Prime July 2019

JULY

2019

A MAGAZINE FOR MATURE ADULTS

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BRINGING THE FARM TO YOUR TABLE: YOU ARE THE MISSING LINK!

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HOSTA

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RAMBLIN’ MAN: THE EVERGREEN STATE

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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A note from the editor Do you know a senior who should be featured in a future edition of Prime? Email your suggestions to Hannah Stiff at hstiff@dailychronicle.com.

Bringing the Farm to Your Table: You are the missing link! ......................................................................2 Work Toward Your Own Financial Independence Day ....................5 Ancient Artifacts ....................................................................................6 Hosta ..........................................................................................................7 Ramblin’ Man: The Evergreen State ...................................................8 Senior Citizen Center Calendars .........................................................9

EVERYTHING YOU WANT, MORE THAN YOU EXPECT

BRINGING THE FARM TO YOUR TABLE

YOU ARE THE MISSING LINK!

By Hannah Stiff

Independent Living | Assisted Living | Respite Care Call 406-414-2008 today to schedule your tour.

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hat’s what Randy and Nancy Lindberg hear again and again as owners of the Bozeman-based company Quality Foods Distributing. The mission of the company is in the name.

“We wanted to bring quality food to Montana,” Randy explains.

The Lindbergs are the middlemen between producer and consumer. And as the couple will tell you, “There’s nothing wrong with being the middleman.”

In fact, being the middleman means Randy and Nancy can connect people in a powerful way. They distribute natural, organic, local products to consumers across the Northern Rockies. In a nutshell, they take the farm and get it to your table.

The Lindbergs started Quality Foods Distributing nine years ago, shortly after

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President of the company.

As president, Randy and his team, ushered in an era of unprecedented growth for Nature’s Best: the company grew to become the largest privatelyowned wholesaler-distributor in the natural products industry. Randy spent 33 years at the helm of the family business before leaving the company in 2005. Randy spent the next three years at a top job for United Natural Foods, Inc. The company was the largest wholesale distributor to the natural and organic industry in the United States.

With his background in health product distribution and Nancy’s degree in Food & Nutrition, the couple’s launch of Quality Foods Distributing was a natural next step in a state eager for their brand of help.

“Nancy and I are equal partners,” Randy says. “I’m sales and business development. Nancy is behind the scenes making it all happen in accounting, finance and IT.” The early days of prospecting for new companies to bring on board were fun. Finding a delectable product and helping a local producer bring it to new markets is as satisfying today and is was nine years ago, Randy and Nancy agree.

moving to Bozeman. Long before Bozeman, Randy’s family legacy in healthy food began.

“I’ve been in the health and natural products industry my entire life,” Randy says. “My grandparents, Walter and Gladys Lindberg, along with my father Robert, opened the first Lindberg Nutrition Service store in Los Angeles in 1949 - before I was even born.”

The idea for the store was Gladys’. As Randy explains it, she was raising three sickly children and decided to look into natural remedies for treating her flock.

“She would self-educate,” Randy recalls. “She learned about vitamins, minerals and brewer’s yeast.

Neighbors started coming to her for advice. She was running a cottage industry out of her kitchen.”

It was the 1940s. By the time Gladys turned her

homespun economy into a full-fledged retail business, she had become one of the early pioneers of selling organic food.

“They started with some scraggly looking organic carrots and brown rice,” Randy says chuckling.

The Lindberg’s flagship nutrition business grew to 11 stores in the Los Angeles area. Randy grew up with the stores, too. In the summers and on weekends, he would bag groceries, stock shelves and pack products.

Two decades after Gladys started the family legacy, the Lindbergs acquired a small natural products distributor called Nature’s Best. At Nature’s Best, Randy learned his way around the computer room and started pulling orders in the warehouse, driving forklifts, and making deliveries. After the death of his father, Randy (at only 27 years old) became

Together, the Lindbergs stay busy growing their business from a handful of producers to a warehouse full of more than a thousand tasty products.

Today, they work with more than 80 suppliers across the region. They are adding routes to bring new products to new markets across the northwest Rockies, too.

Kalispell Kreamery, for example, was struggling to get products to Southwest Montana. Deliveries were inconsistent. Customers got excited for fresh, Montana dairy products, but when grocery store coolers were frequently bare, they became disheartened. Enter Quality Foods Distributing. With refrigerated trucks, and a streamlined process for pickup and delivery around the state, those disheartened customers are now smiling over cups of coffee with a healthy dollop fresh, Montana cream.

Timeless Seeds, a Montana-based lentil growing operation, partnered early with Quality Foods Distributing so they could get their products into the hands of fellow Montanans.

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Continued from page 3 >> “The (Timeless) family said they didn’t sell in Montana because there were no distributors in the area,” Randy explains. “When they found us, they said, ‘We wish we could clone you guys and put you in other markets.’”

All that growth requires ingenuity. Nancy, informal head of the IT department, says it’s all about researching, self-teaching and asking lots of questions.

“I’m not afraid to pick up the phone and call support when I need it,” Nancy says. “I’m a learner bee, too.”

Whether that’s support for QuickBooks accounting software or any other facet of the behind-the-scenes work, Nancy says she’s dogged in her endeavors to streamline efficiency.

As the business grows toward distributing products in a 500-mile radius, it’s clear the Lindberg’s teamwork and passion for quality food is paying dividends both for the brands they distribute and their own company.

“This work energizes us,” Randy says. “We love doing it. It’s really gratifying to hear from these suppliers that say, ‘We owe our growth to you.’ They get so excited when they see how far their products go. They’ll say, ‘I can’t believe my items are in Driggs, Idaho!’”

Senior Fitness

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Baxter Meadows 10-acre park • 4351 Baxter Lane, Bozeman Every Tuesday • June 4th – July 30th 9:00am – 10:00am Classes are open to anyone 65 and older but there are only 20 spots each week.

All attendees must register through The Springs Living. There is no cost for this class.

Intro to Pole Walking Class - Taught by Cheryl Bartholomew Cheryl is a certified Senior Fitness Group Instructor through the American Senior Fitness Association and the Exerstrider Nordic Pole Walking for Fitness program. She’ll guide you through the process and help you renew your sense of ability and mobility.

Complimentary grab-and-go healthy breakfast for all participants.

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WORK TOWARD YOUR OWN FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE DAY

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nce again, it’s time for fireworks, picnics and parades as the nation celebrates Independence Day. Collectively, we enjoy many liberties, but some freedoms can be elusive – and financial freedom is one of them. What actions can you take to help yourself eventually declare your own financial independence?

For starters, you’ll want to determine what financial independence means to you. Is it the liberty to meet all your cash flow needs? The freedom to retire comfortably, at the age you choose?

The ability to set up the kind of legacy you’d like to leave? If any or all of these things are important to you, consider the following suggestions: • Liberate yourself from oppressive debts.

The cost of living is certainly not cheap, so it’s hardly surprising that so many people incur significant debt. Yet, the higher your debt load, the less you’ll have available to invest for the future.

Debt might be one of the biggest barriers you face on the road to your financial independence. To avoid piling on

too much debt, live within your means.

Take steps such as saving for a vacation, rather than putting it all on your credit card, and getting just one more year out of that old car. Look for bargains everywhere – and find out what you can live without. And if you have sizable debts, see if you can consolidate them and lower your interest payments.

• Free yourself from chaotic investing.

The financial markets can be unpredictable –but that doesn’t mean your investment moves have to be chaotic.

So, for example, instead of responding to a sudden plunge in stock prices by selling stocks that still may be fundamentally sound with strong growth potential, you might be much better off by holding your ground. And you’ll be in a better position to do nothing during periods of market volatility when you’ve already done something – namely, built an investment portfolio that reflects your goals, time horizon and risk tolerance. With this type of portfolio in place, you’ll be in a good position to overlook the day-to-day fluctuations in the market and keep your focus on your long-term goals.

• Unleash the potential in your retirement

plan. Your 401(k) or similar employersponsored plan is a great way to save for retirement. You can contribute pre-tax dollars, so the more you put in, the lower your taxable income, and your earnings can grow tax deferred. (With a Roth 401(k), you put in after-tax dollars, but your withdrawals are tax-free, provided you meet certain conditions.)

But despite these tax advantages, your 401(k)’s full potential won’t be realized unless you fund it adequately. Try to contribute as much as you can afford each year and increase your contributions as your salary goes up. Another way to uncap your 401(k)’s potential is by choosing appropriate investments.

Your 401(k) likely contains a dozen or more investment options, so you’ll want a mix that offers the greatest possibili-

ties for growth within the context of your personal risk tolerance.

Gaining your financial independence requires time and commitment. But once you’ve achieved this freedom, you’ll know it was worth the effort.

And who knows? You might even want to wave a sparkler or two to celebrate.

Edward Jones, its employees and f inancial advisors cannot provide tax or legal advice. You should consult your attorney or qualif ied tax advisor regarding your situation.

Nathan M. Kirby Edward Jones Financial Advisor

Investing is about more than money.

At Edward Jones, we stop to ask you the question: “What’s important to you?” Without that insight and a real understanding of your goals, investing holds little meaning.

Contact your Edward Jones financial advisor for a one-on-one appointment to discuss what’s really important: your goals.

Nathan M Kirby Financial Advisor 424 E Main St #202-C Bozeman, MT 59715 • 406-585-1141

www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC

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ANCIENT ARTIFACTS

By Lois Stephens

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think I have moved to the right place. It seems in most parts of the country older people no longer receive the respect they de-

serve. We’re often looked upon as a burden, as using up vanishing natural resources; younger people don’t value our expertise

nor do they want our advice. ‘Old’ often equates with relic, antique, artifact, shopworn, and used up.

However, in Virginia City people delight in old objects. Visitors come from all fifty states and around the world to view the dated treasures found in this town. Outside the Smithsonian, Virginia City has the largest collection of Americana found anywhere.

So, I moved to the right place.

Although people don’t come to see me, they do come to view and appreciate the artifacts found in this town. I started thinking about oldest and first, and decided that Virginia City has more than its fair share of relics from the past.

Virginia City has the oldest bar in Montana, the Bale of Hay Saloon, in operation since 1863. The establishment began as a retail liquor store but evolved into the saloon people frequent today.

The Pioneer Bar isn’t far behind in age, as proprietors established that watering hole in 1867.

The old stone barn, now the Opera House, sits adjacent to the Bale of Hay Saloon. The oldest professional summer theater company west of the Missis-

sippi has called the Opera House home since 1949. The theater offers plays and vaudeville acts all summer long for the entertainment of both locals and tourists.

The Content Corner Building, constructed in 1864, while not the oldest building in Virginia City or Montana, proved to be a significant landmark in the early years of Virginia City history.

Reports say it housed the entire Montana territorial government offices on the second floor, from 1865-1875 when Virginia City served as the capital of the Montana territory. The Stonewall Hall, sitting across the street from the Content Corner Building and also built in 1864, served as a place for the Montana territorial legislators to meet. Although decaying and badly in need of repair, the building is Montana’s oldest territorial capitol.

Converted to an auto garage in 1914, the structure will soon be lost to history as it is in the final stages of deterioration.

Virginia City had the first, and therefore the oldest, telegraph pole, placed at the corner of Wallace and Van Buren

streets. The line kept the community in contact with the ‘States’ through communication with Salt Lake City.

For over a century, Montana’s oldest continuously operated weekly newspaper was published in part of the Creighton Block.

The newspaper, named the Madisonian, still publishes weekly but the offices are now located in Ennis.

The Allen and Millard Bank, which now houses Julie’s Gems, sits next to the Creighton Block. The Allen and Millard Bank was the first permanent bank in the Montana territory. People who visit Julie’s Gems will see on display the original vault used by the bank.

The Montana Post Building, located at the corner of Wallace and Jackson, was home to the Montana Territory’s first newspaper, the Montana Post. Thomas Dimsdale, apologist for the antics of the Vigilantes, published his book ‘Vigilantes of Montana’, which also was Montana’s first published book, in the print shop at the back of the building.

The area behind and to the right of the Dance and Stuart building depicts the ‘oldest profession’, which was well practiced in the town’s early years. The buildings in this area locals call the cabbage patch, have stood there since the 1880’s.

The Masonic Temple, built in 1867, holds the title of Montana’s first established union Masonic lodge, which is still in use

today. Nevada City had the second established lodge in Montana, although that lodge no longer exists.

The Bonanza Inn served as the area’s first court house, used until 1876 when contractors finished the court house still in use today.

Virginia City has several outstanding women who helped build the community.

Sarah Bickford, born a slave in North Carolina, journeyed to Virginia City as a servant of Judge Murphy. Bickford became the first career woman in Montana, an unprecedented feat for a black woman in post-civil war era. She owned and operated the Virginia City Water Company for many years.

Flora Mcnulty, born in 1865, became one of Montana’s first women doctors. She and her husband practiced medicine in Virginia City for many years.

Virginia City has a marvelous history of old, oldest, or first. I certainly am not the oldest or first in anything, but I do fit in nicely here.

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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HOSTAS

By Jan Cashman

But there is nothing like growing a plant in your own garden to learn about it—and to learn to like it. The entrance to our home is a shady north exposure with the house blocking the west sun and wind and a large crabapple tree on the east. So when I wanted to update the landscaping in that area, I decided to try hostas along with some other shade-loving perennials. Soon I became a believer in the beauty and adaptability of hostas.

The summer after they were planted they were already big, thriving and eyecatching. They sprout up perfectly each spring with no sign of winter injury. I love them.

I am not the only one who has come

to love hostas. Hostas have become the number-one selling perennial in the U.S. because of their wide range of forms and colors, ease of cultivation, and low maintenance, their many uses in the landscape, and availability in garden centers.

Hostas come in a wide range of sizes and colors. Leaf colors include shades of green, blue and chartreuse. Many hostas have variegated leaved of green and white or green and yellow. Leaf shapes include elongated, oval, rounded and heartshaped. Textures vary from smooth to deeply crinkled. Hostas can be large, two or more feet in diameter and two feet in height; others are as small as 6 inches in height and spread. Not-so-showy white or lavender flowers appear on stalks above the leaves in early summer.

Hostas are excellent landscape plants when planted alone as specimens, in masses and drifts or combined with other shade-loving plants such as bergenia, ferns, and heuchera (coral bells), or

ground covers like lamium, sweet woodruff, or pulmonaria (lungwort).

CULTIVATION AND CARE: Plant hostas in well-drained soil with plenty of organic matter. Hostas are heavy feeders, so use water soluble fertilizer or a granular, well-balanced fertilizer regularly.

Their big, thick leaves call for plenty of water. Hostas are long-lived perennials that do not need to be divided.

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Slugs that chew holes in the leaves are a major pest of hostas. Use slug bait to control them. Deer like to eat hostas so plant them where deer can’t get to them.

If you have any shady area in your yard on a north side or under trees, plant some hostas and become a believer in their beauty like I have.

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

North 19th at Springhill Road 587-3406

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like colorful flowers so I did not like hostas. Hostas, grown primarily for their bold, sculptural foliage, were not brightly colored enough for me. And, besides, I had doubts about their hardiness and suitability for our climate.

8 I July 2019 PRIME  Replica of Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10E at the Museum of Flight.

RAMBLIN’ MAN

By John W. Ellingwood

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elcome back and greetings from The Evergreen State. That is the state of Washington for those of you not current on the mottos of our 50 states. I honestly thought it had something to do with apples, but Evergreen State is very appropriate. I survived and yes, thrived since I last wrote. I even managed to turn 60 years old in May while “Sleepless in Seattle.”

I say sleepless because I was visiting my nephew and his wife and they are young millenials who tend to eat and play late into the evening. So as the saying goes, “When in Rome”... I was very much a night owl myself growing up and through adulthood as I always worked late into the evening, but since I began this crazy adventure I find myself exhausted by 7 pm.

Which brings us to the topic of this month’s ramblings.

What have I gotten myself into? Spoiler Alert: The full-time RV lifestyle is not for the faint of heart! Not even close.

Prior to purchasing my motorhome, I watched all the YouTube videos in existence on RVing pros and cons posted by adventurous, free-spirited couples who sold their brick and mortar home to live a semi-off-the-grid existence and never looked back. Those videos, some of which are very professionally shot and produced, do not prepare you for the reality that RVing is hard.

Really hard. It’s like watching an episode of Wagon Train on your couch versus being one of the pioneers coming west in the 1800’s in a covered wagon. That’s right, no Starbucks along the trail. In the interest of full disclosure, I must tell everyone that five months after purchasing my rig, I was for the first time in my life, diagnosed with hyper-tension i.e. high blood pressure.

Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.

So why am I doing it? Glutton for punishment? Hardly.

What I like is a challenge. Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life worthwhile. What is it about being on the road 24/7/365 that makes it that way? Old ways of thinking and acting must be buried immediately. If you are a procrastinator and think, “Well when I get home I’ll deal with that,” or “Maybe it won’t get any worse,” there is no “getting home.” Where you put the transmission in park is your home for the day and it will ALWAYS get worse, generally at an accelerated rate.

Your home is sitting on top of your vehicle and conversely your vehicle is carrying your house, all the while rocking and rolling down the road at 65 mph. I forgot to mention that as soon as your purchase a motorhome, Murphy, as in Murphy’s Law, will take up residence in one of the storage compartments beneath you bed.

Murphy loves traveling as much as you do, maybe more, and will never forget to remind you how happy he is that you decided to purchase a recreational vehicle. That being said, if you embrace change and not just a change of scenery, you will actually have fun and manage to smile and laugh through the tears. (Note to self: Replenish Band-Aid supply during next trip to Walmart.)

As I mentioned, I just came from scenic Seattle, Wash. and I wanted to highlight a couple of things that I did that were especially fun for me. One is still going on and one is held annually. So if anyone else has an interest, maybe these could work out for you. When I was in Seattle over Memorial Day, blessed with blue skies, abundant sunshine, and a three-day weekend, the

citizens of Seattle were ready to celebrate. The largest of many outdoor events that weekend is the Northwest Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center. My nephew calls it “hippie-fest.” Billed as the nation’s biggest community-powered music and arts festival now in its 48th year, the festival is a cultural melting pot of food, artisans and musicians from all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond. This event is huge both in terms of area and attendance. Attendees could never cover it in one day, so fortunately it is spread out over four days, kicking off on Friday of Memorial Day weekend and carrying through late Monday night. I sampled food from all over the globe and marveled at the talented performers and artists throughout the venue at the base of the Space Needle. The weather and the people could not have been nicer. I especially enjoyed the Indigenous People’s Pavilion where Native American tribes of the Northwest performed authentic music and dances while dressed in their tribes’ finest ceremonial outfits. All spectators were invited to partake and many did.

For my actual birthday on the 28th, I treated myself to a day at the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field just south of Seattle. This non-profit museum exhibits one of the worlds’ largest collections of authentic vintage and modern day planes, spacecraft and all things related to flight. Most of the displays are the actual restored planes although in a few instances a replica has been painstakingly crafted from original blueprints. Such was the case with Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10E. This facility is huge with displays housed in both indoor and outdoor venues spread out over many acres. This is an all day adventure and I would recommend lunch on-site at the Flight Deck cafeteria located right on the main runway of Boeing Field. The highlight for me was the special Apollo 11 moon mission exhibit on loan from the Smithsonian Institution’s Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. This July is the 50th anniversary of the famous voyage that put two Americans on the surface of the moon for the first time. As a boy of ten who was fascinated with rockets and wanted to be an astronaut, it was the treat of a lifetime. Over 60 artifacts from the mission, including the actual command module and a beautiful moon rock, are on display through September 2, 2019. It was a moving experience.

John W. Ellingwood “Never Stop Discovering”

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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: $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.

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: $4.00. 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, 3rd or 4th Tuesday.

■ 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 2 - Spaghetti

3 - Chef ’s Choice 4 - Hamburgers

9 - Pepper Steak

10 - Chicken & Dumplings 11 - Roast Beef 16 - Meatloaf

17 - Pork Roast 18 - Goulash 23 - Tacos

24 - Tuna Casserole 25 - Fried Chicken

30 - Ham & Scalloped Potatoes 31 - Meatballs

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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: ■ Summer Lunch: Serve summer lunch at one of the many locations to kids and teens. Pick up at 11:30 at the Fork and Spoon, serve lunch from 12-1 and then return to the Fork and Spoon. MondayFriday ■ Habitat for Humanity: Critical repair program is in need of volunteers to assist in home repairs and improvements for low income people in our community. No experience needed just a desire to learn, openings on the Thursday crew.

■ Help Center: A volunteer who would make a phone call to elderly or homebound people in the morning between 9am – 11am. Someone who likes to chat a bit on the phone one morning per week.

Volunteer will come into the office for their training but can make the calls from home.

They would like the volunteer to come into the office 3 times during the training period.

■ Sacks Thrift, a Program of Help Center: Volunteers needed to help sort merchandise, retail sales, assisting customers and displaying merchandise. Sacks Thrift is a 100% local nonprofit that provides major financial support to Help Center, Inc. 50% in store discount with certain amount of hours. Volunteers needed in Belgrade and Bozeman.

■ Bozeman Health: Looking for volunteers to transport patients to their treatments. Volunteer would need a good driving record, current and valid driver’s license, adequate auto insurance and the completion of the Bozeman Health Volunteer application and orientation.

LIVINGSTON: ■ 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. You’ll be matched up with a child who has similar interests or one that would like to learn from your skills and experiences.

■ Meals on Wheels: is looking for drivers to deliver lunches in town to our local seniors. Routes usually take an hour and help our local seniors who are unable to leave home.

■ Stafford Animal Shelter: Cats are in need of volunteers to play, cuddle and socialize. Only skill needed is your compassion and love of cats. An one hour safety training provided. Come share your love with a joyful animal and get your “kitty fix”.

■ 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.

■ Yellowstone Gateway Museum: Be a part of history with a variety of opportunities that exists in our museum. Make new friends and learn more about our local history.

■ Fix-It- Brigade: Volunteers of all ages and skill levels are needed to help with small home repairs such as mending a fence, mowing a yard, shoveling snow or something as simple as changing light bulbs. You will be helping seniors or veterans for a 2 hour or less task on your time schedule.

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS ■ The Center will be closed Thursday, July 4th.

The Board meeting is held on the second Friday of each month at 10:00.

■ Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program: We are ready for the 2019 Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program. The SFMNP is a program through the United States Department of Agriculture, which allows participants to purchase locally-grown, unprocessed produce at farmers’ markets.

Each participant gets 25 $2.00 coupons for a total of $50.00 per market season. Income guidelines are as follows: 1 person household = $23,107; 2 person household =$31,284.

Applications and vouchers will NOT be distributed this year until July 1, 2019 and are available at the senior center front desk.

■ Second Hand Rose Thrift Store: 10am2pm, Monday-Friday. Bring donations of clothes, household items, books, games, crafts, & more anytime between 8:30am4:30pm, Monday-Friday. We do not accept electronics such as computers, TV’s, Phones, furniture, or heavy items. Thanks!

■ Our library currently needs gently used book donations. No encyclopedias or Reader’s Digests please. Thanks!

■ Meals-On-Wheels Drivers are needed.

Please contact Suzie for more information at 586-2421.

■ The Center needs volunteers for the front desk and Foot Clinic Receptionist. Please contact Kristi at 586-2421.

■ Second Hand Rose is going to be open on Saturdays in August. They need volunteers to work these Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Please spread the word around town.

■ Hiking Group – Meet at the Center at 8:00 a.m. and leave at 8:15 a.m. The schedule for July is: July 2nd – History Rock Trail: meadows, pines, symbolic rock formation at end July 9th – Middle Fork of Bracket Creek (Shorter) July 16th – Truman Gulch Trail July 23rd – Gallatin Riverside Trail: Parallels Eastern Bank of Gallatin River on West Flank of Garnet Mountain July 30th – Stone Creek Trail: Winds through beautiful rolling mountain and meadow landscape ■ Legal case Focus Group: Call the Center or check the website for updated scheduling information. (sign up, first come first served) – A local Law Firm will hold a focus group at the Bozeman Senior Center. Some-

• 807 North Tracy • (406) 586-2421 • www.bozemanseniorcenter.org Shannon Bondy, shannon@bozemanseniorcenter.org (Executive Director) Kristi Wetsch, kristi@bozemanseniorcenter.org (Director Program & Marketing) Find us on Facebook!

times these run a few minutes longer if the participants want. The firm will pay $10 per focus group participant. All backgrounds are encouraged to apply. During the focus group you will discuss issues from an actual Montana case. They are looking for participants to provide their brutally honest opinions, as the conscience of the community. All opinions are welcome - no one is right or wrong.

Focus group participants normally enjoy the process. Call the Center at 586-2421 and sign up as seating is limited to six to eight people. Call your friends, this is open to the public.

EVENTS/PROGRAMS/CLASSES ■ Beginning Bridge Lessons - Jack Stone will be teaching bridge lessons. Dates & times TBA. Please call the senior center at 586-2421 to sign up if you are interested.

■ Red Hats: No Red Hats lunch for the month of July.

■ Legal Services: Wednesday, July 10, 10:00 a.m. - Noon - The legal firm E.J. Guza & Associates offer their attorneys once per month to provide FREE 20 minute consultations for our members. Spaces are limited so please call 586-2421 to make an appointment.

■ July 10, 10:30 a.m. – Voters for Cures Voters for Cures is the leading voice for patients and those who care for them. We all want to know that innovative new medicines will be there when we need them, but too often individual patients have a hard time making sure that their voices and stories are heard. We will provide a platform to help patients and those who care for them to make a meaningful difference and ensure that policymakers put American patients first.

Our mission is to support medical progress and the policies that make new medicines possible. We will advocate for proposals that support the next generation of treatments and cures and make sure people can get the medicines they need.

■ July 11, 10:30 a.m. – Befrienders: Learn about Befrienders and how you can be a volunteer or a participant.

■ July 15, 10:00 a.m. – noon - Rhythm Workshop for Singers and Instrumentalists of All Ages Do you read musical notation but sometimes struggle with figuring out rhythm? Join us for a high-impact, low-tech, fun and interactive workshop to get “un-confused” or strengthen your understanding. In this 2-hour workshop you will get an overview of his award-winning method, work in small

groups and get individualized coaching as well.

Nationally-known teacher Clark Chaffee (www.clarkchaffee.com) (Illinois Classroom Teacher of the Year, Kennedy Center Excellence Award) brings his enthusiasm for working with all ages to Bozeman for this and other workshops. Bring a grandchild (over 10 y.o) or another buddy to learn with you. Stay for lunch after! Leave with more confidence and rhythmic understanding! Drop-ins welcome but registration encouraged by contacting the center at 586-2421. Can’t make this workshop? See additional workshops at https://www.openskyartists.com/clark ■ Afternoon at the Movies: Tuesday, July 16, 1:00 p.m. - Enjoy free popcorn and this great movie: Movie: Ladies in Lavendar.

Two sisters befriend a mysterious foreigner who washes up on the beach of their 1930’s Cornish seaside village. Staring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, and Daniel Brühl.

SERVICES/SUPPORT SERVICES ■ Pharmacist consultations: 2nd and 4th Mondays from 10:00 – 12:00 ■ AARP meeting: 3rd Monday at 12:30, 4th Monday for Jan & Feb due to holidays ■ Foot Clinic by appointment only. 3rd & 4th Monday & Tuesday.

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

■ Free blood pressure checks every Wednesday, 11:30-1:00 ■ Legal Services: 2nd Wednesday, 10:00 to 12:00 ■ Brain Injury Support Group: 3rd Friday 11:00 ■ Computer Assistance with Brenda, Paul, Jay and Ed. Call us for an appointment.

■ Medical Equipment available for checkout to those 50+.

HEALTH & EXERCISE ■ Note: Purchase a monthly activity card to participate in any of the exercise classes offered, as well as to use the work-out room.

Cost is $10 / month with Bozeman Senior Center annual membership fee of $12. The workout equipment room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

■ Mondays: 8:30 Strength Training, 9:00 Cardio, 10:00 Core, 10:30 Aerobics Plus, 11:30 Sun Tai Chi for Mind/Balance, 1:00 Balance, 1:35 multi-level Yoga ■ Tuesdays: 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, 1:35 multi-level Yoga ■ Thursdays: 9:00 Circuit Core Strength, 10:00 Improved Walking, 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 Sun 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 ■ Creative Writing/Senior Stories: Tuesdays, 10:00 ■ Line Dancing: Tuesdays 10:00 ■ Modern Line Dancing: Thursdays, 10:00 ■ Cribbage: Tuesdays, 1:00 ■ Afternoon at the Movies: 3rd Tuesday, 1:00 ■ Bingo: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:00 ■ Watercolor Painting: Wednesdays, 9:30 ■ Ukulele Club: Wednesdays, 9:30 ■ Blood Pressure Check: Wednesdays 11:301:00 ■ Mah Jong: Wednesdays, 1:00 -4:00 ■ Pinochle: Wed. & Thursday, 1:00 ■ Bridge: Wednesdays & Fridays, 12:45 ■ Canasta: Thursdays, 10:00 ■ Scrabble: Fridays 10:00 ■ Geriactors: Fridays at 1:00 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!

■ Front Desk is looking for volunteers to staff the front desk answering phones and helping people, 4 hour shifts.

■ Table Setters looking for volunteers to set tables in the mornings NUTRITIONAL SERVICES ■ Congregate Meals at the Senior Center Monday-Friday, at Noon.

■ Meals-on-Wheels delivered MondayFriday 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 ■ Bozeman Senior Center Travel Program: Full itineraries for all trips are available at the kiosk at the Bozeman Senior Center front

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Judy has office hour on Monday and Wednesday mornings, 9:00 to 12:00 a.m.

Leave a message for her anytime at 406-586-2421 E-mail: travel@bozemanseniorcenter. org SUMMER DAY TRIPS: ■ Gates of the Mountains Boat Ride and Dinner: Tuesday, July 16th.

Great dinner and wonderful boat ride.

■ Tippet Rise Day Trip, Eastern Montana: Thursday, July 18th. Amazing sculptures, Wide open vistas.

■ Beartooth Highway Trip: Monday, July 29th. Ride the scenic highway from Red Lodge. Sharon Eversman, your very knowledgeable guide.

■ Butte Day Trip: Tuesday, August 6th. Ride the trolley around Butte in the morning. Lunch at the Metals Restaurant, Walking Tour of the Underground in the afternoon.

■ Ft. Benton Two day trip: August 8, 9. One night lodging at the Grand Hotel in Ft. Benton, cross the Missouri on the Virgelle Ferry. Visit the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls.

■ Charlie Russell Chew Choo, Lewistown: Sept. 7, 8. Stay at the Yogo Inn, Ride the historic train, enjoy a delicious prime rib dinner, see “What the Hay” and the Utica Fair.

■ Yellowstone Park Day Trip: Wed. Sept. 11th. Lunch at the Yellowstone Lake Lodge, boat ride on Yellowstone Lake, lots of wildlife along the way.

LONGER TRIPS: ■ Nova Scotia: August 14 - 23, 2019 Trip is full.

■ Fall Colors of Classic New England: Oct. 3 - 11, 2019.

■ Washington, D.C.: October 13 18, 2019 ■ Australia / New Zealand: with optional extension to Figi Islands: Sept.

23 - October 13, 2019 ■ San Antonio Holiday: December 5 - 9, 2019 ■ Christmas on the Danube, Cruise the Danube River, visit the Christmas Markets in Rothenburg and Wurzburg, optional extension to Prague. December 3 - 11, 2019 2020 TRIPS: ■ Japan, March, 2020 ■ New Orleans, April, 2020 ■ Philadelphia and Amish Country, June, 2020 ■ Scandinavia, including Norway, Denmark and Sweden, with optional extension to Iceland: August, 2020 ■ Italy by Rail: dates to be determined

Menu Mon-Fri at Noon

1 – Green Salad, Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Broccoli, Garlic Toast 2 – Beets, Beef Stroganoff, Noodles, Steamed Vegetables, Bread 3 – 4th of July Lunch: Jello-O/ Fruit, Hamburger Steak with Onions, Twice Baked Potato 4 – Closed 5 – Fruit, Turkey and Ham Sub, Chips, Marinated Vegetable Salad, Smores Bar 8 – Peaches, Chicken Fajitas, Spanish Rice, Mexican Street Corn, Chips and Salsa 9 – Cucumbers with Onions, Meat Loaf, Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes, Green Beans, Bread 10 – Sliced Tomatoes, Creamy Garlic Chicken, Penne Pasta, Steamed Vegetables, Garlic Toast 11 – Blueberry Muffins for Breakfast, Ham and Scalloped Potatoes, Glazed Carrots, Dinner Rolls 12 – Jell-O, Clam Chowder, Salad Bar, Bread 15 – Fresh Fruit, Chicken Walnut Spinach Salad, Bread 16 – Coleslaw, Baked Cod, Baked Potato, Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Rye Bread 17– Cranberry’s, Chicken with Mushroom Sauce, Broccoli, Cheese Rice Casserole 18 – Fresh Fruit, Corn Beef Hash, Egg, Texas Toast 19 – Fruit, Taco Salad Bar 22 – Applesauce, Grilled Pork Loin, Orzo, Asparagus, Baked Apple 23 – Jell-O/Fruit, Roasted Chicken, Glazed Yams, Green Beans 24 – Fresh Fruit, Quiche Lorraine with Ham, Wedge Potatoes, Vegetables 25 – 3 Bean Salad, Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Carrots, Dinner Roll 26 – Bagels for Breakfast, Shrimp; Alfredo, Broccoli, Garlic Bread 29 – Fruit, Hamburger Gravy over Mashed Potatoes, Peas and Carrots 30-Chinese Slaw, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Stir Fry Vegetables, Steamed Rice, Egg Roll 31-Tossed Salad, Lasagna, Green Bean Almondine, Garlic Bread Sticks Please make reservations (586-2421) the day before so that we prepare an adequate amount of food! Dessert served with every meal

Belgrade Senior Center 92 East Cameron Avenue (406) 388-4711 www.belgradeseniorcenter.com Email: belgradesrcntr@bresnan.net Executive Director: Lisa Beedy

■ Meals on Wheels Delivery: Monday – Friday.

Call to find out how to qualify for this program.

■ Center meals: Monday-Friday 12:00 EXERCISE: ■ Movement in Motion: 9am Mon, Weds, Fri ■ Yoga: 9am Tuesdays, 8am Fridays ■ Exercise class Tuesdays at 10am ■ NEW Starting July 9th at 8:00 am: Couch to 5K the Senior Way: This 8-week course gives you knowledge about four basics components of exercise while gradually increasing your endurance for a 3-mile walk. The class will be led by exercise physiologist Myriah Marsh who has been working with active aging adults for over ten years. Come, get some health tips to get/ stay fit and keep your independent lifestyle. All levels welcome!

COMMUNITY RESOURCES ■ Blood Pressure Check: Noon: July 25th ■ Andi Salsbury with HRDC Senior Programs: 2nd, 16th & 30th SOCIAL ACTIVITIES: ■ Monday: 12:30: SCRABBLE ■ Wednesday: 9:00 am: Needleaires Sewing Circle ■ Thursday: 12:45 BINGO ■ Wednesday: Walking Club: Meet at the Center at 12:45 to carpool to walking location ■ July 3rd: 4th of July BBQ ■ July 17th: Birthday Lunch ■ July 18-20: Hylite Camping Trip. Call for more information or to sign up: 388-4711 ■ July 20th: Quilter’s Day: Call the Center to sign up: 388-4711 CARD GAMES: ■ Monday: 12:30 Scrabble and/or Cribbage ■ Tuesday: 12:30 pm Hand & Foot ■ Thursday: 8:30 am Pinochle ■ Friday: 12:30 pm Pinochle

Menu Mon – Fri at Noon

1 - Salad, Spaghetti, Potatoes, Vegetables, Dessert 2 - Salad, Chicken Stir Fry, Rice, Vegetables, Dessert 3 - 4th of July Picnic: BBQ Burgers, Chips, Baked Beans/Salad, Watermelon 4 - CLOSED 5 - Salad, Fish & Chips, Vegetables, Dessert 8 - Salad, Chicken Sandwich, Vegetables, Dessert 9 - Salad, Roast Pork, Mashed Potatoes, Vegetables, Dessert 10 - Salad, Salisbury Steak, Rice Pilaf, Vegetables, Dessert 11 -Salad, Mac & Cheese, Vegetables, Dessert 12 - Pulled Pork Sandwich, Potato Salad, Vegetables, Dessert 15 - Salad, Philly Cheese Steak, Vegetables, Dessert 16 - Salad, Enchilada Casserole, Rice & Beans, Vegetables, Dessert 17 - Birthday Lunch: Salad, Brats & Tots, Vegetables, Dessert 18 - Salad, Chicken Fried Steak, Vegetables, Dessert 19 - Salad, Sloppy Joes, Vegetables, Dessert 22 - Salad, Scalloped Potatoes with Ham, Vegetables, Dessert 23 - Salad, Roast Beef, Potatoes.

Vegetables, Dessert 24 - Salad, Chicken & Dumplings, Vegetables, Dessert 25 - Breakfast Club: Salad, Beef Stroganoff, Noodles, Vegetables, Dessert 26 - Around the World-South Africa: Roasted Eggplant Salad, Bobotie, Yellow Rice, Broccoli in Sesame Oil, Malva Pudding 29 - Chef Salad, Dessert 30 - Salad, Meat Loaf, Potatoes, Vegetables, Dessert 31 - Salad, Chicken Alfredo, Vegetables, Dessert

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