Senior Menus

  • Watkins/EV Senior Dining – Jan. 31-Feb. 4

    Eden Valley meals are delivered to your home by volunteers before noon Monday-Friday. Please order at least one day in advance by calling Mary Lou at (320) 453-4407 to order a meal. Watkins meals can be picked up curbside at St. Anthony Manor before noon Monday-Friday or can be home-delivered by calling Chrissy Elton at…

  • Senior dining site closures

    Senior dining sites in Maple Lake, Annandale, and Kimball will be closed for the week of Dec. 27-31 and reopen Monday, Jan. 3.

  • Kimball Senior Dining open for dine-in or take-out

    The full menu wasn’t available until after press time. Since you have to pre-register the day before and some of you receive your paper as early as Wednesday with a box at the Post Office, we will note here what the menu includes for Thursday, Sept. 9, and Friday, Sept. 10. Please see next week’s…

  • Kimball Senior Dining still feeding seniors in the community

    Catholic charities continues to provide meals for community seniors. If you are 60 and over and would like to participate in the Senior Dining Program, please call (320) 398- 2211, ext. 13, Thursdays by 1 p.m. During the COVID-19 pandemic, frozen meals can be picked up or delivered Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. Volunteers are always…

  • Kimball Senior Dining volunteers needed

    Senior Dining is in need of volunteers who would be interested in being on an on-call list. There are opportunities both to deliver Meals-on-Wheels and to assist in the kitchen and the dining area. Hours are between 10:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. Please call Rosalea at (320) 398-2211, ext. 13.

  • Plant an extra row for Catholic Charities Senior Dining

    If you are planting a garden this year, consider “planting an extra row” for senior dining in your community. Then, when it is harvest time, we can share the product of your hard work with seniors in our program. Last year, our diners said they ate healthier because of our program. Is there anything better…

  • How to write a will

    Dear Savvy Senior, Though it may seem hard to believe, at age 65, I never have gotten around to making a will, but I’d like to now. My question is: Do I need to hire a lawyer to write my will, or can I do it myself? I want to get my affairs in order,…

  • Senior Nutrition transitions to home-delivered meal service

    Thursday, March 15, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota in Eden Valley began providing home-delivered meals exclusively through its Senior Nutrition service. Although meals will not be served in the dining room at the civic center in Eden Valley, diners are welcome and encouraged to receive meals in their homes. The change is being made to…

  • Diet and heart attack

    Diet and heart attack

    Dear Dietitian, I had a heart attack about six weeks ago, which required bypass surgery. While in the hospital, I was bombarded by different professionals who instructed me to quit smoking, stop using salt, and change my diet to low fat/low cholesterol. I was very overwhelmed after major surgery that I only remember about half…

  • Could you have diabetes?

    Could you have diabetes?

    Dear Savvy Senior, My brother and his wife, who are ages 60 and 56, were recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and prediabetes, and neither one had a clue. Could I have it too?  Concerned Sibling Dear Concerned, According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nearly 115 million Americans have diabetes or prediabetes…

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