Seniors
RONAN — The Mission Valley Senior Center (across from St. Luke’s Hospital in Ronan) is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday for lunch and other activities. Our menu: — Friday, May 12: ham hocks and beans, salad, dessert — Monday, May 15: Mother’s Day Brunch, salad, dessert Wednesday, May 17: tuna casserole, salad, dessert May 19: cheeseburger, salad and dessert May 21: Sunday dinner - roast pork or beef, potatoes, salad and dessert Area VI Council on Aging is having a Cookbook Fundraiser. If you would like to submit a recipe, stop in and get a form. Pinochle is held every Monday from 3:30-6 p.m. at the center. Everyone is ...
ST. IGNATIUS — We are having a Mother’s Day Basket Raffle. Some of the items included are a $30 gift certificate to Bev’s Bloomers, yard decorations, handmade potholders, kitchen items with more are coming in. We have been selling raffle tickets since April 19. We will be hav...
POLSON — May 5 brings us the “mesmerizing flower” full moon. I call it the sneezing pollen allergy moon. Commodity food for those in need are distributed on a monthly basis. You can help us by recycling your clean and gently used Super One Foods green plastic grocery bags. We...
RONAN — The Mission Valley Senior Center (across from St. Luke’s Hospital in Ronan) is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday for lunch and other activities. Our menu is the following: - May 5: Mexican Day, salad and dessert - May 8: Stroganoff, salad and dessert - Ma...
RONAN — Mission Valley Senior Center, (across from St. Luke’s Hospital), is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday for lunch and other activities. Our menu is: — Wednesday, April 19: lasagna, salad, dessert — Friday, April 21: fried chicken, salad, dessert — &...
POLSON — May Day was originally a Pagan celebration of the start of the flowering season; demonstrated by dancing, play and pleasure. I recall my mother’s Irish/Scandinavian tradition of children leaving a basket of fresh flowers on the porches of strangers, then knocking on the door and gleefull...
ST. IGNATIUS — Please be careful when burning yard waste, papers, and fields. As many of you know a family recently lost their house in a Polson Fire. Our St. Ignatius Senior Center is holding a Mother’s Day Basket Raffle. Some of the items included are a $30 gift certificate to Bev&rsqu...
POLSON — Well, if you haven’t filed your IRS form 1040 EZ by the time you read this, it’s not too late to file for an extension. That EZ at the end is supposed to mean “Easy,” but it never is. If you work a 40-hour work week for 52 weeks it figures out to a 2080-hour work year. ...
ARLEE — This is what I wrote last year and it seems to apply this week, except we have freezing weather – winds, below zero, more snow and yet the sun wants to tease us with what is to come. “March winds seem to have arrived in February with all that below zero weather! But now we are lo...
ST. IGNATIUS — Believe it or not, we had a big brown bear in our yard last week. So, keep your bird feeders protected and your garbage put away. The St. Ignatius Senior Center Indoor Yard Sale will take place on April 28 and 29 from 10 a.m.-4. p.m. Donations are welcome. We are looking for an assist...

