Category: Features

Spotlight on Advertiser: Medicare and Me: Get Personal!

Leah Kari, Licensed Insurance Agent and Retired Pharmaceutical Representative Are you wishing for an easy, more personalized experience when you access www.medicare.gov or call Medicare? Do you like to surf the plans available to you on Medicare.gov but dislike entering your prescription drugs repetitively? Knowing that your prescription drug list and claims data for Part…

Spotlight on Advertiser: Trico Electric Co-op Launches New Electric Vehicle Time-of-Use Rate for Members

Roberta Lopez-Suter Trico Electric Cooperative is proud to announce the launch of a voluntary Electric Vehicle Time-of-Use Rate (EV TOU Rate) for eligible Trico Members who have electric vehicles (EVs). This rate is designed to support the growing demand for EVs among Trico Members, reduce strain on Trico’s system during peak hours, and lower costs…

2 Your Health: Relationship Stress: How Therapy Can Help

Dr. Rose Bricker Anger and conflict within relationships can be challenging. When we have difficulty expressing our feelings, boundaries, and desires to others, it often creates stress that we are not prepared to manage. Sometimes, anger is used to express that stress. But when anger is expressed in destructive ways, such as yelling, screaming, using…

Artist of the Month: Artist Focus on Rhonda Kuntz

Dawn Price Rhonda Kuntz grew up in Kentucky, moved to Texas where she raised her children, and retired to Florida. As life changed, she found her way to SaddleBrooke where her good friend helped her find her forever home. Rhonda welcomed me into her home, which houses her art studio and showcases her own work,…

This I Have Learned: Perhaps

Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg Perhaps … or in other languages: Tal Vez, Womöglich, Forse, 也許, Магчыма, ‘S dòcha, 多分, Có lẽ, Być może, Возможно, אפשר, शायद Perhaps. It is an interesting word, and it is used in every dialect on the globe. Apparently, everyone on the face of the earth uses the word. According to…

Hearing Vibes

Correlation Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline Tim Gaule Save the date of Monday, Oct. 2, at 1 p.m. for a presentation on “Advanced Bionics for Hearing Loss” in the MountainView East Ballroom. Please join Mircela Galindo of Advanced Bionics as she presents on the correlation between hearing loss and cognitive decline, hearing health, and available…

Expired or Unwanted Pills?

Twice monthly volunteers at the Sheriff’s Office Substation in the Mini Mart are available to help dispose of expired or unwanted pills on the second Friday of each month and the fourth Tuesday of each month. The next date is Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 2 to 4 p.m. Please be sure to empty the contents from…

In Passing

Al Melvin Albert Anthony (Al) Melvin was born Nov. 3, 1944, in Helena, Mont. He passed away on Aug. 2, 2023. His father, Benjamin Franklin Melvin, was a career U.S. Army officer. The family lived in Korea, Austria, France, and throughout the U.S. The highlight of his life and the key to his success was…