Laura Shellman, a Nurse Practitioner who joined the Sweet Medical Center the end of May, made a presentation to the monthly meeting of the Cancer Support Group at the Chinook Senior Center last week. A native of Los Angeles, Shellman and her family recently moved to Chinook from Glendive, Montana. Despite growing up in a major urban area, she says, "Over the years I've come to find I really like living and working in small towns and rural areas." Before moving to Glendive Shellman worked in North Dakota.

The topic of Shellman's presentation was impaired thinking and dementia. She assured the a...