19 yearold home alone. no one there to answer income question.
was hesitant to answer income question because her sister sometimes lives there. HH number she decided does not include her sister. we went back to change her answer at her request.
woman (adult)was interpreting for spanish speaking head of household
Didn't think there were many seniors in Gervis who would use a center
F said it all depends on the cost and she didn't know enough about that.
transcient, expects to be in the community a short time & does not know that he would use a community center
Senior thinks a youth center might keep the kids out of trouble
If we called about water or sewer development, F R would be happy for that.
F said there isn't much of a community to consider a community, senior, nor a youth center.
Believes there is little use for a senior center but that it might be nice to have. Youth center much more needed.
F couldn't speak English well. The 10yr.old boy was helping interpreted. There are 7 people,or 3 families -this woman (is the boy's aunt) and her daughter -the family of the boy (his dad, his mom, his brother,and his brother) -his uncle who is 25
in response to "youth center?" he said "for the troublemakers?! nah!!"
Two other single person familiies have two other different phone numbers
We need a new school for the kids so they don't have to do to another city.
R says he believes the city of Gervais needs to build better schools or improve the existing ones. He is concerned about kids getting a better education than what is now available in Gervais.
R believes that what the city of Gervais needs most is a school because some of the kids are being sent to schools in Brooks because of lack of space in Gervais schools.
R says a community center is very necessary because the white population seems to be the minority in Gervais and there is no place for the hispanics or the russians in the community to get together and meet eachother. R believes a senior center is very
Respondent had difficulty answering questions because she is from Russia and didn't have a strong command of English, and she seemed timid about offering her opinion and kept saying her husband would be able to answer better. There may have been a reluc
R said the town is really small, they only have a population of 500, and so they don't need any centers.
I interviewed the man, he spoke Spanish and could speak English well. He told that someone already called and interview him last week. He had only one tel. # which was the same as I got on the screen.
when asked if she wanted a community center, R said "No I don't think it's big enough for that yet."
R said she didn't think there were enough Seniors in Gervais for a Senior Center.