Seniors tell board to let them eat doughnuts
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASHBURNHAM, Mass. - Senior citizens in a Massachusetts community are telling a town official to keep his hands off their doughnuts.
Francis "Bill" Johnson is chairman of the advisory board in Ashburnham, a 90-minute drive northwest of Boston.
He said at a Council on Aging meeting this week that spending money on doughnuts and pastries for the local senior centre's morning coffee club encourages unhealthy eating habits in a population that already has health issues.
Board member Lorna Fields says Johnson has "overstepped his boundaries," and that many seniors won't eat "carrot sticks and stuff."
A cream-filled doughnut covered with sprinkles has about 350 calories.
But 67-year-old centre regular Betty Bushee tells The Telegram & Gazette of Worcester that no one has the right to tell seniors what to eat.
Sounds like some unruly seniors need an attitude adjustment. Doughnuts are a priviledge, not a right. If they all want to make a stink about this I suggest Bill Johnson threatens to move these old timers to one of those homes from 20/20. Beatings will continue until morale improves. Understood?
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