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opinion Sound Off

Apparently some people were not taught the proper way to use the drive-thru mailboxes at the post office. When there are two or more mailboxes spread out, you are supposed to drive to the farthest mailbox to put your mail in the mailbox so that way any cars behind you can put their mail in the mailboxes behind you to keep traffic moving. Don’t tie up traffic stopping at the first mailbox and please have your mail ready to go instead of fumbling around trying to find your envelopes! Thank you! In my line of work I have to ID every single person to serve alcohol. Period. It doesn’t matter if you look 19 or 99. We even have a sign posted that everyone must show ID before being served, but time after time after time, I have to hear people whine about how they’re 65 or they are a war veteran and blah, blah, blah. I don’t make the rules, I just enforce them. It is a part of my job. If I don’t card you and I am caught, I get fired. Do you get it now? So please for

the love of God get over it! If you want alcohol, and the rules say you have to show ID, show your ID and keep your big mouth shut. Or don’t have any alcohol, because I really don’t want to hear your stupid comments anymore! It is truly that simple. Thank you. Terry, I just read your article in Lovin’ Life After 50. I am 58 and have been an athlete my entire life. About two years ago, I assessed my future health and decided to focus on becoming more flexible, not only in my muscles, but also joint flexibility. I also saw the need for good balance. My wife and I started doing Yin Yoga at the Scottsdale JCC twice a week. This has helped my flexibility immensely. Do some research in this area. There are lots of yoga types. Yin is the one where you hold poses for extended time. It is meant to get into the joints and fascia. Deep stretches. Best wishes. Mark Edgerton Michelle Obama lost her law license back in 1993. Barack Obama surrendered his law license for both corruption and lying on the application for the bar examination. They both surrendered their licenses, although Michelle was censored by ARDC. These are the people who are

The Curmudgeon Democrats Deserved Their Defeat

: : by Drew Alexander

n the 1930s “Frankenstein” movie, the villagers finally tired of the monster created by the wicked scientist, and with torches blazing, stormed the castle gates to rid themselves of Dr. Frankenstein and his unholy creation. Taking a page from the famous horror film, the American people cast their fiery 2014 midterm ballots against the Democrat stronghold in protest of a vacillating and ineffectual president and the wrongheaded philosophies and policies that have wreaked havoc on the American economy and its people. The majority of voting Americans have had enough of a bloated government that prizes political power over the best interests of the nation’s citizens. On Nov. 4, the people said it loud and clear that they are fed up with

the monstrosity known as Obamacare rammed down their throats by the Democratic Party under the cover of darkness in 2010. The people are fed up with seeing their incomes diminished, the financial future of their children impaired, and the entire economy severely weakened by reckless spending that plunges the country deeper and deeper into debt. The people are fed up with the inaction to secure the nation’s borders and being forced to pay for the feeding, medical care and education of millions of aliens who enter the United States illegally, while other law-respecting potential immigrants jump through all the legal hoops and wait their turn to live and work amongst us. The people are fed up with scandal upon scandal surfacing from the

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in our White House and have great power over all Americans. God save our country please! There is something very wrong with our judicial system. The Jodi Arias trial has already cost the taxpayers over $2 million. She admitted she’s guilty of the very violent murder. Our system has to be revamped so that another judicial circus can be avoided. Another school shooting. Where is our do-nothing Congress? Doing nothing as

usual. There should be a groundswell of voters who should absolutely say, “You’re fired and you shouldn’t get paid for all the times you’ve just taken off and done nothing.” You’re a disgrace. Shame on you. How can you look in the mirror and claim to be a representative of the public? You stink. Last night I went to an ice cream social. There was delicious ice cream and then one hour of music from a group that did a Johnny Cash tribute. At 10 to 8, a bunch of people were leaving. I thought ...continues on page 8

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Obama administration. From the Benghazi debacle and the Internal Revenue Service targeting of tea party organizations, to the Fast and Furious gun-running scheme and the disgraceful conduct at Veterans Administration medical centers, there has been nothing but lying and stonewalling from supposed public servants. The people are fed up and apprehensive about the growing menace of barbaric Islamic extremists and an American president who seems bewildered by his role as commander in chief. We are a nation at war lacking the stature, strength and decisiveness of a wartime president, making us exceedingly and unnecessarily vulnerable. Distilling everything to its core, what was said to Democrats across the land is that we don’t trust or believe you. Your party leader promised us transparency in government, but instead we have been fed lies and obfuscation. Your party leader promised accountability, but we have yet to see

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any substantial penalty paid by any government official for violating laws and the pubic trust in connection with all the unresolved scandals. Your party leader promised to be the president of all the people and to heal the wounds of divisiveness, yet he and key Democratic congressional leaders have engaged in class and racial warfare while displaying an infuriating level of arrogance. Although the Democrats deserved the drubbing administered by the American people, the Republican Party would be wise to view the recent historic election as a teachable moment by seriously listening to what we have to say, and to what we want and don’t want from our government. And remember, we are at the gates... and holding torches. Drew Alexander, also known as “The Curmudgeon,” is a monthly columnist writing about political issues. Send comments to drewalexander@cox.net or to Drew Alexander, in care of Lovin’ Life After 50, 3200 N. Hayden Road, Suite 210, Scottsdale, AZ 85251.

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The Up Side Wishing You a Blasphemous Holiday

: : by Michael Grady

n my home, it begins with a ripple of social obligation. “The kids,” my wife will say, “want to know if we’re eating here or there for Christmas.” This is usually around Halloween, so I’ll defer with a thoughtful grunt, or a “hang on, it’s third down...” But the dorsal fin has broken the water. Pretty soon, the office holiday party announcement breaches the surface of my Microsoft Outlook, our department store shelving foams red and green, and the holiday shark is on the hunt. I love Christmas and the holiday season. I’ve written about it for years, and every year I see a struggle to untangle the holidays’ essence from all the social choreography. This is not commercialism so much as the tyranny of place cards: the personal micromanagement, company manners and rigid behaviors we observe in the hope that everything goes nice and tidy and perfect. What’s fun about that? Stephen Nissenbaum’s excellent book, “The Battle for Christmas,” tells us that years ago—long before Bing Crosby ever sounded a low note or Tiny Tim had God-blessed anyone— 17th century English lords marked Christmas by reversing the social order: They’d stock their homes with cakes, puddings and ales, open their doors, and spend the day serving the poor tenant farmers who’d done their bidding all year. It was a lovely idea—leveling the class system in honor of Jesus’ birth. And like many ideas that feature ale, it worked beautifully right up until closing time. But when the Manor House clocks chimed midnight, and it was time for the riff-raff to crawl back down the social order, they were surprisingly reluctant to go! Instead, subtle hints grew less subtle; the verse “Bring us some figgy pudding” took on a less festive air; fingers were pointed, cravats were tweaked and soccer hooliganism broke out in “Downton Abbey.” This is how Christmas became the “Animal House” of holidays—so

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reviled in England for its drunkenness and head-butting that Oliver Cromwell banned public celebrations of the day. I think of this, joyfully, every time someone scolds or cautions me for conduct that might “ruin Christmas.” I think of plastered peasant farmers, stinking of sherry, hurling potatoes at their elegant and oh-so-shocked Lords. And I say: “Christmas is a lot sturdier than you think.” I’m speaking to all good people in our families; the “do-ers,” who selflessly shoulder the baking, gifting, dining and hosting traditions of the holidays, but often miss the joy those traditions are meant to inspire. They regard Christmas as a delicate crystal vase. They must bear it safely from the past to the future and God help them if they trip, or stumble, or otherwise screw it up. In reality, Christmas is a scarred and durable holiday, built around the dubious idea that myrrh would make a good baby gift. It is less of a crystal vase and more of a football. And, like a football, Christmas has taken its share of weird bounces over the last millennia. Consider: Santa Claus was once conceived as a method of crowd control. In the 1820s, Nissenbaum explains, New York City’s working-class men were anxious to revive and refine England’s drunken brawling traditions at Christmastime. When City ordinances forbade random mobs of drunken men, the drunken men acquired horns and drums and announced that they were “bands.” These inebriated musicians toured upscale Manhattan neighborhoods, accepting silver, furniture and liquor as payment—usually before it was offered. When our modern Santa appeared, through Clement Clarke Moore’s poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” he was hailed as a working-class hero who single-handedly shifted Christmas’s focus toward children, and away from drunken horn-blowers trying to score a free armoire in Soho. Think about this next time you spend Christmas at your in-laws: If you just get through it without fisticuffs

or looting, you are already on the more sophisticated end of the curve. I think holiday pressure comes from all the choreography. You have your various religious traditions— Hanukkah, Advent, Midnight Mass and what not—with their special services, candle lightings, fastings, feastings and songs. Add a layer of gift-giving (“Johnny wants a pair of skates, Suzi wants a sled, Buster wants an iPhone 6...”); then a layer of social season (one, maybe two, office parties; the party you attend because you’ll hurt feelings if you don’t; the party you attend for the great food; the friends you “haven’t seen in ages!”); then at least one banquet with all the family, whether they like it or not. Top all that with a coating of advertising-induced social pressure (“Do you have your lights up yet?” “Are you doing Black Friday?” “Did you purchase the latestand-greatest?”) and you have a coral reef of social expectations so dense it takes a contortionist to maneuver through it. While many of us (men) would be content just to swill egg nog and steal finger foods ‘til the bowl games are on, this kind of social pressure weighs heaviest on those most anxious to please. To them, the holidays become a performance and they self-judge with the neurotic cruelty of figure skating judges. (“Ohh, she did not land the correct sweater size on that gift! That’ll cost her half a point!”) This is not the spirit observed in the manger when the baby Jesus was born. It’s not the spirit the Maccabees showed on the eighth day when the lamp in the Temple was still burning. And it’s not the spirit displayed by the

tenant farmer when he downed his third free sherry and said, “You know what I think of you?” That’s why I’m wishing all of you a blasphemous holiday season. I’m wishing you a sprawling drunken uncle of a holiday, that topples convention, offends obligation, inspires years of laughter and stops somewhere short of the police blotter. Because those are the holidays that stick! Have you even been to a wedding that went perfectly? Quick—what do you really remember about it? Nothing, right? Because even though we all aspire to perfection, we cannot relate to it. I probably had a “perfect Christmas” once in my childhood. But it’s lost in memory; buried behind the one where we lost my grandfather at the grocery store; the one where my mom almost decapitated me; the one where my brother threw up on people, and the one where we locked my dad out in the snow. We remember the quirks and gaffes and errors because they let us see the humanity in each other. And that’s the best part of the whole holiday shootin’ match: not that we come together during this time, or get along perfectly, but that we make the effort. It’s our willingness to faithfully and imperfectly (and sometimes comically) connect that shows the very best of us. And that’s the best way to celebrate the holidays. Or you could get hammered and throw potatoes at a lord. That’s good, too. Michael Grady is a Valley-based writer. His eBook, “Death Calls a Meeting,” is available on Amazon.

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It is absolutely frightening to know that under the Obama administration, the Internal Revenue Service is used to intimidate and attack those who Obama considers his enemies. Frightening. According to USA Today, people enrolled in Obama care can’t find a doctor who will take them as patients. This is just the tip of the iceberg. When Obamacare is fully implemented, Americans will find out why Pelosi told the Democrats that they would have to pass it to know what’s in it. This bill is a travesty, travesty. Americans will suffer because of what the democrats did to us. The November Lovin’ Life After 50 is out today and full of useful information and public opinion advice. Thanks for printing some of grandma’s. Have you noticed how television is changing, despite public opinion? It used to be you couldn’t see ads about cigarettes, beer and alcoholic drinks. Today, they’ve all been removed and replaced with marijuana, wine and phony smoke. What happened?

Why aren’t the usual nosey reporters hunting down answers of the mystery of the missing money that was donated? Who has it? What bank is holding it? How much is it and who’s withdrawing it that the trust can’t be set up as the judge had ordered? The money is missing, so go find it, nosey buddies. (A big-box store) is a scam artist. They brag about how they honor competitors’ ads. I saw Albertson’s advertising that if you spend $100, you get a free turkey. I took that ad to (the big-box store) and spent $130 in one visit. They told me they wouldn’t honor it. They stated it was a gimmick ad. I’m 60 years old and feel they don’t care about senior citizens on a limited income. I don’t feel they should advertise on TV that they honor other stores’ prices if you can’t or won’t do that. To me, that’s false advertising. During an interview, first lady Michelle Obama said that she gave permission to blacks to eat fried chicken after they voted for ...continues on page 38

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n the late 1990s, after my son, Sky, died in a motorcycle accident, while I was in the depths of my worse dreaminess, I began to order as many catalogs as I could. At least 30 mailorder catalogues came into the house each month and sometimes I’d have to throw a box of them away to allow room for more. During that time, I spent at least one night a week sitting in the breakfast nook leafing through the colorful pages, making Magic Marker checks for the things I wanted, dogearing pages, filling out order blanks with my bankcard numbers (most of which I never mailed) and jotting down important toll-free numbers for when I might want to call. Wish List I had animal-call catalogs, which brought a recording of a dying baby squirrel. Dogcollar catalogs. Catalogs for canvas luggage that would hold up in the Sahara Desert. Catalogs for expeditions to foreign lands with handsome men. Catalogs for every conceivable type of underwear and outerwear; Frenchlaced bras and panties, short and long skirts with collegiate tops, high-fashion dresses, sequin evening gowns, and bathing suits for a tropical vacation to a variety of luxurious port cities in Spain and Mexico. I had rare book catalogs, record catalogs, lawn ornament catalogs from Italy, flower-seed and garden tool catalogs, catalogs for weathervanes, barbecue accessories, exotic animals and women’s Olympic wear catalogs. I had all the catalogs you could wish for, and if I found out about another one, I’d write or call up and request it. I came to believe, for a while, that satisfying all my purchasing needs from catalogs was the very way of life that suited me and my circumstances. I had become the type of person where catalog-buying was better than going out into the world and wasting time in shopping malls or flying to California

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or New York. Lots of people in my neighborhood did the very same thing and believed that was where the best and most unusual merchandise came from. You could spot the UPS truck on my street daily, dropping off hammocks and neatly framed posters and God knows what else—barbecue grills and custom mailboxes and entire gazebos. Larger than Life For me, though, there was something other than the mere purchase in all this, in the hours spent going through pages seeking the most durable lettuce spinner and beginner’s tool chest. The joy that came from my obsession stemmed from the irresistible life portrayed in these catalogs. Something about my frame of mind after losing my son made me love the abundance of the purely common and pseudo-exotic (which always turns out to be ordinary when I received it). I loved the idea of merchandise and I loved the ordinary good American faces pictured there, people wearing their wedding gowns with white veils and long white gloves, people wearing their warm plaid pajamas, men in their flannel shirts and lumberjack jackets, children sitting up and reading in their comfortable canopy beds, month after month, season after season. We all take our solace where we can. And there seemed like a life— though I couldn’t just send to Atlanta, Vermont or Seattle for it, but a life just the same—that was better than my solitude, melancholy and silence in a small California bungalow set back in a Phoenix historic neighborhood. An old house where unprovoked death had taken its toll. Terry J. Ratner, RN, MFA is a health educator at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center. Visit her website at www.terryratner. com. Send comments to info@terryratner.com.

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ith estimates showing nearly three-fourths of all seniors will require outside care at some point, each of us should explore living alternatives that can accommodate our evolving needs. Even if you’re healthy and living independently now, there are several reasons to think through a variety of potential living arrangements: Moving Can Be Stressful. It is far easier to adapt when you’re well and have the opportunity not only to retain your existing relationships, but to develop new ones. Finances Are a Consideration. Having a plan in place, based on a realistic look at your assets, helps you respond thoughtfully in case of any sudden change. Research Can Take Time. What does the culture feel like? Can you envision yourself living there? What kind of assistance is available if you need help performing daily activities? If you’ve ever been a comparison shopper, now’s the time to do it. Options along the spectrum may include: Total Care Communities: These communities combine a host of care options in one place to adapt to changing needs. A resident may start out in independent housing and eventually utilize assisting living, and even skilled nursing care— all without leaving the existing community and social networks he or she has developed. It may also be a good option for couples, because partners may age with different needs and care can be tailored to address those differences. Retirement Communities: Folks without immediate needs may find this attractive if they want to be surrounded by a similar demographic and are interested in some of the amenities, such as clubhouses and cultural activities. It’s important to consider livability over time: Are medical facilities nearby? Can you get around if you can no longer drive? Even if you’re just 55,

you might consider making it easier to age in place by purchasing a onelevel home and making small safety changes to your home by installing grab bars in the bathroom, for example, or raising the toilet height. Independent Senior Living: Congregate living offers a community for maturing adults who can live independently, but think they may at some point leave their home and would appreciate having access to minor services. You’ll want to find out if any transportation services, housekeeping services or daily meal packages are included in the cost or if they must be purchased separately. Assisted Living: Even though residents can receive help with cooking, shopping, bathing, cleaning, dressing or other tasks, consider which activities are important to you. If you would like to continue cooking, for example, you may not be happy living in a room that only offers a small refrigerator. It’s also important to consider how regimented the schedule is for meals and activities. Finally, it’s easy to become socially isolated if everyone just closes their doors. If friendships are important to you, make an effort to meet your neighbors. Skilled Nursing Facility: Aroundthe-clock nursing care may be for a lifetime or for short-term recuperation. Check with the regulatory authorities who have oversight over nursing homes—in Arizona, that’s the state Department of Health Services—as one measure of performance. If you will share a room, find out how the facility matches residents. Otherwise, as with the other options, culture and lifestyle remain important considerations. Dr. Marlene Bluestein, the medical director for geriatrics at Tucson Medical Center, is board certified in internal medicine with a subspecialty focus on geriatrics. She believes life is a journey and enjoyment should be experienced in every year and phase of life. Contact her at (520) 324-3940.

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ear Gabby Gayle: I’m afraid I’ve made a mistake. I talked my mother into moving into an independent retirement community. She has lived there for two weeks and every time I see her she is crying and wants to move back to her home. She has paid a sizable amount of money to live there and it is a wonderful place. It is not so much that she hates it there; it’s that she misses her home, her neighbors and driving. She had to give up driving because of her vision problems—the reason we wanted her there. They have transportation. Signed, Help!

ear Help: She has not lived there long enough to get adjusted. Loss is hard to overcome even in the healthiest person. She has lost her home, her car, her driving. Be patient with her, and please go to the administration and tell them how your mother is doing. There are many forms of support they can give her. I bet in three months she will like her new life. Please let me know! Signed, GG

ear Gabby Gayle: In the past, you received a letter from someone who had a friend who talked incessantly. My problem is similar only the person who talks constantly is my wife. We have been married just over 50 years. I was able to tune her out for all those years. Now I find that it is getting on my nerves so bad that I have to escape to my room. Maybe I am selfish, but once in a while I would like to talk. She is a good person and is good to me. Sometimes I think I will go crazy and bop her one. What is wrong with me? Signed, Wearing Thin

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could not get their work done because “Margie” (fake name) talked too much. They were afraid she would make a medication error because of this. I had to speak to “Margie” about the excessive talking. Her response was: “In all of my 34 years, no one has ever told me that I talked too much.” I said, “I’m sorry, but I feel that I must tell you, because I care about you and your future.” I am happy to report that the excessive talking ended right there. It may not be that easy with your wife, but maybe no one has ever told her? It is touchy to speak to someone about their intimate personal habits, but it is best addressed by someone who cares about them. Please don’t bop her. If you are serious about that, perhaps some counseling for you is in order too! Good luck, GG

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December 6 Saturday Oro Valley Festival of the Arts, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oro Valley Marketplace, southwest corner of Oracle and Tangerine roads, Oro Valley, free, www.saaca.org/FestivaloftheArts.php. December 7 Sunday Oro Valley Festival of the Arts, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oro Valley Marketplace, southwest corner of Oracle and Tangerine roads, Oro Valley, free, www.saaca.org/FestivaloftheArts.php.

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Southern Arizona Women’s Chorus’ “Peaceful Wintersong,” 7 p.m., Ascension Lutheran Church, 1220 W. Magee Rd., $15, 404-3148, www.

History Talk with Sue Ward: “Challenges to U.S. Democracy,” 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., The Forum at Tucson, 2500 N. Rosemont, free, registration required, 325-4800. Sue Ward, International Relations Specialist, will share perspectives on the elections process and the challenges before us. “Christmas at San Xavier,” 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. thru Dec. 11, Mission San Xavier del Bac, 1950 W. San Xavier Rd., $90 ($70 is tax-deductible), 407-6130, patronatoSX@earthlink. net, www.sonsoforpheus.org. The Sons of Orpheus perform in collaboration with the Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus to benefit the restoration and preservation of the mission.

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“A Southwest Nutcracker,” 2 p.m., Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave., $27 to $33, 886-1222, www. tucsonregionalballet.org. The ballet original translates the traditional Nutcracker to Tucson in the 1880s complete with the battle of the coyotes and the U.S. Cavalry, travel over the glistening, falling snow of Mount Lemmon to a desert dream of chili peppers, Mama Piñata and the waltzing desert poppies.

December 11 Thursday National Association of Retired and Veteran Railroad Employees, 11 a.m., Golden Corral, 4380 E. 22nd St., $11, 288-8221. All veteran railroad employees—retired or still working—are invited.

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Green Valley Stroke Support Group, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., Zuni Room, La Perla at La Posada, 635 S. Park Center Ave., free, registration required, 626-2901. Facilitated by Leslie Ritter, PhD, RN, and supported by The University of Arizona Medical Center, College of Nursing and Sarver Heart Center. For stroke survivors and caregivers to learn more about stroke, to find positive solutions to shared concerns and to unite in support of each other. December 12 Friday Strings Attached, 11 a.m. to 12:25 p.m., Dusenberry-River Branch Library, 5605 E. River Rd., free, 594-5345. An informal group for knitters and crocheters. Friends of the Pima County Public Library’s Book Sale, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Book Barn, 2230 N. Country Club, free admission, 795-3763. Check out thousands of used books and DVDs at low prices. Seniors older than 55 receive a 25-percent discount on Saturday. December 13 Saturday “A Southwest Nutcracker,” 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., repeats 2 p.m., Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave., $27 to $33, 886-1222, www.tucsonregionalballet.org. The ballet original translates the traditional Nutcracker to Tucson in the 1880s complete with the battle of the coyotes and the U.S. Cavalry, travel over the glistening, falling snow of Mount Lemmon to a desert dream of chili peppers, Mama Piñata and the waltzing desert poppies. Winterhaven Festival of Lights, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., through Dec. 27, Winterhaven entrances off of Fort Lowell and Prince, free, donations accepted, www.winterhavenfestival. org. For 64 years, the residents of Winterhaven have hosted the festival as their gift to the community. However, the event is a fundraiser for the Tucson Community Food Bank.

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do because it’s just on weekends.” If he wasn’t doing “The Grinch,” he probably still wouldn’t be touring, says Davis, 67. “I couldn’t do that at this age,” he says with a laugh. “That’s a younger man’s game. They’re traveling on buses, sleeping on buses. It’s difficult. They’re at an age when they think it’s adventurous.” Nevertheless, the shows will still have Davis’ touch. Fans can expect “the usual types of Mannheim Steamroller has two teams of touring bands, one of which will come to Centennial Hall on Saturday, Dec. 27. things.” “Of course we have the live a big fan of Canyon Ranch luxury spa performance of the music, an orchestra in Tucson. “It’s an incredible facility,” he says. and the multimedia show that goes with it,” he says. “Sometimes we’ll have “It’s a big facility with several features to background visuals, like a full film that’s it, including medical. They have exercise, the size of the whole stage, synchronized diet, the whole nine yards. It’s all done lighting and special effects, like fog when hacienda style. There are morning walks it’s appropriate. That’s what I’ve done for in the desert with guides who go out and several years. A lot of things, they change, show you what’s growing in the desert. I have many friends there.” but it’s the same basic idea.” Back to Mannheim Steamroller, the That includes some of his favorite merchandise like his cinnamon hot show boasts a full venue experience. Past shows have included the scent of flowers chocolate. “It’s hot chocolate made with when they appear on the large screen. “We try to hit all the senses,” he says. Madagascar cinnamon,” Davis explains. “We’ve sold 80 tons of it over the years. “I have a really fun time designing all Particularly around the Christmas season, these crazy things, finding different ways it’s kind of nice to have hot chocolate to hit the senses. I want to make people laugh, make people cry, reach into the around.” Each year, though, Davis adds new heartstrings, bring back some memories technology, that is researched by his team from the past. At the end when we play of engineers who constantly are reading ‘Silent Night,’ it’s been around so long, people go back to memories of their manuals about upgrades. “I’ve got two engineers, one works families and Christmas.” with me every day,” he says. “I wrote a Mannheim Steamroller performs at 4 p.m. track for a horse the other day. We have to send it out to the trainers in California Saturday, Dec. 27, at Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd. Tickets are $40 to $100. For today.” Davis is admittedly a little bummed more information, call (800) 745-3000 or visit that he won’t make it to Arizona, as he’s www.ticketmaster.com.

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Randy Houser The exclusive concert celebrates Tucson’s starring role in Randy Houser’s new country music video “Like a Cowboy.” WHEN: Sun., Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. WHERE: Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. COST: $30 INFO: 547-3040 or www.foxtucsontheatre.org

Tucson Girls Chorus Sounds of Winter Concert The concert is fun for the whole family and features seasonal favorites sung by the Tucson Girls Chorus. WHEN: Sat., Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. WHERE: Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. COST: $8.25 to $15.75 INFO: 547-3040, www.foxtucsontheatre.org or www. tucsongirlschorus.org

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ention the words estate development and consulting “manufactured home” firm and every multifamily to most Arizonans, and you’ll project the company develops is get a multitude of reactions— custom, prefab housing, including from contrived ambivalence to “EPIC on French,” a complex in disapproval and sarcasm with Breckenridge, Colorado, where quips about “trailer parks” units are expected to sell in the $1.2 million to $1.4 million and “doublewides.” range. No, this isn’t your Manufactured homes, father’s prefab housing. factory-built structures Of course, you’re not that are transported going to see a grandiose to a leased or buyerdevelopment like EPIC owned lot, have a stigma in Arizona any time attached, warranted or soon. While there is not, and most people a small niche aimed will cede to resignation at the luxury market, that this fad has come and gone. Garratt Hasenstab, the majority of the industry is still targeting Well, not so fast... director of the middle class and manufactured homes development for retirees. (or prefabricated homes) Verdigris Group. Research statistics show the might be on the verge of resurgence, manufactured housing industry if you ask one industry expert. “Not only is prefab a viable is still relatively healthy, states housing option, prefab is the Hasenstab. Demand for prefab future of housing,” states Garratt housing is forecast to expand Hasenstab, director of development 15 percent annually through for Chicago-based Verdigris Group. 2017 to 135,000 units. Annual ...continues on page 26 The Verdigris Group is a real

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Anderson of the Arizona Housing Association. “Because homes are constructed indoors with a steady labor force, cost advantages are passed through to the consumer, offering a much less cost- Many floor plans include per-square-foot price spacious family rooms. says. “Many of the Manufactured Homes in Arizona advantage.” In the past, one of the complaints material suppliers Arizona has always been a desirable manufactured Upgraded cabinets and appliance packages are location for retirees, lured by the of manufactured homes was simply to available from most builders. producers promise of 300-plus days of sunshine that they weren’t built well. Most home and affordable housing. With real estate Americans recall TV news stories of are actually the same suppliers for site- to more stability in neighborhoods. prices on the rise again, the option of prefab homes getting torn to shreds by built homes.” Most of these communities feature Prefab homes are often more energy clubhouses, swimming pools and other home ownership may no longer be storm winds in the Midwest. Today’s prefab homes are following more efficient due to more accurate and amenities for residents, matching financially feasible for some seniors. More and more, retirees are looking stringent construction guidelines and precise construction at the plant. “The traditional residential subdivisions. toward manufactured homes as a building codes, handled by the National finished house has a tighter building practical alternative in Arizona— Manufactured Home Construction & envelope, more effective insulation, So Where Do You Start? whether renting or purchasing. It takes Safety Standard, including inspections more effective heat and ducting, If you decide that purchasing a time to overcome past perceptions and from the U.S. Department of Housing resulting in a higher performance manufactured home is for you, a good build momentum, but there are solid and Urban Development (HUD), home,” Hasenstab says. starting point might be the Arizona New prefab homes feature more Housing Association’s website, which reasons why more Arizona residents which supersedes all local building contemporary amenities to keep pace lists retail model centers in the Phoenix codes on the home itself. might choose the prefab route. “Now regulated by the federal with modern site-built homes, like metro area: http://azhousing.org/ “Manufactured homes are built in timely in-plant granite counters, hardwood floors and model-centers-phoenix-metro-area a factory environment, not subject to government, inspections are made at various upgraded cabinets, appliances and and Tucson area: http://azhousing. weather conditions, so higher quality can be easily achieved,” says Ken stages of construction,” Anderson faucets. org/model-centers-tucson-area. Another advantage of prefabs for By visiting these retail centers, retirees is the prospective buyers time savings. can choose a style Anyone who and size that fit The freedom to pursue has purchased their needs. Most what you desire, and a new site-built of the models will home knows be displayed by freedom from the that it takes time companies that things you don’t. and patience— have factories Take a class, play card games, in many cases in Arizona, like as much as six For something different, exterior stay active and meet new friends. Cavco, Chariot to nine months. designs are also available in log Eagle, Champion, Enjoy each day to its fullest in With a prefab, cabin and adobe territorial styles. Clayton Homes, a community that shares your a site can be excavated and the Fleetwood Homes, Laurel Creek values – at Fellowship Square. infrastructure and foundations put Homes, Palm Harbor Homes and in place, while the modules are being Redman Homes. constructed in a plant. This means Many prefab builders have plants that it takes less than half the time to outside the state, but will deliver homes go from concept to completion when to Arizona (you’ve probably seen them going the prefab route. Other options being transported on massive rigs on to speed up the process include renting Interstate 10). Be warned: It isn’t cheap the lot and purchasing a prefab that’s to transport a house. Transportation already in stock. costs ratchet up the final cost on a A Not-For-Profit Christian Care Community Communities in Phoenix metro and manufactured home, so it’s probably Tucson are catering to seniors who wise to stick to a local company. INDEPENDENT & ASSISTED LIVING have retirement savings. In “affordable OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL THERAPY For anyone considering prefab, it is lifestyle” communities, residents imperative to find a general contractor purchase the prefab home, but pay rent familiar with the concept. 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Brian Giersz of Academy Mortgage Chandler. “It typically requires the borrower to source their own down and all interior finishes leave no trace payment and they should have a credit of modular construction can be tricky, score of 640 plus.” but is simply part of the process,” Kester adds: “Not only does the Hasenstab says. buyer/owner have to qualify for a new Of course, financing for a loan, but the property must qualify as manufactured home can always be a well.” challenge. Unlike conforming loans, Loans are concentrated among which fit in nicely with a bank’s a handful of lenders, the largest of portfolio, a loan on a manufactured which are 21st Mortgage Corporation home is less desirable for banks and and Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, mortgage companies. coincidentally subsidiaries of Clayton “Since the mortgage meltdown Homes. It’s fairly common in the in the late 2000s, many mortgage industry: Cavco owns CountryPlace companies stopped Mortgage. lending on manufactured As expected, loans on homes altogether,” says manufactured homes David Kester of Academy typically carry higher Mortgage, which has interest rates and closing offices in Phoenix metro costs than traditional and Tucson. “In the past mortgages, according few years, lending has been to the U.S. Consumer a little more flexible, but Financial Protection like with condos, there are Bureau. many more requirements “I have closed more David Kester of lenders must follow.” manufactured housing Academy Mortgage. There are in essence two loans in the last two years types of loans: For prefab than the previous four years before that, home buyers who are leasing lots, they so we are starting to see things open up can obtain a “chattel” loan, which has a a bit,” says Andy Braun of Academy higher interest rate and a shorter term, Mortgage Tucson. “But for the most typically 15 to 20 years. If they own part, there still isn’t much of a hunger the lot that they’re affixing the prefab for lenders to add manufactured home house to, it may then be considered loans to their portfolio.” “real property,” making it eligible for a The limited loan pools haven’t mortgage. necessarily dampened sales of prefab Financing a prefab home is more homes, but ultimately, cash is king for likely to occur when it is permanently buying decisions. affixed to the ground with a stem wall. With more lending reform on prefab “You will have to be prepared to pay homes, perhaps Hasenstab’s rosy for an engineer’s certification, verifying industry outlook may indeed come the property is secured to a permanent true. After all, manufactured housing is foundation properly, an appraisal, and perhaps the last bastion of affordable home inspection before closing,” says housing left for Americans.

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Will 2015 be a buyer’s market? I predict 2015 to be a buyer’s market, but not the type of buyer’s market we have seen in recent years. Inventory will be stable, but there will be a low volume of homes sold, Kevin Ortner creating stagnant prices. If a seller really needs to sell, they will most likely accept a number less than their list price. Arizona’s economy, while recovering, is not keeping pace with the national average of job creation, meaning, with fewer new jobs there are fewer buyers in the market. Additionally, we are still riding out the wave of former property owners who have been through foreclosure who cannot yet qualify for a new mortgage. On the opposite end, mortgage rates remain low, and there are great deals to be found, so if you are in the market to buy, 2015 will be a great time to do so. — Kevin Ortner, CEO of Renters Warehouse in Phoenix Do you think we’ll ever see another real estate “boom”? I think that it’s safe to say that most Arizonans are acutely aware of what happens after real estate “booms.” Many of us have lived through one or more of them in the last few decades Mark Macias and I’m convinced that no one is hoping for another any time soon. A real “boom” for real estate in Arizona would be increasing investment in our children’s education, aggressively supporting entrepreneurship and innovation within our colleges, universities, and small businesses, and fostering a business-friendly environment, which attracts companies that bring jobs, competitive wages, and the potential for home ownership. That is the

type of “boom” that, I believe, many Arizonans are hoping for. — Mark Macias, Account Executive at NexTitle in Scottsdale What other factors will come into play in 2015 that will affect the residential real estate market? New construction sales will continue to increase. Firsttime home buyers currently hold the lowest percentage of buyers in three decades. My guess is that those in their Trudy Moore 20s and 30s will still not be purchasing for several years. If rental rates continue to increase, it may have a positive impact on home sales in this age group. Many are burdened with large student loans and have little extra money to save for a down payment. — Trudy Moore, Broker at HomeSmart in Phoenix Will new homes become more attainable for Arizona residents? What we are seeing that is exciting is the return of loan products to the market that will help those that do not necessarily “fit the box” under traditional lending guidelines and get into homes once again. No, we are not going Joe Hesch back to the overly aggressive loan products from 2005-06 that required little to no documentation, but we are seeing lending standards loosen just a bit, which should be very encouraging to the real estate market both locally and nationally as well. Bottom line: do not assume that you are not able to qualify for a home. It is very possible that you do now or that you will far sooner than you may be expecting. — Joe Hesch, District Manager/Loan Officer at Academy Mortgage in Chandler

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y last trip to Las Vegas was nearly 16 years ago, and as you can imagine, so much has changed since that visit. Vegas is always morphing and redefining itself: from a dusty Nevada desert town built by the Mormons to a world-famous gambling and entertainment mecca jump-started by the mob. Whenever I travel, I find it insightful to chat with cab drivers, who generally have a keen take on their city. The consensus among Vegas cabbies is that Vegas today is as much about shopping, dining and shows as it is about gambling. This transition was pushed along by Las Vegas entrepreneur Steve Wynn, who’s been known to give taxi drivers comps to shows and attractions to steer folks in the right direction, thus making cab drivers his personal ambassador to the city. Selected Attractions Mob Museum: “Don’t worry, we only kill each other,” infamous mobster Bugsy Siegel reportedly told a nervous foreman during the construction of the original Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. Bugsy’s words were self-fulfilling, as he later was gunned down by his own gang after his dream project went hopelessly over budget. This scene and more is on display at the new Mob Museum, housed in the former federal courthouse and U.S. Post Office in the new Art District. Built in 1933, the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The mob was also responsible for bringing in famous entertainers like Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, but kept their underworld presence low-key to fly under the watchful radar of Feds. Of course, Vegas has always been a wide-open town. When prohibition ended, many citizens expressed surprise that there ever had been a prohibition. One of the museum’s

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iconic artifacts is the brick wall where members of the Bugs Moran gang were lined up and gunned down by Al Capone’s henchmen. Cirque du Soleil’s “Love:” My life changed when I saw The Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Many friends were surprised that I hadn’t seen Cirque du Soleil’s “Love.” Okay, I bought the CD by Sir George Martin, The Beatles’ longtime producer, but hadn’t actually seen the show. It’s a psychedelic journey through the 1960s, told through 30 of The Beatles’ original songs that were re-mixed by Martin and his son. The show is a seamless blend of Beatles songs and Cirque du Soleil’s acrobatics, dancing and visual effects. Performers are dressed as The Beatles and characters from their songs. It’s the closest thing to attending a Beatles concert. Foot Rescue at Canyon Ranch: Let’s face it: Much of the Vegas experience is strolling down the strip, basking in the almost Felliniesque excess of architecture and attractions. Your feet definitely get tired. Located at The Venetian, Canyon Ranch Healthy Feet Center is devoted to advanced foot health and comfort. I opted for a foot/gait analysis, which monitors how one moves, assessing the biomechanics of your gait. This was followed by my first foot massage, then a health food lunch at the Canyon Ranch Spa Club where I ordered “The Healthy Elvis”—a banana and peanut butter on whole wheat grain bread, sans the deep frying. Where to Eat Piero’s: Located across the street from the Vegas Convention Center, this 30-year-old iconic ItalianAmerican restaurant has been the destination of choice from the early days of the Rat Pack to contemporaries

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(4 servings) For the Pork: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 tablespoon minced onion 1 garlic clove, minced 1 can guava nectar (found in most grocery stores in the juice section) 1 tablespoon soy sauce 1 tablespoon ketchup 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper Kosher salt Two (3/4 pound each) pork tenderloins Cilantro sprigs for garnish For the Salsa: 1/3 cup chopped cilantro 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1/4 cup white wine vinegar 1/4 cup chopped onion 2 tablespoons chopped chives 2 jalapenos, minced 1 garlic clove, minced Kosher salt

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1. Place a saucepan over medium high heat. Add enough oil to lightly coat the bottom of the pan. When the oil “shimmers” add the onion and cook 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute. Add the guava nectar and bring to boil. Cook over high heat until reduced to 1 cup. Add the soy sauce, ketchup, cayenne pepper and salt. Cook 1 minute. Remove from heat and let cool.

2. Set the pork in a 9 inch-by-13 inch baking dish. Brush all sides of the pork with half of the glaze. 3. Light grill to medium high. Grill the pork, turning and brushing with the remaining glaze until browned on all sides, about 15 minutes, or until cooked through (with an instant-read thermometer 150 degrees). Transfer the cooked pork to a cutting board and let rest 10 minutes. 4. While the pork is resting make the salsa: In a bowl, mix the cilantro, oil, vinegar, onion, chives, jalapenos and garlic. Season with salt. Transfer to a serving bowl. 5. To serve: Slice the pork into quarter- to half-inch slices. Arrange on a serving platter. Pour any accumulated juices over the pork. Garnish cilantro sprigs and serve the salsa on the side.

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Sound Off

... from page 8 Democrats. Can you imagine what girls are doing the civil air patrol, wore would have happened if a Republican a uniform, too. And they remember had made a comment like this? Of how good it was. It’s great training for course the mass media totally ignored discipline lessons for kids today who need to learn that. this very racist remark.

When walking in my community when it is dark, I notice numerous homes with their shades up, front door open and/ or garage door open up to 3 feet. If I ever decide to become a burglar, I’d have to leave thank-you notes for these good folks for making it so easy on me. ISIS thinks air strikes are unfair war. How crazy can they be? Oh that’s right! They also think beheading children is the way to secure their future new governmental control. That’s about as crazy as you can get. Go Air Force, go. I can’t believe the stupid, cruel, thoughtless cowards showed the video of how the 19 firemen died. It was totally unnecessary. You can still read it in the newspaper. You greedy stupid people. Shame on you! Greed, greed, greed. You think the next generation’s going to live to over 50? The Republicans want more war, so they can say it’s all Obama’s fault—not George Bush I, way back in Kuwait. They’re going to let Bush No. 3 take the credit for ending it, with one big bomb. Oh yeah. Same old, same old, in Republican Washington. Sadly, sadly, print it. It’s the truth. Goodbye. The National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., is hosting a “Muslim Prayer Service.” A school district in Maryland has eliminated Christian and Jewish holidays from the school calendar because a group of Muslims was offended. Meanwhile, Christians are being crucified, beheaded and slaughtered if they don’t convert to Islam. America, it’s time to wake up. The goal of Islam is convert or die. Their goal is worldwide domination. It’s Nov. 11, a holiday of memories for grandma, too. All her fellow high school graduates were mostly girls because the boys were in the service. But the

Wasn’t this election about improving life for citizens and not continued personal animosity and career enhancements for congressional politics? So what happened? They can’t even wait until being sworn-in in January, Oh gee, but that would mean more lies about honestly serving the public. Same old, same old for bamboozled voters. You get what you bought. Gee whiz, I can’t get rid of that Carman and Bridget and the credit card problems. Now I get the guy calling to fix the computer that I don’t even have. Isn’t it amazing what these idiots can do with the phone? Stupid people. That’s what’s wrong with this country. It’s being run by stupid, stupid people. The food truck idea is nothing new. It started with Arizona Public Service food truck years—and many years—ago. Remember the ‘60s and ‘70s? Why do we call the Affordable Care Act “Obamacare”? Obamacare was essentially Medicare for all (How do you like your Medicare?). The Affordable Care Act we have was written by Republicans and should be called “Republicare.” Republicans should take credit for it. I would like to encourage everyone to check their driver’s licenses to see when the expiration date is because I have to check licenses at my job and I was shocked at how many people have licenses that are about to expire within a couple of months and they had no clue! It would not be good for you if you were to happen to get pulled over by a police officer with an expired license, so please check it! Don’t forget when you come back from vacation one of the first things you should do is change your voicemail back and take your “Out of Office” email notice off!

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It is so unprofessional when I email someone and they have the “Out of Office” message on and they have been back for days. So, all the ISIS leader wants is a fight to show America how well they taught him. Interesting. How much longer do you think it will take for the freedom of the press dummies to learn the tell-all news is equal to aiding the enemy and helping treason? Of course the allies will lose to ISIS—as long as they check their iPhones and their newspapers. Bill Cosby is addressing possible problems of past years by just ignoring the people who have nothing else to do but make themselves TV specimens of the day. If anything did accidentally happen—get over it! It’s called life! Oh Monti’s restaurant did enough damage destroying the Hayden House in historical Tempe that everyone in this state knew and loved. They’re tearing it down and building yet another hotel as you enter Tempe. Whoopee. The dummies in charge at city hall need to be tarred and feathered and run out of town. Obamacare is a joke! I was forced to buy insurance or risk a penalty at tax time. I had to get a second job to be able to afford his “affordable” insurance. I can’t even afford to use this insurance if I get sick with all the deductibles, copays, etc. And none of the insurance, employees, doctors or office staff understand how this all works. For example, I have been putting off having outpatient surgery, but figured I might as well since now I have insurance. I called Meritus to find out how much all my copays would be under my plan so I could budget for it. Well, because they didn’t understand their own plan, they gave me the wrong amounts. And since my wonderful doctor and her staff don’t understand the plan either, instead of sending me to “outside” imaging centers, she sent me to Maricopa Medical Center that charges more money for tests! And all of the doctors are so far behind it has taken me seven months in my process to try and get this surgery done and I

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justify the radical Islamists who must be thwarted. Pressure by the United States on Israel for peace with Palestine is sorely needed. There are so many in the world in need of our help to feed and nurture the poor, the hungry and refugees. I do not see how we can justify sending so much of our taxpayer money aid to Israel. I am so tired of all of these car repair shops offering these so called “great deals” on oil changes, only to find out that it’s only up to five quarts of oil and then they charge you almost $5 for the extra quart because almost all cars nowadays use six! But for them it’s better to deceive the consumer and advertise a low price and then stick you for the extra quart and shop fees instead of advertising the real price. If your oil change is $25.99 you should have to advertise $25.99 not $9.99 and then in fine print put “up to five quarts plus shop fees and taxes” to lure people in the door. That should be considered false advertising. I do agree with the lead-off piece on Martha McSally. It will be interesting to see how much this self-proclaimed fighter can do as freshman congresswoman. Thomas Eric Duncan, who died from Ebola, lied to get into the country. Granted, how do you stop people from lying and don’t have symptoms upon boarding an aircraft? It was stated that if a person wants to get to this country, they can simply lie or go to another country that doesn’t have Ebola and fly out. The family is rightfully upset but with the hospital who dropped the ball initially. Citizenship should not be a factor. Every president comments on killings of others. Focus was put on this by the writer. It was newsworthy to him simply because both are black. Statistically, more blacks are killed than whites due to black-on-black violence. More needs to come out on this case. But after all is said and done, the kid was not armed. The cop was. There have been mercenaries since

the start of war. We had some fighting in our war of independence. Civil war you could buy your way out of it. Hire someone to fight for you. I am not worried about junk mail— political or not. I just toss it. The USPS gets paid from that. Hard to say what was sent to this one person was illegal. The postal authorities are the ones to contact. Not sure of what to call people of faith. There are good Catholics and bad ones. Same goes for any religion. Emphasis has been place on Islam for the simple reason extremists got to airplanes and flew into the Twin Towers. Wonder what the blowback would have been if Catholic nuns flew airplanes into the towers. Military hardware and weapons systems that are not needed. Many a Legislators have pet projects or want to keep jobs in their district. Engines for the C-130 were contracted even though they are not needed. Ike warned of the military industrial complex. Added should be overzealous congress people. Congress has an approval rating lower than the APR for a house loan. But for some reason, many of the worst are still there. It was said on Sunday political shows that people don’t like Congress, but like their incumbent. I voted for my incumbent because he doesn’t take away anything that we need, i.e., Social Security. There is so much ignorance and racism in this column it is hard to zero in on one contributor. The president can’t act alone, except for executive action and, if he did, others would say he was a dictator. Everything is his fault. I wonder what these people will say when their wonderful Republican president messes with their Social Security and Medicare? I don’t understand how this president has taken this country to rack and ruin by not doing anything. People forget the Congress has a part in this mess too. I might concentrate on ACA next time. My care is with the VA, but it does affect my family.

Ballet Tucson’s ‘The Nutcracker’ Graces the Holiday Season B allet Tucson’s award-winning production of “The Nutcracker” returns to the stage of the Tucson Music Hall just in time for the Christmas season. Running 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, and 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28, the ballet will transport audiences on a wondrous journey through the Kingdom of Sweets. Set in the traditional Victorian era, “The Nutcracker” tells the adventures of Clara and her nutcracker doll. When evil mice threaten Clara’s dreams, the nutcracker bursts to life as a handsome prince. After saving Clara, he takes her to the Kingdom of Sweets. To celebrate Clara’s coronation as princess, sweets from around the world, including Spanish Chocolate, Arabian Coffee, candy canes and the Sugar Plum Fairy come to perform. “The Nutcracker” is based on a story by E.T.A. Hoffman and premiered in 1892 as a ballet with music by Tchaikovsky. It has long been part of the grand classical Christmas tradition. Company veterans Jenna Johnson, Daniel Precup, Benjamin Tucker, Deanna Doncsecz, Daniel Salvador and Taylor Johnson will be featured in leading roles. In addition, new company dancers Mauricio Vergara, Megan Steffens, Micha Chermak, Jennifer Holoubek and Vinnie Prisbey will light up the stage with exciting new energy. Embarking on its 29th season, Ballet Tucson is the premier dance company in Tucson and Southern Arizona. Each season, the professional company of

dancers presents the highest quality dance productions with a full range of historic classics and contemporary works. In addition, an exceptional children’s company perform fulllength, family-oriented productions. Tickets to the production are $30 to $58, with discounts for students, children, seniors and military. Tickets are available by phone or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Ballet Tucson provides 1,000 free tickets to underserved students and families of the community through its Ticket Subsidy Program. This program, in conjunction with the “Put Your Best Foot Forward with Ballet Tucson” educational outreach program, are integral parts of Ballet Tucson’s mission to provide outreach and theater education to youth in the community. For more information about Ballet Tucson’s educational outreach program or to order tickets, contact company manager Thomas Gilliam at 903-1445 or ballettucson@aol.com.

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ealth insurance is often one of the largest expenses in a family’s budget. As such, it is important to understand your benefits and how you can get the most out of them. By utilizing your health insurance to the fullest, you may find ways to save money and improve your health. Listed below are some suggestions for you to maximize the benefits from your health plan.

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he holidays are a wonderful and fun time to go shopping. While you are out buying presents for your family members—especially your grandchildren—it is important to read the warning labels for ageappropriate toys, small parts and other things that may be harmful. This also includes the noise level that a toy registers. Why is this important? Noise is the No. 1 cause of hearing loss. By first grade, less than 1 percent of all children have hearing loss, but by the time they are teenagers, 20 percent of all children will have some sort of hearing loss. Much of it can be attributed to loud toys, but how do you know when loud is too loud? According to research, 85 decibels (dB) is the maximum volume a child should be exposed to for no more than eight hours. Decibels are a unit of measurement to gauge volume and decibel volume is measured in several industries including construction and engineering to ensure hearing safety. Sounds more than 100 dB can damage hearing in less than 15 minutes of exposure. Sounds over 100 dB—the equivalent to the volume of a motorcycle while riding—can damage hearing in less than 15 minutes of exposure. According to the Sight and Hearing Association, in 2013, seven of the top 18 most popular toys sold this holiday season tested above 100 dB when held close to the ear, and dangerously close to the 85 dB max when held at approximately arm’s length.

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T HE F INISH L INE Arizona’s Leader in Senior Fitness Happy Holidays!

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olidays are some of the happiest times of the year for grandparents. Those who are far away from their grandchildren often go “home” for the holidays or have their loved ones visit them. In this changing world, many grandparents have become disillusioned by the holidays’ commercialism. Ads and marketing campaigns are not what it’s all about. Every grandparent can choose if he or she wants to “buy into it.” There is such a temptation to meet what is thought to be the expectations of those to whom we give gifts. It doesn’t have to be so.

The most important gift we can give to another human being is love. There is no substitute for genuine caring and interest. There is no gift as precious as a listening, understanding ear. Perhaps the older generation can set the example by putting less emphasis on material possessions to be given and

then discarded, and more attention to providing memories. Time spent with grandchildren will be kept in their hearts and minds long after toys or gifts are forgotten. We at the Arizona Senior Olympics wish you the happiest, most love-filled of holidays.

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Watch for the ASO in Your Email The Birdies are Coming!

ere’s your chance to help support Arizona Senior Olympics and have some fun at the same time. Guess how many “birdies” will be shot at the 2015 Waste Management Phoenix Open and pledge money. One hundred percent of your fully tax-deductible donation will support Arizona Senior Olympics, a program of the Arizona Lifelong Fitness Foundation. It’s easy and fun. Visit www. birdiesforcharity.com and make

a pledge to the Arizona Lifelong Fitness Foundation, charity No. 176. Help the ALFF reach its goal of $5,000, which will be used to replace computer equipment that is more than 10 years old. Then, the organization can serve athletes better and faster. Both organizations’ mission is “to promote the health and physical fitness of adults 50 and better through organized events, competition and education.”

The Flu and You

acebook is here to stay and offers some wonderful ways to connect with friends, colleagues and family members near and far. You don’t have to reveal any more of your personal information on FB than you want. It’s a safe way to share if you are prudent and responsible.

emember the old days when you wrote a letter, put a 5-cent stamp on it and sent it out? You expected an answer in a couple of weeks. Today, “snail mail,” as it’s called, has been replaced with email because it is cheaper and faster. Although many aspects of email are annoying and sometimes worrisome, it is, without a doubt, considered the primary form of communication for many. Arizona Senior Olympics lost funding for mailings in 2008 when the program was cut by the City of Phoenix. Since that time, the ASO has come to rely on email as its preferred method of communicating with its athletes. The organization also became the 501(c)(3) called Arizona Lifetime Fitness

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ere are tips for healthy living from the National Council on Aging and the Centers for Disease Control. • Influenza, commonly known as “the flu,” is a serious and potentially life-threatening disease, especially in adults 65 years of age and older. It’s a respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses. • The flu can worsen existing health conditions, and it’s especially dangerous for people with chronic health problems. • The best way to help protect again the flu is a yearly vaccination.

• There is a vaccine designed specifically for adults ages 65 and older. This higher-dose vaccine addresses the age-related decline of the immune system. Be good to yourself and those around you. Get your flu shot. After you open your free Facebook account, you will be able to access Arizona Senior Olympics in the Search for People line. Just type in our name and you can become a part of the ASO Facebook family! We want to make our Facebook page a place where you can ask questions, share ideas and learn about the latest news and announcements from the Arizona Senior Olympics.

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o further aid in the continuation and development efforts of the Arizona Senior Olympics, we are holding a Bowl Season Fundraiser. Purchasing seats for either the Fiesta or Cactus bowls is really fun with the interactive pick-your-ownseat map. Bowl seats, as well as accessible seating, are available through our pickyour-own-seat map. For orders of four or less, follow these steps to help all our

Foundation and sometimes the emails will come from that name or with the traditional name of Arizona Senior Olympics. The ALFF/ASO organization tries very hard to limit the number of emails it sends each year, so it will not become problematic. However, there are times when the organization does send them out and, hopefully, they will not end up in a spam filter. These are the instances when the ALFF/ASO sends email: 1. The newsletter, The Finish Line, monthly as a part of Lovin’ Life After 50. It is also available at Walgreens stores. 2. Registration confirmations are sent. 3. Announcements of special events are emailed. 4. The ALFF/ASO sends requests for donations to support the organization. The organization never sells or distributes email lists or its database to any other group, company or agency. friends, family and volunteers support our fundraising goals. 1. Go to tickets.fiestabowl.org in your Internet browser 2. On the left menu click “Promo Codes” 3. Enter: SGAMES 4. Pick out your seats 5. Checkout For added savings on orders of five or more, contact our representative, Zach Fish, at (480) 517-6274 or via email at zfish@fiestabowl.org. All orders will be shipped the beginning of December. Thank you in helping the Arizona Senior Games offer a variety of events that promote a lifetime of active lifestyles.

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umana volunteers are an integral part of the senior games. They volunteer in many games throughout the United States as well as the National Senior Games. Arizona is no exception, and the Humana volunteers have been a vital part of the success of the Arizona Senior Olympic Games. In addition to Humana’s financial support, its employees sign up to help in a myriad of ways at the annual games. With a need for 600-plus volunteers to make the ASO Games a success each year, the organization is always looking for willing helpers. Some of the volunteers are those with expertise in a particular sport, but others carry out important tasks such as check-in, results tabulating, awards presentations, signage management, hospitality and many other things.

Without these generous folks, the ASO Games would not be possible. Humana offers its employees the opportunity to volunteer for the games and many who have never seen the events up close are astounded and inspired by the athletes’ performance. For some it is a life-changing experience. Last year, one of the Humana volunteers said that she was surprised and happy to see seniors who were healthy and active even in their 80s and 90s. She vowed to get her parents into activities that lead to this kind of healthy lifestyle. At the 2015 games in February, Humana will once again be represented at the events. It is this kind of corporate engagement that led former President Bill Clinton to say, “Citizen service is the very American idea that we meet our

challenges not as isolated individuals, but as members of a true community, with all of us working together. Our mission is nothing less than to spark a renewed sense of obligation, a new sense of duty, a new season of service.” Without a doubt, there would be no senior games movement without the dedicated service of volunteers. You are invited to join the Humana team in volunteering for the 2015 Arizona Senior Olympic Games. For job descriptions and information, visit www.seniorgames.org and click on “volunteers” in the left-side index. Then call the ASO office at (602) 274-7742 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday to sign up, As Winston Churchill said, “We make a living by what we do, but we make a life by what we give.”

COME TO THE FAIR!

The Arizona Senior Olympics’

‘Active Lifestyle Fun Fair’ 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 at Saguaro High School, 6250 N. 82nd St., Scottsdale 85250

Vendors! Giveaways! Prizes! Free Breakfast!

2015 Senior Olympic

FESTIVAL

Jan. 12-Feb. 1 Register Now!

Something for everyone: Over 30 sports, activities and games to choose from.

Call 791-3244 or check out www.tucsonseniorgames.org for more information

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