seniors Dixon By Heather Rush for the Valley Journal
DIXON — Dixon Senior Center continues to serve our community and hopes everyone is staying happy and healthy. All are invited to come enjoy dinner. Meals will be served Monday and Thursday evenings at 5 p.m. Meals are $4 per serving and are deliverable to Dixon residents upon request. We are also accepting take-out meal requests for $5 per serving. The menu for the coming week is: — Thursday, Jan. 13: hamburger casserole, vegetables, fruit, dessert — Monday Dinner, Jan. 17: lasagna, salad, bread, dessert — Thursday, Jan. 20: chili, cornbread, salad, dessert Pinochle will be back in the spring. We will take a break during the winter for the safety of our seniors. Feel welcome to place an order in advance by calling 406-2463310. All ages are always welcome.
Polson By Pete Mangels for the Valley Journal
POLSON — We are located at 504 Third Ave. E, and open from 8 8 - January 12, 2022
a.m. to 3 p.m. weekPlay will be at 3 p.m. on days. Lunch is available Thursdays, or any other from 11:45 a.m. to time or day preferred 12:30 p.m. weekdays for by players. Pool is free $5. Dine-in, take-out, with no entry fee. The and delivery to a shut- in rules are to play nice are available. Individuals and insure fun for everyand small groups are alone. Call the center or ways welcome to lounge, come on down and pracwork puzzles, read, play tice with a friend. Orgacard or board games, bil- nized weekly pool games liards, etc. Our activities are set to begin the week are a great way to meet of Jan. 6. Practice pool old friends and create from 8- 11:30 a.m. and new friendships. Call us from 12:30-3 p.m. on with your questions at most week days. 406-883-4735, or email This year is the us at: polsonseniorcen50th anniversary (1972ter@gmail.com. 2022) of our Polson Activities: Senior Center. We are — Exercise for looking forward to a mobility: Mondays, great celebration. If you Wednesdays, Fridays, have stories or pictures 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. to share from previous (low impact or seated if years, let us know. Our desired). historian and directors — Bridge: Tuesdays are beginning to compile and Fridays: postponed - a display. Call the center or come Menu: in to place your name on — Wednesday, Jan. the players list. 12: sweet and sour pork, — Mahrice, mixed vegetables, jong: Wednesdays, 12:30 spinach salad, pistachio p.m. (multiple tables) pudding — Pinochle: Thurs— Thursday, Jan. days, 12:30 p.m. We play 13: Shepherd’s pie, roll, 3, 4, or 5 hands per taapple sauce, Watergate ble. Coaching available. salad, cobbler — Bingo: Fridays, 7 — Friday, Jan. p.m. 14: chicken salad sand— Pool: We need wich, potato wedges, expertise in repair of coleslaw/apples, pineapsome well used cue ples, lemon pudding sticks. Also, if you have — Monday, Jan. 17: some gently used cue chicken noodle soup, sticks, or cue tip repair PB&J sandwich, pear/ kits, we could use them. cheese salad, cookie Practice for weekly free — Tuesday, Jan. 18: open pool tournaments Salisbury steak, pota- 50 plus (younger if toes, gravy, corn, veggie/ supervised by a parent) Jell-O salad, coffee cake
— Wednesday, Jan. 19: pulled pork barbecue sandwich, tots, baked beans, creamy fruit salad, apple pie — Thursday, Jan. 20: meatloaf, baked potato, green beans, green salad, tapioca pudding Other events: Hearing clinic — every third Thursday ( Jan. 20) from 10 a.m.-noon Veterans’ representative — every first Friday ( Jan. 7) and third Tuesday ( Jan. 18) from 10 a.m.-noon The Polson Senior Center will host a licensed (DPM) podiatrist giving free visual exams of your toes and feet. Any work on nails, calluses, corns, etc. will require an additional fee(s) starting at $25. The clinic will be held on Friday, Jan. 14, from 10 a.m.-noon. Call 406-257-8686 for more information.
Ronan By Auggie Peterson for the Valley Journal
RONAN — Good day from the Mission Valley Senior Center in Ronan. Hope all of you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Right now there isn’t much going on at the center. We will start having taxes done by AARP representatives around the first of February. We will let you know out the ex-
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act dates just as soon as we find out and then you can call the center to set up an appointment. Our menu is: — Wednesday, Jan. 12: pot luck dishes, salad, dessert — Friday, Jan. 14: lasagna, salad, dessert — Monday, Jan. 17: turkey and dumplings — Wednesday, Jan. 19: tater-tot casserole Put it on your calendar that the second Sunday of each month we will be serving dinner at the center from noon to 1:30 p.m. Come after church and meet your friends for a meal. The men also have a pool game going on. Come and join them. Please be careful out there in all the snow and drive careful. See you at the center.
St. Ignatius By Irene Pritsak for the Valley Journal
ST. IGNATIUS — Saturday, January 15, there will be bingo played at the St. Ignatius Seniors Center at 2 p.m. We are inviting all community members to try their luck. Our meals are served on Tuesdays and Fridays of each week at noon and on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 5:30 p.m. All are invited to come eat; there is no age requirement. We welcome fam-
ilies and hungry folks from all walks of life. Meals-on-Wheels is a program that delivers meals for folks 60 years old and above. We have funding for those who qualify and accept payment from those who can pay. Please call the office at 406-745-4462 if you would like more information. Also, Meals-on-Wheels members are asked to please be on the lookout in the next week for a new information form and a new nutrition assessment form. Please fill these out and return as soon as possible. If you have a current e-mail address, please enter that also, along with any address and phone changes. Menu for the week: Friday, Jan. 14: chicken dinner, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, veggies, fruit, spice cake Tuesday, Jan. 18: soup, sandwich, veggies, fruit, dump cake Wednesday, Jan. 19: dinner at 5:30 - meat loaf, mashed potatoes, gravy, veggies, fruit, cupcakes The annual membership meeting of the St. Ignatius Senior Center will be held on Jan. 19 after dinner. Please plan on coming to dinner and staying for the meeting to vote on board positions and discuss plans for the senior center. Have a good week.
