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January 20<strong>17</strong><br />
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A New Beginning<br />
“Volunteers do not necessarily<br />
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A new year is a time to get your options<br />
clear and to make a significant<br />
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Each day is a new beginning; the<br />
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Volume 13, Issue 11<br />
PUBLISHER/EDITOR . Dan Roberts<br />
PRESIDENT . Ray Sarbacker<br />
VP MARKETING . Debbie Landry<br />
POLITICAL EDITOR . Rana Goodman<br />
ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR . Evan Davis<br />
NIGHT LIFE EDITOR . Sam Wagmeister<br />
TRAVEL EDITOR . Stu Cooper<br />
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ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE . Helen Britas<br />
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Marty Allen<br />
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Have Fun, Make Friends, Do Good – Continued<br />
“So, how’s the family?” And with<br />
that opening sentence, it was playtime.<br />
It has been my goal to abide by<br />
the above headline. I’ve mentioned<br />
this in my previous columns, but<br />
to start this New Year, I wanted to<br />
highlight the first two points – fun<br />
and friends.<br />
As for (best) friends, let me introduce<br />
the other self-described “crazy<br />
lunatic” in the photo - Vegas Voice<br />
columnist Bill Caserta. On a “challenge”<br />
we were sitting next to each other for<br />
our respective pedicures.<br />
Yes, let me say that again – our pedicures.<br />
(One quick note. A very big “thank you” to<br />
everyone at Tippy Toes Nail & Spa, located<br />
at 1331 W. Warm Springs Road in Henderson.<br />
How they [and their customers] put up with<br />
Bill and yours truly – and more importantly,<br />
not contacting the police to toss us out of the<br />
building is greatly appreciated).<br />
Here’s the background to this tale: Bill informed<br />
me that along with his Barbara, they<br />
recently went for manicures/pedicures. My<br />
reaction was to howl - long and hard. “Real<br />
men don’t get pedicures” I laughed at him.<br />
What I found particularly ironic was that<br />
Bill grew up a few miles from where I spent<br />
my childhood in New York. We share a common<br />
brotherhood by living there in the 50s<br />
and 60s. Among such undeniable code was<br />
that real men from Tremont Avenue do not<br />
go to nail salons.<br />
While we are both long gone from the<br />
neighborhood, and notwithstanding Barbara’s<br />
and my Rana’s best, continuous (but<br />
hopelessly futile) attempts, they cannot “take<br />
the Bronx out of the boys.” And when the<br />
Bronx boys get together, nobody laughs more.<br />
We also admit that our (somewhat) juvenile<br />
attitudes are sufficient cause for our Ladyloves<br />
to roll their eyes. But even they concede<br />
(as they shake their heads in disbelief<br />
over their life partners) we’re not mean or<br />
vicious – just moronic.<br />
Therefore, as Bill elaborated on his recent<br />
podiatry episode, I couldn’t stop smirking<br />
while questioning, among other things, his<br />
manhood. And then Bill dared me to go with<br />
him. And a (stupid) challenge, is a (stupid)<br />
challenge.<br />
I have never walked into a nail salon before,<br />
but with Rana making the appointment,<br />
there we were last month. I admit it was quite<br />
the experience.<br />
For you ladies, it might not be breaking<br />
news, but for us “manly-men” let me report<br />
that it was an eye-opener entering this secret<br />
world. From the so comfortable massage<br />
chair to the, oh so comfortable foot bath,<br />
the charming (and ever patient) ladies did a<br />
Thank You Ladies<br />
Humana Charity Crafters, a group of mostly senior women, show off their knitting skills. The<br />
ladies presented 300 knitted and crocheted items for the holidays to three local organizations<br />
-Child Haven, Helping Hands of Vegas Valley and Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation.<br />
Photo - Ronald Williams<br />
marvelous job on my tootsies.<br />
While they ignored my singing from West<br />
Side Story “I Feel Pretty, Oh, So Pretty…”<br />
they did surprise me when they reached for<br />
that cheese-grater. So help me, I thought it<br />
was going to be wine & cheese time.<br />
I was wrong concerning the “snack” and<br />
Bill was hysterical when I jumped about 5<br />
feet out of my chair when they starting using<br />
this now torture devise on my feet. “Real<br />
men don’t jump” Bill stated.<br />
And then our stupidity reached a whole<br />
Roberts Rules<br />
new level.<br />
I dared him to have his toenails<br />
painted and we ultimately agreed to<br />
do so - provided we could place the<br />
New York Giants’ football logo on<br />
our big toes. As Rana walked away<br />
in stunned silence, as you can see,<br />
such challenge was accepted.<br />
(As a second note, I’m not suggesting<br />
that getting the toes painted<br />
“Big Blue” helped our team, however<br />
the Giants did beat Dallas the<br />
next day, so….)<br />
All-in-all it was quite the adventure showcasing<br />
our feminine sides. We sure did laugh<br />
a lot and that’s not a bad way to spend your<br />
day.<br />
For those who question whether I am now<br />
a candidate for a guardianship takeover, rest<br />
assured, there is no need for alarm. It was<br />
and will remain (to my Rana’s great relief)<br />
a once-in-a-lifetime event.<br />
Although, after we left the salon, Bill and I<br />
did go for lunch - and ordered quiche.<br />
What Do You Think?<br />
Do you agree with our columnists? Did anyone get you angry, make<br />
you think or simply put a smile on your face?<br />
Please tell us by forwarding your comments, thoughts or suggestions<br />
to Publisher Dan at: dan@thevegasvoice.net.<br />
And whatever you do, don’t forget our <strong>web</strong>site. Read about the latest<br />
information about us grown-ups so you can keep up to date with<br />
everything going on.<br />
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Marty Allen<br />
Marty’s Top Ten<br />
Hello Dere<br />
Bill Caserta<br />
You Have to Laugh<br />
Bill’s Blurbs<br />
Evan Davis<br />
The Show Must Go On<br />
I Know a Place<br />
1. My friend Harvey said the only thing<br />
he has in common with his wife is that they<br />
were both married on the same day.<br />
2. My other friend Larry said:<br />
“I’d like to throw something<br />
over those girls<br />
who wear topless<br />
bathing suits –<br />
me!”<br />
3. I once<br />
knew a girl<br />
who was<br />
picked up<br />
so many<br />
times, she<br />
began to<br />
grow handles!<br />
4. Why do people point to their wrist when<br />
they ask for the time, but when they ask<br />
where the bathroom is, they don’t point to<br />
their pants?<br />
5. Why do people order double cheeseburgers,<br />
large French Fries with a Diet coke?<br />
6. When the young, beautiful showgirl<br />
found out her handsome millionaire boyfriend<br />
was fond of hunting, she told<br />
him she was “game!”<br />
7. A career girl’s mind<br />
moves her ahead, while<br />
a stripper girl’s<br />
mind moves<br />
her behind.<br />
8. One<br />
reason for a<br />
man to stay<br />
single – you<br />
can leave the<br />
toilet seat in<br />
any position<br />
you like.<br />
9. A wife that is “made to order” can never<br />
compare with a “ready maid.”<br />
10. If you want your wife to pay undivided<br />
attention to every word you say, talk in your<br />
sleep.<br />
For over the past decade, Marty Allen has performed with his on and off stage<br />
singing partner Karon Kate Blackwell.<br />
Friends Through the Years: Two guys<br />
grew up together, but after college, one moved<br />
to New York, the other to California. Every ten<br />
years, they agree to meet in Chicago and play<br />
golf. They would finish their round and go to<br />
lunch.<br />
When they turned 30, the conversation<br />
went like this: “Where you wanna go? “Hooters.”<br />
“Why?” “Well, you know, they got the<br />
broads and the tight shorts. And the legs…”<br />
Ten years later at 40: “Where you wanna<br />
go?” “Hooters.” “Why?” “Well, you know,<br />
they got cold beer and the big screen TVs, and<br />
everybody has a little action on the games.”<br />
At 50: “Where you wanna go?” “Hooters.”<br />
“Why?” “The food is good and there is plenty<br />
of parking.”<br />
At 60: “Where you wanna go?” “Hooters.”<br />
“Why?” “Wings are half price.”<br />
At 70: “Where you wanna go?” “Hooters.”<br />
“Why?” “They have 6 handicapped spaces<br />
right by the door.”<br />
At 80: “Where you wanna go?” “Hooters.”<br />
“Why?” “We’ve never been there before.”<br />
The Magic Room: A young Amish boy<br />
and his father were visiting a shopping mall for<br />
the first time. They were amazed by just about<br />
everything they saw, but especially by two shiny<br />
silver walls that could move apart and then<br />
slide back together again.<br />
The boy asked: “What is that father?” The father<br />
(having never seen an elevator) responded:<br />
“Son, I have never seen anything like that<br />
in my life. I don’t know what it is.”<br />
While the father and son watched in amazement,<br />
a fat, old lady in a wheelchair moved up<br />
to the silver walls and pressed a button. The<br />
walls magically opened and the lady rolled into<br />
a small room.<br />
The walls closed and they saw small numbers<br />
above the wall light up. They continued to<br />
stare until it reached the last number and then<br />
“somehow” the numbers began lighting up in<br />
the reverse order.<br />
Finally, the walls opened up again and a gorgeous<br />
blond stepped out.<br />
The dumbstruck father, not taking his eyes<br />
off the beautiful woman quietly said to his son,<br />
“Go get your mother.”<br />
(A big Bill Blurb thank you to Renee<br />
Riendeau for her contribution.)<br />
Theater Seats for Seniors: An old man<br />
lay awkwardly sprawled across three entire<br />
seats in the movie theatre. When the usher<br />
came by and noticed, he whispered to the old<br />
man, “Sorry sir, but you’re only allowed one<br />
seat.”<br />
The old man didn’t budge. The usher became<br />
impatient. “Sir, if you don’t get up from<br />
there I’m going to have to call the manager.”<br />
Once again, the old man just muttered and<br />
did nothing. The usher marched back up the<br />
aisle, and returned with the manager. Together<br />
the two of them tried repeatedly to move the disheveled<br />
man, but with no success.<br />
Finally, they summoned the police. The officer<br />
surveyed the situation, then asked, “All<br />
right buddy what’s your name?” “Fred,” the old<br />
man moaned. “Where you from, Fred?” asked<br />
the police officer.<br />
With a terrible strain in his voice, and without<br />
moving, Fred replied, “The balcony…”<br />
(A big Bill Blurb thank you to George<br />
Meese for his contribution.)<br />
When I moved to Vegas in 2008, I entrenched<br />
myself in the local entertainment<br />
scene. At first it was just helping to send out a<br />
few flyers promoting some local entertainers.<br />
Soon I was receiving requests from dozens<br />
of performers to help them promote their<br />
gigs. Gradually my email list ballooned from<br />
a hundred to a few thousand, and I was off<br />
to the races.<br />
Club and restaurant owners started asking<br />
me if I could bring some entertainment to<br />
their facility to help stimulate their business.<br />
Gradually, I started booking and promoting<br />
performers.<br />
I set up a music blog and included a calendar<br />
of local entertainment. Wanting to<br />
keep things current, I asked the performers<br />
to update me weekly on their shows.<br />
Soon thereafter, The Vegas Voice asked me<br />
to be their Entertainment Editor. I wasn’t really<br />
interested until they said, “we want you<br />
to also produce our shows.” Now that interested<br />
me!<br />
Let me tell you the chronology of producing<br />
a show. You begin by locking in a venue,<br />
Your Vegas Voice host with performers<br />
Rosanna Telford and Denise Rose<br />
date and time. Then you need to put a band<br />
together.<br />
I was very lucky to meet Grammy Award<br />
winner Gary Anderson, who is now our musical<br />
director. Without him, I probably would<br />
have thrown in the towel long ago.<br />
But let’s get back to how a show is put<br />
together. Once Gary and I decide on the band<br />
members, I now go to work choosing which<br />
performers would be best suited for the show.<br />
I try to make sure the entertainment covers<br />
different genres. Of course, this is when<br />
The Vegas Voice is doing a variety show.<br />
Things change a little if it’s a theme show<br />
or a tribute show.<br />
But the basics are the same. Get the<br />
venue, the band and the performers. But<br />
that’s the easy part.<br />
I need photographs of all the performers<br />
to put the show flyer together. Load<br />
in times for the band has to be set up<br />
along with coordinating with the sound<br />
and lighting guys before anyone steps on<br />
stage.<br />
Sound checks, rehearsal times and<br />
making sure all the entertainers can<br />
make their run through times.<br />
Juggling is a required skill in producing<br />
a show. Once you’ve set up their rehearsal<br />
schedule, you need to follow a pretty firm<br />
timeline. And by the way, this all happens<br />
only a few hours before show time.<br />
Did I mention that there is always, an “opportunity”<br />
that arises? I learned that with my<br />
very first show.<br />
A problem came up and I thought we’d<br />
never get the show going, but I found out, it<br />
always works out.<br />
I’m also promoting the show on every<br />
social media available. Sending out emails<br />
and stopping by as many places nightly as I<br />
can to get the word out.<br />
Whether it is a free sponsored show or ticketed<br />
show, I’m always concerned about having<br />
a good turnout. What day is best to have<br />
a show? What time is best?<br />
How’s the weather? How’s the traffic? Are<br />
the holidays too close? Are the holidays too<br />
far away?<br />
I can go on and on, but you know what<br />
they say: “The Show Must Go On.” And it always<br />
does!<br />
Evan Davis is the entertainment editor of The Vegas Voice. You can read his<br />
entertainment blog and sign up to receive his free email weekly Calendar of Events at<br />
www.EvanDavisJazz.com. You can also email him at: evan@thevegasvoice.net.<br />
Bill Caserta is the Project Director for The Vegas Voice and has a very “unique” sense of<br />
humor. He welcomes all funny submissions at: billbuck52@hotmail.com.<br />
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Rich Natole<br />
Vanessa Legrand<br />
As I’ve mentioned in quite a few of my past<br />
columns, Las Vegas is home to many musical<br />
talents - including great singers as well<br />
as variety acts. Some singers seem to blend<br />
into the background, while others, stand out<br />
like a diamond in a barrel of coal.<br />
Once again, I would like to highlight<br />
someone who I think is a star quality performer.<br />
Someone who I believe with the right<br />
exposure, could have an extremely bright future<br />
in show business.<br />
To put it simply, Vanessa Legrand is a<br />
beautiful singer/songwriter with that “wow<br />
factor.” She has a stunning presence that<br />
certainly gets her noticed.<br />
She also has the perfect name for show<br />
business. Growing up in North Carolina, she<br />
always wanted to be a singer, even though<br />
nobody in her family was in show biz. She<br />
was the rare lone singing talent in her family.<br />
Most singers that I’ve interviewed on our<br />
Listening to The Vegas Voice radio show<br />
Dianne Davis<br />
seemed to grow up around music. Either one<br />
of the parents was musical or a relative was<br />
somehow connected to the performing arts.<br />
More commonly, they sang in<br />
church. That’s not the case here. I believe<br />
this is what makes Vanessa stand out even<br />
more.<br />
Going it alone takes guts and confidence.<br />
You have to really be determined to press on<br />
Shows Come and Go<br />
Las Vegas is a good news-bad news town.<br />
The bad news was that many entertaining<br />
shows closed in 2016. Jersey Boys and Gordie<br />
Brown both enjoyed well deserved multi-year<br />
runs that came to an end this past fall.<br />
Million Dollar Quartet did more than 1,500<br />
performances before Harrah’s bid it farewell in<br />
December. Multi-talented performer Frankie<br />
Moreno closed, opened, and closed again.<br />
Rock of Ages and Raiding The Rock Vault<br />
have come and gone and come and …. who<br />
knows. The iconic Jubilee, the last of the traditional<br />
Vegas extravaganzas, ended a record<br />
breaking run at Bally’s.<br />
Other productions we won’t even name<br />
opened and closed in the blink of an eye. So<br />
where does that leave us? There is lots of good<br />
news.<br />
Clint Holmes – Between The Lines at the<br />
Palazzo is continuing to build the following<br />
that he deserves. For the record, I believe Clint<br />
is one of the very finest performers in this<br />
town.<br />
The Bronx Wanderers at Bally’s has folks<br />
dancing in the aisles as they take us back to<br />
the music we heard on the car radio when we<br />
were dating. Terry Fator at The Mirage continues<br />
to update his act and share the talent<br />
that made him the 2012 winner of America’s<br />
Got Talent.<br />
Human Nature at the Venetian evolved<br />
from the jumpin’ jivin’ Motown show into<br />
JukeBox, a musical voyage covering several<br />
decades of music. And Vegas the Show in the<br />
without the family safety net or<br />
guidance.<br />
What many have told me is<br />
that Vanessa’s show is special. She<br />
manages to keep her crowd engaged<br />
and totally entertained.<br />
Back in the old days of Las Vegas,<br />
we all remember singers, such<br />
as Ann Margaret and Susan Anton.<br />
These were women who not<br />
only could sing, but had an eyecatching<br />
stage presence as well.<br />
With her beautiful statuesque<br />
appearance, Vanessa is definitely<br />
in that category. These days her<br />
performances are grabbing attention in several<br />
Las Vegas venues.<br />
She performs regularly in the Grandview<br />
Lounge at the South Point Hotel. This particular<br />
showroom is newly renovated and has<br />
a cozy old-style Las Vegas lounge feel.<br />
We need more of these kind of rooms in<br />
town. They’re perfect for showcasing new talent.<br />
Vanessa is a classically trained performer.<br />
She went to college on a music scholarship<br />
and studied with the great composer,<br />
Marvin Hamlisch. Very impressive!<br />
She’s able to sing in a variety of styles -<br />
from Pop/Rock to jazz standards. Audiences<br />
love to hear variety and Vanessa loves to give<br />
her audiences what they want.<br />
Vanessa has been a guest on many of the<br />
local TV and radio shows. Without any doubt,<br />
look for Vanessa Legrand’s star to shine<br />
brightly in the months and years to come.<br />
You can also check out her songs on You-<br />
Tube and Facebook.<br />
Rich Natole is a comic/impressionist headlining entertainer & host of The Vegas Voice<br />
Television/Podcast Show. For more information visit: www.richnatole.com. You can<br />
also contact Rich at: rich@richnatole.com.<br />
Saxe Theater continues to attract<br />
audiences as it shares the musical<br />
version of Las Vegas’ history.<br />
Menopause The Musical at<br />
Harrah’s includes tunes we know<br />
with lyrics that tickle our funny<br />
bones. One of my new favorites<br />
is The Righteous Brothers at<br />
Harrah’s.<br />
Like Clint Holmes, it is a show I<br />
can easily return to see again and<br />
totally enjoy each time. It features<br />
the original Righteous Brother<br />
Bill Medley and the wonderfully<br />
talented Bucky Heard sharing<br />
music you know - and I suspect love as I do.<br />
Magicians and comedians flow through the<br />
Las Vegas entertainment turnstile, but one of<br />
That’s Entertainment<br />
my favorites is the very clever Mike Hammer<br />
at the Four Queens. He is superb at combining<br />
magic with comedy. Penn and Teller have<br />
earned the respect of audiences at the Rio and<br />
continue to modify their act.<br />
Then there is The Smith Center. A wonderful<br />
gift to our community that brings us<br />
Broadway caliber entertainment. Check out<br />
their schedule for 20<strong>17</strong>. And don’t bypass the<br />
Cabaret Jazz Room at the Smith Center - top<br />
notch entertainment at reasonable prices.<br />
This is by no means a complete list, but<br />
touches on many favorites. One reason we<br />
moved here was the promise of wonderful entertainment.<br />
It is here. Go see a show, support<br />
the amazing entertainers who live and work<br />
here.<br />
And ENJOY!<br />
In addition to The Vegas Voice, Dianne Davis is a reporter for Sun City Anthem TV (SCA-<br />
TV) specializing in entertainment and is a columnist for www.lasvegasroundtheclock.<br />
com. She is the Las Vegas Editor of lasvegassplash.com , She also bowls, hikes, scuba<br />
dives, travels with her husband Burt, and works on her standup comedy routines.<br />
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Charlie Christy - Executive Director<br />
Busier Than Ever<br />
Vicki Wentz<br />
This Is Me Being Holier Than Thou<br />
Vicki’s Voice<br />
Mike Landry<br />
Let’s Play 18<br />
Did you know that there are over 40 golf<br />
courses in the greater Las Vegas area? Most<br />
of the courses are open to the general public<br />
and range in price from less than $40<br />
to around $70 for locals depending on the<br />
course and the season.<br />
Mesquite which is roughly one hour away<br />
has 7 courses and some are the most beautiful<br />
in the Western United States; Boulder City<br />
30 minutes away has 2 public and 1 semiprivate<br />
course; Pahrump one hour away has<br />
one 18-hole championship and one executive<br />
course and finally, Prim has two 18-hole<br />
championship courses.<br />
Having lived in the area for more than 40<br />
years, I must admit that I have played and<br />
enjoyed most of the courses in and around<br />
the valley.<br />
Ms Senior Nevada finished 2016 with<br />
more events than ever before. We’ve held 31<br />
Pageants in as many years and continue to<br />
invite women who have reached the “Age of<br />
Elegance” to participate.<br />
Contestants are<br />
judged on poise,<br />
talent, speaking<br />
ability and<br />
their desire to<br />
represent Nevada<br />
seniors. They are<br />
not charged a fee<br />
to enter and they<br />
are not selected on any criteria except their<br />
ability and willingness to promote senior<br />
causes.<br />
We are a Nevada certified non-profit and<br />
our efforts were never more evident than this<br />
past Christmas Season. Shows were produced<br />
and presented to groups as varied as service<br />
clubs, assisted living centers and Opportunity<br />
Village, where we participated in their Holiday<br />
celebration and fund raising event.<br />
This month finds us already booked at several<br />
assisted living centers. With a “Family”<br />
of 150 former contestants and past Queens,<br />
we are able to provide entertainment on<br />
whatever time frame best meets the needs of<br />
the community.<br />
We invite you<br />
to come and enjoy<br />
a show (or<br />
two); perhaps<br />
you’d also like to<br />
share a talent and<br />
bring the kind of<br />
cheer we spread to<br />
our seniors. Many<br />
can no longer come out to shows, but enjoy<br />
us bringing the entertainment to them.<br />
Ms Senior Nevada started 32 years ago as<br />
a venue for senior women to have a place to<br />
continue to give back. We have grown into a<br />
group of active seniors that have become involved<br />
with many causes, like Guardianship,<br />
that affect all of us. Get involved - you can<br />
make a difference at any age.<br />
Please call us: 702/809-5881 or check out<br />
our <strong>web</strong> site: www.msseniornevada.com.<br />
Golf Fore Ever<br />
Since this is my first article for The Vegas<br />
Voice, I want to take this opportunity to<br />
promote two of the golf organizations that I<br />
belong to. Both organizations are non-profit,<br />
have been around for more than 40 years<br />
and travel to various courses throughout the<br />
Valley each month.<br />
The Nevada State Senior Golf Club (NS-<br />
SGC.org) is dedicated to seniors over 50. I’ve<br />
been a member for 13 years and currently a<br />
Board Member.<br />
The other organization I belong to is the<br />
Winterwood Men’s Golf Association (wwmga.org).<br />
I’ve been a member for over 25<br />
years.<br />
If interested in either or both of these organizations,<br />
please go to the <strong>web</strong>site for additional<br />
information.<br />
Although I don’t like to flaunt it, I am an<br />
incredibly holy person who attends church...<br />
uh...semi-regularly.<br />
As I may have mentioned, I attended Catholic<br />
schools filled with nuns - the real kind,<br />
where you can’t see anything but their faces<br />
and hands - and those sisters taught me to go<br />
to church (and, of course, no talking. I got<br />
good grades, but the comment section on my<br />
report card invariably found ten ways to say,<br />
“This child talks more than is scientifically<br />
possible!”)<br />
Last month, however, instead of going to<br />
Mass as I always...uh...semi-regularly do, I<br />
went to church with a Presbyterian friend.<br />
This was my first time at a Presbyterian service,<br />
but I figured, how different could it be,<br />
except they probably don’t have nuns hanging<br />
around ready to pounce on anyone who<br />
whispers one teensy word!<br />
First, everyone was supposed to say “hi” to<br />
everyone around them, and I thought that<br />
was really nice. Folks in the rows in front of<br />
me turned around, folks behind me reached<br />
forward, and folks beside me slid closer. A tad<br />
claustrophobic, but I appreciated the sentiment.<br />
My first surprise was that the choir marched<br />
in and sat up behind the altar (it’s still an “altar”<br />
in Presbyterianism, isn’t it?) and faced<br />
us, which I found a little disconcerting. In<br />
the Catholic church, the choir loft is normally<br />
above the front door, and in high school choir,<br />
it was very convenient to have the congregants’<br />
backs to us, on the rare occasion that,<br />
say, you yawn so big the choir nun gives you a<br />
dirty look, or you pull your arms inside your<br />
choir robe to remove your uniform sweater<br />
because you’re so hot you could croak...not<br />
that I ever did that.<br />
My second surprise was the minister (seriously,<br />
what is it, preacher, minister, reverend,<br />
pastor, WHAT?!) who had a very nice smile,<br />
was blond, blue-eyed, dressed in a long black<br />
robe, but was, um, well, a woman! This is<br />
something I’ve never seen on the altar at<br />
Mass, my friend.<br />
As you probably know, we don’t do women<br />
priests. Not that I haven’t heard many a<br />
thunderous freakin’ sermon from those nuns,<br />
who are, presumably, women, but still, it was<br />
somewhat jarring.<br />
Then, we stood for the first hymn, which<br />
I didn’t know, but I faked my way through<br />
it and sat down to listen to the first reading,<br />
and whaddaya know: they use the same Bible!<br />
I mean, not that I didn’t know that there’s<br />
pretty much only one Bible, but still, that was<br />
reassuring.<br />
The sermon - even with that whole delivered-by-a-woman<br />
thing - was great and actually<br />
moving.<br />
It was all about Jiminy Cricket, and wishing<br />
on a star, and how God wants everyone to<br />
dream their biggest dreams and make them<br />
happen - which is when I started considering<br />
putting some of my columns into a book<br />
just like Erma Bombeck did, so I could make<br />
people laugh.<br />
And, suddenly, I remembered my daughter’s<br />
call to me the previous week, when she’d<br />
gone to church with Gracie (5), who is brilliant<br />
and beautiful, but because she has Down<br />
Syndrome, must still be watched carefully for<br />
signs of impending potty emergencies - one of<br />
which came mid-sermon!<br />
The moment everyone stood up, she and<br />
Gracie scurried down the side aisle unnoticed<br />
and proceeded to the restroom, where they<br />
took care of business and hurried back to<br />
church. Louise thought it would be all right<br />
to go up the center aisle since everyone was<br />
still standing.<br />
Father Louis was speaking, and Louise’s<br />
family knows him very well, have had him<br />
to dinner, etc. As they were approaching<br />
their pew, Gracie looked up and called, “Hey,<br />
Louie!”<br />
He had the presence and grace to smile and<br />
give a small wave as Louise, mortified, took<br />
Gracie’s hand and started scooting into their<br />
pew. At that point, Father Louis said “You may<br />
be seated.” And Gracie yelled, “Amen!”<br />
Vicki Wentz is a writer, teacher and speaker living in North Carolina. Readers may<br />
contact her - and order her new children’s book! - by visiting her <strong>web</strong>site at<br />
www.vickiwentz.com.<br />
Mike Landry is a retired airline manager of maintenance residing in Sun City<br />
MacDonald Ranch and a 40-year resident of Las Vegas. Hobbies are golf, day trading<br />
and brewing craft beer. He can be contacted at: airmikel1@cox.net.<br />
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Adrea Nairne-Barrera<br />
Do you tear off the tags on furniture and<br />
pillows? How about the magazine inserts that<br />
make it impossible to keep the page turned to<br />
what you are reading?<br />
Do you ever go in the “out” door at a supermarket?<br />
Do you take your empty cart to the<br />
rack in the parking lot, or do you carefully<br />
balance it against the cement strip? Maybe<br />
you put the front wheels in the planter?<br />
What if the dry cleaner notices your bedspread<br />
is “tagless”? Will they report you? I<br />
have actually kept the tags on pillows and<br />
carefully placed them on the furniture tucked<br />
under so nobody can see.<br />
As a child, I believed in the tag police. Why<br />
not? I also thought there was a tooth fairy so<br />
it wasn’t a big leap. If the tag was still on the<br />
pillow, the tooth fairy would know I deserved<br />
a quarter.<br />
Going in the wrong door makes me look<br />
dumb so I may bend down and grab one of<br />
those magazines they leave for you and pretend<br />
I did it on purpose. I remember the old<br />
George Carlin routine when the cat accidentally<br />
slammed into a glass door, shook himself<br />
off and meowed “I meant to do that!”<br />
Who raises their feet off the car floor<br />
when going over railroad tracks? Can’t take<br />
a chance on that bad luck. After all, I don’t<br />
want to be responsible for everyone in the car<br />
if I don’t.<br />
Then there’s the food shopping guilt that<br />
starts at childhood and replays in your head<br />
60’s to 60<br />
The Guilt Stays with You!<br />
with every trip to the market. “You must eat<br />
a balanced diet” and “Don’t buy junk food.<br />
“Eat nutritious food that puts fuel in the furnace.”<br />
And all of a sudden, Hostess offers orange or<br />
chocolate cupcakes with icing swirls for $1.00<br />
per package. What’s a girl to do?<br />
Memories of spending my 25 cents a day after<br />
school on cupcakes and Devil Dogs come<br />
flooding back. The food is junk in its purest<br />
form. Guilt and sugar spikes are forgotten.<br />
My husband has his little quirky things too.<br />
He keeps every shipping carton for everything<br />
he ever bought - or at least he tries. What if we<br />
have to return it?<br />
Empty boxes are like wire hangers. All I<br />
want to do is throw them away. Now I understand<br />
how Joan Crawford felt.<br />
Every few months, I weave my way through<br />
the garage, break them down and create a<br />
box sculpture for the recycler. I have to do it<br />
when he isn’t looking.<br />
Inevitably, the one box we will need will<br />
be gone and I’ll have to take the fall. Nobody<br />
wins.<br />
All those little rules that we learned as children<br />
are permanently planted in my head.<br />
The tags, follow directions, and the ultimate<br />
dinner rule for the peas on the plate, “Your<br />
thumb is not a pusher.”<br />
We live with the bells going off in our<br />
heads wandering through our daily routines.<br />
There’s no getting away from it!<br />
Musical Moments<br />
Yvonne Cloutier<br />
The “I Left my Heart in<br />
San Francisco” Man<br />
Tony Bennett, born Anthony<br />
Dominick Benedetto, of Italian<br />
immigrants in 1926, was<br />
a singing waiter at age 16. In<br />
1949, Pearl Bailey recognized<br />
his talent and asked him to<br />
open for her in Greenwich Village.<br />
Bob Hope was at the show,<br />
liked Tony and took him on<br />
the road. It is said that he asked<br />
Tony to simplify his name to<br />
Tony Bennett.<br />
His successes began in the<br />
50’s with a recording of his first<br />
big hit, Because of You, followed<br />
by many others. Mitch Miller<br />
signed him up with Columbia<br />
records but then his popularity<br />
faded as Rock & Roll became popular.<br />
In 1962 Bennett recorded his signature<br />
song, I Left My Heart in San Francisco by<br />
George Cory and Douglas Cross. It was given<br />
to him by his musical director Ralph Sharon.<br />
It reached #19 on the Billboard Hot 100<br />
and was on various other charts. The song<br />
won him a Grammy Award for Record of the<br />
Year.<br />
The 70’s brought a decade of struggle. He<br />
tried rock songs. Becoming dismayed having<br />
to do such material, he became physically<br />
ill. He likened these songs to his seamstress<br />
mother being forced to produce a cheap<br />
dress.<br />
Bennett soon found he had no recording<br />
contract, no manager, and was not performing<br />
any concerts outside of Vegas. He developed<br />
a drug addiction, had a near-fatal cocaine<br />
overdose, was living beyond his means,<br />
and had the IRS trying to seize his Los Angeles<br />
home.<br />
He had hit bottom and called his sons<br />
from his first marriage, Danny and Dae, for<br />
help. “Look, I’m lost here,” he told them. “It<br />
seems like people don’t want to hear the music<br />
I make.”<br />
Danny got his father’s expenses under<br />
control, moved him back to New York, began<br />
booking him in colleges and small theaters<br />
to get him away from a “Vegas’ image, rehired<br />
Ralph Sharon, and re-signed with<br />
Columbia Records. Dae was his recording<br />
engineer.<br />
Danny’s theory was that a younger, hip<br />
audience, although completely unfamiliar<br />
with Tony Bennett, would respond to his music.<br />
So Tony kept his tuxedo appearance, his<br />
singing style, his musical accompaniment<br />
and his song choices. It worked.<br />
The New York Times said that Tony Bennett<br />
not only bridged the generation gap, he<br />
demolished it.<br />
Bennett frequently donates his time to<br />
charitable causes. He is sometimes nicknamed<br />
‘Tony Benefit.’<br />
His career as a painter, under his real<br />
name of Benedetto flourishes. He sketches<br />
or paints every day, even painting views from<br />
hotel windows when he is on tour.<br />
Now in his 80’s, he is a multimillionaire,<br />
and is on his third marriage, He has no intentions<br />
of retiring, and says that if you are<br />
creative, you get busier as you get older.<br />
Tony has sold over 50 million records, 70<br />
albums, and has won countless awards.<br />
He has said to keep three things in mind<br />
while singing: Breathe before each phrase,<br />
sing as you speak, as if telling a story, and<br />
when singing the word love, make sure you<br />
mean it.<br />
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Beverly Washburn<br />
It’s Sperdvac Time!<br />
Hollywood Memories<br />
The Mystique of Southwestern Art<br />
First of all, I’d like to wish you all a very<br />
Happy New Year. Hard to believe it’s now 20<strong>17</strong>!<br />
My wish for you is to be happy, healthy, safe,<br />
and prosperous. May you do and enjoy wonderful<br />
things and enjoy every day, since none<br />
of us are promised tomorrow.<br />
So, to all of my loyal readers, (and I thank<br />
you for that), you may recall that a couple<br />
of years ago, I wrote about Sperdvac. What is<br />
Sperdvac you might ask?<br />
Well it’s a wonderful organization that I<br />
have been lucky to have been involved in for<br />
the past nine years. It stands for the Society to<br />
Preserve and Encourage Radio, Drama, Variety<br />
and Comedy.<br />
Their sister company is a group called<br />
“Reps” and it stands for “Radio Enthusiasts of<br />
Puget Sound.” Each year there is a group of us<br />
who go to L.A. as well as Seattle and re-create<br />
old time Radio shows.<br />
This year for the first time ever, we will be<br />
performing at the Orleans in Las Vegas. We<br />
will be doing several shows all day long on<br />
Alice Vo Edwards<br />
Sometimes you feel like your voice isn’t being<br />
heard. Like no one cares about your opinions.<br />
That may be true in some places, but<br />
there’s still one place you still have power.<br />
Power to make people laugh. Power to sway<br />
other people’s decisions. Power to motivate.<br />
Power to inform. Me? Yes, you.<br />
Where? On Facebook. You may be skeptical<br />
but I’ve managed social media for companies<br />
with millions of users and I can tell you<br />
there is nothing so powerful on Facebook as<br />
a “share.”<br />
Far more powerful than a “like”, a share<br />
appears to tell the mysterious algorithms<br />
which power Facebook that whatever you’ve<br />
just shared is meaningful at a whole new level<br />
than something you merely liked. I have seen<br />
a single share take a post from 18 views to over<br />
300.<br />
Just like Peter Parker was told by his grandfather,<br />
Ben, “with great power comes great<br />
responsibility.” You have the power, every day,<br />
with every Facebook like and share to increase<br />
either the positive or negative messaging that<br />
With my friend Tony Dow at the last Sperdvac show<br />
January 20th and 21st.<br />
It will be lots of fun and you will have the<br />
opportunity to meet in person some of your<br />
favorites, such as Tony Dow, (Wally from<br />
Leave It to Beaver), Paul Petersen ( Jeff from<br />
The Donna Reed Show), Richard Herd ( Jerry<br />
The Power of the “Share”<br />
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In addition to influencing others, your like<br />
and share choices affect your own mindset.<br />
Based on what you choose to like and share,<br />
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what it interprets as your preferences.<br />
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you are creating your own filtered version of<br />
the world around you, one that reflects the<br />
types of things you spend your time and energy<br />
on.<br />
What you see on Facebook, be it positive<br />
or negative, has an effect on your mood and<br />
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We’d love for you to<br />
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old time radio programs.<br />
If you’d like more information<br />
regarding admission<br />
price, time, etc. please<br />
call Larry Gassman. Larry<br />
is the President of the organization<br />
and would<br />
be more than happy to<br />
answer any of your questions.<br />
Larry will be performing the classic “Who’s<br />
On First “ Abbott and Costello routine along<br />
with his twin brother John. They did it in Seattle<br />
two years ago and brought the house down.<br />
They also will be doing a much requested Jack<br />
Benny panel.<br />
We would all love to see you there!<br />
As I look back and reflect on this past year,<br />
I know speaking for myself and of course, for<br />
many of you, there were times that were difficult<br />
or sad - but also many wonderful things<br />
as well.<br />
The most important thing for all of us is to<br />
just be grateful for all of our many blessings<br />
and to try not to dwell on the things that made<br />
us sad. And remember, we must have a lot of<br />
rain before we can have a rainbow.<br />
Beverly Washburn graced the silver screen as a child actress and is the author of Reel<br />
Tears which can be bought online at Amazon.com or ordered through Barnes &<br />
Noble bookstores. You can contact Beverly at: bjradell@hotmail.com. Check out her<br />
awesome, new <strong>web</strong>site: www.beverlywashburn.com.<br />
mindset. If you’re seeing things you don’t like,<br />
stop responding to them, start filtering them<br />
out, and start focusing on things you do like<br />
and enjoy.<br />
With a little time, what you see on Facebook<br />
will change also. Now, rather than being a<br />
passive consumer or reactor to what you see<br />
on Facebook, YOU will be controlling what<br />
your mind sees, and what stimuli your mind<br />
has to react (positively or negatively) to.<br />
Will they be more rants about political<br />
disappointments, spaghetti bowl traffic, or<br />
frustrations over Medicare? Or will they be<br />
invitations to share a laugh or do something<br />
positive?<br />
There’s one thing I hope you will share for<br />
a cause I care deeply about. I am providing a<br />
link for a survey to assess the happiness and<br />
wellbeing of Clark County citizens.<br />
This survey will allow you to see how you<br />
rank across 13 different domains of Happiness<br />
compared to others nationwide. To learn<br />
more about the survey, please go to www.<br />
LiftUpVegas.org/VegasSurvey.<br />
I am hoping you will choose to take this<br />
survey, share the link, and help thousands of<br />
people in the Las Vegas Valley to take the survey<br />
by January 30th.<br />
Until next time, remember that your power<br />
to Share, has the power to Lift Up Las Vegas.<br />
Alice Vo Edwards is the author of “My Best Friend Died” and “Put Away The Razor,”<br />
and founder of the Lift Up Vegas project for inspiring Happiness and Wellbeing in Las<br />
Vegas. Contact Alice at alice@liftupvegas.org<br />
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Crystal Czerkas-<br />
Sarbacker<br />
If you would like to<br />
start the New Year<br />
right...<br />
C<br />
ome see the Mystical Pueblo collection<br />
by my dad, Victor Czerkas, the only<br />
known private student of the noted Russian<br />
impressionist, Nicolai Fechin. You might stop by<br />
the Mustard Seed, a Tulsa Oklahoma antique and<br />
fine furniture retailer in London Square at 5800<br />
S. Lewis Ave. currently showing Czerkas paintings<br />
and limited editions...<br />
Or you could call Ray and I for a<br />
private showing right here in Vegas, or<br />
a special online tour! What could be<br />
easier?<br />
Tulsa or Vegas? It’s your choice!<br />
Czerkas (1914 -2004) was born in the US to<br />
Russian immigrants, and his heritage and fluency<br />
in slavic languages facilitated his relationship with<br />
Fechin. The influence of his mentor can be seen in<br />
Czerkas’ bold use of color, fearless brush strokes,<br />
and choice of subject matter as seen in the Mystical<br />
Pueblos series now on display in Taos or at<br />
The Mustard Seed. Fechin was fascinated by the<br />
American Southwest, and at his insistence Czerkas<br />
made regular visits to the area where he became<br />
intrigued by the pueblo communities and their<br />
surroundings. Like Fechin, Czerkas was inspired<br />
by the Southwest and he sought to preserve its<br />
beauty throughout his life.<br />
In addition to the Mystical Pueblos series,<br />
Czerkas created many watercolor and oil paintings<br />
based on his world wide travels. He is listed<br />
as a noted California Watercolorist, the winner<br />
of over a hundred awards for his paintings, and<br />
his artwork can be found in the collections of the<br />
Senator Robert Kennedy family, and many motion<br />
picture celebrities including Rock Hudson.<br />
january <strong>17</strong><br />
Pueblo Gathering Watercolor / 22” x 28”<br />
For more information contact The Mustard Seed at 918-742-9600, or call Ray at 702/463-0966.<br />
At The Ovens<br />
Oil on canvas<br />
20” x 24”<br />
The paintings shown here are<br />
only a small sample of the original<br />
oils and watercolors in the<br />
Czerkas Collection.<br />
(pronounced CHER-KAS)<br />
Limited edition giclees on canvas<br />
are also available, and each comes<br />
with a signed/numbered Certificate<br />
of Authenticity.<br />
Gathering at the Wall<br />
Oil on canvas, 20” x 24”<br />
COLLECTION<br />
702/463-0966<br />
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Tiffany Fairfax<br />
Before we get to the Year of the Rooster, let’s<br />
take a look at the start of our New Year. 20<strong>17</strong><br />
opens with a Mercury Retrograde!<br />
It began on December 19 th last year and<br />
ends on January 8 th of this year. A year beginning<br />
with a Mercury Retrograde forecasts delays<br />
throughout the year. Patience is the virtue<br />
to practice in 20<strong>17</strong>.<br />
Happy New Year! It’s time for the Monkey to<br />
start packing up and to take his bag of tricks<br />
away for the next 12 years. A brand new year<br />
begins on January 28 th with the Rooster’s crow.<br />
20<strong>17</strong> in Chinese Astrology is The Year of the<br />
Rooster.<br />
The last Rooster year was 2005 but the element<br />
was different. This time the Rooster is the<br />
element of Fire. Once every 60 years does the<br />
same Animal and Element occur. 1957 was<br />
the last Fire Rooster year.<br />
What happened that year? Those themes<br />
and issues are likely to return.<br />
The element of Fire is hot, quick and fast.<br />
A fire rooster is a leader. He is optimistic and<br />
motivates others.<br />
He has no fear of being creative and innovative.<br />
He is a doer who gets things done. Give a<br />
fire rooster a job and he will bring it to successful<br />
completion.<br />
The characteristics of the Rooster are akin<br />
to our western astrology sign of Virgo. Roosters<br />
are hardworking (they rise early for sure),<br />
honest, detailed oriented, organized, talented<br />
and even charming.<br />
The Rooster is also self-confident and seeks<br />
attention. He likes to hear what a good job he<br />
did. He does not shy away from the spotlight,<br />
Cosmic Jackpot<br />
The Year of the Rooster<br />
rather he enjoys his audience. Roosters are sociable.<br />
The lucky direction for the Rooster is South<br />
and Southeast, so perhaps in planning a vacation,<br />
choose the east coast. What’s in the east/<br />
southeast of your home?<br />
Place something lucky there even if it’s<br />
just a photo. Let the good energy permeate<br />
throughout your home.<br />
It is believed that a year with the animal<br />
sign corresponding to that of your birth year<br />
will not be lucky. So anyone born in The Year<br />
of the Rooster may have to rely on the good<br />
old fashioned way of hard work as opposed to<br />
sheer luck. The Rooster years are: 1921, 1933,<br />
1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005 and 20<strong>17</strong><br />
(after Jan 28 th ).<br />
Our new President-elect, Donald Trump,<br />
takes office before the start of the Rooster year.<br />
The President born in the Year of the Rooster<br />
(and a Fire one no less), is Grover Cleveland.<br />
He is the only President to serve 2 non-consecutive<br />
terms.<br />
He was our 22 nd and our 24 th President. He<br />
was the first President to be married in the<br />
White House. His wife was only 21 years old, a<br />
27-year age difference.<br />
Like a good Rooster, President Cleveland<br />
was hardworking and had such an amazing<br />
memory that he passed the bar without formal<br />
schooling and gave his speeches, including his<br />
inaugural address, from memory. Indeed, the<br />
Rooster is smart and talented.<br />
Participate in the celebration of The Year of<br />
the Rooster, by checking out the display at Bellagio’s<br />
Conservatory.<br />
Tiffany Fairfax is a Professional Astrologer with 30 years experience. She is<br />
certified in both Traditional and Magi Astrology. You can contact Tiffany<br />
at: QueenOfAstrology@aol.com.<br />
Ali Guggenheim<br />
Statements<br />
like: “Don’t<br />
freak out, but<br />
your star sign<br />
has probably<br />
changed,” and<br />
“Your astrological<br />
sign<br />
just changed,<br />
thanks to NASA”<br />
or “Your whole<br />
existence is a lie<br />
because NASA<br />
ruined everything<br />
and informed<br />
us that there are actually 13 constellations<br />
in the Zodiac, not 12”, are just a few<br />
of the slew of recent articles.<br />
This kind of earth-shattering change did<br />
not go over well with social media. It caused<br />
quite a “horror-scope” for followers worldwide.<br />
Originally published on “The Space<br />
Place,” (NASA’s kid-friendly, educational<br />
<strong>web</strong>site), according to NASA’s discovery, the<br />
constellations are no longer in the same<br />
spots they once were. Their calculations show<br />
the correct “new” astrological charts are as<br />
follows;<br />
Capricorn: January 20 – February 16<br />
Aquarius: February 16 – March 11<br />
Pisces: March 11 – April 18<br />
Aries: April 18 – May 13<br />
Taurus: May 13 – June 21,<br />
Gemini: June 21 – July 20<br />
Cancer: July 20 – August 10,<br />
Leo: August 10 – September 16<br />
Virgo: September 16 – October 14,<br />
Libra: October 14 – November 23<br />
Scorpio: November 23 – November 29<br />
Ophiuchus: November 29 – December<br />
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Sagittarius: December <strong>17</strong> – January 20<br />
However, if you are one of those people<br />
with a tattoo of your zodiac sign, don’t rush<br />
out to remove it just yet. According to astrologists,<br />
“the “new” constellation, which has<br />
been around forever, but evaded common<br />
knowledge is called Ophiuchus.<br />
Actually, the Babylonians discovered it<br />
ages ago, but they had already settled on a<br />
12-month calendar by the time they found<br />
Psychic Phenomenon<br />
New Year, New Zodiac Sign?<br />
a 13th constellation, so they just left it out.<br />
Articles about astrology and constellations<br />
explain that zodiac signs were made<br />
up 3,000 years ago by the Babylonians, who<br />
paired them with the constellations they saw.<br />
But, in the thousands of years since then, the<br />
position of the constellations has changed<br />
due to the Earth wobbling on its axis.<br />
Astrologers have always known this and<br />
know how to account for the changes. Therefore,<br />
NASA’s information doesn’t necessarily<br />
apply.<br />
Every 72 years, the positioning of the stars<br />
and constellations shift by 1 degree (from a<br />
geocentric perspective) due to the wobble of<br />
Earth’s axis. This is known as “precession.”<br />
Astrologers have always been well aware<br />
of this, but for some reason NASA, astronomers<br />
and the scientific community, seem to<br />
believe otherwise. Up until three centuries<br />
ago, the astrologers were also the astronomers<br />
and they observed the sky obsessively. Of<br />
course they knew about the precession, and<br />
as a matter of fact, it was discovered in 127<br />
BC by Hipparchus.<br />
After realizing what a tizzy it created, NASA<br />
clarified its findings by stating, “NASA is not<br />
actually responsible for any changes in your<br />
horoscope, nor are they endorsing astrology<br />
as a science. Astronomy is the scientific study<br />
of everything in outer space. Astrology is<br />
something else. It’s not science.”<br />
According to astrologers, there is definitely<br />
no need to panic since, the Tropical Zodiac is<br />
not meant to be aligned with the constellations,<br />
therefore the astrologers never had it<br />
wrong.<br />
What a relief!<br />
To learn more about Ali, spiritual consultations, coaching, classes, workshops, and<br />
readings, call, give her a call: 702/373-9081.<br />
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It is always fun to see what the beauty gurus<br />
with their wonderful talent and imagination<br />
comes up with each new season!<br />
20<strong>17</strong> seems to be shaping up with shades of<br />
the 60s - featuring pale pastel lip colors combined<br />
with either bare face and eyes, or the extreme<br />
of black eyeliner, or dark lips.<br />
I remember back in the “Beatnik” era where<br />
the entire eyelid could be done in black liquid<br />
liner. The look was dramatic and bold!<br />
The same time period also showcased the<br />
innocent bare face with beachy hair, light<br />
mascara and pale pink lips that bordered on<br />
white. Much like back then, 20<strong>17</strong> seems to be<br />
hinting again at extremes of both!<br />
So of course as usual, things we could get<br />
away with at 16 are probably not what we can<br />
get away with now. Then again 16 years olds<br />
are getting away with things they shouldn’t be,<br />
so we should at least give it a try!<br />
I recently read an article from a beauty<br />
blogger who was adamant that older women<br />
should not wear eye shadow at all. Yikes! I<br />
can’t even imagine not using it!<br />
While I respect the choices other women<br />
january <strong>17</strong><br />
Linda Bateman-Gomez<br />
Dramatic Eyes & Pale Lips<br />
may make, I do not agree that we should wear<br />
our clothes, or make-up, based strictly on our<br />
age. Following current trends can be refreshing,<br />
and of course we can modify them, but<br />
do not let age stop you from trying something!<br />
With this coming year’s 1960s inspired look,<br />
here are some ideas to be modern, and take a<br />
trip down memory lane at the same<br />
time.<br />
At 50 plus, white lips may be difficult<br />
to pull off, but light pinks when<br />
lined with a matching liner in the<br />
same color is easier to get away with<br />
for a light, fun pastel look going into<br />
spring!<br />
For the eyes, while heavy liquid<br />
black liner can unintentionally create<br />
a harsher look, a very fine black<br />
liner with a small wing at the end of<br />
the outer eye will create that Bond<br />
Girl look that is both sexy and trendy.<br />
It can also make your lashes appear<br />
longer at the wings!<br />
If you are not comfortable using<br />
liquid liner, you can use a felt tipped<br />
liner, like the one I sell on my site. It can be<br />
Timeless Beauty<br />
easier to control because it’s not too watery<br />
and easier if your hands are not as steady.<br />
As a side bonus, this type of liner can be<br />
good for covering those stray gray eyebrows!<br />
I’m always on the lookout for products that<br />
can be used for multiple purposes-saves money<br />
and time!<br />
When using the liner on the bottom of your<br />
eye, be careful to not create a heavy-circled<br />
raccoon look with a thick defined line underneath.<br />
It can make your eyes look smaller<br />
rather than larger! Start at about the center<br />
and move to the outside of the eye for the bolder<br />
line. Then move from the inner corner to<br />
the middle, making it lighter, and then blend<br />
or smudge the entire line so it is not heavily<br />
defined.<br />
Dark, dramatic eyes and pale lips. Just like<br />
the 60s… but now much wiser too!<br />
Linda Bateman-Gomez has an international beauty company based in Las<br />
Vegas that specializes in cosmetics and other beauty products. She would love to<br />
hear from you with questions, ideas or tips you’d like to share! Contact Linda at<br />
TimelessBeauty2020@gmail.com or through her <strong>web</strong>site www.fullips.com.<br />
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By: Dan Roberts - Publisher<br />
“What makes you think I still want to do<br />
this?” It was one of the few times I was in full<br />
battle-mode with the political editor of The<br />
Vegas Voice.<br />
Regular readers are well aware that the<br />
political editor is also my “partner in life &<br />
love.” You can, therefore understand why my<br />
Rana had no concerns about being fired…<br />
and responding in full force to my question.<br />
Our “discussion” was very simple: Does<br />
The Vegas Voice continue its “obsession” for<br />
guardianship reform?<br />
To be candid, I have become increasingly<br />
disgusted by our various government and<br />
public officials over this cesspool. As Rana<br />
and I waded into this mess, we’ve seen firsthand<br />
what horrific things have been done to<br />
seniors.<br />
Families financially and emotionally destroyed<br />
by the guardianship system - all under<br />
the fiction of “assistance.” The greed and<br />
lack of any conscience by this evil empire of<br />
lawyers, judges, doctors, bureaucrats, and<br />
private guardianship industry goes far beyond<br />
anything that can be expressed in this<br />
editorial.<br />
Even worse, when The Vegas Voice exposed<br />
this utterly corrupt system, rather than be<br />
embarrassed or shamed by their actions, this<br />
gulag merely went underground and stayed<br />
quiet. They have now worked behind the<br />
scenes to make sure that nothing changes. At<br />
best, only window-dressing to fool the public.<br />
They have found the perfect scapegoat<br />
for those “alleged” abuses – former private<br />
guardian April Parks. Since she is no longer<br />
a problem, there are no longer any guardianship<br />
problems, they maintain.<br />
Help Us Help You (and Your Loved Ones)<br />
Will you sign our guardianship petition?<br />
Rana testifying before the Nevada Senate<br />
So with a few “minor” suggestions, the cabal<br />
now claims it’s “Time to move on. The<br />
witch is dead” the co-conspirators proclaim.<br />
What troubles me is that such “logic” and<br />
position can be so readily accepted by the<br />
public.<br />
Let me be very clear: If this collection<br />
of liars, whores and thieves are not stopped<br />
now and forever, there will be another corrupt<br />
guardian, another Jared Shafer, another<br />
Patience Bristol, another April Parks. The opportunity,<br />
and more importantly, the money<br />
is just too great.<br />
My disagreement with Rana is her Don(na)<br />
Quixote belief that if we keep fighting and<br />
with the senior community’s clear and loud<br />
support, lasting reforms can be implemented.<br />
I have my concerns that this time, the guardianship<br />
industry is now ready, well-funded,<br />
and unconditionally prepared to do battle.<br />
The last thing these guys want is an independent,<br />
non-biased senior volunteer organization<br />
looking over and reviewing their<br />
activities. Instead they offer these “solutions”:<br />
1.The creation of the “Office of the Specialist<br />
for the Rights of Elderly Persons” within<br />
the Nevada Aging & Disability Services; or,<br />
2. New confidentiality regulations to “protect”<br />
the privacy rights of the wards (and a<br />
prohibition by the media to obtain such accounting<br />
records); or,<br />
3. Increased funding to state agencies (including<br />
the courts) so they can continue “the<br />
fight for reform.”<br />
Our Vegas Voice question to seniors: Do<br />
YOU believe that the government (be it<br />
our Attorney General, District Attorney, state<br />
agencies - beginning with Aging & Disability<br />
Services, the Nevada Bar Association, Nevada<br />
Medical Society or the Judicial system) will<br />
come to your rescue if YOU become a<br />
guardianship victim?<br />
If you answer “yes” there’s no need to read<br />
this any further.<br />
But if you believe that there was and continues<br />
to be a “rigged system” and these entities<br />
care only about “protecting their own”<br />
or increasing their annual budget, this is our<br />
urgent plea.<br />
Once again, we are asking the public to<br />
sign and return the attached petition on the<br />
next page. The Vegas Voice guardianship<br />
reforms are so simple - yet so revolutionary,<br />
that if we can make this mandatory, we can<br />
guarantee that it will finally erase “guardianship”<br />
as an issue.<br />
Editorial<br />
OUR VEGAS VOICE REFORM SOLUTION:<br />
1. A mandatory independent, certified<br />
volunteer senior court appointed (CASA) advocate<br />
to protect the interests of the “ward.”<br />
2. The CASA have “interested person”<br />
(NRS.157.078) status so they can appear in<br />
court.<br />
3. That all guardians submit quarterly accounting<br />
statements (NRS 159.<strong>17</strong>7) reviewed<br />
by independent, certified volunteer auditors.<br />
4. That all training & certification for private<br />
for-profit guardians (NRS 159.0595) be<br />
provided by a Nevada entity.<br />
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU - As in the<br />
past, our suggestion is quick, easy and proven<br />
to be very effective. We know it will have an<br />
incredible impact on the Nevada Legislature.<br />
The best part - it will only take you (less<br />
than) one minute. Just fill out the attached<br />
petition and mail/fax/email it to The Vegas<br />
Voice.<br />
It will cost you no more than a stamp (or<br />
a local fax call) and for those individuals<br />
who are “on line” anyway (our <strong>web</strong>site: www.<br />
thevegasvoice.net) absolutely nothing.<br />
The Vegas Voice will do the rest. Notwithstanding<br />
my hesitancy, Rana has “gently<br />
advised” yours truly that we will indeed be<br />
traveling to Carson City and hand deliver the<br />
petitions - as well as testify before the Nevada<br />
legislature.<br />
Additionally, as outlined on page 21, Rana<br />
and the entire Vegas Voice/guardianship reform<br />
team will be making the rounds across<br />
the valley to alert seniors to this problem. The<br />
seminars are ALWAYS FREE and the bigger<br />
the crowd, the better our chances.<br />
Is my Rana correct or do we let the bad<br />
guys win? The choice is yours.<br />
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I think 20<strong>17</strong> may see that proverbial<br />
“light at the end of the<br />
guardianship tunnel” turn into a<br />
SPOTLIGHT.<br />
You might recall Elizabeth Indig,<br />
whose mother was a victim of<br />
private guardian April Parks. Mrs.<br />
Indig’s home was sold for pennies<br />
on the dollar along with every<br />
item she owned - all without court<br />
permission. Indig lost everything.<br />
Elizabeth has fought valiantly.<br />
This courageous woman spent<br />
countless hours learning how,<br />
why, and what to do in “playing<br />
lawyer” since she could not afford<br />
one.<br />
She was constantly challenged<br />
by Park’s lawyers, losing each<br />
time, but nothing stopped her. She<br />
attended every Nevada Guardianship<br />
Commission meeting hoping<br />
for someone to help her mother.<br />
Eventually, attorney Adam<br />
Woodrum, was asked by Barbara<br />
Buckley, Executive Director of<br />
the Legal Aid Center of Southern<br />
Nevada to help. Adam and his<br />
partner/wife Homa began reviewing<br />
April Parks’ accounting statements.<br />
Homa discovered (as The Vegas Voice mentioned<br />
in our guardianship seminars) that Ms.<br />
Parks was billing her wards as much as 100<br />
hours per day. Since there are only 24 hours in<br />
a day, that is a neat trick, if you can get away<br />
with it – which she did for several years.<br />
Finally, last month Elizabeth was again in<br />
court, this time before Judge Nancy Allf. After<br />
the hearing, the Judge ruled that $100,000 was<br />
lost through Parks’ fraudulent conduct.<br />
Additionally, the Judge determined that<br />
$40,000 in the value of the home was lost because<br />
of the guardian’s actions and that Parks<br />
paid herself (and her attorney) over $15,000<br />
without court approval. She also ruled held<br />
that Parks must return all the money she<br />
billed Mrs. Indig, plus interest and attorney’s<br />
fees.<br />
The following day, Rudy and Renee North<br />
were in court with daughter Julie Belshie.<br />
Those who attended our seminars should remember<br />
the Norths.<br />
They were the couple legally kidnapped by<br />
April Parks when she knocked on their front<br />
door. Upon Parks meeting the Norths for the<br />
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On My Soap Box<br />
Rana Goodman<br />
Light at the End of the Tunnel<br />
Elizabeth Indig with her mom<br />
The North/Belshe family<br />
first time, she gave them three choices: (a)<br />
Come with her, (b) Go to jail, (c) Go to a mental<br />
ward. It took Julie two years to get her parents<br />
released from Parks’ guardianship<br />
The “physician certificate” claiming that<br />
Rudy needed a guardian was signed by a pain<br />
management doctor and a physician’s assistant<br />
(PA). The North family instituted a civil<br />
action against these horrible individuals.<br />
Rather than back up their “expert opinions”<br />
the pain management doctor and PA moved to<br />
dismiss the claims against them. Over the past<br />
few years, the Belshie and North families have<br />
had so many “doors slammed in their face”<br />
via the rigged guardianship legal system, they<br />
expected more of the same.<br />
Lawyers Gerald Gillock and Jessica Goudey,<br />
however did a fabulous job representing these<br />
former wards before Hearing Commissioner<br />
James Bixler. Commissioner Bixler quickly<br />
ruled that a pain management doctor and a<br />
physician’s assistant playing psychiatrist was<br />
ludicrous. The motion to dismiss was quickly<br />
DENIED!<br />
Another victory for the good guys! And with<br />
your help, there will be more to come.<br />
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Richard Black<br />
A League of their Own<br />
Guardian Concerns<br />
PROTECT YOURSELF<br />
My wife’s father was taken hostage in Summerlin<br />
and isolated the last 2 ½ years of his life.<br />
He was never allowed to visit or speak with his<br />
family during that time without a chaperone.<br />
He was not allowed to leave the home by<br />
any family member. He died in the guardian’s<br />
home on July 3, 2015, his foot black with gangrene<br />
due to a neglected infection.<br />
Judge Charles Hoskin and Commissioner<br />
Jon Norheim sanctioned and passionately defended<br />
everything guardians Denise Comastro<br />
and Helen Natko did to him. Norheim approved<br />
paying over $500,000 from dad’s estate to his<br />
court allies during his guardianship years.<br />
Elder protective services, Metro and the DA<br />
declared Natko had abused and financially exploited<br />
him. Her criminal trial is scheduled to<br />
begin on February 13th.<br />
My research and the evidence by victims<br />
confirm over $40 million was lost by nearly<br />
50 families in their unsuccessful attempts to<br />
protect their loved one. Any and all estate documents,<br />
including Trusts, were ignored after<br />
Hoskin took the bench.<br />
By early 2015, Hoskin and Norheim knew<br />
Jasen & Brandi Cassady<br />
A Misuse of Trust<br />
As you may have heard, Robert C. Graham,<br />
a local attorney who also did business<br />
under the name Lawyers West has been accused<br />
of misappropriating over $13 million<br />
dollars from funds held in his client trust<br />
account. We have been court-appointed to<br />
receive his files.<br />
It is important to understand that, while<br />
these allegations are especially egregious and<br />
have shattered public trust in lawyers, the<br />
public needs to know what kind of trust is at<br />
issue.<br />
Attorneys, in nearly every state, are holders<br />
of what is called an IOLTA, or “interest<br />
on lawyers trust account” fund where the attorney<br />
safeguards funds while a legal procedure<br />
is pending. The allegations against Mr.<br />
Graham stem from mishandling of monies<br />
held in his lawyer’s trust account, which is<br />
completely unrelated to the living trust tool,<br />
commonly used for probate avoidance.<br />
The allegations made by the State Bar are<br />
about the mishandling of monies held by Mr.<br />
Rick, Wife Terri and dad<br />
that families had come forward and started<br />
efforts to discredit both of them. Instead of<br />
recognizing the need to adhere to the law, they<br />
doubled down, and went on to attack the families<br />
- including my wife and me.<br />
In our last hearing before Norheim in March<br />
2015, he verbally attacked my wife, accusing<br />
her of planning to abuse her father with “draconian<br />
and inhumane” tactics. He declared he<br />
would have never allowed her to care for her<br />
father.<br />
Attorney Robert Graham<br />
Graham in his client trust money account,<br />
not about the living trusts that Mr. Graham<br />
established for many clients throughout the<br />
years. His suspension does not de facto void<br />
He accused Aegis Memory Care (who my<br />
wife had selected to help transition her father<br />
back to health) of multiple illegal acts - including<br />
that it would have held him in isolation<br />
in a locked and padded cell.<br />
Norheim and Hoskin actions are well<br />
known, yet they continue to be protected by<br />
judicial and elected officials. Nobody has<br />
been criminally indicted, even though millions<br />
went missing while under the complete<br />
control of their court allies. Hoskin remains<br />
the Presiding Judge of Clark County Family<br />
Court and Norheim continues to serve as one<br />
of Hoskin’s Commissioners.<br />
Additionally, last month, we heard of elder<br />
law attorney Robert Graham “losing” over $13<br />
million of funds that he had been holding in<br />
escrow for his clients. He has yet to be criminally<br />
charged.<br />
Mr. Graham represented over 476 families<br />
in probate and family court since he set up his<br />
first practice. His first firm was founded in 1995<br />
with fellow attorneys Linda Graham (wife),<br />
Charles Hoskin, and John Brannelly.<br />
Hoskin was appointed as a District Judge<br />
the documents he drafted.<br />
I am also receiving inquiries about whether<br />
this is related to the guardianship issues. It<br />
is not. Guardianship and probate are apples<br />
and oranges.<br />
Guardianship is almost always about who<br />
gets to take care of a vulnerable ward. Probate<br />
is always, always, always, about who gets<br />
the decedent’s money.<br />
At its worst, probate is posthumous infighting<br />
over money. At best, it is a structured process<br />
to ensure that the entitled parties receive<br />
their share of the estate.<br />
The allegations against Mr. Graham sweep<br />
across both areas of the law, but they are<br />
mostly unrelated to the actual case type, and<br />
instead are directly related to mishandling of<br />
his lawyer’s trust account.<br />
Attorneys are a self-governing profession,<br />
and we always have been. The vast majority<br />
of us are decent people who would never<br />
touch money we hold in our lawyer’s trust account.<br />
Collectively, we hold billions.<br />
in 2009 and won his first election in 2010. He<br />
has been the Presiding Judge of the 8 th District<br />
Family Court overseeing all adult guardianships<br />
for several years.<br />
Hoskin continues to protect his allies in<br />
Family Court. Last summer, on the anniversary<br />
of dad’s death, I sent an email to Norheim reminding<br />
him and Hoskin of the damages they<br />
did to hundreds of families.<br />
Within 5 hours of hitting the send button, I<br />
received a call from the Las Vegas Metropolitan<br />
Police Department, counter terrorism detail,<br />
advising they were launching an investigation<br />
of me for threatening to terminate Norheim.<br />
Judges and lawyers get immediate service<br />
and immunities while family’s protections are<br />
ignored. If you demand due process, you can<br />
be emotionally and financially overwhelmed.<br />
You soon learn who controls the playing field<br />
in Family Court.<br />
If you or I were caught stealing more than<br />
$13 million, or held a person hostage, us commoners<br />
would most certainly be in jail. Hoskin,<br />
Norheim and their court allies however, continue<br />
to operate in a league of their own.<br />
However, I think the time has come for additional<br />
safety nets to be added. You cannot<br />
legislate a moral compass, and stealing client<br />
money held in a lawyer’s trust account<br />
is already illegal, but I think bonding for attorneys<br />
who hold trust accounts would be an<br />
excellent solution.<br />
The legal community will be brainstorming<br />
to create a viable solution that will protect<br />
the public and keep the process affordable<br />
and realistic for solo attorneys and small<br />
firms, and thus, the clients.<br />
We will be working overtime to restore public<br />
trust, and remember that one bad apple<br />
does not mean a rotten orchard. Don’t panic<br />
about your own living trust.<br />
Remember, this case is not about probate,<br />
guardianship, or a living trust - it is about alleged<br />
abuse of a lawyer’s trust account, which<br />
swept across several areas of the law.<br />
Most living trust attorneys have free consultations.<br />
If you are worried, call one of us<br />
for a free consultation to ease concerns.<br />
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Steve Miller<br />
My First Encounter<br />
Guest Column<br />
Robert Telles<br />
Seeking Assistance for a Ward<br />
In 1999, I received a visit from Thomas<br />
Gaule, the son of Anna Marie Gaule, a wealthy<br />
downtown property owner whom I had known<br />
during my tenure at Las Vegas City Hall. Accompanying<br />
Thomas was Ted Gunderson, a<br />
former FBI agent.<br />
Thomas asked if I would go with them to a<br />
private rest home to see his mom. He explained<br />
that his mother had been brutally beaten the<br />
night before.<br />
On the way, Thomas said his mom had been<br />
made a ward of the court, that her bank accounts<br />
were being drained and properties<br />
transferred to the-then elected Clark County<br />
Public Guardian Jared E. Shafer. Her mom and<br />
Thomas had been making inquiries about her<br />
finances before she sustained her injuries.<br />
He wanted witnesses to testify in court the<br />
following week about her abuse. I grabbed my<br />
camera and we proceeded to the home.<br />
We were greeted by a man who told us “No<br />
visit! No visit!” when Thomas asked to see his<br />
mom. Gunderson already had his foot in the<br />
door and immediately wedged our way past<br />
Victim Anna Marie Gaule<br />
the man.<br />
Thomas led us to Anna Marie’s bedroom<br />
where we found her sitting in bed with two<br />
black eyes and a broken nose. Though stricken<br />
with Alzheimer’s and suffering from her injuries,<br />
she warmly greeted her son and his guests.<br />
I began shooting photos while the caretaker<br />
yelled for us to leave. Thomas lifted his<br />
mother’s robe and showed us bruises on<br />
her legs. I asked if she had received medical<br />
care.<br />
Thomas said she hadn’t. I asked how<br />
she sustained the injuries and Thomas<br />
said he was informed she “fell out of<br />
bed.”<br />
The following week, Thomas acting as<br />
his own attorney, appeared before Clark<br />
County Family Court Judge William Voy<br />
to ask that Shafer be removed as guardian<br />
and let Thomas care for his mom in<br />
one of her homes. He planned to show his<br />
Guardian Certificate obtained from Shafer’s<br />
office certifying Thomas graduated<br />
from a $1,500 course taught by Shafer.<br />
At the hearing were Shafer and his attorney<br />
Gardner Jolly. While Gunderson and I<br />
patiently waited to be called, Thomas pled his<br />
case.<br />
After three hours, Thomas emerged to inform<br />
us that Judge Voy denied his request to allow<br />
Gunderson and I to testify and show photos.<br />
Additionally, Thomas was to be restricted<br />
to only thirty minutes with his mom per visit.<br />
He was also told that could not bring guests<br />
nor take photos of her. Thomas then said Anna<br />
Marie was going to be transferred to Pahrump<br />
- over fifty miles away.<br />
Shafer and Jolly emerged from the court<br />
room. When they saw the three of us, they<br />
broke into laughter and walked away.<br />
Anna Marie was moved the next day and<br />
because Thomas doesn’t drive, he was rarely<br />
able to visit his mom in the final year of her<br />
life. She died alone, drugged and isolated from<br />
Thomas, her only living relative.<br />
Her fortune was never accounted for, a requirement<br />
of Nevada law. According to Thomas,<br />
Anna Marie’s assets included several commercial<br />
properties, two houses, bank accounts,<br />
insurance policies, and annuities.<br />
From the day of that hearing, I’ve vowed<br />
to expose the heinous guardianship fraud in<br />
Las Vegas and will continue doing so until the<br />
enabling judges, ruthless guardians, and their<br />
attorneys are finally brought to justice.<br />
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You may have a friend who has had<br />
a guardianship ordered over him or<br />
her. This person may have complained<br />
about the fact that he or she did not<br />
have the opportunity to ask why the<br />
guardianship was ordered.<br />
In my own practice, I have come<br />
across circumstances where people<br />
over whom a guardianship was awarded<br />
never actually received the opportunity<br />
to object to the guardianship.<br />
This can result from a doctor’s erroneous<br />
opinion that the person could not<br />
speak his or her own opinion in court.<br />
This may result from the doctor’s belief<br />
that the person would not have the<br />
physical ability to attend court, would<br />
be unable to voice his or her opinion,<br />
or for some other reason. However, the<br />
guardianship court is concerned with<br />
ensuring that any person over whom<br />
a guardianship has been ordered have<br />
the ability to speak to the court.<br />
Really, only those who should be excused<br />
from attending court hearings<br />
would be a person who is unable to<br />
safely leave a hospitable bed or is truly<br />
a danger to him or herself or others.<br />
Those who have had a guardianship<br />
ordered over them are known as wards<br />
or protected persons. These folks are<br />
those who have shown to be a danger<br />
to him or herself or to others.<br />
This may include an inability to<br />
manage one’s own financial affairs or<br />
the inability to adequately maintain<br />
his or her own health without the assistance<br />
of others. This often includes<br />
those who have unfortunately been<br />
diagnosed with a disorder that erodes<br />
the memory, such as Alzheimer’s or<br />
dementia.<br />
Other circumstances may involve<br />
something more physically severe,<br />
such as an illness that confines that<br />
person to a hospital bed. The former<br />
circumstances, Alzheimer’s and dementia,<br />
may not necessarily call for<br />
an immediate confinement to involuntary<br />
commitment in a memory care<br />
unit.<br />
A memory care unit is a place where<br />
people are placed and are monitored<br />
on a 24-hour basis. As previously<br />
mentioned, this may not be the first<br />
option.<br />
Often times, the protected person<br />
has the money and the health necessary<br />
to continue living at home. Unfortunately,<br />
even loved ones can jump<br />
the gun and determine that the first<br />
option should be commitment to a<br />
memory care unit.<br />
What can be done? If you know<br />
someone who has not had the opportunity<br />
to address the court in his or her<br />
guardianship, that person can contact<br />
an attorney who can petition the court<br />
to allow the protected person to speak<br />
to the court. This can often result in a<br />
re-evaluation of the case and whether<br />
that person meets the necessary criteria<br />
to return home or a less confining<br />
arrangement.<br />
Unfortunately, even well-meaning<br />
family can jump the gun and move<br />
straight to a restrictive living arrangement<br />
for that person even when that<br />
person might be able to live in his or<br />
her own home with the assistance of<br />
some paid help.<br />
If you believe you know someone<br />
living in restrictive living arrangement<br />
unnecessarily, be sure to have<br />
that person contact a qualified guardianship<br />
attorney.<br />
Rob Telles is the founder of Accolade Law, a law firm that serves clients in<br />
guardianship, estate planning and probate. His office can be reached at (702) 337-<br />
3000<br />
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Stu Cooper - Travel Editor<br />
If Not Now, When?<br />
Happy Destinations<br />
I have often said: “LIFE IS WHAT HAP-<br />
PENS WHILE YOU MAKE PLANS.” And boy,<br />
do we make a lot of (travel) plans for a<br />
whole lot of people.<br />
After 29 years in the travel business, we<br />
must have helped thousands of people plan<br />
vacations. In 2016 alone with our “Buses to<br />
the Boat” and other group trips we planned<br />
and sent over 500 people on their vacations<br />
with the Vegas Voyagers Travel Club.<br />
I am telling you this because in just<br />
about every trip we plan, the people who<br />
we are assisting often times are telling us<br />
about their daily trials and tribulations.<br />
Whether it’s a doctor’s visit, a work related<br />
issue, or maybe a family situation, they are<br />
still planning a vacation.<br />
So we get a lot of: “If everything is ok, (at<br />
work, at home or health wise – just fill in<br />
the blank) we’re going to (a Cruise, Europe,<br />
Mexico, Hawaii - once again, just fill in the<br />
blank).” I’m sure you get the idea.<br />
Life is going on, but our Vegas Voyagers<br />
are still making plans.<br />
My response to these situations is to always<br />
encourage their interest in travel and<br />
to try and not let life’s daily issues get in the<br />
way of planning that long sought after vacation.<br />
And I don’t tell people this because<br />
it is my business to send people on vacations;<br />
I do so simply because - if not now,<br />
when?<br />
You just never know when life will actually<br />
get in the way of the vacation you have<br />
planned. It has happened to everyone, including<br />
me.<br />
Over ten years ago, I had a health scare<br />
that required me to have outpatient treatment<br />
over a nine-week period on the other<br />
side of the country. I had to put my “life” on<br />
hold while I was being treated.<br />
No vacations for me. Life really did<br />
cramp my style. I vowed then to try and not<br />
let things get in the way of what I like to do.<br />
Keep moving forward and at the end of<br />
the day, everything will get sorted out. I<br />
really have tried to live this way since my<br />
health scare.<br />
As the New Year begins, I suggest we all<br />
resolve to continue to make all those plans.<br />
Plan those “Bucket List” trips or experiences<br />
you want to have.<br />
Plan those visits to family and friends.<br />
Resolve to have a “sense of wonder” about<br />
all that is around you. Explore.<br />
Whether it’s a new restaurant down the<br />
block or the cruise around the world - GO<br />
and DO. Life truly is what happens while<br />
you make plans. Just don’t stop making the<br />
plans.<br />
And, of course keep an eye out for our<br />
next Vegas Voyagers meeting. We hope to<br />
have some big new trips and travel destinations<br />
to offer to all Vegas Voice readers.<br />
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Kathy Manney<br />
Taliesin West - An Inspiring Respite<br />
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The drive takes you up a winding paved<br />
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It has plenty of sky overhead and for more<br />
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Taliesin West was Mr. Wright’s world-famous<br />
winter home and architectural laboratory,<br />
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Taliesin West drew its name from Wright’s<br />
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Wright continually improved and added to<br />
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Frank Lloyd Wright believed this Sonoran<br />
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As Wright described: “I learned of a site<br />
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Arizona’s azure bright sun honed Wright’s<br />
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Born in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright grew up<br />
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Taliesin West is a living memorial to Frank<br />
Lloyd Wright and tours are open to the public.<br />
Guests are invited into the living spaces, where<br />
rooms and furnishings aren’t held behind<br />
ropes.<br />
Tours include the living room, Mr. Wright’s<br />
private office, his bedroom and the Cabaret<br />
Theater built in an irregularly hexagonal<br />
shape which has 95% acoustic perfection.<br />
Its outside walls draped in bright pink bougainvillea,<br />
Taliesin West was designated a<br />
National Historic Landmark in 1982. It is the<br />
winter and main campus of the Frank Lloyd<br />
Wright School of Architecture and houses the<br />
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. As in Wright’s<br />
time, students and faculty spend summers in<br />
Spring Green, Wisconsin which is known as<br />
Taliesin East.<br />
Taliesin West is part of historic Scottsdale<br />
and open year round. While here, you are<br />
encouraged to become part of Frank Lloyd<br />
Wright’s community and school of architecture<br />
and explore the buildings and the rooms.<br />
It is truly a unique experience and inspiring<br />
respite.<br />
Kathy Manney enjoys visiting interesting places and being an Adventure Diva. Her<br />
“Must See” travel journeys continue - always with enthusiasm.<br />
In Our Backyard<br />
Debbie Landry<br />
Peggy Sue’s Diner<br />
How about Peggy Sue’s Diner? Located in<br />
Yermo, California, Mike and I finally decided to<br />
stop on our way back from Los Angeles.<br />
Have you ever been there? The food items<br />
all have Hollywood themed names, and the<br />
“homemade” apple pie was the best!<br />
The diner features a 50s style 5 & dime store,<br />
pizza parlor, ice cream parlor and soda fountain.<br />
Peggy Sue’s is an original roadside diner<br />
that was built in 1954 with 9 counter stools and<br />
3 booths.<br />
“We wanted good homemade food and great<br />
50s music. We ran out of room, so we expanded<br />
into a real old fashioned tourist stop, just like<br />
we remembered when we traveled across the<br />
country as kids”, says owner Peggy Sue.<br />
Peggy Sue’s 50’s Diner is located 10 miles<br />
north of Barstow on the I-15 at Ghost Town<br />
Road. For more information, visit www.<br />
peggysuesdiner.com.<br />
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Mary Richard<br />
Health Fitness<br />
Curb Those Cravings!<br />
Kyo Mitchell<br />
A Healthier You<br />
A Different Strategy for 20<strong>17</strong><br />
James J. White, D.D.S<br />
Dental Botox<br />
January is here and the New Year’s resolutions<br />
have arrived! I don’t do the resolutions<br />
part as they just don’t work for me! I do<br />
GOALS, not resolutions!<br />
One of my goals after all the Holidays goodies<br />
(Thanksgiving, my birthday, Christmas<br />
and New Year’s) is to honestly be true to myself.<br />
I will never go back to my “ultra-skinny”<br />
self – but will try to stay within my size now.<br />
Oh yes, it is tough! But I try very hard to<br />
curve those cravings.<br />
Salty cravings: When people seek out<br />
French fries or pretzels, or any type of carbs,<br />
cravings for salty foods can be a sign of dehydration.<br />
(Believe it or not!) I always advise my<br />
Zumba students to drink water before, during<br />
and after any classes. We are in a drier climate<br />
and need the H20 to hydrate our bodies.<br />
A rule of thumb is to take your honest (no<br />
lying) weight, divide it by 2 and that is the<br />
normal amount of water you need each day.<br />
If you exercise, or engage in any type of extra<br />
activity - add more ounces of water needed.<br />
How to curb those cravings? - reach for the<br />
spice rack! Yep, adding spices will help to decrease<br />
the increased calories.<br />
Usually with salt cravings, you need savory<br />
flavor to help combat the wanted salt. Add<br />
rosemary, basil or another bold spice to your<br />
next meal.<br />
Eat a small handful of nuts to help combat<br />
the need for extra carbs. I have been on a kick<br />
of adding flax seed and walnuts to my salads<br />
for extra flavor. I’ve been eating a salad every<br />
day before my main meal and it helps to<br />
make me feel fuller.<br />
And be aware of those little goodies samples<br />
that the sales people entice you at the major<br />
warehouse stores. Yes, I’ve tried several, but all<br />
those calories DO add up!<br />
Before you know it, you’ve consumed your<br />
caloric limit for the day just within a few runs<br />
around the warehouse aisles! True, I have<br />
purchased several items by having a sample,<br />
but caution – just a “sample”, not several!<br />
I’ve witnessed patrons going back for seconds,<br />
thirds, etc. They must think they are getting<br />
a meal, not just samples!<br />
Keeping a food journal also helps. You’d be<br />
surprised if you started writing down everything<br />
that you eat and drink what you really<br />
consume!<br />
All in all, just try to be cautious in what<br />
you eat and drink, bump up the exercises and<br />
those extra pounds that you suddenly accumulated<br />
over the holidays will soon disappear<br />
in no time. Enjoy the new year 20<strong>17</strong>!<br />
POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND HAPPY<br />
HEALTH TO ALL!<br />
Mary Richard was crowned Ms. Senior Nevada 2006, was first runner-up for Ms.<br />
Senior America 2006 and is a life-time dancer. She is one of the original columnists<br />
for The Vegas Voice. She is now an aerobics instructor throughout Las Vegas/<br />
Henderson. Mary can be reached at mary-vegasvoice@cox.net.<br />
After making each of these respective<br />
meals, decide how much you liked the<br />
taste of each meal. If you liked the recipe,<br />
keep it for future use. If you didn’t like it,<br />
throw the recipe out.<br />
Each week of the first month, one day<br />
within that week, you should try one<br />
new recipe for breakfast, lunch and dinner.<br />
Keep the recipes you like and discard<br />
those you do not. In month two, make two<br />
different Paleo recipes for breakfast each<br />
week as well as two different lunches and<br />
two different dinners.<br />
In month three, bring this up to three<br />
breakfasts, three lunches and three dinners<br />
each week. In month four, make four<br />
breakfasts, four lunches and four dinners<br />
each week. The same pattern should be<br />
With the arrival of a new year, many<br />
individuals will make New Year’s resolutions.<br />
Many of these resolutions will revolve<br />
around better health.<br />
In the case of most people, these resolutions<br />
last about two to three weeks and<br />
then we slide back into our old habits.<br />
Below are some tips to help increase the<br />
probability that you will keep your resolutions.<br />
If your resolution is to lose weight, lower<br />
your blood sugar or just eat healthier,<br />
you need to approach this realistically. We<br />
derive pleasure from eating. This is one of<br />
the reasons people overeat.<br />
If you switch to a diet where that pleasure<br />
is decreased or worse yet, eliminated,<br />
your healthy diet will not last long before<br />
you go back to your previous eating hab-<br />
A denture technique so sophisticated,<br />
followed for months five, six and seven.<br />
its. Diets do not work over the long run. What this strategy does is gives you<br />
Only a change to a healthier approach time to make a natural transition that is<br />
to food that you enjoy will help you meet not difficult or stressful. You are finding<br />
and keep your goals.<br />
recipes that you enjoy eating that are also<br />
Here’s an example. Since you want to healthy for you.<br />
lose weight and become healthier, you What most people find when they follow<br />
a strategy like this is that if they then<br />
now eat according to the Paleo diet perspective.<br />
If you do this method at 100%, “cheat” and splurge on some unhealthy<br />
right off the bat, you will be lucky to last food, it makes them feel terrible and<br />
two weeks.<br />
makes it easier to not eat it in the future.<br />
Instead, find one recipe each for breakfast,<br />
lunch and dinner from the list of Paercise.<br />
Start off slowly and gradually work<br />
The same strategy can be applied to exleo<br />
diet recipes that sound tasty to you. On towards your fitness goals. This will keep<br />
Monday make the breakfast recipe. you from getting too sore or too exhausted<br />
On Tuesday or Wednesday make the and allow your body to gradually become<br />
lunch recipe. On Thursday or Friday, stronger and healthier.<br />
make the dinner recipe.<br />
Best of health in 20<strong>17</strong>.<br />
Dr. Kyo Mitchell served as faculty at Bastyr University in Seattle and Wongu<br />
University in Las Vegas for over a decade. Dr. Mitchell practices in Summerlin and<br />
can be reached at 702-481-6216 or rkyomitchell@gmail.com.<br />
Late last year, the Las Vegas Review Journal<br />
ran an article which discussed the use of Botox<br />
(botulinum toxin) by dentists and even dental<br />
hygienists.<br />
Botox is commonly used in a small dose for<br />
cosmetic reasons, but is many times used for<br />
other medical concerns, such as chronic migraines,<br />
reducing bladder activity, etc.<br />
I wish to exercise this author’s freedom of<br />
opinion regarding what is referred to as a “turf<br />
war” between the medical and dental community.<br />
Let me first acknowledge that there have<br />
been dental uses for Botox when attempting to<br />
treat parafunctional activity (tooth grinding)<br />
and TMJ issues. To my knowledge however,<br />
this use is not a common therapy in dental<br />
offices.<br />
What is a puzzle to me is the fact that there<br />
is even discussion over the use of Botox by<br />
dentists. As I see it, there is no need for a “turf<br />
war.”<br />
If dentists would devote their time and brain<br />
power in becoming better dentists, they would<br />
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I have seen so much inferior dental care<br />
over the years that I wonder how those particular<br />
practitioners ever made it through dental<br />
school - much less success in practice. Many<br />
of these same dentists are the ones who lobby<br />
for the use as Botox.<br />
Perhaps they should have been estheticians<br />
instead of dentists? It has been my experience<br />
however, that people who come to a<br />
dental office are looking to receive dental<br />
treatment, and not a reduction in the lines<br />
of their forehead.<br />
The dentistry profession has changed and<br />
advanced so quickly that it is nearly a full<br />
time job just to keep up with the changes.<br />
If one is a devoted dental care provider,<br />
their dedication should be strictly to how to<br />
provide comprehensive dental care for the<br />
long-term health and stability of their patients.<br />
It should be the study of advanced restorations,<br />
advanced cosmetics, implant dentistry,<br />
teeth-in-a-day to replace dentures,<br />
function and position of the TMJ (temporomandibular<br />
joint), how to equilibrate<br />
an occlusion (bite), advances in periodontal<br />
care, full mouth reconstruction, use of medicaments,<br />
etc.<br />
Not the use of Botox. Leave the botulinum<br />
toxin to the physicians. There is too much<br />
dentistry to accomplish to fool around with<br />
such things.<br />
People who come to my office should assume<br />
that I can provide the latest and greatest<br />
as far as what the dental profession can provide.<br />
This is my job. This is my passion.<br />
I suspect that it is the same for the majority<br />
of dental practitioners - so forget Botox. Be<br />
certain that your dentist is pursuing continuing<br />
education to advance his/her DENTAL<br />
ability on your behalf.<br />
I realize that my opinion will most likely<br />
offend some of my colleagues who feel we<br />
should not be restricted in using Botox. I accept<br />
this, but I have always been dedicated to<br />
post-graduate education and, more importantly,<br />
always attempt to introduce into my<br />
practice what I learned.<br />
It is a herculean task - without complicating<br />
the delivery of dentistry by improving their<br />
face through Botox.<br />
Practicing and delivering dental art to a patient<br />
is far more rewarding than what Botox<br />
can provide for a few months.<br />
Remember, one is not in good health without<br />
good oral health. A very happy and healthy<br />
new year to all.<br />
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Pat Warren<br />
Well, it’s a<br />
New Year and<br />
the outdoor<br />
planting season<br />
is, essentially,<br />
on the backburner.<br />
But that<br />
doesn’t mean<br />
that you can’t<br />
still indulge<br />
your green<br />
thumb.<br />
If you can’t<br />
plant anything<br />
outside, you<br />
can still plant<br />
and grow something<br />
worthwhile<br />
inside –<br />
herbs.<br />
People living<br />
in the rest of the country often try to grow<br />
herbs in a pot on the windowsill, and while<br />
you can certainly try this system in a south or<br />
southwest-facing window, winter light alone<br />
can be insufficient for optimum growth.<br />
Another choice is using a system of grow<br />
lights. Specialized, full-spectrum, T5 fluorescent<br />
bulbs give your plants the light they need<br />
without throwing off a lot of heat. Position the<br />
lights 3-4 inches away from your herbs and<br />
keep them on for 14-16 hours a day. These<br />
lights can be set up in your kitchen, garage or<br />
in a closet on trays or on shelves.<br />
Some of the herbs that will grow well in an<br />
indoor setting are: basil, chives, dill, marjoram,<br />
oregano, parsley and sage. Obviously<br />
these are all culinary herbs, so if you plant<br />
them, not only will you have something lovely<br />
and green to look at but your cooking will<br />
benefit as well.<br />
While all herbs need well-drained soil and<br />
good air circulation, basil needs full sun and<br />
daytime temperatures around 70 degrees with<br />
nighttime temps around 60, but can tolerate<br />
temperatures as low as 50 degrees. Water<br />
whenever the soil surface begins to dry out<br />
and harvest your basil by pinching off growing<br />
tips.<br />
Oregano, marjoram, sage and chives also<br />
need daytime temperatures around 70 degrees<br />
Happy Gardening<br />
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and nighttime temps around 60 but can tolerate<br />
temperatures as low as 40 degrees. They<br />
all need full sun.<br />
Marjoram, sage and basil can be watered<br />
when they’re a little on the dry side but chives<br />
need a bit more water. Harvest the first three<br />
by cutting them back frequently, while chives<br />
should be harvested by cutting individual<br />
leaves down to one inch from the soil in the<br />
pot.<br />
Parsley is a bit different from the others. It<br />
needs full or partial sun and the soil should<br />
be kept uniformly moist (but not wet). It can<br />
grow well in temperatures that range from<br />
60 to 65 degrees with occasional lows in the<br />
forties. You should harvest parsley by cutting<br />
only the outer leaves so that the center can<br />
create new growth.<br />
Dill grows well in daytime temperatures<br />
around 60 degrees and nighttime temps<br />
around 50 but can tolerate temperatures as<br />
low as 40 degrees. It needs full sun and should<br />
be watered whenever the soil surface begins to<br />
dry out. Harvest dill by cutting off the lower<br />
leaves once the plant reaches about 12 inches<br />
tall.<br />
Have other gardening questions? You can<br />
call the UNR Cooperative Extension’s Master<br />
Gardener Help Desk at 702-257-5555. We’re<br />
available Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m. to<br />
3:00 p.m. The service is free.<br />
Pat Warren is a certified Master Gardener with the UNR Cooperative Extension.<br />
She started her training because of the frustration she felt trying to get something,<br />
anything, to grow in Nevada.<br />
Jim Valkenburg<br />
If you have a major loss, you may be<br />
asked to provide some proof of ownership<br />
on a claim.<br />
Contrary to anything you’ve<br />
heard, claims adjusters usually<br />
use common sense<br />
and believe you own<br />
all the “normal”<br />
things<br />
in life<br />
such as beds,<br />
tables, sofas,<br />
TV’s,<br />
clothing,<br />
dishes,<br />
pots &<br />
pans, etc.<br />
If your<br />
home was<br />
destroyed<br />
or ransacked, they don’t question the<br />
items that make sense for the size of<br />
home you have.<br />
However, if you have a 1200 square<br />
foot; 2 bedroom/2 bath home and<br />
then include 8 big screen televisions<br />
on your inventory, you can expect to<br />
be asked to provide proof. Common<br />
sense. On high-ticket items or unusual<br />
items, you will often be asked for<br />
receipts or manuals or photos.<br />
If you spent over $3,000 on a TV, it<br />
would not be unusual for an adjuster<br />
to ask for some type of proof. Or if you<br />
claim you owned an original Picasso<br />
valued at over $30,000, then there<br />
would need to be some hard evidence<br />
of that - up to and often including<br />
an appraisal from a competent third<br />
party.<br />
The real question here is just how<br />
to provide proof of ownership. There<br />
are any number of ways to accomplish<br />
this and some are cumbersome<br />
and unwieldy – like keeping receipts<br />
for everything. And some are rather<br />
simple, albeit a bit time consuming –<br />
like a photo or video record of your<br />
possessions.<br />
Here’s what I recommend you do.<br />
Insurance Insight<br />
Why You Need a Home<br />
Inventory<br />
Use a video camera/camcorder and<br />
record every room and closet in your<br />
home; including the garage. It really<br />
doesn’t have to be HD quality video,<br />
rather just a record of the<br />
stuff you own.<br />
Naturally you will<br />
remember your<br />
furniture<br />
(beds, tables,<br />
chairs, etc.)<br />
but this is a<br />
way to help<br />
you remember<br />
m u c h<br />
of the<br />
“little”<br />
stuff you<br />
own. If I<br />
asked you to<br />
list every item in your closet, odds are<br />
that would be impossible.<br />
Can you list every pair of shoes<br />
owned in your household? At an average<br />
price of $50 a pair, a household<br />
that has 50 pairs of shoes would value<br />
at $2,500 – just for shoes – and I’ll bet<br />
it’s higher than that for most people.<br />
How many sets of sheets or towels do<br />
you own? Can you name every book,<br />
CD or DVD you own - or even tell me<br />
how many?<br />
The purpose for a recording is more<br />
to remind you of what you own than<br />
to prove what you own. If you lost everything<br />
to a fire, you could at least<br />
put the recording on pause and count<br />
the number of “little” items owned -<br />
the adjuster won’t care what the value<br />
of each shirt, slacks or pair of shoes<br />
is, but will pay based on number of<br />
items.<br />
Finally, be sure to keep the recording<br />
in a safe place away from your home<br />
so if you do have a total loss, the proof<br />
of your belongings is safe and sound.<br />
Also it would be a good idea to update<br />
the recording every few years or after<br />
a major purchase.<br />
Jim Valkenburg is a retired military officer and insurance executive. He and his wife<br />
owned and operated their own insurance agency for over 16 years. His primary<br />
purpose is to give out real information that can be used to make intelligent insurance<br />
decisions.<br />
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I will begin the New Year with some transitional<br />
stuff to help us get a better understanding<br />
of the challenges involved.<br />
The road home from war is always longer,<br />
steeper, and often more challenging than the<br />
road to war for most military men and women.<br />
After the reuniting there can be a difficult<br />
period of readjustment for them…and their<br />
family.<br />
Many vets continue to struggle with stressrelated<br />
health issues, and everyone has been<br />
stretched and challenged during the time of<br />
absence. Both the vet and family have been<br />
through odysseys of their own during the<br />
period of separation; and the readjustment<br />
process sometimes becomes another battle to<br />
confront.<br />
january <strong>17</strong><br />
Chuck Dean<br />
The Long and Winding Road<br />
In the interim, families have learned to<br />
fill in the void left by the veteran’s absence.<br />
New roles and rules have taken effect, such as<br />
money - it has been managed by the family<br />
without the veteran’s direct input.<br />
The family has gained new skills in order to<br />
make the adjustment, and this is all new for a<br />
returning veteran. He or she is returning to the<br />
same family but their role in that family may<br />
have changed.<br />
Bottom line is that when a warrior goes to<br />
war, the whole family goes to war. It may take<br />
some time to rebuild lives afterwards, so it is<br />
A Voice From Mauthausen<br />
The Las Vegas-Clark County Library will<br />
offer a free screening of a locally-produced,<br />
award-winning short film, “A Voice From<br />
Mauthausen” at the Summerlin Library<br />
Theater on January 26, 20<strong>17</strong> at 4 pm.<br />
The film is based on the powerful true<br />
story of Lt. Cmdr. Jack Hedrick Taylor, one of<br />
the U.S. Navy’s first frogmen during World<br />
War II. Taylor conducted numerous missions<br />
behind enemy lines, but was eventually captured<br />
and incarcerated at the Mauthausen<br />
concentration camp. Today’s Navy SEALS<br />
evolved from Taylor’s frogmen.<br />
“A Voice From Mauthausen” is told from<br />
the perspective of Commander Taylor’s key<br />
testimony at the Nazi war crimes trials. The<br />
film recently won Best Short Film, and Luigi<br />
Sperduti Best Director at the Golden Gate International<br />
Film Festival.<br />
The film has been exhibited at six countries<br />
on three continents and has already been<br />
an official selection at 25 film festivals. The<br />
film has received distribution through Allied<br />
Vaughn Company and is available through<br />
most major retail <strong>web</strong>sites. The film’s team<br />
has also completed a feature-length script on<br />
Taylor’s life, titled “Frogman.”<br />
The cast and crew will conduct a question<br />
and answer session immediately following<br />
the screening. The address for the Summerlin<br />
Library Theater is <strong>17</strong>71 Inner Circle<br />
Drive, Las Vegas. Admission is free. This film<br />
is not rated and contains graphic dialogue<br />
with Holocaust and war images.<br />
wise to be prepared for whatever it takes to<br />
make it all the way home on the long march.<br />
As for re-entering society, a returning warrior<br />
may experience confusion and alienation<br />
due to the unique experiences of living in a<br />
war zone. The inability to adequately express<br />
those experiences to loved ones may be frustrating<br />
for everyone, and the family could feel<br />
“cheated” out of communication because of<br />
it.<br />
And friends and co-workers who did not go<br />
to war have leapt ahead while they were “frozen<br />
in time.” Others have gone to school, married,<br />
been promoted, learned new skills, and<br />
advanced in their careers, leaving the warrior<br />
faced with trying to “catch up” in a world that<br />
he or she may feel out of synch with.<br />
The veteran is returning from a life of danger<br />
and uncertainty, where the military provided<br />
the necessary guidelines and structure<br />
Vet 2 Vet<br />
to ensure they survive. In a war zone, a warrior<br />
felt “safe” within the confines of a squad<br />
or team unit, but at home, he or she may feel<br />
vulnerable and uncertain about civilian “safe<br />
and secure” zones.<br />
It’s common for veterans to have a longing<br />
to be back with their unit, and families can<br />
find that hard to accept. This longing inspired<br />
the forming of many fine veterans’ organizations<br />
such as the VFW, American Legion,<br />
Vietnam Veterans of America, and Iraq and<br />
Afghanistan Veterans of America.<br />
I know how important communication and<br />
understanding is for reintegration. It is the<br />
most vital element in making it through the<br />
maze of transitional processing for both warrior<br />
and family.<br />
It is my hope that you and your loved ones<br />
succeed in gaining more understanding and<br />
grow together in the year to come.<br />
Chuck Dean served as an Army paratrooper in Vietnam and through that experience<br />
was led to address the many transitional issues veterans struggle with. In 2008 he was<br />
the recipient of the prestigious Hirsch Foundation Leadership Award for his writing and<br />
work in support of veterans and their families. He is the author of several important<br />
books for veterans. All can be found on Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/author/<br />
chuckdeanbooks<br />
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All Access Garage Door Co 702/882-1320<br />
Honest pricing. No gimmicks. Broken springs<br />
replaced. Full service on doors and motors. $15<br />
off for readers of the Vegas Voice. LIC#0066752A.<br />
HOME SERVICES<br />
Aztek Services 702/260-6955<br />
Residential repairs, installation and<br />
maintenance. Henderson Area ONLY. Call Lou.<br />
MEDICARE PLANS<br />
Rae Rocco 702/897-9929<br />
Independent Agent, No charge for consultations.<br />
PET AND HOME SITTERS<br />
Toni’s Pet and Home Sitters<br />
702/499-8606<br />
Care for all needs, loving and<br />
dependable. VET recommended<br />
for 14 yrs. Henderson / surrounding<br />
areas.<br />
PLUMBING<br />
Sanderson Plumbing<br />
702/610-7236<br />
Very dependable. Lic. #78397.<br />
To place your business listing, contact Advertising Sales<br />
A great<br />
(and affordable)<br />
way to build your<br />
business!<br />
702/592-4818<br />
New in the neighborhood?<br />
You’re gonna’ need these guys...!<br />
Power NV Energy www/nvenergy.com<br />
Customer Service 702-402-5555<br />
Outage Reporting 702-402-2900<br />
Gas Southwest Gas Corp. swgas.com<br />
Main Line 877-860-6020<br />
Phone<br />
Many providers including:<br />
AT&T<br />
att.com,<br />
Century Link tm centurylink.com,<br />
Cox Communications cox.com,<br />
Equiinet<br />
equiinet.com,<br />
Nextiva<br />
nextiva.com,<br />
Sprint<br />
sprintcom,<br />
Verizon Wireless verizonwireless.com<br />
Trash Republic Services General or recycling<br />
702-735-5151<br />
Clark Co. Sanitation cleanwaterteam.com<br />
TV Century Link tm 702-222-4444<br />
Cox Communications 702-933-9811<br />
Dish 800-823-4929<br />
Direct TV 888-795-9488<br />
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