Senior news

Ronan

I hope that everyone is enjoying their Thanksgiving holiday. The center will be closed tomorrow (Friday), but will be open again on Monday. We had our Thanksgiving meal here at the Center last week, with 102 people in attendance and 15 home deliveries. If you weren’t here, you missed a great meal.

The weekly card party was held here on the 15th, with 24 people present. Marie and Sylvia provided the lunch, Esther Bick had the high score, Bob Watson had the low score, Verna Krantz had the most pinochles and Ruby Mocabee won the door prize. The next card party will be held at the Dixon Senior Center on the 22nd of December.

With winter setting in, and the conditions of the roads and the weather always changing, many older people do not like to drive. Therefore, the COA (676-2368) is in need of more drivers, for both local and out of town trips. Please give them a call if you can help.

Since we are closed on the last Friday of the month, we have moved our monthly birthday dinner to Friday, Dec. 3. We will be serving roast beef, and will be having live music before the meal and will have BINGO afterwards. Our next evening meal will be on Thursday, Dec. 9, and we will be serving roast pork from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

We recently received a donation of potatoes, and we would like to say thank you for them. Also, thanks to Lyle for arranging the donation for us, and for delivering them to us. The local churches are still hosting “The Shepherds Table” here on Tuesday nights. Please join them if you would like a home cooked meal and some fellowship. I decided to try the meal last week, and it was wonderful.

Our menu for the following week is: Fri. (26) we are closed, Mon. (29) is liver and onions, Wed. (Dec 1) is sausage and sauerkraut, and Fri. (3) is December’s roast beef birthday dinner. Other than the evening meal, all of our meals are served at noon. Come and join us.

Polson

With Cathy Corrigan: New West will be here on Nov. 29 from 10:30 to 12:30 p.m. Be sure to attend if you have any questions on your Medicare.

The Community Thanksgiving Dinner will take place here at the center on Thanksgiving from 11 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It is open to the public and the dinner is free but donations are gratefully accepted. They will have home delivery and rides, but the requests must be made by 3 p.m. on Wednesday Nov. 24. Please call 883-4735 for requests. This dinner is sponsored by Polson’s Senior Citizens’ Center and Polson Ministerial Association’s Helping Hands Fund. Come join us for the food, fellowship and entertainment. I hope you all have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving.

Now for some card scores. Bridge scores for Nov. 16 were Joe Woodworth first and Win Baer second. The pinochle winners for Nov. 18 were Dwight Graham first and Carol Daniels second. Those getting double pinochles were Dwight Graham, Alice Johnson and Duane Johnson. Those getting 1,500 trump were Bruce Elliott and Elsie Culver.

Luncheon menu: Thursday (11/25) CLOSED; Friday (11/26) CLOSED; Monday (11/29) beef stroganoff; Tuesday (11/30) baked chicken; Wednesday (12/1) hot pork sandwich.

St. Ignatius

St. Ignatius Senior Center seeks food bank donations

The St. Ignatius Senior Citizens Center will accept canned food donations for the St. Ignatius Food Bank during the center’s regular lunch and dinner times on Tuesday, Nov. 30 and on Wednesday and Friday Dec. 1 and 3. The Amish singers will entertain the seniors during the evening meal on Dec. 1. The center will closed on Friday, Nov. 26. For more information about the center and its services and activities, stop by the center at 212 North Main or call the center at 745-4462 or center president Mack McConnell at 745-4151 or write to the center at Box 758, St. Ignatius Mt. 59865.

The schedule of center activities for the rest of November is as follows: Nov. 26, center closed; Nov. 30, Swedish meatballs and noodles lunch; Dec. 1, dinner at 5:30 p.m.; Dec. 3, lunch.