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10 - The Canadian Cha"mo, Tuésday. June 23, 1998 Got a hotscoop? The Champlon là alwy.îfre. Milton seniors citizens ed n soryidés.Culi our newsrooln ut 870-2341 i ed oi have a newsworthy atory to toi us about~ know what they want Lux ury Motor Coach Lavîsh Buffet*1 ONLY $1 2.00 Bino &ote dytor tram SENIORS' on page 8 too ntch for snior', 1loiotnias delivered ý by Meals on Wheels and tliton Helping Hands are available for seniors flot feelingc up to the task of cooking a full meal just to dine solo.% Even so, many seniors balk at these pro-1 grams. More popular is the option of frozen food delivery. "Seniors may say they aren't able to stand at the stove for a long time but theyi are able to heat something Up," said Msi Schouten. "Frozen food helps keep them independent and healthier. They don't actually have to prepare a meal." Better still is the option of volunteers picking up the seniors and going grocery shopping with them. "They want volunteer visitors, but there's a shortage of them," said Ms Schouten. "If someone went grocery shop- ping with them they could choose what they were getting more than through a delivery service." Even with these programs, gapa remain in the system. "Where I find a gap is the point between flot being eligible for a programn like mine but not being able to be fully indepen- dent," said Ms Schouten. The Town of Milton's Joy Anderson agreed. older adults who maybe need juat a little care," said Ms Anderson, whn works out of the Milton Seniors' Activity Centre at 500 Childs Dr. These days, Ms Anderson works mainly get out of the bouse for a white. -Most ol thein i ïe on theii own but ilhes come out to me to play," said Ms Anderson. "We have a lot of women who weren't in the work force just suddenly having their husbands around ai the time." Since keeping active is a physical and emotional boon to seniors, the seniors' centre offers a variety of day programs including dance classes, yoga, tai chi, cary- ing and a walker's and diner's club. They alto encourage volunteer work, where seniors cari use their skills and tal- ents to help out the community and keep a sente of purpose for themselves. Still, it cari be difficult to find a one-size- fits-ali type of programn for a group as diverse as today's seniors. "Right now I'm basically trying to plan for a group that is aged 55 to, 95," said Ms Anderson. "No other group with that kind of spant would be lumped into one catego- ry. Obviously there's a great variety of interests in people of those ages." One thing that tends to be on the minds of many seniors is retrement savings, so the centre periodically schedules a finan- cial speaker. A retiremnent series is alto in the works for this fai or winter. "We have finaricial speakers coming in to the centre to make sure the seniors have the right allocation of accessible funds for things like day trips, along with enough reserve funds," said Ms Anderson. "A lot of seniors don't know what to do with their money once they retire." SUMMER CAR CARE PACKAGE VLUBE, 0WL AND FILTER VFLUID TOP-UP &/15 POINT INSPECTION V'COOLING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE INSPECTION (INCLUDES ACIDITY EVALUATION, VISUAL INSPECTION, COOLANT QUALITY INSPECTION). "I look forward to rny vacation ail year long. The last thing 1 need is to have car troubles get in the way of our fun. With the heat of summer and the extra press ure of running the air conditioner, my engine has to work a lot harder. So, before I take my time off, 1 take mny car in. My mechanic checks things out and makes sure my car is as ready to go as I arn." EGoodwmench Seao