb, Inc., a national organization which was es- - Utahns Eat Twice as Much Ice Cream as Average Citizen other reason for the great consumption of the cold, creamy edible is the fact that many Utahns like to make things from scratch and ice cream is one of them, she said. Lifestyle is an important factor, says Clint Warby, administrator for the Utah Dairy Commission. Its a family type of dish, he said. When we Utahns get together with families or in church meetings or socials it is traditional to serve ice cream. Produce Ice Cream But Jay Brown, dairy supervisor in the Department of Consumer Services, thinks a big reason for the great ice cream consumption has to do with advertising. The accelerated advertising program of the Dairy Commission has done a lot for ice cream sales, he said. Even the farmers put money into national ice cream advertising. There are about 15 different companies in Utah that produce ice cream, Mr. Warby said. Cream By Shia Kapos Tribune Staff Writer Ice cream makes people smile. of Theres nothing like a double-scoo- p any flavor on a sugar cone to bring an grin. And according to the Utah State Dairy Commission, Utahns smile twice as much as the rest of the naear-to-e- tion. Utahns consume seven gallons of ice cream per capita, per year. The national average is half that, Joanne Criddle, program director of the Utah State Dairy Council said. This information, Ms. Criddle explained, is based on the amount of ice cream produced in Utah and does not take into account ice cream imported from other states or that which is homemade. The reason for Utahs overactive ice cream appetite, according to Ms. Criddle, is the Mormon influence. We Utahns dont go out for a cup of coffee. We go out for ice cream. An mJk T- t-- m Vf - - - OWeber produces the most. Utahns arent the only ice cream lovers. The International Associaton of Ice Cream Manufacturers has released figures saying 53 billion scoops of ice cream were scooped in 1983. Americans ate an average of 15 quarts of ice cream each in 1983 (which is up 4 percent from 1982). The top 10 ice cream flavors, according to the association, are vanilla, chocolate, Neapolitan, chocolate chip, strawberry, vanilla fudge, butter pecan, cherry, butter almond and French vanilla, in that order. More on Weekends The three varieties most consumed in Utah are premium ice creams Hi-La- (most expensive), economy ice creams (affordable price for families) and homemade ice cream, Mr. Warby said. The international association also said more ice cream is consumed more ori weekends (especially Sunday) than any other day and the amount of ice cream eaten increases lion gallons. This rise includes the consumption of ice cream, ice milk, sherbet, water ices and mellorine. Ice cream can only be considered ice cream if it contains 10 percent milkfat. Ice milk has 2 percent to 7 percent milkfat; sherbet contains 1 percent to 2 percent; water ices contain no dairy ingredients and mellorine, similar to ice milk, has a fat content of 6 Elderly Increasing The efforts to tap the reservoir of talents and experience in the senior citizen community is critical with the increase in the number of elderly in te V&& i'i' ' You may be a good, qualified worker, said area leader Frank Karman, but if youre over 40 youre finished. Regional Director Yvonne Whea-do- n said she believes there is a definite stigma surrounding the hiring of older people in the American society. We offer people whove been through the mill, they have established work habits and realize they are depended on to do their job, said Ms. Wheadon. But placement is still difficult because of a reluctance to hire older people. Not Prone to Accidents There is a myth that elderly people are more accident prone, which according to statistics is false, she said. Theyve learned through experience to take CJ tees. ' FEJZWViCOts ksbqr&m with thbsb coupons op poteMS of at. 83BH& 2 S CA3H VxHceK Mr. Meacham sees a solution in changing attitudes about retirement. Instead of thinking of retirement at age 60 or 65, people should consider the possibility of continuing their work, or if their work is too physically demanding, of seeking an alternative or a second career in a less demanding area. Under Title V Green Thumb Inc., which operates under Title V of the Older Americans Act, has more than 22,000 enrollees nationwide, with 201 currently enrolled in Utah. tf Though the people involved with the Green Thumb program are trained, have decades of life and work experience, and are more than willing to put their time and energy into work, the Green Thumb motto of Ability is Ageless is not widely held in the private sector. 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According to the 1983 edition (1984s has not come out yet) of The Latest Scoop, a publication put out by the association about ice cream and related products, ice cream consumption in the United States has been on the rise for five years. In 1982 Utah produced 8.428 million gallons of ice cream, 2.194 million gallons of ice milk, 546,000 gallons of sherbet and 302,000 gallons water ices. The total frozen products production in Utah came to 11.470 mil- the United States. During the period of 1971 to 1980 the population older than 65 rose 31.4 percent, from 20 million to 26.3 million, a rise that is predicted to contin- rxxrZ27Z77luajtL!77. |
