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<br />I THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22.1996
<br /> SAI~T PAUL F
<br />I COVERING THE COMMUNITIES OF: Arden Hills, Falcon Heights, Gem Lake, NORTH
<br /> Lauderdale, Little Canada, Mounds View, New Slighton, North Oaks, Roseville,
<br /> Shoreview, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, White Bear Township
<br />1 Seniors will have two sites for dining
<br />I Meals on Wheels and because they will be more accessi- show up ior dining. It's that im-
<br /> ble," he said. portant to them."
<br /> senior dining are serving Anderson agreed. The dining program serves se-
<br />I about 190 people a day "I would be surprised if we niors in the school district tbat
<br /> don't average 100 in senior dining includes Mounds View, Shoreview,
<br /> pretty quickly," he said. New Brighton, Arden Hills, North
<br /> BEN CHANCO STAFF WRITER Meals on Wheels is for seniors Oaks, Vadnais Heights and a small
<br /> age 60 and over and for disabled portion of Roseville.
<br />I A dining program that provides adults; senior dining is for seniors According to a 1995 community
<br /> age 60 and older. People using the survey, of Shoreview's 25,000 resi.
<br /> lunches for seniors in northern programs are asked for donations dents, 13 percent are ages 55 to
<br />1 Ramsey County will be split be- to help pay for the meals, which 64, and 9 percent are 65 and older.
<br /> tween two locations, ostensibly to cost $2.80 lor food, preparation In New Brighton, which has
<br /> make it more convenient for the and containers. The average dona. 23,000 residents, Anderson esti.
<br /> people it serves. tion made last year was $2.07 for mates about 5,000 seniors.
<br />.. The split, which could come as Meals on Wheels, and $1.92 for He said younger seniors under
<br /> early as May but no later than senior dining. age 70 tend to be more mobile, go
<br /> June, affects senior dining. and Temali said the $2.80 does not on trips and cook for each other.
<br /> Meals on Wheels provided by include the cost of administering "They most likely don't use se.
<br /> Mounds View School District 621. the programs, which brings the to- nior dining because they don't
<br />I "We will go with two dining need it:' Anderson said. "But it's
<br /> sites," said Nick Temali, director "Even when the here when they need it."
<br /> of community education, the office weather is bad and He said it will take the Family
<br /> that administers the program. Service Center about two months
<br />I The sites will be the Shoreview school closes for to get ready to handle the senior
<br /> Community Center, the current the day, seniors dining program.
<br /> home of senior dining, and the "We will need to make minor
<br /> Family Service Center in New show up for dining. changes in our kitchen and get an
<br />I Brighton, which asked last sum. additional refrigerator and freez.
<br /> mer to be a dining site. It's that important er," Anderson said.
<br /> "We're very glad about the to them."
<br /> change:' said Maurie Anderson,
<br />I . director of the New Brighton NICK TEMAU
<br /> Parks and Recreation Depart. SCHOOL DISTRICT 62 I
<br /> . ment, which runs the Family Ser.
<br /> . vice Center. "We think it's a heck tal to $4.50 per meal. The pro.
<br />I _ of a service for our seniors." grams are primarily federally
<br /> Temali said moving part of supported: $14,000 a year for se-
<br /> . Meals on Wheels out of Shoreview nior dining and $43,000 for Meals
<br /> to t'iew Brighton will mean warm- on Wheels. In addition, Ramsey
<br />I : er meals for those living closer to County contributes $27,000 a year
<br /> . the Family Service Center. for Meals on Wheels.
<br /> "It also will make it easier for Temali said the dining program
<br /> : the volunteers who deliver the is designed to provide nutritious
<br />I : meals," he said. meals for seniors at least once a
<br /> Temali said Meals on Wheels day, Monday through Friday. I
<br /> . currently delivers about 120 "It also provides the opportunity
<br />f' . lunches a day, and senior dining for seniors to get out of the house
<br /> : serves 65 to 70 people. and socialize," he said. "Even
<br /> "We think those numbers will go when the weather is bad and
<br /> up when we have the two sites school closes for the day, seniors
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