Tuesday, February 5, 1974
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New Minibus to Increase Services to City's Aged
By BOB MARCOTTE
Kanxan Staff Reporter
Another "Bus'62" will be on the streets of Lawrence soon to serve the transportation needs of the city's approximately 4,500 elderly people, according to Ralph Purton, president of the Douglas County Council on Aving.
The new minibus will join the council's other "bus 62" as soon as modifications on it have been completed in Kansas City, Turner said Friday at a news conference. It will accommodate 12 passengers and will continue the transportation service for people 62 years or older that was begun when the council launched the first minibus v. 14
That bus is now serving about 40 to 60 persons a day five days a week, Turner said, and the demand for its services has been even greater.
The unique thing about the minibus service, according to Turner, is its flexibility. People who want to ride the bus make their reservations one day in advance, and the bus is routed accordingly the next day. It's the kind of service, he said, that "can go right to the person's door—about as close as you can get."
THE KIND OF SERVICE, according to Cal Broughton, one of the drivers for "Bus 62" means that older people don't have to stand on a corner for 10 minutes waiting for a bus. It also serves a social need, he said, and is more likely that their neighbors are when they ride the bus.
The service provides for a number of transportation needs, including trips to the doctor, the grocery store, the bank or post office, and social events. Buse fare is 25 cents each way, according to John Donne, an administrator with the council. Organized
trips to other cities can also be scheduled.
trips to other cities can also be scheduled. The addition of the new minibus is only part of a comprehensive plan to expand services to the elderly in Lawrence, Turner may consider the council plans to begin a regular program of noon meals for elderly persons.
IN NORTH LAWRENCE the meals will be served two days a week at Ballard Center and three days a week at Centenary United Methodist Church at 3th and Elm streets, which are offered all five days by the American Baptist Campus center at 1629 W. 19th St.
The meals will be available to people 62 and older, Turner said, at whatever cost the people can afford to pay. The two minibuses are available for those who need transportation.
The council plans to serve 25 people at each location at the beginning of the period, and will continue to serve persons interested in the meals should make reservations in advance through the council.
OLETHA BLEVINS, a member of the council, and the meals would serve both a boy and a girl.
The noon meals, she said, will give the elderly a chance to get out, meet friends and have dinner. It also is important nutritional value because many elderly people neglect regular eating
"They don't realize how far eating only rice and oat has brought them down," they said.
The noon meal program should help relieve the burdens that have been placed on the Lawrence Meals on Wheels program, Turner said. Meals on Wheels is primarily intended for people who are unable to leave their homes or who require a special diet.
The social opportunities that will be provided in the noon meals program may encourage people to get off the Meals on Wheels waiting list.
TURNER SAID that money for the noon meals and transportation services would be provided by federal and city funds and a $2,500 contribution from the Lawrence
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As a result of state legislation last year the Douglas County council was incorporated into the Capitol Area Agency on Aging, which is centered in Topoke. One of the requirements of the state legislation, Turner said, was that the council provide a comprehensive nutritional program as well as transportation service.
Complaints about lights that wouldn't respond to switches were first made by instructors who wanted to show films in totally darkened rooms.
Harry M. Buchholz, director of the physical plant, said yesterday that some of the lights in auditoriums and large classrooms were wired into emergency circuits so that a power failure would cause the system to switch automatically to standby power.
Buchholz said some of the lights in the larger rooms and in starwars were wired to blue light.
mutting evacuation in case of a total blackout. He also said that lighting was maintained in stairwells for security reasons and lighting in hallways did pose a disadvantage.
"The night watchmen tell me it's easier to detect smoke if all the lights are out."
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