A New Era for Montana Senior News: Farewell to Jack Love and Welcome to Robert and Janet Hunt By Gail Jokerst
Jack W. Love, Jr. former owner/editor of the Montana Senior News and Idaho Senior Independent Photo by Jonathan Rimmel
WHAT’S INSIDE... Automotive / RV ...............25
Discover Montana............26
Letters to the Editor...........3
Beyond Montana.............50
Entertainment..................57
Lifestyle............................67
Book & Literature...............6
Events Calendar ...............63
Medical Directory.............43
Caregiving ........................34
Northwest MT..................17
Real Estate .......................72
Contest Corner...................8
Finance & Insurance.........21
Recreation........................53
Cupid’s Corner ...................4
Golf..................................54
Remember When ............10
Crossword .......................38
Governor’s Conference ....11
Travel...............................32
Dining Guide....................66
Heath & Fitness................41
If you typically read the Montana Senior News from cover to cover, you may have noticed that the logo on the front page has changed, along with the masthead publication information listed inside. Those changes ����not just an updated logo but new ownership and a new era for the newspaper. After 33 y ears of publishing and editing Montana Senior News, the paper’s founder Jack Love has retired. This past spring, he sold the Montana Senior News along with its sister publication, the Idaho Senior Independent, to Robert and Janet Hunt of Kalispell. Although the Hunts live in the Flathead, the newspaper’s headquarters for advertising sales and production remains in Great Falls, where Jack has lived since 1981. From the start, Jack wanted the newspaper to focus on opening the door of possibilities of what readers could accomplish. That has never changed. “Many people are �����yby things they see and hear but aren’t aware of. Reading about older stock car drivers, parachutists and scuba divers can vicariously make readers feel younger by realizing someone their age could do this, too,” explains Jack. “It’s about getting up off the couch and the doing—extending yourself out of your comfort zone. It seems a more interesting way to live.” Now that he has retired, Jack is looking forward to opening his own doors of possibility and various ways he can enjoy and educate himself. With his newly acquired free hours, he and his wife, Joan, are spending more time outdoors, hiking along the Rocky Mountain Front, bicycling River’s Edge Trail, and canoeing the Missouri. They ’re traveling the nation to see their kids and grandchildren living in �� different states. Additionally, Jack plans to do some volunteering and take online classes, “to become more tech-savvy.” A U.S. Navy veteran with a degree in law as well as English, Jack never intended to start a newspaper. However, he had a vision of how to serve Montana’s mature readership and acquired the skills on the job to bring the newspaper to birth. “The paper’s purpose has alway s been to provide interesting and entertaining information for an active 50-plus aged audience,” notes Jack. “It has always been about pr���of people who were worthy of the ink. I also felt it was important to cover a broad range of topics, including travel, �nance and recreation. You need a bit of something for everybody.” Although initially a quarterly publication, Montana Senior News went to a bimonthly format after the ���year. (Continued on pg 55)
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