The Ulen Senior Center hosted a special launch party for a brand new program last month. Eric Bergerson was the keynote speaker. Bergerson talked about the benefits of aging in a small town and he listed several perks. But it wasn’t just the seniors in Ulen enjoying the presentation. Thanks to the new program, called Clay County Age Well, his presentation was viewed by seniors in four Clay County communities. A group of seniors watch a program at the Moorhead site (Hjemkomst

Unit chief of the FBI Cyber Division is this year’s featured speaker The 18th annual Expo for Seniors, a free event providing a wide variety of activities geared toward those age 55 and up, is returning to the River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud on Aug. 17, from 8 a.m.-12 noon. The event is completely free and includes a breakfast, plenty of vendors, health screenings, a keynote speaker, door prizes and more. Breakfast will be served from 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m. or while sup

LGF seeing first hand the benefits of a boat ride Smiles are common on Let’s Go Fishing boats. The non-profit organization has helped thousands of people get out on the water over the last 14 years Contributed photo Studies have shown that nature has beneficial effects on mental and physical health. And Let’s Go Fishing’s many chapters in Minnesota are stressing the importance of those outdoor attributes in its mission statement: “Bringing Nature’s Healing and Well-Being to S

Three of the four skydivers are seniors. They are: Andy Anderson, Margaret Rice, and Terry Sylvester.  Matt Fuchs is a younger man who also took the jump. Anderson happened to mention to his fellow volunteers how he had been thinking he would like to go skydiving. As soon as the others got wind of this idea they all began planning. On a Sunday in July the four took advantage of a half-off opportunity and did the jump in Milaca.  After instruction and filling out the necessary

To increase seniors’ access to nutritious foods, the Minnesota Department of Human Services today announced the launch of a new one-page application for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for Minnesotans age 60 and older. At the end of 2012, only 50.5 percent of seniors eligible for SNAP were accessing it. Currently, more than 500,000 Minnesotans are on SNAP. Stemming from the recommendation of the Nutritious Food Coalition, launched by Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prett