Seniors
POLSON - We have five drivers delivering up to 14 meals per driver, with routes up to 10 miles. We are doing what we can to deliver meals in a timely fashion, as always. Medical appointments are always our priority for taxi services if 24-hour notice in advance of your appointment is requested. We only have one taxi driver, and only a dozen or so time slots are available each day. Call 911 for emergency services. August seems the time for reunions. We rent space for events. Advance notice required for weekends and evenings. Too hot? We have air conditioning, food and friendship. Keep well hydrated. It’s good for you. A nail clinic is available. You can sign up at center...
POLSON — The full moon (Sturgeon) is best viewed on the 8th of August. During fire season we call it the red moon. We have opportunities to awaken, supplement, or expand your experiences while serving your Polson Senior Community Center in a leadership position. Nominations for six posit...
ST. IGNATIUS — This summer has certainly flew by fast. I hope everyone is taking a few moments to stop and just relax. Activities: Bingo: Saturday, Aug. 9, at 2 pm. Menu: Friday, Aug. 1: biscuits w/sausage gravy, mixed fruit, banana cream pie Tuesday, Aug. 5: Goulash, green...
POLSON — Hot August nights are near us. Stay cool man, real cool. AARP Safe Driving Course is July 29, from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Early sign-up is required. We have about ten more openings. There’s no testing and it’s a video assisted event with informal discussions. The take-home st...
ST. IGNATIUS - Good Old Days activities at the St Ignatius Senior Center: St Ignatius Senior Center will host a Pancake Breakfast from 7-11 a.m. on Saturday, July 12. There will be a silent auction instead of a raffle, at the barbecue Friday night at the Pavilion and Saturday at the Senior...
POLSON - Happy Bastille Day! The French celebrate their rebellion (July 14, 1789) from the King of France. The rebellion was sparked by hunger, and the blind eye of the King toward the basic needs of the citizens of France. Activities (air conditioned): - Wednesday Play Day: cards, board games, k...
ST. IGNATIUS - Good Old Days is coming up and our St. Ignatius Senior Center will hold their pancake breakfast on July 12, from 7 to 11 a.m. We will raffle off a basket for Good Old Days. Tickets for the raffle will be sold at the barbecue on Friday night, July 11. Bingo will be played at the center on...
POLSON - Fire season is upon us. Be careful with fireworks and campfires! As the story goes, Elizabeth Willing Powel approached Benjamin Franklin on a street in Philadelphia after the signing of the Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787, and asked “Well Doctor, what have we got, a Republic or a...
ST. IGNATIUS - The National Institute on Aging reports the elderly are particularly vulnerable to high heat temperatures, which can put people at risk for fatigue, edema, heat rash, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.To lower your risk of heat related illness, drink fluids, avoid alcohol and caffeine. If ...
POLSON - On June 19, 1865, (nearly 100 days after the Civil War ended), the Army of the United States freed all the nearly 250,000 slaves in Texas, the last state to abolish involuntary servitude. An abbreviation of this memorable event became “Juneteenth.” Soldiers died to make men free, and to ...
