Articles with the Tag: Seniors
ARLEE - The old song April Showers sure do bring all the May flowers. The trees are budding out, the grass is growing in leaps and bounds, and the hummingbirds are back to our homes. The songbirds awaken our hearts with joy listening to their morning calls/songs and the robins are hopping across the lawn wai...
News from Pete Mangels for the Valley Journal POLSON - Our fiscal year is now in the fourth quarter, and it is projected that we will meet and exceed our budget expectations. Thank you all for your continued support for our Polson Senior Community Center. We are fully committed to our mission to p...
ST. IGNATIUS - Farmer’s Markets will be open this month. Take advantage of the fresh fruits, vegetables, and other items they offer. There is a program for seniors called Seniors’ Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) where seniors can receive $48 in coupons to go towards the purchase of...
POLSON - Our Polson Senior Center nutrition program delivers 60-80 meals daily to clients in our area. Over the last two years our client list has doubled. The national Meals on Wheels program reports that requests for meal deliveries have gone up 30% in one year. The Area 6 Agency on Aging for Western Monta...
ST. IGNATIUS - Last week I did say spring was on its way. As I am writing this, it suddenly became cold, chilly, and raining. I hear snow is in the forecast. On April 28, Mandy Jo, the foot care nurse, will be at the St. Ignatius Senior Center. There are still a few openings for her assistance. Call 406-7...
POLSON - Thanks to those who volunteer at the Polson Senior Citizens Center and to our six paid staff members as well. We now have five new volunteer drivers that are assisting with daily lunch deliveries to nearly 100 citizens of Polson. Our hot meals in-house average 30 people per weekday. We cur...
ST. IGNATIUS ¾ Spring is on the way. The willow tree in my yard is budding. People have talked about their crocuses and iris’ coming up. I have to make a correction. I misspelled Eve’s (the audiologist coming to the St. Ignatius Senior Center) last name. The cor...
POLSON - The AARP Tax Filing Assistance program has filed nearly 700 individual or joint tax returns over the past 10 weeks for local senior citizens. Special thanks to the 12 trained volunteers who worked more than 3,000 combined hours to assist in this AARP event. We need a driver(s) for a short d...
ARLEE - March and come to an end with wonderful days of sun and warmth, rain and green grass, daffodils exploding with a promise of a delightful spring. Those who went south for the winter are beginning to see Jocko Valley again as the place to come home to. We welcome all of you to the Arlee Senior’s ...
POLSON - A person who works eight hours a day for five days a week works 2,080 hours a year. One half of that is 1,040 hours. The standard tax form is called the Form 1040, which is, so ironically, one half of 2080. The subliminal suggestion is that half of your wages go towards taxes. Ben Franklin is ...
