PRIME October 2020

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EXTRA-ORDINARY SIRENS CALL LOVE IS THE ANWSER

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Extraordinary in the Ordinary

By Hannah Stiff

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Extraordinary in the Ordinary

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Sirens Seductively Calling

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LOVE is the Anwser

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Old Guy Groceries

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Colchicum-Autumn Crucus

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Caregivers Must Also Care (Financially) for Themselves

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Meal Service in Senior Centers

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Getting to know our beloved columnist O

ne of the things I find most charming about Lois Stephens is her insistence that she’s really not that interesting or extraordinary. In years of journalism, I’ve found it’s typically those people who insist they’re utterly ordinary, that are quite the opposite. It’s the self-aggrandizing types to be leery of (and perhaps give a little less ink and paper to).

If the name Lois Stephens rings a bell, it should.

Stephens has been a regular Prime magazine contributor for as long as I’ve been editor (a handful of years).

In that time, she has regaled us with witty ditties from her life in Virginia City. She writes well about life after the tourists leave her tiny historic town. In her faithful monthly columns, Stephens takes readers along to learn

about various projects in her greenhouse, at her writing table, galivanting around with an adventurous sister, and so on. She shows humor, sharing mishaps on the ice that prevent her from her favorite winter activities, like sledding and walking the dog in the woods. Stephens has a knack for turning mundane tasks into raucous escapades (Who remembers the recent hilarity of wood splitting with

PRIME October 2020 / 3 neighbors?). This month, she shares a most relatable column on overdoing it at the bakery and eating one of just about everything in the display case.

“I returned to eastern Montana when my marriage broke up,” Stephens explains. “I lived in eastern Montana, just a mile from my younger sister, for twenty years.”

Each time I read Stephens’ column, I feel a smile creep onto my face. I find myself wanting to know more about her life, to fill in the chapters I don’t yet know from years of reading snippets. So, I did what every part-time journalist with too much curiosity does. I got nosy.

It was in eastern Montana where she met her current husband, unnamed but oft mentioned in her columns.

First, I asked Stephens to fill me in on the details from her childhood, and life before Virginia City. She was born 10 miles away from Gettysburg, in eastern Pennsylvania and grew up with an older brother, and older sister, and a younger sister.

When the time came, Stephens headed to Temple University for college.

“I received a B.A. degree in liberal arts, which tells you my age as no one takes a liberal arts degree anymore,” she says. “I think that is about as outdated as saddle shoes – yes I also wore them when I was a schoolgirl. I took liberal arts because I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life, and here it is, decades later, and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.”

After college, Stephens married a Canadian man and lived in Manitoba and Saskatchewan for 25 years.

“Well, I never mention my husband’s name, or the names of the neighbors we are in cahoots with, just to preserve their privacy,” she explains.

“My husband’s name is Rod, and the neighbors prefer just to be known as the vigilante neighbors next door.”

To meet those vigilante Virginia City neighbors, Stephens and Rod had to leave eastern Montana. Turns out, packing up and moving shop wasn’t that hard to do.

“We all left eastern Montana when the oil boom arrived, which destroyed the way of life we liked,” Stephens says.

“My younger sister is now in Washington, near Walla Walla, and of course I am here in southwestern Montana.”

In between moves from Pennsylvania to Canada to eastern Montana and, ultimately, Virginia City, Stephens held a fantastic handful of jobs. For regular column readers, these jobs often serve as the backdrop for colorful narratives. The breadth of Stephens’ work history is

4 / October 2020 PRIME varied as it is interesting.

“I worked on a farm for years,” Stephens recalls. “I looked after livestock, helped plant and harvest crops. I worked for the Canada Immigration and Employment Commission.

I taught swimming. And in eastern Montana I wrote for an agricultural newspaper. I worked at the irrigation district, did mapping and kept track of the irrigation taxes and land ownership. I worked for the Department of Revenue when I came to Virginia City.”

Never one to slow down, Stephens retired from the Department of Revenue and began working as a waitress at the Virginia City Café. She also conducted ghost walks during summer season and continued to write part time for several newspapers.

“And now I have a part-time job in the GIS office with the county, working with maps,” Stephens says. “I dearly love working with maps. Maybe that is what I ought to do when I grow up.”

If she ever quits her afterretirement jobs, Stephens says she may finally sit down long enough to write a book.

“If and when I actually stop working for others, I will write that book yet,” she says. “I have the plot, the characters, everything ready to go, I just need to sit down and get started.”

It’s the sitting down part that comes hardest to Stephens.

those items that have been on her list for a very long time.

“I like to stay active,” she explains. “I walk everywhere.

I am known as ‘The Walker’ in Virginia City and have been told that I am ‘inspiring.’ I take that to mean that people are impressed that a little old lady can still move around and prefers to walk rather than ride.”

“I guess at this point in my life the only things on a bucket list would be to stay alive until I die,” she says. “By that I mean keeping active, useful, interested in what is around me, rather than sitting in a chair watching TV; writing that novel that has been simmering in the back of my head for years; and actually finish reading the stacks of

But she does a fair bit of riding, too. Regular Prime readers will remember Stephens’ roaring around on her electric bike and sledding down her street (aptly named Lois Lane) in winter.

If there’s any time left in the day, you can find Stephens puttering in the garden, clearing brush, cutting and splitting wood.

“We live in a cabin and the only source of heat is our wood stove,” she says. “So, I better like to cut and split and haul wood nine months of the year.”

Stephens’ cabin is situated on five acres. She says she needs elbow room to move about and enjoys her solitary time.

The only other house on Lois Lane belongs to the vigilante neighbors. When Stephens takes her dog on long walks up the mountain by her house, she’s got the wild turkeys, fox, moose, deer, bear and birds all to herself.

With a life so full, it’s hard to imagine what else is on Stephens’ to-do list. When asked about it, she comes back to

books I have around this house just waiting to be read. Not very exciting, but I am content in my little space and all desire to travel very far have withered away, along with my youth.”

With a sharp mind and strong body, Stephens will no doubt have stories to share for many years to come. We just hope she’s always willing to share them with us.

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Sirens Seductively Calling

By Lois Stephens

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have always loved baked goods. Especially as a youth, I could never resist any tempting concoction placed in front of me. Pastries, cream horns, cream puffs, pie, chocolate cookies laden with coconut and nuts… you name it. If it wasn’t good for me, I really enjoyed indulging my decadent tastes.

Fortunately, as I have aged, I have become a lot more discriminating as to what I place in my mouth. I can easily separate out the excellent pastry from those that ought to be left in the store, as the majority of baked goods today truly are not particularly tasty and do not tempt me in the slightest. I had basically weaned myself off baked products until I arrived in Virginia City and discovered the Star Bakery in Nevada City. For several months during the summer tourist season, a local baker operates this little shop and

creates the yummiest treats one can possibly imagine.

Her offerings are exquisite products that dissolve in an explosion of divine taste when placed in one’s mouth.

Since this bakery only operates during the summer season, the first few years we lived here it wasn’t too difficult to stay away and forget about its existence, until of course my husband would comment on the scrumptious cinnamon roll he had enjoyed that day. That might put my nose out of joint for a few hours, but then I’d forget about it and move onto something else.

However, last summer the baker started selling my little ghost booklet in her shop and everything changed.

This afforded me the perfect excuse every few weeks or so to stop in, collect my portion of the book sales money, drop off a few more books for sale, and of course to exchange

some of that book sales money for some of the extraordinary offerings on display. The vast display made me drool, and selection required some serious thought. I decided I needed to try as many different treats as possible to discover what might be the very best choice.

This summer, things went from bad to worse. I truly enjoy visiting with the lady who bakes these marvels, and since she continued to sell my ghost booklet in her establishment, I quickly decided that more frequent visitations were required to catch up on news, collect my book money, and definitely to continue sampling some sort of baked product.

Or two. Or maybe even three.

After all, life is short, I’m old, I could be dead next week, so one extra cookie might not be good for me, but it contributes to my mental health and wellbeing. Also, this summer has proved additionally stressful,

thanks to Covid-19 and dealing with not-very-pleasant tourists who have taken rudeness and entitlement to the limit of human endurance. Maybe one extra chocolate muffin topped with a sinfully delicious chocolate frosting could make the difference between sanity and utter chaos.

So, armed with this convoluted reasoning to placate my guilt, I began visiting the bakery every Sunday morning. Arriving early gave me the opportunity, before the hordes of hungry, impatient people began arriving at the door, to visit with my friend, watch in amazement as she deftly moved one pan of finished product that looked exquisite and smelled heavenly, from the oven to replace it with another pan of scrumptious looking delectable bakery product. I watched her mix frosting, place her delicacies out on display for customer inspection. I could take a look

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6 / October 2020 PRIME as to how many ghost booklets she had sold, and basically revel in an early morning visit with a kind, thoughtful lady, who also happened to have an impressive amount of marvelous homemade bakery items just begging to be eaten.

Throughout this summer season, I sampled some of the best puff pastry I have ever eaten, tasted incredible cookies, munched down cinnamon rolls like my grandmother used to make, and enjoyed coffee cakes, fantastic muffins, and assorted other toothsome morsels. I discovered my neighbors really enjoyed the cinnamon rolls and the blueberry lemon muffins, so one Sunday I bought them their favorites and delivered these wonderful treats in time for their breakfast. Needless to say, I was their favorite neighbor for at least fifteen minutes that day.

Of course, my husband and I are their only close neighbors, but that is another story for another day.

All good things come to an end, at least for a while. Our neighbors returned to Nevada in mid-August for the winter, and the summer drew to an end. The bakery shut its doors for another season the last weekend in August. Knowing this was my last kick at the can for the next nine months or so, I made a bittersweet trip to the Star Bakery the last Sunday in August. My favorite baker had sold the last of my books, I

collected my money, and then I perused the many offerings she had available for her last day of business.

I thought of my poor neighbors, stuck in Nevada for the winter, and how much they would appreciate some sort of summer’s end bakery item. So, I bought a pastry for myself, a cookie for my husband, a cookie for my neighbor (who prefers cinnamon rolls above everything else at that bakery, but also happens to adore cookies), and a blueberry muffin for my neighbor’s much better half.

Of course, the neighbors were long gone from their Montana home, but I assumed they would totally appreciate my thoughtfulness in thinking of them and purchasing them their favorite treats, which I naturally ate on their behalf.

I consumed my pastry, I gave my husband his cookie, I ate the neighbor’s cookie for lunch, and I devoured his wife’s muffin for breakfast the next morning. I am sure they will remember my generosity for years to come.

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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NAHATA – THE HEART CHAKRA is the energetic palace of love and relationships and deep human connection.

This is the chakra that connects us intimately with everything, including our partner, family, friends, animals, this planet, coworkers, strangers, food, our self, and the divine. The fourth chakra is the center of it all, the vital link between the lower and higher chakras (three below and three above). As such, you can think of this one as the grand link between earth and heaven, human and divine, matter and spirit, existence and enlightenment. The fourth chakra is your divine spark’s Grand Central Station for all your spiritual superpowers.

HEART OF GOLD When we have a strong, pumping fourth chakra, we’re compassionate and empathetic.

We love others the way a cat loves sunshine and, for the most part, experience peace and intimacy in our relationships.

We’re willing to see, accept and love others as they are. We don’t overly romanticize or idealize anything or anyone.

We’re discerning, responsible and clear with our love. Love flows from us easily, freely and without excess baggage.

Forgiveness is easy. Acts of service are part of our everyday practice - volunteering, planting trees, or simply speaking kindly to the check-out person at the grocery store. We treat our self with respect and compassion and ask that others to do the same.

HEART BREAKER Signs of an overwrought fourth: We might be starved for affection and clingy, fearing abandonment at every turn. We might be so loving, compassionate and sweet that we would let a truck run over us (literally and metaphorically) if someone asked us nicely.

We might be the emotional dumping ground for our entire family, because (sniff) we love them so much and just want them to all get along. In other words, we give everything, including the kitchen sink, for what we believe is “love.”

in, in and out. When you have a nice rhythm going, slowly start imagining that your heart is the organ doing the breathing, not your lungs. As strange as this might sound, imagine that your heart is inhaling and exhaling, breathing love in and breathing love out. Stay with this exercise for at least five minutes and journal how you feel afterward.

Affirm breathing-in, “I receive,” and breathing-out, “I offer.” You might feel silly, but try it anyway.

What else? Examine and explore your current relationships. Make a list of people you’d like to forgive, from your The opposite can mean second happen too. A grade math constricted teacher to the fourth can president to also mean your current we’re antilover. social and Practice extremely doing so in critical and a journal, judgmental out loud, in of others and person or in By Nancy Ruby ourselves. Our your head. Write love might be random love notes possessive, jealous to yourself, to loved ones, and codependent (similar or even to strangers (a little to an out-of-balance second note to your waitress, thanks to chakra). We may lack empathy your garbage man, or a special or compassion, the ability to something to your neighbor). forgive ourselves or others, or

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is the Anwser

even the Divine for putting us in this mess we call life. We might isolate ourselves and feel lonely, depressed, unavailable for human contact and love.

LOVE YOUR FOURTH CHAKRA Try this simple exercise: Next time you are sitting still, pay attention to your breath, feel how it moves your chest out and

Practice giving love but also practice receiving love. Try this: The next time someone says to you, “I love you,” don’t just unconsciously blab back, “I love you, too.”

Stop.

Pause for a few moments.

Breath this love in... waaay in.

And respond simply with “thank you” as you look them, honestly, in the eyes.

That’s it.

YOU ARE LOVE All this is to say that we are not here to be “in love,” but to be love. True love is not dependent on external sources. To love another truly and unconditionally, from the love that is always present deep inside you, is one of the most sacred practices in existence. With some good ole’ fourth chakra healing, the common question many of us ask, “Who will love me?” unfolds into far more profound questions, such as, “How many ways can I give my love?”

Know that every time you acknowledge your true nature and open your heart to give or receive love, the universe returns the favor, several times over. And always remember this: You are worthy of being loved not

because of anything you do or don’t do, but simply because you exist.

Nancy Ruby runs YogaMotion Wellness Academy in Bozeman and describes herself as an educator, joyologist and lifestyle engineer. She has been sharing her teachings in yoga and wellness education for the past 40 years. Ruby currently specializes in supporting the health and wellbeing of Baby Boomers and beyond.

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Old Guy Groceries

By Jim Drummond

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ne of the fellows strolled into the old guy waterhole this week with an exceptionally pleased expression.

followed up, “I went shopping on my own a couple of weeks ago. Nobody was along to offer advice. It was an adventure.”

“You’re looking rather contented,” someone commented.

“What did you buy,” somebody inquired.

“I am,” he responded. “I went grocery shopping all by myself yesterday and was finally able to buy some decent food.”

Somebody else asked, “Didn’t you have anyone with you to tell you what is good for you, and what isn’t?”

“No, I had to make my own decisions,” he responded.

“I decided that chocolate doughnuts aren’t particularly harmful if eaten in moderation, and dill pickle potato chips are made from two kinds of vegetables.

Smoked oysters are also high in zinc. I do have some knowledge about nutrition.”

Somebody inquired, “Did anybody find out what you bought?”

“Nope, I have it all hidden in the toolbox on my pickup,” he replied.

Another in the group

The fellow answered, “I bought spam, lots and lots of spam. I didn’t even turn the cans over to see how many calories and grams of sodium are inside. I also bought a jar of sauerkraut. I haven’t had sauerkraut in a long time.”

“You’re taking a risk eating sauerkraut at your age and marital status,” somebody interjected.

“I know,” said the first fellow.

“Years ago, I ate sauerkraut right before going to bed, and that was a big mistake.

Eventually I learned to eat it first thing in the morning. If I eat sauerkraut along with a bowl of oatmeal, it doesn’t seem to be as harmful. Then I just stay home all morning in case problems arise.”

The timid member of the group decided to comment, “I really want to go solo grocery shopping someday.

I hear scuttlebutt that there are more grocery aisles somewhere beyond the fruit and vegetable section. I want to see them for myself.

Somebody said that there are shelves with cookies, and snacks, and sweetened soft drinks. It’s

rumored that there is a freezer area with ice cream, and frozen cakes, and microwavable burritos. I even heard that there are shelves with real mayonnaise, and a section with genuine salt. I can only imagine.”

Somebody else remarked, “I’ve heard that one of the warning signs of memory loss for old guys is forgetting what a cinnamon roll looks like. If one of us can’t remember a cinnamon roll, we are supposed to see our doctor. When my wife and I are out grocery shopping, I sometimes intentionally lag further and further behind as she works her way through the fruits and vegetables, and then I sneak away to the bakery section when she isn’t looking. I quickly search until I get a good look at some cinnamon rolls. I don’t want to have to

PRIME October 2020 / 9 see Doc simply because I can’t identify a cinnamon roll any longer.”

Another old guy cross examined, “Do you ever buy any groceries not on the list?”

her. I think she might be up to something, but I can’t figure out what.”

One of the newcomers to the waterhole almost sneered as he said, “I go to the grocery store by myself all the time.”

The fellow’s facade crumbled, “Well, I suppose that I always stick to the list.”

Another member of the group was thoughtfully rubbing his chin, “Aren’t the large watermelons in season right now?”

Most of us just sat in stunned silence.

Finally somebody questioned, “ But doesn’t someone give you a written list of grocery items to buy?”

The other fellow’s bravado began to waver, “Yes, I usually have a written list.”

Then his chin jutted out, “But I can buy whatever I want, I just choose not to.”

We all knowingly nodded.

The first old guy finally declared, “Tomorrow is grocery shopping day and I was invited to go along. I really don’t want to go shopping, but she said that I could pick out some brownie bites if I would accompany

out to the car.”

Our friend left the old guy waterhole pondering whether brownie bites are worth the honeydew becoming a honey does.

Everyone nodded.

“And the heavy cantaloupes, as well as the big green honeydew melons,” the group member queried again.

We all nodded again.

“Then I think she just wants a strong back to carry all the fruits and vegetables and melons

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ave you seen the lavender-colored crocus-type flowers that emerge in local gardens in the fall? To me, these flowers look like they should be growing in the spring because of their pastelpurple flower color when the colors of fall are oranges and yellows. These flowers are Colchicum, sometimes known as fall or autumn crocus, but they are not crocus at all. Colchicum are bulbs (technically corms) and are planted in early fall and they also bloom in the fall.

They do not have leaves when they bloom but instead their thick leaves come up in the spring and then disappear.

The flowers then emerge in September. Often, when you purchase colchicum bulbs in the fall, they are already in bloom and should be planted as soon as possible. Because the flowers have no leaves when they are in bloom, they are sometimes called ‘naked ladies.’

Easy-to-grow colchicum need full sun or partial shade. They companion well with other perennials like daylilies and coralbells that bloom in mid-summer. Plant the large colchicum bulbs 4 to 6” deep and 6” apart. All parts of the Colchicum plant are poisonous to humans.

Thankfully, most animals have the instinctive sense to stay away from them.

There are about 160 species of the genus Colchicum with flowers in colors of pale lavender, pink and white.

A few of the best for our climate include: 1) Waterlily, a hardy hybrid of colchicum also known as Meadow Saffron. Genus and species are Colchicum autumnale ‘Pleniflorum.’

Waterlily’s lilac-pink showy double blossoms are 6 to 8 inches tall.

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Try these easy-care flowers for a pastel surprise in your garden next fall.

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Caregivers Must Also Care (Financially) for Themselves

By Nathan M. Kirby

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f you’re a caregiver, possibly for a loved one dealing with an illness such as Alzheimer’s disease, you’re probably already facing some significant emotional and physical challenges – so you don’t need any financial ones as well. Yet, they are difficult to avoid. What steps can you take to deal with them?

First of all, you may be interested in knowing the scale of the problem.

Consider these numbers from the Alzheimer’s Association: About 5.8 million Americans ages 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and in 2019, caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s or other dementias contributed more than 18 billion hours of unpaid care – worth about $244 billion in services. Furthermore, about two-thirds of caregivers are women, and one-third of dementia caregivers are daughters.

But whatever your gender

or relationship to the individuals for whom you’re providing care, you can take some steps to protect your own financial future. Here are a few suggestions:

get paid something for your services. And as long as you are earning income, you can contribute to an IRA to keep building resources for your own retirement.

• Evaluate your employment options. If you have to take time away from work – or even leave employment altogether – to be a caregiver, you will lose not only income but also the opportunity to contribute to an IRA and a 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan. But you may have some options, such as working remotely, or at least working part time.

Either arrangement can give you flexibility in juggling your employment with your caregiving responsibilities.

• Protect your financial interests – and those of your loved ones. You may well want to discuss legal matters with the individual for whom you are a caregiver before Alzheimer’s robs them of the ability to think clearly. It may be beneficial to work with a legal professional to establish a financial power of attorney – a document that names someone to make financial decisions and pay bills when the person with Alzheimer’s no longer can.

And whether you or someone else has financial power of attorney, the very existence of this document may help you avoid getting your personal finances entangled with those of the individual for whom you’re caring.

• Explore payment possibilities for caregiving. Depending on your circumstances, and those of the loved ones for whom you’re providing care, you might be able to work out an arrangement in which you can

• Keep making the right financial moves. As long as

you’re successful at keeping your own finances separate from those of your loved one, you may be able to continue making the financial moves that can help you make progress toward your own goals. For example, avoid taking on more debts than you can handle. Also, try to maintain an emergency fund containing three to six months’ worth of living expenses, with the money kept in a liquid account. Of course, these tasks will be much easier if you can maintain some type of employment or get paid for your caregiving services.

There’s nothing easy about being a caregiver. But by making the right moves, you may be able, at the least, to reduce your potential financial burden and brighten your outlook.

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Meal Service in Senior Centers: The Gallatin County Nutrition program includes four sites: Bozeman, Manhattan, Three Forks and West Yellowstone. The meals-on-wheels and congregate meal programs at all sites provide excellent opportunities for seniors in our county to remain social while enjoying a nutritious meal.

Both components are equally as important in keeping our seniors healthy and active while preventing loneliness and isolation.

All of our sites have outstanding and dedicated kitchen staff who go above and beyond to prepare nutritious meals for seniors in our communities. The goal of the Gallatin County Nutrition Program is to keep older citizens independent and in their homes as long as safely possible.

Eligibility: The nutrition program is available to all seniors over 60 who are in need, but we especially target older clients (over the age of 80), the low income, the frail, and the lonely depressed individual trying to remain independent in their own home or apartment. Seniors may come to the senior center and enjoy a nutritious meal in a comfortable social setting with other seniors. Those who are homebound may enjoy meals-onwheels delivered by wonderful volunteers each day. It is also our goal to keep all our programs and services as affordable as possible.

Our suggested donation is $4.00/ meal for those 60 and older. No one is turned away for inability to pay.

If you are 60 or older, you may pay whatever you can afford. Individuals under 60 are also welcome and encouraged to eat at our sites, however the cost is $6.00/meal and is not a suggested donation.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to COVID-19, our senior center sites will not be open to the public until Phase III of the Governor’s Reopen Montana Plan. However, we are still delivering meal-on-wheels daily and providing grab and go meals at each site.

Please call any of our sites for more information on operations or to get assistance on how we can help you.

Bozeman – Meals are served and delivered 5 days per week at 12:00 noon. Frozen meals can be picked up at any time for individuals who cannot come for the meals that day. We also offer frozen soups and casseroles in 16 ounce containers for $2.00. Call 586-2421 for more information regarding meals-on-wheels or frozen soups and casseroles.

The Bozeman Senior Center has lots of jigsaw puzzles. If you would like some puzzles, call us at 586-2421 and tell us what piece count you would like. 3 puzzles will be bagged and delivered to your house if you live in the city limits.

If you live out of the city limits, we can make arrangements for you to pick up the puzzles. Call us at 586-2421.

Manhattan - Manhattan seves and delivers meals 3 days a week (Tuesday-Thursday) at 12:00 noon.

Call 284-6501 for more information.

Three Forks - Three Forks serves and delivers a noon meal 3 days a week (Tuesday-Thursday). Call 2853235 for more information.

West Yellowstone - West Yellowstone serves and delivers a 12:00 noon meal on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Call 646-7715 for more information.

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1 - Cottage Cheese, Chili, Cornbread, Carrots, Fresh Fruit

807 North Tracy • (406) 586-2421 • www.bozemanseniorcenter.org

There are no meals served at the center so these meals will be delivered to anyone 60 or over who live in the city limits or you can pick up your meal. You need to call before 4:00 the preceding day. You can pick up the meal at 10:45 a.m. We will send you an invoice at the end of the month. Call us at 586-2421 to get on the schedule to start eating “Fay’s Fabulous Food.”

The cost of the meal is a suggested donation of $4.00 for people 60 and over.

This menu is subject to change due to the availability of food.

1 - Fruit, Chicken and Mushrooms over Bow Tie Pasta, Steamed Vegetables, Bread,

Oatmeal Raisin Cookie

2 - Tomato Soup, Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Italian Pepperoni Salad, Chips,

PRIME October 2020 / 15

Yogurt Parfait

5 - 3 Bean Salad, BBQ Chicken, Macaroni and Cheese, Steamed Vegetables,

102 East Main St., Manhattan, MT • 284-6501

6 - Green Salad, Tuna Noodle Casserole, Dill Pickle, Mixed Vegetables, Fresh Fruit 7 - Fruit Salad, Potato, Bacon, Corn Chowder, Bread Stick, Peas, Cookies 8 - Jello, Lemon/Dill Fish, Rice Pilaf, Sweet Potatoes, Cake 13 - Carrot Salad, Beef Stew, Cornbread, Spinach, Pudding 14 - Green Salad, Bacon/ Mac and Cheese, Cinnamon Apple, Corn, Fresh Fruit 15 - 3 Bean Salad, Roast Beef, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Peas, Parfait 20 - Green Salad, Pork Stir Fry, Jasmine Rice, Green Beans, Fresh Fruit 21 - Carrot Salad, Ham Quiche, Roll, Peas, Cookies 22 - Coleslaw, Pulled Pork with Ginger Sauce, Applesauce, Cauliflower/Broccoli, Cake 27 - Pickled Beets, Ham/Bean Skillet, Applesauce, Carrots, Cake 28 - Caesar Salad, Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich, Baked Beans, Broccoli, Fresh Fruit 29 - Green Salad, Meat Loaf, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Brownies

6 - Tossed Salad, Baked Cod, Cheesy Potatoes, Green Beans, Pudding

West Yellowstone Senior Center

7 - Tossed Salad, Chili, Fruit, Bread, Cookie

2 - Green Salad, Grilled Chicken Breast, Mango Salsa, Corn, Cheesy Potatoes, Cake

8 - Applesauce, Roast Pork with Apricot Glaze, Mashed Potatoes, Steamed Carrots,

7 - Green Salad, Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Biscuit, Brownie

Brownie

9 - Green Salad, Chicken Ala King over Biscuit, Vegetables, Cake

9 - Fresh Fruit, Sweet and Sour Meat Balls, Rice, Egg Roll, Peas and Carrots, Jello

14 - Green Salad, Beef Chili, Nacho Chips, Mac and Cheese, Brownie

12 - Closed for Columbus Day

16 - Green Salad, Chicken Fajita, Rice, Refried Beans, Tortillas, Cake

13 -Caesar Salad, ½ Reuben on Rye, Sauerkraut with Bacon and Apple,

21 - Green Salad, Baked Ham, Pineapple Glaze, Mixed Vegetables,

Fresh Fruit

Steamed Vegetables, Dessert Bar

14 - Tossed Salad, Hamburger Noodle Casserole, Broccoli, Bread, Jello 15 - Fruit, Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Corn, Honey Cornbread 16 - Fresh Fruit, Pulled Pork Sandwich, Coleslaw, Chips, Chocolate Chip Cookie 19 - Tossed Salad, Crab Salad on a Croissant, Fresh Fruit, Chips,

Applesauce with Cinnamon & Sugar

20 - Pineapple, Sliced Ham, Sweet Potato, Asparagus, Jello 21 - Tossed Salad, Chicken Ala King over Biscuit, Steamed Vegetables, Bread,

Apple Turnover

22 - Cottage Cheese, Beef Taco, Spanish Rice, Mexi Corn, Fresh Fruit 23 - Peaches, Bacon Cheeseburger, Seasoned Wedge Fries, Vegetable Salad, Yogurt 26 - Tossed Salad, Meat Sauce over Penne, Green Beans, Bread, Fresh Fruit 27 - Broccoli Slaw, Pork Teriyaki over Noodles, Steamed Vegetables, Fortune Cookie,

Cottage Cheese with Fruit

28 - Chicken Noodle Soup, ½ Grilled Ham and Cheese, Chips, Fresh Fruit,

Chocolate Chunk Cookie

29 - Spinach Salad, Turkey and Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Steamed Vegetables,

Pumpkin Bar

30 - Caesar Salad, Shrimp Alfredo, Steamed Vegetables, Bread, Fresh Fruit

Cheesy Potatoes, Fresh Bread, Brownie

23 - Green Salad, Chicken Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Biscuit, Cake 28 - Green Salad, Lasagna, Italian Vegetables, Garlic Toast, Brownie 30 - Green Salad, Tuna Casserole, Italian Vegetables, Biscuit, Cake

16 / October 2020 PRIME

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with a view!

Independent & Assisted Living

Special Extended— Last Chance!

$1 First Month’s Rent!

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406-534-02 81

“I am writing this as a cottage resident of Bozeman Lodge to tell you how my husband and I appreciate the interest and care that Rita has given to protect all the residents from this terrible pandemic. She is always working to help improve the enjoyment of living here and keeping us safe...

We are so glad we moved to Montana and have a wonderful cottage at Bozeman Lodge.”

— Susan K. Testimonial, 2020 | Shared with Permission

Independent & Assisted Living 1547 N. Hunters Way • Bozeman, MT 59718 • (406) 534-0281 www.bozeman-lodge.com