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ISS.1 VOL.11 NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2009
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Mission Statement Providing for the special transportation needs of seniors and persons with disabilities in Benton County
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Saturday, June 27th.
Transportation personnel will be on hand to demonstrate features of the buses as well as assistance with planning your trips. Learn to use the bus bike racks. Then get an upclose look at a Corvallis Transit System bus and accompany your transit team on one or two short bus trips to see bus features in action. Get answers to your transit- related questions and individual help. Persons with mobility devices will be provided free securement straps which can be installed that day. With the increase in ridership and the reality that at some point we may have to look at potential cuts in service, if you feel that you could probably use the bus system please plan on attending this event. Further and most importantly support starts at the local level with State funding issues. Visiting the capital and speaking with Constituents on April 21st. The message was that you our clients need to be writing or talking with Sara Gelser to support the services we provide you. Sara can be contacted at sgelser@yahoo.com or 541-760-2115.
Until our next issue take good care, Live
Simply, Love Seriously, Care Deeply and Speak Kindly.
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 CELESTE WEAVER DE BALAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Drivers can arrive at their pick up address 15 minutes before to 15 minutes after the scheduled pick up time. Drivers will wait 5 minutes at the curb for the passenger and then will leave for the next scheduled appointment time. Remember there are a lot of people who rely on Dial-A-Bus for their transportation needs so please be prepared to leave when we arrive. Also our drivers for the most part are volunteers who graciously provide their time to assist our program and it's mission to serve senior citizens and adults with disabilities in Benton County.
HELP WANTED/QUILT RAFFLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please join us in congratulating Kyle Heese for receiving the Martha Mumford annual award of the year! Kyle has been a driver for our program since December of 2004 and logged many hours. His primary duties are to transport the Developmentally Disabled clients to and from Vocational work sites. These very clients nominated him for the service they receive. His compassion and dedication for a young man of his age are truly commendable! However, you'll have to ask him his age. |
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This column is especially for those who can remember: Studebakers;
party lines; newsreels before the movie; Blackjack chewing gum; Howdy
Doody; Green stamps; 35 cent per gallon gasoline; Tinkertoys;
mimeograph paper; telephone numbers with a word prefix; and when it
took five minutes for the TV to warm up. Ah, such dear, sweet
memories. That's the good part. But, my friends, I'm afraid the rich
memories also mean that we're getting older. I don't know about you,
but I think one of the ways to grow older somewhat gracefully and
less painfully is to try to look at the phenomenon with a sense of
humor. That's why I'm going to spend the rest of the column reviewing
some of my favorite 'You know you're getting old when . . .' items.
Some will probably be familiar to you. Others are new ones of my own
invention. Okay, here we go! YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD WHEN: you
have a party and the neighbors don't even know it; kidnappers are not
very interested in you; people no longer view you as a hypochondriac;
you get into heated arguments about pension plans; you give up all
your bad habits and you still don't feel good; you find yourself
beginning to like accordion music; the pharmacist has become your new
best friend; people call at 9:00 p.m. and ask, 'Did I wake you?';
your idea of weight lifting is standing up; half the stuff in your
shopping cart says 'For Fast Relief'; you start making the same
noises as your coffeemaker; you look forward to a dull evening; all
the names in your little black book end in 'M.D.'; you remember Alan
Ladd, William Bendix, Deanna Durban, Myrna Loy, and The Shadow; you
begin to think of speed limits as a challenge; your back goes out
more often than you do; it takes longer to rest than it did to get
tired; you sing along with the elevator music; your secrets are safe
with your friends because they can't remember them either; and you
enjoy hearing about other people's operations.
Just remember: you don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow
old because you stop laughing. More on a similar theme next time, when
I talk about my personal battle with modern electronic devices. Until
then, buckle up, and have a safe ride!
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Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 5:30 pm Appointments: 752-2615 Return rides: 752-2665
SERVICE AVAILABLE:
ALBANY/CORVALLIS SERVICE:
STONEYBROOK / WESTHILLS |
Monday-Wednesday-Friday
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