Polson Seniors: Playing Card Bingo on tap NY Eve

We are hopeful that you will continue to enjoy this season of holidays, both sacred and secular!

Celebrate New Year’s Eve at the Community Center with a Bingo “Playing Card” Special from 5:30-8:30 p.m. You could be home and in bed by nine … or not. Expect New Year’s Eve fireworks around the area.

Starting off the New Year with a bang is how the Chinese celebrate in February. They have dragon parades and firecrackers that scare away evil spirits. They celebrate using the symbolic colors of red (strength and inner energy) and gold (wealth) in the new year.

It reminds me a quote from Ben Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac: “Early to bed, Early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” We hope that the new year brings you strength, wisdom, wealth and health!

Bowling “no-tap” is Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m. Join any time. Call Don at 406-885-5617 for details.

Activities at the Polson center, open to all, include: wood carving for beginners, 1 p.m. Wednesday and Friday, join any week; self-guided, video-assisted exercise, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, sitting, standing or dancing; bingo, 6 p.m. Fridays ($100 blackout), with playing card bingo on the first Wednesday only.

Pinochle is now offered two days a week: 12:15-3 p.m. Mondays or Thursdays, three- four- or five-handed. Beginners are welcome. Inquire at the center about bridge.

The Spinning Wheelers meet 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month; bring spinning wheel and fiber.

Bring friends for board and card games from 12:30-3 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays; Mah-jong players meet at noon Wednesdays; inquire about Bridge at the center.

The pool table is open for play 8 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays.

A veteran’s service officer visits the center on the first Friday and third Tuesday of each month.

Meals are available for sit-down from 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. weekdays, and delivered to qualified people who call before 10 a.m. A suggested donation of $5 helps support the nutrition program.

Upcoming main dishes include: chicken enchiladas, Dec. 26; sausage links with biscuits and gravy, Dec. 27; ham and wild rice soup, Dec. 30; New Year’s Eve, potluck soup, Dec. 31; beef stew in a bread bowl, Jan. 2 and Swedish meatballs, Jan. 3.  

The center is closed Jan. 1 for New Year’s Day.

Our Community Center is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays at 504 Third Ave. E. For more information, call 406-883-4735, email polsonseniorcenter@gmail.com or visit us on Facebook.