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Super Thirty years after ‘Wallace and Ladmo,’ Pat McMahon is still entertaining Arizona BY JIMMY MAGAHERN The banner picture on Pat McMahon’s Facebook page features the Phoenix broadcasting legend sitting on the Wallace and Ladmo memorial bench at the Phoenix Zoo, taken on the day of its unveiling in August 2018. To his right stand life-sized bronze statues of Bill “Wallace” Thompson and Ladimir “Ladmo” Kwiatkowski, his beloved late co-stars on “The Wallace and Ladmo Show,” the longest-running locally-produced children’s television show in history. To his right — with its back turned and arms crossed, a pose mirrored by McMahon — stands a bronze statue of his own unforgettable character on the show: the bratty, Lord Fauntleroy-dressed, spoiled rich kid, Gerald. Five years after the passing of Thompson, and a full quarter-century after the death of Kwiatkowski, McMahon is still on the bench — and still in the game. While he no longer hosts the long-running Pat McMahon Show on 92.3 FM KTAR, McMahon can still be seen every weekday morning on independent station KAZT-TV and heard on a weekly podcast, The God Show, a continuation of his popular KTAR Sunday morning chats with local spiritual leaders, now hosted by Dave Pratt’s Star Worldwide Networks. As McMahon strolls up to Zinc Bistro at Kierland Commons, dressed casually in a jean jacket and snappy Karl Malden fedora, he’s busy talking on his iPhone with what sounds like a movie producer pitching a biopic. “I’ll only back it if you can get George Clooney to play me,” he says, with a wink.

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“That was somebody who’s decided to make a Wallace and Ladmo movie,” McMahon explains later. Pat McMahon holds a picture of himself dressed in one of his characters. (Photo by Pablo Robles) “Never mind that he’s not a film producer or has never talked to us ing out on stage with walkers,” he says. where between Bruno Mars and the plan“To me, that gets a little sad. But as long et Mars.” before.” Basically, just a fan pitching yet another as I can still do it, as long as I can drive, His fandom of Bruno Mars is genuine, W&L tribute idea, which McMahon gets a though the city I love, down to the televi- by the way. “I think he’s the closest thing lot of these days. And why not: One such sion station and talk to some really inter- we have now to James Brown,” McMafan, Ben Tyler, now director of the Arizona esting people — and get a check! I mean, hon says, once again crisscrossing touchCentennial Theatre Foundation, already that would be horribly ungrateful of me stones from the eras he’s lived through. produced a trilogy of successful plays to give that up. “It’s also kind of an obligation to stay cur“So no, I’ve never thought about over- rent when you do what I do for a living. about the adored show, and another, filmmaker Randy Murray, persuaded Mc- staying my welcome,” he says, dipping You have to know what’s going on.” Mahon a few years ago to dust off his old into the crispy duck confit sandwich at John Patrick Michael McMahon virGerald costume and film a public service Zinc while welcoming a gift of macaroons tually grew up on stage, born to a pair spot for the nonprofit education initiative delivered to his table by the restaurant’s of vaudeville performers from Leavenowner, who appears as giddy to greet Mc- worth, Kansas, Jack and Adelaide McMaExpect More Arizona. “I respond to all requests,” he explains, Mahon as any longtime Phoenician. “Be- hon, who began taking him on the road “except those involving my imminent ar- cause the audience will tell you — they’ll with them at age 5, homeschooling the let you know when it’s time to move on to young scene-stealer in reading and ‘arithrest by the Social Security people.” Perhaps because of that accessibili- something else. And so far, they still hav- metic, between teaching him songs and ty — and the sheer fact that McMahon en’t told me!” dance numbers. refuses to age, which surely causes the “My father would say about this time of SSA to eye him suspiciously — it’s easy Finding humor year, ‘Where do you guys want to spend to take his constant presence around the McMahon doesn’t like to reveal his age, the winter? Miami? New Orleans? San Valley for granted. While his departed although Wikipedia puts it at a frankly Diego?’ And we could just pick a spot costars continue to be rightfully lionized unbelievable 86, stating his birthdate — always a warm destination, we didn’t in the city, they entertained for so many only as “1933” (further Web scouring re- spend a whole lot of time battling blizdecades, McMahon just keeps showing veals the month and day as August 20). zards,” he adds, with a laugh. “But it was up at the dedications, forever cracking “That’s one of the few questions that I like having a magic power. And I think it witty one-liners about the town’s current never answer,” he says, cracking a sly grin. truly was that which allowed me to feel affairs. “Because people will put you in a niche like a free spirit.” He busts out laughing himself when — and it’s usually dated around the pop By age 12 he’d lived in “most U.S. states directly posed the inevitable question, culture you’re familiar with. You know: If and a few other countries” before his par“How can we miss you if you won’t go you’re old enough to know about Duke ents decided it was time he experienced away?” Ellington, you can’t possibly know about a chalkboard and some classmates. They “Well, I don’t want to get like the Moody Chance the Rapper. Well, I happen to like enrolled him (a couple of grades early) Blues, God bless ‘em, where they’re com- both! So, I usually say my age is someMcMahon...continued on page 14 www.LovinLife.com

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McMahon...continued from page 12 at what is now Dowling Catholic High School in Des Moines, Iowa, which he followed up by attending St. Ambrose College in nearby Davenport, where he studied speech and drama before gravitating toward broadcasting. After working as a rock ‘n’ roll DJ at various AM radio stations throughout the Midwest, McMahon was drafted into the Army, where he still managed to remain an entertainer, putting on shows at the base where he was stationed in France. After getting out of the service, he followed an Army buddy to Phoenix and decided to stay awhile, taking a job as an announcer at KPHO-TV in 1960. It was there he met Thompson and Kwiatkowski, who were already anchoring a children’s show that McMahon found refreshingly subversive. The moment that sold him was when Thompson, as Wallace, became flummoxed on the live show trying to follow a stale script for a cornflakes commercial and finally just ripped open the box, honestly addressing the youngsters directly as savvy mini-adults in what would become his signature style. “He said, ‘Look kids, they’re cornflakes.

You like cornflakes,’” McMahon recalls. “‘There’s a guy named Ruskettes that has a warehouse full of these things over on the coast. Why not have him unload some at your house?’” “Right then and there, I knew I had to work with these guys,” he says. “I loved that they didn’t talk down to kids.” McMahon came aboard adding his own myriad cast of characters: Gerald, the privileged private school brat who perfectly mirrored the growing elite class in Scottsdale; Aunt Maud, the crotchety retiree from Senior City (a poke at thennew Sun City), whose storytimes with the kids never had a warm Disney ending; Marshall Good, America’s least toughest lawman (decades before Sheriff Joe would take up the opposite persona), who started out on the effeminate side until toned down to a has-been cowboy actor perpetually mooching money from Wallace. More followed: the surly, burned-out Boffo the Clown; Hub Kapp, the mock rock star who, in a surreal twist, actually landed a Capitol Records contract after the songs he performed on the show became local hits; and of course Captain Su-

per, the caped crusader who’d boast he was strong enough to tear a phone book in half — providing it was a phone book from Heber, with only one yellow page. “Captain Super would definitely be running for president today,” McMahon says, picturing the narcissistic ultra-conservative blowhard he created for the show going up in a Republican primary against his current counterpart in the White House. “And he’d probably win!” McMahon says he can imagine rebooted roles for all of his characters, although he’s basically retired them since the show ended its 36-year run in 1989. The one exception was the Expect More Arizona PSA in 2013, for which McMahon donned the old Gerald costume and delivered a typically twisted take on why Arizona needs less education. “The script read, ‘If we continue to improve education in Arizona, then what are we going to wind up with? More doctors, attorneys or teachers? We don’t need more of that, we need more minions. To take care of me!’ Great premise,” McMahon says. “Over the years, I’ve had scripts sent to me from people wanting to revive the characters and they’re usual-

ly just dreadful because they don’t know how to write the characters. But this one was different. Finally, I asked, ‘Who wrote this?’ And it turned out to be Cathy Dresbach” — the talented improv actor from the Ajo Repertory Company who became a writer and cast member of “Wallace & Ladmo” in its final years. If Gerald was still on TV today, McMahon reckons he’d be embroiled in the college admissions scandal, with his well-off parents faking his athletic credentials to get him into an Ivy League school. “The news cycle would be a cornucopia of gifts if we were doing the show today,” he says. “Because everywhere you look, there’s something we could find humor in.”

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“Once I was in Jerusalem, standing on a street corner waiting for a taxicab. And somebody shouted, ‘I didn’t know Gerald was Jewish!’ Another time I was walking down the Champs-Élysées in Paris, and somebody yelled something to Aunt Maud, in French. The wildest time was when my wife, Duffy, and I got into a cable car going up the lower Alps outside of Lucerne, Switzerland. When we got to the top, there was just one other couple sitting at an outdoor café, and I’m talking to Duffy and suddenly I hear, from that other couple, ‘My God, I thought I left the radio on.’ We’re up on an Alp, near only two other people, and they know me from KTAR! When you’re on TV and radio for as long as I’ve been, if you’re in another city, someone who lived here for a while will spot you.” He’s heard from Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos, who was born in Phoenix, grew up on “Wallace and Ladmo” and recently released a reconstructed version of Orson Welles’ unfinished film “The Other Side of the Wind,” which happened to feature McMahon in a small role — a tidbit that insiders say drove Sarandos to take interest in the project. He occasionally runs into Steven Spielberg and Alice Cooper, two homegrown stars who have frequently credited “Wallace and Ladmo” for influencing their own distinct styles. But what McMahon loves best is simply hearing from ordinary Phoenicians who thank him for bringing much-needed laughs to their lives. “Many times when I’m out in public, somebody will lean in and say, ‘When I was a kid,’ and then they’ll tell me a heartbreaking story about something they went through — a divorce, suicide in the family, a terrible illness or sometimes just loneliness. And then they’ll always say, ‘But for one hour every day, these three guys made me laugh.’ Let me tell you, it doesn’t get any better than that.” As for how McMahon manages to stay happy and healthy — at whatever age he is — he credits good genes and good family. “What in the hell do I have to be unhappy about?” he says, with a laugh. “I’ve been really fortunate to have not had any serious health problems. But if I’ve had to have a couple of surgeries, they worked! What can I say! I’ve been married for 35 years to Duffy, who’s a doctor of human sexuality. Now, people always hear that and smirk, but I remind them of the old www.LovinLife.com

proverb, ‘the shoemaker’s children often ran barefoot through town.’ So don’t draw any grand conclusions.” He counts his own kids as blessings, too. “I have three splendid children who never write home for money,” he says, ticking off their names, alma maters and careers. “Michael, Notre Dame, an aerospace computer engineer. Terri, USC, a highly respected stage actress and director, currently starring as Sarah Bernhardt in a production at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and Kevin, USC, a freelance writer. And no, they never had to go into therapy because their father had a multiple personality disorder on television.” He doesn’t count his remaining years and says the key to happiness is simply remaining passionate about life. “You’ve got to still have something that excites you,” he says. “I don’t care if it’s a ballgame or politics or maybe it’s just those little things that you discover every day.” He also stresses the importance of staying plugged in to what’s happening in the world. “If you’re in tune with today and if you’re contemporary, then it doesn’t matter what your driver’s license says.” As I get up to leave and thank McMahon for the lunch, I mention that my wife

will be jealous she didn’t get to meet him. McMahon only smiles, shakes my hand and says, with a wink, “Next time.”

Pat McMahon hams it up in his Scottsdale home. (Photo by Pablo Robles)

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Driven to Prevent Drownings Local entrepreneur is making pools safer one child at a time BY SUE BREDING Lana Whitehead remembers her very first love affair happening at around age 5, and it has lasted her entire life. It was during a trip to summer camp, where she fell in love with the water. “I learned how to swim there and thought it was the greatest thing ever,” Whitehead says. There were no pools near her childhood home in Washington, D.C., so within a couple of years, she was taking a city bus in order to travel to a pool, just so she could enjoy the experience of being in the water. Fast forward four decades and Whitehead is now one of world’s foremost leaders and advocates for swim lessons and swim techniques for babies and young children. She speaks internationally, authored four swim method books and hosts teachers from all around the world at her business, SWIMkids USA in Mesa, given them the opportunity to learn directly from her.

She’s the founder and president of the family-run business, started in 1971. Whitehead and her son, Brandon, are teachers. Another son, Lance, does office and accounting work and a third, Bryce, coaches the swim team. Generations of swimmers have learned from them and they now have former students come in regularly with their grandchildren—much to her delight. “These grandparents are devoting their extra time to faithfully bringing in their grandkids for lessons and they rejoice in each child’s accomplishments,” Whitehead says. Her goal from the start as an entrepreneur was to have her business not only provide the highest-quality learn-to-swim lessons but also to equip children with drowning prevention techniques. It’s a passion fueled by the shocking and tragic drownings of two of her friends’ children when she was a young mom herself. “I sat with my friends in the hospital

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Amerivantage CareMore Care To You (HMO I-SNP) (Maricopa County H2593-019)

BluePathway Plan 2 (HMO)

BlueJourney Local PPO (LPPO)

(Maricopa County)

(Maricopa OR Pima County)

Premium or Subscription Charges

$0 monthly premium

$59 monthly premium

Registration or Policy Fee

Must have Part A and Part B of Medicare, Live in the service area, must reside in a long-term care community or plan approved location and cannot have ESRD.

NONE

Pre-existing Health Conditions

Must not have ESRD

Not available for patients with end-stage renal (kidney) disease and receiving dialysis

Costs on Entry to Hospital

Day 1-270 $0 Copay

$225 per day, Days 1-7 in plan hospital (medical or mental health). Same cost share applies with prior authorization at non-plan hospital.

In Network: $275 per day, Days 1-7 plan hospital (medical). $250 Days 1-7 plan hospital (mental health). Out-of- Network: 40% coinsurance at a non-plan hospital.

Maximum Period of Coverage for Any One Benefit

Out of Pocket Limit $3000

364 days in a calendar year

Skilled Nursing Facility

Each Stay: $0 Copay

$0 copay per day, Days 1-20. $178 copay per day, Days 21-60. $0 copay per day, Days 61-100 in plan skilled nursing facility (SNF). Same cost share applies with prior authorization at non-plan skilled nursing facility. No prior hospitalization required.

In Network: $0 copay per day Days 1-20, $178 copay per day Days 2160, $0 copay per day Days 61-100 in plan skilled nursing facility (SNF). Out-of-Network: 40% coinsurance. No prior hospitalization required.

Medical Coverage for Part B

Included

Covered in full after applicable copayments/coinsurance

Outpatient Care

$0 Copay - Routine Nurse Practitioner Visits, $0 Copay - PCP; $0 Copay for Specialist Laboratory-$0 Copay; Physical Therapy- $0 Copay X-Ray-$0 copay; $0 Copay Routine Podiatry every three months; $0 Outpatient Hospital, $0 Ambulatroy Surgical Center $195 Copay - Ambulance $0 Copay - DME if $499 or Less

$0 Primary Care copay, $30 Specialist copay, $30 Urgent Care, $30 copay Physical /Speech /Occupational therapy $0 lab copay, $10 most xrays, $175 ASC. Medicare coverage limits apply.

Outpatient Prescription Drugs

Tiers 1-6 : $0/$7.50/$40/$85/33%/$0 Network Pharmacy

T1 - Preferred Generic $2; T2 - Generic $7 Retail or Mail Order for T1/T2 provides (3) months supply for One copay T3 - Preferred Brand $47; T4 - Non-Preferred Brand $100 T5 - Specialty 33% Network pharmacies nationwide.

T1 - Preferred Generic $2; T2 - Generic $9 Retail or Mail Order for T1 and T2 - (3) months supply for One copay T3 - Preferred Brand $47; T4 - Non-Preferred Brand $100 T5 - Specialty 33% Network pharmacies nationwide.

Renewability of Contract

Annual

Renewable annually

Travel Restrictions Out of Area

$25,000 Coverage for Emergency and Urgent Care Worldwide

Coverage throughout the United States for emergency and urgently needed care only

In Network copay and coinsurance apply when using travel benefit in select states with participating providers.

Major Options Available from Company

Basic dental coverage included with a $750 quarterly allowance. $3,000 of coverage for hearing aids Quarterly $370 quarterly OTC benefit. Silver Sneakes $0 copay. On-site delivery of most healthcare services at member’s assisted living enviroment including routine nurse practitioner visits, quarterly primary care physician visits, quarterly routine podiatry visits, onsite labs, x-rays, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, wound care and more. Transportation: 20 one-way trips to plan approved locations.Please call CareMore Health Plan for more information.

Silver & Fit, Over-the-Counter allowance, Telehealth, Rechargeable Hearing aids, Eyewear allowance, 20 visits for Complementary medicine (chiro/accupuncture/therapeutic massage) using preferred network providers. Coverage limitations apply.

Silver & Fit, Over-the-Counter allowance, Telehealth, No charge upgrade to Rechargeable hearing aids, Eyewear allowance, Dental cleaning/exam/xray. Preferred network providers.

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Medicare STAR ratings released in October

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Physician care for hospital or office services, surgery, anesthesia, X-ray, laboratory, injections, splints, casts, dressings, physical and speech therapy, radiology, ambulance, prosthetics, etc.

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In Network - $7 Primary Care copay, $25 Specialist copay. $40 Urgent Care, $40 Physical/Speech/Occupational therapy, $0 lab copay, $0 most xrays, $225 ASC. Out-of-Network: $40 Primary Care copay, $75 Specialist copay. 40% coinsurance for most other covered services when out of network. Medicare coverage limits apply.

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HMOs Which Assume Responsibility for Medicare Coverage Cigna-HealthSpring Preferred (HMO)

Cigna-HealthSpring Achieve Plus (HMO SNP)

Cigna-HealthSpring Alliance (HMO)

COMPANY

(The service area includes Maricopa county, and select Zip codes within Pinal County: 85117, 85118, 85119, 85120, 85140, 85143, 85178 and 85220)

Premium or Subscription Charges

$0 monthly plan premium. Cigna contracts with Medicare to provide full Medicare coverage plus additional benefits.

Registration or Policy Fee

N/A

Pre-existing Health Conditions

Not available for patients with end-stage renal (kidney) disease.

Costs on Entry to Hospital

$200/day: days 1-7: $0/day: days 8-90

$185/day: days 1-7: $0/day: days 8-90

Maximum Period of Coverage for Any One Benefit

Unlimited- 365 days in a calendar year. Medicare beneficiaries may only receive 190 days in a psychiatric hospital in a lifetime.

Skilled Nursing Facility

$0/day: days 1-20: $178/day: days 21-100

Medical Coverage for Part B

Members must continue to pay Medicare Part B premium.

Physician care for hospital or office services, surgery, anesthesia, X-ray, laboratory, injections, splints, casts, dressings, physical and speech therapy, radiology, ambulance, prosthetics, etc.

Physician care for Hospital or Office services: In PCP office $0: In Specialist office $25; Physical therapy and Speech therapy: $25; Home Health $0, Lab services in Physician’s office $0: HospOP/ASC facility $0, X-ray services $0, Prosthetics 20%, Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) $0 for colorectal, $0 for colonoscopy, & $75 all other ASC services Ambulance Ground $250, Ambulance Air $250, Radiation therapy 20%, MRI, CT, PET: $150 at CMG or contracted Facility. 20% for nuclear medicine studies.

Physician care for Hospital or Office services: In PCP office $0: In Specialist office $15, Physical therapy and Speech therapy $15, Home Health $0, Lab services in Physician’s office $0: HospOP/ASC facility $0, X-ray services $0, Prosthetics 20%, Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) $0 for colorectal, $0 for colonoscopy, & $125 all other ASC services Ambulance Ground $200, Ambulance Air $200, Radiation therapy 20%, MRI, CT, PET: $150 at CMG or contracted Facility. 20% for nuclear medicine studies.

Physician care for Hospital or Office services: In PCP office $0: In Specialist office $5, Physical therapy and Speech therapy $5, Home Health $0, Lab services in Physician’s office $0: HospOP/ASC facility $0, X-ray services $0, Prosthetics 20%, Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) $0 for colorectal, $0 for colonoscopy, & $75 all other ASC services Ambulance Ground $250, Ambulance Air $250, Radiation therapy 20%, MRI, CT, PET: $150 at CMG or contracted Facility. 20% for nuclear medicine studies.

Outpatient Prescription Drugs

One Month Supply: Tier 1 (Preferred Generic Drugs) $0, Tier 2 ( Generic Drugs) $0, Tier 3 (Preferred Brand Drugs) $42, Tier 4 (Non-Preferred Brand) $95, Tier 5 (Specialty) 33%

One Month Supply: Tier 1 (Preferred Generic Drugs) $0, Tier 2 ( Generic Drugs) $0, Tier 3 (Preferred Brand Drugs) $42, Tier 4 (Non-Preferred Brand) $95, Tier 5 (Specialty) 33%, Tier 6 (Insulin) $9

One Month Supply: Tier 1 (Preferred Generic Drugs) $0, Tier 2 ( Generic Drugs) $0, Tier 3 (Preferred Brand Drugs) $42, Tier 4 (Non-Preferred Brand) $95, Tier 5 (Specialty) 33%

Renewability of Contract

Medicare Advantage contracts are renewable annually

Travel Restrictions Out of Area

Urgent care ($25)and emergency care ($90) services are available to you when you are out of area. You are covered 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Urgent care ($25)and emergency care ($120) services are available to you when you are out of area. You are covered 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Major Options Available from Company

Plans offer hearing, vision, chiropractic, and preventative dental benefits. A comprehensive dental option available for $13.50 monthly premium. Fitness Program- Basic gym membership at a participating fitness location including fitness classes. Provides home fitness kits as an alternative program option in lieu of facility membership.

A.M. Best Rating

4.5 out of 5 Star Rating

For More Information

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HMOs Which Assume Responsibility for Medicare Coverage COMPANY

Humana Gold Plus HMO - H0028-027 Maricopa County

United HealthCare AARP MedicareComplete Plan 1 (HMO) (Available in Maricopa and Pinal Counties)

United HealthCare AARP MedicareComplete Plan 2 (HMO) (Available in Maricopa County)

Premium or Subscription Charges

No Monthly Premium to AARP MedicareComplete Plan in Maricopa and Pinal Counties. Government pays United HealthCare to assume financial responsibility of Medicare Parts A & B and D.

Registration or Policy Fee

NONE

Pre-existing Health Conditions

Not available for those with end-stage renal (kidney) disease unless already a health plan member.

Those individuals with end stage renal (kidney) disease are not eligible

Costs on Entry to Hospital

You pay $175 each day for days 1-5, $0 each day for days 7-90

PLAN 1: $230.00 days 1-7/ $0.00 days 8-Unlimited. PLAN 2: $175.00 days 1-7/ $0.00 days 8-Unlimited

Maximum Period of Coverage for Any One Benefit

Hospital - Unlimited number of authorized, medically necessary days. Other limitations may apply for other benefits.

Hospital - unlimited number of authorized, medically necessary days. Other limitations may apply for other benefits

Skilled Nursing Facility

$0 days 1-20 - $178.00 days 21-100

PLAN 1: $0.00 days 1-20/ $160.00 days 21-47/ $0.00 days 48 -100 PLAN 2: $0.00 days 1-20/ $160.00 days 21-45/ $0.00 days 46-100

Medical Coverage for Part B

Members must continue to pay Part B premium to Medicare

Covered in full after applicable copayments/coinsurance.

Outpatient Care Physician care for hospital or office services, surgery, anesthesia, X-ray, laboratory, injections, splints, casts, dressings, physical and speech therapy, radiology, ambulance, prosthetics, etc.

Outpatient Prescription Drugs

$0/$20 PCP office visit* - $30 Specialist office visit - NO REFERRAL REQUIRED TO SEE IN NETWORK SPECIALIST - $20 labs/freestanding in network - Well Dine/meals after hospital of SNF stay $0 Ambulance $265 - Hearing Aid Benefit TruHearing/per ear - $699 Advanced -$999 Premium - Telemedicine $0/$20 per Medcial encounter, now a Part B Benefit - XRAY $0-$100 - *$0 PCP copay for “Preferred Cost Share Provider” - $20 PCP copay for ‘Primary Care Provider”

PLAN 1: $0 Preventative Screenings. $5 copay for PCP and $35 for specialist. $90 for emergency care, waived if admitted, and 20 % for DME. $230 for ambulance - air and land. Outpatient hospital and outpatient surgery is $0-$175. Lab copay $10. Xrays $20. Copays and coinsurance count toward the out of pocket max of $3,900. PLAN 2: $0 Preventative Screenings. $0 copay for PCP and $25 for specialist. $90 for emergency care, waived if admitted, and 20 % for DME. $200 for ambulance - air and land. Outpatient hospital and outpatient surgery is $0-$150. Lab copay $10. Xrays $20.Copays and coinsurance count toward the out of pocket max of $3,000.

Preferred Mail Order $0 for 90 day supply Tiers 1 and 2 - 30 day supply Preferred Brand; Tier 3 $47, Tier 4 $100, Tier 5 33% - NO Part D deductible

PLAN 1: Tier 1 is $3 copay, Tier 2 is $10, Tier 3 is $45, Tier 4 $95, and Tier 5 is 30 % to the initial coverage limit of $4020 . No coverage after $4020 until out of pocket costs equal to $6350. Then 5% or $3.60 for Generic and Preferred Brand, All other 5% or $8.95. PLAN 2: Tier 1 is $2 copay, Tier 2 is $8, Tier 3 is $45, Tier 4 $95, and Tier 5 is 33 % to the initial coverage limit of $4020 . No coverage after $4020 until out of pocket costs equal to $6350. Then 5% or $3.60 for Generic and Preferred Brand, All other 5% or $8.95

Renewability of Contract

Good for all of 2020

Guaranteed renewable for life.

Travel Restrictions Out of Area

ER and Urgent Care only

Worldwide coverage for emergency with a $90 copay (waived if admitted to hospital). Routine & preventive care is covered out of member’s residence county w/Passport Benefit.

Major Options Available from Company

Silver Sneakers included - Over the Counter Allowance $75 Qtr. MOOP $3400

Plan covers Renew Active Fitness as a Fitness Rider, routine eye exam and hardware, routine podiatry visits, hearing aid coverage, and optional dental riders, Large Network of Providers

A.M. Best Rating

A-

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Doctor urges seniors to carry medical alert device Seniors snap up new medical alert device that comes with no monthly bills People don’t always do what their doctor says, but when seasoned veteran emergency room physician, Dr. Philip B. Howren says every senior should have a medical alert device, you better listen up. “Seniors are just one fall away from being put in a nursing home,” Dr. How ren said. “With a medical alert device, seniors are never a lone. S o it ke eps them l iv i n g independently in their own home. That’s why seniors and their family members a re snapping up a sleek new medical alert device that comes with no monthly bills ever,” he said. Ma ny sen iors ref use to wea r old style help buttons because they make them look old. But even

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It’s just what seniors have been waiting for; a sleek new medical alert device with no contracts, no deposits and no monthly bills that instantly connects you to free unlimited nationwide help with just the push of a button for a one-time $149 price tag that’s a real steal after today’s instant rebate The phone lines are ringing off the hook. That’s because for seniors born before 1956, it’s a deal too good to pass up. Sta r ti ng at precisely 8:30am this morning the Pre-Store Release begins for the sleek new medic a l a ler t dev ice t h at comes with the exclusive FastHelp™ One-Touch E 911 Button that instantly connects you to unlimited nationw ide help ever ywhere cell service is available with no contracts, no deposits and no monthly bills ever. “It’s not like old style monitored help buttons that make you talk to a call center and only work when you’re at home and come w it h hef t y bi l l s ever y month. FastHelp comes w ith state - ofthe-art cellular embed(Continued on next page)

■ FLYING OUT THE DOOR: Trucks are being loaded with the new medical alert devices called FastHelp. They are now being delivered to lucky seniors who call the National Rebate Center Hotline at 1-866-964-2952 Ext. HELP1602 today. Everyone is calling to get FastHelp, the sleek new medical alert device because it instantly connects you to unlimited nationwide help everywhere cell service is available with no contracts, no deposits and no monthly bills ever.

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monitored help buttons that come with a hefty bill every month. But now Universal Physicians, the U.S. based heavyweight, just delivered a knockout blow sending the top rated contenders to the mat with the unveiling of FastHelp. It’s the sleek new cellular embedded medical alert device that cuts out the middleman by instantly connecting you directly to highly trained 911 operators all across the U. S. There’s abso lutely nothing to hook-up

or install. You don’t need a land line and you don’t need a cell phone. Everything is done for you. “FastHelp is a state of the art medical alert device designed to make you look important, not old. Old style monitored help buttons you wear around your neck, or require expensive base station equipment or a landline are the equivalent of a horse a nd bu g g y,” L aw rence says. “It’s just outdated.” Millions of seniors fall ever y yea r a nd sp end

hours lying on the f loor helpless and all alone with no help. But seniors who fall and get immediate help are much more likely to avoid getting sent to a nursing home and get to STAY living in their own home independently. Yet millions of seniors a re sti ll r isk ing their safety by not having a m e d ic a l a ler t de v ice . That’s because seniors just can’t afford to pay the monthly bills that come with old style medi-

cal alert devices. That’s why seniors born before 1956 are rushing to cash in the whopping $150 instant rebate before the 7 day deadline ends. So there’s no need to wait for FastHelp to hit store shelves later this year because seniors born before 1956 can get it now just by using the $150 i nsta nt rebate coupon printed in today’s newspaper before the 7-day deadline ends. If lines are busy keep trying, all calls will be answered. ■

HOW TO GET IT: IF BORN BEFORE 1956: Use the rebate coupon below and call this Toll-Free Hotline: 1-866-964-2952 EXT. HELP1602 IF BORN AFTER 1956: You cannot use the rebate coupon below and must pay $299 Call: 1-866-964-2955 EXT. HELP1602 THE BOTTOM LINE: You don’t need to shop around. We’ve done all the leg work, this deal is too good to pass up. FastHelp with the instant rebate is a real steal at just $149 and shipping and there are no monthly bills ever.

PROS: It’s the sleek new medical alert device that comes with the exclusive FastHelp One-Touch E 911 Button that instantly connects you to free unlimited nationwide help everywhere cell service is available with no contracts or deposits. It connects you to the vast available network of cellular towers for free and saves seniors a ton of money because there are no monthly bills ever making this deal irresistible. Plus it’s the only medical alert device that makes seniors look important, not old.

CONS: Consumers can’t get FastHelp in stores until later this year. That’s why it’s so important for seniors born before 1956 to call the National Rebate Center Hotline within the next 7 days. For those who miss that deadline, the sleek little medical alert device will set you back over $300 bucks.

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d e d t e c h n o l o g y. T h a t means it works at home or anywhere, anytime cell service is available whether you’re out watering the garden, driving in a car, at church or even hundreds of miles away on a tour or at a casino. You are never alone. With just a single push of the One-Touch E Button you instantly get connected to free unlimited help nationw ide w ith no month ly bills ever,” said Jack Lawrence, Executive Director of Product Development for U.S. based Universal Physicians. “We’ve never seen anything like it. Consumers absolutely love the sleek new modern design and most of all, the instant rebate that practica lly pays for it and no monthly bills ever,” Lawrence said. FastHelp is the sleek new medical alert device with the best of combinations: a quality, high-tech engineered device that’s also an extremely great value because there are no monthly bills ever. Better still, it comes with no contracts, no deposits and no monthly bills ever – which makes FastHelp a great choice for seniors, students and professionals because it connects to one of the largest nationwide networks everywhere cell service is available for free. And here’s the best part. A l l those who a lready have an old style monitored medical alert button can immediately eliminate those monthly bills, which is why Universal Physicians is widely advertising this announcement nationwide. “So if you’ve ever felt a medical alert device was too complicated or expensive, you’ll want to get FastHelp, the sleek new medical alert device with no monthly bills,” said Lawrence. The medical alert device slugfest was dominated by two main combatants who both offer old style

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USE THIS COUPON: To get $150 off FastHelp you must be born before 1956 and call the National Rebate Center Hotline at 1-866-964-2952 EXT. HELP1602 before the 7-day rebate deadline ends. FASTHELP IS COVERED BY A 30-DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE LESS SHIPPING AND A 1 YEAR LIMITED WARRANT Y. FASTHELP IS A 3G GSM CELLUL AR DEVICE. FASTHELP WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE 911 CALLS WHEN CELLUL AR SERVICE IS NOT AVAIL ABLE SUCH AS IN REMOTE AREAS. FASTHELP USES GPS TRIANGUL ATIONS TO APPROXIMATE YOUR LOCATION WHEN YOUR DEVICE IS TURNED ON. DR. HOWREN IS A COMPENSATED MEDICAL ADVISOR AND FRANK MCDONALD IS AN ACTUAL USER AND COMPENSATED FOR HIS PARTICIPATION. OH RESIDENTS ADD 6.5% SALES TAX. UNIVERSAL PHYSICIANS 7747 SUPREME AVE, NORTH CANTON, OH 44720.

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Loni Anderson comes to Scottsdale to honor Burt Reynolds, Don Bluth BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Theater and art were actress Loni Anderson’s loves growing up in Minnesota. Her dream was to become an animator, but the future “WKRP in Cincinnati” star had one hang up. “I wasn’t good enough,” says Anderson, who earned a degree in art education. “I loved it, but I needed to figure out a way to still be in it.” When her then-husband Burt Reynolds — whom she calls “the last great movie star” — was offered a spot in the animated Don Bluth vehicle “All Dogs Go to Heaven,” she had an idea. “I should do the voice of something,” she says. “Don suggested I do the part of Flo, the collie, in the movie and I jumped at it. I still have an attachment to animation. Don gave me that opportunity. “How wonderful is it that I have a Don Bluth cell hanging on my wall of Burt and me as Flo and Charlie signed by Don?” Fast forward 30 years and Anderson once again jumped at the chance to be at Bluth’s side. The Oscar-nominated Valley resident invited Anderson to be a part of a fundraising gala on Saturday, November 23, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “All Dogs Go to Heaven.” Anderson will perform in an original Bluth stage production written exclusively for the gala. Other celebrity guests appearing in the production will be Gary Goldman, who co-directed and -produced the film; Reynolds and Anderson’s son, Quinton Anderson Reynolds; and Bob Flick, a folk singer in The Brothers Four, known for their song “Try to Re-

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member.” The event will support the nonprofit Don Bluth Front Row Theatre’s renovations and operational expenses. “I love him, and I love his animation and his commitment to theater,” Anderson says about Bluth. “Everything about him works with what I respect and love most.” Anderson encouraged her son to attend to pay tribute to his father, who died in September 2018. “I said to him, ‘Now that your dad is gone, you should represent him,’” Anderson recalls. “‘You should be there and hear about how people felt about him.’ “Burt was so crazed for Quinton. He wanted a son more than anything in the world. It’s lovely to have Quinton join us. His room is filled with cells from ‘All Dogs Go to Heaven’ signed by Don Bluth. Those are his treasures.” Anderson Reynolds, who works behind the scenes in Hollywood, is now 31, so he grew up seeing the effect of “All Dogs Go to Heaven” on fans, his mother says. “He had a stuffed Fievel from ‘An American Tale’ and the stuffed animals of the whole cast of ‘All Dogs Go to Heaven,’” Anderson recalls. “I said to him, ‘Wouldn’t you like to auction them off for charity? Wouldn’t that be nice?’ He said, ‘No.’ They’re still precious to him. That makes me smile.”

No retirement soon As an actress, Anderson says there’s “no such word as ‘retired,’” with a laugh. She’s always looking for new projects, especially now that, she says, she has nothing left

to prove. “I want to just go where the fun is,” Anderson adds. “Acting was never work for me. ‘WKRP’ was a family. It was joyful. I couldn’t wait to get there every day. Life is too short, if you’re dragging your feet to get out of bed and go to work. I want to be in shows — or whatever it is — I’m excited to go to. Of course, I’m always looking for Lori Anderson reminisces about “All Dogs go to Heaven” and encourages son funny. to pay tribute to his late father, Burt Reynolds. (Submitted Photo) “Maybe there’s a villain left in me somewhere. That would be sides “WKRP in Cincinnati,” appeared in fun. It hasn’t been available to me since I seven feature films, 18 television movies went blonde. When I was dark, I played and two miniseries. lots of villains on stage.” These days, Anderson stars in the AmShe’s looking forward to the Bluth pro- azon Prime streaming comedy, “My Sister duction because she thrives in front of a is So Gay.” live audience. “WKRP in Cincinnati” was “The landscape of our business has filmed in front of a live audience, like changed so dramatically,” she says. “I’m many shows in that age. very excited about streaming and how Anderson always wanted to be an en- many outlets there are. There are 500tertainer. As a child, she charged neigh- some scripted shows. I come from an bors to watch plays in her parents’ ga- era of three networks with three hours rage. At age 10, she was in her first com- of primetime. A third of the nation was munity theater musical. Theater wasn’t watching me and I was a household in her family’s blood, as her father was a name. chemical engineer and her mom was a “We were so identifiable and now acmodel. tresses and actors are so chameleon-like. “As a child, I only had so many things to No one has a hair color. Everyone would do besides go to school,” Anderson says. have had a heart attack if I colored my “I could either go on a date or I could do hair, once I established myself. Today, theater. Theater was my date.” they have a lot more freedom.” Anderson loved theater, but her parents didn’t think it was a practical career choice for a divorced, teenaged mom. InWhat: “All Dogs Go to Heaven” stead, at the University of Minnesota, she 30th Anniversary Gala pursued a degree in education, which When: 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday, she hasn’t used, she says. November 23 “Not many people want their kids to go Where: Don Bluth Front Row into show business,” adds Anderson, an Theatre, 8670 E. Shea Boulevard, avid art collector. “It’s such a crap shoot. Suite 103, Scottsdale I’m so lucky.” Cost: $235 matinee; $295 evening In her decades-long career, Anderson Info: 480-314-0841, starred in give additional TV series, bedonbluthfrontrowtheatre.com

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admission, 602-943-4789. All proceeds from this arts, crafts and baked goods fair benefit the adults with developmental disabilities who live at Lura Turner Homes, a nonprofit founded in Phoenix in 1965. Door prizes for the first 35 customers (boutique purchase required).

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1

Ol’ Porch Dog Show, 5 to 7 p.m., Birt’s Bistro, 16752 N. Greasewood Street, Surprise, free, 623-584-0065, birtsbistro.com.

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Priscilla Rose Band, 5 to 7 p.m., Birt’s Bistro, 16752 N. Greasewood Street, Surprise, free admission, 623-584-0065, birtsbistro.com.

Desert Song Yoga and Healing Arts Center’s Community Arts Festival, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Desert Song Yoga and Healing Arts Center, 3232 N. 20th Street, Phoenix, free admission, desertsongyoga.com. This event features 30 local artisans, music, $10 yoga classes, chair massage, raffles, discounts on class cards and massage gift certificates. Prize drawings start at 3 p.m.

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Rhythm Ramblers, 5 to 7 p.m., Birt’s Bistro, 16752 N. Greasewood Street, Surprise, $5, 623-584-0065, birtsbistro.com. This 17-piece big band will entertain.

Israeli Movie Series, 3 p.m., East Valley JCC, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler. Free, $5 donation suggested., register at evjcc.org/movie-series, 480-897-0588. Screening of “Hidden Face,” a documentary that exposes the complex relationship between the ultra-Orthodox Sanz Chasidim and the memory of the Holocaust. Line Dance, 12:45 to 3 p.m., Greenfield Village RV Resort, 111 S. Greenfield Road (between Main Street and Quinn Circle), Mesa, $5, 480-832-3844.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Have a sweet tooth? It’s National Candy Day!

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5

Authors @ the EVJCC, 10 to 11:30 a.m., East Valley JCC, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler, $4 donation, 480-897-0588, evjcc.org/terrific-tuesdays. Author Phyllis Palm talks about her book “Alzheimer’s, Marriage and My Transformation from Wife to Caregiver.” Bingo, 7 p.m. Tuesdays, Greenfield Village RV Resort, 111 S. Greenfield Road (enter off Main and Quinn Circle), Mesa, depends on number of cards purchased, $1 and up, 480-832-3844. Knitting Circle at the J, 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, free, 480-481-7033, harrietc@vosjcc.org.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6

The National Organization for Women (NOW) SC/WV Chapter Meeting, 1 p.m., UU Church, 17540 N. Avenue of the Arts, Surprise, free admission, 623-972-6273, aznow-scwv.org. Diane Post of the ERA AZ Taskforce will discuss the plan for passing the ERA and volunteer opportunities.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7

Arizona Harvest Fest, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dr. A.J. Chandler Park, 178 E. Commonwealth Avenue, Chandler, free admission, facebook.com/azharvestfest.

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Fiddlesticks, 5 to 7 p.m., Birt’s Bistro, 16752 N. Greasewood Street, Surprirse, free, 623-584-0065, birtsbistro.com.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16

The John Leo Group, 5 to 7 p.m., Birt’s Bistro, 16752 N. Greasewood Street, Surprise, free, 623-584-0065, birtsbistro.com.

Museum @ the EVJCC, 10 to 11:30 a.m., East Valley JCC, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler, $4 donation at the door, 480-8970588, evjcc.org/terrific-tuesdays. Phoenix Art Museum Patrick Ventura’s presentation about “Some Like it Hot.” Yiddish Music Class, 11:45 a.m., East Valley JCC, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler, $8 per class or $40 for all six, 480-8970588, evjcc.org/arts-and-culture. An exploration of Yiddish music, old and new. Instructor Sandra Bernoff explores Yiddish folk songs and Klezmer music. The Sun Lakes Republican Club Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Sun Lakes Country Club’s Navajo Room, 25601 S. Sun Lakes Boulevard, Sun Lakes, free, 480-802-0178, slgop.org. Judicial Watch Southwest Projects Coordinator Mark Spencer will discuss “issues and answers.” Legislative District 17 Rep. Jeff Weninger will give an update on local and state legislative news that impacts the community. The Hearing Loss Association of America Meeting, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 12225 N. 103rd Avenue, Sun City, free admission, 623-882-5554, pfwill25@ cox.net. Thomas Kaufman, founder and chief executive officer of OTOJOY, will speak. Light refreshments will be served. All meetings are amplified and the room has an induction loop system. CART service (Communication Access Real-Time Translation) is also provided so the speaker’s presentation can be read, if needed.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13

Lura Turner Homes’ Boutique, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Crossroads United Methodist Church, 7901 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, free

Calming Your Stress with Mindfulness, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Apache Wells Community Center’s Maricopa room, 2223 N. 56th Street, Mesa, free, 508-662-6348. Sponsored by Unitarian Universalists of the East Valley and taught by Dr. Ann Sebren, certified mindfulness teacher and university instructor.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12

Veterans Honor Show, 5:30 p.m., SilverStar Playhouse, 5247 E. Brown Road, Mesa, tickets start at $37.85, silverstartheater.com.

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Discussion with the Rabbi, 11 a.m. to noon, Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, free, 602-492-7670, chani@sosaz.org. Gather with Rabbi Levi Levertov fort a discussion about issues relevant to Judaism in contemporary society. In partnership with Smile on Seniors.

Melodaires featuring Barry Dale, 5 to 7 p.m., Birt’s Bistro, 16752 N. Greenwood Street, Surprise, free admission, 623-5840065, birtsbistro.com.

Healthy Holiday Potluck Ideas, 6 to 8 p.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, $45 members, $55 guests, register by November 10, vosjcc.org/potluck. From sides to main dishes to dessert arm yourself with healthy, plant-based delicious potluck recipes.

Craft & Vendor Fair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Christ’s Community Church, 4530 W. Thunderbird Road, Glendale, free admission, 623229-8195. Various crafters and vendors, including food vendors; bake sale and silent auction.

Roars and Pours, 5:30 p.m., Phoenix Zoo, 455 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, 602-273-1341, phoenixzoo.org. Guests 21 and older can sip and stroll select zoo trails while enjoying craft brews, wine and food. Plus, animal encounters, yard games, live music, entertainment and more. Lona King Annual Senior Saguaro Open, various times to November 10, R.H. Johnson Sports Pavilion, 19803 N. R.H. Johnson Boulevard, Sun City West, call for registration fees, 623544-6140, The bowling tourney is one of the largest for seniors on the West Coast, and offers $5,000 for the first-place finisher.

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Arizona Archaeology Society – Desert Foothills Chapter Meeting, 7 p.m., The Good Shepard of the Hills Episcopal Church’s Community Room, 6502 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, azarchsoc.wildapricot.org/desertfoothills. Mark Hackbarth will speak about recent archaeological investigations in the foothills. Beyle: The Artist and Her Legacy, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Generations After Descendants Forum at the East Valley JCC, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler, free, reservations required, 480-8970588. A film and discussion about Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, an artist, poet, playwright and musician who dedicated her life to preserving Yiddish culture. Led by Yiddish teacher Sandra Bernoff.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17

Line Dance Night, 12:45 to 3 p.m., Greenfield Village RV Resort, 111 S. Greenfield Road (enter off Main and Quinn Circle), Mesa, $5, 480-832-3844. Holiday Boutique and Craft Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, free admission, 480-481-7033. Pilates Open House, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, free, 480-481-7033. The JCC’s instructors will be available for free minisessions in the studio.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18

“Elie Wiesel & Primo Levi: The Gray Zone of Holocaust Survival,” 6 p.m., Chandler Center for the Arts, 250 N. Arizona Avenue, Chandler, $18-$35, evjcc.org/eliewiesel. Professor Nancy Harrowitz from Boston University presents the legacies of Holocaust survivors and authors Elie Wiesel and Primo Levi and discusses what can be learned from their philosophies and emphasis on social justice.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19

Artists @ the EVJCC, 10 to 11:30 a.m., East Valley JCC, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler, $4 donation, 480-897-0588, evjcc. org/terrific-Tuesdays. Artist Milissa Smith discusses her artwork. Yiddish Music Class, 11:45 a.m., East Valley JCC, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler, $8, 480-897-0588, evjcc.org/arts-andculture. Instructor Sandra Bernoff explores Yiddish showtunes from movies and theater. Let’s Appreciate Art, 11 a.m. to noon, Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, 480-481-7033, harrietc@ vosjcc.org, Phoenix Art Museum docent Lisa White will discuss “Renaissance Art: Lessons form Leonardo.”

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0588, evjcc.org/open-beit-midrash. Anjileen Gumer of the Sikh community discusses the history, theology and practice of Sikhism. Includes kosher lunch after the presentation. Mature Mavens Dinner, 5 p.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, dinner is separate checks, 602371-3744. Restaurants revealed when reservations are made. Jewishness in a Time of Crisis from Welmar Germany, 7 to 9 p.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, free, vosjcc.org.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22

All-Star Big Band, 5 to 7 p.m., Birt’s Bistro, 16752 N. Greasewood Street, Surprise, $6, 623-584-0065, birtsbistro.com.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23

Giving Trunk Foundation’s Tee Up to End Child Abuse Charity Golf Tournament, 8 a.m., Arizona Biltmore Golf Club, 2400 E. Missouri Avenue, Phoenix, w2wgolf.com/shop, $150. The event helps raise awareness of the epidemic of child abuse and collects funds to help defray the cost of counseling for victims. Resortwide Patio Sale, 9 a.m. to noon, Greenfield Village RV Resort, 111 S. Greenfield Road (enter off Main and Quinn Circle), Mesa, free admission, 480-832-3844. Julie Lee Duo Dance, 7 to 10 p.m., Greenfield Village RV Resort, 111 S. Greenfield Road (enter off Main and Quinn Circle), Mesa, $8 in advance, $10 at the door, 480-832-3844.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24

BAGELS (Bagels and Gabbing Every Last Sunday) Group, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, free for members, $5 guests, vosjcc. org/bagelsnov.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25

The Sun Cities Saddle Club Meeting, 9:30 a.m., SCW Christian Church, 20803 N. 151 Avenue, Sun City West, free admission, 319-560-1768, suncitiessaddleclub.com, suncitiessaddleclub.gmail.com. Trail rides—using rental horses or personal horses—are held every Thursday at stables around the Valley. Horse ownership is not required. Ride schedules are available at the meetings. Social events are also held during the riding season. Prospective members are welcome to attend any meeting. Membership is open to all residents of Sun City, Sun City West, Sun City Grand and Corte Bella.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26

Israeli Movie Matinee Series, 10 to 11:30 a.m., East Valley JCC, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler. $4 donation at the door. 480-897-0588, evjcc.org/terrific-tuesdays. Screening of “Remember Baghdad,” a documentary about the untold story of Iraq, told through the eyes of Jews, Iraq’s first wave of refugees. Yiddish Music Class, 11:45 a.m., East Valley JCC, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler, $8, 480-897-0588, evjcc.org/arts-andculture. Instructor Sandra Bernoff explores Yiddish music from during the Holocaust.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Try a new fall favorite! It’s National Bavarian Cream Pie Day.

From the Hora to Hip-Hop: Highlighting the Varied Roles of Jews in Dance, 7 to 9 p.m., Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, free, registration required, vosjcc.org/programs. Join ASU professor Naomi Jackson as she presents an engaging and interactive presentation highlighting and celebrating the impact of Jews on the dance world.

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Whistlin’ Porch Band, 5 to 7 p.m., Birt’s Bistro, 16752 N. Greasewood Street, Surprise, free, 623-584-0065, birtsbistro.com.

EVJCC Interfaith Series, 11 a.m., East Valley JCC, 908 N. Alma School Road, Chandler. $14 ($20 after Nov. 17). 480-897-

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102-year-old Marsha Hunt wants to hear from you BY NICK THOMAS If your name is Marsha, there’s a good chance you were named after Marsha Hunt, who Early publcity photo turned 102 in of Marsha Hunt. (Submitted photo) October. Whether you’re named directly or indirectly after the veteran actress probably depends on your age, but nonetheless, Hunt believes she is the first girl named Marsha — at least with that spelling. As a teenager in New York in the 1930s, she accompanied her mother to the cin-

Ann Sothern, Fay Bainter, Joan Blondell, Marsha Hunt (top right), and Margaret Sullavan in “Cry Havoc”. Hunt appeared in some 70 ﬁlms during her career. (MGM publicity photo)

ema one day to see “No More Ladies” starring Joan Crawford whose film character was named Marcia. During the movie, Hunt whispered to her daughter, “That’s your name.” This was a surprise to the teen since she had always been called Betty! Hunt related this story to Roger C. Memos, writer, director and producer of the 2015 documentary on Hunt’s life “Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity” and to me when I interviewed

her in 2014. As Hunt recalls, when the pair exited the theater, she asked for more information from her mother who revealed that as a newborn, the baby had indeed been originally named Marcia. But a persuasive family member had been concerned that with a sister named Marjorie it could be confusing for siblings to grow up with such similar names. “So poor mother, in her weakened conditioned, gave in and that night I was renamed Betty,” Hunt explains. But on hearing the story, teenage “Betty” fell in love with her original name and remembers thinking how smoothly ‘Marcia Hunt’ rolled off the tongue. So, the next day she surveyed her school friends for their thoughts. “My parents tell me it’s an old English name and it’s spelled M-a-r-c-i-a,” Hunt informs her friends. But they explained with that spelling, it should be pronounced differently such as Mar-see-ah. Hunt decided on the spot that if she ever needed a professional name, she would not only adopt it but make sure it was spelled and pronounced unambiguously: M-a-r-s-h-a. And so, a year or two later, when Betty Hunt boarded a New York train bound for California to begin work for Paramount, she ditched the name along the way and emerged from the train in Pasadena as Marsha Hunt. “M-a-r-s-h-a, so far as I know, was born in 1935,” she says. After her first movie, “The Virginia Judge,” was released the same year, Hunt says she began receiving letters from pregnant women across the country telling her: “Marsha, what a pretty name. If it’s a girl, I’m going to name it after you.” “Who knows how many Marshas have been so named?” Hunt asks. “I

would love to find out!” “It would bring her a lot of joy,” said filmmaker Roger Memos in a recent interview. “She always told me she would love to hear from people who were named after her.” Memos says he still receives letters and notes from viewers of his Hunt documentary released four years ago. “When I go over to see Marsha, I read them to her and she just loves that,” he says. “Sometimes she has me read them twice.” So, if readers have stories about themselves or perhaps a parent whose name is Marsha, they can be emailed to Memos (rogcmemos@gmail.com) who will share them with Hunt as she celebrates a very special birthday this year. “Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity,” Memos documentary on Hunt’s film career, blacklisting years, and extensive charity work, is also available free on TubiTV.com (http://bit.ly/2Pm2Fp4). Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery and has written features, columns, and interviews for over 750 newspapers and magazines.

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Exploring the Mediterranean with Holland America’s ms Veendam BY ED BOITANO Well, I’m still basking in the memories of my cruise experience aboard Holland America’s ms Veendam. At the end of each day’s illuminating tours of the ports of call—Gibraltar, Pisa, Malaga, Barcelona and Monaco—I would excitedly rush back to the vessel and beeline right to my favorite lounge, the Crow’s Nest, where I’d compile my notes over a crisp, full-flavored Budweiser Budvar (circa 1245). The venue was quiet and relaxing and once again I must commend Holland America for the remarkable attention to service. I was on a first-name basis with many on staff, who were always interested to hear about the day’s tour. Last month in part one, I wrote in detail about this floating pleasure palace christened the ms Veendam and the ostentatious culture of the tiny nation of Monaco. In part two, I cover the selected highlights of Gibraltar, Pisa, Malaga and Barcelona.

Gibraltar: Barbary Monkeys Originally from Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, Gibraltar’s Barbary Monkeys are the only wild monkey population on the European continent. Although not confirmed, some believe they were brought to Gibraltar by the pirate, Red Beard. Currently, some 300 animals in five troops occupy the Upper Rock area of the Gibraltar Nature Reserve. The cute little critters are inquisitive and have no fear of humans. Upon my arrival, one jumped on top of my car. Foraging for

food seems to be their main goal, and they are known to even traverse the capital city below. Due to being a tailless species, they are often mistakenly referred to as Barbary apes or rock apes. As an endangered species, Gibraltarian officials keep a sharp eye on them, documenting each individual monkey, feeding them and giving medical examinations. Gibraltar’s 2 square miles of limestone overlooks the Strait of Gibraltar which separates it from Morocco, with Spain at its back, on the Southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. It was exhilarating viewing the African coast just 15 miles away. History tells us that Roman ships sailing west on the Mediterranean would not go beyond the Strait for fear of falling off the edge of the earth. A British Overseas Territory, the Rock, features 32 miles of tunnels, as protection from Spanish and French forces in their attempt to take Gibraltar back from the British, when they were at their weakest during the American Revolution. Later the British used the tunnels as a garrison to guard the territory against an attack by the fascists in World War II. The population of the capital city of Gibraltar, situated at the base of the Rock, weighs in at 4,495. It’s small, flat and easy to stroll, with numerous venues selling all things British. At the edge of the city rests the courthouse where John and Yoko were married, and Sean Connery, married twice.

The Leaning Bell Tower of Pisa Yes, it really does lean. In fact, it started to lean during construction in 1178, before builders had even reached its third story. Over the next 800 years, it became clear that the 180-foot white-marble cylinder wasn’t just leaning, but was actually falling at a rate of 3 feet each year. This was due to an unstable foundation of shifting soft soil, Gaudí’s modernist Casa Milà is popularly known as The Stone Quarry, due to its unconventional rough-hewn appearance.

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fine sand and shells—an engineering debacle flawed from the beginning—which could not properly support the structure’s weight. To compensate for the tilt, the next eight stories were built slightly taller on the short side in an attempt to compensate for the lean. However, the weight of the extra floors caused the Romanesque-style tower to sink farther and lean more. Because of this, the tower is curved. Numerous efforts throughout time have been made to restore the bell tower to a vertical symmetry. In 1964, however, the Italian government insisted on retaining the current tilt, due to the money-making role that the tower played in promoting tourism in Pisa. Today, only groups of 30 are allowed inside at once and are welcome to scale the 251 steps from the bottom to the top of the Pisa Tower. The tower’s bells have long been silenced as its movements could worsen the lean of the bell tower. Throughout the years, we’ve all seen endless photos of the Leaning Tower, but to witness it in person was a monumental occasion. I was unaware that the tower stands on a pristine green expanse inside the medieval walls of the Square of Miracles. The piazza is also shared by the white marbled Cathedral of Pisa, the Baptistery—famous for its acoustics, demonstrated by singers daily—and Capuano Monumental Cemetery, made with 53 shiploads of earth brought back from the Hill of Calvary in Jerusalem.

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Málaga: Feria de Málaga I generally avoid outdoor street fairs like the plague, but that was before I joined Malaga City Fair in Málaga, on Spain’s sunny Costa del Sol. I said “joined” for I was made to feel part of the inclusive event in honor of the 15th-century Catholic monarchs who marched into the city after 800 years of Islamic rule. I had never seen such joyous displays of affection: old friends embraced, Malagueños kissed one another on the cheek, and post-50 couples walked handin-hand through the maze of the celebrating crowd. Musicians played anthem-like songs, with the crowd singing along, knowing every word. Women are sure to wear enchanting red flowers in their hair and decorative fans while men carry Málaga’s famous sweet wine, Cartojal, which is poured into traditional fuchsia pink cups. Saluds are made and the laughter is infectious. It’s a celebration open to all who want to experience the addictive warmth and charm of the cosmopolitan Malagueños. You do not need an invitation or formal attire, just the desire to have fun.

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by the cityscape that reflects the lifelong work of Barcelona architect, Antoni Gaud, considered the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism. Still ahead of his time, Gaudí’s work reflects his passion for nature and religion. He integrated used ceramic pieces, stained glass and wrought ironwork into his architectural style. Seven of his works have been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and include the still-incomplete Sagrada Família, the most-visited monument in Spain. A visiting bishop once asked him, “Why do you trouble yourself so much about the tops of the towers? After all, no one will ever see them.” “Your

Grace,” replied Gaudí, “The angels will see them.” His faith in the Roman Catholic Church intensified toward the end of his life, with his living in a squalid room at Sagrada Família, frantically attempting to finish his astonishingly masterpiece. Still dressed in his work clothes, he would venture out for long walks in nature. In 1926 he was tragically run down by a streetcar. Gaudí desperately waved for assistance from passing vehicles, but was dismissed as a ragged beggar, and died shortly after. Today he is often referred to by his nickname, “God’s Architect.” For more information, visit hollandamerica.com.

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in Corporate America led to my success here at the pie shop. “Plus, I’m pretty stubborn.” Standage doesn’t have a background in restaurants, but she is a foodie, she said. Her innate talent goes far with Piefection. “I’ve always loved to bake and cook,” she said. “It’s always been my passion, but I could never take that jump because I knew it would be a pay cut. Then, I semi-retired and had the opportunity to start the pie shop and that’s what I did.” Piefection is a scratch bakery that sells whole pies to go. They’re made with real Callebaut and Guittard chocolates, as well as real cream and butter, and freshly ground nutmeg. Wild blueberries and Michigan cherries have found their way on to Piefection’s treats. Standage showcases fruity (country apple and Georgia peach, for example,

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Seven years without a cold?

More and more people are saying they just don’t get colds anymore. They are using a new device made of pure copper, which scientists say kills cold and flu viruses. Doug Cornell invented the device in 2012. “I haven’t had a single cold since then,” New research: Copper stops colds if used early. he says. People often use CopperZap People were skeptical but EPA preventively. Frequent flier Karen and university studies demonstrate Gauci used to get colds after repeatedly that viruses and bacteria crowded flights. Though skeptical, die almost instantly when touched she tried it several times a day on by copper. travel days. “Sixteen flights and not That’s why ancient Greeks and a sniffle!” Egyptians used copper to purify Businesswoman Rosaleen says water and heal wounds. They didn’t when people are sick around her know about viruses and bacteria, she uses CopperZap morning and but now we do. night. “It saved me last holidays,” Scientists say the high she said. “The kids had colds going conductance of copper disrupts the round and round, but not me.” electrical balance in a microbe cell Some users say it also helps with and destroys the cell in seconds. sinuses. Attorney Donna Blight had So some hospitals tried copper a 2-day sinus headache. She tried touch surfaces like faucets and CopperZap. “I am shocked!” she doorknobs. This cut the spread of said. “My head cleared, no more MRSA and other illnesses by over headache, no more congestion.” half, and saved lives. Some users say copper stops Colds start after cold viruses get nighttime stuffiness if used just in your nose, so the vast body of before bed. One man said, “Best research gave Cornell an idea. When sleep I’ve had in years.” he next felt a cold about to start, he Copper can also stop flu if used fashioned a smooth copper probe early and for several days. Lab and rubbed it gently in his nose for technicians placed 25 million live 60 seconds. flu viruses on a CopperZap. No “It worked!” he exclaimed. “The viruses were found alive soon after. cold never got going.” It worked Dr. Bill Keevil led one of the again every time. teams confirming the discovery. He He asked relatives and friends to placed millions of disease germs try it. They said it worked for them, on copper. “They started to die too, so he patented CopperZap™ literally as soon as they touched the and put it on the market. surface,” he said. Now tens of thousands of people Copper even kills deadly germs have tried it. Nearly 100% of that have become resistant to feedback said the copper stops colds antibiotics. if used within 3 hours after the first The EPA says copper still sign. Even up to 2 days, if they still works even when tarnished. It kills get the cold it is milder than usual hundreds of different disease germs and they feel better. so it can prevent serious illness. Users wrote things like, “It CopperZap is made in America stopped my cold right away,” and of pure copper. 90-day full money “Is it supposed to work that fast?” back guarantee. It is $69.95. Pat McAllister, age 70, received Get $10 off each CopperZap with one for Christmas and called it “one code AZLL6. of the best presents ever. This little Go to www.CopperZap.com or jewel really works.” Now thousands call toll-free 1-888-411-6114. of users have stopped getting colds. Buy once, use forever. (paid advertisement)

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What’s Cooking?

Comfort Food Turkey and Kale Soup BY JAN D’ATRI You’re probably going to have leftover turkey this month, so I have just the recipe for you. How about a tummy-warming pot of turkey, baby kale and veggies in a flavorful chicken broth? This soup is healthful and hearty and a great way to use up bread, veggies and turkey from your holiday feast. You can go with either white beans (like northern whites or cannellini beans) or pearl (Israeli) couscous. Also, I’ve just discovered a new variety of kale. It’s called baby kale and it’s sold in bags of soft, tender leaves minus the tough stems—perfect for this soothing soup! If you have leftover bread, you can

Turkey and Kale Soup

Ingredients: - 2 tablespoons extra virgin oil - 1 large sweet yellow onion, finely diced - 1 large stalk celery, finely diced - 1 cup leek, diced fine - 1 medium carrot, peeled and finely diced - 1 pint cherry tomatoes cut in half - 4 heaping cups kale, stems removed, cut into small pieces - 4 cups cooked turkey pieces, shredded or chopped - 6 cups chicken broth - 1 can (15 ounces) white beans or 1 cup pearl (Israeli) couscous - 1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped fine - 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes - Salt and pepper to taste For Croutons: - 4 cups bread, cut into 1/2-inch cubes - 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil - 1 tablespoon butter, melted - 1/4 teaspoon salt - 1/4 teaspoon pepper - 1 cup cheese (like pecorino Romano, Asiago or Parmesan) coarsely grated

grill it up with a little olive oil and serve on the side or make savory croutons for your soup. I know it’s not oﬃcially winter, but it’s getting cool enough to declare it soup weather and, frankly, I think all of our tummies could use a break right about now. This pot of comfort food will hit the spot. Directions: In a medium soup pot, heat olive oil on medium-high heat. Sauté onion, celery, leek and carrot until tender. Stir in tomatoes, kale, turkey and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to a simmer. Cook for about 15 minutes. Stir in beans (with juice) or pearl couscous. Simmer for about 5 minutes (or until couscous is cooked). Meanwhile, make croutons. In a bowl, toss bread cubes with olive oil, butter, salt and pepper. Spread cubes on a baking sheet and place under broiler (about 375 degrees) tossing once or twice until golden brown. Remove from broiler but keep broiler on. When soup is done, season soup with salt, pepper and red pepper ﬂakes. Garnish with basil. Option No. 1: Divide soup between four oven-safe soup bowls. Top each bowl of soup with croutons. Sprinkle a 1/4 cup grated cheese over croutons for each bowl. Place bowls in a baking sheet and return to broiler. Broil just until cheese is melted, about 1 minute. Serve piping hot. Option No. 2: Simply serve soup with grilled bread on the side.

Watch my How To Video: jandatri.com/recipe/turkey-and-kale-soup-2/

Piefection...continued from page 40 but their transactions are made separately from the prepays. Piefection goes beyond sweet, fruity and creamy pies. It oﬀers pot pies, either frozen for baking at home, or fully cooked and ready to eat after 10:30 a.m. Standage sells chicken ($6.50) turkey ($6.50); green chile pork ($7); Italian beef ($7.50); pizza ($7); chicken enchilada ($7); and Philly cheesesteak ($8) pot pies. Family pot pies that serve four to five are available in chicken ($17) and green chile pork ($19). Piefection’s lunch special is a pot pie, a slice of pie and a soda for $10.

Standage recently returned from Paris, where she visited the French patisseries that inspired the décor of Piefection. “We actually did a lot of research to find out what their architect looks like,” she said. “We went this summer and we kept saying, ‘Oh my gosh, all of these little patisseries look just like ours. We nailed it.”

Piefection

6731 E. Brown Road, Suite 104, Mesa 480-218-7437, piefectionaz.com www.LovinLife.com

Mesa’s “NEW” Recycling Program To maintain the sustainability of Mesa’s recycling program, the list of accepted items has been reduced and simplified.

ONLY RECYCLE THESE ACCEPTED ITEMS

Beverage Bottles, Jugs and Cans

Metal Food Cans

Empty, Clean and Dry

Cardboard

Remove all Packaging

Empty, Clean and Dry

Paper

Office Paper, Newspaper, Magazines and Mail

All Other Items NOT Accepted When In Doubt, Keep It Out.

For recycling information, visit mesarecycles.org

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NOVEMBER 2019

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Hospice of the Valley chaplain Cristiano Artigas visits with his patient, Maria Estrada Hernandez. (Photo courtesy Hospice of the Valley)

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When Cristiano Artigas visits patient Maria Estrada Hernandez at her West Phoenix home, the Hospice of the Valley chaplain has one goal: To move her focus away from her pain as he comforts her and prays for her in Spanish, their native language. “How is your heart?” he asks her. “Spiritual support is very important; without it, we’re empty. I’ll sing for you like I always do.” “Oh, how beautiful!” exclaims the 63-year-old mother of eight with 21 loving grandchildren. The Mexican native is in awe as Artigas sings “Pescador de Hombres,” said to be Pope John Paul’s favorite hymn. When her family reached out to Hospice of the Valley, Hernandez had no idea what to expect. She especially did not expect that a Spanish-speaking chaplain would be part of her care team. Artigas is helping change that for the not-for-profit organization, which has never turned Lin Sue Cooney is director of community engagement at Hospice of the Valley.

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anyone away in 42 years. “In the Hispanic community, this concept of hospice care with spiritual support is new,” he tells Hernandez. “As a not-forprofit, Hospice of the Valley has the ability to support the Hispanic community, with or without insurance. We feel happy we can support these families.” And supporting patients like Hernandez often means being culturally sensitive—not only speaking Spanish—but understanding that Hispanic families often misunderstand what “hospice care” means. Many falsely believe that hospice is a “place” patients go to die, rather than a “philosophy of care” that helps patients in the home and supports family caregivers. Artigas and other bilingual chaplains at Hospice of the Valley are in a unique position to correct that misperception. Born in Nicaragua, Artigas did his studies in the United States. He has a bachelor’s degree in teaching, a master’s in theology and a Doctor of Ministry. He moved to Phoenix to start a Hispanic ministry and is a pastor at Santo Tomas Lutheran www.LovinLife.com

Church. The Desert Storm veteran and former Army chaplain was recruited to Hospice of the Valley 16 years ago by Jean Marie Stockton, director of clinical services in the West Valley. “Cristiano is all about a deep connection to the patients and families he serves. I have seen him in action and people immediately sense his compassion and concern for their well-being. He uses his singing to soothe and inspire.” That soothing effect was evident from the moment 66-year old Artigas greeted Hernandez, one of about 1,500 Hispanic patients served by Hospice of the Valley. As Artigas explains, “Our job is not a job, it’s a calling.” It’s a sentiment shared by all Hospice of the Valley chaplains, including David Kaminski, who agrees that being bilingual is critical to reaching families who say Spanish is their first or only language. “Discussions of this tender nature are more meaningful when they hear it directly in their own language.” Maria Denneny is also bilingual and bicultural. “I love being able to provide support when families are facing a crisis or at the time of death, or grieving the loss of a loved one,” she says. Denneny, who has been with the agency for 14 years, and also teaches “Muerte, Religion y Espiritualidad” to Spanish-speaking volunteers who provide patient companionship to patients. The way she sees it, “Doctors and nurses take care of the body, chaplains take care of the mind and soul.” To learn more about Hospice of the Valley, visit hov. org or call 602-530-6900. www.LovinLife.com

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