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for the By FLORENCE WILKINSON When I was a young girl I do not remember my mother always being away for meetings or other events which demanded her time Perhaps it was because she was not able to go anywhere during the depression which so many seniors remember with a variety of emotional reponses or perhaps it was only that she was so involv ed in keeping a household going raising a family and struggling to make ends meet It therefore rather amazed me that when she was well past her sixtieth year she accepted a position that required her travelling around the country to conduct meetings and be involved in the larger life of society Now that I belong to that group of well past the sixtieth birth day I realize that it Is much easier to be free as a senior citizen than it was as a working struggling citizen thing which became very clear is the fact that seniors are able to take up new ideas and completely revolutionize their lives It may be difficult for younger folk to realize that the group now called seniors were ail well into their working lives before such a thing as television was available in Canada Though this generation is raised on mechanical devices notably the computer it is not the only generation which can become ad dieted I guess what I am suggesting is that seniors though educated before the atom was split before television was a part of everyday life air travel was accessible to hosts of people or the on ly way of getting to the moon was by daydreaming seniors may and can be excited about all of the modern inventions and become a part of the society that uses them In other words seniors can learn new tricks and at the same time bring the wisdom of age to bear upon how they can be used And this is just what manv are doing Seniors who have never done much organizing or had much time for play or hobbies are now finding time and looking these outlets One of these outlets is the Senior s Games Most of the indoor games are now finished for this year but outdoor ones are getting started golf lawn bowling etc The local games are finalized early so that the regional winners may go on to the district and then those winners go to the Provincial games which will be held in London Ontario in August Representing bowling are Greenspan Joct Tilson Dennis and Elmer Teams art fiom Ac ton Burlington and Oakville and the winners then will go on to London There is a group of seniors who are learning the skills of televi production Many of these have learned over the years the use of their own camera equipment others have not But one and all are finding the thrill of being involved as if they were a group of teenagers who has grown up in the television age and were taking this as an elective for their school curriculum Seniors who unless they grew up in a larger centre perhaps never saw or heard much of people who were not white skinned yet these seniors are learning to relax with Tai Chi study comparative religion and travel around the world as if it was their own neighbourhood seniors are able to do none of these things because of disability or finances For these seniors other seniors give their volunteer time Perhaps volunteering is one of the things which the majority of seniors have in common As you may be aware this is the second time around for a column which is going to be written for seniors others may read for free by seniors It should be a column which brings you information about people for whom this is written the seniors Your questions suggestions Cooperative housing project wont have negative impact A cooperative bousing represen tative told Hills general committee Monday night which is made up of the town councillors that a cooperative housing development doesnt have a negative impact on the ding neighborhood The coordinator of the Peel Halton InterCooperative Corpora tion Sherry m response to queries from several councillors said she has lived in a cooperative housing development for several years and none of the surrounding neighbors have ever complained In fact when told there was a cooperative housing development in their neighborhood said Ms Woytaz residents have said they didn t even realize it Ms Woytaz attended Monday nights meeting to ask councillors to support two recently passed Municipality of Toronto reholu tions that the province follow up its successful Homes Now fordable housing program with a similar program starting next year Howes Now is the pro vince s biggest affordable housing project calling for 30000 non profit houses In be across the province by 1992 and the federal government should maintain current funding for the Federal Cooperative Housing Pro gram The General Committee voted to support these resolutions but they still have to go before council next Monday for final approval Mayor Buss Miller sought assurance from Ms Woytaz that cooperative housing didnt have a negative effect on a neighborhood saying there are proposals for cooperative housing developments to be built in Acton that council hopes to get on track during the next few years The Mayor was referring specifically to a development pro posed for the Cook Street and Vic toria area About residents from that area appeared before council at a public meeting to protest the development Some residents argued the development would devalue the resale value of their homes But Ms Woytaz referred to a re cent stud show introduction of a cooperative housing develop ment showed the pnces of houses actuailj appreciated But a reason for the increase t be determined she said Cooperative housing t devalue neighboring homes Civic Garden tour a popular event the occupants nave a sense of ownership and security As long as the residents contribute to the workings of the cooperative and abide by the rules they can live in the cooperative as long as desired Its stressed the residents dont have to worry about a landlord coming to t em one day and saving they have to leave because his brother is moving in she said Ms explained its a lack of education on the part of people that leads to this misconception cooperative housing Change it scary anybody if they dont understand it she said Ms told councillors 200000 people across Canada are caught in the cycle of meaning these people dont have adequate hous ing And only 25 per cent of all new developments being built today the province of Ontario which has one of the lowest vacancy rates in Canada are geared to income Meanwhile Regional Council voted Wednesday to sup port the same resolutions the towns general sup ported The approvals come a week after the Region planning and public works committee endorsed the resolutions The Civic Garden Centre is presenting Through The Garden Gate a tour of private Toronto gardens on June and from noon to p From large and stately to small and intimate the nine gardens in Forest Hill and six on Belmont Street are viewed by the owners as places to relax and to entertain This is a fundraising event for The Civic 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