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a <br />FOR•EACH SEPARATE PROGRAM, VERY LITTLE WOULD BE LEFT TO CARRY OUT <br />THE PROGRAM. MR. MITCHELL POINTED OUT THAT WHEN ANY PROGRAM STARTS <br />UP, YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOME PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY IN SETTING PRIORITIES <br />BUT HE FELT THE TURN—OVER HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT. IN REGARD TO A <br />DEFINITION OF "NEED", MR. MITCHELL NOTED THERE IS A LOT OF LATITUDE <br />IN THE PROGRAM, AND HE BELIEVED IT SHOULD BE THAT WAY BECAUSE IT IS <br />AIMED AT GETTING PEOPLE BACK INTO SOCIETY AND INTO A GOOD NUTRITIONAL <br />SITUATION. HE AGREED THAT IT IS UNFAIR THAT CONTRIBUTIONS CANNOT BE <br />USED TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED MATCHING FUNDS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS <br />HOW IT IS MANDATED AT PRESENT. MR. !fITCHELL POINTED OUT THAT IF <br />THESE TAX DOLLARS ARE NOT USED HERE, THEY GO OUT OF THE STATE AND <br />ARE LOST. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THERE -IS ANY WAY THAT THIS PROGRAM <br />CAN BE OPERATED COMPLETELY WITHIN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY UNDER THE COUNCIL <br />ON AGING. <br />MR. MITCHELL STATED THAT IT COULD, BUT THE FUNDS WOULD BE <br />ALLOCATED BASED ON THE SENIOR CITIZEN POPULATION, AND IT WOULD BE MUCH <br />MORE EXPENSIVE TO ADMINISTER IT AS AN INDEPENDENT PROGRAM. <br />EUGENE CRAGG OF SEBASTIAN AND COUNTY -REPRESENTATIVE ON THE <br />COUNCIL ON :GING, SPOKE IN PRAISE OF TRE CONGREGATE MEALS PROGRAM, <br />HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE "NEED" WAS NOT ALWAYS FINANCIAL AND REQUESTED <br />THAT THE BOARD RECONSIDER THEIR POSITION. <br />DOROTHY UNVERSAW, PRESIDENT OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNCIL ON <br />AGING, STATED THE IDEA OF WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IS FAR BEYOND THE <br />MONEY THEY ARE REQUESTING IN THAT THEY ARE HELPING PEOPLE RETURN TO <br />SOCIETY AND FIND HAPPINESS AND FELLOWSHIP. SHE POINTED OUT THAT THEY <br />HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM A WHOLE YEAR AND THEY ARE <br />STILL TRYING TO IRON OUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS. MRS. UNVERSAW FELT <br />THERE ARE HUNDREDS WHO NEED TO BE REACHED, AND ASKED THAT THE.BOARD <br />NOT THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH;" <br />ERNIE ROVELLA, SITE SUPERVISOR OF THE -CONGREGATE MEALS PROGRAM, <br />SPOKE EMOTIONALLY OF THE JOYOUS AND GRATEFUL REACTION OF.THE <br />•PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED MRS. FLETCHER IF SHE FELT THAT SHE <br />WOULD BE ABLE TO SOLVE THE DIFFICULTIES THEY HAVE HAD WITH THEIR METHODS <br />OF SETTING PRIORITIES. <br />14 <br />Bax 36 PAoEZ85 <br />