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Medicare Corner With Gillie • Dental care and dentures (with only a few exceptions) used with an external insulin pump)
• First three pints of blood
• Cosmetic surgery
It’s Time For Medicare Annual Enrollment • Custodial care (help with bathing, dressing, using the • Additional charges for a private hospital room
Period (AEP) Oct. 15 To Dec. 7 bathroom, and eating) at home or in a nursing home • Private nursing care
• Health care while traveling outside of the United States • Skilled nursing care costs beyond 100 days a year
What Medicare Does Not (except in limited cases) • Meals delivered to the home
Cover: • Eye care – routine exams, eye refractions, and most eyeglasses • Medical charges billed by relatives
Health care costs that are • Hearing aids, hearing exams, and hearing tests that haven’t • Personal comfort items
not covered include, but are been ordered by a doctor • Intermediate care
not limited to: • Long-term care, such as that delivered in most nursing homes • Custodial care
• Acupuncture (custodial care) • Services not considered reasonable or medically necessary by
• Ambulance services • Orthopedic shoes (with only a few exceptions) Medicare (In 2014, due to a federal court case, Medicare must
(except in emergencies or • Outpatient prescription drugs (with only a few exceptions) now cover “sexual reassignment” if it is deemed “medically
when the individual’s health • Routine foot care (with only a few exceptions) necessary” by a physician.)
would be in danger if other • Routine physical exams (beyond the annual wellness visits) Medicare Advantage Plans can fill in the gaps that
transportation was used) • Screening tests (with some exceptions) Medicare does not cover in most instances. Call today for your
• Chiropractic services, • Shots (vaccinations — except those approved) free, no hassle consultation. I can meet with you one on one
except for some limitations • Some diabetic supplies (like syringes or insulin unless it is or virtually. I am here to help find the best plan for your needs
today!
Call Gillie Thorpe (772) 237-7123.
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Genealogy Society methods are being used to document the cemetery. Coast Outdoors

Free and open to the public, the meeting will be in-
Presents How To Use person from 1 to 3 p.m., Friday, Dec. 17 at the Blake
Cemetery Documentation Library in Stuart. Face masks are optional. In addition to the Goliath Grouper Season
presentation, the meeting will include a business session and
To Trace Ancestors holiday refreshments. For those unable to attend in person, Another FloriDUH Idea
the meeting will be available on Zoom. To participate on
Cemeteries can provide a wealth of information about Zoom, go to mcgsfl.org and register by Dec. 16. By Jim Weix
our ancestors and important keys to tracing genealogy. At its In addition to its monthly programs, the Genealogical Florida is famous for
annual holiday get-together in December, the Martin County Society offers a variety of services at the Genealogy Room many things and not all of
Genealogical Society (MCGS) will feature a presentation in the Blake Library in Stuart including an extensive research them are complimentary.
about a documentation project at the historic All Saints’ library, access to several genealogy websites and assistance One is our “Florida man”
Cemetery in Jensen Beach which dates to 1898. The project from MCGS volunteers. The society’s meetings are held stories, which depict some
capitalizes on work by the Genealogy Society and Bowman in the John F. and Rita M. Armstrong Wing of the Blake Floridians doing some really
Consultants. Joyce Fletcher Menard, who serves as historian Library. For more information about membership, activities stupid things.
for All Saints’ Episcopal Church and Cemetery, will discuss and services go to mcgsfl.org or call MCGS President Lisa Why does the Sunshine
how old and new technology as well as other research Tompson, (772) 888-2422. State generate so many nutty
stories? One tongue in cheek
explanation is that nuts roll
downhill and Florida
is the lowest spot east
of the Mississippi
River.
So many of us
were not surprised
when the Florida
Fish and Wildlife
Commission voted
to approve a whacky fishing season on goliath grouper. This
Revolution Dating new season may just top Florida’s poorly planned and failed
attempt to have a bear season.
As most anglers know, the goliath grouper was once
Responders For Your Service. an abundant apex reef predator, which can grow to 400
pounds. They feared nothing, which made them easy targets

* Exclusive Memberships for all for divers using spear guns. Anglers also found them easy
First Responders who enroll this November. to catch. As a result, they were overharvested and became
protected in 1990.
Fortunately their population rebounded. Some people
now say that there are too many, which is negatively
affecting other reef species.
So it made sense for the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Commission to consider allowing them to again be harvested.
Unfortunately, the season approved made no sense and
promises to be another example of how not to do things.
The first goofy part is the size limit allowed. With a fish
that is commonly 200 to 400 pounds and 50 to 72 inches, the
size limit will be between 20 and 36 inches. These smaller
DATE LOCAL fish need to be released and allowed to grow, not caught.
Opposite of Online Dating
The next issue is the cost and allowed harvest. Only

90% Success Rate 200 fish can be harvested on the Atlantic side south to Palm
All Clients Pre-Screened Beach County. There will be a lottery with a $10 application
One-on-One Matchmaking fee. If you “win,” you have to pay a permit fee of $500 for

Happy Representing Ages 21-80+ a chance to catch a 20- to 36-inch fish. This reminds me of
#TellYourFriends
those carnival games.
Thanksgiving! one of the commissioners of the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Kelly Leary, M.S. To add to the hilarity of the situation, Gary Nicklaus,
THE Florida Matchmaker Commission that voted for the season, suggested that people
opposed to a goliath grouper season, should apply for permits
SPEAK TO A LIVE MATCHMAKER AT: *Schedule Your and then not use them. Welcome to the FloriDUH Fish and
Wildlife Commission.
Palm Beaches 561.630.XOXO (9696) Appointment Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler,
Treasure Coast 772.932.HERE (4373) TODAY! conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer.
Jim is included in the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s
Hall of Fame, for his work in helping restore thousands of
REVOLUTIONDATING.COM acres of wetlands. Jim is a broker associate with The Keyes
Company. He can be reached at (772) 341-2941 or by email:
jimweix@jimweix.com.