Articles Found in This Issue
Peppermint A Cool Solution for IBS - Peppermint is a beautiful plant that has been proven to help with Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
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Blockchain: Coming to A Bank Near You - Blockchain is a novel technology enabling things like cryptocurrency to exist in the way they do. 
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Beating the Blues and Managing Depression - Sometimes, depression and fears can get the best of us. Here are some techniques you can use to help manage depression.
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How Much Do You Need to Save for Retirement? - Calculating an approximate number of how much you’ll need to save for retirement is actually pretty easy and doesn’t take long to do.
Where Have All the Snowbirds Gone? - My wife and I are the only snowbirds we know. Few are willing to brave the early-bird special lines to stake out a claim to Florida sunshine. 
Fitness Tracking and Coaching Technology - A nutritious diet and lots of exercise help weight loss and lowers blood pressure, but the key to good health is fitness tracking technology.
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Celebrate Winter Solstice 2021 - Winter Solstice 2021 offers a special treat—a “Great Conjunction,” when Jupiter & Saturn are closer together than they've been in centuries. 
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My First Senior Discount - I know why I got my first senior discount. I wasn't qualified, but I wasn't depressed—just eager to get the Medicare enrollment discount.
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Adjusting Family Holiday Plans - In striving for connection at special times of the year, we parsed our family holiday plans finer than I ever would have imagined years ago
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Find Old Friends Online - Thanks to the Internet, tracking down long-lost friends is relatively easy to do, and, in most cases, it won’t cost you a cent.
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Lighten the Load—Help an Older Relative Fight the Holiday Blues - Some people are apprehensive and may experience heightened feelings of loneliness as Christmas approaches. You can help lighten the load.
Chocolate Treats for the Holiday Season - Chocolate treats evocative of the season will be sure to please friends and family alike — hot cocoa kisses.
Book Review: Flight to Forever, by Debbie Burke - From a Montana senior care facility to the peak of Forever Mountain, Debbie Burke ratchets up the pace and intensity in Flight to Forever
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A Chukar Hunter’s Stocking Stuffer - This article contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Review by HOLLY ENDERSBY Having bird hunters on your holiday gift list can be a challenge, but a book that provides solid information, as well as humor, is sure to please those avid game bird enthusiasts. Look no further than A… Read More »A Chukar Hunter’s Stocking Stuffer
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Montana Professor Brings Hollywood to Dillon - Turning Thomas Savage's "Power of the Dog" into a movie has been a long time coming. UM professor Alan Weltzien helped make it happen.
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Organizations Preserving Montana’s Historic Districts - Historic districts offer many benefits for a community, including educational opportunities and tourism focal points. 
Christmas Trees: Electric vs Real - I developed an antipathy toward artificial Christmas trees until we realized one of our children had an allergic reaction to live-cut trees. 
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It’ll Be Cold Tonight! But Cold Enough to Pick Apples? - Apples can stand two or three hours down to 28. Drop the temp one more degree, and the fruit will freeze and spoil from the inside out. 
Montana Jewish Project Reclaims Helena’s Historic Emanu-El Temple - For almost 100 years, Helena has lacked a Jewish community center. Organizers of the Montana Jewish Project hope that's about to change.
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Montanans Who Served at Pearl Harbor - Of the 2,403 people killed during the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor Naval Base on Dec. 7, 1941, 14 were from Montana.
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The Hunters Season - Time, like a river, keeps on flowing. We can’t stop it or make more of it. It’s what we do with time — in the hunters season — that matters. 
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Golf Addiction: Slowing Down for the Holidays - The Holidays are a perfect time for slowing down, taking a breather, and reflecting back on all the goodness the year has brought. 
Book Review: Gunfight by Ryan Busse - Hunters are devouring Gunfight by Ryan Busse, former VP of Sales and Marketing for the Kimber Firearms company and Kalispell, Mont., resident.
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The Best Homemade Vegetable Soup - This vegetable soup with crackers and some fruit is an economical comfort food on a winter night — a good way to eat the vegetables you need. 
Local Artisan Cider Houses Pressed for the Holidays - Montana cider houses offer prize-winning, artisanal beverages made from locally harvested fruit, some specifically for the holiday season.
Publisher Letter: Replace Fear with Gratitude - What if you count to five before reacting to an idiotic situation? Instead of responding like a jackass, try this simple solution—gratitude.
