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28 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | NOVEMBER 2016 STAG: Senior Transportation Assistance Group Interest Group Pass Transit Beaumont has committed to two new services that will be of great benefit to residents of Four Seasons. First, service to Kaiser Redlands Medical offices will be added to the daily bus route from Walmart in Beaumont to the Veterans Hospital in Redlands. Second, a weekly round-trip to nearby shopping will leave from the Lodge every Tuesday. The Kaiser stop will assist patients make doctors' appointments. The shopping route will allow residents to use local businesses. Stops will be made at Albertsons, Ross, Walmart, and Kohl's with access to many other stores and services. The bus will leave at 10 am and return at 12:30 pm. The fare will be $2. There will be no age restrictions for the Tuesday trips. The routes were announced last month at an ice cream social in the Lodge sponsored by the Senior Transportation Assistance Group (STAG), headed by residents Brenda and Richard Teeman. In addition, Brenda Teeman said, Pass Transit is working on a way to subsidize taxi fares for seniors. Details are yet to be worked out, but the agency plans to cut the costs in half by matching — dollar for dollar — what each senior pays. Brenda Teeman told those at the social that she wants to see Beaumont become "a model community for senior transportation." She asked residents to attend monthly lunch meetings on the third Thursday of each month — Nov. 17 this month — in the Lodge Ballroom to show support of STAG and its efforts. "We are hoping you will contribute your ideas and your expertise," she said. She expects the convenient, low-cost senior transportation will help improve business and property values and help residents leave "Something of value to your family, your friends and the next generation." There are sign-up sheets for a Jan. 20 trip to the Morongo Casino for a free tour and buffet. Also, there is a petition asking Kaiser Permanente to build a long-planned facility in the Pass Area. It already had over 200 signatures, said Teeman, but she hopes for more. Reminder: Pass Transit Dial-a-Ride phone number is (951) 769- 8530; Riverside Dial-a-Ride is (951) 565-5002 or (800) 800-7821. ~ Brenda and Richard Teeman (909) 594-8487 Mario Janesin Selina Cabrera (Pass Transit) Selina Cabrera & Pat Foster (Pass Transit) Lisa Almilli (Riverside Transit) Transit officals speak at Beaumont STAG