Polson Seniors: Watch time fly away

Happy Halloween! Drive safely out there.

Nov. 3rd is so irritating. Set your clocks back Saturday evening, Montana Standard Time. Or just throw your clock outside and watch time fly away.

Tuesday is Election Day. I call it race day, and I bet on which TV station will predict a winner, and then renege. Don’t stay up. Get a good night’s rest. Staying up won’t give you the answer. Wait until Jan. 5.

Pinochle is such a strange name for a fun card game that’s easy to learn and play. We had 17 players Oct. 24.

The Mission Mountain Spinners group is new to our activity list (see below). Bring your spinning wheel.

Substitute cooks are needed when our regular staff members are absent due to illness or vacation. Pay DOE.

Classes for cell phone/computer have been postponed until 2025. Try the library or ask a friend, or a teen.

See’s Candy is in! Boxes cost $27 and there’s a limited supply. Buy them early and hide them. Don’t forget where you put them.

Bowling “no-tap” is Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m. Have fun knocking those pins down (or not). Call Don at 406-885-5617 for details.

Activities at the Polson center, open to all, include: wood carving for beginners, 1 p.m. Wednesday and Friday, join any week; self-guided, video-assisted exercise, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, sitting or standing; bingo, 6:30 p.m. Fridays ($100 blackout), with playing card bingo on the first and third Wednesdays.

Pinochle is now offered two days a week: 12:30-3 p.m. Mondays, no-pass-partners rules, or Thursdays, three- four- or five-handed. Beginners are welcome. Inquire at the center about bridge.

The Spinning Wheelers meet 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month (Nov.5); bring spinning wheel and fiber.

Play board and card games from 12:30-3 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Bring some friends. The pool table is open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays. Mah-jong players meet at noon Wednesdays.

A veteran’s service officer visits the center on the first Friday and third Tuesday of each month; Memory Café by Angel Care, a cognitive support group, meets on the first Tuesday of each month.

Meals are available for sit-down from 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. weekdays, and delivered to qualified people who call before 10 a.m. A suggested donation of $5 helps support the nutrition program.

Upcoming main dishes include: scary cat chicken, bloody beets, croaky frog-eye salad, and petrified pumpkin bars, Oct. 31; pork tips, Nov. 1; chili-mac soup, Nov. 4; beef goulash, Nov. 5; baked chicken, Nov. 6; barbecue ribs, Nov. 7; and ham and cheese subs, Nov. 8.

The center is open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays at 504 Third Ave. E. For more information, call 406-883-4735, email polsonseniorcenter@gmail.com or visit us on Facebook.