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Minot Area Senior Coalition to present ‘Salute to Seniors’

The Minot Area Senior Coalition is busy getting ready for our upcoming 24th “Salute to Seniors” Tuesday, May 10, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Minot Municipal Auditorium. This year’s theme is “Salute to First Responders.” Our main feature is Danny Elvis who will be doing the Danny Elvis and Johnny Cash shows. Jerry Schlag & friends will play fantastic accordion music. There will be great dancing music for both events. We will have a speaker from the Minot Police Department and a variety of informational vendors who will be helpful for our seniors. Ed Schmaltz will be ...

Estate planning goes high-tech

The pandemic has shown us that doing business in the traditional face-to-face sense is becoming a thing of the past. Gone are the days where you must drive into town to attend a meeting because you can join a Zoom call instead. Signing paper documents at the bank is being replaced by using your finger to sign on a tablet instead, and PDF copies are immediately sent to you via email. In that same vein, North Dakotans have new, convenient options for accomplishing routine legal matters and I will describe three of those: online remote notarization, electronic Wills, and the online health ...

Current update on volunteer status, changes at Trinity Homes

My name is Shelly Swearson and I am new to the “Senior Scene.” I am however, not new to the “senior scene” or new to Minot. I have been working in health care for 32 years and 30 of theose years have been at Trinity Homes in Minot. I have been the director of Social Services at Trinity Homes for 22 of those years and last spring I also became the director of Activities and supervise the Transport Aides and the Trinity Homes Beauty Shop. The most challenging thing I have faced in my 32 years working in health care has been the last two years during this pandemic. To watch the ...

Club Calendar Spring 2022

Alamo Senior Center 528-4881 Business Meeting: 2nd Tuesday, 1 p.m. Social Activities: Birthdays, monthly, last Tuesday Cards: Tuesday, following lunch Senior Meals: Tuesdays, 12 p.m. Foot Clinic: Odd months, Divide County Health Nurse Anamoose Senior Citizens 465-3316 Business Meeting: 1st Monday, bingo & speaker Social Meeting: 3rd Friday Senior Meals: Mondays, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Chair Exercise: Mondays & Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. Free Blood Pressure Check: 1st Monday Cards & Dominoes: Fridays, 6:30 p.m. Berthold Senior ...

Elison Assisted Living of Minot celebrates spring, new beginnings

It is said that spring represents new beginnings. Once the sun comes out and the days grow longer, the possibilities seem endless. There’s a different energy around people, one that is driven by positivity. This year, new beginnings feel like a fitting theme, given the events of the past two years. At Elison Assisted Living of Minot, it takes on an especially significant meaning as we begin our first spring as a Sagora Senior Living community. We’re incredibly excited to be a member of the Sagora Senior Living family. For us, it is a great fit, as Sagora Senior Living is ...

You can have a Porterhouse Steak as long as it’s rare – a rare treat

WASHINGTON, D.C. – It sometimes seems that the world is determined to classify senior citizens as an endangered species, telling us that we need to exercise more in order to keep in shape and eat foods not because they are tasty but because they’re good for you, says Rebecca Weber, CEO of the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. “They are right, of course, whoever ‘they’ are. But does that mean we can’t take an occasional break -- that we can’t take it easy every once in a while or have a meal not because it is particularly good for you but because you crave the ...