Channel 8 News has a story about a homeowners
association that went too far !
Looking at Sun City Anthem through the eyes of its independent minded resident community.
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Thursday, October 31, 2013
Special Guests...The Swing City Dolls
Vegas Voice Show Saturday, November
2nd
Join Radio host, Dick Arendt, this Saturday, November
2nd at 7:00am and again at
noon on Sunday for "The Vegas Voice Show" on KLAV
radio, AM 1230, on your
dial.
Dick's Special Guests this
week are The Swing City Dolls, who will be appearing
at both the Admission FREE...Vegas Voice "Better Living Expo" at Palace Station
on Saturday, November 8th from 11:00am-2:00pm...
...AND...
A special "Veteran's Day Musical Tribute to the Armed Forces" on
Sunday, November 10th, at 4:00pm, at MacDonald Ranch.
(702) 270-7016 for ONLY $15.00.
...and if you love the music of the
Andrews Sisters and McGuire
Sisters, complete with costumes of the 40s and 50s, THESE GALS are a MUST SEE SHOW...only minutes from Sun City
Anthem, located at 2020 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy in
Henderson.
Join Robin Berry-Vincent, Natalie
Carson, and Connie Murray of the "Dolls" in a fun filled
interview meeting them "up close and personal" as they discuss their road to
"The Entertainment Capital of the World" and their dedication to "The Great
American Songbook" with love for all who have been a part of our nation's armed
forces.
And...if you miss the broadcast, you
can always download it on "The Vegas Voice" website. Just go the "Radio" link, click on it, all past shows are archived for
your convenience.
And don't forget to read The Vegas Voice, the largest Age 50+ Senior newspaper in
the Las Vegas valley.
A Weekend Full of Fun
As usual, you can't get bored if you live in Las
Vegas...as long as you GET OUT and ENJOY IT !
Upcoming "Stuff" for Your Entertainment
Pleasure
Just click on our Information Page, "Entertainment Bargains for Sun City Anthem
Residents".
Norm has a "Whale of a Tale"
Norm
Johnson has the fun spots to check out this
weekend...in...
Norm Johnson's Weekend Entertainment
News
For complete details, just click on
our Information Page, "What's Up in Weekend
Entertainment"
(located to the right of the Welcome
Screen)
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
It Happened on Halloween....87 Years Ago Today
He was the son of a Jewish rabbi who immigrated
from Hungary before the turn of the 20th century...
...and the world, as well as, those who would
follow him, have always considered him the "Master" of
his trade.
But his death on Halloween...87 years ago...caused
a controversy that has questions to this day....could he come back
?
October 31, 1926...the Day... Ehrich
Weisz...Died
Just click on our Information Page,
"History and Holidays" for full
details.
(located to the right of the Welcome
Screen)
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Casino Shuttered Tuesday Morning, October 29th
CBS-TV Station 8 has reported that MonteLago
Casino has ceased operations...at least temporarily.
MonteLago Casino
Closed
For details, click on our Information Page, "Henderson...Las Vegas...Nevada... News Happenings".
(located to the right of the Welcome
Screen)
Monday, October 28, 2013
Vegas Voice: An Afternoon Affair...This Time at Sunset Station
Vegas Voice to Debut "An Afternoon
Affair" Show This Wednesday, October 30th, at Sunset
Station
The Vegas
Voice, in yet another dedication to the Senior Age 50+ community of the
Las Vegas valley, proudly announces the debut of their newest "An Afternoon Affair" show on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, in
the Club Madrid showroom, at Sunset Station Hotel &
Casino.
Admission is FREE !
The first show, presented on October
16, 2013 at Red Rock Hotel & Casino was a resounding success that had an
estimated 350 attend.
Here are a few memories The Vegas
Voice would like to share of that memorable day.
Sunset Station Host Mark O'Toole Greets the Red Rock Crowd
Vegas Voice President Ray Sarbacker Says Hi to the Crowds
Red Rock Capacity Crowd Awaiting the first "An Afternoon Affair"
Kat Ray...Miss Senior Nevada Graced the Stage in Song
Genevieve Dew...Brings Down the House
Sunset
Station is located at 1301
W. Sunset Road in Henderson, and hosted
by former "Star Search" winner and 2013 "Lounge Entertainer of the Year",
Mark O'Toole, a favorite of Sun City Anthem
residents.
The show will begin at 1:30pm and doors will open on a
first come first serve basis at 12:30pm. The show is expected to be
approximately 75-90 minutes in length.
And...my suggestion....if the initial Red Rock Casino
show response is any indication...I would STRONGLY
ADVISE you to get there early to get a seat....this WILL FILL QUICKLY !
In the past Anthem Opinions has fully supported making our readers
aware of the many entertainment venues available to the Las Vegas/Henderson
community...for two reasons....
TO KEEP YOU
YOUNG and to GET YOU OUT OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
in order to enjoy life "the way it's supposed to be
enjoyed"...
...by creating Information Pages to
keep you abreast as to the many options you have.
These Information Pages
include:
..."Entertainment Bargains for Sun City Anthem
Residents"
...Norm Johnson's "What's Up in Weekend
Entertainment"
and
..."Dennis Bono
Show Weekly Guest List"
We've now
added TWO
MORE...
...."An
Afternoon Affair...Red Rock Guest List"...
and
..."An Afternoon
Affair...Sunset Station Guest List".
As both a columnist and Radio Talk
Show Host for The Vegas Voice, we at the Vegas Voice want to welcome all of you
to these new entertainment options in our continuing desire to
be....
"The Voice for
your health, wealth, and good times".
All of us hope you'll not only
attend the shows, but take a few moments to say hi to all of the Vegas Voice
staff as well.
The guest list for the
Sunset Station October 30, 2013 show is now available and
posted.
Please check our Information Page, "An Afternoon Affair...Sunset Station Guest List" TODAY...for the October 30th
line-up.
By the way...Wedneday is SENIOR DAY at Sunset Station. All seniors can enjoy the Feast Buffet at 50% off with a players card.
And...Make sure you watch the October 29th "The Morning Blend" on Channel 13 at 9:00am. Both Mark O'Toole and Gary Anthony will be making guest appearances and talking about the shows.
By the way...Wedneday is SENIOR DAY at Sunset Station. All seniors can enjoy the Feast Buffet at 50% off with a players card.
And...Make sure you watch the October 29th "The Morning Blend" on Channel 13 at 9:00am. Both Mark O'Toole and Gary Anthony will be making guest appearances and talking about the shows.
It's located to the right of the Welcome
Screen.
See you
there.
Dick
Arendt
Medicare: The First of an Eight Part Series
Medicare & You...An Eight Part
Series...Part One...
Open
Enrollment
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hosting
a seminar in Anthem Center on behalf of the Henderson Senior
Citizens Action Commission along with two prominent individuals in the
insurance industry; Mark Robertson, CFP, an author
and instructor at the University of Nevada---Las Vegas, and Gavin Walker, president of Risk Coordinators, a local
insurance firm.
Gavin Walker is also a member of the Senior
Citizens Action Commission alongside Anthem Today's Rana Goodman, and has
offered to write a series of articles for Anthem Opinions covering the many
aspects of medicare that seniors should be aware of as they enter
2014.
This is the first in a series of eight
articles authored by Gavin Walker.
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Medicare Open
Enrollment
The first in a series of eight articles to
help you make informed Medicare coverage
decisions.
Our goal is to help you prepare and feel
confident about making your 2014 Medicare coverage
decisions.
Medicare Open Enrollment
starts on October 15 and runs through December 7.
This is the time each year when you can change your coverage choices. The changes go into effect on January 1 of the following year. So any changes you make during this year’s Open Enrollment will go into effect on January 1, 2014.
This is the time each year when you can change your coverage choices. The changes go into effect on January 1 of the following year. So any changes you make during this year’s Open Enrollment will go into effect on January 1, 2014.
During Medicare Open
Enrollment you can:
1. Switch from
Original Medicare to a Medicare Advantage plan or vice
versa.
2. Switch from
one Medicare Advantage plan to
another.
3. Switch from
one Medicare prescription drug plan to
another.
What’s In It for
You?
If your coverage worked for you this year,
why bother to think about it at all?
It may seem that
simple.
But... there are good
reasons to give some attention to Medicare Open
Enrollment.
Things change
!
Medicare, or your current plan, may have
changed its coverage, or how much you have to pay, or your own needs may be
different now. If you keep your current coverage, you may find that some things
aren’t covered that you thought would be...or that they cost
more.
Medicare Open Enrollment is your chance to
make sure that you have the coverage that may best fit your
needs.
Here are just a few examples of what we’ll
cover:
What the Health Care
Marketplace (Health Exchanges) means for
Medicare.
How to assess your
current Medicare coverage and how it’s working for
you.
Ways you can customize
Medicare coverage to fit your needs.
Where to find information
about Medicare plans offered where you
live.
How to compare coverage and
costs.
Look for our weekly posts in the Medicare
Open Enrollment Boot Camp series.
Then, if
necessary...
Be prepared to make an informed decision
about your Medicare coverage for 2014.
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Note:
We want to sincerely thank Gavin Walker for
his valuable assistance, and also want to make you aware of FREE consultations he makes
available to Seniors each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, from 9:30am to 2:00pm,
at Vons in the shopping Center located at 2511 Anthem Village Drive.
Stop by and meet Gavin and ask him any
questions. He's always been helpful to those seeking
guidance.
Want a PERSONAL consultation with Gavin
Walker?
Call him
at...
Phone Number: (702)
325-9595
Email: gavin@gavinwalkerinc.com
The Affordable Care Act is NOW law...this is
your opportunity to find out its affects on you.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
A Change We Needed to Make
You spoke...and we
listened.
When Anthem Opinions first conceived
the idea to provide our readers an avenue for home improvements, we looked long
and hard to find the right person for the job.
...and when we realized that we had
known him all along, we approached Forrest
Fetherolf, to join the Anthem Opinions staff to share the vast knowledge
he's acquired over the years with his experience in the construction
industry.
What we never realized was just how
valuable he would become to residents by writing these helpful articles --- so
helpful, that many people now call him "Mr. Fix-It" instead of his real
name.
And so...because so many people
still ask, "Where's the Mr. Fix-It article?"...
We're Making it Easier to Find Mr.
Fix-It
So...
We've changed
the name of our Information Page "Tips to Make Your
Home More Efficient...$$$$"
to
"Mr.
Fix-It's World of Home Improvement"
We want to thank all of you for your
suggestion. and we want to express our appreciation to Forrest for making us a
better publication with his great advice !
Dick Arendt and Allen
Weintraub
Anthem
Opinions
Filipinana Club President's Persistence...Responsible for Catering Changes
Clubs Now May Choose Their Catering
Preference...Everywhere
Despite the uproar created by the Sun City Anthem Board's unanimous vote to substantially subsidize Vic's Restaurant, there was one...
Due to the efforts of Filipiniana Club President, Carmelo Beley, clubs are now able to enjoy usage of all our
facilities they pay for as residents of Sun City
Anthem.
Dan Forgeron, Vic's owner Larry Hughes, and
Maurice Talley (FSR Activities Director) had previously conspired to secretly
impose club rules restricting large clubs usage of the Grand Ball Room forcing
them to cater with Vic's Restaurant.
Lifestyles Committee and the remainder of the BOD
disagreed voting yesterday, allowing Clubs to once
again have freedom of
choice.
It was certainly the right decision...SCA
Residents and Clubs desires and needs should take priority over any outside
vendor renting our facilities for profit.
Friday, October 25, 2013
A Vote of 7-0 Brings Out the Ugliness of the Past
The Significance of a 7-0 vote to
"finance" an Independent Business
By now Sun City Anthem residents are
aware that their board of directors made the decision to
in effect, BETRAY their constituents, and
continue to waste community funds on a business that has obviously been flowing
more red ink than the federal government.
7-0...just what does that signify?
In our opinion it signifies that "cooperation without confrontation" is ALIVE and WELL despite the constant denials that the
destructive force, formerly ABOVE GROUND, is NOW
UNDERGROUND....
...THE UNITY
PARTY
...that "group" of controlling individuals,
who have been responsible for WASTE, negative television broadcasts, irresponsible
spending, is still here...
...that the
names may have changed....
...but the belief that YOU are THEIRS, to do with as they
please, is every bit part of this group of directors, as those who had
achieved citywide attention as those previously admitted to the "HOA Hall of Shame".
For those of you not a part of our
community for a long period of time, the words "Unity
Party" belong to a group of people who decided to create a "political machine" in order to gain control of Sun City
Anthem community affairs.
For years they handpicked candidates
and "slated" them in groups to run for office
together "in unity" in order to gain a necessary
majority of board positions. Backers of that belief spent large sums with
newspaper ads and mailings...especially to those who resided in Sun City Anthem
on a part time basis, sending the mailings out of state, to gain their votes in
order to be elected to office.
And...money
talked...and it
worked.
Unfortunately for our association,
that "block thinking" wrought destructive financial results on our community, as
well as actions against residents which even caused Channel
13 investigative reporter, Darcy Spears, to make a special visit, corner a former Sun City Anthem President, and
name Sun City Anthem's leadership to the "HOA
Hall of Shame".
Let's look back at February, 2011...and...The Unity
Party....
...and it's affect on Sun City
Anthem.
So...as a result of that expose,
this "Unity Party" went "underground" saying they no longer existed...but in
reality, they continued to meet, finance, and gain even further control by
"packing" committees with "their people", and
"grooming" some of them in order to continue their
domination.
Though the above dispute was FINALLY
rectified in favor of the resident, IT TOOK 2 YEARS...and
constant PUBLIC PRESSURE...to accomplish it
!
...through the intervention of
several caring individuals, including Anthem Today's Rana
Goodman, and Anthem Opinions, Mr. Fix-It, Forrest
Fetherolf, to do to !
... individuals who have been
referred to as "malcontents" by those who insist on
maintaining the controlling system they developed.
And...that controlling "Unity"
system continues to this very day...as evidenced by this recent 7-0
vote...
...a blatant action in which they
determined that each resident should lose money....
...under a selfish belief that "the
people" want a high priced restaurant despite few patronizing
it...
...under the "contrived" belief that
not having one, will affect property values....
...under the media controlled belief
that THEY REPRESENT YOUR WISHES in this matter !
It is time to finally look at the
meaning of what that unanimous vote signifies.....
ARROGANCE...a LACK OF
RESPECT...and FINANCIAL
INCOMPETENCE.
The question to YOU, is that WILL
YOU CONTINUE to TOLERATE this year after year ?
So...how do you
bring this catastrophic "unified" bunch to an end ?
YOU make sure
you tell all of your neighbors what they have
done.
YOU make sure
that once you inform your neighbors, that they in turn, tell their neighbors, what they have done.
...and then...WATCH if any of them or "their
kind" become candidates to replace
them.
I believe I speak not only on
behalf of Anthem Opinions but on behalf of a number of community
blogs/forums.
...that...with
one glaring exception, these community blogs/forums who have tried for
years to enlighten you of the financial destruction this group has wrought on
our association...
...is
ACCURATE...and...CARING...
...that "misinformation" has not been provided to
you by those publications that have no motive other than protecting its
people...
...but by those
who control official media, control the manner in
which you live, and control the means by which your
hard earned retirement dollars are spent....
A mission...NOT
to REPRESENT YOU...but...TO USE YOU...to maintain a
stranglehold on selfish goals that have proven to
be ineffective.
The future of your lifestyle is
imperative to recognizing the destructive force they represent, and how
important is it to remove them and that "philosophy" at the earliest
opportunity...namely in our coming board elections.
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Board Votes Unanimously...Tells Residents "Let Them Eat Cake"
Sun City Anthem Board Votes 7-0 to
Give Vic's Concessions
In a unanimous vote on Thursday
afternoon, October 24th, the Board voted to DEMAND RESIDENTS
PAY TO HAVE A RESTAURANT !
That's right...you've read it
right....YOU...the residents...are going to pay up for the $2,000 loss that Sun City Anthem will
sustain EACH and EVERY MONTH...so a few can eat at Vic's
Restaurant...
That's SCA..NOMICS...
Oh, according to one guy, Jerry Gardberg, we should have lost
$4,000 per month, but that didn't seem to go very
far.
Then we had another guy, Dan Forgeron, say "It's the Club's
Fault", while the huge crowd of about 40 laughed at his educated
theory...
...the same conclusion always
drawn when something goes wrong..."It's their fault...never ours!"
And then there is some woman with
gray hair, Jean Capillupo, who furthered entertained the laughing audience by saying, "It's only pennies per home...no big
deal"
And when a stove breaks or something
else needs fixing...we even get to pay for that too !
Again....that's SCA..NOMICS at its best !
And these guys thought they beat the
people, huh?
Does this board really believe they
can MAKE RESIDENTS LOSE MONEY so they have a place to
eat dinnor or down a brewsky ????
....that...their latest act of "genius" is going to stimulate everyone into saying...
... we're NOW going to "rush" to Vic's
to solve HIS RIVER of DEBT...
...BY SELLING THE RESIDENTS DOWN THAT SAME RIVER
????
It's so ridiculous, it defies logic
that WE ELECTED THIS CALIBER of people, doesn't it ?
Well Board...guess what
?
Ain't gonna
happen...
...because once the word is out YOUR
DECISION WILL COST those residents...you know...the ones you look at as "ignorant peons" whose purpose is simply to pay for your
party favors...
...common sense is going to finally
sink in and everybody will come to this
conclusion....
You may make us
pay now...but...
...let's
make sure we don't pay very long.
And how is that accomplished?
Speak up using your wallet...that's
how !
And so...with that in mind, perhaps
we should say "shame on you" to the various parties who seem to enjoy "selling us down a river without a paddle" by prolonging that MONTHLY losing venture....
...AND...
DON'T GO
THERE !
..because those few diners who do go
there, are the people who will be contributing to your loss each and every month
by extending the stay of this financially strapped money
pit.
Folks....the
time has finally come to teach this board a lesson that the word is ECOMONICS...NOT...SCA..NOMICS...and that when the people say NO, they MEAN
IT...
....and they know how to make you DO WHAT THEY TELL
YOU ....
So, board, listen
up.
You may tell us to "eat cake" now, but we're going to tell you...
... we're going to eat it elsewhere
!
Special Guests...The Legendary "Lettermen"
Vegas Voice Show Saturday, October
26th
Join Radio host, Dick Arendt, this Saturday, October
26th at 7:00am and again
at noon on Sunday for The Vegas Voice Show on KLAV
radio, AM 1230, on your
dial.
Dick's Special Guests this
week are The Lettermen, winners of
hundreds of awards over the years. You'll meet original member, Tony Butala, along with Donovan
Tea, and Bobby Poynton, in an interview that
will trace their past 50+ years of concerts and records that many of us
"boomers" loved in our teenage
years.
And...if you miss the broadcast, you
can always download it from The Vegas Voice website. Just go the "Radio" link, click on it, all past shows are archived for
your convenience.
And don't forget to read The Vegas
Voice, the largest Age 50+ Senior newspaper in the Las Vegas
valley.