20 Thursday, November 27, 1997 Pahrump Valley Gazette
Senior News
TONOPAH SENIOR NE--
, (702) 482-6450 ,,
by Irene Cessna
Hello to all. We hope everyone has had a pleasant
week.
We celebrated November birthdays a bit early this
month due to the coming Thanksgiving holiday. Those
honored were Veva Ackom, Jim Merlino, Grace Wilson,
Lucile Scheutz, Jesse Eades, Larry Reeves and our kitchen
aide, Charlene Causey. If I have overlooked anyone,
please forgive. We hope all you folks had a very happy
birthday.
We have lost another dear friend. Allene Jacobson
passed away on Tuesday, November 18 following a
lengthy illness. She had been hospitalized in a Las Vegas
hospital at the time of her death. Allene was very active
in many community functions and devoted years of ser-
vice to the Senior Center. She was always there to help
when needed. We send our deepest sympathy and loving
prayers to her family. We will miss this great lady.
That's all the news this week. Will have more news for
you next week.
MENU:
November 27 - CLOSED
November 28 - CLOSED
December 1 - Meat loaf
December 2 - Ham and cheese roll
December 3 - Chicken/broccoli casserole
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.
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AMARGOSA SENIOR NE--
(702) 372-5413
by Irene Osterhoudt
Earl Thomas is on the mend, we are sure glad to hear
it. Keep up the good work Earl, we'll see you soon.
The ice cream sale at the Veterans Day activities
netted us approximately $200 for the council.
The Chamber of Commerce will hold a "special elec-
tion" meeting on December 9 at 7 p.m. at the Senior
center.
It looks like we will be closed for the drain and floor
repair starting January 5, and probably through the end of
January.
We will try to keep you posted. We will have posters
throughout the area and in the paper.
MENU:
December 2 - Chicken
December 3 - Homestyle stew, beans and cornbread
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PAHRUMP SENIOR NEWS
(702) 727-5008
by Marcia Sabala
Dollar a bag sale at the Punky Doodle thrift shop, open
from 10 am to 2 pm, Monday through Friday. We have all
our winter items out, come by and see the bargains.
Thank you to Jewel Burton Youth Group from St.
Martins Episcopal Church.
Dorothy and Charles Otis, thank you for the turkey.
KHWK Radio
From Pahrump to Bishop
has you
covered!
For the latest news, information and the finest
music programming be sure to tune to KHWK,
broadcasting from Tonopah. If you're traveling the
vast distances of Central Nevada's desert terrain
you still can't miss us!
Member:. Associated Press
Great Basin Radio Network
• 92.7 - Tonopah
• 93.5- Beatty
• 94.3 - Lida and Scotty's Junction
• 94.3 - Gold Point
• 95.9 - Pahrump
• 103.9 - Bishop, Mammoth and Big Pine
• 104.9. Round Mountain
• 105.5- Hawthorne
A big thank you goes
out to the Republican
womens group for the very
nice Thanksgiving boxes
for the homebound.
Gene Pierce, thank you
for the walnuts.
MENU:
November 27 - Happy
Thanksgiving - CLOSED
November 28 - Family
day - CLOSED
December 1 - Country
ribs with noodles
December 2 - Baked
fish
December 3 - Corned
beef and cabbage
December 4 - Chicken
fried steak
BEATTY S NE-s
.... (702) 553-2956
by Mary Davis
Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving Holi-
day, and that they count the many blessings in their lives.
We have been so greatly blessed here in Beatty with our
new senior center and all that it means to us both for now
and in the future. There are so many things that we will
be able to do now that we have all this luxurious room to
do them in.
Reminder..Thursday night's Bingo, December 4 at 7
p.m., with a jackpot of $170 in 54 numbers or less. We
welcome to you to come play with us, We will have a
most enjoyable evening of companionship plus a yummy
dessert, too.
MENU:
December 1- Chili con carne with beans
December 2 - Chicken ala king over rice
December 3 - Corned beef with cabbage
December 4 - Roast pork with dressing
December 5 - Pizza
All meals are served with soup, salad and dessert bar.
SENIOR S LINE
(702) 727.5008
Medicare: It's the one government program almost no one
likes, but almost no one wants to end. Some of the detractors
feel the program doesn't go far enough or do enough for its
beneficiaries. Others feel the problem is not with the program,
but with the fraud that has become so much a part of Medicare
that it seems almost too deeply imbedded to be excised. Many
also feel you don't know the fraud is happening unless and until
some government auditor finds a hole through which the funds
are being drained.
But the fact is, fraud is not only detectable early enough to
be caught and cut out, but removing fraud from the system is not
an exercise in futility. Some of it may grow back, as weeds often
do. But continual vigilance can keep it under control.
The following suggestions can help all of us fight Medicare
fraud:
Report any suspected fraud to the Medicare fraud line at 1-
800-44%8477. (This year, over $6 million fraudulent pay-
ments were identified through tips to the fraud line.)
Check your Medicare bills and your EOMBs. If you have a
question, call the private company that acts as the Medicare
intermediary that processes your bills. Their phone number
should be on the bill. If you get no response, or a response you
can' t accept, contact your member of Congress. You might also
want to call your local newspaper or TV station. (There's
nothing the press likes more than to help find and expose these
crooks.)
Don' t accept a so-called Medicare "deal" from a telemarketer
or a salesman at your door. There's no such thing. What these
crooks want is your Medicare beneficiary number. Be careful.
Finally, regarding home-health Medicare fraud, AARP
(which provided the foregoing information, compiled by ace
fraud investigator Malcolm Sparrow) asks you to write to them
if you've been victimized. Send a brief explanatory note to
AARP, Department HHCS/Fraud, 601 E St. NW, Washington,
DC 20049.
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