Veterans’ Voice – September 2014

Art Sloane The Defense Health Agency, relying on medical laboratory experts and existing authority to conduct medical “demonstrations,” will restore TRICARE coverage this month for up to 40 genetic tests used in patient care. Many of these laboratory-developed tests — also called molecular pathology tests — are viewed as medically necessary. But TRICARE had stopped…

Sun Lakes author receives rave reviews

Sun Lakes Country Club resident and author R.H. Yocom

“Yocom is the Thriller Genre’s Best Kept Secret,” so says Amazon reviewer H. G. Smith about Darkest Hour: a Tony Alisone Thriller, a newly published novel by Sun Lakes Country Club resident R. H. Yocom. Smith goes on to say the book “is wild and unpredictable, a brew of modern technology and ancient shamanic practices.”…

Ask Your Agents – September 2014

Dear Tammy and Cheri, Please help! I’m an over packer and I’m hoping you can offer some suggestions of how I can travel with just carry-on luggage? I’m trying to avoid paying extra baggage fees. Carried Away, Sun Lakes, AZ Dear Carried Away, We do have a few tips that might help you. But here…

In Passing – September 2014

Navada Irene (Anderson) Ballou

Navada Irene (Anderson) Ballou Navada Irene (Anderson) Ballou was born on August 30, 1921. She went to Heaven on August 3, 2014. In between, she had a sometimes hard, but always amazing life. Navada spent her childhood in Oklahoma and Colorado. As a little girl, she worked in fields picking one kind of crop or…

Trips and Tours open to all Sun Lakes and SunBird residents

For reservations or more information contact Free Spirit Vacations and Events at 480-926-5547 or e-mail sue@freespiritvacations.com. Las Vegas Deluxe September 14-16; price is $275 pp/double, $375 pp/single Las Vegas is a place where each casino/resort is a destination in itself. Spend two nights at the four-star Golden Nugget Resort located on Fremont Street. A night…

Conservation Corner – September 2014

Pauline Lee According to some estimates, 30 percent of the water used indoors by an average household is due to toilet flushes. To reduce this waste, as a part of the National Energy Policy Act, a 1994 federal law required new toilet water tanks to use a maximum of 1.6 gallons per flush, an improvement…