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Arlee

ARLEE — The annual general meeting of the Arlee Senior Citizens Center will be held on Jan. 13, at 6 p.m., during the regular second Saturday evening dinner. All interested in the Arlee Senior Center’s future are encouraged to attend this meeting. We need your input as to the future direction of ...

Ronan

RONAN —Well, we are into the New Year. I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday.  This Thursday will be our monthly evening meal with pork roast, mashed potatoes, dinner roll, salad and dessert. We will serve at 5:30 p.m. and the cost of the meal is $5 per person.  The menu: &mda...

Polson

POLSON — Who shook the snow globe? Commodities will be sorted and packaged here on Tuesday, Jan. 16. You can pick them up after 1 p.m. Unfortunately, due to a scheduling change, the toe-nail clinic was not held today, Jan. 10. We feel badly for those who braved the weather to come in for that. Ho...

Breaking her silence Breaking her silence

LAKE COUNTY – Penny Lippincott, 74, wanted to keep her experience with childhood abuse buried in the past, but it always came back to haunt her no matter how hard she tried to ignore it. The daily news even had a way of triggering her memories, which is what happened recently.  She was listenin...

Polson senior news

POLSON — Happy New Year. Does it seem like the days are getting longer? With the winter solstice behind us now, they are. I might require two naps a day soon. And soon the old calendars will be replaced with the 2018 ones. Ah, time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like bananas. But hang on to you...

St. Ignatius

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass;it’s about learning to dance in the rain. There will be no AARP tax aide at our center this year, sorry for any inconvenience.  The food pantry is still looking for volunteers to work Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. if you are int...

Foster grandparent program may fold after school year Foster grandparent program may fold after school year

POLSON – Although a local program that benefits seniors and children has received a number of kudos, it may fall victim to a lack of funding come July 2018, the beginning of the next fiscal year.  Nancy Hemphill, the former coordinator and now director of the local Agency on Aging’s Foste...

Making connections Making connections

POLSON – Spreading a little Christmas cheer. That’s what the Polson High School’s Connection Tour is all about. For the second consecutive year, the group of 20 students from the extracurricular choir traveled to Cherry Valley and Linderman elementaries, Polson Middle School and the Pols...

St. Ignatius

ST. IGNATIUS — Don’t get your tinsel in a tangle. The food pantry is still looking for volunteers to work Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. If you are interested, please call 406-745-0057. There will be no card parties in January or February. They will resume in March. The Ukulele...

Ronan

RONAN — Well, another month and another year are quickly coming to a close. Everyone will soon be making their New Year’s resolutions. I don’t make a resolution for myself, only to try be a better person than I was last year.  The menu for the next week:  —  Wedne...


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