Prime June 2017

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JUNE 2017

Story Mill a Park of Partnerships & Dreams P. 2 Try Foodscaping for a Gorgeous, Edible Backyard P. 5

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A note from the editor Do you know a senior who should be featured in a future edition of Prime? Email your suggestions to Lisa Reuter at lreuter@dailychronicle.com or 406-582-2642.

Story Mill a Park of Partnerships & Dreams...................2 Parks & Rec Invites Seniors to Walk in Park...................4 Try Foodscaping for a Gorgeous, Edible Backyard.......5 Roughing It, 21st Century Style.....................................6 Recipe Box: Tips for Getting Active as the Weather Warms...................................................7 Listings.........................................................................9

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Story Mill a Park of Partnerships, Promises

By Lisa Reuter

If

you head out Bridger Canyon Road on Saturday

morning, June 24, for the groundbreaking ceremony for long-imagined, greatly longed-for Story Mill

Park, you’ll enjoy a walk amid woods, meadows and

wetlands that support 100-plus species of birds and critters.

In fall 2018, those 60 acres will open as Bozeman’s grandest park, built on land that was, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the industrial hub of early Bozeman. Formed through a massive public-private partnership including the City of Bozeman, a conglomerate of government, nonprofit and business groups, and everyone in Bozeman in 2012

with imagination enough to vote for the $15 million parks and trails bond, Story Mill Park was first conceived by the Bozeman Office of the Trust for Public Land. The national nonprofit works to protect the places people care about and create closeto-home parks.

Lucky Bozeman. The project midwives have been two TPL work-

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ers, the late Alex Diekmann, who orchestrated the est climbing boulder, a natural amphitheater, two fishing access points on the East Gallatin River, land purchase with American Bank, and project a dog park and a quarter-mile-long adventure manager Maddy Pope, who brought together the playground for all ages. partnerships and TPL resources to plan, sculpt “Credit American Bank for working with us,” and build the $16.1 million park.

Pope said. “I’m sure they had other more lucrative “It’s getting pretty exciting,” Pope said. “I’ve options for the property.” been tromping around this property with people In the mid-2000s it was supposed to become a nonstop for four-plus years imagining what it dense residential and commercial neighborhood, could be. When we finished the wetlands restorabut developers went bankrupt. Diekmann pertion last year, the transformation was incredible. suaded American Bank to sell it to the trust just Seeing the rest of it come to life now is thrilling.” as Bozeman voters overwhelmingly approved the A forest ecologist by training, Pope knows what parks bond. nature can inspire. As a 9-year-old, the New York The trust played a City suburb dweller role in early polling visited Yellowstone “Our community will benefit for and discussions for National Park on a decades, maybe for centuries, from the the bond issue, then family vacation. “I was public-private collaboration that created in orchestrating public so blown away by the meetings for hundreds landscape that I stood Story Mill Park. The Trust for Public of residents who came above Yellowstone Land has been a generous and thoughtful together to talk through Falls and made a secret partner.

Project Manager Maddy Pope their park aspirations. It promise to myself sold the park to the city that when I grew up, I has been careful and meticulous as she for $4.5 million in 2014. would live here.” Talk worked with our community to build Very early, two ideas about the power of a park that captures the ethic of our seized everyone’s interpublic lands. city. It will be fun, educational, wild est. People wanted the Pope and her huswetlands restored to band, Chris, made and environmentally significant. It will enhance water quality the move in 1990 to serve the young, the old and everyone in downstream of the Bozgive their two kids the between. Thanks to Maddy’s passion, the eman Creek-Gallatin childhood she would River confluence. And have liked to have result will be as near perfect as possible.” individuals, groups and had. They opened and -Bozeman Mayor Carson Taylor local businesses wanted ran the Great Rocky a park with lots of Mountain Toy Compublic programming to enrich community health, pany on Main Street for 15 years before she went quality of life and economic vibrancy. back to work for the Trust for Public Land.

Partners joined in, including the Montana The city’s first big north side park looks like Department of Environmental Quality, Montana a piece of a jigsaw puzzle. The lower 40 acres Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Montana will be a nature sanctuary with a light footprint Conservation Corps, Montana State University, of trails. Nearer the old Boys and Girls Club on Greater Gallatin Watershed Council, Gallatin Bridger Canyon Drive, which TPL bought last Local Water Quality District, Trout Unlimited, year to add to the park, will be 20 developed acres including wide, accessible promenades for all ages, Sacajawea Audubon, Run Dog Run, NorthWestern Energy, the Kendeda Fund and local water a three-acre grand lawn for events, a Learning resource professionals. In March, the trust and its Garden and Edible Food Forest Trail, an outdoor partners won the 2017 Montana Wetland Stewclassroom and four other pavilions, the city’s larg-

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Bozeman and Gallatin County residents are invited to the free public groundbreaking for Story Mill Park, on the city’s Bozeman, Montana Nature Sanctuary with Pond Overlook andnortheast Birdblind Walkside off Bridger Canyon Drive near Story Mill Road, from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, June 24.

Tours, kids activities, food trucks and music will mark the event. To learn more about plans for Bozeman’s new flagship park, visit tpl.org/storymill.

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ardship Award. In 2018, most of the partners – along with the Gallatin Valley Food Bank, master gardeners and others – will step forward again to offer ongoing park programming.

Pope’s two big jobs as the park is constructed are to keep that ball rolling and to raise a final $1.6 million.

The public giving campaign begins shortly, and she is sure it will succeed. Already, during the 24-hour Give Big Gallatin Valley event last month, $14,000 was raised.

“The hundreds of people I’ve met through this project, and the ways they have been so generous in stepping up and sharing their knowledge and gifts, have been extraordinary,” she said. “I feel personally very, very lucky that so many people have helped us.”

She’s grateful to TPL too. “In the past, I’ve worked on large landscape protection projects. This is the first time I’ve worked in my community, and the first time I’ve worked on a park project. I’ve fallen in love with the role of parks in communities. Yes, they’re about getting outdoors, and that’s obvious in the way we all enjoy our parks. But this park is really a function of what we collectively see as the future of Bozeman and the best that we can be.”

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he Bozeman Parks & Recreation Department invites all seniors ages 55 and up to join them for a guided walk along Tuckerman Park and Trail on Wednesday, May 31, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The special event celebrates National Senior Health & Fitness Day, observed by more than 1,000 organizations and 100,000 older adults.

Tuckerman Park is at 7979 Goldenstein Lane, on the south side of town between South 3rd Avenue and Sourdough Road. The entrance is on Goldenstein; additional parking is on Morning Sun Road.

Pre-registration is encouraged. Call 406-582-2290. No dogs please.

The theme for this year’s event, the 24th annual, is “With Movement . . . There’s Progress.”

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TRY FOODSCAPING FOR A GORGEOUS AND EDIBLE BACKYARD

By Jan Cashman

We

know what landscaping means, and we’ve heard of xeriscapes. But how about foodscaping?

Today, many of us are concerned about eating healthy. On the other hand, city lots are smaller, and homeowners want “curb appeal.” You can kill two birds with one stone by beautifying your yard with edible plants. Here are some plants that will make your yard pretty and fruitful.

TREES Few things in nature are more beautiful that a fruit tree in full flower. Many apple varieties do well here in Bozeman. Try Chestnut Crabapple, a hardy tree covered in pure white blossoms in May. The 1½- to 2-inch apples have a distinctive nutty flavor.

The glossy, dark green leaves of pear trees make them an attractive addition to your landscape too. Luscious, Ure, Patten and Parker pear varieties do well in our climate and produce lots of small but sweet pears.

Most of our plum trees are dwarfs so they don’t take up much room in your yard. Our most popular plum is Mount Royal, a self-fertile variety with lots of delicious purple-skinned fruit.

SHRUBS There are many shrubs that are not only attractive in your yard but provide edible fruit.

Honeyberries (Lonicera caerulea) thrive in ad-

verse conditions and produce small, pear-shaped plants by attracting beneficial insects, repelling blue fruit that’s high in antioxidants, tastes a pests and providing nutrients, shade or support to their companions. little like a blueberry and can be eaten fresh or My coworker, an organic gardener, combines used for jams, jellies and pies. Two different varieties of honeyberries are needed for pollination. sunflowers with cucumbers, violas with lettuce and savoy cabbages, melons with nasturtiums, The new Romance Series of hardy (Zone 2) and tomatoes with leaks, chives or basil in her self-fertile cherries, developed at the University raised beds. of Saskatchewan, includes Romeo, Juliet, and Carmine Jewel varieties. The blackish-red fruit HERBS looks like a sweet cherry but is smaller. It’s sweet Herbs make good companions for many plants enough to eat fresh and makes wonderful juice.

– their strong aromas repel many pests. And Its fragrant blossoms, glossy foliage and small they’re beautiful too. Try planting herbs in rows size make it a perfect accent tree or shrub in to divide areas or as a border. Create a formal your landscape. As with most cherries, the ateffect by planting them in a design. tractive reddish-brown bark has interesting horiCONTAINERS zontal lenticels. And the trees produce abundant If you live in an apartment or don’t have much fruit high in antioxidants. room, you can grow edible plants in containers.

VINES For more color in your pots, mix in a few annual Instead of a flowering vine, plant a grape vine. flowers. Peppers, tomatoes, lettuce and herbs Valiant is a hardy grape that grows well in our all grow well in containers. Even peas do well if area. The fruit ripens earlier than other grapes, they have something to climb on. especially if planted in a hot, sunny spot.

Often one of our customers will say to me, “I GROUND COVERS don’t want to plant anything unless I can eat it.”

Strawberry plants always make a pretty and Foodscaping is the answer productive ground cover.

Jan Cashman has operated VEGETABLE PLANTS Cashman Nursery in Bozeman Tuck colorful lettuce plants into your flower with her husband, Jerry, bed to mix vegetables with flowers. The idea since 1975. of companion plants has been around for years.

Companion plants assist in the growth of nearby

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Roughing It, 21st Century Style

By Lois Stephens

We

learned in school about the hardships those who settled the West endured: no running water; leaky, drafty shacks made from sod or tar paper; working from dawn to dusk to clear the land and get the crops in; sickness; cold; food shortages; the list goes on. Our idea of roughing it today can’t compare with roughing it a hundred years ago.

My husband and I are currently roughing it 21st-century style. We just sold our home. We needed to sell it to purchase the cabin we intend to live in by summer’s end. The cabin, now under construction off-site, will likely arrive here ready for habitation by the first part of July.

In the interim, we have set up camp on our property, making use of two different structures. Our 12x16 build-

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ing serves as an office and sleeping quarters. For our kitchen, we’re using a small corner of a 12x28 shop. We do have a wood stove AND a barbeque for cooking, already a huge step ahead of those who first settled the region.

Plus we have electricity, which means we can use a microwave, crock pot and any other electric device. Although we have no indoor plumbing, a spring with potable water bubbles on the

property, we collect rain in barrels for dishes and washing, and we rent a porta potty.

We do have a place to shower offsite, and I have invested in one of those solar shower kits. I am itching to try it, but the weather needs to cooperate.

It’s difficult to heat water with a solar setup if the sun refuses to shine. So with all this in place, what more could we ask for?

The week before we closed on our house and moved up to our dream property, my husband delighted in telling people we would soon be homeless.

Hah, homeless indeed! We have a better, more spacious living space than a goodly portion of the rest of the world.

It may be small, somewhat cramped at times, but it works. We have very few complaints and, most importantly, this feels like home. We do look forward to the arrival of our cabin, but we are roughing it quite well in the meantime.

We figured out already that most

of the belongings we have in storage we really don’t need. Two-thirds of what we own sits in a conex sea container as we await the arrival of the cabin. We miss practically nothing in that storage unit. It truly amazes me how little a person actually needs to get by comfortably.

We have encountered a few small issues, all easily fixable right now. For instance, on these chilly spring mornings, using the porta potty can deliver quite a jolt to the system when bare warm flesh meets hard cold plastic. However, we discovered an easy fix. The porta potty has a split seat, not a solid round one. We sacrificed an old pair of thick tube socks and slid one sock over each side of the split seat.

Now we have a (somewhat) cushioned warm seat. The temperature outside can do as it pleases; we sit in comfort. Those socks work beautifully.

Our second issue involved a dog, no counter space and a plate of roast beef.

We cook either on the barbecue or the wood stove, and we employ a tea cart that stands barely two-and-a-half feet tall as a countertop for meal preparation. When I arrive home from work, I always take Ruby, our big Doberman who weighs 80 pounds and can easily lay her head on the tea cart if she so desires, for a walk.

While I take Ruby, my husband prepares dinner.

This particular evening I arrived home, my husband was in the process of preparing a meal and I left with Ruby. Ruby runs free, so she always roams several yards or more in front of me. We took a short walk, then headed back home as I felt famished and figured that a good meal of leftover roast beef awaited me.

I arrived back at the shop a minute or so behind Ruby. We always leave the door slightly ajar so she can come and go as she pleases, so naturally she had already entered the shop. I walked in to discover a spatula on the floor, a few stray grease spots splattered hither and yon, the plate

that had held the nicely sliced roast beef distressingly empty, and Ruby licking her chops in a vain attempt to appear guiltless and disguise the demise of the beef.

It transpired that my husband, not expecting us back so quickly, had left the meat on the tea cart while he ambled across the property to take advantage of the cushioning the tube socks provide.

While he answered nature’s call, oblivious to the fact that our dinner lay in grave peril, Ruby and I returned home. Our greedy dog helped herself to delicious roast beef without even asking, and two disgruntled old people ate cottage cheese for supper.

We learned that lesson well. We now place all edibles well out of reach of lurking dogs.

To date, roughing it in this century and in this country has proved easy. We still have internet, cell phones and most of the modern conveniences. We have experienced a few minor issues but we’ve figured out how to make life easier, and we find that this life suits us very well. If this inches us toward our goal of living on the mountainside in our own little cabin, it’s an easy way, with only very minor inconveniences, to make our dream come true.

One last thought: When we face a small setback of some sort, I tell my husband to think of this as a great adventure.

He looks at me and snarls, “This will be our LAST great adventure.”

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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R E C I P E B OX A Few Tips for Getting Active as the Weather Warms By Hannah Overton

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ith false spring coming to a close and summer just around the corner, it is time to get outside and active. Bozeman is such a wonderfully outdoorsy town, and this time of year is especially beautiful. The mountains, rolling hills and valleys are all brilliant shades of green and great fun to explore.

Lindsay Kordick, registered dietitian and an ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist, recommends that we get our heart rates elevated; and playing outside can be one of the best ways to do so.

According to Kordick, for health benefits most everyone should get in 150 minutes of exercise a week. That’s a little more than 20 minutes of brisk activity a day. The benefits of a little physical activity can go a long way. People who exercise regularly experience lower cholesterol and blood pressure levels, less joint pain, improved sleep, more energy and lower levels of stress. On the other hand, lack of exercise can have negative effects on your body, including heart disease and obesity.

Sitting for prolonged periods of time, whether at work or in front of the television, is bad for your health. Kordick suggests setting an alarm every 15 minutes to get up and move around. “Walk around your home or office, stretch, or do a few basic exercises such as chair squats or wall pushups to get moving before sitting down again,” she said.

If you’re looking to improve your health, it is important to do moderately intense physical activity. “One way to assess your intensity is the ‘talk test.’ If you can hold a full conversation during exercise, or sing ‘The Star Spangled Banner,’ you may need to increase your intensity for heart-health benefits,” she said.

Pushing yourself is important if you want to drop a few pounds or increase your strength and stamina. Kordick likes interval training, which pushes you hard for a period of time, then follows that with resting and repeating. An example would be jogging or fast walking for a minute, then walking at a slower pace for a minute and repeating several times.

Consult with a physician or certified personal trainer before beginning any new form of physical activity.

“Walking is generally a safe exercise for nearly everyone, and is often recommended as a starting point for those wishing to add in exercise,” Kordick said.

“Start slow, and add in small amounts of time, intensity or frequency each week.

The risks of adding too much too fast include injury and muscle soreness.”

Diet plays a major role in how well our bodies can perform physical activity.

Eating a balanced diet provides the energy we need to power through a workout. “Choosing healthy foods and adequate amounts of protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals will give you more energy during and after your exercise routine,” Kordick said. “Fruits, vegetables, whole grains and a variety of proteins contain the essential nutrients to fuel you during exercise.”

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Pistachio Butter Granola Bites Makes ~18

1 cup shelled pistachios 1/4 cup hot water 2 Tbsp honey 2 Tbsp coconut oil 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut 1 Tbsp chia seeds 3/4 cup rolled oats 5 dried figs, chopped

Avo Grapefruit Smoothie Serves 2

Soak shelled pistachios in hot water for 30 minutes. Transfer nuts and water to a food processor and chop until smooth. Add coconut oil and honey.

Continue to mix until a thick puree is formed. Add in coconut, chia seeds and oats. Mix until combined. Transfer to a bowl and fold in chopped figs.

Roll 1-1/2 Tbsp of mixture into a tight ball. Place in a covered container in the refrigerator until ready to eat.

1/2 avocado, flesh sliced (leave the seed in the other half and store wrapped in refrigerator) 1 small red grapefruit, rind cut off, seeds removed, fruit sliced 1/2 cup grapefruit juice 1/2 cup low fat plain Greek yogurt (for protein) 1 Tbsp honey 1/2 cup ice 1/2 cup baby spinach leaves Place all ingredients into a blender. Blend until smooth, adding more ice or juice as needed to adjust consistency. Pour into two small glasses and enjoy.

Sip responsibly!

Nutrition Info per 1 smoothie: 233 calories, 8.5 g fat, 9 g protein, 30 g carbohydrates, 5 g fiber

Nutrition Info per 1 ball: 105 calories, 6 g fat, 2.5 g protein, 10 g carbohydrates, 2 g fiber

Recipes and photos courtesy of Lindsay Kordick: from her blog Eighty Twenty, www.eat8020.com Lindsay Kordick has been a registered dietitian with Bozeman Deaconess Hospital for more than six years. She is also a Certif ied 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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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

■ Please call Senior Center for news and events.

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

■ Club Membership: $10 a year. Must be 50 or older to join.

■ Meals for Members and Nonmembers: $6 for those under 60. Suggested price for those 60 and over: $3.50. Noon meal is served Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays. Make reservations by 8 a.m.; call 406-285-3235 and leave message.

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

■ Meals on Wheels delivered to homebound.

■ Pinochle Tuesdays through Thursdays after meal.

■ Extensive lending library of books, videos, jigsaw puzzles. Medical equipment such as walkers, shower seats, crutches, also available; call Jean. For info about the HRDC bus for Three Forks and Willow Creek residents, call Galavan, 406-587-2434.

Menu 1 – Chicken/Broccoli/Mac & Cheese Casserole 6 – Pork Chops 7 – Tacos 8 – Roast Beef 13 – Spaghetti 14 – Ham & Potato Soup 15 – Father’s Day Pork Roast 20 – Chef Salad 21 – Longboy Burgers 22 – Chicken & Dumplings 27 – Ribs and Sauerkraut 28 – Meat Pie 29 – Cheesy Meatball Bake

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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

BOZEMAN: ■ CHILDCARE CONNECTIONS: Looking for a volunteer to work the front desk every third Monday of the month, from noon to 3 p.m.

■ CHILDREN’S MUSEUM STEAMLAB: Volunteers needed for hands-on science activities, art projects and electronic and robotic lab time. Monday-Saturday, two-hour shifts.

■ MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES: Variety of opportunities available, including helping in the gift shop.

■ AMERICAN RED CROSS: Donor Ambassador needed to greet and assist blood donors at various blood drives.

Blood drives may be held at the Bozeman Red Cross Center or in the community.

At the center, blood drives are on Friday from 10am to 2pm. Looking for a volunteer who can work one or more 4-hour shifts per month, preferably on the same schedule each month.

■ BOZEMAN SENIOR CENTER FOOT CLINIC: Retired or nearly retired nurses are urgently needed, just two days a month, either 4- or 8-hour shifts.

■ SACKS THRIFT, A PROGRAM OF HELP CENTER: Volunteers needed to sort and display merchandise, for retail sales and assisting customers. Sacks Thrift is a 100 percent local nonprofit that provides major financial support to Help Center, Inc. Fifty percent in-store discount with certain amount of hours. Volunteers needed in Belgrade and Bozeman.

■ RSVP HANDCRAFTERS: Join this group of crafters in quilting, knitting, crocheting & embroidering to make items like hats for chemo patients, baby blankets & other handmade goods for our community. Meet once a week (can work from home). Items are on sale in the RSVP Office at the Senior Center and at the Farmers Market on Saturdays through mid-September.

LIVINGSTON: ■ STAFFORD ANIMAL SHELTER: Desires gentle, compassionate volunteers to socialize and play with kittens and cats and walk the dogs. One-hour safety training provided. Come share your love with a joyful animal. They’re always happy to see you arrive.

■ HANDCRAFTERS: If you enjoy the comfort of an old-fashioned sewing circle, come join us on Thursdays from 1 to 2pm at the Senior Center. Make new friends as you work on crocheted or knitted items. Sewers are needed to make simple pillowcases for our soldiers overseas.

■ YELLOWSTONE GATEWAY MUSEUM: Be a part of history through the variety of opportunities that exists in the museum. Make new friends and learn more about local history too.

■ FIX-IT BRIGADE: Volunteers of all ages and skill levels are needed to help with small home repairs such as mending a fence, or changing light bulbs. You will be helping seniors or veterans for two hours or less.

■ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Simple sorting skills are the only requirement to volunteer and help stuff visitor packets on an ongoing basis on Tuesdays or Wednesdays for a couple of hours each week.

■ FOOD PANTRY: A small investment of your time is needed to help others with food distribution on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

BE ON OUR LIST OF VOLUNTEERS to play post office: Help several nonprofits with their mailings. It’s a wonderful opportunity to sit, visit and lose track of time.

BOZEMAN LIONS CLUB Drop off your prescription and non-prescription eye glasses and dark glasses, as well as hearing aids and cell phones in the collection boxes at the Bozeman Senior Center, the Manhattan Senior Center, the Three Rivers Senior Citizens Club in Three Forks, and the Gallatin Gateway Community Center

For more information, contact Richard Reiley at

406-388-7840

Visit us on the web at http://e-clubhouse.org/sites/bozemanmt

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Bozeman Senior Center The Bozeman Senior Center will be closed May 29 for Memorial Day.

WHAT’S NEW ■ FARMER’S MARKET: Senior Fresh Produce Coupon Program offered JuneSeptember. The Bozeman Senior Center has a grant again this year to provide lower income seniors over the age of 60 with $20 to $50 in coupons to use toward the purchase of fresh produce at the Farmers Market at Gallatin County Fairgrounds, at the Tuesday night market at Bogert Park, and at the Wednesday night market in Manhattan. 1 person household: Monthly Gross Income: $1,860. Coupons can be picked up at the Bozeman Senior Center in June.

■ SUMMIT HOUSING GROUP MEETING: Tuesday, June 6, 10am.

Summit Housing Group has been creating affordable housing in Western states for 15 years. Stoneridge Apartments in Bozeman added 48 income-restricted units last year, and hopes to build an affordable, 55-and-over community next to Stoneridge on Tschache Lane for people making less than 60 percent of the Area Median Income. The company’s properties have elevators and other accommodations, plus community areas inside and outside the buildings. The company seeks community input on the state of affordable senior housing in Montana. If you can’t make the meeting but wish to comment, send emails to denise@summithousinggroup.com or mail to Summit Housing Group Inc., 283 W. Front St., Ste. 1, Missoula MT 59802. This meeting is open to all.

■ TALENT SHOW: Thursday, June 8, 6pm: Join us for a fabulous evening of entertainment featuring our very own members. Do you sing, dance, play an instrument, or stand on your head? WE WANT YOU! Entry forms for the talent show are behind the front desk.

EVENTS ■ THE LAST BEST GERI-ACTORS READERS THEATRE: Canceled for summer.

■ CREATIVE WRITING: Anyone interested in writing their memories, prose or poetry is welcome. Contact Margaret,

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406-548-8132, or show up Tuesdays at 10am in the First Floor conference room.

■ WALKING PROGRAM: 9am Thursdays. This annual program begins in June, featuring walks on Gallagator Trail, Story Mill Spur, Cherry River Loop, Highland Glen Nature Preserve and Burke Parke. Meet at the center to carpool to the site. Pick up the seasonal schedule and supplies list at the Bozeman Senior Center.

■ HIKING PROGRAM: 8:30am Tuesdays. Begins June 6, through September, hiking Gallatin Valley trails. Meet at the Senior Center by 8:30am Tuesdays for a morning or all-day hike. Schedule at front desk or on the website. Carpooling welcome.

■ WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY: Monday, June 5. Help us encourage worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment.

■ FATHER’S DAY LUNCH: Noon Thursday, June 15. Join with us for this special day. Bring in memories or pictures of your father to share with others.

■ AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES: 1pm Tuesday, June 20. “The Magnificent Seven (2016).”

■ FIRST DAY OF SUMMER LUNCH: Noon, Wednesday, June 21.

Dress for a perfect summer day and enjoy a traditional summer BBQ with ice cream bars. Participate in summertime activities or just be a spectator.

■ AARP Driver Safety Class: 1pm, Wednesday, June 21. AARP will offer this class on how to adjust your driving as you age. Your insurance company may offer a rate discount for attending; call your agent. Cost is $14/person for members, $16/person for non-members. Call 406586-2421 to get on list.

TRAVEL Itineraries at Senior Center front desk and on website.

■ SLIDE PRESENTATION: 10am, June 16, of Collette tours to Australia & New Zealand, Greece, New York City, Alpine Lakes & Scenic Trains, and Holland Spring Time River Cruise.

ONE-DAY TRIPS: ■ BAIR FAMILY MUSEUM: Martinsdale, MT. June 21, Lunch at Crazy

Mountai Inn, $60.

■ GREAT FALLS, MT: July 18. Visit the Charlie Russell Museum and the Bison Exhibit, Lewis and Clarke Interpretive Center, Giant Springs, $75.

■ PLAYMILL THEATER: West Yellowstone, MT. Aug. 9: See “The Little Mermaid,” with your grandchildren. Buy them tickets so they can travel with us, $59.

■ TIPPET RISE: Fishtail, MT. August 18. Enjoy a narrated trolley ride past amazing sculptures on many acres, plus lunch, $65.

■ YELLOWSTONE PARK DAY TRIP: Aug. 25. Motorcoach through the park, lunch at Yellowstone Lake Lodge, boat ride on Yellowstone Lake, $85.

■ HISTORIC HELENA: Sept. 19.

Tour State Capitol, Montana Historical Museum, Old Governor’s Mansion, Cathedral, lunch on your own, $58.

■ WILD BUFFALO BILL COUNTRY: Cody, WY. Sept. 6-7. Two-day motorcoach tour. See Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, Dan Miller Cowboy Music & Dinner, Buffalo Bill Museum, lunch at Irma Hotel, Buffalo Bill Dam, $295.

■ CHARLIE RUSSELL CHEW CHOO: Lewistown, MT. Sept. 9-10.

Enjoy the train ride, complete with prime rib dinner and entertainment. Enjoy the Chokecherry Festival in Lewistown, overnight at Yogo Inn. See “What the Hay” and the Utica Fair, $265.

MAJOR TRIPS ■ FALL COLORS, GREAT LAKES LIGHTHOUSES: Sept. 28 -Oct. 6.

Fly to Chicago. Gerald Ford Museum, 2 nights on Mackinac Island, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Green Bay and Lambeau Field, Door County, Wisconsin Upper Dells Boat Cruise.

■ PERU: Oct. 28-Nov. 6. Fly to Lima, Peru, take a train to Machu Picchu, spend 1-1/2 days there. See Ollantaytambo Ruins, Lake Titicaca, Ulros Floating Islands.

2 places left.

■ PANAMA CANAL CRUISE: Nov. 3-17. 14-day cruise traveling to 6 ports and through the locks of the Panama Canal, aboard Norwegian Sun. ■ TOURNAMENT OF ROSES

PARADE TRIP: Dec. 29-Jan. 2 Reserved seating for Parade, Pre-parade float viewing, too. Stay at Hyatt Regency Long Beach. Included optional tours to Catalina Island, Ronald Reagan Library, Warner Brothers, elegant New Year’s Eve Party.

SERVICES ■ Forgetters & Friends: 1 pm, June 14.

Reminiscing/Caregiver Chat: 2pm, June 14.

■ Computer Assistance: With Brenda, Paul, Jay, Mike & Molly. Call to sign up.

■ Medical Equipment: available for those 50+.

■ Hearing Aid Institute of Bozeman: 12:30-1:30pm, June 21. Free clean & check, adjustments, batteries, repairs, & wax check.

■ Foot Clinic: Mondays & Tuesdays, by appointment only.

■ Free Blood Pressure Checks: Wednesdays 11:30am-1:00pm.

■ Association for the Blind: Meets 2nd Thursday, 1:30pm. For anyone who is visually impaired.

HEALTH AND EXERCISE ■ Mondays: 8:30am Strength Training, 9am Gentle Aerobics, 10am Core, 10:30am Aerobics Plus, 11:30am T’ai Chi for Mind and Balance, 1pm Balance, 1:35pm Yoga, 6pm Vinyasa Yoga ■ Tuesdays: 11:30am Yang T’ai Chi, 12:30pm Strength Training ■ Wednesdays: 8:30am Strength Training, 9am Gentle Aerobics, 10am Core, 10:30am Aerobics Plus, 1pm Balance, 1:30pm Gentle Yoga, 6pm Vinyasa Yoga ■ Thursdays: 11:30am Yang T’ai Chi, 12:30pm Strength Training ■ Fridays: 8:30am Strength Training, 9am Gentle Aerobics, 10am Core, 10:30am Aerobics Plus, 11:30am T’ai Chi for Mind and Balance SOCIAL ACTIVITIES ■ Bingo: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1pm ■ Book Club: June 19, 10:30am (Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End). Starting July, the book club will meet the 2nd Monday of each month.

■ Bridge: Wednesdays & Fridays, 12:45pm ■ Duplicate Bridge: Mondays, 1pm ■ Canasta: Thursdays, 10am ■ Creative Writing: Tuesdays, 10am

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■ Cribbage: Tuesdays, 1pm ■ Euchre: June 2 & 16, 1pm ■ Line Dancing: Tuesdays, 10:30am. Beginners, 10am ■ Oil Painting: June 5 & 19, 1pm, with May Mace ■ Pinochle: Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays, 1pm ■ Scrabble: Thursdays, 9:30am ■ Sign Language: Tuesdays, 1:30pm ■ Singing Souls: Tuesdays, 1:30pm ■ Watercolor Painting: Wednesdays, 9:30am.

■ Ukulele Club: Wednesdays, 10am ■ Wood Carvers: Mondays, 9:30am ■ Woodworker Shop: Members only, 8:30am-4pm

NUTRITION SERVICES ■ Congregate Meals at center, noon, Monday-Friday.

■ Meals-on-Wheels delivered Monday-Friday to homebound individuals.

■ Frozen Meals available for pickup at center Monday-Friday.

■ FREE Birthday Dinner Celebrations, Wednesdays during your birthday month for members.

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

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Call 406-586-2421 if you are interested: ■ Meals-on-Wheels is looking for volunteers to deliver meals in Bozeman.

■ Foot Clinic is looking for current or retired nurses to help at our monthly foot clinic.

■ Our thrift store, Second Hand Rose, sometimes receives more donations than we can use. We occasionally need volunteers with a truck, SUV or other large vehicle to take surplus donations to other thrift stores.

Menu Mon-Fri at Noon 1 - Jello/Veggie & Fruit, Polish Dog, Sauerkraut, Beets, Cookie 2 - Apricots, Beef Stroganoff, Noodles, Broccoli, Pudding 5 - World Environmental Day (gluten free), Fruit Delight, Chicken, Brown Rice, Mixed Veggies 6 - Cranberries, Baked Ham, Sweet Potatoes, Peas & Carrots, Lemon Cake 7 - Pea Salad, Porcupine Meat Balls, Rice, Corn, Brownie 8 - Green Salad, Swiss Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Cookie 9 - Cottage Cheese, Taco Salad Bar, Ice Cream 12 - Citrus Salad, Sub Sandwich, Corn Chips, Blondie 13 - Tossed Salad, BBQ Chicken, Macaroni & Cheese, Carrots, Marble Cake 14 - Broccoli Salad, Beef Stew, Biscuits, Sherbet 15 - Father’s Day, 3 Bean Salad, Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Special Treat 16 - Brown Bag Lunch, Meals on Wheels delivery on the 15th 19 - Green Salad, Spaghetti/Meat Sauce, Green Beans, Lemon Bars 20 - Lemon Jello, Baked Cod, Stewed Tomatoes, Rice, Chocolate Cake 21 - First Day Of Summer, Potato Salad, BBQ Burgers, Baked Beans, Chips, Ice Cream Bars 22 - Pears, Teriyaki Chicken, Rice, Stir Fry Veggies, Crisp 23 - Pasta Salad, Chef Salad, Bread, Oatmeal Bar 26 - Green Salad, Chicken Fry, Hash Browns, Peas, Mousse 27 - Fruit Salad, Meat Loaf, Mashed Corn, Yellow Cake 28 - Applesauce, Pork Chops, Baked Potato, Carrots, Cookie Bar 29 - Cole Slaw, Baked Ziti, Bread, Beans, Cookie 30 - Macaroni Salad, Chicken Caesar, Bread, Brownie Delight Please make reservations for lunch so that we can have an adequate amount of food!

Belgrade Senior Center 92 East Cameron Avenue (406) 388-4711 www.belgradeseniorcenter.com

Email: belgradesrcntr@bresnan.net Executive Director: Kathryn Manz

The Belgrade Senior Center will be closed May 29 for Memorial Day.

Menu Mon – Fri at Noon 1 - Baked Ham & Roasted Potatoes 2 - Chicken Stir Fry & Fried Rice 5 - Spaghetti & Meat Sauce 6 - Baked Chicken & Potato 7 - Chicken Fried Steak & Mashed

Potatoes

8 - Chef Salad

EXERCISE:

9 - Baked Cod & Rice Pilaf

■ Movement in Motion: 9am MWF

12 - TBA

■ Full Body Trim & Tone:

13 - Pork Stir Fry & Egg Rolls

10am Tuesdays

14 - Turkey & Stuffing

■ Yoga: 9am Tuesdays, 8am Fridays

15 - Roast Beef & Mashed Potatoes

■ Balance: 10:45am June 1, 15, 29

16 - Fish Sticks & French Fries 19 - Scalloped Potatoes & Ham

COMMUNITY RESOURCES: ■ Blood Pressure Check: Noon, June 8, 22

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES: ■ Pinochle: 9am Thursdays; 12:30pm Fridays ■ Canasta: 12:30pm Tuesdays ■ Wednesday Bingo: 12:45pm ■ Board Meeting: 1pm, June 26 ■ Lunch Luau: Noon, June 28

20 - Breakfast Surprise 21 - Swiss Steak & Mashed Potatoes 22 - Baked Chicken & Potato Salad 23 - French Bread Pizza 26 - Herbed Cod & Rice 27 - Chicken Parmesan & Noodles 28 - Glazed Pork Roast Luau 29 - Taco Salad

All Meals Include Roll & Drink,

Veggie & Dessert. Gluten and dairy free items upon request.

Demonstrations, Information & Contests

BozemanPetExpo.com Leashed Pets Welcome!

Fun for the WHOLE Family!

Saturday, June 3, 2017 10:00am – 3:00pm Gallatin County Fairgrounds Tickets Available at the Door.

Adults $3, Kids 12 & Under Free Sponsored By: Pet Crematory PET EMERGENCY TRAUMA SERVICES

Presented by: Cottonwood Veterinary Hospital

Leslie McCleary lmccleary@dailychronicle.com 406.582.2699 or visit: bozemanpetexpo.com

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