Polson Seniors: 650 use tax services

May Day was originally a pagan celebration of the start of the flowering season, demonstrated by dancing, play and pleasure. I recall my mother’s Irish/Scandinavian tradition of children leaving a basket of fresh flowers on the porches of strangers, then knocking on the door and gleefully running away. Knocking on a door these days can get you shot.

About 650 citizens used the Polson Senior Center tax filing services this year. AARP provides computers, programing, and printers. Seven trained volunteers assisted in providing this service to our community.

Activities at the Polson center, open to all, include: bowling for fun, 1 p.m. Tuesdays; bridge, 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays (beginners welcome); low-impact exercise, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m. Thursdays; bingo, 7 p.m. Fridays ($100 payout on blackouts), with playing card bingo on the first and third Wednesdays. The pool table is open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays

Thursday early evening may be available for those interested in a weekly “board /card game night.” Call us.

A veteran’s representative will visit the center from 10 a.m.-noon Friday, May 5, and Tuesday, May 16.

Meals are available for sit-down, take-out or delivery from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. weekdays and cost $5. The menu is posted each week at the center; call before 10 a.m. for deliveries.

Main dishes include: chili dogs, April 27; the birthday lunch, featuring baked ham, April 28; beef stew, May 1; goulash, May 2; chicken alfredo, May 3; ham and scalloped potatoes, May 4; and cheeseburgers, May 5.

The center is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays at 504 3rd Ave. E. For more information, call 406-883-4735 or email polsonseniorcenter@gmail.com.