Understanding Your Social Security…Demo Your Way To Successful Filing

Worried about waiting in long lines at the Social Security office to file for your retirement benefits?

Get out of line and get online like about 30% of the retirees in southern Utah did in 2008 when they filed for benefits online.  [...]

Geek Speak…Databases – What They Do and How

Setting up and using a database is not for the faint of heart.  If you don’t have a fairly good understanding of spreadsheets and how they work,it is probably best to use Microsoft Outlook or ACT! for contacts,or have someone custom program a database for [...]

Senior Finances…Little Ways You Might Improve Your Financial Life

Some things to think about this year – and every year.

This is the year!  Yes,you can make 2009 the year you alter your financial life for a better financial future.  Let’s look at some steps you might think of taking [...]

Preventing Dehydration…Seniors Need To Use Caution

Summer provides an excellent opportunity for seniors to get outside,increase their activity and avoid a sedentary lifestyle.  But summer also holds risks that effect the elderly more often than the general public.  One of those risks is dehydration.

Take advantage of [...]

Looking Back …Finding Your Passion

It’s my anniversary––been writing this column for a year now,and have found my retirement passion.  Earlier in my life I focused on raising a family of four lively boys.  My years as a mom left little time for hobbies,although I occasionally found time to research [...]

A Pinched Nerve From Painting?…What Is The Underlying Cause?

Jim,a 65 year-old business owner,was painting a room in his house when he started to notice a tight cramping feeling in his neck and shoulder.  At first he wasn’t too concerned,but later on in the week,he continued to feel the pain which now [...]

A Farewell Message

Life comes at you fast,sometimes.  Those things we enter into,we never know whether it be for a reason,a season or a lifetime!  Country Comforts Furniture was stared 27 years ago in Las Vegas.  It was then called Oh Joy Furniture and was opened to [...]

My Favorite Places…The Houdini Of St. George

The late Bart Anderson was a storyteller and his favorite stories were of the history of Dixie.  In his honor we will be printing past articles of his that tell the stories of his adopted home.

It was on Thursday,December 30,[...]

The Genealogy Corner…The Genealogy Guy

Lots of times people introduce me as “the genealogy lady.”  This week I am going to introduce you to the Genealogy Guy.  His name is Robert Ragan.  He has been making videos and genealogy information available for years.  If you want to learn how to [...]

Understanding Your Social Security…Some Tax Tips

Shakespeare wrote “Beware the Ides of March,”but that was before tax day found a resting place on April 15 of each year.  Let us help you “be aware”of some Social Security tax tips by answering some of the most common questions we receive about taxes and Social Security.

Are Social Security [...]