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By: Dan Roberts / Publisher<br />
“<br />
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I’ve been referencing that cliché quite a<br />
bit over the last month as, once again, such<br />
imitation strikes again.<br />
Now let me immediately state that I’m not complaining, nor are we<br />
going to do anything about these “coincidences.” It is what it is.<br />
But it does seem that the “other” publication, the Las Vegas Review<br />
Journal truly likes what we have been doing.<br />
It started a few years ago, when they introduced a new weekly “question<br />
and answer series featuring notable Las Vegans.” The column name:<br />
Vegas Voices.<br />
While the name “sounds familiar” who are we to start cease-and-desist<br />
litigation against Mr. Adelson? Everyone here just decided to grin and<br />
bear it - however it would certainly be nice if we were ever featured in the<br />
weekly column.<br />
Then we started reading how the RJ was claiming sole credit for its<br />
reporting on the guardianship scandal. Regular readers obviously know<br />
better, since that has been a cornerstone of our monthly editions for over<br />
2 ½ years!<br />
But reading their “occasional” articles, you would swear that it alone<br />
uncovered this issue, even though The Vegas Voice (not to be confused<br />
with Vegas Voices) began exposing this cesspool six months prior to the<br />
RJ’s “exclusive” original story.<br />
And by the way, one of their named sources quoted is our political<br />
editor Rana Goodman. That’s correct, my Rana.<br />
Then finally last month, the RJ proudly rolled out its new front page<br />
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does it look familiar?<br />
That idea was by our president and graphic designer extraordinaire Ray<br />
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of flattery.<br />
What will the Review Journal do in the upcoming months? We’ll let you<br />
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5
It’s A Beautiful<br />
Frame Up!<br />
by Crystal Czerkas Sarbacker<br />
Crystal Czerkas-One of the things my husband<br />
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7
Expanding Our Entertainment<br />
By: Evan Davis / Entertainment Editor<br />
It’s Show Time!<br />
It’s May and Spring is in full bloom - but it<br />
feels more like Summer.<br />
As detailed throughout this edition, May and June are packed with 3<br />
fantastic shows that The Vegas Voice is presenting; including our Twilight<br />
Affairs at the Silverton’s Veil Pavilion.<br />
We will have our Twilight Affairs shows at the Silverton’s Veil Pavilion<br />
in May, September, October, November and December. Plus, a very special<br />
concert on Sunday, August 20 th at 3 pm.<br />
It will be “The Summer of Love” a 50-year celebration concert<br />
hosted by Mark Giovi and Genevieve Dew. We’ll have a slew of<br />
entertainers and singers performing songs from 1967. There will be<br />
more information in upcoming editions, but we can guarantee that the<br />
summer concert will be “groovy.”<br />
For those of you who are too young to remember, 1967 was called The<br />
Summer of Love. Don’t ask me why, I don’t want to embarrass myself.<br />
It will however be a spectacular line-up with performers and our Musical<br />
Director, Gary Anderson will be in charge of the band.<br />
Tickets are available NOW by calling The Vegas Voice or myself.<br />
Some of the other shows we will have during 2017 (besides our variety<br />
theme shows) are: the music of Rogers and Hammerstein, The Phat Pack,<br />
Rock to Broadway and the Tribute Artist Showcase.<br />
The theaters and showrooms are at the Silverton, and your community<br />
clubhouses - Sun City MacDonald Ranch, the Starbright Theatre and<br />
Desert Vista Ballroom in Sun City Summerlin, Sun City Aliante<br />
Mark Giovi & Genevieve Dew will be hosting our<br />
“Summer of Love” Concert<br />
and the Summerlin Community, Siena. That’s a lot of “Sun” but we’re<br />
covering the whole valley - north, south, east and west.<br />
There is no reason you can’t make it to one of these shows as ticket<br />
prices range from FREE to $20. Where else can you see this type of quality<br />
performances with many Broadway performers for a small stipend?<br />
Now I know we’ve only been talking about what I’m producing<br />
with The Vegas Voice, but there is so much that we are bringing to the<br />
community that I thought it was warranted. Everyone: get out there and<br />
support the local entertainers and help keep music alive.<br />
*My first “On the Town” TV Celebrity Interview is now history. A great,<br />
big “thank you” to my first guests – Pia Zadora and Sonny Charles.<br />
Coming up this month – Chadwick Johnson.<br />
You can read Evan’s entertainment blog and sign up to receive<br />
his free email weekly Calendar of Events at www.EvanDavisJazz.<br />
com. Email him at: evan@thevegasvoice.net.<br />
Along with fellow Vegas Voice columnist Evan<br />
Davis, and with thanks to the wonderful people at<br />
Humana, we are back on the air. “On the Town”<br />
will be a twice monthly TV show.<br />
Evan is the host for the “Celebrity Interviews” at the Summerlin location<br />
and I have the honors at the Green Valley Humana Neighborhood Center.<br />
And what a line-up for our respective initial shows!<br />
Evan had the beautiful Pia Zadora along with singer legend Sonny<br />
Charles. And to match his “celebrity power” I had legendary King of<br />
Comedy (and fellow Vegas Voice columnist) Marty Allen, and his equally<br />
beautiful and talented wife, singer Karon Kate Blackwell.<br />
We were joined by the talented teen star Julia Rose Gruenberg from the<br />
hit television series “Baskets” on FX Channel. And I am so fortunate to<br />
have as my announcer/sidekick, the man with the golden voice, Nevada<br />
Broadcaster Hall of Fame Jon Lindquist.<br />
What a great way to start the show. And my guest next month will be<br />
another comedy legend – Rich Little.<br />
By the way, the audience approved my opening monologue that<br />
included the “Top 5 Reasons to Fly United Airlines”:<br />
8<br />
We’re Back On the Air!<br />
By: Rich Natole / Voices of a Generation<br />
May 2017<br />
5. They treat you as good as your luggage,<br />
4. They now offer both red eye and black eye flights,<br />
3. They may not beat the competition but they know how to beat their<br />
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1. They have Chinese takeout!<br />
Rich Natole is a comic/impressionist headlining entertainer & host<br />
of The Vegas Voice Television/Podcast Show. For more information<br />
visit: www.richnatole.com. You can also contact Rich at: rich@<br />
richnatole.com.
A Real Man’s Man<br />
By: Dan Roberts / Publisher<br />
“Let me ask you a question. Are you really a<br />
wimp?” Over the years, I have been called many<br />
names, but “wimp?”<br />
As the “boss” nothing gives me greater satisfaction than exchanging<br />
thoughts and comments about our publication. While I appreciate when<br />
people remark how much they “love the paper” (and now magazine) I<br />
nonetheless marvel and even admire those who take the time to criticize<br />
various articles and columnists - especially yours truly.<br />
Anyway to make a long story short, a reader recently approached me and<br />
with a scowl on his face, directed the above remarks.<br />
To this gentleman’s mind, my columns and actions are nothing less<br />
than glorifying my never-ending cowardly conduct in bowing down to the<br />
political editor (and my Ladylove) Rana Goodman – always doing whatever<br />
she says and wants.<br />
“Stand up for yourself,” he advised. Don’t be afraid to man up.”<br />
The next evening, I discussed the person’s opinion with my PILL (partner<br />
in life & love). “Pay it no mind” she announced. “It’s nonsense. And don’t<br />
forget to empty the dishwasher. You know how I dislike reminding you.”<br />
While I (of course) immediately apologized and complied with her request,<br />
I could not shake the guy’s comment from my mind. Perhaps he was right;<br />
maybe I have meekly obeyed Rana’s commands – quickly running to satisfy<br />
her every whim and desire.<br />
“Rana dear” I said after feeding and cleaning up after her dogs and setting<br />
the table for dinner, “Have I become your servant?”<br />
“Of course not,” Rana responded and gave me that dreaded “look.” “Did<br />
you ever think he was jealous of what we have? Now why don’t you go get the<br />
pizza. I’m starving.”<br />
As I faithfully drove back from the take-out restaurant; making sure there<br />
were extra packages of parmesan cheese (my Rana loves parmesan cheese) I<br />
began to wonder if my now existence is dedicated to being nothing more than<br />
a slave; always cowering to the dictates of Ms. Goodman.<br />
“Rana, could I be so wrong?” I said as I began clearing the table and<br />
washing the dishes. “Is my life with you a lie?”<br />
“Don’t be ridiculous” she said. “Why would you believe such silliness? And<br />
make sure you take out the garbage. You came close to leaving the house<br />
without doing so last time and I almost had to do it.”<br />
“And make it quick. Judge Judy is almost on and then we need to have a<br />
discussion about your bathroom etiquette. The toilet seat was in the wrong<br />
position.”<br />
Hurriedly wheeling the trash cans to the curb, I realized that the reader was<br />
absolutely wrong. I’m not a wimp. I’m a real man’s man.<br />
How do I know? It’s simple - Rana told me<br />
*Speaking of serving my Don(na) Quixote as her faithful squire, Sancho<br />
Panza, there we were last month before the Nevada legislature in Carson City.<br />
We both testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the (further) need<br />
for guardianship reform.<br />
We’ll have more information next month as, once again, we expect to<br />
deliver all guardianship petitions to the Nevada Assembly. I’ll name the<br />
good guys – and those not so good who refuse to clean up this guardianship<br />
cesspool.<br />
Senator Becky Harris with Rana<br />
holding guardianship reform law<br />
9
By: Beverly Washburn / Hollywood Memories<br />
In 1958 I was cast in one of 3 episodes I did<br />
on Wagon Train. This particular episode<br />
starred Lou Costello and was titled: The Tobias<br />
Jones Story.<br />
What was interesting about this episode is that it was Lou Costello's (of<br />
Abbott and Costello fame) only dramatic role. And that it was written by<br />
Harry Von Zell.<br />
Sadly, many of our wonderful stars and personalities are often forgotten<br />
as years go by; however, many readers will remember Harry. He is most<br />
famous for being the announcer on the old George Burns show. He also<br />
played one of their befuddled neighbors.<br />
Harry started his career in 1927 and worked with the likes of Eddie<br />
Cantor, Bing Crosby, and Dinah Shore, to name just a few. He also did a<br />
few acting parts in various movies and TV shows.<br />
But what he was notoriously known for was his blooper which earned<br />
him an honorary award for the immortal "National Hall of Bloopers."<br />
Harry’s entry was when on the radio he referred to President Herbert<br />
Hoover as Hoobert Heever!<br />
I've mentioned in past columns that many of the stars I worked with<br />
were not familiar to me, because I was too young. In this case however,<br />
I knew exactly who he was, as I used to watch Burns and Allen with my<br />
parents.<br />
10<br />
My Day in a Property Brothers Video<br />
By: Dianne Davis / That’s Entertainment<br />
How does a 70 plus year old woman get<br />
to be in a music video with the Property<br />
Brothers? Apply.<br />
They were looking for unique acts so I sent a photo of me with my<br />
puppet Charlene. (File that under things we didn't know about Dianne.)<br />
The Property Brothers recognized me and thought I would be a<br />
fun fit with a character they had scripted – an uptight reporter from<br />
“Architecture Quarterly.” Reverse type-casting!<br />
I got the call. The next day I got another call. Would I ….um, can't<br />
tell you, it would be a spoiler. I said, “Do you know me? I'm pretty much<br />
up for anything.”<br />
The day of the shoot I am there at 7 a.m. (If you know me, you know<br />
there is no 7 a.m. in my universe, but this is special.)<br />
What's it like doing a music video with the adorable talented Property<br />
Brothers and dozens of others? A long interesting day that stretched until<br />
almost nightfall. Was it worth it? Absolutely.<br />
A very interesting cast of characters. I recommend that you watch<br />
the video NOW! Find it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrNx_<br />
VXmkyI .<br />
7:30 a.m. wardrobe. I brought choices for the “Uptight reporter.” Scarf,<br />
blazer, etc. Approved. Then sit in the tent as dozens of young hard-bodies<br />
come by checking their skimpy bathing suits for the pool party scenes.<br />
My first scene – ring the doorbell. Scene 2 rehearsal – They open the<br />
door and Jonathan looks at me and says, “This will be fun. We've never<br />
Remembering Harry Von Zell<br />
May 2017<br />
seen Dianne not smiling.” And it was fun.<br />
Hours of hanging in the tent between “my scenes” and getting to chat<br />
with a lot of interesting people… and a few airheads too. The Craft Tent<br />
was filled with delicious food all day.<br />
I got to meet Buddy the monkey, and I ate lunch with Jonathan Scott<br />
– a most personable guy. And at the end of the day, yes, of course they<br />
paid me.<br />
Would I have done it just for the adventure? I'll never tell.<br />
In addition to The Vegas Voice, Dianne Davis is a reporter for Sun<br />
City Anthem TV (SCA-TV) specializing in entertainment and is a<br />
columnist for www.lasvegasroundtheclock.com.<br />
He was one terrific man and<br />
extremely nice to me. Harry<br />
not only wrote the episode, but<br />
interestingly, he also played the<br />
villain in it, because as it turns<br />
out, the murder that Tobias (Lou<br />
Costello) is about to be hanged<br />
for, was actually committed by<br />
Harry's character.<br />
He was absolutely wonderful<br />
and believable in the role. In this<br />
photo, that's me crying (what<br />
else is new) as I KNOW Tobias<br />
didn't commit the crime.<br />
I loved doing that episode and have many fond memories of it. It was a<br />
delightful cast and I was honored to be working with all of them, and of<br />
course, I was already a big fan of Lou Costello and Harry.<br />
Harry died in 1981. I will always treasure my memory of that show.<br />
Until next time, remember: Our lives begin to end the day we become<br />
silent about things that matter...<br />
Beverly Washburn graced the silver screen as a child actress and<br />
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Marty’s Top Ten<br />
By: Marty Allen / Hello Dere<br />
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keeps getting harder to find one.”<br />
2. An attorney was convicted of<br />
running a brothel out of his law<br />
office. His motto was: “Either way, you gonna get screwed.”<br />
3. Teacher: “Why do you always get so dirty?” Pupil: “I’m a lot closer<br />
to the ground than you are!”<br />
4. A young boy asked his dad, “What’s the difference between<br />
confident and confidential? Dad said: “You are my son. I’m<br />
confident of that. Your friend over there however is also my son, but<br />
that’s confidential.”<br />
5. Why some men prefer a dog and no wife. Lock your wife and dog<br />
in a garage for an hour. Then open the door and see who’s happier to<br />
see you.<br />
6. My friend Lou said: “Marriage is like a deck of cards. In the<br />
beginning all you need is two hearts and a diamond. By the end, you<br />
wish you had a club and a spade!”<br />
7. A guy was throwing darts at his wife’s picture and not a single one<br />
hit the target. His wife was in another room and called her husband:<br />
“Honey, what are you doing?” The husband replied: “Missing you!”<br />
8. Women are like cell phones. They like to be held and touched<br />
often, but push the wrong button and you’re disconnected.<br />
9. What is a “free” gift? Aren’t all gifts free?<br />
10. Question overheard in the Nursing Home. “Do you watch<br />
Saturday Night Live?” Answer: “So far.”<br />
For over the past decade, Marty Allen has performed with his on<br />
and off stage singing partner Karon Kate Blackwell.<br />
You Gotta Laugh<br />
By: Bill Caserta / Bill’s Blurbs<br />
Insurance Information: Larry's barn<br />
burned down and his wife, Susan, called<br />
the insurance company.<br />
Susan spoke to the insurance agent and said, "We had that<br />
barn insured for fifty thousand, and I want my money." The agent<br />
replied, "Whoa there, just a minute. Insurance doesn't work quite<br />
like that. An independent adjuster will assess the value of what<br />
was insured, and then we'll provide you with a new barn of similar<br />
worth."<br />
There was a long pause, and then Susan replied, "If that's how<br />
it works, then I want to cancel the life insurance policy on my<br />
husband."<br />
Love those Grandchildren: There were three little boys<br />
visiting their grandparents. The oldest came out and asked his<br />
grandpa, "Can you make a sound like a frog, Grandpa?<br />
Grandpa (being in a kind of ill mood) responds, "No, I don't<br />
really want to make the sound of a frog now." A few minutes later,<br />
the second little boy comes out and asks his grandfather, "Will you<br />
please make a sound like a frog?"<br />
Grandpa again says, "No, not now. I don't really want to do that.<br />
I'm in a grumpy mood. Maybe later." Then the third little boy<br />
comes out and says, "Grandpa, oh please, please, please will you<br />
make a sound like a frog?"<br />
"Why do you boys want me to make a sound like a frog?"<br />
Grandpa asked. The little boy replied with a hopeful face, "Well,<br />
Mom said that when you croak we get to go to Disneyland!"<br />
12<br />
May 2017<br />
Bill Caserta is the Project Director for The Vegas Voice and<br />
has a very “unique” sense of humor. He welcomes all funny<br />
submissions at: bill@thevegasvoice.net.
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Forget Eli. Who Was Laura Nyro?<br />
By: Adrea Nairne-Barrera / 60s to 60<br />
For years, I have been having the same<br />
argument that the song “Eli’s Coming”<br />
was sung by the 5 th Dimension first and all we<br />
hear on throwback radio is the Three Dog Night version.<br />
Well, it turns out I was wrong - and so were my friends. I got mixed<br />
up because it was actually written and released by its author, Laura<br />
Nyro a couple of years before the Three Dog Night recording.<br />
This came up again as I was still perplexed by the meaning of<br />
the whole song in the first place. I found it on You Tube only to be<br />
reminded what a great artist she really was. Now I got teary eyed with<br />
my memories of listening to her haunting versions of songs.<br />
She never revealed the meaning of the song although some<br />
speculated on its connection to her Jewish heritage, or alternatively<br />
a lost or harmful love. Opinions are all over the place, so we’ll never<br />
know because she died of ovarian cancer at the young age of 49 in<br />
1997.<br />
I also know why I was confused about the 5 th Dimension. Laura<br />
wrote “Wedding Bell Blues,” “Sweet Blindness” and “Stoned Soul<br />
Picnic” putting them on the music map.<br />
Barbra Streisand sang “Stoney End” and Blood, Sweat & Tears<br />
did “And When I Die,” both Nyro songs. When “Eli’s Coming”<br />
was recorded later by Three Dog Night, it took off and her own<br />
Laura Nyro<br />
performance was overshadowed.<br />
The style and passion in Streisand’s voice is perfection listening to<br />
her sing “Walk On By” or “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” even though<br />
she didn’t write them. We are completely swept away in her sea of<br />
emotion.<br />
To really understand the late 60s, going to those original artists’<br />
versions brings me to a very comforting place. I felt included in the<br />
music and my voice was heard through them. The true artists of that<br />
time knew how to tell a story without beating up our brain cells in<br />
the process.<br />
Thank you Laura Nyro. I had forgotten for a while, but now I’m<br />
back.<br />
Adrea Nairne-Barrera’s writing focus these days are on<br />
observations, celebrations and complaints about life in the 1960s<br />
to being in your 60’s. You can contact her at: sixties2sixty@<br />
yahoo.com<br />
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May 2017
Chuck Berry: Mr. Rock “n” Roll<br />
By: Yvonne Cloutier / Musical Moments<br />
John<br />
Lennon<br />
s a i d<br />
of Chuck Berry, “If you<br />
tried to give rock ‘n’ roll<br />
another name, you might<br />
call it Chuck Berry.” Bob<br />
Dylan called Berry “the<br />
Shakespeare of rock ‘n’ roll.”<br />
Between 1955-1965,<br />
Berry’s perfectly crafted<br />
masterpiece songs developed<br />
a new art form with major components of rhythm and blues, making<br />
the rock ‘n’roll era. Some of his greatest compositions and recordings<br />
were:<br />
Maybellene, his first hit, having clever language of a narrator<br />
“motorvatin” in a car chase after an elusive girl;<br />
Roll over Beethoven, about his sister monopolizing the piano<br />
playing classical music;<br />
Rock and Roll Music, using T-Bone Walker’s technique of bending<br />
two strings at once, which Berry “roughed up” turning that into a<br />
rock ’n’ roll charm for him, and<br />
Johnny B. Goode, one of the most recognizable songs in the<br />
history of popular music!<br />
Chuck Berry, born in 1926 as Charles Edward Anderson was raised<br />
in a segregated, middle-class neighborhood of St. Louis. He learned<br />
music in a public school and church, where many young blacks<br />
learned the Blues rhythm, country guitar licks, and Chicago-Blues<br />
storytelling style.<br />
Due to his troubled life with the law, he wrote most of his songs<br />
after 23. He received a degree in hairdressing and cosmetology,<br />
worked as a beautician, and on his father’s farm.<br />
He married Themetta Suggs, his only wife, in 1948, and had 4<br />
children. He was working on an album about her when he died.<br />
Berry went through a dry period after his last prison stay and then<br />
had his biggest hit in 1972 with a double entendre novelty song, The<br />
Ding-a-Ling.<br />
His recording of Johnny B. Goode was one of four American songs<br />
included in the Gold Discs, which was launched into space in 1977<br />
on Voyager I & II.<br />
He received many awards; including a Grammy and was first<br />
inductee into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. It was said, “no one in<br />
this room would be here tonight if not for this man.”<br />
Berry was rock’s master theorist and conceptual genius, the rock<br />
pioneer songwriter who understood what the kids wanted before they<br />
knew themselves.<br />
Yvonne Cloutier, a former teacher/principal, with a music<br />
background, specializes in ragtime piano. She reports about<br />
music on SCA-TV.com/Anthem Alive! You can contact her at www.<br />
mytimeisragtime.com.<br />
Tuesday<br />
May 16 th<br />
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Your Host:<br />
Evan Davis<br />
Gary Anderson<br />
Musical Director<br />
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Ms Senior Nevada Visits<br />
Carson City!<br />
By: Charlie Christy / Executive Director<br />
- Ms. Senior Nevada<br />
If you never been to our state<br />
capitol. . .for goodness sakes<br />
plan a trip to explore the fascinating<br />
town of Carson City. A group of Ms<br />
Senior Nevada gals and friends,<br />
journeyed north, and witnessed our<br />
legislature in action.<br />
You would have been proud of our<br />
gals and their interfacing with our State<br />
Senators and Assembly members who<br />
are so busy with committee meetings, etc. It’s a miracle they ever get<br />
anything accomplished, but they do.<br />
Our trip to Carson City was four days by car or two by air, via Reno. We<br />
filled every moment. The highlight is always the visit and photo op with<br />
our Governor.<br />
Add the tour of the Mansion, the Nevada State Historical Museum, the<br />
Textile Museum (former first ladies’ gowns on display) Virginia City and,<br />
of course, the many delicious eating places - including Schott’s Bakery<br />
and the World Famous Sheepherder Bread in Bishop, California, it’s a<br />
trip to remember.<br />
Plan to join us next year. You be enchanted with the area and the fine<br />
people you’ll meet.<br />
Catch A Dream... Live the Experience!<br />
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Open to all Women Who Have Reached<br />
“The Age Of Elegance” 60 Years and up!<br />
August 22nd & 23rd 2017<br />
South Point Casino Hotel Showroom<br />
This Could Be You!<br />
For More Information Contact:<br />
Charlie Christy, Executive Director<br />
Ph. 702-458-9899, Fax 702-458-9585<br />
Website: www.msseniornevada.com<br />
E-mail: charlieclasvegas@aol.com<br />
Proposed Rules of Golf Changes<br />
By: Mike Landry / Golf Fore Ever<br />
The USGA and the RNA meet every four<br />
years to review and make changes to the<br />
rules of golf. This time they have combined<br />
their efforts to modernize the rules of golf and to make it easier to<br />
understand and to speed up play.<br />
Keep in mind these proposed rule changes will not go in effect until<br />
January, 2019 and the committee may decide not to implement some of<br />
them. For full details, go to: USGA.org/rules.<br />
Some proposals include - on the green, spike marks may be repaired and<br />
a ball that’s accidently kicked or moved during a practice stroke or while<br />
marking the ball is simply put back. Putting while the flag is in the hole is<br />
also allowed.<br />
Accidently kicking or stepping on your ball in the rough causing it to<br />
move, is once again, put back. Lastly, you will be allowed to identify your<br />
ball in the rough, mark it, and put it back without notify any opposing<br />
player. All of these rules with “No Penalty.”<br />
See you on the links.<br />
Mike Landry resides in Sun City MacDonald Ranch and is a member<br />
of both the Nevada State Seniors Golf Club and Winterwood Men’s<br />
Group. He can be reached at: airmikel1@cox.net<br />
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May 2017
Oh Yeah...I Can Be Cool<br />
By: Vicki Wentz / Vicki’s Voice<br />
My friend had four tickets to a concert<br />
by a group called Mandolin Orange.<br />
This group consists of Andrew Marlin and his<br />
wife, Emily Frantz. Their music is billed as “Alternative Roots<br />
Music” or “Americana” or folk/bluegrass.<br />
You’d never guess this about me, but I’m not very “alternative.” I<br />
generally don’t enjoy roots (not even sure what that means), Americana<br />
or folk, and I take a dim view of bluegrass.<br />
This music just makes me think of Peter, Paul and Mary, and the big<br />
“folk music revival of 1961” ...not that I was even alive then. I just have a<br />
negative reaction to that folksy stuff. But I accepted the invitation with as<br />
much fake enthusiasm as I could muster.<br />
Then, I found out the concert would be at a venue called Legends,<br />
which I had always looked upon as a dump of biblical proportions.<br />
Finally, I heard that the concert would not begin until 10 pm - the exact<br />
time I am normally smoothing the covers over myself, donning reading<br />
glasses (shut up) and beginning the 45 seconds of reading that I am<br />
committed to before the book falls on my face and I slip into dreamland.<br />
Even with the folk alternative music, the venue, the start time - I smiled<br />
bravely (as I am always inclined to do) and headed out. My dog stared at<br />
me curiously, no doubt concerned that I was forgetting it was bedtime and<br />
perhaps going out when it was already dark may be the start of dementia.<br />
This was a BYOB event. My three friends were prepared accordingly. I<br />
however brought a can of fizzy water because alcohol at night keeps me<br />
awake, and I was hoping to sleep through most of the concert.<br />
We arrived and had to show I.D.s, which I thought was adorable. As we<br />
entered, I was surprised and delighted at how well someone had restored<br />
Legends to an extremely presentable and respectable venue!<br />
What was not wonderful was one of the “event security” officials<br />
approaching me officiously.<br />
“Ma’am, I’m sorry, but you’re not allowed to have La Croix in here.”<br />
I didn’t immediately register this for two reasons:<br />
1. I thought it was just gratuitous cruelty to call me “Ma’am” when I’d<br />
just been carded at the door; and<br />
2. I didn’t know my fizzy water was called La Croix. And it hadn’t even<br />
been opened! But, I suppose I could have shot some vodka into it with a<br />
hypodermic needle (I hear lots of grandmothers do this).<br />
Mandolin Orange took the stage at around 10:15, and to my wondrous<br />
astonishment, I loved their music! We all decided it was a mix of Alison<br />
Krauss, James Taylor, Union Station, with a dash of Emmylou Harris. (The<br />
millennials surrounding us would likely stare at us blankly if we voiced<br />
that, since we were like the only people there over a thousand years old.)<br />
I really wanted to get up and dance, but then I would have had to move<br />
- my children still have friends here.<br />
Vicki Wentz is a writer, teacher and speaker living in North<br />
Carolina. Readers may contact her - and order her new children’s<br />
book! - by visiting her website at www.vickiwentz.com.<br />
Wed, May 24th 8PM<br />
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Sun City Anthem Performing Arts Club<br />
"Oh Glomstix!” Have you bought your tickets to see the most<br />
adorable alien to ever land in the Sun City Anthem parking lot?<br />
If not, then hurry down to the Activities Office in Anthem Center,<br />
or go online at: www.pacsca.org to purchase your tickets for<br />
“VISITOR!”<br />
There will be singing, dancing and plenty of laughs. Shows are<br />
on Friday, May 5 th , Saturday, May 6th at 7 pm, and Sunday, May 7th<br />
at 2 pm in Freedom Hall.<br />
Support the Performing Arts Club cast who have been rehearsing<br />
for months to bring you the best possible show. Join us and have<br />
a rollicking good time with Plink and his new friends on planet<br />
Earth!<br />
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travelled from village to village to<br />
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De Faria was told by his spirit<br />
guides to go to the small Goiás<br />
town of Abadiânia in order to<br />
expand his work and fulfill his<br />
life's mission of helping the<br />
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people began to flock to him.<br />
As he helped those seeking cures<br />
for various illness and conditions,<br />
the numbers began to increase to<br />
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Healing the Hopeless<br />
By: Ali Guggenheim / Psychic Phenomenon<br />
preparations, the single herb he<br />
prescribes to cure a variety of<br />
ailments. Though there are no<br />
guarantees at the Casa where<br />
anything seems to be possible,<br />
everyone experiencing this<br />
phenomenon claims to benefit in<br />
some way.<br />
One man was clinically dead<br />
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from cancers, serious illnesses and<br />
all kinds of incurable diseases.<br />
De Faria regularly prescribes<br />
meditation and walks to a nearby<br />
waterfall as partial treatments<br />
and psychic surgery. He claims<br />
not to remember anything of<br />
the surgeries he performs and<br />
uses energized mineral water<br />
with spiritual energies instead of<br />
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Although asked to "come<br />
clean" by skeptics, he insists; "I<br />
do not cure anybody. God heals,<br />
and in his infinite goodness<br />
permits the Entities to heal and<br />
console my brothers. I am merely<br />
an instrument in God's divine<br />
hands."<br />
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May 2017<br />
To learn more about Ali, spiritual consultations, coaching,<br />
classes, workshops, and readings, call, give her a call: 702/373-<br />
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It’s a Dirty Job...<br />
By: Stu Cooper / Happy Destinations<br />
One of the "perks" of the travel business<br />
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familiarization) trips. That's where people<br />
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inspect their countries and/or hotel properties.<br />
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hotels and sight of interest in a particular location.<br />
I found myself last month visiting the sunny dry (Vegas like) island<br />
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If the beach is your thing, then Aruba is for you. The beaches are wide<br />
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There are any number of great restaurants, shops and stores to stroll<br />
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And for those of you who must have gambling, Aruba has numerous<br />
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The Flood That Erased a City<br />
By: Kathy Manney / Around Our World<br />
Northern California and the Pacific<br />
Northwest have experienced abundant<br />
rain this year, weather comparable to 1948,<br />
when an entire Oregon town was obliterated on Memorial Day.<br />
Metropolitan Portland was warm. Mountain snow, spring rains and<br />
above normal temperatures brought severe flooding along the Columbia<br />
River.<br />
My mom was a long-distance telephone operator in Portland. Living in<br />
Vancouver, Washington her daily commute took her across the Columbia<br />
River’s Interstate Bridge, past Vanport.<br />
The community of Vanport, Oregon’s second largest city, named for<br />
its location between Portland and Vancouver, has been demolished by<br />
flooding water from the Columbia River resulting in a collapse of the dike<br />
protecting Vanport’s west side.<br />
Every long distance switchboard became jammed with callers, as<br />
Vanport submerged in 10 to 20 feet of rubble-laden water. Surging flood<br />
water propelled whole apartment units through two main artery roads<br />
leading to the Interstate Bridge, cutting off bridge approaches.<br />
Sheltered on river lowlands by a protective railroad fill dike, Vanport was<br />
swiftly constructed to accommodate shipyard workers during World War II.<br />
It remained a thriving community – until the dike gave.<br />
The teeming river inundated a large section of north Portland. Portland’s<br />
square white two-story commercial airport, erected near the river, stood<br />
strong. A water line later showed near its roof. The building still stands and<br />
is home to the National Weather Service.<br />
Thoroughfares connecting Portland and Vancouver disappeared. The<br />
Interstate Bridge connecting Oregon and Washington closed to all but<br />
emergency traffic.<br />
With train, mail and wire services severed, Vancouver was instantly<br />
inaccessible. Flood conditions lasted 20-days.<br />
Clean-up was slow. Relics sat open and withered like scattered bones.<br />
Debris entwined in trees and telephone wires.<br />
Vanport remains the most destructive disaster in Columbia River history.<br />
A transitional war time community without generations of families,<br />
Oregon’s once second largest city was never reconstructed.<br />
With rich intricate wetlands and sloughs, Vanport’s marsh river<br />
lowlands are today considered an environmentally sensitive area. The<br />
flood that erased a town, forever inscribed in those who experienced it,<br />
their remembrances a slice of Oregon first-person history.<br />
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Kathy Manney enjoys visiting interesting places and being an<br />
Adventure Diva. Her “Must See” travel journeys continue - always<br />
with enthusiasm.
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Great Summer Bus Trips<br />
By: Marilyn Sirna / Let’s Go!<br />
We are getting ready to take some great<br />
trips and will begin with our trip, July<br />
11-13, 2017 to Santa Barbara, Solvang<br />
and Hearst Castle. Trip includes bus fare, hotels, shopping<br />
in Solvang, Morro Bay, Elephant Seal Vista Point, San Simon &<br />
Hearst Castle with a tour included.<br />
Cost is: $425.00 double occupancy, $589.00 single occupancy. No<br />
refunds issued unless we have a wait list. Minimum of 35 guests.<br />
You must register and pay for the trip by June 23, 2017. Breakfast is<br />
included on the second and third day at the hotels.<br />
And we also have a quick trip to Del Mar Race Track & San Diego<br />
– July 26 & 27, 2017. This very popular trip includes bus fare, hotel,<br />
one breakfast & race track ticket at Trackside Restaurant. No refunds will<br />
be issued unless we have a wait list. We need a minimum of 35 guests.<br />
You must register and pay by July 10, 2017.<br />
To answer some of the questions we have encountered, we stay in hotels<br />
such as Best Westerns, Quality Inns, La Quinta Inns, Ayes Hotels. We don’t<br />
know what hotel until very close to the end when we know how many will<br />
be traveling.<br />
Any other questions? Contact me at 702/270-7006 or by email at:<br />
msirna@scmronline.org.<br />
Look forward to meeting some new faces. Come on, pack your bags<br />
and let’s go!<br />
Your Choice?<br />
By: Dan Hyde / Call to Action<br />
In case you missed it, there was an election<br />
held last month to choose two mayors<br />
and city council representatives for Las Vegas,<br />
Henderson and North Las Vegas.<br />
To say it was shocking that out of a combined voter registered electorate<br />
of 589,177, only 55,867 (or 9.84%) of you actually exercised your right<br />
to choose who will represent you over the next four years is more than a<br />
gross understatement.<br />
What this really means is that most of the public let 55,867 people dictate<br />
who will be making policy decisions that impact all of us. Representative<br />
government?<br />
Are you kidding me? What is so representative of over 90% of you<br />
voluntarily disenfranchising yourselves form the governing processes?<br />
I don’t know of a single person who doesn’t have something negative<br />
to say about those who are elected - and yet, when it comes time to vote<br />
and choose someone new, the vast majority turn a blind eye. You abdicate<br />
your right to choose to the very small minority of voters who DO exercise<br />
that right!<br />
To those of you interested, there is another final election next month<br />
(June 13 th ) to decide several races that did not exceed the 50% threshold<br />
to be elected outright in the April primary election.<br />
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND VOTE!<br />
Dan Hyde is a passionate and effective advocate for the senior<br />
community. He served as Chair of the City of Henderson’s Senior<br />
Advisory Commission. He can be reached at: dhyde9@cox.net.<br />
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May 2017
A Very Busy Month<br />
By: Rana Goodman / On My Soapbox<br />
I<br />
’m sure most regular readers can imagine<br />
the thoughts and feelings of our “staff”<br />
and victim family members as we walked into<br />
the court room and spotted April Parks. She was dressed in prison<br />
scrubs and handcuffed.<br />
The interested thing was that this sociopath looked at the families that<br />
she left financially devastated and smiled at them! When she gave her plea<br />
to the judge, you guessed it, she said: not guilty!<br />
Were you to look up the traits of a sociopath among them you would<br />
find: Lack of remorse, shame or guilt. They don’t see others around<br />
them as people, but only as targets, opportunities and victims. We<br />
guarantee that we will be attending Ms. Parks court proceedings and will<br />
bring our readers updates.<br />
Next on my agenda was the Nevada Legislature. There were quite a few<br />
bills that were of interest.<br />
Let’s start with SB229 that Senator Becky Harris sponsored on The Vegas<br />
Voice’s behalf. That is the guardianship bill that enables your nominated<br />
guardian form to be registered with the Nevada’s Secretary of State’s lock<br />
box system.<br />
The nomination form that Publisher Dan initially designed was used<br />
as a template by the legislature. It has now been tentatively updated and<br />
expanded. We’re proud to report that “our bill” was passed by the Senate<br />
(thank you Senator Harris) and now goes to the Assembly, along with<br />
several other important guardianship bills.<br />
Senator Mark Manendo has two animal abuse bills, one for a mandatory<br />
state registry for animal abusers. It was likewise passed by the senate and<br />
will move on to the assembly.<br />
Another bill I personally have a keen interest in is the “death with dignity<br />
bill” - SB 261. This is a bill that would allow a patient with a terminal<br />
illness to self-administer a life ending medication.<br />
I understand that many people do not agree with such a concept,<br />
however, if you have ever had someone you love suffer through a slow and<br />
agonizing sickness (with no hope of a cure) sometimes mercy might be<br />
appropriate in letting go of a loved one.<br />
Last session, when this bill was first introduced, all I could think about<br />
was my father who we lost in 2003. His doctor had prescribed Predesone<br />
and the side effect destroyed the red cells in his bone marrow.<br />
There was nothing the specialists could do to save him and he used to<br />
beg me to “help him go.” All I could do was take him to hospice care and<br />
for that, my mother never forgave me.<br />
By then, he would not allow anyone but immediate family to see him.<br />
SB261 would have at least given him his dignity in the end.<br />
SB150 is another interesting guardianship bill. Years ago our legislature<br />
passed into law a little sentence that said professional guardians must be<br />
certified by a guardianship center in Philadelphia.<br />
Why do you suppose that is? Why should we send money out-of-state<br />
when it can stay in Nevada?<br />
Dan and I previously took a training class to be guardians at the Public<br />
Guardian’s office. Why can’t they train someone to give the certification<br />
course - after all, the public guardian is paid $100,000.00 per year.<br />
A handcuffed April Parks<br />
Testifying before the Nevada Senate<br />
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Avoid Guardianship<br />
By: Robert Telles / Accolade Law<br />
Folks are concerned with avoiding guardianship. A guardianship<br />
is opened when a person (called the principal here) can no<br />
longer handle his or her own affairs.<br />
Often, a well-meaning relative seeks the guardianship to protect the<br />
principal from harm. Unfortunately, there are also times where the<br />
guardianship is being sought by someone that the principal would<br />
not choose as a guardian. Well-crafted powers of attorney may avoid<br />
this.<br />
If you fear you may one day be that principal, the durable financial<br />
power of attorney and the durable healthcare power of attorney are<br />
documents that together may allow you to avoid guardianship. This<br />
involves selecting a trusted relative or friend to act on your behalf<br />
should you need help.<br />
The grant of this power will cover most, if not all circumstances<br />
depending on how well they are drafted. And, even if a guardianship<br />
is needed, you can nominate that same person to act as your guardian<br />
to keep others from stepping in. That’s peace of mind.<br />
Rob Telles is the founder of Accolade Law, a law firm that serves<br />
clients in guardianship, estate planning and probate. His office<br />
can be reached at (702) 337-3000.<br />
BAT Tax Would Punish Seniors<br />
By: Victoria Seaman / Victoria’s Corner<br />
Congress has some tough decisions to<br />
make, and right now they are facing<br />
one of their toughest. Lost in the recent<br />
battles over the affordable health care act is a costly new tax that<br />
could hurt us just as much, if not more. It’s called the Border<br />
Adjustment Tax (BAT), and it could skyrocket the already high<br />
costs of items you use every day.<br />
The BAT is the brainchild of House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Ways and<br />
Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady. It is essentially a national sales<br />
tax on imports.<br />
If the BAT is successful, anything coming into the US would be slapped<br />
with a 20% tax; ensuring you and I would pay more for everyday items<br />
we need - such as gasoline, groceries, food, clothing, and even medicine.<br />
Most of the money we spend every day is spent on retail somewhere. Yet<br />
the retail industry would be unfairly hit the hardest by this potential tax.<br />
The reality is a lot of the things you and I buy simply cannot be<br />
manufactured or produced in the US, and the retail industry, which is<br />
responsible for nearly one out of every four American jobs, would be<br />
forced to decide between laying off employees or passing the tax down to<br />
you and I. There are simply no winners if the BAT passes.<br />
The BAT is a classic example of Washington not thinking about the<br />
consequences of their actions and how they affect every day Americans,<br />
especially seniors who live off a fixed income. Instead of taxing the<br />
products we need most, let’s look at lowering rates across the board,<br />
and scaling back the size of government to pay for the lower taxes as<br />
conservatives promised and were elected to do.<br />
In recent weeks, several Republican Senators have expressed their<br />
misgivings with the BAT and as a member of the tax-writing, Senate<br />
Finance Committee, Senator Dean Heller should make his opposition to<br />
the BAT clear now. The stakes are high, and Nevada seniors need Senator<br />
Heller to step up now before it gains any political traction.<br />
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May 2017<br />
Victoria Seaman is a former Nevada Assemblywoman,<br />
businesswoman and currently a Realtor in Las Vegas. You can<br />
contact Victoria at: victoria@victoriaseaman.com.
The Vegas Voice Presents<br />
A groovy tribute to the songs of the ‘60s<br />
Sunday, Aug.20th,<br />
3 - 5pm, Doors at 2<br />
Be sure to wear some<br />
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Hospice Myths<br />
By: Regale Harris / Your Kindred Team<br />
Hospice is about living well and building<br />
relationships, using the gift of time,<br />
giving a voice to wishes and desires while<br />
assuring values are respected.<br />
Myth #1: Hospice is about living. Hospice is actually a philosophy of<br />
care that focuses on quality of life issues when the course of a patient’s<br />
disease can no longer be reversed or<br />
when a patient has chosen comfort over<br />
cure. Hospice care is provided wherever<br />
patients live, in their own home, assisted<br />
living facility or long-term care facility.<br />
Myth #2: Hospice is chosen when there is<br />
no hope or when “nothing else can be done.”<br />
Hospice is the “something else that CAN be<br />
done” for patients and their families when an illness cannot be cured.<br />
Hospice is not an end to treatment – it is a shift to comfort- oriented care<br />
which is focused on helping the patient live their life to the fullest.<br />
In addition to managing pain and symptoms, we provide extensive<br />
counseling and social service support that addresses psychosocial and<br />
emotional/spiritual aspects of coping with a terminal illness.<br />
Myth #3: Hospice is only for people with cancer. While about half of<br />
patients receiving hospice care are cancer patients, the other half suffer<br />
from illnesses including heart disease, lung disease, dementia, stroke and<br />
neuromuscular diseases.<br />
Myth #4: Hospice is for dying people. Hospice is family-centered care.<br />
It is focused as much on the coping family as it is the patient.<br />
Myth #5: Hospice is for patients who don’t require a high level<br />
of care. Hospice is serious medicine. Kindred Hospice is Medicare<br />
certified and we employ skilled and experienced medical and nursing<br />
personnel who are capable of providing State-of-the-art palliative care.<br />
Myth #6: Hospice is only for people who can accept death.<br />
Fact: While those affected by advanced<br />
illness come to terms with their prognosis,<br />
Kindred Hospice provides psychosocial<br />
support to patients and their families. Social<br />
Workers are readily available to discuss all<br />
options, and to facilitate family decisions.<br />
Myth #7: All hospice care is the same. All<br />
licensed hospice programs must provide certain<br />
services according to Medicare, but the range of<br />
support services and programs may differ.<br />
Myth #8: Patients die sooner with hospice care than without. Fact:<br />
Hospice neither hastens nor prevents death. However, it is believed that<br />
hospice patients may live longer once their pain is adequately managed.<br />
Myth #9: Patients must sign a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order<br />
prior to hospice. Although the majority of hospice patients choose to<br />
sign a DNR order prior to entering hospice care, it is not required for<br />
admission. DNR status has no bearing on the care that a patient receives<br />
while enrolled in hospice services.<br />
Myth #10: Physicians lose control of the Plan of care when their<br />
patients enter hospice. The referring physician is a vital member of the<br />
hospice team. In fact, many physicians find that hospice greatly enhances<br />
and extends the care they can provide. Kindred Hospice encourages<br />
physicians to follow their patients through the hospice journey.<br />
Regale Harris is the Manager of Volunteer Services and<br />
Community Liaison for Kindred. She welcomes all questions and<br />
inquiries and can be reached at: regale.harris@kindred.com.<br />
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May 2017
Call to Action: Contact Your Senators and Representatives<br />
Attention individuals who care about hearing healthcare!<br />
Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate and U.S.<br />
House that would:<br />
1. Direct the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to create<br />
an over-the-counter classification of hearing aids that requires no<br />
professional involvement.<br />
2. Direct the FDA to consider and rule on whether overthe-counter<br />
hearing aids should bypass<br />
existing, critical safety and efficacy<br />
standards and processes<br />
3. Prohibit states from<br />
creating any consumer<br />
protection laws related to overthe-counter<br />
hearing aids<br />
Passage of this bill would:<br />
1. Eliminate important consumer<br />
protections to all hearing aid purchasers<br />
2. Allow unlicensed and incompetent people to sell hearing aids,<br />
thereby eroding consumer trust, and increase risks of poor results and<br />
fraud.<br />
3. Decrease hearing aid use and satisfaction rates<br />
4. Rely on individuals to properly self-diagnose and self-manage<br />
hearing loss, which can lead to missed medical diagnosis, and improper<br />
hearing assessment.<br />
5. Eliminate critical opportunities for medical referral for comorbidities<br />
and other conditions through an in-person evaluation by a<br />
licensed hearing care professional<br />
Evidence shows when hearing aids are available, over-the-counter<br />
satisfaction rates go down. As a result, leads to inaccurate public<br />
perception hearing aids don’t work, and result in lower overall hearing<br />
aid adoption and use (JapanTrak, 2015).<br />
Professional and individualized hearing evaluations,<br />
custom hearing aids and fittings,<br />
verification tests, and ongoing<br />
counseling and follow-up care<br />
determine patient success.<br />
(MarkeTrak, VII & IX).<br />
Call Your Members<br />
of Congress via Capital<br />
Switchboard at 202-224-<br />
3121 or email them via: http://bit.<br />
ly/2mV0K9Z. Please tell your Elected Officials:<br />
1. You oppose S.670/H.R. 1652, the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act.<br />
2. Appropriate treatment with hearing aids requires involvement of a<br />
licensed hearing care professional.<br />
3. Share the value your licensed hearing care professional has<br />
contributed to your journey<br />
Thank you for your help! Please contact your local Miracle-Ear for<br />
more information:<br />
www.miracle-ear.com<br />
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Often as we head out for the evening<br />
we have an adorable little clutch,<br />
but an abundance of “necessities” for the<br />
night out. Touch-up makeup for the evening, along with a<br />
phone, ID, and money forces you to get creative with space!<br />
My personals must-haves include all of the above, plus credit card,<br />
business cards, lipstick, liner, gloss, eye shadow, blush, concealer,<br />
perfume and lotion. Now how to get all of that into a bitty bag?<br />
Just a little miniaturizing magic.<br />
While your eye shadow may be in a large pallet, find a similar color<br />
in the smallest single package that holds its own applicator. Do the same<br />
with a blush. They are both flat so they won't take up much room.<br />
As for your lips, as we eat or drink, they become the most in need of a<br />
touch-up. I love to carry a lip colored liner as my base which keeps them<br />
looking nice even as lipstick wears off.<br />
And since liners are long and thin, getting them into the bottom of a<br />
clutch is easy. To top it off, the liner I use (by my company) has a cap<br />
covered brush on one end.<br />
I save lipstick tube space by pre-dipping the brush in my lipstick and<br />
replacing the cap for a ready-to-go application. Then I have both my<br />
lipstick and liner together in the smallest possible space!<br />
You can also use double sided capped brushes in general to put gloss<br />
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Preparing for an Evening Out<br />
By: Linda Bateman-Gomez / Timeless Beauty<br />
Helping Deployed Families Cope<br />
By: Chuck Dean / Vet 2 Vet<br />
This month marks 52 years since I<br />
deployed to Vietnam.<br />
I had trained a year on Okinawa and was ready<br />
for the moment, both physically and mentally. During that deployment I<br />
served only one tour of duty and then it was over.<br />
In today’s world however, things are different. Our troops are faced with<br />
the grinding drudgery of multiple deployments in the War on Terror.<br />
Military families are experiencing the emotional upheavals of<br />
deployment on an unprecedented scale. Humanitarian missions and<br />
peace enforcement continue as troops are sent around the world.<br />
Military downsizing has also increased the likelihood that each warrior<br />
will eventually participate in the extension of their missions. The impact<br />
of long family separations is of increasing concern as re-deployments<br />
continue with no end in sight.<br />
I realize that a majority of The Vegas Voice readership are seniors, but<br />
I would also guess that many have family members that are caught in<br />
this “revolving door” of deployment, and share many of their concerns.<br />
The purpose for this topic is to heighten awareness, and encourage you to<br />
help - even in small ways.<br />
There are many challenges for military families during the various<br />
stages of deployment. Anticipating these challenges is a good first step in<br />
minimizing the emotional trauma caused by an extended deployment.<br />
I would suggest that you begin by helping them obtain information,<br />
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on one side and touch-up concealer on the other end. Again, small and<br />
easy to get into even the smallest bags.<br />
Additionally, utilize your phone space. There are several phone cases<br />
that include small pockets to easily carry your cards. Otherwise since they<br />
are flat, the fit nicely on the side of your bag.<br />
For hand lotion and perfume which I love, next time you’re at the mall,<br />
pick up the little sample packets at the makeup counters. They are flat<br />
and take up no space. Or ask the saleswoman if you can have a mini vial<br />
of your favorite fragrance.<br />
And poof, you’re ready for your evening out!<br />
Linda Bateman-Gomez has an international beauty company<br />
based in Las Vegas that specializes in cosmetics and other beauty<br />
products. Contact Linda at TimelessBeauty2020@gmail.com or<br />
through her website www.fullips.com.<br />
instruction, and advice about deployments from reliable sources. The<br />
best is an organization called “Military OneSource.” (Go to: http://www.<br />
militaryonesource.mil/ 800-342-9647).<br />
Next you can offer to assist the family in establishing a support network;<br />
help them connect with other deployed families to share and encourage<br />
one another. This can include activities such as weekly get-togethers.<br />
You as a caring relative can do much to aid and comfort a deployed<br />
family; even if it is only by babysitting in order to give the parent a break<br />
from single-parenting.<br />
Most of us remember the dark days of the Vietnam War when our troops<br />
were not appreciated or supported. I, for one, want to do my part to ensure<br />
that doesn’t happen again. I hope you do too.<br />
Chuck Dean served as an Army paratrooper in Vietnam and<br />
through that experience was led to address the many transitional<br />
issues veterans struggle with. He is the author of several important<br />
books for veterans. All can be found on Amazon at: http://www.<br />
amazon.com/author/chuckdeanbooks
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Home Insurance vs. Home Warranty<br />
By: Jim Valkenburg / Insurance Insight<br />
Lately the airwaves are filled with<br />
commercials that promote home<br />
warranties and make a mockery of home<br />
insurance for covering things like zombie attacks. Remember,<br />
these are just commercials and they want you to buy something.<br />
Let’s take a minute to discuss the differences between warranties and<br />
insurance.<br />
A warranty is actually the opposite of insurance. Insurance is put in<br />
place to protect you for events you don’t want to happen (fire, theft,<br />
vandalism, etc.) but warranties are purchased to protect you for events<br />
that are inevitable and eventually will happen (water heater wears out,<br />
refrigerator motor dies, etc.).<br />
Your homeowner’s insurance policy provides coverage in the event of<br />
an “unexpected” loss. A home warranty provides coverage for items that<br />
need maintenance and are “expected” to wear out.<br />
In Las Vegas, with high summer temperatures, your air conditioning<br />
system works very hard and eventually it will need repair or replacement.<br />
This is maintenance and it would be a warranty claim. It is an “expected”<br />
incident and therefore, not an insurance claim.<br />
There are some claims that involve both your home insurance and<br />
your warranty. For example, if your hot water heater breaks and causes<br />
water damage in your home, the repair to your home is covered under<br />
your homeowner’s policy. The hot water heater itself is a maintenance<br />
item so the warranty company would replace it.<br />
There are several companies that sell warranties in Nevada. The costs<br />
vary, depending on what you want to cover under the warranty, but<br />
generally range from $350 - $500 a year for basic coverage, plus more for<br />
enhanced features like pools.<br />
So, why both insurance and warranties? If your home is broken into<br />
and items are stolen, or if there is a fire, or high winds destroy your patio<br />
cover, etc., your insurance carrier will help you get back into the same<br />
position you were before the loss. If a major appliance wears out, a home<br />
warranty is there to protect you and repair or replace those items.<br />
Autonomous Cars: Terrifying or Terrific?<br />
By: BJ Killeen / Down the Road<br />
If a car that drives itself sounds terrifying<br />
to you, you’re not alone.<br />
People who hate to fly say it’s because they<br />
have no control. The same goes for autonomous vehicles. Truth is,<br />
although you may not realize it, many new cars already are semiautonomous.<br />
They can parallel or perpendicular park themselves, can stop<br />
and go in traffic without the driver touching the pedals, and can<br />
even come to a complete stop in a front-end collision if the driver<br />
doesn’t react in time. Most of these systems today, however, can be<br />
turned off if the driver doesn’t want to use them.<br />
Nevada is one of the few states welcoming testing from<br />
manufacturers and other parties with fully autonomous vehicles.<br />
Some say the benefits far outweigh the risks.<br />
Those who are against them have legitimate concerns, such as,<br />
if there’s an accident, who is at fault? How will they co-exist with<br />
piloted cars?<br />
These vehicles use a combination of radar, sonar, lidar (light<br />
detection and ranging) and cameras to function properly. But what<br />
if the lines on the road they read are too light? Or there’s snow?<br />
Or the sensors are blocked?<br />
Obviously, there are many issues that need to be resolved before<br />
we see them as the norm on the highway.<br />
On the plus side, if you can’t drive anymore because of poor<br />
eyesight or your reactions are slow, instead of having to call a car<br />
service, you can jump in your own car and tell it to go anywhere<br />
you want. In the not-to-distant future, it will be possible to order<br />
your groceries directly from your refrigerator, send the car to the<br />
store alone, have the robot load up your groceries, and then send it<br />
back to your house.<br />
Think of the time savings. Or you could take a long trip and sleep<br />
at night while the car was still gathering miles. The possibilities, as<br />
they say, are endless.<br />
Remember, Marie Curie once said. “Nothing in life is to be feared.<br />
It is only to be understood.”<br />
Jim Valkenburg is a retired military officer and insurance<br />
executive. He and his wife owned and operated their own<br />
insurance agency for over 16 years. His primary purpose is to<br />
give out real information that can be used to make intelligent<br />
insurance decisions.<br />
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BJ Killeen has been an automotive journalist for over 30 years.<br />
She welcomes all questions and inquiries, and can be reached at<br />
bjkdtr@gmail.com
Heartburn & Dentistry<br />
By: James J. White, D.D.S. / Your Dentist<br />
No doubt many of my readers have heard<br />
of GERD (gastro esophageal reflux<br />
disease).<br />
Indeed, many of us are plagued with acid reflux. Proof of this disorder<br />
can be seen when standing in line at the local Walgreens or CVS and<br />
watching the various anti-acids that are being purchased.<br />
Serious damage could also be occurring to your teeth without your<br />
knowledge. When suffering with GERD, acid and undigested food can<br />
come into the esophagus when it is not supposed to - “heartburn!”<br />
Amazingly, the stomach is protected from the caustic hydrochloric acid<br />
that digests our food, but tooth enamel is not. Teeth were not designed to<br />
ever be exposed to such corrosive acid.<br />
The outer layer of our teeth is, as you know, enamel which is the hardest<br />
natural substance of our bodies. However, enamel can be dissolved in acid.<br />
And when acid backs up into the esophagus, minute amounts can end<br />
up in the mouth. This lowers the pH of the mouth creating a very acidic<br />
environment. The enamel can be either worn or dissolved away.<br />
Needless to say, when the enamel is weakened, the teeth are more<br />
susceptible to decay, wear, and of course, cavities. And all of this does not<br />
even begin to describe the destruction of a wonderful smile.<br />
Eating smaller meals, seeking help from a qualified physician,<br />
avoiding spicy, greasy and citrus foods, reducing alcohol consumption,<br />
quitting smoking and losing weight can all assist in reducing acid reflux.<br />
This will not only save your beautiful teeth, but lead to a healthier you.<br />
*What Makes a Good Dentist? I’ve been asked that question<br />
quite a bit since I<br />
began writing these<br />
monthly articles.<br />
A good dentist is<br />
more than just<br />
someone who<br />
might relieve you<br />
of dental pain. It<br />
is a professional<br />
whom you choose<br />
to entrust your<br />
teeth that will:<br />
1. Maintain an<br />
ongoing interest in<br />
the latest scientific<br />
findings.<br />
2. Treat his/her<br />
procedures as a serious art.<br />
3. Be manually dexterous.<br />
4. Never lose the desire to learn.<br />
5. Not up-sell you on a treatment plan with which you feel<br />
uncomfortable.<br />
6. Be compassionate and honest. AND<br />
7. Understand your concerns and provide you with care options that<br />
work to your advantage.<br />
And remember: One is not in good health without good oral health.<br />
“People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care.”<br />
M<br />
astering the art/science of dentistry takes<br />
experience, extensive post-graduate education,<br />
and a passion for the art of dentistry.<br />
We offer:<br />
• Implants<br />
• Cosmetic crowns/bridges<br />
• Turbyfill dentures<br />
• Bridges on implants to replace dentures with<br />
permanent teeth (what a concept!)<br />
• Restorative care<br />
• Experienced registered dental hygienists<br />
• TMJ problems<br />
• A full service office<br />
Today’s senior dentistry is amazing!<br />
CALL for a complimentary consultation.<br />
Learn more about Dr. White at:<br />
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702/562-8833 • 702/562-7910 Fax<br />
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Dance it Out!<br />
By: Mary Richard / Health Fitness<br />
Dance is good for your brain. Dancing is<br />
good for your soul! Dance with LIFE,<br />
dance with LOVE, dance with CONVICTION.<br />
I’ve been a dancer most of my life - since a young child. I had way too<br />
much energy, so my mother put me in dance classes at the age of 3. I<br />
loved it and have been a dancer ever since.<br />
Dance has many benefits beyond exercise. Science has proven that<br />
dance improves the memory, increases muscle tone and helps to lower<br />
the risk of dementia.<br />
I’m now in my 72nd year and will continue dancing until I am unable<br />
to! My Zumba classes are a form of exercise as well as dance.<br />
Dancing helps to increase neural activity and helps your balance by<br />
training your brain to achieve opposition with either the right or left area<br />
of your bodies. In my zumba classes, I use this method of opposition to<br />
gear students to utilize both areas of our aging brains.<br />
You can find various methods of dance throughout international<br />
countries. That’s why I love zumba so much. It allows me to learn and<br />
promote various dance methods.<br />
I’ve been to every zumba convention for the past 10 years and although<br />
there are various languages spoken at our international convention,<br />
when the music comes on and we learn new methods, language is<br />
irrelevant and we dance our hearts out!<br />
Enjoy the resurgence of dance classes on TV - from “Dancing with The<br />
Stars” to “So You Think You Can Dance.” There are various dance studios<br />
cropping up, so find a class that will jog your interest.<br />
Look for ballroom, ballet, zumba classes or wherever your heart leads<br />
you. Believe me - it will change your life and health.<br />
You will feel better, sleep better and meet new people who also will<br />
enjoy the love of dance. Remember: Dance like no one is watching!<br />
POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND HAPPY HEALTH TO ALL!<br />
A Multidisciplinary Approach<br />
By: Kyo Mitchell / A Healthier You<br />
Medicine is not simply one approach, or<br />
one discipline.<br />
The human body is so complex that one method<br />
cannot simply cover all the medical problems that humans experience.<br />
When approaching medicine, it is important to understanding the<br />
strengths of each medical discipline, and its methodology.<br />
Let me give you an example. A lot of my patients say: “I hate taking<br />
all these drugs.” Such drugs however have their place and, of course are<br />
important.<br />
What they do is to help stabilize the body's physiological processes in<br />
some way so that your health and well-being do not decline any further.<br />
However, the one thing you have to understand is that pharmaceutical<br />
drugs do not cure the body. Only the body can do that.<br />
The question that should be entering your mind is, “If drugs stabilize<br />
me, but do not necessarily return me to the highest state of function<br />
possible, is there something that can?” That is not a simple question.<br />
For the body to return to a high state of function, it needs the correct<br />
resources and the correct signals in the correct order to repair itself. This<br />
is why nutrition, acupuncture, chiropractic and other disciplines are so<br />
important.<br />
In reference to signals that help the body return to a healthy state of<br />
function, there is one medical approach that is reemerging after nearly<br />
being lost. Approximately a century ago, doctors were using electrical<br />
signals to alter what happened in the body and treat pain and numerous<br />
other medical problems.<br />
These electrical signals could allegedly decrease pain, decrease<br />
inflammation, help tissues and organs recover from trauma and function<br />
more efficiently, just to name a few. This is done without the side effects<br />
commonly seen with drugs.<br />
No form of medicine is perfect. Each has strengths to offer as well<br />
as limitations. By learning to combine the various disciplines to each<br />
medical problem, science will continue to evolve and increase the quality<br />
of life of individuals everywhere.<br />
Mary Richard was crowned Ms. Senior Nevada 2006, was first<br />
runner-up for Ms. Senior America 2006 and is a life-time dancer.<br />
Mary can be reached at mary-vegasvoice@cox.net.<br />
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Dr. Kyo Mitchell served as faculty at Bastyr University in Seattle<br />
and Wongu University in Las Vegas for over a decade. Dr. Mitchell<br />
practices in Summerlin and can be reached at 702-481-6216 or<br />
rkyomitchell@gmail.com.
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Improve Your Memory Abilities with Momisms & More<br />
By: Jan Fair / A No-Brainer Minute<br />
eaders emailed to say they used the ideas in my February column for boosting their<br />
Rbrain by improvising a story. (See Vegas Voice archives at www.thevegasvoice.net.)<br />
One woman wrote me about a wonderful moment when her young granddaughter surprised everyone<br />
with her beautiful, insightful, improvised “I Have a Dream” speech. This month, I’m suggesting that we<br />
memorize something rather than improvising. Experts say if we memorize something every day, we will<br />
improve our memorizing abilities.<br />
A No-Brainer Pick<br />
According to The<br />
Harvard Medical School<br />
Guide to Achieving<br />
Optimal Memory by<br />
Aaron P. Nelson, Ph.D. &<br />
Susan Gilbert,“…The<br />
use-it-or-lose-it notion<br />
definitely applies to the<br />
brain.”<br />
Check out this book for<br />
lots of suggestions to<br />
improve your memory.<br />
Things to Memorize<br />
• momisms (look right ==>)<br />
• a short poem<br />
• the chorus of a song<br />
• a few sentences<br />
from a book,<br />
magazine or<br />
newspaper<br />
• a TV advertisement<br />
• lines from a movie<br />
• famous quotations<br />
• a famous speech<br />
Jan Fair is a writer, consultant & public speaker who has published over 40 books including<br />
the No-Brainer Brain Games series. Please check out her website at www.JanFair.com<br />
Mental Minutes<br />
“Momisms”<br />
1. In one minute, list sayings<br />
that mother always said.<br />
2. Make an alphabetical<br />
list.<br />
Always wear clean socks.;<br />
Because I said so!;<br />
Count your blessings.; …”<br />
A No-Brainer Laugh<br />
Go to YouTube.com<br />
Type in “William Tell<br />
Momisms”<br />
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“ASK LAURA ABOUT REAL ESTATE”<br />
Reduce your chance of Identity Fraud with these helpful tips!<br />
Laura Harbison<br />
Broker/Salesperson/Branch Manager<br />
Seniors Real Estate Specialist ® (SRES)<br />
Accredited Buyer Representative ® (ABR)<br />
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Certified Residential Specialist (CRS)<br />
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Wallet. Remove items that should not be in it. These include your Social Security card (and anything else with<br />
your Social Security Number on it), PINs or passwords, spare keys, and blank checks. Unless you’re heading to<br />
a doctor or health facility for the first time, don’t carry your Medicare card either.<br />
Home office. After ensuring all is correct, shred (with a cross-cut shredder) bank statements, sales & cash<br />
withdrawal ATM receipts, paid credit card statements & utility bills, expired warranties, unsolicited credit<br />
card & insurance offers, and canceled checks (that are not tax related). Destroy old photo IDs. Pay stubs &<br />
medical bills shouldn’t be kept longer than one year; tax returns & pertinent forms (W-2s, 1099s and records<br />
for declared tax deductions) no longer than seven.<br />
Safely store: birth & marriage certificates, family member death certificates, Social Security & Medicare cards,<br />
active passports, divorce decrees, college diplomas, military records, wills, trusts, home deeds, vehicle titles,<br />
and power of attorney paperwork.<br />
Keep secure but accessible: tax returns for the past three years, active appliance warranties & manuals, loan<br />
statements & payment books, insurance policies, a household inventory list (TVs, jewelry, etc.), health benefits<br />
information, and family health records including vaccinations. Keep a record of what is in your wallet, including<br />
the account numbers and contact information for each card (useful if your wallet is lost or stolen.)<br />
Medicine cabinet. Remove and shred pharmacy labels before tossing empty prescription bottles. Hide prescription<br />
medications (particularly painkillers).<br />
Computers and phones. Delete unnecessary & unused files, accounts and apps. If donating or recycling old<br />
computers, cell phones or other devices, erase the memory completely and restore to factory settings.<br />
Ensure that antivirus protection software is up to date on all actively used devices, set for regular “Quick” &<br />
“Full” scans and firewall-enabled. Clear the memory on internet browsers used on your computer and smartphone<br />
at least weekly, to prevent hackers from accessing stored passwords. Enable two-factor identification<br />
on financial and other online accounts; review (and enact) privacy settings on social media accounts and<br />
don’t share sensitive details – address, workplace, family members, upcoming vacation plans or purchases.<br />
Consider getting paperless statements from banks & credit card companies to reduce the risk that information<br />
could be stolen from your mail.<br />
Laura Harbison, ABR, AHWD, BPOR, BS, CDPE, CRS, GRI, RSPS, SRES<br />
Broker/Salesperson/Branch Manager<br />
Realty Executives Harbison Team<br />
770 Coronado Center Drive, Ste. 100<br />
Henderson, NV 89052<br />
Office: 702-777-1234 Fax: 702-777-5678<br />
EFax: 702-924-0777 (Faxes into the offers email)<br />
Corporate Email: LauraHarbison@HarbisonRealEstate.com<br />
Personal Email: FirstLadyOfRealEstateLaura@gmail.com<br />
Offers Email: Offers@HarbisonRealEstate.com<br />
www.LauraHarbisonRealEstate.com<br />
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