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82 HEALTH FAIR Temple Isaih Sacred Heart Church Lexington V.F.W. First Parish Church Unitarian Universalists Meeting adjourned at 10:00 P.M. BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING APRIL 11, 1978 The regular meeting of the Board of Health was held Tuesday, April 11, 1978, at 7:00 P.M. in Room G-15 of the Town Office Building. Members present were: Dr. William L. Cosgrove, Chairman, James W. Lambie, Dr. Michael S. Erdos, and George A. Smith, Director of Public Health. Minutes of the March 7, 1978 meeting were approved as typed. At 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Jean Wood came before the Board of Health to discuss, once again, what financial help the Board would give toward the Health Fair being planned. Dr. Cosgrove once again said that the Board could not pay the Tri Com- munity Nurses for their time at the Fair as long as the Red Cross nurses were volunteering. Mrs. Wood explained that the Tri Community Association did not have any volunteer help, therefore, the nurses expected to be paid. Tri Community nurses would be conducting the diabetic screening. Dr. Cosgrove asked if any of the other organizations were paying their help, and also where some of the financial help was coming from. Mrs. Wood said that the Council on Aging was paying some of the costs such as the custodial fees and the insurance. Dr. Erdos asked what the goals of the fair were and what other programs were being offered. Mrs. Wood said that they were having the Glaucoma Screening Clinic which was not new but was presented in a different setting. The hypertension and diabetes screening would be just routine clinics. Mrs. Wood also spoke of the various speakers and their subjects being planned. Mr. Lambie asked what this fair would accomplish. Mrs. Wood said it was just a health promotion program. Dr. Cosgrove said he felt we should not pay for one group when the other groups were either paying their own or using volunteers. After further discussion it was agreed that the Board would pay for the lancetts for the diabetes clinic. The Board also felt that it would help the image of the Tri Community Health Services if they donated their time. Mrs. Wood thanked the Board and retired.