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High Country Geared for Winter
Speedy New Lift and New Tube ParkElevate NC Winter Sports Season As temperatures drop, the action heats up at winter resorts in the North Carolina mountains. The 2015-16 season opens with a new tubing park at Beech Mountain Resort, a new high-speed, six-seater chairlift at Sugar Mountain Resort and other improvements on and off the slopes. “Every year brings new [...]
Preparing for Medicare
How Should I Prepare for Medicare? More than 120,000 North Carolinians will turn 65 this year. Turning 65 is a lot like turning 16. When you turned 16, you didn’t automatically get your driver’s license; instead you had to take an exam and prove that you were a safe driver. There was a specific order and procedure for getting your [...]
Enhancing Lifestyle through Decades
Nina Lloyd is a Certified Financial Planner® and Chartered Financial Planning Counselor®. She is managing advisor of the Triangle office of Opus Financial Advisors. Ever wonder how to take your retirement years from good to great? You can’t skimp on planning, saving, or diversifying. In addition to traditional retirement strategies, below you’ll find a few common practices we’ve found that [...]
Big Political Money Hurts Small Business
By Rep. Pricey Harrison and Bob Phillips, Common Cause North CarolinaRep. Pricey Harrison is a Democrat who is in her fourth term representing Guilford County. Bob Phillips is executive director of Common Cause North Carolina, based in Raleigh. Two year ago, in a narrow 5 to 4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that corporations can spend unlimited amounts of [...]
Identity Fraud: What’s the Risk?
Linda P. Erickson Linda P. Erickson, CFP®, is the president of Erickson Advisors and a registered principal offering securities through Cetera Advisor Networks, LLC, 336-274-9403 lindae@ericksonadvisors.net. I grew up typing term papers on a typewriter (any Millennial reading this will have to look that one up), but now have a Smartphone, an iPad, and I use the Internet and [...]
The Greatest Generation… This Noble Band —- Captain Charlie Nelson, USNR (Ret.)
Tom Brokaw recounts in his superb book, The Greatest Generation, a story his mother told him of the day Gordon Larsen came into the post office where she worked. Larsen was usually a genial and popular member of their community, but that day he had stopped in to complain about the rowdiness of the teenagers on Halloween the night before. [...]
Secrets for the Savvy Traveler
When to fly – Travel on off-peak days (Tuesday, Wednesday or Saturday) and at off-peak times for lower fares, a less crowded cabin and a better chance of snagging an elusive mileage-award seat. Taking a long weekend? Fly Thursday – Sunday, Friday through Monday or best of all, Saturday – Tuesday. Air-travel booking sites (Expedia and Travelocity) may seem all [...]
Preventing & Managing Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis (which literally means porous bone) is a disease of thinning, weakening bones. While the body constantly absorbs and replaces bone tissue, with osteoporosis, the creation of new bone doesn’t keep up with the daily loss of old bone. This condition can affect anyone but is most common in Caucasian [...]
Got Diabetes?
If you or someone you know has diabetes and/or congestive heart failure - and reside in Guilford County - there is a newly available $0 dollar premium Medicare Advantage Chronic Special Needs Plan that will substantially lower prescription drug and health care copays! There are over 32 thousand Medicare eligible residents [...]