INSIDE COSTCO
44 Buying Smart:
Keep moving
Physical ailments don’t
have to stop you from
getting around.
BY PAT VOLCHOK
47 The ears have it
Kirkland Signature™
hearing aids make
beautiful sounds.
BY STEVE FISHER
47 D-ciphering Medicare
The government drug
plan at a Costco value.
BY T. FOSTER JONES
DEPARTMENTS
5 Editorials
By Ginnie Roeglin and
David W. Fuller
Whether they’re preparing food
for a small dinner party or the
wedding of a lifetime, caterers
combine creativity with savoir-faire to serve every taste.
BY WILL FIFIELD
63 Covering home
Does your insurance
policy fully protect
your home?
BY TIM TALEVICH
Also
64 What’s New at Costco
66 Special Events
67 Member Services
Update
SUSAN WERNER
Dialogue
Letters from our readers
Fresh Views
Brain food for the
entrepreneur
Consumer Connection
By David Horowitz
Tech Connection
By Marc Saltzman
Debate
Should farm subsidies
be eliminated?
17 Iacocca’s take on things
Legendary business executive Lee Iacocca
dishes on issues facing America today.
BY ERIC TAUB
23 Book Pick: A Southern girl rises
Celia Rivenbark overcame her modest
childhood to live in Southern comfort.
BY CHRIS PENTTILA
25 Book Beat: Reading offense
Kristi Roehm inspires star athletes
with books.
BY DIANA JORDAN
25 The lost files of Nancy Drew
The teen sleuth proves that after many
years she’s far from clueless.
BY STEPHANIE E. PONDER
32 One hundred
yea rs of tools
Crescent Brand
Tools has been
throwing a
wrench in things
for a century.
BY WILL FIFIELD
FOR YOUR HEALTH
35 Boning up
Beating osteoporosis before
it beats you.
BY ANGELA PIRISI
37 No more sweet talk
Taking steps to control diabetes.
BY STEVE FISHER
37 Dark vision
Learning how to choose
sunglasses is an eye-opener.
BY T. FOSTER JONES
Arts & Entertainment:
Book Previews
Suns, cents and ghosts
from the past
ALSO
39 Add protein to your diet
39 A weight-loss alli™
41 Under the sun
43 Beat the bugs
Travel Connection
Around the world with
Costco Travel
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Member Connection
Odds and ends from
Costco members
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