Senior news

St. Ignatius

The St. Ignatius Senior Citizens Center will celebrate the “wearin’ of the green” with corned beef and cabbage lunch and jelly bean jar guessing on Friday, March 16. AARP Volunteers Kay Stamm and Tom Farrell continue to help senior citizens with income tax filings in the center. The assistance is free and is given by appointment only. The assistance will be available on Tuesdays, March 13 and 27. To make an appointment, call or drop by the center. Persons should bring their pertinent paperwork and information to the sessions.

The following are senior center activities for the rest of March: March 7 roast beef dinner, 5:30 p.m.; March 8 quilters; March 9 board of directors meeting, 10 a.m.; March 9 chicken and dumplings and birthday cake lunch; March 12 pinochle 1:30 p.m.; March 13 porcupine meatballs lunch; March 13 tax assistance; March 15 quilters; March 16 corned beef and cabbage lunch; March 20 spaghetti and meatballs lunch; March 21 turkey dinner, 5:30 p.m.; March 22 quilters; March 23 baked fish lunch; March 27 taco bake lunch; March 30 baked fish lunch. For more information, call the center at 745-4462 or Mack McConnell, 745-4151 or write to St. Ignatius Senior Citizens Center, Box 758, St. Ignatius, MT 59865. 

Polson

Our St. Patrick’s Day Lunch will be on Thursday, March 15. We will have corned beef and all the trimmings, so plan to attend. We will start serving at 11:45 and go till 12:30. Wear your green and come join us for a great meal. We still have appointment openings for Kaye and Tom our AARP Tax Preparers. They are doing a wonderful job and we thank them for their volunteer time. If you are in need of their assistance give us a call at 883-4735 and we’ll set you up with an appointment.

We would like to thank all of you who come and have lunch with us every day. We really appreciate your support of our center and to those of you who come when you can, we hope to see you more often. There isn’t much going on this week so, I hope you all have a really good week, that you find a pot of gold at the end of your rainbow and we’ll talk again soon.

The scores for the Tuesday, Feb. 28 Afternoon Bowling are High Games-No Handicap Ray Theiler 256, Jack Adamson 243, Pete Daniels 225, Jesse Barry 222, Sharon Adamson 213 and Frani Basta 207. High Handicap Series had Claudia Barry 695, Sharon Adamson 683, Frani Basta 681, Jack Adamson 670, Ray Theiler 644, Jim Sisler 641, Pete Daniels 632, Jesse Barry 627 and Larry Lawin 626.

Now for some card scores. Bridge for Feb. 24 had Bob Gorsuch first and Chuck Aker second and Feb. 28 had Max Neeley first and Ruth Baer second. Pinochle scores for March 1 had Ward Grilley first and Duane Johnson second.

Luncheon menu: Thursday (3/8) hot turkey sandwich; Friday (3/9) chicken fried steak; Monday (3/12) homemade chili; Tuesday (3/13) meat loaf; Wednesday (3/14) beef tips over noodles.

Dixon

Hasn't this been an interesting weather week? Sunshine through the snowflakes! I'm digging through the leaf mulch, looking for spring signs emerging from the soil — no encouragement in my little part of the "banana belt" — even the pussy willows, which I've had in January some years, haven't been seen yet. Patience, patience, spring always comes!

Our cook, Diane, will be off duty for a bit, as she recovers from surgery. We are so fortunate to have experienced, creative help to prepare our meals for a while. The Dixon School students and some staff will treat us to the annual "Senior Appreciation Day" lunch and special entertainment. Be sure to come this Thursday at noon for this event. 

The menu for the coming week will be: Thursday, March 8, special meal by Dixon School; Monday, March 12, pork chops; Thursday, March 15, corned beef and cabbage; Monday, March 19, turkey with sweet and sour sauce. All ages are welcome to join us at meals — Thursday noon and Mondays at five. Takeouts are available. 

Our monthly flea market will be held on Saturday, March 17, so start digging out those treasures to share, and reserve your table. It looks like we may be buying more tables to keep up with the vendors! Call Delene at 246-3271 or Joey at 246-3526 for more information. Corned beef and cabbage,or Irish Stew, with soda bread, plus pie or cinnamon rolls will be available between your browsings.

Scores for the latest pinochle play was our own Don Siers with the high score, Ruby Mocabee was low scorer. These 90-plus-year-olds are a great example of keeping your mind active! Todd Myhre had the most double pinochles and the door prize belonged to Ray Solomon. Joyce Siers is getting new decks of cards, as the old ones are wearing out! Way to go, seniors!