Lake County Senior News

| August 14, 2013 1:30 PM

St. Ignatius

The following are the events in the St. Ignatius Senior Citizens Center for the rest of August. For more information, call the center at 745-4462, Peggy Johnson, 745-3374 or Mack McConnell, 745-4151 or write to St. Ignatius Senior Citizens Center, Box 758, St. Ignatius, MT 59865. Bingo is played after almost every lunch. Ayleen’s Quilters quilt in the center most Thursdays.

Aug. 15 quilters

Aug. 16 beef stroganoff lunch

Aug. 20 cold cuts & salad bar lunch

Aug. 21 ham dinner, 5:30 p.m.

Aug. 22 quilters

Ronan

Despite the hot weather, attendance has been up here at the Center. We have great people working in the kitchen, and we sure do appericate all of their hard work. It isn’t easy to work in a hot kitchen during the Summer, and we are looking into an air conditioning / heating unit to make things a little easier on all of us.

The Foot Clinic is here this week, on Wednesday, and there are still places on the list. Come on in if you want to see the nurse. Jane is here between 10 a.m. and noon. There is not a charge for this service, but donations are always appericated.

Bernadine has been moved to St. Lukes Hospital, and I’m sure that she would enjoy some more company. At last report, she was doing better.

Our birthday dinner is on the last Friday (30th) of the month. The band will be here to play some of their great music, and we start serving at noon. So, come on in and bring a guest (or two).

We have not been having Bing-O lately, and will start it up again following the meal on Friday (15th). Come on in and join the ladies.

We are still having craft days on Wednesdays. Two of our painters had pictures in the Lake County fair. Congratulations to Ann and Betty on all of the ribbons they won.

Our menu for the rest of the month: Wed. (14th) is salad bar, Fri. (16th) is pizza tot casserole, Mon.(19th) is taco soup, Wed. (21st is pork chops, Fri. (23rd) is goulash, Mon. (26th) is spaghetti, Wed. (28th) is salsa chicken and Fri. (30th) is roast beef for our chicken dinner.

Polson

We would like to thank Ploughshare Farms out of Moiese for their vegetable donations on Fridays after Farmers Market. We really appreciate it that you think of us. The produce is beautiful and we have put it all too good use. Thanks again.

Just a friendly reminder that our annual membership drive is on Monday, August 26th from 12 noon to 1:30. We have a free banana split for all new members and to all of you who renew your membership for the upcoming year. Come join us for some fun and good eats!

The AARP Defensive Driving Class is coming up on Tuesday, August 20th starting at 9:00 am. Give us a call at 883-4735 and we’ll get you on the list.

The August Birthday lunch will be on Friday the 23rd, Blood Pressure Clinic will be on that same day from 10:30 to 11:30 and please come join us on Fridays for BINGO starting at 7:00 pm.

Now for some card scores. Bridge scores for Aug. 2 had Stan Peterson first and Max Neeley second and on Aug. 6 Max Neeley was first and Chuck Aker took second. No Pinochle has been played lately.

Menu for Aug. 15 through Aug. 21

Thurs. 8/15 Hamburger steak

Fri. 8/16 BBQ sandwich

Mon. 8/19 Crab stuffed tomatoes

Tues. 8/20 Steak-n-gravy

Wed. 8/21 Pork chops

Dixon

Can you believe it’s nearly time for Melon Days, which also means the Sanders County Fair is next...and back to school!

I hear the Dixon Melons are in the stores, but I haven’t yet sampled. What a fun time in this part of western Montana. They really put our little town on the map. The event which impacts our senior center will be the special dinner, where you get to see all the friends and neighbors you might not visit with the rest of the year.

Much appreciation for Diane Lindquist, capably filling in as cook while Diane Groh took a much-deserved break recently. Our center is known for serving great meals, come join us. Meals are on Mondays at 5:30, and at noon on Thursday. The menu coming up will be:

Thurs. Aug. 15 Brunch for lunch! Breakfast burrito, French toast, bacon

Mon. Aug. 19 Tilapia (fish)

Thurs. Aug. 22 Veggie soup and turkey sandwiches

Mon. Aug. 26 Stuffed peppers, coleslaw

Thurs. Aug. 29 Baked chicken

All ages are welcome, you can even take some home!

Our last pinochle scores are: Marion Sands, high scorer; May Howell came in with the lowest; Bob Cook had the most pinochles, and the Door Prize went to Anita Siebert. This traveling group meets every fourth Monday at our center—new players are always welcome.