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PROGRAM TO RUN FROM ABOUT 3:30 TO 6:30 P.M. ON WEEKDAYS AND ALL DAY <br />SATURDAYS. THERE IS A YOUNG MAN IN GIFFORD WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE <br />IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION, WHO IS PRESENTLY WORKING AS A SUBSTITUTE <br />..a.t.:TEA CHER, AND WHO WOULD BE THE LOGICAL PERSON FOR THIS POSITION IF <br />A WAY CAN BE FOUND TO FUND HIM. -MRS. CALLAHAN ESTIMATED FOR THE HOURS <br />PROPOSED, HE SHOULD BE PAID ABOUT $100 A WEEK. <br />RALPH LUNDY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT BOTH THE PROGRESSIVE <br />CIVIC LEAGUE AND THE GIFFORD PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS BEEN <br />ORGANIZED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND IS ACTIVE, AGREE WITH THE NEED FOR A <br />SUPERVISED PROGRAM FOR THE PARK AND HAVE EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS TO <br />ASSIST WITH THE MONITORING OF THE PARK, THEY BELIEVE THAT SUCH A <br />PROGRAM WOULD BENEFIT NOT ONLY THE GIFFORD AREA, BUT THE COUNTY AS A <br />WHOLE BY KEEPING THESE CHILDREN OFF THE STREET AND CHANNELING THEIR <br />ENERGIES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. MR.LUNDY CONTINUED THAT THE <br />ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS AGREED TO ASSIST WITH THE COST BY PAYING THE <br />SALARY OF THE SUPERVISOR FOR THE SECOND FOUR MONTHS, THEY WILL <br />HAVE TO SET UP A SERIES OF FUND RAISING PROJECTS TO ACCOMPLISH.THIS <br />AND WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO FUND THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD NOTED THAT MRS. CALLAHAN ESTIMATED A COST <br />OF $6,000 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT SINCE THE SCHOOL YEAR HAS ALREADY <br />STARTED, IT WOULD BE A TOTAL COST OF ABOUT $5,000. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE WISHED TO KNOW IF SUCH A PERSON 'MOULD <br />WORK IN THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT WITH MRS. CALLAHAN OR BE AN EMPLOYEE <br />IN THE COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT, COMMISSIONER BIRD FELT HE WOULD BE A <br />COUNTY EMPLOYEE WHO WOULD WORK HAND IN HAND WITH MRS. CALLAHAN, BUT <br />PARK SUPERVISOR BILL COOK WOULD BE HIS SUPERVISOR. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCURLOCK, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO FUND UP TO $2,500, INCLUDING <br />ALL FRINGE BENEFITS, FOR A PART TIME RECREATION SUPERVISOR FOR THE <br />GIFFORD PARK, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GIFFORD PARK ADVISORY <br />COMMITTEE WILL FUND THE REMAINING FOUR MONTHS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. <br />SEP 3 61981 43 <br />BOOK 47 PAGE (622 <br />