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October 2021<br />
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John Bielun<br />
Liz Breier<br />
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Sandi Davis<br />
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Front page credit: Vegas Voice president RAY SARBACKER<br />
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About The Vegas Voice<br />
In 2020 The Vegas Voice received six national awards from the North<br />
American Mature Publisher’s Association. The awards were for our investigative<br />
articles, front-page design, editorials and columns.<br />
As the judges stated (and we humbly agree): The Vegas Voice gets<br />
credit for pulling no punches, striking hard… with its articles.<br />
It’s unequivocal style leaves no room for readers to wonder where<br />
it stands on senior issues.
Crisis at Home<br />
By: Dan Roberts / Roberts Rules<br />
“<br />
Don’t you know how to hang up a towel?”<br />
To even pose that question to yours truly<br />
illustrates the<br />
“crisis” now existing in the Goodman-<br />
Roberts household. Hopefully by<br />
Halloween (and assuming Rana<br />
does not throw me out of the house,<br />
or the police are called responding to<br />
a “domestic dispute”) our lives will<br />
return to normal.<br />
I previously wrote about the secret<br />
of our heretofore happy relationship<br />
and home bliss. Now approaching<br />
nine years, the special bond between<br />
this publisher and our Vegas Voice<br />
ACE (Any Content Editor) isn’t based<br />
solely on mutual feelings, caring and<br />
respect for each other or other loveydovey<br />
accolades<br />
The secret, dear readers is separate<br />
bathrooms.<br />
When I moved in nearly a decade<br />
ago, my PILL (partner in love &<br />
life) had previously built a separate<br />
but equal bathroom for her mom.<br />
It became mine when we became a<br />
“forever couple” and I was master of<br />
my own little kingdom…and throne.<br />
And then the “issues” began.<br />
Over the last few months, we<br />
noticed a leak or two in my bathroom,<br />
her office and guest room. The water<br />
squishing under our feet eventually became too obvious to ignore.<br />
And of course Murphy’s Law came into play – whatever can get<br />
worse, will get worse. Not only did we uncover the leaking pipes, but<br />
its consequences were the arrival of a new unwanted house guest - Mr.<br />
Mold.<br />
So began the insurance and construction process of ripping up<br />
floors, walls and closets. To say it is a nightmare with my clothes and<br />
other stuff being tossed and placed everywhere - and nowhere would be<br />
an understatement.<br />
Hence my predicament. I now needed to share Rana’s bathroom.<br />
Every day and night.<br />
Now please don’t misunderstand me. My Ladylove and I fully realize<br />
that our situation is nothing like being hospitalized (or worse) with<br />
COVID, or being left behind in Afghanistan, or even being stuck in New<br />
York on an extended vacation when Hurricane Henri cancelled our<br />
return flight.<br />
(However if you want to hear my Rana in full “soapbox mode”<br />
ask her what it was like stuck on the JFK runway for nearly two hours<br />
before the plane took-off as we scrambled making alternative plans.<br />
And she’s being polite. Go ahead, ask me my thoughts, I dare you - but<br />
I digress...) Now back to my problem.<br />
Having no choice but to enter into a new bathroom relationship and<br />
wandering through the house in my<br />
birthday suit is far (very far) from a<br />
beautiful sight. Trying to find shirts,<br />
pants, etc. is like a scavenger hunt<br />
every morning.<br />
And then there is her daily<br />
“suggestions” as to how to hang up<br />
a towel (instead of leaving it on the<br />
floor – yeah, it’s a guy thing), or the<br />
correct placement of my toothbrush<br />
on the counter.<br />
Needless to say, Christmas will<br />
come early for both of us when my<br />
bathroom - and the rest of the house<br />
is restored. Until then, I hope that our<br />
love for each other will be enough to<br />
sustain us.<br />
But just in case, anybody have a<br />
spare bathroom?<br />
*That’s My Boy! No question<br />
that the new Allegiant Stadium is a<br />
glorious structure. Everywhere you go<br />
inside the stadium is awe-inspiring<br />
and simply breath-taking.<br />
The stadium has various gigantic<br />
photos displayed throughout the<br />
building. And this publisher is<br />
bursting with pride since quite a few<br />
of them were taken by our Vegas Voice<br />
Graphics Editor (and my Number 1<br />
son) Michael Roberts.<br />
So if you ever get the chance to see his various photographs, you’ll<br />
understand why I’m boasting: “That’s my boy!”<br />
What Do<br />
You Think?<br />
Do you agree with our<br />
columnists? Did anyone get<br />
you angry, make you think or<br />
simply put a smile on your face?<br />
Please tell us by forwarding<br />
your comments, thoughts or<br />
suggestions to Publisher Dan at:<br />
dan@thevegasvoice.net.<br />
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Do’s and Dont’s of<br />
Mercury Retrograde!<br />
By: Kate Wind / Kate’s Insight<br />
Mercury is officially Retrograde from<br />
September 27 th - October 18 th , 2021, in the<br />
sign of Libra.<br />
As an Astrologer, I recognize this period as potentially chaotic and<br />
disruptive.<br />
Mercury rules all moving parts so when Mercury retrogrades,<br />
conditions may change or shift, forcing us to figure out what direction<br />
things are moving in.<br />
Think about walking backwards. Moving backward is hard! You<br />
cannot go on autopilot. You must slow down and pay closer attention<br />
to what you’re doing and where you’re going.<br />
This example captures the feeling of a planet in Retrograde motion.<br />
During Mercury Retrograde, it is common to hear the following:<br />
1. Expect breakdowns in technology and communication,<br />
2. Do not sign contracts or travel,<br />
3. Do not go on first dates or entertain your ex,<br />
4. Do not buy a computer, car, or phone,<br />
5. Do not start any construction projects.<br />
While this can be true, it’s not always possible to put these items off!<br />
Mercury is associated with details such as the expiration date, the<br />
time the store closes, the amount of money due, and calendars. If you<br />
partake in the above activities, it is highly suggested to reconfirm the<br />
details to save yourself a future hassle.<br />
So, instead of waiting for Mercury to passively mess up plans, let’s<br />
take action to use the energy toward own advantage. It’s the perfect<br />
time to redo, reflect, resolve, and reorganize your life - which is why<br />
previous themes that haven’t exactly been dealt with tend to come back<br />
around during this period…including people.<br />
Here are some ideas to actively use Mercury Retrograde:<br />
1. Get a second quote/bid,<br />
2. Finish or throw out old projects,<br />
3. Review monthly bills,<br />
4. Reassess colleagues/relationships,<br />
5. Double-checking license renewals,<br />
6. Back up computer files.<br />
Make a list this week of five things that need to be addressed over the<br />
next few weeks to take advantage of the energy. The list might look like:<br />
1. RE-turn clothing,<br />
2. RE-view bill,<br />
3. RE-organize pantry,<br />
4. Check REnewals,<br />
5. RE-stock office supplies.<br />
October 2021<br />
You Gotta Laugh<br />
By: Bill Caserta / Bill’s Blurbs<br />
*<br />
Two Mafia hitman are walking deep in<br />
the forest in the middle of the night. One of<br />
them admits “I’m pretty scared out here.” The<br />
other replies “You’re scared? I’ve got to walk back<br />
alone.”<br />
*This morning my son said his ear hurt and I said, “on the inside<br />
or outside?” So he walks out the front door, comes back and says both.<br />
Moments like this got me wondering if I’m saving too much for college.<br />
*The longest drum solo was 10 hours and 26 minutes and was<br />
performed by the child sitting behind me on Delta flight 963 from Las<br />
Vegas to Tokyo.<br />
*As you get older, you’ve got to stay positive. For example, the<br />
other day I fell down the stairs. Instead of getting upset, I just thought,<br />
“Wow, that’s the fastest I’ve moved in years!”<br />
*When where are young, we sneak out of the house to go to<br />
parties. When we’re older, we sneak out of parties to go home!<br />
*I just “cleared out some space in the freezer” sounds much more<br />
productive then I just polished off another pint of ice cream!<br />
*I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat less and<br />
exercise more. But that was four hours ago, when I was younger and<br />
full of hope.<br />
*Me: Would you please bring me a screwdriver? She: Flathead,<br />
Phillips or vodka? And that’s when I knew she was the one!<br />
*And Finally: Not to brag, but I just went into the other room and<br />
actually remembered why I went in there! It was the bathroom, but<br />
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Make Kindness Loud<br />
By: Rana Goodman / On My Soapbox<br />
This seems to be a time when tempers flare, and<br />
people spew hateful rhetoric. It could be because a<br />
person belongs to a political party in opposition to<br />
theirs, or perhaps one agrees with the mask and vaccination mandate,<br />
while the other is adamantly opposed to it.<br />
Those are the times when I especially love hearing about an act of<br />
kindness to someone in need. One great example was demonstrated by<br />
the response to my fellow columnist Dan Hyde’s Call to Action column<br />
last month. Take a look at his column on page 10.<br />
card to a stranger for a cup of coffee or a snack, or helping an older person<br />
load groceries in her/his car.<br />
You get my drift. Let’s all think how we can make kindness loud.<br />
Over the last few years that publisher Dan and I have done what we<br />
could to alert seniors about the pitfalls and dangers of guardianship,<br />
many people have approached us when we have been out and about. Not<br />
only do they recognize us, (which is a lovely boost to the ego), but many<br />
take the time to say “thank you” for what we have done.<br />
I cannot tell you how much it means to both of us. Just those few kind<br />
words make our day, and they can make a difference in a person’s day too.<br />
I always believed it is so much easier to be kind, to “turn that frown<br />
upside down” and let it become a smile. With all the griping and<br />
complaining these days over things that we cannot change wouldn’t it<br />
be nice to just “pay it forward” by a good deed or kind word for people<br />
you meet?<br />
Guardianship Update<br />
There really is “good” in this world and I encourage Vegas Voice readers<br />
to “pay it forward” by making a point to share some human kindness in<br />
one way or another.<br />
Be it delivering a home cooked meal to a neighbor, giving a small gift<br />
Rana with the National Association of Retired Federal Employees<br />
(NARFE) Chapter 2031 officers last month. It was the 74 th seminar<br />
held by The Vegas Voice since Rana became involved in reforming the<br />
guardianship system.<br />
Rana’s Rant<br />
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Don’t let her article fool you. Be kind all you want, but every once in a<br />
while our Rana needs to let you know about all the stupidity going on in<br />
our world. Check out her latest “Rana’s Rants” on our YouTube channel<br />
(YouTube.com/c/VegasVoiceTV).
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An Astonishing Act of Compassion!<br />
By: Dan Hyde / Call to Action<br />
Last month, I wrote about a disabled<br />
wheelchair bound homeless man named<br />
Timothy Bartley. That’s him in the photo. I<br />
mentioned that his wheelchair had very limited<br />
operating time because the batteries had reached their useful life and<br />
were barely functioning.<br />
I described a typical day he had to endure that involved seeking<br />
out shade under any available tree (no more than 50 feet away from<br />
overnight shelter provided by the Salvation Army). During the daytime,<br />
assistance typically provided by various non-profits were closed because<br />
of a lack of volunteers needed to staff the organizations.<br />
Every day he would patiently wait for the Salvation Army to open their<br />
doors at 6 pm so that he could get shelter and food for the night. At 6<br />
the next morning he would start this challenging daily routine all over<br />
again.<br />
Unable to walk and totally dependent upon his battery operated<br />
wheelchair, you can imagine the desperation he must have felt when,<br />
soon or later, his wheelchair would become inoperable.<br />
If that were to happen, he would be at the mercy of the harsh<br />
elements of our summer climate.<br />
Then I received this email: It said in part: “(My husband and I)<br />
read the article . . . After<br />
reading it I could not sleep<br />
and felt anger that our<br />
government is allowing<br />
good Americans to rot in<br />
homelessness.<br />
“The next day I called<br />
the Salvation Army and<br />
asked for the battery type<br />
to fix his wheelchair. Next<br />
my husband and I went to<br />
Batteries + and bought Timothy (the batteries he needed).<br />
“A few folks at the Salvation Army greeted us and pushed Timothy’s<br />
chair up the ramp and inside. Everyone helped to get Mr. Bartley<br />
and his belongings out of the chair.<br />
“The two new batteries were installed, and Timothy ran his chair<br />
up and down the large room with a BIG, HAPPY SMILE ON HIS<br />
FACE!”<br />
With all the BS going on today, it is inspiring to know that there are<br />
still good, wonderful, terrific people in our neighborhood.<br />
*Photo credit Eric Verduzco of the Las Vegas Review Journal.<br />
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Now Performing<br />
By: Evan Davis / Entertainment Editor<br />
Sun City MacDonald Ranch has been a home<br />
for The Vegas Voice shows the last few years,<br />
and it will be no different for 2022. We already<br />
have 9 shows dates scheduled. But let’s take one<br />
month at a time.<br />
This month will feature Bruce Ewing and his all-star-star cast,<br />
which includes singers Brenda Mandabach and Kevan Patriquin.<br />
They will all be accompanied by the genius of Philip Fortenberry<br />
on piano performing the Broadway music of TOM Lehrer, GEORGE<br />
Gershwin, IRVING Berlin & FRANK Loesser.<br />
Our November show is on Saturday the 13 th and will be a Tribute to<br />
our Veterans. We’ll feature the music from the Vietnam Era.<br />
Other interesting shows you’ll find around town will be Jonny Birds<br />
“Rise of the Phoenix.” A classic Vegas dinner show starting October 30 th<br />
at the Gold Coast Hotel, every Wednesday and Thursday.<br />
“Sit In” with Kelly Clinton every Thursday night in the Nevada<br />
Room. ABBACADABRA, the ABBA tribute band coming to South<br />
Point at the end of October. DINO A’la Carte starring Tony Felicetta<br />
at The Golden Tiki, Tre’sure performing downtown at Level One Bar<br />
& Lounge, Red Penny Arcade in the Piazza Lounge at Tuscany on<br />
Tuesday evenings, and Lannie Counts at the Italian American Club.<br />
Then there are places like The Bank inside the Gambit in Henderson,<br />
Prosecco’s Italian Kitchen,<br />
Saddle and Spurs Saloon,<br />
The Firelight Barn (for<br />
great fun and family<br />
entertainment), The<br />
Space, Siena Deli, Mob<br />
Museum’s Underground,<br />
Starbright Theatre,<br />
Myron’s at The Smith<br />
Center, and on and on.<br />
There are so many<br />
venues, new and old, and<br />
so many entertainers that<br />
Bruce Ewing with Evan<br />
are glad to be back performing in front of a live audience, that one<br />
doesn’t know where to go, when to go, and who to see first. That’s why<br />
we provide a calendar of local shows and events and try to make your<br />
entertainment choices as effortless as possible.<br />
Just go to www.EvanDavisJazz.com to find that calendar. Remember,<br />
you may not be able to attend some of these shows if not vaccinated or<br />
can show a negative test, so call before you go!<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 />
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October 2021
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Sinatra’s Pal Dreesen Reminisces<br />
By: Sam Wagmeister / People & Places<br />
They had worked together for just one night<br />
when Sinatra invited him for dinner. The<br />
crooner put his knife and fork down and said, “I’d<br />
like you to do a few dates with me.”<br />
Those words forever changed Tom Dreesen’s life.<br />
The pair worked together for 14 years and<br />
remained friends until the day Dreesen was a<br />
pall bearer at Sinatra’s funeral. Dreesen brings to<br />
Las Vegas the stories of their friendship that have<br />
delighted audiences, an evening that includes<br />
laughter and tears and a lifelong journey when the<br />
Italian American Club presents Dreesen’s show The<br />
Man Who Made Sinatra Laugh October 15.<br />
Dreesen grew up in a Bowery Boys-like<br />
environment on Chicago’s gritty south side, shining<br />
shoes and working other odd jobs for as little as<br />
40-cents a day. “Each day, my mother would put away a nickel,” he<br />
said, to fund his trips to Cubs baseball games. With passionate White<br />
Sox-Cubs loyalties divided at mid-city, Dreesen admits, “I lived in<br />
enemy territory.”<br />
Dreesen later lived out his childhood dream when Cubs’ manager<br />
Jim Fry appointed him batboy while he was appearing at Zanies<br />
Comedy Club in the 80s.<br />
Dreesen was selling insurance in Chicago in 1968 when he teamed<br />
up with colleague Tim Reid (later known as Venus Flytrap on WKRP<br />
in Cincinnati) for a Jaycee-sponsored anti-drug presentation to high<br />
school students. The pair became the country’s first biracial comedy<br />
team.<br />
Years later a tuxedo-clad Dreesen rushed off after<br />
his Lake Tahoe performance to catch Sinatra at a<br />
nearby venue. A chance introduction to Old Blue<br />
Eyes’ lawyer led to their 14-year alliance.<br />
At dinner after their second night together,<br />
Sinatra told him, “I like your material. I like your<br />
style,” and the life-changing opportunity was<br />
offered. Dreesen admits that because of the strength<br />
of their friendship he turned down more lucrative<br />
offers over those Sinatra years.<br />
Dreesen’s touring show opens with him as a<br />
10-year old, shining shoes in a bar in Harvey, his<br />
Illinois hometown. Intertwined with those biographical years is the<br />
humor that Sinatra admired until the day Sinatra called it quits. “I<br />
was with him until the very last song he sang, The Best is Yet to Come.”<br />
In a multi-faceted career that’s included motivational speaking<br />
engagements and 12 years on the Celebrity Players Golf Tour competing<br />
with the likes of Johnny Bench, John Elway and Michael Jordan, Dreesen<br />
has added “author” to his resume.<br />
Last year, Still Standing…My Journey from the Streets and Saloons<br />
to the Stage, and Sinatra (available on Amazon.com) was released<br />
with a forward by David Letterman. Among his 500-plus television<br />
appearances, Dreesen regularly hosted Letterman’s show.<br />
Reviews of his touring show reflect Dreesen’s thinking: “A good<br />
comedian can make you laugh; a great comedian can make you cry.”<br />
Audiences have cheered through laughs and nostalgic tears at the<br />
comedians reminisces.<br />
For tickets: Italian American Club, 2333 E Sahara Ave. Las Vegas.<br />
(702) 457-3866. www.iacvegas.com.<br />
Sun City MacDonald Ranch Craft Fair<br />
Saturday, October 9, 2021, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm<br />
There will be 25 vendors selling Jewelry, Pottery hand thrown on a<br />
wheel, Fiber Art, Embroidered Key Chains, Fused Glass, Knitted items,<br />
Paper quilling, Wood Products.<br />
The Ceramic Club, Sewing Club and Creative Crew with stained<br />
glass, card making (and many other items) will be selling their wares.<br />
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By: Beverly Washburn / Hollywood Memories<br />
I<br />
’m sure some of you will remember the show<br />
“Wagon Train” which was the number one<br />
NBC TV series back in the 50s.<br />
I actually did the pilot starring Ernest Borgnine and then two more<br />
episodes; one starring Laraine Day and the other starring Lou Costello.<br />
Ward played the role of Seth Adams, the Wagon Master. He did 133<br />
episodes of Wagon Train.<br />
It was an honor to work with him and he was wonderful to me. The<br />
photo is one that he gave to me when we finished the episode and is<br />
proudly hanging on a wall in my home.<br />
Ward Bond (short for “Wardell”) was born in Benkelman, Nebraska<br />
in 1903 and sadly died of a heart attack in 1960 at age 57, while in<br />
Dallas to attend a football game - one of his passions.<br />
He performed in over 200 films. Some of them were: It’s a Wonderful<br />
Life, The Maltese Falcon, The Grapes of Wrath and Gone with The<br />
Wind.<br />
While playing football as the starting lineman for USC along with his<br />
buddy, John Wayne, the two of them were spotted by director John Ford<br />
and asked to be “extras” in a film called “Salute.” John Wayne became<br />
his life-long friend, and he gave the eulogy at Bond’s funeral.<br />
I recall when working with him, he had a rather “foul” mouth.<br />
And because he was used to working with guys, he would swear quite<br />
frequently.<br />
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Remembering Ward Bond<br />
Stillwater<br />
By: Renee Riendeau / Movie Revelations<br />
Director Tom McCarthy adds another film,<br />
“Stillwater” to his already impressive<br />
repertoire. He lined up a great cast staring Matt<br />
Damon,(Bill Baker), Abigail Breslin, (Allison Baker, his daughter), and<br />
Camille Cottin.<br />
Many critics have asked, “Who<br />
was the star of the show?” At the<br />
end of the movie, you will see<br />
it was that darling French dark<br />
haired eight year old beauty, Lilon<br />
Siauvaud.<br />
The inspiration for this “R”<br />
rated film was the 2007 Amanda<br />
Knox case, the American college<br />
student convicted of killing her<br />
roommate while studying in Italy. The setting for this film is Marseille,<br />
France, a city of secrets.<br />
Damon plays a prayerful father immersed in guilt for his parental<br />
sins of omission. He’s in a foreign land following the slimmest leads<br />
while risking incarceration himself to free his daughter who has spent<br />
almost four years in prison.<br />
His mission is to find justice for his wrongfully convicted teenager.<br />
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Since I was a minor, the<br />
welfare worker threatened to<br />
pull me from the set unless he<br />
stopped swearing in front of me.<br />
I didn’t really mind, because I<br />
didn’t even know what those<br />
words meant at the time, but<br />
she was adamant about it and<br />
promptly talked to the director.<br />
Because there were certain<br />
laws regarding children, she<br />
had the authority of removing<br />
me from the show. The director<br />
had to have a talk with him. He<br />
apologized profusely and never<br />
even said “darn” after that!<br />
He was a wonderful actor who was inducted into the Western<br />
Performers Hall of Fame, has a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame,<br />
and there is also a Ward Bond Memorial Park in his hometown.<br />
Until next time, remember: A warm smile is the universal language<br />
of kindness.<br />
Beverly Washburn graced the silver screen as a child actress and<br />
is the author of Reel Tears. You can contact Beverly at: bjradell@<br />
hotmail.com.<br />
There are several sub plots, story turns and twists.<br />
A highlight of the movie is Bill’s (Damon) relationship with Maya<br />
(Lilon Siauvaud), an amazing, loving friendship. They bonded early<br />
on in the movie, and many think she steals the show.<br />
Unfortunately, Virginie and Bill seem to have almost no chemistry<br />
between them. In fact Matt Damon plays a one dimensional character<br />
(on auto pilot) almost shell<br />
shocked.<br />
He put on quite a bit of weight<br />
for this film and looks a middleaged<br />
man stereotype. The New<br />
York Times wrote, ”Damon’s<br />
performance is a product of too<br />
much conceptualizing and not<br />
enough feeling.”<br />
One Boston critic says,<br />
”Stillwater is 20 minutes too long.” And Amanda Knox has blasted both<br />
Damon and director Tom McCarthy for profiting off her story.<br />
My rating for this movie a “B.” But enough about my opinion, what<br />
do you think?<br />
Renee Riendeau is the movie critic for The Vegas Voice. She loves to<br />
hear your opinions on films. You can contact her at: rriendeau@<br />
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My Story<br />
By: Diane Rosen / Animal Magnetism<br />
My mom made a deal with me when I was<br />
twelve years old. When I graduated from<br />
grammar school, I could get either pierced ears<br />
or a dog. I really wanted pierced ears, but a dog?<br />
OMG!<br />
I was so psyched! And conflicted!<br />
Turns out, my dad was completely against me “mutilating my skin”<br />
so after graduation, I got my first dog, a rescue named Shorty. Shorty<br />
was as cute as can be but was unlucky in the health department.<br />
Poor guy had worms, epilepsy, a recurrent case of cherry eye, and<br />
horrible mange that made him look like a hairless pink sausage. When<br />
Shorty’s hair finally grew back, he got attacked by my neighbor’s dog,<br />
Pickles, and we had to shave it all off for stitches!<br />
He sure was high maintenance, but I loved that little guy.<br />
Loving Shorty started me down the path of becoming an absolute<br />
dog nut. Volunteering at a Chicago animal shelter for nine years sealed<br />
the deal for me.<br />
Today, I fall in love with every dog I see! I feel an inner connection to<br />
them - as if I were a dog in another life. Hmmm.<br />
Although I prefer dogs, I love all pets. Cats make me itch, but it<br />
doesn’t stop me from loving them.<br />
I love birds too, having<br />
been a mom to Chipper,<br />
a music loving parakeet<br />
and Winston, a blue<br />
fronted amazon parrot<br />
who kept us entertained<br />
for forty-one years. Our<br />
goldfish, Habib, whom<br />
we bought for twenty-five<br />
cents, lived to the ripe old<br />
age of sixteen!<br />
Loving pets makes us better people. They respond so much to love<br />
and affection, I think they make us more loving and affectionate.<br />
Pets teach us about loyalty and giving back. For me, life would be<br />
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Diane Rosen is the proud mom of two dogs, a lover of all things<br />
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54<br />
Rising From Seated Position<br />
By: Heather Latimer / Heather’s Self-Help Tips<br />
EMS personnel respond to frequent nighttime<br />
calls from residents who are stuck on the<br />
toilet and can’t get off. Callers do not necessarily<br />
live alone, they told me. Often they believe they’re safe because they<br />
have a companion– but he or she cannot lift them.<br />
“If you already have difficulty when rising from every seat you<br />
encounter it’s time to learn to get up correctly,” advised Licensed<br />
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exercise:<br />
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possibly slip backward.<br />
2. Sit as you customarily do.<br />
3. Shift to front of seat.<br />
4. Spread legs sideways and level with your shoulders.<br />
5. Slide ankles backward against front of seat.<br />
6. Lean forward so your nose is above knees.<br />
At this point you should be able to raise yourself without using your<br />
hands but, as a beginner, either place hands on knees, or grab seat of<br />
chair, to create sufficient pressure to rise to standing position.<br />
Avoid prolonged sitting. It weakens muscles and lessens ability to<br />
stand securely. Take a break to move around for 15 minutes every hour.<br />
For comfort, heighten seats by adding firm cushions of the type that<br />
normally fit into armchairs – usually about 5” deep - and obtain a 4”<br />
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The Mysterious 3rd Eye<br />
By: Ali Guggenheim / Psychic Phenomenon<br />
Ancient lore tells of an actual Third Eye that<br />
existed to regulate physical and spiritual<br />
functions.<br />
The stories speak of how years of<br />
evolution weakened its use, so it eventually<br />
sank into the skull and became part of<br />
the brain called the Pineal Gland, which<br />
regulates sleeping and waking patterns,<br />
physical performance, stress, and hormone<br />
levels.<br />
The Pineal Gland resides between the<br />
eyebrows and houses the Third Eye in its<br />
midst (when cut in half, this gland looks<br />
like an eye). Also known as the Third<br />
Chakra, the Third Eye is the doorway to your immortal soul and your<br />
earth-bound experience.<br />
It represents the seat of the soul because it enables your soul to<br />
function without the restraints of the physical world.<br />
Due to this pea-sized, pinecone-shaped gland, pinecones appear in<br />
many spiritual and religious emblems throughout history and different<br />
cultures. Although the Third Eye is associated with spirituality, psychic<br />
powers, visions, seeing auras and ghosts, etc., its purpose and function<br />
are even more extensive.<br />
It’s only natural to associate the Third Eye with the mystical and<br />
paranormal; however, it’s more spiritual. The fact is that all humans<br />
can utilize their Third Eye to sense beyond their ordinary perception.<br />
Though it may not take much for some people to access their<br />
Third Eye, for others, it may take a lot of<br />
meditation and training to enable better<br />
focus and awareness.<br />
It’s a documented fact the pineal gland<br />
calcifies when you don’t utilize it. The<br />
gland’s calcium build-up will crystalize<br />
and block access to the pineal gland’s and<br />
the Third Eye’s gifts.<br />
Other known factors that cause<br />
calcification are mobile phones’ radiation,<br />
electric/magnetic fields, sugar, artificial<br />
sweeteners, additives, etc. Accordingly connecting with your Third Eye<br />
could lead to consuming a better diet.<br />
When you access your Third Eye, it may feel like you are awakening<br />
from a dream state. You’ll be able to reconnect with your true self and<br />
access knowledge hidden deep within your subconscious (i.e., who you<br />
were born to be, what your life purpose is, why you are here, etc.)<br />
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Be Kind to Seniors<br />
By: Liz Breier / This & That<br />
It appears that while seniors are accused by some<br />
of the younger generations of being grumpy, it may<br />
actually be the other way around. I know many<br />
kind and gentle older<br />
folks but unfortunately they are sometimes<br />
dealt with rudely - and with impatience.<br />
We may be seniors but that is the only “S”<br />
word that applies. We are not necessarily<br />
stupid or senile or senseless.<br />
A friend recently related a story of several<br />
repeat visits to the DMV with her octogenarian<br />
friend in order to get a Nevada license. Not<br />
only were they forced to come back multiple<br />
times (each time given new instructions) but<br />
they were treated rudely. Why is it necessary<br />
to toss papers at them? Why could they not be<br />
given ALL the requirements the first time?<br />
That’s just one example of how seniors can often be dismissed.<br />
Especially if one lives in a senior community, the younger employees can<br />
sometimes respond in a way that indicates they may just not be cut out<br />
to deal with seniors.<br />
While it is true that not everyone is up to date on the latest technology<br />
and might not be able to retrieve information, get directions, make a<br />
payment or join a meeting from the internet, it is not for lack of brains<br />
but lack of experience in that area.<br />
Younger generations should please try to remember (and I hope many<br />
that read this article share it with someone<br />
they know that is under 50 years of age) that<br />
seniors learned many new things in their<br />
lifetimes.<br />
And while they may not have had the<br />
opportunity in more recent years to continue<br />
learning, or maybe just that their hands and<br />
eyesight are not what they once were, that<br />
does not make seniors stupid and certainly<br />
not deserving of rude treatment.<br />
Every senior was once a young person and<br />
are now someone’s parent or grandparent<br />
or aunt or uncle or neighbor and deserve to be treated with the same<br />
kindness and respect anyone would treat their own family.<br />
Liz Breier is an ex-New Yorker who retired to Florida for 24 years<br />
before deciding that Nevada means home to her. You can contact<br />
Liz at: bluesky090372@gmail.com.<br />
By: Pat Landaker / Positive Aging<br />
When’s the last time you reviewed your<br />
retirement, financial, estate or other plans and<br />
documents? You’d<br />
be surprised at what<br />
you’ve forgotten to update, or better yet,<br />
what’s actually in those documents.<br />
It’s understandable why you haven’t<br />
updated your important paperwork. You felt<br />
safe and assured that you had all documents<br />
and plans in place and protected.<br />
And let’s face it, you didn’t really listen to<br />
what the advisor was saying about updates.<br />
You figured you’d receive an alert - but that<br />
didn’t happen either.<br />
It’s time for a review and refresh to make<br />
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grandchildren born, new investments, medical information?<br />
Also, many people don’t realize or remember that they must share<br />
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Speak with your advisors about how to update confidential items<br />
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Time to Refresh Those Docs<br />
October 2021<br />
It might also be the time to share your information with your children<br />
so they’re fully aware of what your big picture looks like. It also puts all<br />
family members on the same playing field.<br />
You may be uncomfortable having a conversation with your kids about<br />
what they should know in case of your death<br />
or incapacity, but it’s necessary! It’s a tough<br />
conversation and a courageous one.<br />
Make sure to assign all articles/properties<br />
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might cause conflict. Also, prepare something<br />
that gives direction on how to handle matters.<br />
It’s also a good idea to state why/how you<br />
assigned the items. If possible, you may want<br />
to provide the decision-making process you<br />
used for the assignments.<br />
Eliminate conflicting or confusing<br />
information. Be clear and succinct yet state the facts.<br />
Implementing these suggestions will help add clarity, purpose and<br />
reason to your planned decisions. It’s part of positive aging that’s key to<br />
your peace of mind - and your family’s.<br />
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A Must-See Vegas Show<br />
By: Dianne Davis / That’s Entertainment<br />
Banachek’s Mind Games Live show<br />
at the Strat is an engrossing must-see<br />
production. He is<br />
described as a “world<br />
famous mentalist.”<br />
My only possible explanation for what<br />
he does: Banachek is not a psychic, not<br />
a magician - he is an alien with super<br />
powers.<br />
This soft spoken man has an audience<br />
member pick a page from a book and select<br />
a word on the page. He identifies the word<br />
selected. No hidden cameras, no hidden<br />
mics. (He offers $100,000 to anyone who<br />
can prove he uses any aids).<br />
He says, “I’m not a psychic, but I do what psychics do.” He is the<br />
only magician to convince scientists that he can bend and move objects<br />
with his mind.<br />
At his show, he bends a fork with seemingly no effort. Then a child<br />
at each performance follows Banachek’s instructions - and the child<br />
bends a fork.<br />
He asks someone to read the last few numbers on her drivers’ license.<br />
Turns out he has already written those digits down on a large pad.<br />
He has audience members write down random thoughts. He verbalizes<br />
those thoughts.<br />
Penn (from Penn & Teller) called Banachek’s show, “The greatest<br />
mentalist act in the world.” He’s worked<br />
behind the scenes with many illusionists<br />
and magicians including mega-star Chris<br />
Angel.<br />
Most of the show is mesmerizing and<br />
intriguing mind games with the audience,<br />
but Banachek alarms and amazes when<br />
he has audience members select from<br />
a number of knives which are used to<br />
stab him as he lies prone. Two are real -<br />
potentially lethal.<br />
How can he know the serial number on a bill from an audience<br />
member? How can he call out the initials of a woman and know who<br />
her celebrity crush is? Are these folks in the audience hired or preselected?<br />
No. I knew some of them. See Banachek’s Mind Games Live at The<br />
Strat at 4 pm.<br />
Dianne Davis is delighted to once again share her opinions of<br />
local performers and shows. She is the lead reporter for SCA-TV<br />
and Associate Editor of lasvegas.splashmags.com.<br />
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25
Getaway Trips Featured<br />
By: Carol Chapman<br />
October is an exciting month for The Foundation. Our Annual Gala<br />
is finally here, after two postponements due to the pandemic.<br />
This time we’re pleased to have John Katsilometes as our Honorary<br />
Chair. You’ll recognize him as the entertainment columnist from the<br />
RJ. The live auction will feature spectacular getaway trips to the Wine<br />
Country, Bali, a wine-tasting party for 20. With celebrity auctioneers<br />
we’re confident you’ll have fun joining in the bidding process.<br />
The opening reception surrounds a silent auction with jewelry,<br />
sporting event tickets, artwork, and so much more.<br />
After the dinner served by event sponsor M Resort, popular performer<br />
Mark OToole will entertain us in song. Highlighting the evening will<br />
be the announcement of Nevada’s Senior Citizen of the Year. Three<br />
finalists will be in attendance, with the surprise announcement of the<br />
2020 winner made from the stage live.<br />
I personally want to thank the sponsors who have stepped up to<br />
support us, including Gene Haas Foundation, First Service Residential,<br />
Gillette Construction, Bombard Electric and Mechanical, Alarmco,<br />
Cornerstone Financial, MicroShield, Encompass Health, and Vegas<br />
Valley Hearing.<br />
Many more have placed ads in our program, so we hope you’ll take<br />
it home with you from the Gala and support those who back The<br />
Foundation. There’s still time (but not much) to get your tickets for<br />
the October 16 event.<br />
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725/244-4200. Individual tickets are $125, or you can save money by<br />
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Scary Behavior<br />
By: Gayla Kalp / Life is Laughter<br />
My girlfriend got this letter who then shared<br />
it with me. I laughed until I cried because,<br />
I too, have forced my husband to accompany me<br />
numerous times on hated shopping errands.<br />
He usually embarrasses me by acting like a four year old and is<br />
constantly and loudly saying “Are you done yet?” or “Why are you<br />
buying that?”<br />
This neighbor’s husband went “beyond the pale” and made a strike<br />
for all husbands in the world. Let me share this letter with you.<br />
Dear Mrs. Acme,<br />
Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a<br />
commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this behavior and have<br />
been forced to ban both of you from our store.<br />
Our complaints against your husband are listed below and are<br />
documented by our video surveillance cameras:<br />
1. He took 24 boxes of<br />
condoms and randomly<br />
put them in other people’s<br />
carts when they were not<br />
looking.<br />
2. Set all the alarm<br />
clocks in Housewares to go<br />
off at 5 minute intervals.<br />
3. Kept using the<br />
intercom system to<br />
announce “Cleanup<br />
in aisle 1, 2, 3, 7, 8<br />
and 15” all in one<br />
announcement causing<br />
great pandemonium with the staff.<br />
4. Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on<br />
layaway.<br />
5. Hid in a clothing rack and, when people browsed through the<br />
clothing, kept saying “Pick me! Pick me!”<br />
6. Darted around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the<br />
“Mission Impossible” song.<br />
7. Took a box of condoms to the checkout clerk and asked where the<br />
fitting room was.<br />
8. Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited, then yelled, “Hey,<br />
there’s no toilet paper in here!”<br />
9. Moved a “CAUTION – WET FLOOR” sign to a carpeted area.<br />
10. Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children<br />
shoppers he’d invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets<br />
from the bedding department. 12 children obliged.<br />
So the next time you take your “Hubby” on a shopping errand,<br />
remember Mrs. Acme Leave him on the couch with a beer to avoid<br />
“Scary Behavior.”<br />
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Gayla is a speaker, author, psychologist and humorist. She also<br />
happens to be Ms. Sr. California, Nevada and Universe England.
Is The Cost Of a Nursing Home Depleting Your Life Savings?<br />
By: Jerry Creed / Trust Jerry<br />
Most people are shocked to learn a skilled<br />
nursing or memory care facility can cost<br />
$10K to $15K a month… or more. Considering<br />
the average cost of a nursing home in Nevada is $9,262.00 monthly,<br />
each year that you or a<br />
loved one is in such a<br />
facility, your life saving<br />
shrinks by $110K.<br />
Most people have<br />
never heard of<br />
Nevada’s Enhanced<br />
Medicaid Recovery<br />
Program. While<br />
there are lots of rules<br />
and details, simply<br />
explained, Medicaid<br />
tracks everything it<br />
spends on your health<br />
care. When you die, Medicaid is reimbursed from your estate before<br />
your family or heirs see a dime.<br />
Considering Medicaid is the only government program that pays<br />
for long term care, the costs racked up are substantial. Three years is<br />
$330K, five years is $550k and 7 years is $770K.<br />
For most of us, that is the house we struggled to pay off - something<br />
we were planning to save or pass on to our kids.<br />
Further, most families can’t afford the additional expense of private<br />
pay. How is the “healthy spouse” (community spouse) supposed to live<br />
if the “sick spouse’s” (institutional spouse) cost of care is consuming<br />
all of the monthly budget, and a big chunk of your nest egg?<br />
Before COVID I gave seminars, and in a room of 60 people, only two<br />
or three were aware<br />
of Nevada’s Enhanced<br />
Medicaid Recovery<br />
Program. While<br />
proactive planning<br />
is better when you<br />
have 5 years to work<br />
with, most people<br />
don’t do the proper<br />
planning because<br />
they’re unaware of the<br />
Medicaid recovery.<br />
If you or a loved one<br />
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Nine years without a cold?<br />
By: Doug Cornell / To Your Health<br />
Scientists have discovered a natural way to kill germs<br />
fast.<br />
Now thousands of people are using it against unwanted<br />
viruses and bacteria in the nose and on the skin.<br />
Germs, such as viruses and bacteria, can multiply fast.<br />
When unwanted germs get in your nose they can spread<br />
and cause misery unless you stop them early.<br />
In the last 20 years, hundreds of studies by government<br />
and university scientists show the natural element copper<br />
kills germs just by touch.<br />
The EPA officially declared copper to be antimicrobial,<br />
which means it kills microbes, including viruses, bacteria,<br />
and fungus.<br />
The National Institutes of Health says, “The<br />
antimicrobial activity of copper is now well established.”<br />
Scientists say the high conductance of copper disrupts<br />
the electrical balance in a microbe cell by touch and<br />
destroys it in seconds.<br />
Some hospitals tried copper for touch surfaces like<br />
faucets and doorknobs. This cut the spread of MRSA, and<br />
other illnesses, by over half and saved lives.<br />
The strong scientific evidence gave inventor Doug<br />
Cornell an idea. He made a smooth copper probe with a<br />
tip to fit in the bottom of his nose.<br />
The next time he felt a tickle in his nose that felt like a<br />
cold about to start, he rubbed the copper gently in his nose<br />
for 60 seconds.<br />
“The cold never got going,” he exclaimed. “That was<br />
September 2012. I use copper in the nose every time and<br />
I have not had a single cold since then.”<br />
“We don’t make product health claims,” he said, “so<br />
I can’t say cause and effect. But we know copper is<br />
antimicrobial.”<br />
He asked relatives and friends to try it. They reported<br />
the same thing, so he patented CopperZap® and put it on<br />
the market.<br />
Soon hundreds of people had tried it. The feedback<br />
was 99% positive if they used the copper within 3 hours<br />
after the first sign of unwanted germs, like a tickle in the<br />
nose or a scratchy throat.<br />
Early user Mary Pickrell said, “I can’t believe how<br />
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“What a wonderful thing!” exclaimed Physician’s<br />
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Pat McAllister, 70, received one for Christmas and<br />
Copper can stop germs before they spread.<br />
called it “one of the best presents ever. This little jewel<br />
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Frequent flier Karen Gauci used to suffer after crowded<br />
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Businesswoman Rosaleen says when people around<br />
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“The kids had crud going round and round, but not me.”<br />
Attorney Donna Blight tried copper for her sinus. “I am<br />
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A man with trouble breathing through his nose at night<br />
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In a lab test, technicians placed 25 million live flu<br />
viruses on a CopperZap. No viruses were found alive<br />
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The EPA says copper still works even when tarnished.<br />
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History Through My Father’s Photos<br />
By: Judy Polumbaum / Our View<br />
Do you have a grandchild or great-grandchild<br />
who’s interested in history, politics, and/or<br />
photography? A younger member of your clan<br />
who reads those old-fashioned things called<br />
books?<br />
Maybe they’d like my new book about the life and times of my social<br />
activist photojournalist father; and maybe they can snag a copy by<br />
merely showing up to learn!<br />
I’m making a presentation at the 2021 Las Vegas Book Festival,<br />
featuring my father’s visual chronicles of politics and protest, and will<br />
give free copies of the book to the first ten high school or college<br />
students who arrive and lay claim to one. I’ll also be giving out small<br />
prints of great photographs to everyone who attends this event.<br />
This year’s Festival is going back to in-person activities (with masks<br />
and social distancing) on Saturday, October 23, at the Historic Fifth<br />
Street School. My presentation will take place in a classroom that<br />
afternoon; consult the website closer to the date for final schedule<br />
details:<br />
https://lasvegasbookfestival.com/<br />
Should any elders wish to purchase the book, the publisher,<br />
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Of course I’d be thrilled to see and meet Vegas Voice readers at the<br />
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The “H” Word - The Story Behind a Scary Word<br />
By: Kim Hall / Brighton Hospice<br />
As we begin October we mark the beginning<br />
of scary stories & movies, Halloween<br />
decorations, and a general feeling of spooky fun<br />
for children and adults alike.<br />
There is another date and theme<br />
celebrated in October and that is<br />
World Hospice and Palliative Care<br />
Day, which falls on October 9 th . For<br />
those of us who work in the hospice<br />
industry, every day is hospice care day.<br />
For a large percentage of the public<br />
the mere mention of the word Hospice<br />
brings up a vast number of imagesthings<br />
like death, dying, suffering, the end, giving up, checking out and<br />
stopping all medications/treatment, just to name a few. Scary things!<br />
For those of us who work in the hospice field, the word brings up a<br />
very different set of images, things like peace, dignity, choice, grace,<br />
legacy, freedom, quality and LIFE. Yes LIFE.<br />
At Brighton Hospice we focus not on how long someone has to<br />
live, but instead, what does living look like for that person with the time<br />
they have left?<br />
Patients we have the privilege of caring for have been diagnosed by<br />
a physician with a life limiting illness that allows him or her to access<br />
the Medicare benefit for Hospice services. With a qualified Hospice<br />
team, the focus is on many things - pain and symptom management,<br />
bringing quality to whatever time remains and celebrating each day<br />
with the patient, extended family and friends.<br />
This service looks different for each person because we recognize<br />
that you are more than whatever<br />
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The Future is Here<br />
By: BJ Killeen / Down the Road<br />
Grocery shopping. It’s time consuming,<br />
but also a necessity. Between COVID and a<br />
desire to improve customer satisfaction, grocery<br />
stores (and other brick-and-mortar shops) are doing what they can to<br />
ease the pain point of restocking your kitchen.<br />
The most recent option is where you order online, then drive to the<br />
store where they load your groceries into your car, and you drive home.<br />
That still takes time, however.<br />
But what if there was an even easier way?<br />
Ford Motor Company, alongside Argo AI and Walmart, are<br />
introducing an autonomous delivery service so you can shop online<br />
and have the groceries delivered to your home via an autonomous<br />
vehicle. For now it’s only a pilot program in three cities — Miami,<br />
Florida, Austin, Texas, and Washington, D.C. — but if the program is<br />
successful, you’ll see it roll out in many more locations in the future.<br />
Auto Insurance Rates<br />
By: Jim Valkenburg / Insurance Insight<br />
Question: Why has my auto insurance rate<br />
become so costly?<br />
Answer: Here are just a few reasons:<br />
Inflation: In 2020, the price of car insurance<br />
was over 375% higher across the board than in 1985. Why has car<br />
insurance increased in price over the years? From 1985 - 2020, inflation<br />
in the cost of car insurance measured an average of 4.85% per year.<br />
This means that, for example, car insurance that cost only $500 per<br />
year in 1985 would cost $2,393.55 annually in 2020. If you’re shocked<br />
that your car insurance costs way more now than it did a decade (or<br />
three!) ago, inflation is likely the most important reason why.<br />
This is the first step in launching autonomous vehicles for more than<br />
just driving people around. If this program sounds familiar, Walmart<br />
already partnered with a San Francisco company, called Cruise, to test<br />
a program similar to this in Scottsdale, Arizona.<br />
In theory, the customer would go online and order their groceries<br />
from Walmart, then set a delivery time. Store employees would load the<br />
vehicle, program your address into the navigation system, and send it<br />
on its way.<br />
No word on the cost of the program to Walmart or the customer<br />
but considering the delivery vehicle makes two or three stops in a<br />
neighborhood, that could reduce the service charge.<br />
And who will own the vehicles eventually? Who will cover insurance<br />
in the event of an accident? Who will pay for gas? Will those costs be<br />
passed down to consumers?<br />
Still plenty of questions to answer before full adoption happens.<br />
This service would be invaluable to the elderly and those who can’t/<br />
don’t drive, or if you’re at home with no car or are sick. Now all you’d<br />
have to do is unload the car and put the groceries away, but eventually<br />
AI will do that for us as well!<br />
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<br />
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Age: I’m certain you would agree that young inexperienced drivers are<br />
more likely to get into accidents than more mature experienced drivers<br />
and that fact is why younger drivers pay more for insurance.<br />
BUT it is also a fact that aging only helps to a point. Older drivers also<br />
are more likely to have auto insurance claims and therefore are subject to<br />
higher insurance rates.<br />
Gender: Contrary to some popular opinion, men almost always pay<br />
more for car insurance than women. The statistics bear this out and that<br />
is simply what insurer’s use to set rates - statistics.<br />
Location: Your location isn’t necessarily determined by your city or<br />
town. It’s frequently chosen based on your zip code.<br />
So, if you’re wondering why your friend who lives in a different<br />
neighborhood has more affordable car insurance, that may be why.<br />
People living in cities also pay more for car insurance than those in small<br />
towns and in the country.<br />
Driving History: Drivers who don’t violate traffic laws typically<br />
pay less for car insurance. What will really increase the cost of your car<br />
insurance are moving violations, especially more than one.<br />
Car insurance companies are accounting for the fact that drivers with<br />
many moving violations are more likely to file insurance claims.<br />
The real answer however, and one we often ignore is CLAIMS! Next<br />
month, I’ll explain how much of your premium dollar goes to pay claims.<br />
And then I’ll launch into a series of safe driving habits that could reduce<br />
those claims significantly.<br />
Jim Valkenburg is a retired military officer and insurance executive.<br />
He and his wife owned and operated their own insurance agency for<br />
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Why Participate?<br />
By: Liz Palmer / NSG<br />
You meet the most fascinating people at the<br />
Nevada Senior Games.<br />
You may ask, “Why should I participate?” “After<br />
all, I’m not an Olympian or even elite. “ Well, very few participants are.<br />
They’re just regular Joes and Janes<br />
who have a love of sport and a<br />
desire to compete. They’re<br />
out there getting exercise,<br />
bettering their game, and<br />
one very important reward –<br />
making new friends.<br />
Looking for like-minded folks<br />
to join you for tennis? Maybe lunch after the game? How about new<br />
friends for cocktails, dinner, even travel?<br />
I know of Nevada Senior Games athletes who have done exactly that<br />
– forged new friendships and expanded their social circles. We all think<br />
of health and wellness as physical attributes, but social ties and a sense<br />
of community are all vital to one’s overall well-being, and you can<br />
improve all of it through our Games.<br />
The Nevada Senior Games has been enhancing the quality of life<br />
for seniors 50 and better for over 40 years. We are the largest statewide<br />
senior sporting event in Nevada.<br />
Isn’t it time you found out what we are all about? The Games are<br />
going on right now! Our registrations have mostly closed but stop by a<br />
competition or two.<br />
Admission is always free, so say hello to our friendly volunteers and<br />
find out about all the benefits and FUN waiting for you at the Nevada<br />
Senior Games. Schedule and venue information is online at www.<br />
nevadaseniorgames.com.<br />
And if you see a woman wearing an NSG polo shirt running around,<br />
meeting and greeting and insuring that all athletes are having the best<br />
time, that would be me! Be sure to say hello. I’d love to meet you.<br />
Liz Palmer is the Executive Director of the Nevada Senior Games.<br />
For more information on how you can participate, contact Liz at:<br />
702/242-1590 or by email: Nevadaseniorgames@outlook.com.<br />
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October final month | Las Vegas Area<br />
Changes are Coming!<br />
By: Mary Richard / Health Fitness<br />
By the time this column is published, I really<br />
hope we will be receiving cooler weather.<br />
It’s been a brutal summer, so yes, I’m ready!<br />
Jackets, sitting outside on the patio without it being 100+ degrees.<br />
Being able to take some walks during the day, instead of so early in the<br />
morning or later evening to avoid the heat.<br />
And I’m ready for some comfort food. I’ve been gathering some<br />
recipes to await baking and the autumn smells. I’m not a fan of the<br />
pumpkin spice craze, but I do like autumn spices.<br />
I was also rehired to usher at my beloved Smith Center after it being<br />
on “intermission” for 18 months. Over 500 shows had to be cancelled<br />
due to the pandemic.<br />
What a thrill is was to walk into the Grand Lobby again for my first<br />
day of returning to work. Being one of the original ushers in February<br />
2012, I still remember the joy of walking into The Smith Center - a true<br />
treasure for Las Vegas.<br />
My two fur babies will surely miss me when I return to work, as they<br />
have become lap kitties during the interim. But it’s a joy when I come<br />
home from work and see those cute faces welcoming me home.<br />
So to those who have survived the pandemic, I applaud you, as it<br />
surely has been something we have never experienced. 2020 was a year<br />
we all want to forget, but “changes are a-coming” and we need to move<br />
on to bigger and better experiences.<br />
We may still need to heed the 3 “W” for a while - wear a mask, wash<br />
hands and watch social distancing, but we WILL survive. We just need<br />
to heed the changes and go with the flow.<br />
Be safe, be healthy and be grateful - for whatever you have, not<br />
what you don’t have.<br />
POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND HAPPY HEALTH TO ALL!<br />
Mary Richard is a long term supporter of senior fitness. She<br />
teaches Zumba, toning and dance classes throughout the Las Vegas<br />
Valley. She can be reached at zumbaqueen@cox.net.
Blood Sugar & Obesity<br />
By: Kyo Mitchell / A Healthier You<br />
One major problem contributing to serious<br />
health issues (including complications<br />
from Covid) is obesity. An understanding of how<br />
the body processes different types of food and stores sugars is necessary<br />
to understand why people are heavier.<br />
When sugars enter the blood, three things happen. First, sugars are<br />
directed to help maintain a steady blood sugar level. Secondly sugars<br />
are built into chains and stored in certain tissues, such as muscles and<br />
the liver for later use.<br />
Both of these two targets can store only a limited amount of blood<br />
sugar. All of the remaining sugar that has been taken in is converted to<br />
fat and stored in adipose (fat) tissue for later use as an energy source.<br />
Human beings were originally hunter/gatherers. Plant matter,<br />
vegetables and fruits made up the predominance of our diet. Plants<br />
have a tough cell wall surrounding their cells and it takes a while for<br />
the digestive system to break down this tough cell wall and get to the<br />
nutrition (sugars etc.) inside.<br />
What this means is that when you eat plants, the contents are released<br />
slowly from the digestive system into the blood stream maintaining a<br />
steady, moderate blood sugar level.<br />
Compare this to what happens with the processed foods we currently<br />
eat. The following concept applies to pasta, bread, sweets, smoothies etc.<br />
When you eat these types of food, since there is no tough cell wall<br />
to break down, the body can break it down and pass it into the blood<br />
stream quickly. This causes the blood sugar to spike.<br />
These sugars are once again diverted first to the blood stream and<br />
thereafter the liver and muscles, but now, due to the blood sugar spike,<br />
there is more left over sugar available which is all converted to fat.<br />
The blood sugar release with processed food rises rapidly and then<br />
falls rapidly as opposed to a steady release with plant matter. This<br />
sudden drop in blood sugar triggers the sensation of hunger.<br />
The hungry person eats, once again spikes their blood sugar and<br />
creates more fat tissue. The cycle continues.<br />
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.<br />
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38 September 2021<br />
October 25, 1854<br />
By: John Beilun / Time Traveler<br />
In 1853, the Russian Empire decided to<br />
carve a piece out of the Ottoman realm and<br />
appropriated a portion of its holdings. Allied with<br />
the Turks, the British and French threatened the Russians with war if<br />
they did not withdraw, which they shortly did thereafter.<br />
Now, this should have been the end of the matter. However, Britain<br />
and France suddenly felt like flexing their muscles.<br />
So, in September 1854, they invaded a Russian held peninsula that<br />
jutted into the Black Sea – a neck of land called the Crimea.<br />
Known as the Crimean War, this unnecessary and meaningless<br />
conflict is infamous for the countless military errors committed by both<br />
sides. The Battle of Balaclava is probably the most egregious example.<br />
On October 25, 1854, Major General the Earl of Cardigan viewed<br />
the valley to his front. The hills on each side and the opposite end were<br />
defended by over fifty heavy artillery pieces and twenty battalions of<br />
infantry.<br />
Nevertheless, Cardigan’s brother-in-law and immediate superior,<br />
Lieutenant General the Earl of Lucan commanded him to attack.<br />
Due to the unfavorable terrain and the enemy’s overwhelming<br />
firepower the order was essentially suicidal. Despite his misgivings,<br />
Cardigan led his brigade’s charge into the valley. Meanwhile, the<br />
Russians primed their artillery.<br />
Half a league, half a league, half a league onward rode the six<br />
hundred. Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon<br />
in front of them volleyed and thundered.<br />
Cardigan’s men fell in droves. Yet, the British continued on.<br />
Miraculously, remnants of Cardigan’s brigade reached the opposite<br />
end of the valley and overran the guns positioned there. However, their<br />
elation was cut short when the Russians unleashed their infantry<br />
battalions.<br />
Outgunned and outnumbered, the British retreated back the way<br />
they came. Replacing shells with canister, the enemy resumed their<br />
cannonade.<br />
Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon behind<br />
them. Back from the mouth of hell, all that was left of the six<br />
hundred.<br />
Theirs not to reason why. Theirs but to do or die. Into the Valley of<br />
Death rode the six hundred.<br />
Thus ended the Charge of the Light Brigade.<br />
Free Access<br />
By: Chuck Dean / Vet 2 Vet<br />
All of us know too well how different the<br />
past many months have been. COVID has<br />
given us all an idea of what house-arrest feels<br />
like.<br />
However, no matter how dreadful things have been, we’re beginning<br />
to see our way past the front door. We’re finally getting out again.<br />
One of my family’s favorite “getting out” adventures has been to<br />
visit and picnic at Red Rock Canyon. When friends come to town, it’s<br />
one of the first places we take them to prove that Sin City is not just<br />
about a Strip, slots, and<br />
bright lights, but also a<br />
destination of natural<br />
beauty.<br />
The government<br />
has made it easier<br />
for us to get out. The<br />
Departments of Defense<br />
and Interior have since<br />
the beginning of this<br />
year worked up a special<br />
way to recognize all veterans and Gold Star Families (next of kin to<br />
those that have lost loved ones in wartime service).<br />
All veterans and Gold Star members are granted free access to<br />
national parks and other Federal lands managed by the Department<br />
of the Interior. Entrance fees for the National Park Service and the<br />
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and standard recreation fees for the<br />
Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation sites<br />
are now waived.<br />
This gives qualified veterans and Gold Star folks, free access to<br />
approximately 2,000 public locations across more than 400 million<br />
acres of public lands.<br />
All veterans (identified as individuals who have served in the Armed<br />
Forces, including the National Guard and Reserves) are granted free<br />
access with either of these forms of ID:<br />
1. Department of Defense Identification Card,<br />
2. Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC),<br />
3. Veteran ID Card,<br />
4. A veteran designation that is on a state-issued U.S. driver’s<br />
license or identification card,<br />
5. Gold Star Family members present their special ID issued<br />
through the Defense Biometric Identification System.<br />
With Veterans Day just around the corner, treat yourself to<br />
some outdoors. With the cooler weather here, take a day, or a long<br />
weekend off, and visit the beautiful sights of our wonderful natural<br />
environment.<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<br />
important books for veterans. All can be found on Amazon at:<br />
http://www.amazon.com/author/chuckdeanbooks
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Steppin’ Out With My Baby<br />
By: Susan Goldfein / Susan’s Unfiltered Wit<br />
have mixed feelings about formal occasions.<br />
I But we’d accepted an invitation to a charity<br />
dinner, so go we must. Fortunately, the little<br />
black dress that has seen me through other such<br />
occasions, still fit, sans Spanx.<br />
The day of the event I discovered a broken heel on my black shoes,<br />
requiring an emergency trip to a shoe store where I found myself<br />
gazing at potential weapons! Six-inch stiletto heels like evil props from<br />
a James Bond movie. But I knew the only person I’d kill with these heels<br />
was myself.<br />
“Any dressy black shoes with a lower heel?” I pathetically asked the<br />
clerk. She smiled, but I knew she’s thinking I should try the orthopedic<br />
store nearby. Nevertheless, she disappeared and reemerged with an<br />
elegant pair of pumps.<br />
I was pleased to note they didn’t have six inch heels. By comparison,<br />
the four inch heels didn’t seem that high.<br />
In retrospect, I realize that my perception of reality had been seriously<br />
altered.<br />
I tried the shoes cautiously, like they were glass slippers. Good fit, but<br />
I had yet to stand. I rose slowly, hoping I’d brought my Medicare card<br />
Like a cautious toddler, I took one step, then another. I can do this.<br />
Sold!<br />
Went I exited the car I knew I’d made a terrible mistake. I was<br />
terrified, afraid to move. Strutting around the shoe store and walking<br />
on pavement was an entirely different experience. Out here, in the real<br />
world, my mobility was seriously compromised.<br />
Other women were ambulating without difficulty on heels higher<br />
than mine. If they could walk without fear, why couldn’t I?<br />
So what if they were thirty years younger? I’d<br />
more experience; I’d been walking longer.<br />
I imitated their stride, shoulders back, pelvis<br />
forward, and caught up with my husband. I<br />
linked my arm in his, declaring the only time he<br />
could leave me was when I was safely in a chair.<br />
It was the longest trek of my life, as challenging<br />
as the man who walked a tightrope across the<br />
Grand Canyon. In fact, I would’ve happily traded places with him.<br />
I didn’t stand for the entire evening. I’ve no idea what they served for<br />
dinner, because I was completely preoccupied with the reality that at<br />
evening’s end, I’d have to walk all the way back.<br />
The shoes came off as soon as we reached our front door, and I<br />
happily entered with my feet securely back on the ground. I felt like<br />
the winner on “Survivor.” And to think I had been concerned about<br />
wearing Spanx!<br />
Note to self: Next time you receive an invitation to a charity ball, send<br />
a donation. It’s cheaper and much, much safer.<br />
Susan Goldfein’s newest book, How to Complain When There’s<br />
Nothing to Complain About, is available at Amazon.com, BN.com,<br />
Read her blog at: www.SusansUnfilteredWit.com. Email Susan:<br />
SusanGoldfein@aol.com.<br />
40 September 2021
41
Remembering<br />
By: Dianne Hahn / Back in the Days<br />
I remember:<br />
Walking in the sunshine. Skipping down<br />
the street, singing. Best friends. Smiles. Hopscotch.<br />
Jump ropes. Skinned knees. Whispering secrets.<br />
Monsters under my bed.<br />
My mother’s calming arms. Picnics in the back yard. Sprinting<br />
through the sprinklers. Huge gum balls for a penny. Blowing bubbles!<br />
Giggling when they burst against my cheeks.<br />
Roller skating downhill. Falling on my bum to stop. Black rubber<br />
boots, stomping in rain puddles. Running free and laughing so hard<br />
my stomach hurt! Pretending!<br />
Petting stray dogs. Fish on Friday, Rock of Ages on Sunday.<br />
Crisp winters with snowmen and glistening icicles. Rosy cheeks and<br />
snow angles. Snowball fights with the boys!<br />
Racing home when the streetlights came on. Being grounded for a<br />
cheeky attitude. Would I be a kid forever?<br />
Trees grew tall. Home fires burned brightly.<br />
My first tube of hot pink lipstick. My first bra. Pantyhose. Dances<br />
at the Y. Loving the music my parents hated! Dreaming about Elvis,<br />
having a crush on the boy down the street.<br />
Holding hands, slow dancing with Jim, Jack, and Joe. Talking about<br />
everything and nothing. My first love. Stealing a moonlight kiss. Tears<br />
when he left me, broken hearted.<br />
A new love. My heartbeat quickened again. A long time being a<br />
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Hi Ho, Hi Ho, I Danced With A Scarecrow<br />
By: Pat Alexander / Art of Entertaining<br />
danced with a scarecrow! I would love to say<br />
I he was handsome, charming and danced<br />
well. But he was a scarecrow!<br />
His straw hair kept tickling my face and his hat kept getting caught<br />
in my hair. He wore a wide bowtie, a big, silly grin and was definitely<br />
clumsy. He also hummed off key, but at least it was distracting.<br />
It was a long time ago and, if you hadn’t guessed, it was at a<br />
Halloween costume party. The hostess had an apple bobbing station<br />
and to keep it from being unsanitary, had the apples floating in vodka.<br />
It certainly worked for me!<br />
The guests were in costume, and she had a darkened room with<br />
all the yucky surprises one would expect – flashing blue lights, treats<br />
hidden in a bowl of worms (cooked cut up spaghetti), a bowl of eyes<br />
(hard boiled quail eggs) – you get the idea.<br />
I loved that party! It’s not always fun being an adult and playing<br />
“child” has definite benefits - even if for only one night.<br />
And, as usual, we ate. Our hostess asked each guest to bring a dish<br />
that she selected, and everything was to be an Autumn theme. Asking<br />
Jamie Martin to bring a hot cranberry dish, well, that was really a<br />
stretch. Happily, we had enough good cooks so that we actually had<br />
some good food to eat.<br />
October 2021<br />
teenager…gone in a flash!<br />
Graduating. My first job.<br />
Finally, my true love found me!<br />
Walking down the aisle. Together<br />
forever! Hearts and fingers<br />
intertwined. Our first house.<br />
Our first child, our hearts<br />
bursting with a different kind of<br />
love. Our second and third child.<br />
Going crazy changing diapers,<br />
potty training. Kissing sweet little<br />
cheeks, tickling tummies, reading stories.<br />
Their first words. Their first steps. Playdates. They started school and<br />
suddenly - we saw them walking in the sunshine.<br />
Skipping down the street, singing. Best friends. Smiles. Hopscotch.<br />
Skinned knees. Whispering secrets. Monsters under their beds.<br />
A lifetime of summers and winters. Flying high. Walking on<br />
quicksand. Love, roses, thorns.<br />
Moving slower, but still holding hands. Still sharing the secrets of my<br />
soul. Remembering good times. Living happily ever after, forever!<br />
Weeping in grief, I kissed my true love goodbye. Forever wasn’t long<br />
enough...<br />
A former schoolteacher, Dianne Sebis Hahn writes for children too.<br />
Presently, Dianne has eight books available on Amazon.com. You<br />
can also see her on SCA TV.<br />
I was asked to bring a soup<br />
that could be served hot or<br />
warm. So easy! I love Pumpkin<br />
Soup and it’s been a favorite at<br />
my Thanksgiving table for 37<br />
years.<br />
Unlike most pumpkin soups,<br />
it has no cinnamon, nutmeg<br />
or sweet components, just<br />
plain old savory ingredients.<br />
Try it and be surprised.<br />
PAT’S PUMPKIN SOUP –<br />
Serves 12<br />
In a large pot, sauté one cup<br />
finely diced onion in 4 tbs. butter until translucent and lightly colored.<br />
Add two 29 ounce cans unseasoned pumpkin pulp, 8 cups chicken<br />
broth, one bay leaf, 1 tsp. dried thyme and stir.<br />
Cover and simmer gently for ½ hour. (You can make this ahead until<br />
this point and refrigerate until the next day.) Add 3 cups half and half,<br />
simmer until hot. Taste for salt & pepper and serve.<br />
Pat Alexander writes about all things home. She is well known for<br />
her cooking, parties and interior design, and consults on kitchen<br />
and bath remodels.
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By: Sandi Davis / Fashion “Cents”<br />
Who knew that fashion sense could be<br />
learned from a dog? Allow me to explain.<br />
Our Ruby was spayed last month and had to<br />
wear a cone for 10 days. She is a Bichon Frise puppy with a great deal of<br />
energy and very loving. We were concerned that her personality would<br />
change, but it has not.<br />
And this is where the learning for me comes in. Instead of moping or<br />
trying to get the cone off, she used it to her advantage!<br />
She used it to scoop up her toys, then toss them into the air. When<br />
walking her outside, she also used it to scoop up pinecones, worms, etc.<br />
to bring back inside to play with. Fortunately, we caught most of these<br />
before she could chew them.<br />
The lesson I<br />
learned is that<br />
if you have an<br />
injury and require<br />
a cane, a sling or<br />
ace bandage, then<br />
wear and use these<br />
proudly. There<br />
is no shame in<br />
support items.<br />
The key is to<br />
doll these up! A<br />
small scarf or even<br />
a gentleman’s<br />
pocket square tied<br />
around a cane or<br />
ace bandage works<br />
well.<br />
Does it draw<br />
attention to the<br />
item? Absolutely! But it also makes it look like you are NOT ashamed<br />
- or old or useless.<br />
When I was wearing a sling, I did this as well, and even added bright<br />
pins. Of course, be careful not to tie something that can trip you or<br />
interfere with movement, but it will work.<br />
I am currently in Physical Therapy for a runner’s knee and hip, and<br />
while I don’t have a cane or bandage, I AM limping and wearing laced<br />
up shoes or sneakers for more support.<br />
What am I doing? Fancy colorful shoelaces, or a small pocket square<br />
tied securely to the top of the lace cross pieces. See the picture.<br />
I only tie on one shoe. And I make sure that it is knotted well so it<br />
doesn’t fly off.<br />
Let’s take a lesson from a dog and learn to adapt to limits – and for<br />
us humans, to adapt fashionably with our limits, whether temporary<br />
or permanent.<br />
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I’m Still Learning<br />
Sandi Davis is the Fashion Style columnist and Behind-the-Scenes<br />
Research Analyst for The Vegas Voice. She welcomes all questions<br />
and opinions. You can contact her at Sandidavis@cox.net<br />
October 2021<br />
Zombie Mask<br />
By: Linda Bateman-Gomez / Timeless Beauty<br />
previously tested out the trending Hanacure<br />
I Mask, having been made popular by several<br />
celebrities. I liked it and even repurchased it once.<br />
The price point however seemed high to me at $110 for a little 4 pack.<br />
I found myself only willing to use it before special events. So I started<br />
looking around for a similar alternative and found something called<br />
the Zombie Mask!<br />
The Zombie Mask is a Korean made beauty product similar to the<br />
Hanacure, but it is much less expensive. You get 8 packs for $21.<br />
The packaging is not as fancy, but I don’t care about that stuff. And<br />
I’m not going to lie, the smell is not as pleasant, but the way it works is<br />
the same, so I was willing to overlook those things.<br />
To make the mask itself, you mix the liquid into the powder and<br />
brush it on. As it begins to tighten you really feel the tightening!<br />
The biggest drawback I found was that right at the end of the wait<br />
time it felt itchy because of the extreme tightening. I was tempted to<br />
remove it the first time but found pressing on my skin (not scratching)<br />
relieved that until it passed.<br />
Your face looks quite distorted during this process, but I know this<br />
is the point!<br />
After 15 minutes, wipe it off using a washcloth, as simple rinsing<br />
won’t do the trick here.<br />
The finished result is really nice. I feel like my skin looks better<br />
overall and is soft to the touch. It doesn’t feel dry or tight.<br />
The product, like most of its kind, makes a lot of claims and I can’t<br />
say I have experienced all of them, but overall I really do like it. I also<br />
use it on my neck, I figured, why not?!<br />
Note: do not get it too close to your eyes or lips. And, if you have egg<br />
allergies, do not use this as it includes an ingredient from egg whites.<br />
For $20 though, if you are looking for a new mask to help with<br />
fine lines and skin texture, this might be worth a look over the pricier<br />
Hanacure.<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.
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Always Remember to Find the Laughter<br />
By: Vicki Wentz / Vicki’s Voice<br />
I<br />
’ve been struggling with my parents aging.<br />
Everything I could say sounds quite cliche:<br />
Never thought it would happen to them; never<br />
believed my father could forget who’s president;<br />
never thought my mother would need a pacemaker or a stent; never<br />
truly realized that my parents could be anything but who they’ve<br />
always been.<br />
We’re all keeping a sense of humor because that’s always been our<br />
strength. As for my mom:<br />
Mom: If I don’t come out of this, you take<br />
care of Daddy.<br />
Me: Mom, it’s an MRI. Piece of cake. It’ll<br />
be over in twenty minutes.<br />
Mom: When you’re my age, nothing is a<br />
piece of cake.<br />
Me: Mom, you aren’t even being put to<br />
sleep.<br />
Mom: Will I be able to take care of Daddy<br />
while I’m in there?<br />
Me: You mean for that twenty minutes?<br />
Ok, obviously not, but--<br />
Mom: Then, take care of Daddy!<br />
Me: Got it. Take care of Dad. Absolutely.<br />
Mom: You know, I brought my own pillow from home, and I’d like<br />
to have my own pillow in that machine. Will you ask the doctor if that’s<br />
all right?<br />
Me: Mom, I don’t think they’ll want your pillow in there, you know,<br />
germs and stuff.<br />
Mom: Well, that’s ridiculous. I’ll just go--<br />
Me: Mom, get back in bed, for God’s sake, you’re mooning the whole<br />
radiology department!<br />
And as for my dad…<br />
Dad: What do you hear from your grandparents? (...who died many<br />
years ago)<br />
Me: Oh...not too much.<br />
Dad: Is that right? Well, don’t take it amiss. You know they love you.<br />
Me: Oh, no, I don’t take it amiss. Definitely not.<br />
Dad: I’m sure they’ll get in touch soon.<br />
Me: Uh-huh...well, maybe not TOO soon....<br />
Dad: Do you have Nana’s phone number? I’d like to call her.<br />
Me: Well, Dad...Nana’s in heaven,<br />
remember?<br />
Dad: She is? (total surprise, a “Wow”<br />
shake of his head). Boy, she gets around,<br />
doesn’t she?<br />
So, Dad has vascular dementia, and Mom is<br />
trying to maintain, but is forgetful now. And,<br />
she gets upset, almost irate, about random<br />
things, like being out of Jello.<br />
She started having Jello often when she was<br />
sick and now wants it at least once a day...with<br />
cottage cheese and yogurt mixed in...(excuse<br />
me, but GAG!) Out of milk? Eggs? No big deal,<br />
but God forbid we’re out of strawberry Jello.<br />
And as for my siblings…<br />
Me: What comes to mind when you think of Mom?<br />
Brother John: Mom is nice...a great cook...and incredibly<br />
annoying. Wait, are you printing this?<br />
Sister Susan: Mom is so sweet and knows exactly how to set the<br />
perfect table. She’s always been there to guide and direct us.<br />
She taught us to be ladies and gentlemen and has always wanted the<br />
best for us...and she’s a terrific dancer! (Susan is going for the good<br />
silver.)<br />
Brother Jim: Mom? She’s a good mother, but she’s like the queen<br />
of guilt! I mean, I couldn’t be there for Mother’s Day, and you’d think<br />
she was on her deathbed!<br />
“Oh, honey, that’s all right, maybe you’ll make it next year...at least<br />
one of us will (Cough, cough).<br />
Sister Karen: Mom is a wonderful example of motherhood. She<br />
has a great sense of humor and has always been able to laugh at things.<br />
Like when I told her my best friend was stealing my lunch in<br />
4th grade. She laughed and laughed. And, when I had to take P.E.<br />
in summer school when I was a junior, she just thought that was<br />
hilarious...she laughed at EVERY PROBLEM I EVER HAD! (Karen still<br />
needs to work out a few things.)<br />
Today, I think we’ve all decided to have shirts made up that say,<br />
“How’s Your Mother?” If you want one, send your size...just be aware<br />
that this shirt will start a conversation, my friend.<br />
(And remember, Mom: I was there for Mother’s Day!)<br />
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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.
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A Busy, Busy Month<br />
By: Howard Galin / Happy Gardening<br />
October is a very busy month for the desert<br />
gardener. There are a number of activities<br />
required to prepare your gardens for both the<br />
cooler months approaching and for the 2022 growing season.<br />
There are five tasks that we must complete before<br />
putting away our landscaping equipment and materials<br />
at month’s end. They are Pruning, Fertilizing,<br />
Irrigation Adjustments, Mulching, and Planting.<br />
Pruning: It is time to prune all palm trees before the<br />
cold weather appears. This will give the newer fronds<br />
time to acclimate so that they will be more resistant to<br />
frost.<br />
Pruning dead or damaged flowers, stems and<br />
branches on all other plants should be done early in October in order<br />
to stimulate fall growth and to strengthen new foliage before the<br />
onset of damaging cold temperatures. Reserve heavy pruning of roses,<br />
however, until they go dormant in December.<br />
Prune off unwanted “suckers” from your trees and bushes. If your<br />
trees are deciduous, wait until the leaves fall off before doing intensive<br />
pruning.<br />
Fertilizing: October is the final month to fertilize all plants.<br />
Because of this year’s extremely high summer temperatures and the<br />
lack of rainfall, this is also the time to add both sulfur and iron to<br />
lower soil pH levels and aid plants suffering from chlorosis.<br />
Irrigation Adjustment: The Water Authority limits watering to<br />
3 days a week so remember to adjust your times, days and watering<br />
duration. October is the time to check drip emitters for<br />
clogs and damage and replace where necessary.<br />
Mulching: October is a good month to add both rock<br />
and organic mulch to your landscapes. The organic<br />
mulch will keep your soil and plant root systems moist<br />
and warm during the late fall. Rock mulch can be added<br />
now since the temperatures are cooler to do this heavy<br />
work now, and landscapers are not busy.<br />
Planting: Now is the time to add new additions<br />
(except palms) to your garden. The daytime temperatures are mild<br />
and there is still sufficient sunlight to foster both plant and root growth.<br />
Have any questions? Contact me at Theplantwhisperer28@gmail.<br />
com.<br />
Howard Galin, a/k/a: “The Plant Whisperer” is a retired NYC<br />
school administrator, transplanted in Las Vegas who devotes his<br />
time to communicating with and lecturing about our native<br />
plants.<br />
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49
Travel Challenges in the Covid 19 Era<br />
By: Stu Cooper / Happy Adventures<br />
It’s safe to say that in the era of Covid 19,<br />
travel has become a bit more challenging.<br />
Current rules as it applies to cruising seems to be<br />
constantly changing .<br />
The cruise industry is slowly getting its ships back up and<br />
running. At the time of this writing, cruises are departing<br />
from Los Angeles, New<br />
York, Florida, Texas and<br />
even Baltimore. The full<br />
complement of ships on<br />
any of the cruise lines are<br />
not fully up and running, but<br />
each cruise line has many cruise itineraries<br />
available.<br />
First and foremost, everyone must be<br />
vaccinated to cruise. The only exemption are children under 12.<br />
While medical or religious exemptions may be entertained on<br />
a case-by-case basis, the cruise lines have been reluctant to issue<br />
exemptions. And request for exemptions must be supported from clergy<br />
or physicians.<br />
Secondly, everyone must get a covid test within two days of the<br />
cruise departure. Either a PCR or quicker antigen test appears to be<br />
acceptable, but you should check with your cruise line when booking<br />
as to their preferred test. Vaccine and testing rules have been changing<br />
frequently as the virus evolves.<br />
Mask wearing on board also varies by cruise line. It is safe to say that<br />
while indoors in the common areas, masks are required.<br />
The exception is dining facilities where<br />
masks are not required while eating. But be<br />
prepared to wear masks in show lounges,<br />
atriums and indoor bars. While on the Lido<br />
Deck and in other outdoor spaces, the general<br />
rule has been that no mask is required.<br />
Finally, while visiting ports of call,<br />
local covid compliance rules will apply.<br />
Announcements will be made during the<br />
cruise as you go from port-to-port.<br />
In fact, some ports are requiring only<br />
approved shore excursions when leaving the<br />
ship. These rules are probably the most evolving, usually on a daily<br />
basis.<br />
Remember these procedures are designed to keep you safe and<br />
healthy while cruising. For those participating in our upcoming “Bus<br />
to the Boat” cruises, we will keep you advised as to all updated policies.<br />
Please feel free to call me at 516/485-3200 if you have any questions<br />
concerning covid cruise policies.<br />
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Those Masked Heroes<br />
By: Crystal Merryman-Sarbacker / Out & About<br />
Women and men alike held their breath<br />
in the movie theatres as Zorro, Batman,<br />
and the Lone Ranger<br />
removed their masks.<br />
Who would have thought something as simple<br />
as a mask would now create uproars in our<br />
cities, states, airports and even airplane flights?<br />
Today’s world is quite different from the<br />
innocent years of our youth. Even as recently<br />
as 2019, I was writing about developing the<br />
availability of travel for people who have<br />
special needs.<br />
At that time seniors who previously had been housebound were<br />
becoming aware of the helpful services offered for people who wanted<br />
to travel.<br />
Companies like Special Needs At Sea, Scootaround.com and<br />
Accessiblevous.com opened the door to travel for senior tourists who<br />
were delighted to find they could still vacation, go sightseeing, and even<br />
find a place in the buffet line.<br />
Yes, travel was becoming available to countless seniors who previously<br />
had thought their health issues were obstacles to their dream vacations.<br />
Unfortunately though, only 18 months ago, serious problems were<br />
making themselves known to travel companies and cruise lines which<br />
were forced to cancel trips because of a life threatening<br />
virus.<br />
As the Covid virus spread, much of the industry came to a screeching<br />
halt and last year the future looked very dim<br />
around the world.<br />
Today, amazing headway has been achieved<br />
in the fight against Covid. And the travel<br />
industry is slowly coming back.<br />
Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson &<br />
Johnson have developed vaccines which<br />
are now widely available. And booster shots<br />
offering even more protection will soon be<br />
offered at no charge, so the deadly virus can be<br />
kept under control.<br />
It’s difficult to understand but some people are refusing these free<br />
shots. This is their prerogative. But for those of us who still want to<br />
travel and enjoy our lives, be able to fly to see our families or just cruise<br />
to get away from it all, documentation proving you have received your<br />
shots is a necessity.<br />
The good news is it works and much easier than going to the DMV for<br />
a new license. After all, you don’t even need to take an eye test.<br />
Crystal Merryman-Sarbacker is a travel agent and the owner of<br />
Vegas Vacationers Inc. She can be reached at:<br />
Merryman2@aol.com<br />
By: Kathy Manney / Around Our World<br />
There’s nothing like a ghost story and<br />
Nevada’s Goldfield Hotel is certainly<br />
worthy. Indeed, the Goldfield<br />
Historical Society once hosted “ghost” tours.<br />
No guarantee that something supernatural would<br />
transpire, although strange things were known to occur.<br />
The hotel earned fame as one of the “Scariest Places<br />
on Earth,” when in 2001 the Fox network filmed<br />
an episode here. Room 109 is believed haunted by a<br />
prostitute named Elizabeth who while pregnant was<br />
chained to the radiator in the room by the original hotel<br />
owner.<br />
Following giving birth, he left Elizabeth to die in that room. Her<br />
presence is occasionally felt in this eternally cold room and a baby<br />
crying.<br />
Ghosts have also been witnessed in the halls and lobby staircase.<br />
Psychics consider the hotel another worldly portal.<br />
Prosperity made Goldfield Nevada’s largest city and brought the<br />
celebrated Earp brothers - Wyatt and Virgil. Virgil Earp briefly served as<br />
Goldfield’s deputy sheriff in 1905.<br />
In 1906 Goldfield’s gold mines produced $11 million and in 1907,<br />
produced more than $10,000.00 a day. In 1908, the earthquake proof<br />
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Nevada’s Goldfield Hotel<br />
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four-story Goldfield Hotel was built at a cost of $500,000.00.<br />
Because the cost was more to have bricks delivered by rail or wagon,<br />
the hotel’s brick facing was delivered by the US Post Office. A tour<br />
spokesperson remarked, “I’m sure the post office soon<br />
changed their rules.”<br />
When completed, this was the second hotel in the<br />
west to have an electric elevator and all rooms carpeted<br />
and with telephones. Meals were “exquisite European<br />
cuisine,” and diners arrived attired in black tie and ball<br />
gowns.<br />
“A luxury liner on a sea of sand” and “The Gem<br />
in the Desert” describes its past elegance.<br />
The Goldfield Hotel ceased operation in the 1920s,<br />
though the United States Army operated it during World War II to house<br />
military wives whose husbands were stationed nearby.<br />
With its glamorous past, the hotel is haunted with history and<br />
remains the most prominent symbol of Goldfield’s former glory. Today<br />
the former distinguished hotel is nothing more than a stark corpse,<br />
telegraphing decay – and yet, it may well be the residence of numerous<br />
ghosts from Goldfield’s turn of the century gold boom.<br />
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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Bake a Brain-Healthy "FeetLoaf" for Halloween Dinner<br />
By: Jan Fair / A No-Brainer Minute<br />
eetLoaf?! It's a not-so-scary feat to make it! Use your own meat loaf, veggie loaf or even<br />
Fa lentil loaf recipe ... or use mine below. Serve it with *Baked Potato Shoes w/Asparagus,<br />
salad sprinkled with *Roasted Pumpkin Seeds & *Baked Apple-Stuffed Pumpkin for dessert. (*See<br />
my past columns: November 2020, October 2015 & October 2018. Just go to www.JanFair.com)<br />
**Good-4-U Baked FeetLoaf<br />
Ingredients (organic, if possible):<br />
• 1 lb. ground turkey<br />
• 1/2 cup shredded carrots<br />
• 1 egg<br />
• 1/2 medium onion minced<br />
[+ 1 outer layer of an onion and<br />
+ 1 thick slice of onion (see below)]<br />
• spices (salt, garlic powder, cumin, ...)<br />
Blend together & mold into a 'foot'.<br />
Use a knife to cut out the 'toes' and<br />
mold them. Add pieces of an onion<br />
layer as fingernails. Add a thick<br />
onion slice at the back of the foot (to<br />
look like the bottom of a severed leg.)<br />
Bake 350°F for 1+ hour.<br />
(Meat thermometer should read 165°F.)<br />
Optional: Pour<br />
some ketchup<br />
(preferably organic<br />
& sugarless) on<br />
top of the foot to<br />
look like blood.<br />
Jan Fair is a writer, consultant & public speaker who has published over 40 books PLUS the<br />
No-Brainer Brain Games series. Sign up for her FREE newsletter at www.JanFair.com<br />
Mental Minutes<br />
“Feet”<br />
1. In one minute, name<br />
words/phrases associated<br />
with FEET.<br />
2. Make an<br />
alphabetical list.<br />
Arch, Bound hand<br />
& foot, Corns and<br />
calluses, …<br />
**Good-4-U recipes<br />
have just 4 ingredients<br />
(plus spices) so they<br />
are quick and easy<br />
'no-brainer' recipes.<br />
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