Prime: November 2018

NOVEMBER

2018

A MAGAZINE FOR MATURE ADULTS

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THE MAGIC OF SCIENCE: AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT ALL POSSIBLE

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THE 2018 GARDENING YEAR

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NOT SURE IF HAWAII IS FOR YOU?

A S P E C I A L P U B L I C AT I O N T H E B O Z E M A N D A I LY C H R O N I C L E

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The Magic of Science: And the people who make it all possible .........................................2 Withdrawals from Retirement Plans: What Should You Know? .....................................................................5 Streaking in Wallace ..............................................................................6 The 2018 Gardening Year .....................................................................7 Not sure if Hawaii is for you? ...............................................................8 Senior Citizen Center Calendars .........................................................9 580 PRONGHORN TRAIL, SUITE A - BOZEMAN, MT 59718 PHONE 406-999-7570 * FAX 406-999-7575

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or almost as long as Science Olympiad has existed in Montana, Elisabeth Swanson has been part of it. The recently retired Associate Professor of Science Education at Montana State University said that when she began her career in Bozeman 31 years ago, there were many opportunities for faculty to be involved.

“There was a weekly brown bag lunch for faculty interested in math and science education,” Swanson recalls. “They orchestrated a lot of events to bring K-12 students and their teachers to the university, and for faculty to be active in

Montana’s K-12 schools. It’s very likely I heard about Science Olympiad through the brown bag lunches.”

Involved in many events like the brown bag lunches was Gerry Wheeler, Professor of Physics and Director of the

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Science and Math Resource Center at MSU at the time. It was Wheeler in 1985, who brought Science Olympiad to Montana for the first time. Two years later, Swanson joined the fun as an event supervisor, or in Olympiad lingo, a team captain. From the inaugural Montana Olympiad, things were wild.

“It was certainly big enough that first year to give me headaches,” Wheeler says laughing. “It’s not easier in the first year than it was in the fifteenth. It’s a fun, crazy event, like a basketball game.”

Wheeler says the first two years were especially memorable when he accidentally awarded the wrong schools the wrong trophies and had to rescind their hardware after the teams boarded their buses to head home.

“It was embarrassing,” Wheeler says. “But the coaches were good sports about it.”

Even from the start, schools from each corner of the state participated in the annual event, and kept coming back, even after a few trophy snafus. Schools of all sizes are invited to send teams of middle and high school students to the competition. Though the sport certainly appeals to science-savvy students and teachers, there are other skill sets that come in handy during

the team-based events. For example, in the Sounds of Music event, a kid with physics prowess and a music or workshop whiz kid can pair their skills and take home gold medals. Similarly, a kid with a strong grasp of science vocabulary writing and an adept builder can thrive in Write It Do It, one of Science Olympiad’s most popular events.

Watching as handfuls of students grew to hundreds and eventually more than 1,000 students participating in Montana’s Science Olympiad each year was an honor for both Wheeler and Swanson.

“I’ve always been passionate about professional development for teachers,” Swanson explains. “But in my field, you’re especially thrilled to be with kids.”

There is an aura of altruism floating around campus as students descend for the Olympiad. Swanson calls the science kids “young idealists” - youth with passion and skills to one day change the world.

acquainted with Science Olympiad. She and a cadre veteran staff seamlessly continued Wheeler’s legacy with the event. Part of that legacy was recruiting more than 150 volunteers to help pull off the Olympiad each year. Students from science, engineering and education fields proved wonderful volunteers. Other professors and faculty members at MSU help as well. But one of her most dedicated volunteers came from her own house.

In the early 2000s, Swanson asked her husband, Jerry Buckley, to be a volunteer team captain. Buckley agreed and became the captain of the flying events, a role he relished for 12 years. For a man who was an avid paraglider until age 70, non-motorized winged things intrigued Buckley. That sense of wonder carried over to his Science Olympiad role.

Swanson retired from the university in 2014 after an illustrious and busy productive career. Buckley followed her lead and said goodbye to his volunteer career with In 1995, Wheeler left MSU to take a job as ExecuScience Olympiad two years later. The mark the pair tive Director of the National Science Teachers Associa- made on the event is enduring. According to current tion in Arlington, Virginia. Swanson was named the Montana Science Olympiad Director LeeAnn Swain, new Director of the Science and Math Resource Center. Buckley routinely exceeded the scope of his captain duFrom her years as a team captain, Swanson was well ties, to the benefit of students and science teachers alike.

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“Middle School and High School students who are now MSU students, remember Jerry because, he too, would build the flying contraption - glider, propeller airplane, helicopter, etc.,” Swain says. “And besides running the event, he would also compete with them, just for fun. That is not required for Captains. That’s the story I’ve heard from several former Science Olympiad competitors who are now MSU students and volunteer for Montana Science Olympiad.”

It is the Buckleys of the world, and the Swansons and Wheelers who bring them on board, that truly set the stage for magic to unfold each year at Science Olympiad.

“Montana Science Olympiad happens because of the dedication of hundreds of volunteers; we had about 200 volunteers last year,” Swain explains. “Thirty plus Captains (event supervisors) prepare the competition for the tournament.”

And while Buckley says he’s received some nifty Science Olympiad ball caps in the past, it’s the “thank yous” from students and parents that meant the most to him.

“One of the parents of a very successful kid came up to me one time and she complimented me for showing up for years and years and years,” Buckley says. “I appreciated hearing that. We’re all in this together to help the kids succeed.”

Buckley and Swanson see Science Olympiad as a way for the next generation of bright, budding minds to thrive and experiment in STEM fields. Both believe in the power of Science Olympiad kids to change the world – especially the Montana kids.

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• Competition begins at 8:30 am & goes for an hour, with a new competitions beginning at 9:30 am, 10:30 am, 11:30 am. Venues are scattered across the MSU campus. The registration table outside SUB Ballroom A will have information about viewable events. Competition will finish between 12:30 and 1 pm. The MTSO Awards Ceremony will start at 2:30 pm.

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WITHDRAWALS FROM RETIREMENT PLANS: WHAT SHOULD YOU KNOW?

By Edward Jones

To begin with, withdrawals from traditional employer-sponsored retirement plans like these fall under the Internal Revenue Service’s “required minimum dis- tributions” (RMD) guidelines. (You aren’t required to take these distributions from a Roth IRA.) Here are some of the key RMD points to keep in mind: • You need to take distributions by age 70½. You generally should begin taking RMDs in the year in which you turn 70½. If you don’t take your first RMD during that year, you must take it no later than April 1 of the following year.

If you do put it off until April 1, you must take two distributions in one year.

If you don’t take your RMDs on time, you may have to pay the IRS a 50 percent penalty tax on the taxable portion of your uncollected distribution — so make sure you know your dates.

• You can take more than the minimum.

You can withdraw more than the RMD, but, as the word “required” suggests, you can’t withdraw less.

• You may be able to delay RMDs in an employer’s retirement plan if you’re still working. If your employer’s retirement plan permits it, you may not have to take RMDs if you are still working and you are 70-1/2 or older. However, this exception won’t apply if you own 5 percent or more of your company.

To determine your RMD, you’ll need to use either the Uniform Lifetime Table, which is based on your life expectancy, or the Joint Life Table, if you have a spouse who is the sole beneficiary and who is more than 10 years younger. Your tax advisor can help you make this selection.

So, now that you know the basic rules of RMDs, you’ll need to consider their impact on your retirement income. As mentioned above, you can certainly take out more than the RMD, but should you?

If you need the extra money, then you’ll have to take it. However, when determining how much you should take beyond your RMDs, you’ll need to weigh some other factors.

For one thing, if you can delay taking Social Security, you’ll get bigger checks, so you might be able to lower the amounts you take from your 401(k) and IRA. Another factor to consider is the size and composition of your investment port- folio held outside your retirement

accounts. If you have a sizable amount of investments, with some of them providing regular in- come, you may be able to afford to take out only your RMDs, or perhaps just slightly more.

On the other hand, if your 401(k) and IRA make up the vast majority of your investment holdings, you might need to rely on them much more heavily.

you won’t outlive your money. A financial pro- fessional can help you calculate this rate.

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STREAKING IN WALLACE

By Lois Stephens

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very year, my sister and I plan a get-away together. We choose a destination, set a date for our adventure, and off we go. When we lived a mile apart, our sister trips took us in any direction we wanted. Now that we live nine hours apart, we investigate locations approximately equidistant between our respective residences.

This way neither one of us has a long travel time to reach our chosen vacation spot.

This year, we decided to meet in Wallace, Idaho, midway between my home in Virginia City and my sister’s home near Dayton, Washington. Wallace resembles Virginia City in that Wallace is an old mining town with plenty of interesting history. It offers a lot of attractions that we figured would keep two older ladies interested. So, the last week in September, my sister and I met in Wallace for a few days of visiting, hiking, perusing the

town and area attractions, and enjoying good food and good wine.

We hiked the Pulaski Tunnel Trail, we walked on some of the 72-mile-long Coeur d’Alene bicycle and hiking path, we investigated museums, browsed in several of the shops, and we took a mine tour. We trudged up the many flights of steps to nowhere that allow pedestrians to climb the hillside from one street to the next, and we meandered all around

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Wallace. Good grief, after all the comments I made about the tourists we encountered this summer in Virginia City, here I was, a tourist myself, complete with camera, wandering the streets of an unfamiliar town.

Wallace allowed prostitution well into the 1980s, so of course we had to visit the Oasis Bordello museum. The upstirs of this building, where the girls plied their trade, remains unchanged from the night in 1988 when the girls packed their bags and left town, forewarned that the FBI intended to raid their establishment. The main floor of the museum has a lot of interesting little gems to view as well as offering unique and hilarious gift items. Naturally I had to again play tourist and purchase some humorous gifts for a few select people. I figured my offerings would bring a smile to the recipients’ faces, if not outright laughter.

As much as we enjoyed all the touring and hiking, the initial attraction that caught both my and my sister’s attention way back months ago when we first discussed meeting places, and which became an object of mutual interest and discussion, was the Silver Streak Zip Line. Before we ever left home for our little trip together, both of us talked about the possibility of trying the zip line. My sister admitted to me that trying a zip line happened to be one of the items on her bucket list. What better time than the present to cross something off one’s bucket list?

So, on our last afternoon in Wallace, we bought a zip line package. With several options to choose from, and without any idea how we would like this little adventure, we both purchased the (appropriately enough) bucket list package which gave us two chances to zoom down that little cable. For an additional charge, we could elect to add the Big Daddy run as well, but we opted not to take that. People in Wallace had mentioned the Big Daddy run to us and explained that a zip liner could see out across the entire valley when riding that line. Unfortunately, “too soon old, too late smart” won the day so neither of us had the sense to add that Big Daddy choice to our package.

Our guides got us harnessed, gave us gloves and hard hats, and off we went to the zip line course. We arrived at our first cable line, the guides gave us our instructions, checked our harnesses, and it was time to fly.

My sister went first. I watched her rocket along the wire and reach the other side safely. I sat in my harness staring at the thick cable heading downwards across the gorge and my legs felt bolted to the platform. All I had to do was lift both feet, and I would be plummeting along a cable stretched what looked like a very long distance across a very deep canyon. I took a deep breath, wondered why I thought I had wanted to do this in the first place, raised both feet off the platform, and I was off like the proverbial bat out of the nether regions.

The first ten yards, I thought “Oh crap, what have I done??” but almost immediately, the fear drained away, replaced by exhilaration and euphoria. I reached the end of the run feeling exultant and eager to tackle the next ride.

The second run consisted of two cables strung side by side, several yards apart, so two people could ride the wires together.

Our guide told us people would use this particular stretch to race each other to the end of the line. My sister and I weren’t interested in racing, we just wanted to soar again. At the count of three, we leaned back into our harnesses, slipped off the platform with a mighty YEEHAAAAAAAAAA issuing from both our throats as we streaked across the canyon.

It ended too soon. Both of us loved the zip line, but I came away with three regrets.

The rides didn’t last long enough, I should have bought the Big Daddy option as well, and I have no pictures of us streaking in Wallace. That is the sort of picture I like to drop into Christmas cards. It seems to add a little bit of flavor to annual greetings.

We did have a great trip this year, one that still brings a smile to my face, particularly when I recall the zip line experience. I have no idea where we will go for next year’s sister trip, but if one of the options includes a nearby zip line, I have a sneaky hunch that is the destination we will choose.

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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THE 2018 GARDENING YEAR

By Jan Cashman

We covered our vegetable plants in anticipation of the frost June 12, however, it got so cold that the coverings were not enough; some of our corn and bean plants got nipped. Surprisingly they recovered. Our tomatoes were well protected in “walls of water”; I covered the tops of the walls of water so cold air couldn’t enter from above. Gardeners that did not anticipate the frost had to totally replant their tender plants that had emerged. I did not cover my zinnias and marigolds; they froze and I had to replant.

VEGETABLE GARDENS: Although some plants matured a little later than

usual, our vegetable garden did well this year. Our Japanese cucumbers grew an unbelievable crop of large, tasty cucumbers. Carrots always seem to be an easy crop for us to grow. I grew the Napoli variety which have a rounded, not pointed, tip so they do not break off easily when pulling them. We grew nine varieties of tomatoes; Celebrity was one of the most productive. Sunsugar, an orange cherry tomato continues to be a winner for both productivity and flavor.

Again this year, Trinity was our best sweetcorn. It is reliable and early with big, sweet ears. I learned that, although sweet corn is a monocot that needs Nitrogen, one can overdo it. I put too much high nitrogen fertilizer on one of our rows of sweet corn; it grew tall and lush but with few ears.

some varieties of apple trees bear every other year.

Raspberries, no doubt one of the easiest small fruits to grow here, produced well again. Summer-bearing Boyne and Souris are two of the best raspberry varieties. One of the Gallatin Garden Club members is successfully growing blackberries here under some shade.

Everbearing strawberries (my husband Jerry recommends the Quinalt variety) do well here, often bearing a fall crop as big as the spring crop.

PESTS: I called 2017 “the year of the vole”. This year is the year of NO voles! I don’t know what happened to them, but my lawn and garden are glad they are gone. Deer continue to be a problem to gardeners. In many areas the only way to have a vegetable garden is to put up a tall fence to keep the deer away.

FRUIT CROPS: This fall, two of our customers brought us samples “Blossom end rot” is a common comof Contender peaches off trees they plaint of tomato growers. (You can still had purchased from us a few years eat tomatoes with these black bottoms, ago. The peaches were good sized but it is unsightly and there is less of and delicious! Who knew peaches the fruit for you to eat.) Plant tomato would do so well here! Our bestvarieties that selling, and best-tasting, self-fertile are resistant to blossom end rot. And plum, Mount Royal, produced well keep the soil under your tomato plants although the plums were smaller evenly moist. Since blossom end rot is than normal. Our apple crops were a Calcium deficiency, use a fertilizer good, especially State Fair and Honthat contains Calcium. eycrisp varieties. If your apple trees did not bear well this year, remember, It’s not too late to wrap tender trees to

protect them from sunscald, deer and rodents. Hopefully, most of your fall gardening tasks are done. Take time to reflect on the cycles of life and the joys of gardening this year and next.

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ow our gardens grow in a given year is dependent on the weather. A quick recap of this year’s weather: We had above average precipitation for the year, but precipitation in June, July, and August was below average. Ample early precipitation meant the ground had good water reserves. Temperatures in June, July, and August ran 2 degrees cooler than average. There was a hard frost on June 12; Belgrade set a record low of that morning of 29 degrees which froze out many valley gardens. Some areas of the valley had another light frost on July 4. Although we had a nice warm September, the late-in-the spring frosts gave us fewer frost-free days to garden than normal.

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NOT SURE IF HAWAII IS FOR YOU?

By Kathy Cambridge

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you have visions of trip to Hawaii without thousands of other tourists along side you?

Imagine taking in scenic views of beautiful lush floral gardens that radiate with flowers in bold bright colors you don’t find many other places while at the same time being able to spend the day exploring some historic aspects of Hawaiian culture and ending the day with a stroll on a beautiful secluded beach without thousands of other tourists. This is part of the appeal and attraction of the Island of Lanai.

After flying into Maui, you can take a shuttle bus from the airport to Lahaina and hope to join Mick Fleetwood for lunch at Fleetwood’s on Front St in Lahaina. The beautiful rooftop terrace boosts views a stone’s throw away from the ocean and the start of a beautifully tranquil setting. After your relaxing lunch, you can walk across the street and buy a ticket to take the ferry to Lanai. Sunshine and blue waters will overcome you as you enjoy the approximately hour long ride. Upon disembarking at Lanai, you will want

to stop and take in the views. On a clear day, you can see Maui and Molokai.

Hawaiian legends say one of the most beautiful rock formations next to a large cliff that overlooks Hulopo’e Bay named Pu’u Pehe (Sweetheart Rock) stems from a love story gone bad with a Hawaiian warrior and his princess who lives ended in tragedy there. Hulopo’e Bay is a protected cove beach where you can see a variety of tropical fish but that is only the opening act as the real headliner is when you see the spinner dolphins - and yes - they really do spin when they jump up out of the ocean waters.

Inland adventures include four wheeling around the island. You won’t hit traffic or any red lights along the way if you are heading out to see Shipwreck beach where you can find many deteriorating wreckages that were caused by the strong winds and channel swells that occur on the the north shore of Lanai. Two of the most famous shipwrecks there are World War II navy vessels said to have been intentionally left behind. If you prefer to travel inland, head to Koele Ranch and travel by horseback through the trails in

the center of the island where the ride will take you to an altitude exceeding 3,000 feet and through some of Hawaii’s most untainted landscapes.

Stop in Lanai City to experience local artists, shops and a true taste of Hawaiian food. The city is warm and inviting and can provide great refreshments in the true tradition of Hawaiian culture as you are looking to rest up for tomorrow’s adventures. If you have a chance in the morning, stop by for coffee at the Hotel Lanai which was originally the Dole Pineapple Family’s hotel for it’s business guests. The small and quaint property is a vision of the beauty of Hawaii’s lush gardens and greenery as well as Lanai’s history when it was a top producing pineapple plantation.

Less is definitely more in Lanai . . . .

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■ Fee: $10.00 a year ■ Meals: $4 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 Jan for more details to reserve the space.

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■ 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: $4.00. Noon meal is served Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays. Make reservations by 8 a.m.; call 406-285-3235 and leave message.

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■ 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.

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■ American Red Cross Donor Ambassador: Volunteer needed to welcome and greet blood donors, assist with sign in and provide snacks and drinks.

■ AARP: Volunteer tax preparer needed. Preparation training and IRS certification provided. Training is on Saturdays in January, 40 hours of comprehensive training and passing the IRS certification test. All training materials and equipment will be provided.

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Volunteers needed in Belgrade and Bozeman.

LIVINGSTON: ■ Loaves and Fishes: has a need for people who enjoy cooking who can help during the week with preparing a meal in the morning and helping with the evening meal and clean up.

■ Big Brothers Big Sisters: Consider being a positive grandparent role model by being matched up with a child for only a couple hours a week.

■ Meals on Wheels: is looking for drivers to deliver lunches to local seniors in town. Routes usually take an hour.

■ Stafford Animal Shelter: Cats are in need of volunteers to play, cuddle and socialize. Only skill needed is your compassion and love of cats. A 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 1-2 PM at the Senior Center, making new friends as you work on crocheted or knitted items. Sewers are needed to make simple pillowcases for our soldiers overseas.

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Bozeman Senior Center

ANNOUNCEMENTS ■ Fall Festival: A huge thank you to all of the volunteers, businesses and community members who made our biggest fundraiser of the year possible! Together we raised a total of $18,780.03, which will go to support the operation and programs of the Senior Center. Community support is invaluable to our organization, and we cannot thank you enough. A special note of thanks to Montana State University ROTC and Leadership Bozeman for their help in setting up and cleaning up. We look forward to putting on this event next year and hope to see you there!

■ Fall Festival Raffle Winners: - 10-Day Bridger Bowl ski pass - Sunny Mavor - Two Rialto ticket vouchers - Andrea Taylor - $250 gift certificate from Mattress King - Suzanne George - $100 Lowe’s gift certificate - Katie Olivo - $100 Kenyon Noble gift certificate - Michael Dixon - $50 Plonk gift certificate - Ali Van Gordon - 2 manicure/pedicure gift certificates All About Nails - Marylin Madison - 2 massages from TLC Massage - Catherine Philhower - 2 massages from Milk Thistle - Olivia Langan - MSU athletics tickets package – Jim Weaver - Massage from Be Well Bozeman - Barbara Pastine - $100 from Senior Center - Carl Bowen - Nailer gun from Home Depot - Stacy Dohel - Coffee gift basket from Inspired Madness - Judy Schaap - Drill set from Home Depot - Erika Gioscia - Tool set from Owenhouse - Judy Morrill - 4 Bozeman Hot Springs swim passes - Rodger Kittelson - $50 gift certificate to restaurant of choice from Jared Hauskins of Edward Jones- Carolyn Powell - $200 gift certificate to 7 Sushi from Highgate Senior Living - Karen Cahill - $100 gift basket (Joe’s Parkway) from Brookdale Spring Meadows - Scott Gorski ■ Closures: November 22 & 23 (Thanksgiving) ■ Note: The Board meeting is held on the second Friday of each month at 10:00 EVENTS/PROGRAMS ■ Grief support group, Mondays at 2:00 starting November 5: The purpose of this group is for those who have experienced loss to come together and share those experiences. This group is not lead by a counselor and there is no cost for attending. Please call 586-2421 with questions.

■ Common Causes of Vision Loss talk, Monday, November 5 from 11 to noon: Tel Todd is a local Doctor of Optometry. He was raised on a dairy farm west of Bozeman and his family has been in the Gallatin Valley since 1879. Dr. Todd will be giving a presentation on common causes of vision

• 807 North Tracy • (406) 586-2421 • www.bozemanseniorcenter.org Shannon Bondy, shannon@bozemanseniorcenter.org (Executive Director) Marit Ehmke, marit@bozemanseniorcenter.org (Program Coordinator) Find us on Facebook!

loss. This will be an interactive presentation and there will be time for question-and-answer.

■ Fun drum circle: Tuesday, Nov. 6, 10:00 to 11:00: Please join us having fun playing on drums and rhythm instruments! Eileen Tenney leads this non-technical group, and there is no experience necessary! The main goal is to have fun and meet new people. Drums and rhythm instruments will be provided.

■ Holistic meditation, Wednesdays in November starting Nov. 7, 1:30: Based on and using a Transpersonal Holistic approach we are going to explore, to express and to embrace our existence through meditation techniques. Holistic Meditation is a beneficial technique and exercise characterized by a flow of slow, gentle and smooth movements coordinated with breathing; which improves balance, focus, inner strength, release of stress, peace of mind, and flexibility at different levels of expression.

■ Senior Resources Q&A, Monday, November 12 from 1:00 – 2:00: The Bozeman Care Transitions Coalition is hosting a town hall with an expert panel representing various senior care resources in the Bozeman community. They want to know what YOUR questions and needs are in regard to information surrounding different levels of care and services available. Topics of interest are the following, but not limited to questions on Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing, Personal care services, Home Health, Palliative Care, and Hospice.

■ Facebook Crash course, Wednesdays: Nov. 14 and Dec. 19, 1:00 - 2:00 in computer room: Have you ever wondered how in the world to use Facebook? Are you wanting to understand more about it and how it works? This class is for you. Please call Marit at 586-2421 with any questions. Note: The computer room will not be available for regular use during class.

■ Veterans Day lunch: Friday, November 9 - 11:15 ROTC color guard, 11:30 Jerry Mollock will sing patriotic music. All veterans will receive a free lunch in honor of their service.

■ Portrait sessions with Dave, Tuesdays, November 13 and November 27 from 9:00 to noon: Dave will set up a studio in the Senior Center, take your portrait, retouch it and provide one print (approximately 11” x 14”). Your portrait will be professionally printed on archival fine art paper by PhotoFinish in Bigfork. You will need to provide your own framing.

Please sign up for a personalized session at the front desk or call 586-2421.

■ Thanksgiving lunch, Thursday November 15: Please call to reserve a seat for our most popular dinner of the year. Enjoy turkey with all the fixings along with wonderful entertainment by the Accordion group.

■ Hydration Awareness and Fitness class, Friday, November 16, 1:30: Residents and staff from Brookdale Spring Meadows will be hosting a hydration awareness and exercise class. There will be a discussion about healthy hydration practices and a

guided exercise class to promote wellbeing.

■ Afternoon at the Movies, Tuesday, November 20: “Darkest Hour.” - A thrilling and inspiring true story begins at the precipice of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation.

■ Travel Adventure Theater, 1:00 every 3rd Wednesday starting November 28 (because of Thanksgiving): Enjoy wonderful travel presentations by Dale Smith and his friends. November: “Trekking in Nepal” film.

■ Pool shoot-around: Thursdays at 10:00 in the rec room. Bring your own cue if you like or choose from selection of cues available at the Senior Center.

SERVICES/SUPPORT SERVICES ■ Free notary services: Fridays from 11:00 – noon ■ Pharmacist consultations: 2nd and 4th Mondays from 10:30 – 12:30 ■ Legal Services: 3rd Thurs., 10:00 to 12:00 ■ Foot Clinic by appointment only. 3rd & 4th Monday & Tuesday.

■ Free blood pressure checks every Wednesday, 11:30-1:00 ■ Association for the Blind meets 2nd Thursday, 1:30. Open to anyone who is visually impaired.

■ Forgetters & Friends: 2nd Wednesday, 1:00 ■ Reminiscing / Caregiver Chat – 2nd Wednesday 2:00 ■ Computer Assistance with Brenda, Paul, and Jay. Call us for an appointment.

■ Medical Equipment available for check-out to those 50+.

HEALTH & EXERCISE ■ Note: Purchase a monthly activity card to participate in any of the exercise classes offered, as well as utilizing the work-out room. Cost is $10 /month with Bozeman Senior Center annual membership fee of $12. The equipment room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

■ Mondays: 8:30 Strength Training, 9:00 Gentle Aerobics, 10:00 Core, 10:30 Aerobics Plus, 11:30 Tai Chi for Mind/Balance, 1:00 Balance, 1:35 Yoga ■ Tuesdays: 9:00 On the Ball, 11:00 Beginning Tai Chi, 11:30 Yang Tai Chi, 1:00 Strong and More ■ Wednesdays: 8:30 Strength Training, 9:00 Gentle Aerobics, 10:00 Core, 10:30 Aerobics Plus, 1:00 Balance, 1:30 Gentle Yoga ■ Thursdays: 9:00 On the Ball, 11:00 Beginning Tai Chi, 11:30 Yang Tai Chi, 1:00 Strong and More ■ Fridays: 8:30 Strength Training, 9:00 Gentle Aerobics, 10:00 Core, 10:30 Aerobics Plus, 11:30 Tai Chi for Mind/Balance.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES ■ Wood Carvers: Mondays 9:30 (Shop open to members 8:30 - 4:00) ■ Duplicate Bridge: Mondays, 1:00 ■ Oil Painting: 1st & 3rd Monday, 1:00 ■ Book Club: 2nd Monday at 10:30 ■ Creative Writing/Senior Stories: Tuesdays, 10:00 ■ Line Dancing: Tuesdays, 10:30 (Beginners @ 10:00am) ■ Cribbage: Tuesdays, 1:00 ■ Singing Souls: Tuesdays, 1:30 ■ Afternoon at the Movies: 3rd Tuesday, 1:00 ■ Bingo: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:00 ■ Watercolor Painting: Wednesdays, 9:30 ■ Ukulele Club: Wednesdays, 10:00 ■ Blood Pressure Check: Wednesdays 11:30-1:00 ■ Mah Jong: Wednesdays, 1:00 -4:00 ■ Pinochle: Wed. & Thursday, 1:00 ■ Bridge: Wednesdays & Fridays, 12:45 ■ Scrabble: Thursdays, 9:30 ■ Canasta: Thursdays, 10:00 ■ Geriactors: Fridays at 1:00 NUTRITIONAL SERVICES ■ Congregate Meals at the Senior Center Monday-Friday, at Noon.

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

■ Frozen Meals available for pickup at the Senior Center Monday-Friday.

■ FREE Birthday Dinner Celebrations on Wednesdays during the month of your birthday for members – Come in and claim your free lunch!

TRAVEL ■ Complete itineraries and brochures for all trips are available at the Bozeman Senior Center front desk, and check out the “travel” section of our website: www.bozemanseniorcenter.org ■ FOR YOUR TRAVEL INFORMATION: Beginning in January 2019, unless the State of Montana gets another extension, your driver’s license can no longer be used as proof of identification for getting on a plane to travel anywhere outside of Montana. You can use your passport if you have one. If you don’t, please check with the Driver’s License Office to see what needs to be done to insure you can travel out of state.

■ Jekyll Island, St. Simons Island, Savannah, and St. Augustine: March 31st through April 5, 2019.

Fly to Jekyll Island to enjoy a five-night stay at the beautiful oceanside Hampton Inn Resort. Tour the island, enjoy the moss draped Live Oak trees, the Georgia Sea Turtle Center, and a narrated tram tour of the island, after a delicious lunch at the Jekyll Island Club. Visit St. Augustine to see the oldest European established city. The next day, tour St. Simon Island, overlooking the Brunswick River and the Atlantic Ocean. Enjoy a shrimping boat cruise, then tour Tybee Island and Savannah. Cost: $2429.00 per person, double occupancy, plane fare,

PRIME November 2018 I 11 lodging, all the sightseeing, and many of the meals are included.

■ Nova Scotia and the Canadian Maritimes: August 14 - 22, 2019. Fly to Halifax, Nova Scotia, right along Canada’s Atlantic Coast.

Tour Halifax, the Citadel, and Peggy’s Cove.

Travel to Cape Breton Island to the town of Baddeck. Visit the Alexander Graham Bell National Museum. Next, it is traveling the famous Cabot Trail to Margaree Harbor and the scenic city of Cheticamp. Enjoy the beauty of Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Then off to Prince Edward Island, arriving at Charlottetown for a two-night stay, and a delicious lobster dinner that night as well. Travel to the Bay of Fundy and Halls Harbor to witness their 45-foot tides. Spend the last two nights at the famous Oak Island Resort on the Western Shores. Cost of the trip: $3795.00 per person, double occupancy, which includes plane fare, lodging, many meals, and all the sightseeing. Get your deposits in now for this great trip.

■ DISCOVER THE OUTBACK TO THE GLACIERS: Sept. 23 - October 13, 2019. - THIS TRIP IS FULL. GET YOUR NAME ON THE WAIT LIST FOR CANCELLATIONS. An incredible trip that takes you to Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Cairns, Sydney, Melbourne, and so much more before flying to New Zealand to enjoy all the sights there as well See Christchurch, Franz Josef Glacier, Queenstown, Milford Sound, and Mt. Cook and the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve. Cost of the trip: $8844.00 per person, double occupancy. An optional tour to Fiji is available on your way back to the U.S. This is a three-week trip where you really see it all.

■ NEW ENGLAND FALL COLORS: October 3, 2019. Brochures and prices available soon.

■ SAN ANTONIO RIVERWALK TRIP, YOUR HOLIDAY TRIP FOR 2019.

December 3 - 8, 2019.

San Antonio is totally decorated for the holidays so enjoy shopping, dining, sightseeing, and all in San Antonio. Then take an optional tour to see the attractions in the city of Austin. Travel to Fredericksburg the next day.

■ IN THE PLANNING STAGES FOR 2020: SCANDINAVIA, ITALY BY RAIL, NEW ORLEANS, NEW YORK CITY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Please call 586-2421 if you are interested in any of these opportunities.

■ Meals-on-Wheels is looking for volunteers to deliver meals in Bozeman.

■ Foot Clinic is looking for current or retired nurses to help with this monthly service!

■ Our thrift store, Second Hand Rose need volunteers to take surplus donations from to other thrift stores about once a week. Secondhand Rose thrift store hours: 10:00 to 2:00 M-F.

Menu Mon-Fri at Noon 1 - Green Salad, Chicken Pot Pie, Mashed Potatoes, Biscuit 2 - Fruit, Stuffed Green Peppers, Rice And Green Beans, Roll 5 - Diced Peaches, Ham And Scalloped Potatoes, Mixed Veggies, Roll 6 - Mandarin Orange, Beef Tacos, Flour Tortillas, Corn Chips, Refried Beans 7 - Beets, Hamburger Steak, Boiled Potatoes, Broccoli 8 - Tossed Salad, Chicken/Broccoli/ Rice Casserole, Peas, Roll 9 - Veterans Day: 3-Bean Salad, Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes And Gravy, Cooked Carrots 12 - Apricots, Sweet Chili Meatballs, Rice, Stir-Fry Veggies 13 - Pears, Chicken Alfredo, Peas, Roll 14 - Potato Salad, Cheeseburger, Fries, Baked Beans 15 - Thanksgiving Dinner: Real Turkey, Cranberry Salad, Mashed Potatoes And Gravy, Stuffing, Green Beans 16 - Soup And Salad Bar, Roll 19 - Applesauce, Pork Chops, Baked Potato, Carrots 20 - Peaches, Meatball Stew, Green Beans, Biscuit 21 - Tomato Slices, Chicken Fajitas, Tortillas, Spanish Rice, Corn 22 - CLOSED 23 - CLOSED 26 - Mixed Fruit, Spaghetti, Peas, Roll 27 - Coleslaw, Baked Cod, Herb Rice, Green Beans 28 - Hard Boiled Egg, Lemon Pepper Baked Chicken, Baked Potato, Mixed Veggies 29 - Tossed Salad, Beef Tips, Mashed Potato, Broccoli 30 - Beets, Goulash, Mashed Potatoes, Steamed Carrots

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: Lisa Beedy

EXERCISE: ■ Movement in Motion: 9am Mon, Weds, Fri ■ Yoga: 9am Tuesdays, 8am Fridays ■ Exercise class Tuesdays at 10am ■ We are looking for someone to teach a Step Aerobics Class COMMUNITY RESOURCES ■ Blood Pressure Check: Noon: Nov. 1st , 15th , 29th ■ Andi Salsbury with HRDC Senior Programs will be available every other Tuesday, (Nov 6 & 20) from 11:30am-12:30pm (time subject to change) to answer questions and to assist you by connecting you to area resources for things such as nutrition, food security, transportation, in-home healthcare, affordable housing, energy assistance, financial counseling, companionship and/or volunteer opportunities.

■ November 19th & 20th: First Aid and CPR Certification Class – Space is limited. Call 406-388-4711 for more information.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES: ■ Cooking Class: November 14th 1:00-2:00 pm ■ Coloring & Puzzle Tables ■ Monday & Wednesday: 9:00 am: Needleaires Sewing Circle CARD GAMES: ■ Monday: 12:45 pm Cribbage ■ Tuesday: 12:45 pm Hand & Foot ■ Thursday: 8:30 am Pinochle ■ Friday: 12:30 pm Pinochle (except Friday, November 16th ) ■ Nov. 16th: 4:00pm Game Night & Potluck ■ BINGO: Thursdays 12:45 ■ Board Meeting: November 20th ■ November 16th: Thanksgiving Dinner at lunch!

Menu Mon – Fri at Noon

1 - Salad, Fried Chicken, Cheesy Grits, Vegetables, Dessert 2 - Salad, Ham & Bean Soup, Grilled Cheese, Fresh Veggie Tray, Dessert 5 - Salad, Pot Roast, Vegetables, Dessert 6 - Salad, Goulash, Vegetables, Dessert 7 - Salad, Roast Pork, Potatoes & Gravy, Vegetables, Dessert 8 - Salad, Hamburgers, Tator Tots, Vegetables, Dessert 9 - Salad, Tuna Melt, Corn Chowder, Vegetables, Dessert 12 - Salad, Breakfast Surprise, Vegetables, Dessert 13 - Salad, Chicken Enchiladas, Black Beans, Vegetables, Dessert 14 - “Birthday Celebration”, Salad, Hot Beef Sandwich, Mashed Potatoes, Vegetables, Dessert 15 - Salad, Pork Chops, Potatoes, Vegetables, Dessert 16 - Thanksgiving Feast, Turkey, Stuffing, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Vegetables, Rolls, Pumpkin Pie 19 - Salad, Chicken Stir Fry, Vegetables, Egg Rolls, Dessert 20 - Salad, Sausage Gumbo, Rice, Dessert 21 - Salad, Sloppy Joes, Potato Chips, Vegetables, Dessert 22 - CLOSED 23 - CLOSED 26 - Salad, Meat Loaf, Potatoes, Vegetables, Dessert 27 - Salad, Lasagna, Vegetables, Dessert 28 - Salad, Chicken Pot Pie, Dessert 29 - Salad, Ham, Potatoes, Vegetables, Dessert 30 - Salad, Grilled Ham & Cheese Sandwich, Vegetable Soup, Bread, Dessert

All Meals Include Roll & Drink, Veggie & Dessert. Gluten and dairy free items upon request.

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