[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 99 (Tuesday, July 26, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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            SALUTE TO THE SIMI VALLEY SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER

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                          HON. ELTON GALLEGLY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 26, 1994

  Mr. GALLEGLY. My Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the Simi 
Valley Senior Citizens Center, which for the past 10 years has offered 
seniors a wide variety of services under the same roof on Avenida Simi.
  Opened on July 27, 1984, the center has been and continues to be a 
bastion of activity, service and friendship to the community's older 
residents. An average of 80 noontime meals are served at the center 
every weekday, with another 42 provided to the homebound through a 
successful Meals on Wheels Program.
  Working with the Ventura County Public Health Department, the center 
immunized 402 seniors last year at its annual flue clinic and continues 
to provide Lifeline home emergency communicators to 84 low-income 
seniors without charge.
  The center also represents a set of wheels and increased mobility to 
many seniors, providing an average of more than 950 ``Dial-A-Ride'' 
trips a year to appointments with the doctor and the hairdresser, to 
the grocery store, and to the center itself.
  But perhaps most importantly, the center has truly become a place 
that area seniors can call their own, a place where they can always 
find something to do, a friendly face or even just some quiet time to 
themselves.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in this salute to the 
Simi Valley Senior Citizens Center, which turns 10 years old this week 
and will surely enjoy many more such anniversaries as it continues to 
serve the seniors in and around Simi Valley.

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