A virtual program for those with dementia and their caregivers
MISSOULA - The Missoula Art Museum is providing a comforting art-viewing and art-making experience for those in the early stages of dementia and their caregivers. A new video is uploaded to the Missoula Art Museum’s YouTube channel on the first Monday of each month at 2 p.m. There is no registration required and no cost. Everyone is invited to tune in or watch when it is convenient.
Based on the Museum of Modern Art’s “Meet Me” program, Art in the Moment creates a dementia-friendly learning community and provides an opportunity for caregivers and those with dementia to be together in a creative and relaxed environment. Led by Kay Grissom-Kiely, Curator of Education at MAM and Teaching Artist Bev Beck Glueckert, this program provides therapeutic benefits of processing emotions and sparking associations and memories for elders experiencing memory loss.
For the monthly schedule and more information about the exhibiting artists that will be featured, visit https://missoulaartmuseum.org/art-in-the-moment.
Alpine Stream Insects online presentation, Feb. 3
Swan Valley – Join Swan Valley Connections for a presentation on alpine stream insects at 6:30 p.m., Feb. 3 via Zoom. In his presentation, Joe Giersch, aquatic entomologist with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center in Glacier National Park, will discuss the relationships of aquatic stream insects and communities threatened by the loss of snow and ice in the warming climate and what it might take for them to thrive in the years to come.
To join the presentation visit https://us02web.zoom.us/J/83458922265. Visit https://www.swanvalleyconnections.org/ for details or call 406-754-3137.
Weekly COVID-19 update
As of Jan. 25, there are 91,816 cases of COVID-19 in Montana. There are 4,391 active cases, 4,128 total hospitalizations with 129 active, 86,274 recoveries and 1,151 deaths in Montana due to COVID-19 complications. Missoula County has had 7,521 cases, has 261 active cases, 7,185 recovered and 75 COVID-related deaths. According to the Missoula City-County Health Department, 13 Missoula County cases previously counted as “recovered” are now classified as “deceased.” The date of death on record spans October - early December, 2020. This new information is based on a death record review by MT DPHHS and recently shared with local jurisdictions across the state for reconciliation.
For the most up-to-date and accurate information please refer to the Missoula County-City Health Department website http://missoula.co/cvirus or call 406-258-INFO (4636) Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Missoula County Sheriff’s Office Call Log Jan. 18 – Jan. 23
• 1/18, 11:21am, 32XX Highway 83, Seeley Lake: Theft
• 1/18, 12:57pm, 400XX Paws Up Road, Greenough: Attempted Theft
• 1/18, 10:50pm, 1XX School Lane, Seeley Lake: Disturbance
• 1/21, 10:42am, 12XX Potomac Loop, Potomac: Recovered Stolen Property
• 1/23, 5:53pm, 5XX Tamarack Drive, Seeley Lake: Offenses Against Family/Children Neglect
• 1/23, 6:08pm, Camp Utmost Way, Greenough: Accident – No Injury
Seeley Lake Rural Fire District Call Log
December 2019, 20 calls; December 2020, 23 calls; 2019, 305 total calls; Total 2020: 307 calls
• No calls on record for week of Jan. 17-23
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