In Passing – November 2024

Joyce Carol (Otis) Benson Joyce Carol Benson passed away Oct. 25, 2023, at the age of 80. She lived the majority of her life in Washington state, then resided in Sun Lakes since 2019. She was loved and appreciated by all who shared life with her. She was a florist by trade and found joy…

Check Washing—Everything That’s Old Is New Again

R.O.S.E., Resources/Outreach to Safeguard the Elderly It seems every week you hear reports that someone has broken into the community mailbox. But why? In the digital age, financial fraud takes many forms, but one old-school method that is far from digital is making a comeback—check washing. This type of fraud involves altering the details on…

Word of the Month: Neologism

David Zapatka Are you as fascinated with the creation of new words as I am? I find the people who create new words deliciously inventive and their new words fun to learn. While reading an article titled Literary Wordmakers by my friend, Richard Lederer, I ran across this sentence, “Although the identities of most of…

The Remodeling Corner

Janet Cook The 2024 Houzz & Home Study is the largest survey (over 32,000 homeowners) on recently done or planned home remodeling projects. Remodeling has surged in the last three years. Although there was a slight dip of homeowners doing projects in 2023 (56% of them, down from 58% in 2022), homeowners are spending more…