New Malden Senior Center Malden Ma

Our new Senior Center is scheduled to open on December 8, 2008. The contractor is up to date on his work and has indicated that he will meet the set date.
FRONT AND CENTER
From Coast to Coast the staid old senior center is being revamped as an "activity center" filled with boomer-friendly offerings such as basketball and martial arts. We at MSAC have been looking out for are present Senior members who range in the late seventys but in Malden government circles we are looking to open to a broad range of the community. We are looking forward to a range of 50 and up. THIS PUBLIC CENTER WILL BE KNOWN AS "Planet 50 Plus"
Another suggestion as been made to get more diversification and open the doors to all Senior Citizens. How about programs and services published in the languages that all our Seniors bring to Malden Since we have a wide range of Seniors in Malden how about the affluent come to the center to participate by helping those who through a variety of circumstances are left behind and in need of help and advise. WE could use a Food Pantry in the newly renovated Senior Center with the help of Bread of Life.
ALERT
Bills required Defibrillators at health clubs (one of the goals of the Senior Center )
Massachusetts should require health clubs (senior center to have defibrillators as advocates say could save lives. With those now using the Senior Center presently at risk we are courting an incident that get attention.
The legislature should require fitness centers to have a least one of these devices on site in case a visitor or employee goes in cardiac arrest and needs immediate help
The devices cost beteen $1000 and $3000 each, reads a patients vital signs when pads are placed on the persons chest.
Many models speak to the rescuer, telling the person when to bush a button that delivers a shock to revive or regulate the heart rate (AP)
AGING BOOMERS FACING INCREASED HEALTH PROBLEMS.

Second Year Malden High Senior Intern Program

Nearly 100 MHS seniors set to learn the ropes' at area businesses, offices.Coordinator of successful program cites bridge to the working worldIt provides an experience for students to investigate a career or explore an interest before they study it in(colloge) or seek that profession.Michele Manger Program coordinator and Malden High Teacher mmanger@malden.mec.eduThis years internship program runs from April 7 till May 1(remember that wmca coordinator wants to cooperate with student)
Malden Senior

Verizon Public Hearing on Thursday, February 28, 6pm in City Council Chambers
As many of you know, Verizon is in negotiations with the City of Malden to become a secondary cable provider for the citizens of Malden. As part of these negotiations, Verizon will be asked to support MATV with a portion of the operating funds and a capital contribution. Just as we did during the negotiations with Comcast, we are asking MATV members to come to the hearing and speak in support of MATV. Let Verizon know what MATV is all about and how it benefits you, members of the Malden community. Let them know why we are worth supporting with substantial operating and capital funds. We have saved your letters that were submitted from the previous public hearing, and we'll be re-submitting these to Verizon. But we'd love to see many MATV members attend the public hearing on Thursday, February 28th and speak out on behalf of MATV. For more information, email Ron or myself. And thanks, in advance, for your support!

-- Recently, volunteers in Missouri and a handful of other states discovered the cremated remains of war veterans inside small canisters and cardboard boxes.

Instead of receiving their promised military burial, these war heroes have been forgotten and left on mortuary and hospital shelves for decades.

A national effort is underway to give these veterans a proper and dignified burial.

Municipal Spending

There is only so much money to go around, and a dollar more in benefits for teachers is a dollar less for police. Each public employee union jusifies itelf to its members by outdoing not only the municipality against which it bargains for benefits, but also the other unions against whitch it competes for benefits. Cutailing the process means curtailing union power.
COMMENT

Health Costs and the Employee Unions

The problen is that the public emloyee unions control State and local government. The occasional official who tries to gbing government healthcare costs under contol is asking for trouble.
Quincy Mayor learned this lesson earlier this year (2007) When teachers went on strike over his efforts to give them to pay more toward their healthcare costs.
How is this to be handled in Malden?
Lets get action for the Mayor and City Council on this issue!

Low interest Loans MRA

As part of its efforts to encourage homeowners to replace their private lead water services lines, the City through the Malden Redevelopment Authority is offering low-interest loans to subsidize the work. The MRA has a list of qualified contractors for this work and will provide professional staff to help the homeowner through the process.
1. For more information about the low-interest loan program to replace lead water service lines contact the MRA at 781-324-5720.