OCR Text |
Show Times Newspaper, Millennium Edition Milestones of the Twentieth Century Wednesday Jan. 5, 2000 Page 1 0 - Senior Citizens Will "Strike It Rich" at This Goldmine! Seniors Solutions changes name to GoldenPrime Services and offers exciting new programs 1941 Linda Campbell With so many changes in health care and insurance, where can today's Senior citizens go for professional trusted services? GoldenPrime ' Services, formerly Senior Solutions of Orem with their one-stop services is the answer. It is unique and unlike anything else available for soon to be retired baby-boomers and rthers. It is owned and operated by lusbandwife duo Mike Harris jnd Jan Cotter-Harris. "Any obstacle a senior citizen m y have," said Mike "we have the resources to solve it. Whether it's medical or life insurance, insur-ance, investments, Medicare supplements. Medicaid consulting, consult-ing, health care questions, estate or long-term-care planning, we can help." They are unique in the business because their greatest great-est concern is to protect the well-being as well as the resources and assets of the people they work with. Just ask Graham and Colleen Misbach of Levan. After returning from a mission to Nepal, Graham became involved in a dispute with his medical insurance carrier. He needed immediate surgery for an aggressive cancer and his HMO had a "hold" on his Medicare coverage. "We owe Graham's life to Mike and Jan Harris," said Colleen. "They pitched in and fought to get the quick release of Medicare we needed and then got us insured with another company. Though the cancer had grown significantly during the holding period, at least it gave Graham a fighting fight-ing chance. It helps to have someone like them in your corner when you have no where else to turn." "When FHP's Secure Horizon Plan left the valley," said Mike, "a lot of people were literally left stranded with no where to go for services. Jan and I have been in the Senior Care business in Utah County for many years and we wanted to provide a place where seniors could go and get information infor-mation on the best options for them and their individual situation." And GoldenPrime Services is just such a place. Jan, a registered nurse and geriatric specialist and Mike who was a top FHP senior health plan advisor, are savvy to the latest developments and practices for seniors. Both are Certified Senior Advisors. Their 44 years of combined expertise gives them the inside track on who to recommend, how to take advantage of all the available programs for seniors, how to get the most appropriate and best valued insurance products, and how to protect retirement assets. "We are completely happy with them," said Orem senior Maxine Hubler. "They have been a tremendous help to us. They've saved us money on our supplemental insurance, our medications and a home health care insurance policy. They are wonderful to work with and are just like good friends." The Harris' are long time residents of Utah County and are in business because their services are in great demand. We are the only agency around that I know of," said Mike, "that provides all these services in one place." In January GoldenPrime will be introducing an exciting new Dental Plan for Utah County residents. For a modest fee each month, subscribers will have access to discounts pm quality dental care from top local dentists as well as discounts on other widely used services. GoldenPrime Services could very well become the AARP of Utah County. For more information infor-mation or a free professional consultation you can call them at 765-4578. Prepare Today For A Secure Tomorrow . o CERTIFIED SENIOR ADVISORS Give Professional Advice on: Medical Insurance Life Insurance Dental Plans Investments Medicare Supplements Medicaid Consulting Health Care Questions Estate or Long-Term-Care Planning Trusts & Wills Veterans Benefits Information GoldenPrime Services formerly Senior Solutions of Orem 720 South State Street, Orem, Utah, (801) 765-4578 CALL FOR FREE PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION Coll ui t& odomttie Uv oun, next Special section The OremLindon Times 1340 The Heart of Qmn For the first eight years after af-ter Sharon's Cultural Educational Educa-tional & Recreational Association Associa-tion was organized, SCERA depended de-pended on using Lincoln High School's auditorium to exhibit motion pictures. The popularity of the movies, together with the fact that increased evening activities ac-tivities at the high school made its regular use difficult, led to the planning of the SCERA Theater. The-ater. Planners visualized a building, more than just a show house, but also a building, large enough to be used for church gatherings, conventions, lyce-ums, lyce-ums, and civic meetings. They fashioned an enduring structure of distinctive architecture and quiet beauty: a classic building, to set a motif of refinement and dignity for the community. The result was the SCERA Theater. The building was financed and built entirely by the community without any subsidy or financial aid from any government agency. The site, only, was a gift of the LDS Church. Completed in 1941 at a cost of $125,000, the building was financed by the sale of bonds sold to over 1,000 families fami-lies in Orem, as well as busi- '1 tu n I Victor C. Anderson, SCERA manager from 1933 to 1951. nesses. During World War II, the SCERA Theater became the community center and heart of Orem, where church services were held, as well as many wartime patriotic pa-triotic programs, music performances perfor-mances and civic activities. SCERA managers included Victor C. Anderson, M. Dover Hunt and Norm Nielsen. M. Dover Hunt SCERA Shell steps down as SCERA manager After 30 years at the head of the Sharon Cultural Educational and Recreational Association SCERA), M. Dover Hunt stepped down as manager of that organization organi-zation in March of 1981. His retirement marked the end of an era of significant progress for that organization. When asked what he perceived as the major accomplishments of the SCERA organization under his administration, he mentioned five areas he felt were of particular particu-lar importance. They were: 1. Financial Fi-nancial security ($1,700,000 in net assets, $400,000 in savings and no indebtedness); 2. The acquisition and development of the Scera Park, an area designed for family and group enjoyment provided at no expense to the taxpayer. 3. The economic and recreational benefit the theater, park, swimming pool and summer youth recreation program pro-gram have provided the community. commu-nity. 4. Continuing to book wholesome whole-some family motion pictures when such movies are in short supply. 5. The decision by the SCERA Board, with the approval of the Orem City Council to enable en-able SCERA to begin planning and administering the city's cultural arts program, including promoting promot-ing the funding for a cultural arts center. His vision for the future at that time was mainly focused on the building of a cultural arts center that would include a place to stage performing arts. That vision has since been reached with the SCERA Shell and the entire Cultural Arts Center Cen-ter which is now a part of the SCERA complex. ''- opens In July of 1984, Orem got its first major outdoor amphitheater-type amphitheater-type entertainment center when the SCERA Shell opened. The Grand Opening celebration from July 19-24 of 1984, when the play "Where Freedom Stands" a play about the people of Utah Valley Val-ley and the heritage they share, inaugurated the facility. Since that time, productions of Broadway Broad-way standards such as "Music Man," along with concerts from Grammy-Award winning artists like Anne Murray have become the norm. The Shell has become an integral inte-gral part of the community with its old-fashioned, clean atmosphere atmo-sphere that promotes family fun. The Shell was the first of many expansions and improvements made to the original SCERA swimming pool and theater. As of 1999, the SCERA includes three theaters, an art museum, the Orem Heritage Museum, the pool, the shell and banquet facilities. Norm Nielsen has been president of the SCERA board since 1981. During his tenure, the SCERA Shell and the new SCERA Cultural Cul-tural Arts Center have come into being. |