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The Richland County senior commodities distribution center has moved to a new location, for what volunteer coordinator Eunice Lathrop hopes is for the last time. Qualified Richland County seniors can now collect monthly commodities at the old Extension Office, located in the Nutter Building, 123 W. Main. “Use the west door with the ramp,” says Lathrop. “We’ve waited for this move for two years. The ramp makes it easy to unload the semi and it also is user friendly for seniors using walkers...
Nothing beats a peaceful bike ride along a quiet little path, and nothing works better as a magnificent biking trail than the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project’s Main Canal road. This meandering gravel roadway along the edge of the main canal provides miles of hassle-free biking. I meet a vehicle or another person on that road perhaps once a week, and considering I spend a lot of time all spring, summer, fall and in winter until the snow gets too deep walking or pedaling a bike on portions o...
Philanthropy is about giving of yourself, whether it is with money or your time. All you have to do is care about something – an organization, a cause or a mission – and give something of yourself to support that which has touched your heart. It is an understanding of the existence of things that somehow transcends personal interests that prompts the true spirit of charity. Out of this understanding, we make conscious decisions about much more than obligatory giving. It is somewhere in the mid...
Elderly people (that is, people aged 65 years and older) are more prone to heat stress than younger people for several reasons: Elderly people do not adjust as well as young people to sudden changes in temperature. They are more likely to have a chronic medical condition that changes normal body responses to heat. They are more likely to take prescription medicines that impair the body’s ability to regulate its temperature or that inhibit perspiration. Heat Stroke Heat stroke is the most serious heat-related illness. It occurs when the body bec...
It’s one thing to see pictures and hear horror stories that others have to tell after a vicious weather system has passed through an area. It’s quite another to find oneself at the center of that raging storm, unable to do anything but wait until the event ends before picking up the pieces. Brad and Peggy Ann Strupp, Crane, found themselves caught on the road, pulling a 16 foot loaded cargo trailer when the horrific hail and 110 mph windstorm struck Savage on July 29. The wind flipped their trai...
Way back when the world was young and my sister and I rode pterodactyls to school, I remember the two of us looking at a picture of our mother, who must have been the frightful age of 40 or so at the time the picture was taken, and laughing as we pointed out the frumpy (to us) dress, the antiquated hairdo, and my poor mother’s sagging body parts. In our arrogance, we assured ourselves and each other that no way, never for all eternity would we ever look like our mother. Of course, as usual t...
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a vaccine to prevent tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (whooping cough), to vaccinate persons aged 65 or more. The vaccine, marketed under the trade-name Boostrix, is given as a single-dose booster shot and is the first vaccine approved to prevent all three diseases in older people. Pertussis is a serious bacterial infection that causes respiratory illness. Pertussis is characterized by a cough that can last a m...
According to 2010 Montana Injury Burden Report: "Nearly half of fall related deaths occur in the home. In 2006 Montana had the fourth highest fall fatality rate for all ages in the United States." It only takes minutes to identify, control and eliminate the hazards around your home that cause to slips and falls. • Clear clutter off the floor. (pick up newspapers, books, shoes, toys, magazines, clothes etc.) • Secure or use non-skid rugs or avoid area throw rugs all together • Take extra care wit...
Those who enjoy the caffeinated lift that comes from drinking traditional coffees and teas may tend to overlook the benefits of drinking herbal infusions. Now, as explained in this month’s issue of Agricultural Research magazine, the idea that herbal teas may provide a variety of health benefits is no longer just folklore. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded scientists in Boston, MA, have looked into the science-based evidence of health benefits from drinking three of the most popular herbals in America. Diane McKay and Jeffrey B...
In increasing numbers, it seems couples that have built their life around the family farm in America are facing a new dilemma as they reach retirement age. In many cases the farm is producing no more than 2-3% of its market value in an income stream. In today’s society, the children often have little or no interest in carrying on the farming tradition of Mom and Dad. The prospect of relying on this asset for significant retirement income while having to pay someone else to run the farm is not a...
Each year, when fair time approaches, Luella Dore, Sidney, recalls good times, good friends and a lot of exciting activity. Dore served as Richland County Fair culinary division superintendent for 17 years and loved every moment she spent performing her duties. “I started as superintendent in 1982,” she recalls. “They wanted someone for this position who was involved with 4-H and who knew food. My kids were in the Hay Creek Busy Bees 4-H Club and both my husband and I were heavily invol...
By Lois Kerr Most of us enjoy looking at old pictures of ourselves, our friends, and our families, particularly pictures taken years ago that remind us of another time, another place, and in some cases almost another lifetime when we consider how much we’ve changed and how drastically the world around us has altered with the passage of years. I pulled out some old photos the other day and I find I look at these pictures a lot differently now than I looked at them when they were first taken. B...
Many of us have developed an interest in a hobby in our youth that has lasted a lifetime. We have found pleasure in a certain activity for decades, and have learned an enormous amount about that particular pastime as the years pass. Ron Gerry, Sidney, can attest to this lifelong interest in a hobby as he has built model or miniature aircraft throughout his life. Since his retirement he builds and repairs miniatures over the winter then flies them for fun over the summer. “I started this hobby a...
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services’ (DPHHS) Child and Adult Care Food Program has received an $111,034 Child Care Wellness Grant from the US Department of Agriculture. The grant will be used to improve nutrition, health and wellness in child care settings across Montana. The state will fund activities in 2012 and 2013 that promote nutrition in child care that reflect the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, to providers of child care centers and family and group day care homes. “It’s important that all of Montana’s childre...
An education event will be held at Ray Senior Center, Main Street and 2nd Ave., on Thursday, July 21 from 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p. m. Service Options For Seniors Agenda 9:30 a.m. - Karen Quick, NW Human Service Center’s Aging Services Unit, Family Caregiver Support Program, Vulnerable Adult Protective Services, Ombudsman Services; IPAT’s assistive safety devices, phone program and medication management devices; and NW Human Service Center’s services, 701-774-4685 or 1-800-231-7724. 9:45 a.m. – Wendy Peters, Mercy Home Care/Hospice, 701-774...
Book review Writing a book, particularly non-fiction, requires dedication, time, and commitment to get the job done correctly. The book Finding the Bad Inn, written by Butte native Christy Leskovar, describes in detail the amount of work required to thoroughly research a topic and the amount of work she did to produce her first book, High Plains Book Award finalist One Night in a Bad Inn, a book dealing with an incident in her family’s past. Leskovar discovered so much information while r...
