PRIME August 2020

AUGUST

A SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF THE BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE

A MAGAZINE FOR MATURE ADULTS

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SEW SWEET COWBOYS HAD IT RIGHT EMOTIONAL I.Q.

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Sew Sweet

By Hannah Stiff

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Why are pollination, pollinators, and pollinator plants so important?

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Cowboys Had It Right

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Tapping Into Emotional Intelligence

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Old Guys and Road Construction

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Estate Planning During a Pandemic

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Meal Service in Senior Centers

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Local Woman Remembers Sweet Pea Festival With T-Shirt Quilt

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ne of Montana’s most iconic summer festivals, like so many other things in 2020, is cancelled. There will be smaller celebrations, like chalking the walk on Main Street, and a juried art show downtown. But Sweet Pea, in all its crowded glory, is canceled this year.

The cancellation prompted Donna Vining to dive into her memorabilia box from past Sweet Pea festivals.

Among Vining’s memorabilia is a colorful quilt, measuring 7-feet by 6-feet, that features T-shirts from decades’ worth of festivals. Each shirt features a unique design of sweet peas, as imagined by

a winning local artist. When Vining looks at each square, she is reminded of the part her family played for so long in the Sweet Pea Festival.

Vining and her family participated in the summer fest for nearly three decades, volunteering in the famed tater pig booth for the Chord

PRIME August 2020 / 3 Rustlers. Vining’s husband, Earl, was a member of the Chord Rustlers for 26 years.

The barbershop choir cemented its place in festival goers’ hearts by combining their penchant for singing while working and hocking dang good comfort food.

And though a tater pig, in its simplest form, is the marriage of sausage and spud, it’s also a tasty reminder of so many memories and so many Vining children, grandchildren and great grandchildren volunteering together.

“Since we had young children, we had a sandwich board they wore around the park for advertising and to earn a tater pig,” Vining recalls. “Over the years, we have had four generations of Vinings at this booth.”

One of Vining’s favorite Sweet Pea memories unfolded on a hot August Saturday in 2000.

“Just at noon, the booth was about six people deep waiting to buy their tater pig when everything stopped and it got so quiet,” Vining recalls.

“Then my grandson Robert got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend Lindsi. The crowd went wild and of course the barbershop broke into song and sang to Lindsi.”

4 / August 2020 PRIME When she pulls out her Sweet Pea quilt, Vining is reminded of cherished memories like Lindsi and Robert’s engagement. Some memories are sweet, others silly. Like the time a German couple bought an entire cooler full of tater pigs and mailed them home. Or when the Shakespeare in the Parks actors mentioned the tater pigs in their act and caused a run on the Chord Rustlers’ booth. Each square is its own soft reminder of the summer’s best days. The quilt features t-shirts from 1997-2007 and was lovingly

sewn by Earl’s stepmother and her quilting klatch.

“Sweet Pea runs deep in our family,” Vining explains.

Vining, now 84 years old, said her first Sweet Pea in 1985 looked much different that the Sweet Peas of recent memory. For starters, the Chord Rustlers’ popular booth was a spartan threewalled configuration with a tarp for a makeshift roof. To get the hole in the potato for the sausage, the Chord Rustlers tried using an electric drill.

“It was a mess,” Vining recalls.

The subsequent years, the Chord Rustlers adapted their methods and eventually perfected a less messy drilling option.

“Every year since we started, everything got better and better to what it has become,” Vining says.

And lest you think that in a post-pandemic landscape you can steal some bacon from the Chord Rustlers and set up a tater pig booth right next door, think again. Vining says the term “tater pig” is trademarked to be used exclusively by barbershop choirs around the U.S. Though the community must forego most of Sweet Pea’s theatrical weekend this

year, folks will still have a chance to nab a tater pig. On Friday, Aug. 7, and Saturday, Aug. 8, the community is invited to the tater pig drive through from 3-7 p.m. Bring $5 in cash (no change will be given), roll down your window and snag a tater pig.

The tasty taters will also be available Sunday, Aug. 9 from 12-4 p.m.

In between laps around the tater pig drive thru, Vining urges community members to recall their own favorite Sweet Pea memories. Pull out those old festival shirts and buttons. Grab the photo album with snaps in front of beloved bands and talented thespians. Who knows, maybe you’ll even be inspired to create something from your own Sweet Pea treasures.

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Why Are Pollination, Pollinators, And Pollinator Plants So Important?

By Jan Cashman

ollination is one of nature’s most important functions; it is the way many plants reproduce.

Pollinators assist plants with reproduction; they take pollen from one plant to another. If plants aren’t properly pollinated, they can’t bear fruit or produce seeds to grow new plants. Many plants are wholly dependent on the presence of pollinators to continue their existence— almonds, apples, and blueberries to name three.

What is a pollinator? A pollinator is anything that helps carry pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma to help in fertilization of that plant. Insects, including bees, wasps, ants, flies, mosquitos, butterflies, and moths, are the most common pollinators.

Bees, probably the most common pollinator of all, have fuzzy bodies with an electrostatic charge so pollen adheres to them. Honeybees, not native to North America, were brought here for honey production and to pollinate crops. North Dakota and Montana are the two leading states in honeybee and honey production. Bats and birds, especially hummingbirds are also important pollinators. And wind and water can carry pollen.

Why worry about pollinators?

Many insect pollinators are in decline. Pesticides are one reason for this decline. Neonicotinoids, namely imidacloprid, are a popular, new group of insecticides that are especially toxic to bees. It is so toxic to bees, imidacloprid has been banned in Europe. Other reasons for insect pollinator decline are diseases, loss of habitat, monoculture crops, competition, and big weather events such a droughts, floods, tornadoes, or hurricanes.

During the winter of 2006-2007 and before, many people in agriculture were worried because bee colony collapse was causing the death of worker bees in some colonies. The varroa mite was blamed for this collapse but there was thought to be more than one cause. Fortunately, there are fewer colony collapses today.

Plant a pollinator garden. A pollinator garden is an area with flowers that provide pollen and nectar for pollinating insects, providing vital nutrients that keep insects alive and sustain them throughout the year. These gardens can be a safe habitat to help support the pollinator population. When planting a pollinator garden….

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Avoid chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Keep the area natural and wild.

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Plant many and diverse plants that bloom brightly at different times of the spring, summer, and fall.

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Single, not double blossoms, especially tubular shaped, are the best flower shapes, so the insects and birds can get down into the flower with their proboscis and beaks and collect the nectar and pollen they are after.

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Use native plants that produce an abundance of pollen and nectar.

Native plants are best because they take less care and water and are well-adapted to our area.

Some Montana native plants recommended by Montana State University for improving bee habitat here are sticky geranium, yellow penstemon, golden aster, bluebells, blanket flower, wild beebalm, and prairie sunflower

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Cowboys Had It Right

By Lois Stephens

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owboys knew what they were doing, in more ways than one. Remember those oversize bandannas they always wore around their necks? Just think, that big kerchief served a multitude of uses. Cowboys could use those fabric neckpieces as a cooling cloth on the neck when they wet the material, they could fix the bandanna over their faces as a shielding mask in a dust or snowstorm, wipe noses, mop up blood from scratches obtained riding through sagebrush, stem bleeding from a gunshot or arrow wound, or use it to disguise themselves when it came time to rob an unsuspecting stagecoach.

I look around Virginia City today and notice a partial return to the Old West.

Covid 19 has contributed to this phenomenon, of course, as approximately 50% of the people who roam the street of Virginia City now wear face masks of some sort. Some of these masks are quite colorful and distinctive, while others of these face coverings

are just ordinary face masks bought in the dollar store.

Whatever people choose to use as way to cover their mouth and nose makes an impression.

Just think what wearing a mask allows you to do and become in your own mind.

You can imagine you are the Lone Ranger’s newest sidekick, or walk with a swagger and think of Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, and the shootout at the Ok Corral, where you of course would be the hero, not Wyatt Earp. If your mind takes a nefarious turn, you can even conceive of yourself as a part of the notorious James gang, on the brink of robbing yet another bank. The old historic streets of Virginia City allow these imaginings to seem quite possible and genuine.

On a more realistic note, I think wearing a mask offers an ideal way to hide the zit that popped up on my chin overnight. It also covers a crooked nose, that mole on one’s cheek, or unwanted

lines and wrinkles around the mouth and chin that those of us of a certain age are not happy to see in a mirror and are more than delighted to cover up. For me it also offers an interesting puzzle to solve as I often have to guess which local citizen might be lurking behind his or her mask when I meet them at the post office in the mornings.

Today we seem to face some sort of dilemma.

Experts advise us to wear masks in public to help slow or prevent the spread of Covid 19. Others feel it is an infringement of their rights to have to wear a mask of any sort when out in public.

Politicians have leaped into the fray and have made the wearing of masks a political issue, with the result that these elected officials have further polarized our nation.

‘Should I or shouldn’t I’ seems to be the question regarding mask wearing in public, with people making their decisions based on a variety of factors, including their political viewpoint.

It doesn’t have to be like that nor should it be. Courtesy and respect for others needs to be our first priority, regardless of our personal viewpoint. Of course, wearing a mask in public does not guarantee you won’t become infected, nor does it guarantee the stop of the virus. However, masks do help those who wear them to decrease the chances of spreading the virus to others and does go a long way to protect family, friends, and neighbors.

Masks can become difficult to breathe through, they get wet and soggy with extended use, they may not be comfortable after a short period of time, but it does seem like those in the know do feel that masks protect those around you. You do not wear a mask for yourself, you wear it in the hopes it will protect those whom you come in contact with on the street.

Most of us in Virginia City have been lax in wearing face coverings of any sort, myself

PRIME August 2020 / 7 included. We’ve been isolated through the winter, to date we have had no Covid 19 cases in Virginia City itself, none of us have strayed far from home over the past several months, and we respect our social distancing in order to keep ourselves and our neighbors safe and healthy.

However, tourist season has arrived with a roar.

I notice on my nightly ghost walks that we have visitors passing through from Arizona, California, Texas, and Florida, to name just a few states. This is worrisome. Actually, it is

rather frightening. About 50% of the people who take the ghost walk wear masks; each individual family group on the walk keeps a prudent distance between other family groups on the walk, and the entire walk remains outdoors, so I am reasonably confident no one will become infected while taking my ghost tour around town.

However, with all the strangers in our county, perhaps I need to play cowgirl on a regular basis, wear my trusty bandanna around my neck, and pull it up over my face when I enter a business establishment.

After all, there are people in this town I care deeply about, and I would not want to infect or unwittingly pass on that infection to family and friends all because I was too lazy or indifferent to take twenty seconds to cover my mouth and nose. I want to protect myself as best I can, and I want to protect my loved ones. After all, that is the whole point of existence, is it not, having care and consideration for others?

I will keep one thought in mind, however, as I roam the streets with a mask over my face. A non-maskwearing local resident made

the joking comment to another resident who did choose to wear a mask in public, “Remember, the last time people wore masks in Virginia City, they were hung from the nearest tree.”

After all this is vigilante country, for better or worse.

Lois Stephens brings personal experience of the aging process to Prime Magazine.

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8 / August 2020 PRIME When your mind begins to feel like a whirling-dervish and you’re confused about a decision - pause, stop analyzing, and start paying attention to how you feel. Light?

Heavy? Numb? Weary? Joyful?

Excited? Fearful?

Tapping Into Emotional Intelligence

By Nancy Ruby

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ontinuing our journey into the energy body and the system called Chakras, I invite you to explore SVADHISTHANA – THE SACRAL CHAKRA - the energetic hub for our emotions, sexuality, sensuality, pleasure, abundance and creativity.

By nature, human beings are first and foremost emotional creatures. We are motivated and activated by emotions. Emotions are the drivers of our behavior as they automatically tell us what is important or unimportant. A knot in the belly signals when we are worried, butterflies in the belly exhibit excitement.

The lower belly, sacral area is where we harbor and release our deepest feelings. SVADISTHANA CHAKRA reflects how we relate to ourselves and others, playing a fundamental role in relationships.

IN THE FLOW If your second chakra is swirling freely, you experience your feelings and desires like red wine experiences chocolate - all harmony and smoothness. You’re not only very aware of your feelings, you share them openly,

honestly, and with no apologies.

Maybe you’re even a bit of an unabashed sensualist. A sunbeam on your shoulder feels like a lover’s soft kiss; a bath, an ecstatic immersion in heated soapy bliss.

You love to stop and smell the roses, literally and figuratively. You enjoy good food, yummy smelling scents, and anything that arouses your senses in a pleasurable way.

You delight in your body. You dance, move, stretch, moan and wiggle when you feel like it.

Your creativity flows easily and effortlessly, and you experience abundance in all areas of your life - which includes, but is also more than, monetary wealth.

NIAGARA FALLS OR THE SAHARA? Feeling emotionally unavailable, cold, or disconnected? What about overly sensitive, hyperemotional, moody, or dramatic?

If so, your second chakra is likely out of balance. What else? You might not trust your creative abilities, or worse, you might even, consciously or subconsciously, sabotage or “abort” your most creative ideas.

An unstable second chakra often means co-dependency, the inability to maintain healthy boundaries, or a bit too much flirty behavior. Or the inverse: sexual frigidity, confusion and shame, the inability to express your passion, desires or needs.

With a murky second chakra you end up only skimming the surface of your true potential.

BALANCE YOUR SECOND CHAKRA First off, your journal is your best friend. Use it to get those jumbled thoughts out of your head and on to paper as often as you can.

While you do, pay attention to your emotional landscape. Notice when your emotions ebb and when they flow, and who or what is around when it happens.

Emotional intelligence, the ability to understand, manage and use emotions in healthy ways, is a relatively new focus in psychology. Studies have shown that our emotional intelligence can be more important than our mental intelligence. Remember, as flighty and untrustworthy as emotions might sometimes seem, they can be invaluable guideposts.

When you tune into your true feelings, you can bypass all the mayhem of the mind that tends to plug up our intuitive knowing. If emotions are properly honored, they most always offer profound insight into the situation at hand. All of which is to say, our emotions are significant messengers from our body rising to the surface. Take heed to listen and feel what’s most real.

INVITE PLEASURE To nurture your second chakra, do something each day purely for pleasure - a luxurious nap, a pedicure, eating something that delights all your senses, taking in a beautiful sunset. Pay close attention to what’s happening in the moment. Deeply embrace your feelings. It is only by consciously and deliberately exploring your multi-layered, kaleidoscopic sensual, spiritual, and emotional self that you come to realize who you really are from the inside out.

Nancy Ruby runs YogaMotion Wellness Academy in Bozeman and describes herself as an educator, joyologist and lifestyle engineer. She has been sharing her teachings in yoga and wellness education for the past 40 years. Ruby currently specializes in supporting the health and wellbeing of Baby Boomers and beyond.

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Old Guys and Road Construction

By Jim Drummond

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ne of the old guys was late getting to the waterhole this week. The group had already discussed the weather and the conversation had moved to knee problems and the fragrance of Blue Emu. Somebody said to the tardy newcomer that he needed to do a better job of getting to the waterhole on time.

“I know, but I hit road construction,” he responded.

“I left my driveway on time and planned a quick trip, then I ran into barricades and a detour sign. I followed the detour arrow and hit more barricades, then more detour signs. I just kept following the detours and after a while, I realized that I was out in the country driving down farm roads.”

How did you manage to get there, another member of the group asked.

“I went up past Bridger Bowl, then circled around through Livingston, and finally worked back to this end of town on the interstate,” the latecomer explained. “It was a nice drive. I saw an elk.”

Another old guy in the group weighed in.

“I’ve had road construction on my street for years,” he said. “Most days I can’t get out of my driveway.”

A fellow at the end of the table

inquired, “How do you get to the waterhole if you can’t pull out of your driveway?”

the construction started.”

The first responded, “I just drive through my neighbor’s backyard to the alley. He spends all summer at the lake and doesn’t know that I’m driving across his grass. Last week he was home to see his dentist and he asked me about the tracks. I told him the teenager down the block cuts across his lawn but he better not say anything or his trees will get toilet papered. He decided to drop the matter.”

“Road construction on our street has worked pretty well for me,” he quipped. “I had to give up most of my front lawn for a wider street and now don’t have as much mowing. My wife also let me buy a new four-wheel drive pickup in order to get through the mayhem.

The old pickup kept getting stuck in sink holes. One construction pothole that I drove into was so deep that the only thing sticking out was the back end of my pickup.

I couldn’t even open my door until a wrecker pulled me out.

Some nice fellow with a hard-hat, orange vest and clipboard was very apologetic. He suggested that I find a different route until they are done with construction next year, or maybe some year after that. He also proposed that we find a new location for the waterhole, but I told him a couple of you fellows still have a straight shot and it wouldn’t be fair to move it.”

Another in the group commented that he too has had ongoing road construction in front of his house.

He has to plan ahead to get to the waterhole.

“It isn’t all bad,” he commented.

“My wife quit her job and is now selling lemonade to the construction workers. She’s making more money than she ever made working at the courthouse. I’ve also gotten to know all of the workers on a first name basis. Our street project has taken so long that they are almost like family members. We have them over for Christmas each year and exchange gifts. We will probably host Christmas again this year if the project isn’t finished.

It won’t be quite the same as past years though. My kids have all grown up and moved away since

The quiet member of the group added his thoughts.

Another of the group responded.

“I know that fellow with the clipboard,” he said.” He sits in a Suburban and drinks coffee. I knocked on his driver’s window one day and asked him what he was doing. He held up the clipboard and said he was conceptualizing

new construction plans for my street over the next five or ten years. The job title on his business card said Project Ideas Engineer.”

One of the old guys sighed and drank the last of his drink.

“I better be heading home fellows,” he declared.

“Why so soon,” someone asked.

“The days are getting shorter and it gets dark earlier,” the fellow responded. “I need to leave while there’s still daylight to follow the detour signs. If I get home too late my wife will assume that I’m up to no good at the waterhole.”

With a parting wave he left.

The group looked at each other, fully understanding his plight. We pushed our stools back and headed for the door, most of us worrying about getting home through construction, but with the greater worry of planning a route to get to the next waterhole meeting on time.

Jim Drummond is a retired banker and Bozeman native.

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By Edward Jones

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he corona virus pandemic has certainly caused havoc and concern for many people, particularly in regard to their health and their finances – and these two areas intersect in estate planning. So, if you haven’t drawn up your estate plans yet, or you think they may need to be revised, now may be a good time to act.

This suggestion is not strictly based on issues of morbidity – after all, the vast majority of people who contract COVID-19 will survive.

However, even if you never become ill or need to be hospitalized, wouldn’t you be glad to know your affairs are in order? If you already have estate plans, you may need to revisit them if your family situation has changed because of marriage, divorce, remarriage, new children, new financial goals, and so on.

Of course, estate planning can be complex, so there’s not a “one size fits all” approach.

Nonetheless, here are some of the most commonly used

documents and arrangements:

Financial power of attorney A financial power of attorney is a legal document that gives someone the authority to conduct your financial affairs – pay bills, write checks, make deposits, sell or purchase assets – if you were unable to do so yourself. You can establish the financial power of attorney without giving your representative any ownership in your assets.

Last will and testament With a last will and testament, you can choose how you want your assets distributed, appoint an executor to oversee the distribution and name a guardian to take care of minor children. If you don’t have a will, a court might assume these functions, with results you might not have wanted.

Living trust A living trust allows you to leave assets to your heirs without going through the time-consuming, public and often expensive probate

Health care surrogate A health care surrogate, sometimes known as a health care proxy or health care power of attorney, is a legal document that appoints a person to act for you if you become incapacitated. Your surrogate has the authority to talk to your doctors, manage your medical care, and make medical decisions for you if you cannot do so.

Living Will A living will, also known as an advance health care directive, lets you specify what end-oflife treatment you do or don’t want to receive if you become terminally ill or permanently unconscious.

taking action, you’ll need to consult with an attorney and possibly your tax and financial advisors, too.

However, during a pandemic, you may encounter a special challenge: Documents such as wills and powers of attorney typically need to be notarized and witnessed – and that may be difficult during a time of social distancing and selfimposed quarantines. But this problem may be solvable because many states have now enacted executive orders or passed laws that permit “virtual” notarization and witnessing of legal documents.

In any case, if the coronavirus pandemic has raised your concerns about the legacy you’d like to leave, take the time now to launch or update your estate plans – you’ll be glad you did.

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You can direct your trust to pass your assets to your beneficiaries immediately upon your death or to distribute the assets over time and in amounts you specify.

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Meal Service in Senior Centers: The Gallatin County Nutrition program includes four sites: Bozeman, Manhattan, Three Forks and West Yellowstone. The meals-on-wheels and congregate meal programs at all sites provide excellent opportunities for seniors in our county to remain social while enjoying a nutritious meal.

Both components are equally as important in keeping our seniors healthy and active while preventing loneliness and isolation.

All of our sites have outstanding and dedicated kitchen staff who go above and beyond to prepare nutritious meals for seniors in our communities. The goal of the Gallatin County Nutrition Program is to keep older citizens independent and in their homes as long as safely possible.

Eligibility: The nutrition program is available to all seniors over 60 who are in need, but we especially target older clients (over the age of 80), the low income, the frail, and the lonely depressed individual trying to remain independent in their own home or apartment. Seniors may come to the senior center and enjoy a nutritious meal in a comfortable social setting with other seniors. Those who are homebound may enjoy meals-onwheels delivered by wonderful volunteers each day. It is also our goal to keep all our programs and services as affordable as possible.

Our suggested donation is $4.00/ meal for those 60 and older. No one is turned away for inability to pay.

If you are 60 or older, you may pay whatever you can afford. Individuals under 60 are also welcome and encouraged to eat at our sites, however the cost is $6.00/meal and is not a suggested donation.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to COVID-19, our senior center sites will not be open to the public until Phase III of the Governor’s Reopen Montana Plan. However, we are still delivering meal-on-wheels daily and providing grab and go meals at each site.

Please call any of our sites for more information on operations or to get assistance on how we can help you.

Bozeman – Meals are served and delivered 5 days per week at 12:00 noon. Frozen meals can be picked up at any time for individuals who cannot come for the meals that day.

Call 586-2421 for more information regarding meals-on-wheels or congregate meals.

The Bozeman Senior Center has lots of jigsaw puzzles. If you would like some puzzles, call us at 5862421 and tell us what piece count you would like. 3 puzzles will be bagged and delivered to your house if you live in the city limits. If you live out of the city limits, we can make arrangements for you to pick up the puzzles. Call us at 586-2421.

Manhattan - Manhattan seves and delivers meals 3 days a week (Tuesday-Thursday) at 12:00 noon.

Call 284-6501 for more information.

Three Forks - Three Forks serves and delivers a noon meal 3 days a week (Tuesday-Thursday). Call 2853235 for more information.

West Yellowstone - West Yellowstone serves and delivers a 12:00 noon meal on Wednesdays and Fridays.

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late Chip Cookie There are no meals served at the center so these meals will be delivered to anyone 60 or over who live in the city limits or you can pick up your meal. You need to call before 4:00 the preceding day. You can pick up the meal at 10:45a.m. We will send you an invoice at the end of the month. Call us at 586-2421 to get on the schedule to start eating “Fay’s Fabulous Food.”

5 - Carrot Salad, French Bread Pizza, Vegetables, Fresh Fruit

The cost of the meal is a suggested donation of $4.00 for people 60 and over. This menu is subject to change due to the availability of food.

11 - Green Salad, Hamburger, Chips, Vegetables, Chocolate Cake

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Fresh Fruit

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4 - Applesauce, Honey Mustard Roast Pork, Creamy Spinach Orzo, Vegetable

Medley, Dessert Bar

6 - Green Salad, Linguine with Clam Sauce, Garlic Bread, Vegetables, Fruit Parfait

12 - Cottage Cheese, Ham and Cheese Wrap, Carrots and Celery, Chips,

18 - Potato Salad, Honey Mustard Chicken Salad, Applesauce, Vegetables,

5 - Fresh Fruit, Tuscan Ragu, Steamed Vegetables, Bread Stick, Brownie

Cherry Cobbler

6 - Three Bean Salad, BBQ Chicken, Mac and Cheese, Steamed Vegetables, Fruit

19 - Green Salad, Polish Dog, Sauerkraut, Vegetables, Fresh Fruit

7 - Vegetable Salad, Crab Salad on Croissant, Chips, Strawberries and Grapes

20 - Pear Slaw, Lasagna, Baked Apple, Vegetables, Brownie

10 - Tossed Salad, Southern Chicken Jambalaya, Red Beans and Rice,

Bread Stick, Fruit

11 - Sliced Peaches, Turkey and Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans,

Dinner Roll, Apple Crisp

25 - Green Salad, Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Garlic Bread, Vegetables, Fresh Fruit 26 - Pasta Salad, Chicken with Sauté Mushrooms, Herbed Rice, Vegetables,

12 - Tossed Salad, Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry, Steamed Rice, Roasted Vegetables,

Butterscotch Pudding

27 - 3 Bean Salad, Roast Beef, Roasted Vegetables with Potatoes, Dinner

Sugar Cookie

13 - Marinated Vegetable Salad, Angel Hair Pasta, Steamed Vegetables,

Bread Stick, Berry Medley

14 - Fresh Fruit, Beef Soft Taco, Chopped Salad, Chips and Salsa,

Honey/Vanilla Yogurt

17 - Fruit Cocktail, Pork Teriyaki over Noodles, Stir Fry Vegetables,

Fortune Cookie, Cookie

18 - Mandarin Oranges, Chicken Fajitas, Cilantro Lime Rice, Corn Medley, Jello

Roll, Cake

Three Rivers Senior Menu 19 East Cedar St., Three Forks • 285-3235 Director: Jean Farnam • 570-0800

19 - Mixed Fruit, Taco Bake Pie, Spanish Rice, Mexi Corn, Cinnamon Crisps

4 - Caesar Salad, Chicken Alfredo, Mixed Vegetables, Mandarin Orange

20 - Apricots, Tuna Tetrazzini, Steamed Vegetables, Bread Stick, Confetti Cake

5 - Applesauce, Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes, Carrots, Pumpkin Bar

21 - Tossed Salad, French Dip Sub with Au Jus, Chips, Fresh Fruit 24 - Carrot Salad, Meat Sauce over Penne Pasta, Green Beans, Garlic Bread, Fruit 25 - Spinach Salad, Baked Cod, Broccoli and Rice Bake, Steamed Baby Carrots,

Cottage Cheese with Fruit

6 - Taco Salad, Black Bean and Corn, Chips, Cookies 11 - Bacon Cajun Pasta, Green Beans, Cake 12 - Sloppy Joe’s, Potato Salad, Ice Cream

26 - Fresh Fruit, Greek Meatballs over Orzo, Roasted Zucchini, Bread,

13 - Ham and Bean Soup, Tuna Sandwich

18 - Surprise!

Strawberry Pretzel Dessert

27 - Tossed Salad, Chicken Parmesan over Noodles, Peas and Carrots,

Bread, Yogurt Parfait

19 - Jello, Chili, Baked Potato, Onions, Cheese, Cake

28 - Fresh Fruit, Turkey Bacon Sub, Red Potato Salad, Pickled Beets,

20 - Jello, Cracked Slaw, Fruit

25 - Sweet and Sour Pork, Rice, Green Beans, Pudding

Cherry Turnover

31 - Fresh Fruit, Beef, Pepper Steak over Rice, Mediterranean Cucumber,

Salad, Bread, Peach Upside Down Cake

26 - Tossed Salad, Hot Beef Sandwich, Mashed Potatoes, Pickled Beets, Fruit 27 - Tuna Casserole, Stewed Tomatoes, Corn, Ice Cream

AUGUST

2020