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"If -Community Care can keep just ten people out of institutions for a year, then we are saving money, not wasting it," he said. The purpose of the Community Care organiza- tion is to provide services to * senior eitizens at a nominal cost to help them continue to live in their homes for as long as their health permits. Mr. Tuttle went on to say 'that throughout Durham Region last year, Commun- ity Care volunteers provided 13,000 transportations for seniors for such things as - medical appointments. The organization provided some 4000 meals on wheels, and to help seniors cope with' isolation and loneliness, there were 3000 personal visits by volunteers and 6000 phone visits. i DURHAM ROAD *8, R.R.*1, 1 PORT PERRY, ONT. 985-7890 I J.RI.STORAGE LTD. UNITS ARE RENTING SPACE TO SMALL BUSINESSES. He added that about 95 percent of the seniors were able to pay the nominal fee for the services. "Our purpose is to help give people the choice of where they want to live," he said. Scugog Community Care provides four services to the community: Meals on Wheels, Information Scugog, a community involve- ment and volunteer program (CVIP) to assist persons suffering from stress and mintal anguish, and a trans- portation and home visiting service for seniors. The annual report for the eight-month period ending March 31, 1980 for Scugog Community Care shows a total of almost 2000 hours of volunteer service, some 10,700 miles of transporta- tion services, and assistance to 187 seniors by 159 volun- teers. Also in this eight month period there were 1299 meals on wheels served and 152 phone visits and security checks for seniors. - Information Scugog field- ed 114 phone "inquiries on such things as recreation, health services, and govern- ment programs. In his report to the Board, 'outgoing chairman Roy Grierson noted that Com- munity Care is now receiv- ing on-going financial support from the provincial government after a two-year trial period. 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The guest speaker for the annual meeting was Carol Godfrey, a representative of . the federal income securities program, who works out of the Oshawa office. Ms. Godfrey outlined details of the Canada Pen- sion Plan, the Old Age Pension and the Family Allowance Benefit Plan which are all administered by the Income Securities Branch. She encouraged people seeking information or help with pensions to visit the office in the Mid-Town Mall in Oshawa, and she went into detail of pension plans that are not generally well known by the public at this time. One such plan recently brought into practise is the division of pension credits. If a person is divorced after January 1, 1978, they can apply to split the pension credits of the former spouse and receive half the pension at age 65. Ms. Godfrey told the meet- ing that although the Canada Pension Plan fund now has about $15 billion in the coffers and is growing rapid- ly, a financial crunch could hit as early as 1985, and this will probably mean that employee and employer contributions will have to be raised above the present 1.8 per cent of salary. The 1.8 per cent of the salary as the employee's contribution has not been increased since the program began in 1966. Ms. Godfrey said that anyone applying for any benefits under the host of pensions available to the public must have a birth certificate (or equivalent document) and a social insurance number. Fire forces move Durham - Northumberland M.P. Hon. Allan Lawrence has established a temporary Constituency Office for the Port Hope - Cobourg areas in the lowel level of the Post Office building at 67 John Street, in downtown Port Hope. Last Saturday fire totally destroyed the M.P.'s office, which operated for several years at 40 Walton Street, Port Hope. Mr. Lawrence said there is full telephone service to the temporary office. The numbers are unchanged - 885-2044 for those in Cobourg, Port Hope and vicinity; persons outside the dialing area can call the office toll- free by asking the Long Distance operator for Zenith 9-6130. The office will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays, as usual, and at all other times an answering service takes telephone messages. Although many records and files were lost in the fire, Mr. Lawrence said there should be no disruption in the service provided to consti- tuents by his office. Binding arbitration has given Durham Region Police a 7.5 per cent annual pay increase, but the president of the local police association described it as '"'an insult." Association president Dale Allan described last week's ruling by arbitrator J.W. Samuels as "unrealistic" adding that many of the 356 members of the association have expressed "utter dis- belief' over the ruling. The new contract will raise the salary of a first class constable to $23,363 yearly, up from the $21,733 under the old contract. The police association has been seeking a 15 per cent salary increase, which Mr. Allan called justified be- cause of the high efficiency standard of the Durham force. The arbitrator based his ruling partly on the fact that "we are entering a period of moderate inflation", accord- ing to recent statistics. Also rejected in the arbit- ration ruling was a request by th¥ police association for increased dental coverage, and special pay for those in identification and criminal investigation branches. Double pay time for unsche- duled work at Mosport Park was granted by the arbitra- tor. Police commission chair- man Tom Jermyn is quoted as saying he is "quite satis- fied' with- the arbitrator's rulings. 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