Senior Community: TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SENIORS DOESN'T GUARANTEE JOBS
After raising her children and grandchildren, Evelyn Burkett of Gary joined the Senior Community Service Employment Program three years ago to get the job training she felt she needed.Following her first two years in the program, which subsidizes 20 hours a week of part-time employment, Burkett hoped to secure permanent employment. Instead, she continues to earn minimum wage and works for a different agency under the same government subsidized program.Daniel Levin, the program...
Senior Community: CHELSEA SET TO OPEN FIRST SENIOR CENTER IN SUMMER
Chelsea's first senior community center should open in July along Shelby County 36, officials said. The Chelsea Yellowleaf Lodge's opening originally was planned for late last year but was delayed when remodeling took longer than expected. The end result is worth the wait, officials said. "Twelve to 15 percent of our population are senior adults," said Mayor Earl Niven. "They need somewhere to quilt or play games...
Senior Community: Letters to the Editor,
Thanks, KSU fans, for parking
at St. Joseph's lot in recent years
To the Editor: With football season about ready to begin this year, we at St. Joseph Senior Community would like to thank all the football fans, especially Wildcat fans, who have chosen to park at the field adjoining our parking lot over the last few years. With the ground-breaking of the new surgical center on the field east of St. Joseph Senior Community, we will not be parking cars there this year for the football games, but we will have a few spaces on our land to park. We would like to...
Senior Community: Age-restricted housing plan up to voters,
Northboro site now factory
NORTHBORO -- If town meeting voters approve a new bylaw, the Laurence Candle Factory site will be converted into a senior community with town houses that will cost as much as $500,000.Longtime developer Bob Moss of Westboro presented the preliminary plans for the 55-years-and-older community, as well as a proposed age-restriction bylaw to the Planning Board last night. Mr. Moss has a purchase agreement with the owners of the 58-year-old candle factory, subject to approval of the senior...