OFFICE ON AGING ADVISORY COUNCIL

Unapproved Meeting Minutes

FEBRUARY 12, 2004

1:30-3:30 PM

Held at 1501 Blue Spruce Drive, Room 135B

Fort Collins, CO  80524

 

 

           February 12, 2004

               1:30-3:30 PM

Held at 1501 Blue Spruce Drive,

 Room 135B Fort Collins, CO  80524

                                     

Members Present:	Paul Bell	Bill Benton	Steve Budner
	Carolyn Funk	Gerry Hinks	Ray Martinez
	Elnora McCloughan	Carol Rehme	Mary Shultz
	Lloyd Spawn	Earl Stevens	Stan Ulrich
Members Absent	Rita Dykstra	Peggy Haller	Johanna Inman
	Tom Nix	Barbara Nuss	Karen Reinhardt
	Ken Tharp	Hal Wilson
Staff Present:	Donna Brumbaugh	Tina Cheatum	Ruth Coberly
	Stacy Duenwald	Margaret Long	Glen Rathgeber
	Qualear Wilson	Melanie Wolf
Guests Present:	C. Dean Miller	Stephanie??? Chisman

 

 

CALL TO ORDER

Mary Shultz called the meeting to order.

 

INTRODUCTIONS

Stephanie Chisman, a CSU intern in the human development department, will be doing her internship at the Fort Collins Senior Center for the remainder of the semester. for ????ask Steve CSU intern human development

 

OPEN DISCUSSION/COMMUNITY INPUT

No open discussion/community input was offered.

 

 

TRENDS AND ISSUES

Mary Shultz announced that Karen Reinhardt, an advisory council member, Karen Reinhardt contracted a virus that left her severely ill for several weeks including a stay in the hospitaldue to her already weak immune system caused by her chronic respiratory problems and congestive heart failure. Karen’s health is improving and she is feeling better.. However; hHowever, she will not return to the council for a while.

 

ADJUSTMENTS, THEN MOTION TO ACCEPT MINUTES OF JANUARY 8, 2004

Lloyd Spawn requested clarification for the information regarding Larimer County aiding Arapahoe County, located at the bottom of page three3. Margaret Long clarified that the proposed aid was for Larimer County residents and that Arapahoe County is the broker that arranges the services. Also, Earl Stevens also pointed out that waiver was misspelled on page 2two of the minutes. Earl made a motion to accept the minutes. Steve Budner seconded the motion. Minutes accepted as submitted with corrections.

 

CHAIR REPORT

No chair report was provided.

 

BIOGRAPHY

Carol Rehme is 52 years old. She grew up in south central Kansas and attended high school and junior college in the area. She graduated from Wichita State University with a double major in journalism and speech. She met her husband while attending school and they were married a year after graduation. She has four4 children: , one in Fort Collins, one in Denver, one in Connecticut, and one in Brazil serving as a missionary. She also has her first grandchild, Avery Sage Crockett, living in Connecticut. She was a stay at home Mmom for years and has recently started a writing skills/storytelling business, Vintage Voices, where she provides??? She also coordinates an interactive programs in eldercare facilities. and the program is growing by leaps and bounds. Last year, Carol established a non-profit corporationorganization to maintain this service. She has also been a contributing writer for Chicken Soup for the Soul. She announced stated that her hero is her eldest son, who has been critically injured twice, with serious complications and injuries both times, but who recovered and meets his challenges head-on..

 

 

UPDATE ON LARIMER COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING

Title V/Outreach Program Title V—Outreach Program

Margaret pointed out that the Office on Aging (OOA) has been provided a ˝half- time employee at no direct cost whose salary will be paid for with through the Title V <