SENIORS REBEL AGAINST OLD-DAY DOGHNUT PLAN [+] ballot by aya ACTIVE Wed Aug 22, 07 - Thu Aug 21, 08 CARMEL, N.Y. (AP) - Local officials are listening to their elders, and giving up at least part of a plan to ban doughnuts from senior citizens' centres for health reasons. ADVERTISEMENT Putnam County officials had proposed prohibiting free, day-old doughnuts from the county's five senior centres, which serve about 1,000 lunches each day. Nutritionists questioned whether the doughnuts were suitable snacks for people over 65. Seniors rebelled, saying they're mature enough to decide what they eat. Some 250 people signed a petition blasting the proposal as a crummy idea. On Tuesday, county officials proposed a compromise: Small amounts of doughnuts, cakes and other baked goods could be served at the centres - but they have to be eaten elsewhere. The issue isn't just fat and calories, officials said. "We were seeing huge amounts of days-old items coming in," said Doreen Crane, the county's Office for the Aging co-ordinator. "Some of it was visibly mouldy." The suggested compromise isn't enough for seniors. "Ludicrous," said Joe Hajkowski, 75, who launched the petition drive even though he doesn't eat doughnuts. "I don't like the way they are treating the seniors." comment Ballot #117245 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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