Category: Generals

Medicare’s Final Rule and You 2022

Leah Sugar Kari, Local Licensed Insurance Agent and Retired Pharmaceutical Representative What is the Final Rule? There are many ways Medicare protects you, the Medicare beneficiary, from bait and switch tactics and unclear or misleading information about Medicare Advantage, Part D Prescription Drug Plans, and Medicare Supplement Insurance plans. Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…

Master Gardener Online Course

Laurie Foster, Pinal County Master Gardener The University of Arizona Pinal County Cooperative Extension now offers an online course at any time during the year for all Pinal County residents to become Master Gardener volunteers. The course may be completed online anywhere with an Internet connection, and usually in the convenience of your home. Anyone…

Prescription Drug Drop-Off Program

The Prescription Drug Drop-Off at the Pinal County Sheriff’s Substation (a few stores away from Bank of the West) will be on the second Friday of each month from 10 a.m. until noon and the fourth Tuesday of each month from 2 to 4 p.m. Dates and times: Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2 to p.m. Friday,…

October at the Golden Goose Thrift Shop

There is so much to “fall” in love with at the Goose in October! Make the Goose your one-stop shop for all your Halloween and Thanksgiving decor, party supplies, costumes, and so much more! You will never be haunted by monstrous retail prices at the Goose! The Goose fun never stops in October! The Golden…

Join in the Fun November 8

The Lady Niners and Verde Sputters are having A Day at the Races on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Join in the fun and be sure and wear your fancy Derby hats! Deadline for signing up is Monday, Oct. 31, at 11 a.m. The cost is $20 by check, payable to Verde Sputters. Envelopes must be dropped…

Meeting a Double Challenge to Help our Neighbors

Rosemary Douglas Many residents of the Copper Corridor communities of Oracle, San Manuel, Mammoth, and Dudleyville face a double challenge. They live in a “food desert” and are also “food insecure.” Food deserts are areas where families have low access to supermarkets or large grocery stores and face significant obstacles to getting healthy foods. Food…

New Blood—New Ideas—A Better SaddleBrooke

United SaddleBrooke Board of Directors It’s true that United SaddleBrooke is all about increased cooperation between the two HOA boards (and eventually a merger). We think that this will secure more effective operations, reduce costs, and restore a sense of unity to the community. All three of these areas have suffered under our inefficient two-HOA…

SABHF Moves Blues Festival to Oro Valley October 29

Steam Pump Ranch will ring out the blues! The Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation (SABHF) is presenting a stellar lineup at their Blues Festival this year, including award-winning vocalist Annika Chambers. Chambers will be joined by her husband Paul DesLauriers, the Carvin Jones Band, The Sugar Thieves, Tom Walbank and the Ambassadors, The Coolers, and…