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Circle of Compassion Helps Start End of Life Conversations

By Lisa Reuter

Dr. Susan Kreitzberg, left, and Donna Chimera, hope Gallatin Valley Circle of

Compassion’s fifth conference, on Feb. 20, will help area residents find openings for important, enriching conversations about when someone dies.

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Susan Kreitzberg and Donna Chimera, two of the founding members of Gallatin Valley Circle of Compassion and its annual Mountains of Courage Conference, laugh frequently when they talk about the beginning of their organization.

“In 2011, we were so determined not to have death or dying in our name or the title of our conference.

We went to hysterical lengths not to use the words,” Kreitzberg, a retired naturopath, recalled. “We thought no one would come if we said it.”

Chimera, a caregiver, nonprofit marketer and former senior care administrator, added, “We really worked on the wording. Look at what we came up with: Circle of Compassion, Mountains of Courage. Neither gave a hint as to what we do. So we added the tagline ‘dialogues with the living about dying’ in smaller print. Last year, we

just said it: When Someone Dies.

Whew, that felt good. And over 100 people were at the conference.”

Most modern cultures avoid talking about most aspects of dying.

People don’t want to upset each other. Friends and family members fear they’ll say the wrong thing or worry about what others will think of their attempts. The dying don’t talk because they’re afraid period, or don’t want to be a burden, or don’t want to trigger one more feud in an already fractured family. We traumatize each other with our peculiar practices, when we could as easily be transformed by talking.

Eighty percent of us do not put our personal affairs in order before we die. The vast majority of us want to die at home, but 75 percent will die in a hospital or nursing home, and about 20 percent of us will spend our last days in ICU, in part because we don’t talk with each other in advance.

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spending $100,000 to prolong a es, options and points of view. man’s life for two weeks spurred All presentations are intentional, Kreitzberg to action in 2011. Dishealthy dialogues from the heart, mayed by it – “That amount of not academic lectures. “It’s a safe money could buy so much health environment. No one needs to be care for so many people” – she afraid,” Chimera said. “We give gathered a circle of friends and out bookmarks at each conference, volunteers to help her begin a and one of my favorites has a quote meaningful dialogue in Bozeman. from Ram Dass, ‘We’re all just Within a year, they put on their walking each other home.’ That’s first public conference. what the conference is like.”

Last year, more than 100 people Circle of Compassion has been attended the event to explore the asked to lengthen the conference practical issues, emotions, myths and to present it elsewhere. That’s and traditions too much for of dying in the small, We’re all just walking each all-volunteer America, and other home.’ That’s what the the resources group. But it and informais expanding conference is like. tion that can its local outhelp individureach. Three als discuss it calmly and confident- years ago, under member Arlene ly and make informed, empowered Hoag’s leadership, the organizafinal decisions. tion began presenting four topical This year’s conference, the fifth, documentaries a year at the Bozeis Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Baxter man Public Library. Now it’s talking Hotel. “When Someone Dies . . . with the Bozeman Dharma Center Dialogues with the Living About about offering a book discussion Death and Dying,” is for anyone group and retreat. who wants to create a conversation “We teach people in our culture about death and dying. “Profeshow to drive and how to cook, but sionals come, of course, but it’s we don’t have classes on how to really for the public in general, for die,” Kreitzberg said. “The way we laypeople and caregivers,” Krehandle death is so sanitized, and itzberg said. The workshop topics we’re so protected, that it’s a hard cover a wide range of circumstanctopic for us.”

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More detailed information delivered earlier can ease conversations and decisions, and might lead people to make different choices.

For example, she said, people sometimes choose a medical intervention to prolong their life that leads to a poorer quality of life. In some cases, letting nature take its course may be the wiser decision.

When Chimera worked in senior care, she saw loving families ripped apart because they could talk about dividing possessions but not about dying. Parents, she recalled, might express preferences to nurses or doctors, but they wouldn’t say the same things to their children, or all of their children, leading to accusations and fights.

She thinks things are changing now that Baby Boomers, who have already busted so many taboos, face their parents’ and their own deaths. “Once you start the conversation, you can talk out loud about death, dying and a whole lot of things,” she said.

Both women are hopeful about the growing number of younger people attending the group’s conferences and meetings. Many of them go home to have conversations with friends, families and even their children.

“Growing old can be a spiritual practice,” Kreitzberg said, “and at the moment of death when we are transformed from the physical to a pure form of energy has to be the most profound spiritual experience we have as humans.”

Fifth Conference is Feb. 20 at Baxter Hotel The 2016 Mountains of Courage Conference, “When Someone Dies . . . Dialogues with the Living About Death and Dying,” is Saturday, Feb. 20, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Baxter Hotel, 105 W. Main St. `Workshop topics are Mindfulness and Meditation in Everyday Life; Your Doctor Wants What?

You Want What?; Grieving with Children and Teens; Losing a Loved One: What Families Need to Know; Advanced Directives: Providing for Your Care; Creating a Living Legacy; Suicide in Montana: Bereavement, Spirituality and Prevention; Myths and Truths about Hospice; and Families, Legacies and Estate Planning. Presenters include medical professionals, spiritual counselors, social workers and caregivers. Keynote speaker Nona Chambers, a social worker,

hospice professional and geriatric counselor, advocates for people to die in the way they wish, according to their beliefs and values. Her talk will explore how to create a present life that leads to a death of greater depth, grace, legacy and love.

Cost, including lunch, is $40 in advance, $55 at the door and $25 for military and MSU students.

Register online at www.gallatinvalleycircleofcompassion.org.

Find paper registration forms at the website or at the locations of sponsors Dokken-Nelson Funeral Service and Crematory, Dahl Funeral Chapel, Bozeman Lodge and Highgate Senior Living, in Bozeman; and Franzen-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory in Livingston. Also at Country Bookshelf and area Senior Centers.

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More Adults Are Coloring Themselves Happy and Calm

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By Lisa Reuter

efore Christmas, you couldn’t enter a book or craft shop without stumbling upon a display of coloring books for adults, plus all manner of crayons, colored pencils, markers and paints. Expect to see similar displays for at least another year. Coloring is big, and big business again.

We’re in the midst of a craze that began in France in 2012 and is still strong throughout Europe and in Australia. It hit America last year and by April, coloring books claimed two spots on Amazon’s bestseller list. Among the most favorite images for coloring are birds, wildflowers, paisleys and mandalas. Popular titles include Enchanted Forest, Art Nou-

veau Animal Designs, Creative Cats, Color Me Calm, Stress Relieving Patterns and Therapeutic Coloring for Seniors.

Those last three suggest reasons for coloring’s new popularity. Scientific studies have linked coloring to lowered blood pressure and stress levels. Genuine art therapy, pairing arts and therapists, has long been credited with improving cognition, reducing depression and anxiety, dealing with symptoms of chronic diseases, coping with traumatic experiences and improving eye-hand coordination after accidents.

The first coloring book, according to historians, was “The Little Folks Painting Book” of 1879, part of the “democratization of arts” process.

With the creation of wax crayons around 1900, coloring spread to schools around the globe. Within a decade, coloring books were used to advertise products from coffee to pianos.

Adult coloring books have been popular at least once before. The “JFK Coloring Book” made the New York Times Bestseller List in 1962. That same year, “My Coloring Book” was the title of the second single by a new singer named Barbra Streisand.

These days, the Bozeman Senior Center has a popular group coloring activity on Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. “Our class started about two months ago,” said Bozeman Senior Center Associate Director Deb Earl.

“We’ve had between four and six people each week, and several others have stopped by to check it out.

Participants bring their own coloring books, and those who come love it.”

The group activity was suggested

by Senior Center member Donna Thomas, who took it up about six

months ago after spotting it in a magazine. It was the perfect, portable activity to keep her busy while her husband is convalescing or when she takes him to appointments.

She has a coloring partner in Nashville via Facebook, and they exchange coloring gifts monthly.

She also colors regularly with her grandchildren, ages five and seven.

“Now, whenever I see them, they ask, ‘Grandma, did you bring colors for us?’” she said.

At Spring Creek Inn, a local award-winning memory care facility, the activity soothes individuals who are agitated and engages those who can’t have too much stimulation, said Community Relations Director Cindy Morris. “It’s hard to be angry and color something pretty at the same time. It’s meditative and peaceful, and recalls happy feelings from childhood. We can all color.”

The books are sometimes more expensive than kids’ books, but there are reasons. They contain more complicated images, printed on better quality paper. Some are designed by known artists such as Roger Burrows, Marjorie Sarnat and Johanna Basford, whose website has a gallery where adult colorers can post their versions of her images.

Available from the Alzheimer’s Store, at alzstore.com, is a series of books for dementia patients featuring nostalgic images for men or for women that also prompt memory conversations.

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

By Lois Stephens

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can’t tell you when I last took a good long look at myself in a mirror. I do know it’s been years; the only times I make use of a mirror are to give myself a superficial glance in passing. I know very well what will stare back at me if I look too long or too hard, and I figure life is too short to confirm everything I didn’t want to know anyway about my facial features and the condition of the rest of my body.

I’ve always had an uneasy relationship with mirrors. From the time I was old enough to understand that some people looked gorgeous and others of us looked mundane or worse, I have not particularly appreciated mirrors or cameras. As a teenager I spent long hours peering, primping, adjusting, fuming, stewing and worrying about the state of the reflection staring back at me from the mirror.

But even as a teen I was never very happy with the overall result of all my careful attentions.

That unhappiness has only increased as I age, and I’ve reached the point that I really don’t bother much with reflective devices any longer. They are useful to ensure that I don’t have a bit of breakfast hanging from the corner of

my mouth, or to check on the state of my hair, or to tweeze those annoying chin hairs that have started sprouting on a regular basis, but other than that, I figure the less I see, the happier I am.

After all, why would I want to take a close look at the increasing number of wrinkles that line my face? I have no idea who stole my neck and replaced it with turkey wattles, but until I find the culprit and restore my neck to its rightful spot, I really don’t need a mirror to remind me of my loss. As for my hair, I used to love it as it lay thick and shiny around my head, but it has decided it wants to change to an undesirable color, grow limp and lose the shine and bounce it once possessed.

As far as the distasteful thought of looking at myself in a full-length mirror, I can’t think of a better way to throw myself into a bleak depression.

I weigh the same as I did when I graduated from high school, but unfortunately, my shape has changed dramatically.

My science teachers had it right: There is such a thing as gravity, and it DOES tend to pull everything down toward the center of the earth.

I know that my belly wants to sag,

my hips have become my thighs, my thighs hang somewhere around my knees, and my knees have transformed themselves into my ankles.

Why do I want to look in a mirror to validate the mishmash my body has become? What I know but don’t need to confirm on a regular basis keeps me in a much more pleasant frame of mind.

I know that I have tied an apron around my waist to work at the VC Café on weekends all summer long, and not once did I look in a fulllength mirror to see how the apron made me look around my midriff and below. This in itself sounds great on the one hand, but it also makes me realize how old I am.

Five decades ago I would have peered, turned, smoothed that piece of cloth and retied that darn apron a hundred times in fruitless efforts to make my waistline resemble Scarlett O’Hara’s. Today, after many years of worrying about trivia such as what I look like, I really don’t care if this apron makes my rear look big or not.

I already know I have lost the pleasant firmness of youth. Heck, I lost that part of my general physique decades ago. In my case, my string bikini days were over before they ever began, which depressed me immensely as a young woman but doesn’t bother me a bit today. I mean, look what mirrors can do. Ask Snow White how a talking mirror nearly got her killed just because she was the most beautiful of all.

At least I don’t have that concern: No magic mirror on earth would EVER tell me I was the fairest damsel in all the land. Would I even want to be the fairest of them all?

What a drag. I’d be surrounded by sycophants who wanted something, and what a nightmare trying to keep those good looks from succumbing to the demands of time. Heck, do you know how many years have passed since anyone in their right mind even considered me a damsel?

I treat mirrors respectfully and keep them at arm’s length whenever possible. Mirrors, like cameras, have the unfortunate habit of magnifying every single imperfection, wart, chin hair and general disrepair of a person, and they never fail to remind me with indifferent cruelty that whether I like it or not, I have some age on me.

No wonder the Shopko clerks need no identification to prove that I qualify for their senior citizen discounts.

They take one look at me, and tell me that today is Senior Day and they have applied the appropriate discount to my purchase. I unfortunately cannot remember the last time anyone even jokingly asked to see some identification when I bought a bottle of wine.

Oh well, as I tell my husband, I earned these wrinkles and gray hair.

They represent a lifetime of experiences, so mirrors can go the way of the brontosaurus. They really aren’t needed any longer at my house.

Lois Stephens brings personal experience of the aging process to Prime Magazine. She enjoys writing about her observations of becoming a member of the senior citizen age group. She lives and works in Virginia City.

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Yes, You Can Grow Sweet Corn in Montana

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By Jan Cashman

winter, many of us sit by the fire pouring over seed catalogs and dreaming of fresh vegetables from the garden. Tomatoes and sweet corn are two of the most popular garden vegetables.

Although they both take awhile to ripen in our climate, we can grow these warm season crops.

This month I’ll give you a few tricks to help you successfully grow sweet corn. Next month, we’ll talk tomatoes.

First, plant early varieties that are “60 to 70 days to maturity.”

Then, for our cool climate, add 15 or so days to what the package says is the timeline for sowing to harvest. We have planted early hybrids of sweet corn, such as Earlivee and Early Sunglow, for years. Today, there are more tender sweet corn hybrids that retain their sugar for a longer time after picking, and several

sugar enhanced (se) hybrids that ripen early. Supposedly, they do not have to be isolated like the supersweet (sh2) varieties do. But we have found that two different varieties of the sugar enhanced corn may cross if planted close to each other. Planting in blocks, not rows, is recommended.

Choose varieties that have “cool soil vigor.” You will still need to plant into warm soils, at least 60 to 65 degrees. In our garden, we wait until the end of May to direct sow sweet corn.

Experience will tell you when your soils have warmed enough, or invest in a soil thermometer.

Warm your soils more quickly by placing black plastic where your rows will be.

Sweet corn does not do well when transplanted. However, a trick that can speed up your sweet corn crop by as much as a week is to pre-germinate the seed. We wrap the seed in a few layers of paper

towels, wet them and put them in a sealable plastic bag on the kitchen counter. The pre-sprouted seed will be ready to plant in four to five days. (Be careful not to break off the sprout when planting.)

Sweet corn needs plenty of nitrogen. Mix compost or well-rotted manure into your garden before you plant. When we switched from a balanced fertilizer to one higher in nitrogen to fertilize our corn, it did better. Fertilize your sweet corn when the new plants emerge and are about four inches tall; again when they are 18 to 24

inches tall; and again when the cornstalks reach full height and are starting to tassel. You can use blood meal to add nitrogen in an organic form.

Few insects or diseases affect sweet corn around here. The biggest threat to our sweet corn is raccoons. They are not easy to keep out of a garden; we have considered an electric fence. Birds can flock in and do a lot of damage to your ripe corn. Netting would keep them out.

Stay tuned for next month’s article on growing tomatoes. And think spring!

Variety

Type

Days to Color Maturity

Ear Size

Golden Bantam

Open Pollinated

70-80

Yellow

6"

Not a hybrid, can save seed

Earlivee

Hybrid

60

Yellow

7"

Cook immediately or lose sweetness

Kandy Kwik

Sugar enhanced (Se) 65

Yellow

6-7"

One of earliest “Se” varieties

Precocious

Sugar enhanced (Se) 66

Yellow

7"

High quality for an early corn

Quickie

Sugar enhanced (Se) 68

Bicolor 7"

One of earliest bicolors

Trinity

Sugar enhanced (Se) 70

Bicolor 8"

Big ears for an early corn

Chantilly

Sugar enhanced (Se) 71

White

7.5"

Isolate; early for a white corn

Northern Xtra Sweet

Supersweet (Sh2)

Yellow

9"

Isolate; customer recommended

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Jan Cashman has operated Cashman Nursery in Bozeman with her husband, Jerry, since 1975.

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There’s a Fountain of Faith, Community and Service Behind This Smile

By Lisa Reuter On cover: Catherine Greydanus reads her mom’s Bible in her living room, where she’s surrounded by family pictures and has a sweeping view of the Bridger Mountains. One of her favorite verses is Psalm 121:1, “I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence comes my help.”

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ike her mother-in-law, Catherine Greydanus had seven children, five boys and two girls. Like her mother, she is known for her strong faith in God. But she’s always been her own person too, friends are quick to point out, and in her own way, she is giving back close to home and far away.

A lifelong resident of Gallatin County, 82-year-old Catherine lives on a farm 15 minutes west of Bozeman. She and her husband, Arie, and their children built it up together. As the crow flies, she says, it is a mile from the house she grew up in. A lot

of her life circles around and radiates out like that. Certainly her memories of Bozeman do.

“When I was young, the Lewis and Clark Hotel was the end of Main Street. There was nothing west of that,” said the vivacious, friendly woman with the quick smile and quicker sense of humor. “My granddad had a farm on Babcock Street near where the McDonald’s is now, and my uncle farmed where Costco is. Gallatin Valley has really grown a lot. It’s getting almost too busy. If you can drive in Bozeman, I think you can probably drive anywhere.”

She should know. She drove a school bus for Manhattan Christian School for 26 years.

For many years longer than that, she has volunteered through her church, Bozeman Christian Reformed Church. Her parents, Jennie and Wieber Veltkamp, and she herself were founding members. She and Arie taught the three-year-olds’ Sunday School class together for years, and she organized the church’s Love in the Name of Christ Linen Closet ministry after that.

Her latest volunteer effort, at the Belgrade Senior Center, was a fundraiser for the Meals on Wheels program in October.

“I’d been to a meeting where I heard the program was $13,000 short of funds. Well, a lot of people around here need that program,” she said. “I lay in bed one night thinking we’ve got to do something. So I missed a night’s sleep.”

By morning she had an idea for a dinner with business sponsors, a live and silent auction, and table decorations of Meals on Wheels cars fashioned from Domino’s Pizza boxes. It raised $8,700.

“Everyone worked so hard on that fundraiser. It was fun to watch.”

“Catherine’s a valuable woman in her 80s who is still looking for ways to give to others,” said her pastor, the Rev. Jerry Blom.

It’s not surprising that she would be involved at the senior center. Her mother and two aunts, Bertina Feddes and Liz Veltkamp, manned many concession booths to help raise the money to build it. She’s taking things further.

“My mom is pretty creative,” said her youngest son, Aaron, who is pastor of the Drenthe Christian Reformed Church in Zeeland, Michigan.

“The fundraiser was something she put a lot of thought into. She looked

into a lot of things for it.”

She baked a German chocolate cake from scratch for it too. It was auctioned for $55. “I never worked so hard in my life on a cake as I did on that one,” she said with a laugh that lit up her eyes. “I’m not as young as I once was.”

The first five of Catherine and Arie’s kids – Janet, Arlyn, Chuck, Gert and Warren, were born in seven years, from 1953 to 1960. Jim came along in 1967.

“He was the ‘oops,’” Aaron said in a phone conversation. Then he laughed much like his mother does. “And I came along eight years after that. I rode that school bus with mom for a couple of years before I ever went to school.”

Catherine remembers his first day of school, and Jim’s and Warren’s too.

“Someone said to me that you cry a lot of tears when you put your youngest child in school, because you only do it once. And I thought, ‘What do you mean? I’ve done it three times.’”

Every year she drove that bus, Aaron recalled, she baked dozens of gingerbread boys at Christmastime. She gave them to all the kids at church and on her bus. “She gave of herself a lot,” he said, and her children noticed.

She would talk about her faith somewhat, “when there were troubles or us kids were going through stuff.

And Scripture was something we always read together in our home, around dinnertime.”

That was a practice Jennie Veltkamp passed down. “Mom and dad gave her a Bible years ago for her birthday or for Christmas. My mom has it now. Grandma would sit at a table in her kitchen and read it every day, holding it in one hand. There’s almost an indentation where she held it. My grandma lost two babies in infancy. Then she lost an adult son

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in an accident, and an adult daughter and grandbaby in childbirth, and her husband, all in a three-year timespan. Yet she never lost her trust in God. That’s the environment in which my mom grew up and lived.”

Aaron developed cancer when he was a senior in high school. He and Catherine and Arie went through the two surgeries and two months of chemotherapy together. Then Arie was diagnosed with myelodysplastic anemia. In the last several years of his life, Catherine drove him to the hospital every day but Sundays for transfusions and treatments. In the midst of that, she had a heart attack and was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Her eyes were clear, her voice calm as recalled that day. “I just lay back on that bed, spread out my

arms and said, ‘Lord, you have to take care of me.’ And he did.”

She went through radiation and chemotherapy, and wore a wig to Aaron’s wedding in 2003. Arie died the next year. “Everything we went through, the Lord was helping us.

That was my thing. The Lord got us through, and the time went so fast.

Arie and I were together 51 and a half years when he died.”

Catherine and Arie’s children all have careers serving others. Janet is a broker in Oregon. Arlyn is Detective Lieutenant in the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Department. Chuck repairs bank machines. Warren is an independent trucker and snowplow driver. Jim is principal of a Michigan high school.

And Aaron is multiplying his grandmother’s and mother’s faith.

Catherine has 18 grandchildren.

A quarter of them have worked or do work in law enforcement. It’s another amazing circle, coming round and radiating out again. The genesis might have been great-aunts and -uncles who served in the military.

“Service to others and in the military runs deep in my family,” said Aaron.

And it might have been Arlyn, who got interested in high school, began working in the county jail and became a deputy and a detective before moving to the Montana Division of Criminal Investigations.

He retired as supervisor for general investigations, then returned to the sheriff’s department to head up the detective bureau.

Arlyn’s son Austin works in the Gallatin County Detention Center

and his son Lance worked for a time at the Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby. Their cousin Andrew is a member of the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Department. Catherine has a powerful family picture of Andrew’s graduation from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy. Arlyn and his sons, in uniform, are the bookends.

Between them, also in uniform, are Catherine’s son-in-law Ren Crain, a member of the Stillwater County Sheriff’s Department; her granddaughter Krista, a member of the Washington Highway Patrol; and Andrew.

Said the Rev. Blom, “All of those family members in law enforcement have a deep compassion for people that they bring to their agencies.

That comes from Catherine.”

Catherine Greydanus’ picture of her police family, taken at grandson Andrew’s graduation from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy. From left, her grandson Austin and her son Arlyn, both with the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Department; her son-in-law Ren Crain, with the Stillwater County Sheriff’s Department; her granddaughter Krista, with the Washington Highway Patrol; her grandson Andrew, with the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Department, and her grandson Lance, then with Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby.

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Yearlong Health Resolutions: Tips for Sticking to a Healthy Lifestyle All 12 Months

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By Hannah Stiff

fter a few weeks, many New Year’s resolutions have been abandoned or tucked away for another year. The gym crowds are thinning, and the healthy food section at the grocery store is quieter. Making healthy resolutions is easy; keeping them is the hard part.

Bozeman registered dietitian and ACSM Health Specialist Lindsay Kordick says keeping New Year’s resolutions requires making realistic, adjustable changes.

“Often, setting a resolution to just ‘eat healthy’ can seem quite daunting,” Kordick said. “Set some smaller goals for yourself to help you

to reach the larger goal. I recommend setting short-term goals, and keep those in mind as you make your food choices throughout the day.”

For example, setting a goal to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables per day and then building meal choices around those servings is a great starting point. Another manageable resolution is drinking more water.

The Institute of Medicine recommends that men drink roughly 13 cups of total beverages a day.

Women should try to consume about 9 cups a day. An easy reminder is the eight by eight rule. Most adults need to consume at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water daily.

The benefits of drinking more water are vast. Because 60 percent of the body’s weight is water, replenishing that water each day is vital. According to health professionals at the Mayo Clinic, not drinking enough water leads to dehydration, tiredness and the break-

down of normal body functions. The exact amount of water each adult should drink varies by level of daily activity, environment and health conditions.

Drinking more water and fewer sugary or caffeinated beverages will reap vast rewards, Kordick said.

When it comes to food resolutions, making a diet plan from scratch or following intricate recipes can be overwhelming. Following the “Healthy Plate” model makes it easier to eat well.

“Fill half of your plate with fruits and vegetables, one quarter of your plate with a protein source such as lean meat, and the final quarter of your plate should contain a starch, such as a whole grain or potato,” Kordick said.

The Healthy Plate model works well because it allows for flexibility.

Eaters get to choose which produce appeals to them and then fill the plate around their own healthy choices.

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of a meal plan,” Kordick said. “I recommend sitting down once a week to make a plan.”

Start simple with breakfast. “Most people eat the same things for that meal daily. Then move on to planning dinners. Often dinner leftovers can be easily converted into lunchtime meals, so save lunch planning for the end.”

Also take note of meals you may be dining out so you can plan accordingly. After planning meals, base your shopping list on your meal plan to cut down on multiple trips to the grocery for ingredients. Planning meals also saves money.

“You will not be as tempted to put purchases into your cart that are not on your plan,” she said.

As a new year rolls around, it’s tempting to make drastic changes in hopes of seeing drastic results.

Kordick advises incremental changes that can be sustained all year instead. As always, consult a physician or registered dietitian before making dramatic changes to your eating habits.

“The foods you eat can interact with medications you are taking or conditions you have,” she said.

Chicken and Zucchini

Parmesan Soup Serves 6

1-1/2 lb boneless skinless chicken breast 4 cups tomato broth (made from bouillon found in the Mexican aisle; substitute low sodium chicken broth if unable to find) 8 oz low sodium marinara sauce (I like the simple canned version of Hunts) 2 cans (14-1/2 oz) low sodium diced tomatoes 1/2 yellow onion, chopped 2 Tbsp minced garlic 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil 1/4 tsp ground black pepper 1/2 tsp salt (to taste) 2 medium zucchini, halved and sliced Combine all ingredients except for zucchini in a slow cooker. Cook on low for 6 hours, adding zucchini slices for the last 1 to 2 hours of cooking.

One hour prior to serving, remove chicken breasts and shred. Return to the pot to heat through.

Serve topped with croutons and shaved parmesan cheese.

Nutrition Info per 1-1/2 cups: 178 calories, 6 g fat, 15 g protein, 19 g carbohydrates, 3 g fiber, ~450 mg sodium

Wild Rice Breakfast Porridge

Serves 4

2 cups cooked brown rice/wild rice mixture (or use entirely wild rice if you prefer) 3 Tbsp chopped pecans 3 Tbsp slivered almonds 1/4 cup dried blueberries 3 Tbsp pure maple syrup 1 cup vanilla almond milk, divided 1/2 cup fresh blueberries Combine rice, pecans, almonds, dried blueberries, maple syrup and 1/2 cup almond milk in a large pot. Heat over medium-high heat until milk is absorbed and mixture is hot.

Serve in four bowls, pouring remaining almond milk over the top and sprinkling with blueberries prior to serving.

Nutrition info per 1 serving: 384 calories, 16 g fat, 10 g protein, 52 g carbohydrates, 6 g fiber, 46 mg sodium.

Recipes and photos courtesy of Lindsay Kordick: from her blog Eight Twenty, www.eat8020.com Lindsay Kordick has been a registered dietitian with Bozeman Deaconess Hospital for more than six years. She is also a Certified Exercise Specialist and writes a blog featuring recipes based on her 80/20 principle: eating wholesome, healthy meals 80 percent of the time and indulging a bit, 20 percent of the time.

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Bozeman Senior Center

Find Us on Facebook! bozemanseniorcenter.org

The Bozeman Senior Center will be closed on Feburary 15 for Presidents’ Day Holiday.

EVENTS ■ Board of Directors Election Results: Thank you to each of our nominees who ran for our Board of Directors officer elections. We would like to introduce you to our new Board of Directors Officers: President: Faye Christensen; Vice President-JoAnn Murray; Treasurer: Ray Gant; Secretary: Johanna Prindiville.

■ Free Tax Aide Assistance. Beginning February 1, Tax Aide Volunteers will be here to help you file your taxes. Please call to make an appointment. Times are available on Mondays from 9am-3pm and Saturdays from 9am-12pm.

■ Blood Profile Screening. Wednesday, February 10 from 8am-10am. Call for appointment.

■ The Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (DEEP): February 2-19 (Tuesdays and Fridays from 10-11am).

Our volunteer pharmacist, Stephanie Paugh, will be teaching this series of classes which are open and free to all adults with concerns about diabetes.

Call to sign up.

■ Leap Year Thrift Sale! Monday February 29-March 4 from 10am-2pm. We are extending our 2nd Hand Thrift Store & offering a special week long sale in our downstairs meeting room.

■ “Discover Cuba” Trip Slide Presentation: Friday, Feb. 5, 10:00 a.m. Come see the slides and get excited about the trip in May. ■ Introductory Pottery with JK Moyles.

February 5 & 12. Instruction/assistance and all materials provided. The first session covers hand building & the second session covers glazing. The cost is $25.00 (please pay in advance).

■ Super Bowl Party. Sunday, February 7 at 4:00pm. Bring a side dish and join the fun! It’s free.

807 North Tracy • (406) 586-2421 • www.bozemanseniorcenter.org Emily Propst: emily@bozemanseniorcenter.org (Executive Director) Deb Earl: deb@bozemanseniorcenter.org (Associate Director)

■ Region Travel: Ecuador. Tuesday, February 9 at noon. Join us as we celebrate Ecuador this month! Been there?

Born there? Lunch on us if you answer ‘yes’ to either question!

■ Valentine’s Dance with The Blue Spurs Band! Join us on Saturday, February 13 from 7pm-10pm. Cost: $7.00 per person.

■ Name That Tune. Wednesday February 17 at noon. Call ahead to sign up for lunch! This month’s theme: love tunes.

■ Adventure Travel Theater: “Scenic Wyoming,” Wednesday, February 17 at 1pm. Bob and Jan Remer have been hiking and photographing in Wyoming for over 25 years. Join them for a slide show presentation featuring sights from all over Wyoming.

■ Fitness testing, Thursday, February 18.

Gain valuable information about your own fitness capacities! Please call to sign up.

■ Movie Afternoon: Tuesday, February 23, 1:00pm. Join us to watch “Mr. Holmes,” a new twist on the world’s most famous detective. Featuring Ian McKellen as a retired Sherlock Holmes who tries to remember both his final case and a mysterious woman. Popcorn provided.

■ “The Last Best Geri-Actors” Readers’ Theatre: Fridays at 1 pm. No acting experience necessary—we’re always looking for new voices. Walk-ons especially needed for the March show!

■ Next Pancake/Bingo Supper is Monday, February 2, 5:30pm. All-you-can-eat pancakes and sausage for just $3.50! Bingo to follow, with cash prizes!

■ NEW CLASS: Arthritis Fitness. 8 weeks. Mon. and Fri. 12:30-1:30. Starts Monday, February 1. Feeling achy or stiff? This is the class for you. No previous exercise necessary. Each hour includes movement, education and relaxation.

TRAVEL ■ Croatia: April 16-27. Very picturesque area, right on the Adriatic Sea. Spend time in Dubrovnik, Split, Opatija and more. Cost: $4359.00 per person, double occupancy.

■ Alaska, by Land: May 25 – June 6. Fly to Fairbanks, 10 days motorcoach-

ing. More details at the front desk. Cost: $4529.00 per person, double occupancy.

■ Discover Cuba: An 8 day “People to People” tour of the highlights of Havana and Varadero, Cuba. May 4 – 10. Cost: $4999.00 per person, double occupancy.

■ Freeze Out Lake Day Trip: Thursday, March 24. Motorcoach trip to Fairfield, Montana to see thousands of snow geese feeding on the open fields. Lunch in Great Falls. Cost: $60 per person.

■ Snake River Trip: June 14 – 17.

Clarkston, WA. An exciting jet boat trip traveling 90 miles on the Snake River out of Clarkston, Washington.

Spend one night in rustic cabins up the River. Cost: $720.00 per person.

■ Big Horn Canyon Boat Trip: Tuesday July 11. Motorcoach to Big Horn Canyon National Recreation Area then enjoy a 2 hour narrated boat ride through gorgeous canyons. Dinner in Billings at the Red Lobster or Olive Garden. Cost: $110.

■ Bannack Days, Sunday, July 17: Get your name on the interested list. More information next month. A fun day at Bannack State Park for all.

■ Ousel Falls Day Trip, Tuesday, July 26: Motorcoach to Big Sky to enjoy a beautifully built trail, 1.7 miles long.

Easy trail, beautiful scenery. Dinner in the evening.

■ Yellowstone Park, Lake Lodge, Friday, August 26: Boat ride on the lake. Great day trip, more info next month.

■ Discover Tuscany, October 21 – 31.

More info at front desk.

■ Music Cities of Tennessee featuring Memphis and Nashville, Sept. 20 – 25, Cost: $2799.00 per person.

■ Music Ranch, Livingston, Enjoy great name musical entertainment. More info to come.

STOP BY THE BOZEMAN SENIOR CENTER OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS ON OUR EXCITING TRIPS!

SERVICES ■ Computer Assistance with Jack, Paul, Jay, & Molly. Please call for more information & to sign up.

■ Medical Equipment available for those 50+.

■ The Hearing Aid Institute of Bozeman offers free services: clean & check, adjustments, batteries, repairs, & wax check. Wed. Feb. 17, 11:30am-1:30pm.

■ Foot Clinic by appointment. February 8 & 22.

■ Free blood pressure checks every Wednesday 11:30am-1:00pm.

■ Association for the Blind meets 2nd Thursday 1:30pm. Open to anyone who is visually impaired.

SUPPORT SERVICES ■ Forgetters & Friends: 2nd Wednesday of each month at 1pm.

■ Caregiver Support Group. Meets at Spring Creek Inn 4th Thursday 12pm.

Call 272-7509 for more info.

■ Widowers Support Group meets 1st & 3rd Fridays 10:30am.

■ Gallatin Valley Multiple Sclerosis Self Help: 3rd Wednesday Sept-May at 3:00pm.

Call Gretchen, 624-6161 with questions.

HEALTH AND EXERCISE ■ Mondays: 8:30am Strength Training, 9:00am Gentle Aerobics, 10:00am Core, 10:30am Aerobics Plus, 11:30am Gentle Tai Chi, 12:30pm Arthritis Fitness.

■ Tuesdays: 10:30am Yang Tai Chi, 11:30am Beg.Yang Tai Chi, 12:30pm Strength Training, 2:00pm Arthritis Fitness.

■ Wednesdays: 8:30am Strength Training, 9:00am Gentle Aerobics, 10:00am Core, 10:30am Aerobics Plus, 1:00pm Balance, 1:30pm Gentle Yoga. 10:30am Aerobics Plus, 1:00pm Balance, 1:30pm Gentle Yoga.

■ Thursdays: 10:30am Yang Tai Chi, 11:30am Gentle Tai Chi, 12:30pm Strength Training, 2:00pm Arthritis Fitness.

■ Fridays: 8:30am Strength Training, 9:00am Gentle Aerobics, 10:00am Core, 10:30am Aerobics Plus, 11:30am Beg.

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Yang Tai Chi, 12:30pm Arthritis Fitness.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES ■ Adult Coloring: Wednesdays 9:30 am.

■ Bingo: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:00pm.

■ Book Club: Monday February 8, 10:30am.

■ Bridge: Wednesdays & Fridays, 12:45pm.

■ Duplicate Bridge: Mondays, 12:30pm.

■ Creative Writing: Tuesdays, 10:00am.

■ Cribbage: Tuesdays, 1:00pm.

■ Cross-Country Skiing/Snowshoeing: Tuesdays, 9am. Some Thursdays ■ The Last Best Geri-Actors Readers’ Theatre: Fridays at 1 pm.

■ NEW! Line Dancing: Tuesdays, 10am.

■ Oil Painting: February 1 & 22 at 1:00pm with instructor May Mace.

■ Pinochle: 1st and 3rd Mondays 1pm.

Wednesdays 1pm. Thursdays 1pm.

■ Red Hat Ladies Luncheon: Olive Garden, Tuesday, February 16, 11:30am ■ Scrabble: Thursdays 9:30am.

■ Watercolor Painting: Wednesdays 9:30am.

■ Woodworker Shop open to members only 8:30am-4:00pm.

■ Wood Carvers: Mondays 9:30am.

NUTRITION SERVICES ■ Free Birthday Dinners celebrated Wednesdays only!

■ Meals served Monday - Friday at Noon.

■ Meals-On-Wheels delivered Monday - Friday to home bound.

EXTRAS ■ Second Hand Rose Thrift Store: 10am-2pm, Monday-Friday. Bring donations of clothes, household items, books, games, crafts, & more anytime between 8:30am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday.

■ Our library currently needs gently used book donations. No encyclopedias or Reader’s Digests please. Please drop those by at the above hours.

VOLUNTEER ■ Meals-on-Wheels is looking for volunteers to deliver meals in Bozeman. Please call Sue, 586-2421.

■ Foot Clinic is looking for current or retired nurses to help at our monthly foot clinic service! Please call 586-2421.

Menu Mon – Fri at 12:00 Noon 1

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Beets, Sloppy Joes, Pickles, Tomatoes, Brownie - Applesauce, Pork Chops, Potato, Brussel Sprouts, Apple Crisp - Peaches, Soup & Salad Bar, Cheesecake - Coleslaw, Hamburger Steak,

Mashed Potatoes, Peas, Bars 5 - Bean Salad, BBQ Chicken, Rice,

Zucchini, Marble Cake 8 - Fruit Cocktail, Cheeseburger, Baked Beans, Kale/Tomato/Onion 9 - Salad, Baked Chicken, Rice,

Pudding 10 - Fruit, Biscuits & Sausage Gravy,

Zucchini, Sorbet 11 - Salad, Taco Bake, Tomatoes,

Cookies 12 - Valentine’s Day Coleslaw,

Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes,

Carrots, Cake 15 CLOSED 16 - P r e s i d e n t ’s D ay T r iv i a

Salad, Fish Chowder, Muffins 17 - Name That Tune

Cranberries, Turkey w/Dressing,

Green Beans, Bars 18 - Salad, Ham, Sweet Potatoes,

Cauliflower, Cookie 19 - Beets, Baked Potato Bar, Cake 22 - Oranges, Spaghetti, Green

Beans, Mousse 23 - Fruit, Grilled Ham & Cheese,

Tomato Bisque, Cupcake 24 - Veggies w/Dip, Cod, Rice, Peas,

Bars 25 - Salad, Pasta w/Tuna, Zucchini 26 - Salad, Baked Chicken, Mashed

Potatoes, Veggies, Bars 29 - Cottage Cheese, Chicken

Tenders, JoJo’s, Broccoli, Cookie Please make reservations for lunch so that we can have an adequate amount of food!

Hollowtop Senior Citizens Broadway St., Pony, MT • 685-3323 or 685-3494 ■ Serving Harrison, Pony, Norris and surrounding areas ■ Fee: $5 a year. Meals $3.50 members and $5 for guests ■ Dinner served on Wednesdays all year long and on Mondays October – May ■ Lending library and medical equipment

Manhattan Senior Center 102 East Main Street, Manhattan, MT • 284-6501

■ Fee: $10.00 a year ■ Meals: $3.50 over 60 years of age, $6 under 60 ■ Noon meal is served Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday call Monday – Friday before 10:00 am to reserve a seat ■ Pinochle: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday after lunch Center Hall and kitchen are available for rental. Hall rental $50, kitchen and hall $75. Cleaning deposit of $25 and key deposit $10. Call Susan for more details to reserve the space.

Park County Senior Center 206 South Main Street, Livingston, MT • 333-2276 www.parkcountyseniorcenter.com • Open Monday - Friday 9-5 Executive Director: Heidi Barrett

■ Please call Senior Center for news and events.

Three Rivers Senior Club 19 East Cedars Street, Three Forks • 285-3235 Director: Jean Farnam • 570-0800

■ Fee: $10 for folks 50 years or older.

Applications are available at the Center.

■ Meals: $3.50 over 60 years of age, $6 under 60 Meals are served every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Reservations are required one day in advance.

Call 285.3235 and leave a message.

■ Birthday Celebration: Once a month either on 2nd or 3rd Thursday.

■ Extensive lending library of books, videos and jigsaw puzzles. Medical equipment such as walkers, shower seats, crutches, are also available. Call Jean Farnam for lending information.

ACTIVITIES ■ Sunday Games: 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month from 1:00-5:00 pm – Scrabble, cards, etc.

■ Pinochle: Wednesdays at 1:00 pm ■ Bingo: Thursdays after lunch ■ Meals on Wheels: Delivered to the homebound ■ Blood Pressure: Free testing on the first Thursday of the month

Menu 2 3 4 9 10 11 16 17

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Fried Chicken Polish Sausage Cabbage Rolls Chicken and Dumplings Pork Chops Cornish Game Hens Tuna Casserole Potato Soup and Sandwiches Beef Stew Sweet and Sour Chicken Tacos Spaghetti

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Belgrade Senior Center 92 East Cameron Avenue • (406) 388-4711 www.belgradeseniorcenter.com Email: belgradesrcntr@bresnan.net Executive Director: Shannon Bondy At Franzen-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory, we understand that when a family experiences a loss, there are many important decisions to be made... decisions that should be made with the care, guidance and experience of a licensed funeral director. We are committed to providing you with unparalleled service and compassion and are available to answer your questions 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

We guarantee the lowest cost of any area provider and your 100% satisfaction.

118 N. 3rd Street | PO BOX 638

Livingston, MT 59047

(406) 222-2531

www.franzen-davis.com

UPCOMING EVENTS ■ Saturday Dinner: Saturday, March 5, 12:00 Noon – 2:00 p.m. – Come and join us for a traditional Turkey dinner with all the fixings! Dinner is open to the public and will be served from 12-2 p.m. Cost is $8.00/person.

■ Garage Sale: The Belgrade Senior Center will be hosting a garage sale at High Plains Storage Units in May. Currently, we are accepting items to support this fundraising effort.

All donations are welcome with the exception of clothing, exercise equipment, TV’s and computers. Volunteers will be at the storage unit one Saturday in March and also in April.

Please call the center, 388-4711 for more information. We are looking for volunteers to help price items and also donations of bags.

Must be 18 years of age to play. Payout will be determined by the number of people playing BINGO. ■ Bake Sale: Thursday, February 18, 9:00 a.m.

– Great opportunity to purchase baked goods at a reasonable price! Pies, cookies, bars, bread, etc.…all homemade and baked by senior center members. Open to the public.

■ Shrimp/Fish Fry: Friday, February 19, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. – Open to the Public! No reservations required! Bring the family to the Belgrade Senior Center on the 3rd Friday of every month for the fish fry dinner. The meal includes your choice of shrimp or cod with a baked potato, coleslaw, jello salad, garlic bread and dessert for only $10.00/person.

■ Monthly Board of Director’s Meeting: 4th Monday, February 22, 1:00 p.m.

ACTIVITIES ■ “Big Buck Bingo”: Wednesday, February 3, 10, 17 & 24 – 1:00 p.m. - Bring $$’s and play Bingo to win more money.

Buy in is $1/card, which is split for the five games played; Blackout is $1/card, winner takes all!

■ NeedleAires: February 4, 11, 18 & 25 – 1:00 p.m. - NeedleAires is a group that gets together once a week to work on various needle work crafts, such as needle point, crocheting, quilting and much more. Many of the projects that the ladies work on are donated to the senior center and sold in our gift shop.

■ Red Rockers Luncheon: Tuesday, February 9, 11:30 a.m. – Enjoy lunch and have fun with other gals each month during the Red Rockers luncheon. All new members are welcome. Call 3884711 for more information or to sign up.

■ Spaghetti Dinner: Friday, February 12, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. – Bring your family to the Belgrade Senior Center on the 2nd Friday of each month for a spaghetti dinner complete with a salad, garlic bread and a dessert for only $6.00 a person. The spaghetti dinner is open to the public and walk-ins are always welcome.

■ Saturday, February 13 & 26, 2:00-4:00 p.m. - Every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month; play 3-cards per game and blackout the 12th game for one price of $20.

SUPPORT SERVICES ■ AARP Tax Aide Services – Tuesdays starting February 2 – April 12, 1:15 – 4:00 p.m. – Call 388-4711 to make an appointment.

■ AARP Driver Refresher Course – Tuesday, February 9, 1:00-5:30 p.m. – Holiday Inn Express ■ Hearing Aid Maintenance – 2nd Tuesday of the month ■ HRDC Senior Food Pantry – Wednesdays: 11:30 a.m.

■ Blood Pressure Checks – Thursday, February 11 & 25, 12:30 p.m.

ONGOING ACTIVITIES/HEALTH & EXERCISE SERVICES ■ Movement in Motion - Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

■ Canasta – Tuesdays – 12:30p.m.

■ Bingo – Wednesdays– 1:00 p.m. / 2nd & 4th Saturdays: 2:00-4:00 p.m.

■ Balance & Beyond Yoga – Tuesdays – 9:00 a.m., Fridays: 8:00 a.m.

■ Pinochle/Card Games - Thursdays – 9:30 a.m. – Fridays – 12:30 p.m.

■ Balance & Beyond Yoga – Tuesdays – 9:00 a.m., Fridays: 8:00 a.m.

■ Blood Pressure Checks – 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month.

■ NeedleAires - Thursdays- 1:00 p.m.

■ Bake Sale – 3rd Thursday - 9:00 – 1:00 p.m.

■ Spaghetti Dinner – 2nd Friday – 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

■ Shrimp / Fish Fry – 3rd Friday - 5:00-7:00 p.m.

JOIN US FOR LUNCH! Congregate Meals at center Monday through Friday, 12:00 Noon Meals-on-Wheels delivered Monday through Friday to homebound individuals Frozen Meals available for pickup at center Monday through Friday - Call 388-4711 FREE Birthday Dinner Celebrations on the 3rd Thursdays during the month of your birthday for members of the Senior Center.

Menu

Mon – Fri at 12:00 Noon 1 - Gyros Sandwich, Macaroni

Salad 2 - Baked Potato Bar, Chili 3 - Pork Chops, Hashbrowns 4 - C h i c k e n Ta c o B a r,

Beans 5 - 5. Seafood Salad, Chicken

Salad 8 - Scrambled Eggs, Ham, Sausage 9 - Roast Chicken, Stuffing,

Gravy 10 - Meatloaf, Baked Potato 11 - Spaghetti & Meat sauce,

Garlic Bread 12 - Roast Pork Loin, Mashed

Potatoes, Gravy 15 - CLOSED FOR

PRESIDENT’S DAY 16 - Oven Fried Chicken,

Macaroni & Cheese 17 - Beef Enchiladas, Spanish

Rice 18 - Pork Roast, Mashed

Potatoes, Gravy 19 - Fish Sandwich, Oven Fries 22 - French Dip Sandwich,

Potato Salad 23 - Baked Salmon, Rice Pilaf 24 - Cheeseburgers, Oven Fries 25 - BBQ Pulled Pork, Baked Beans 26 - Rosemary Chicken, Roasted

Red Potatoes 29 - Chicken Alfredo, Garlic Bread Note: all meals include Salad, Dessert Bar, Roll & Drink

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RSVP

Southwest Montana

807 N. Tracy Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715 • 587-5444 Debi Casagranda, Program Coordinator (dcasagranda@thehrdc.org) 111 South 2nd, Livingston, MT 59047 • 222-2281 Deb Downs, Livingston Program Coordinator (debdowns@ rsvpmt.org) • www.rsvpmt.org

RSVP OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA UPDATES ■ BOZEMAN DEACONESS HOSPITAL: Volunteers are needed at the Care Boutique located in the Cancer Center. Responsibilities would be helping customers and keeping merchandise straightened up.

■ BOZEMAN DEACONESS HOSPITAL: Volunteers needed to escort patients through the hospital, must be able to be on your feet a lot.

■ RSVP HANDCRAFTERS: JOIN this group of crafters in quilting, knitting, crocheting & embroidering to make items like hats for chemo patients, baby blankets & other hand made goods for our community. Meet once a week (can work from home). Items are on sale in our store in the RSVP office at the Senior Center and the Farmers Market on Saturday’s until September 13th.

■ BOZEMAN SYMPHONY: Concessions head need for the Sunday Matinee’s. You would be responsible for setting up and tearing down the downstairs and upstairs concessions areas and keeping them clean during

the concert. Must be able to stand for long times and be able to lift no more than 50 lbs.

■ BOZEMAN SYMPHONY: Greets, Ushers, Set up and Musician treats needed. Greeters will greet the patrons, check tickets and hand out programs. Ushers guide patrons to their seats. Underwriter Room set up would be setting up the room.

Musician’s Treats would be treats to the musicians.

■ VITA: Serve as the first point of contact for customers, set a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Monitor site traffic and sign in procedure. Located at the Community Café. Shifts available Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 12:00-3:00.

■ WARMING CENTER: Volunteers needed for a variety of different shifts.

The Warming Center is open from 7:00 p.m. -7:00 am. Training is held every Tuesday at the Warming Center.

Please call for more information.

Please call Debi at RSVP today at 587-5444 for more information on these and other opportunities.

Bozeman Lions CLuB eye glasses collection box for prescription or non-prescription and dark glasses at The Bozeman senior Center, The Belgrade senior Center, The manhattan senior Center and The Three Rivers senior Citizens Club in Three Forks.

For more information, contact Richard Reiley at

RSVP PARK COUNTY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ■ RSVP: Has many events including mailings and fund-raising events that require volunteers. Your unique skills and interests are needed, without making a long-term commitment, in a variety of on-going and special onetime events.

■ MAINSTREETER STORE: is looking for someone who enjoys working with the public. Come help greet customers, label and hang clothes and accepting donations. Volunteer 4 hours a week and get 50% off your purchases.

■ HANDCRAFTERS: Join this group on Thursdays 1-2 p.m. Making new friends as you work on crocheted or knitted caps and scarves so every child at Head Start can be warm this winter. We are also making gifts for the prenatal classes and baby hats and afghans for the Hospital’s newborns. Sewers needed to make simple pillowcases for our soldiers overseas.

■ AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: Needing drivers to transport locals to Bozeman Deaconess Hospital for Cancer Treatments.

■ TRANSPORTATION: Drivers are always appreciated to help patients keep their Dr.’s appointments here in town and to Bozeman. Gas reimbursement may be provided.

■ SENIOR CENTER: has a call for Rag Cutters who meet on Tuesdays at 1 p.m. to cut unsold clothing into rags. Proceeds go the Center when sold.

■ SENIOR CENTER FOOT CLINIC: could use volunteers and nurses twice a month to help our seniors with foot care.

■ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Needs a volunteer a few hours a week for on-going position running copy machine and making up visitors packets.

Contact Deb Downs, RSVP Program Coordinator 111 So. 2nd St. Livingston, MT 59047 Phone (406) 222-2281 Email:debdowns@rsvpmt.org

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