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i that collected at the Transfer Station and that collected The Council on Aging met monthly on the sec- by private trash haulers (residential and commercial.) and Wednesday of the month at 9AM, usually in they This decrease may be explained in part by an almost Senior Center. From time to time, residents from the 25% increase in recycling. The Department of Public Town attended the meeting. The meeting was and is Works hopes to continue this pattern by increasing open to the public. participation in recycling as well as by increasing the materials recycled. Election of officers was held at the annual meet- ing which occurred in July. At that meeting Arthur The following quantities (in tons) were recycled Weinstein was re-elected Chairman, Jeanne Noussee at the Transfer Station: was re-elected Vice-Chairman,Robert Osborn was re- elected Treasurer and Aurora Bird was elected as 2001 2000 Secretary. During the year Aurora Bird resigned. Newspaper 368 238 Many thanks to her for her contributions during her Cardboard 56 45 ten years of service to the Council. After Mrs. Bird's Scrap Metal 350 197 departure from the committee, Elizabeth Jones was Glass 48 82 elected as Secretary to the Council. Plastic 19 17 Cans 11 9 The Council on Aging continues to advise the Yard Waste 655 620 town fathers regarding senior issues. One item of great Tires 24 26 interest to the selectmen and town in 2001 was the Antifreeze (gallons) 110 55 need for expanded facilities within the town for Oil Filters (gallons) 2000 2500 seniors and senior programs. The Council on Aging Car Batteries 3 3 participated in determining senior space needs through Electronics/CRT's 22 15 inclusion on the Community Needs Assessment Committee and in the Capital Improvement Program. The Department of Public Works is pleased to serve the community throughout the year. We look Some accomplishments of note at the Carol H. forward to providing value to the citizens of the Town Jacobson Center during the year were: the installation of Mashpee. of Micromax, a computer program which allows us to calculate benefits that might be available to seniors !' Respectfully submitted, from various state,federal and local agencies; upgrad- ing of the network of primary computers at the Senior R. Gregory Taylor Center improving their ability to "talk to each other"; Director of Public Works employment of Senior Clerk; addition of thrift shop outbuilding; computer training classes; and extensive involvement in the Community Needs Assessment Repot of the process. Council on Aging During the year the Council on Aging sponsored a variety of health screening and health maintenance To the Honorable Board of Selectmen programs in conjunction with local agencies. Blood and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: pressure screenings and weights were offered each month through an arrangement with the Visiting Nurse .0 The Council on Aging is pleased to submit their Association of Upper Cape Cod & the Islands, 2001 annual Report. Mashpee Fire Department and Gentiva Healthcare. Along with these screenings were a variety of presen- The Council on Aging is the organized commit- tations on health topics important to the senior com- ment by the people of Mashpee to coordinate and to munity such as osteoporosis,dementia,prostate,nutri- carry out health,welfare,educational,social and recre- tion, long term care planning and other related topics. ational services and programs designed and imple- Long lines of seniors surrounded the senior center in mented to address opportunities and solutions for the early November for flu shots provided through the empowerment and betterment of the Senior VNA, an important part of the preventative approach Communities. It is a mandated responsibility through of the VNA, Mashpee Board of Health and the state government to meet the needs of those in the Council on Aging. In addition,mammography screen- population who are 60+. The Council on Aging may ings were provided by a mobile mammography unit. act as a direct provider, a sponsor or co-sponsor,or the originating source of information and referral t i 109