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A Note From Our Publisher Contents

Pick Your Battles Doodle Puzzle .......................................................3

Comics ....................................................................4

By the time you receive this issue in the mail or pick one Brain Games ..........................................................4
up at one of the 1,600 locations we deliver to, the snow will All About Idaho .....................................................5
have fallen and December will have arrived. This issue begins
our new year as well, 2021. Home & Lifestyle ................................................9
Somehow I find winter cathartic. The cold and snow are my Crossword .............................................................10
friends. I will ski this season with a new partial left knee and
intend to battle any discomfort for the sake of fresh powder Spotlights ..............................................................12
turns at my local ski area. Cover Story ...........................................................16
That starts mid December and continues until April. I yearn for the day I turn 70 and earn Health Care ...........................................................18
my season pass at a discount.
Emotional and work issues seem to disappear when I am plowing snow or skiing in it. Nutrition .................................................................21
The concentration and elements of occasional terror seem to blow those troubles away like Fitness ....................................................................22
the wind. Caregiving ..............................................................23
We are now weathering a storm that nobody has ever fathomed.
Faced with a virus that has kept this audience contained, we are often isolated while Money Matters ....................................................24
struggling with issues of safety and security. Entertainment ......................................................25
Some of us have lost jobs while others have been furloughed, quarantined, or shuttered Taste of Idaho .......................................................26
from the people they love. And 2021 brings us a vaccination challenge as well as a new battle
for fair and equitable behavior. Travel .......................................................................27
I chose kindness over battling back in March. Now I battle to keep my sense of humor. I Recreation .............................................................29
strive for patience while I battle to not become a patient.
Fight to be human. Brain Game Answers ..........................................31
The cool part about winter in the Intermountain West is we get to celebrate the holidays About Us
with inclement weather. Albeit a bit unusual this year, it will come, and we can choose to be
glad in the same pants as we are sad. Our paper—published six times per year—exists to serve
Call your family on the phone. Send a video or, better yet, a written note. Be available, and and benefit our mature readers. We encourage the contri-
try and help one another. bution of interesting material. Views expressed in editorial
are not necessarily the views of the publisher. Likewise,
Support one another and kick loneliness out of the equation. this publication does not endorse any particular product,
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Our sister publication, the Montana Senior News, won “We hear from our readers often, how we are doing, Our Staff Contributors
the 2020 North American Mature Publishers Association’s and these awards solidify our commitment to our audi-
BEST IN SHOW award for it’s division. ence,” said Bob Hunt, publisher of both papers. “Judged by General Manager Julie Fink/Brantley
Jonathan Rimmel
Together, our papers raked in a total of 23 awards one of the top journalism institutions, we know now that
from this year’s event. we rank with the best newspapers in America.”
Managing Editor
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About Our Staff Writers Janet Hunt

Publisher
Robert Hunt
H o l l y E n dersb y has been an Dianna Troyer is a freelance writer based
award-winning outdoor writer for 25 in Pocatello, Idaho. She enjoys family and
years. She enjoys horse packing, fishing, friends, skiing, riding horses, and hiking.
hunting, snow and water sports, yoga, Communicate with us
and hiking.
Interest in Montanans and their commu- Mailing ..................1985 McMannamy Draw
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Lori Williams, born and raised in Idaho,
An author and musician, Dr. Aaron is a free-lance writer, former home-ed-
Parrett is a professor at the University of ucator, and lover of mountains. She has Like us on Facebook
Providence. He runs a vintage print shop, lived in Ketchum the last 35 years. @IdahoSeniorIndependent
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