1. Engage with our interactive print issue
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a technology known as digital watermarking.
Look for the mobile icon (right), or
other indicators that will direct you
to additional content, such as
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2. Launch the app, swipe the menu screen to the left and select the Code Scanner.
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2. Browse the Online Edition
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ways to interact with
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Ads with digital enhancements
display a universal play
button (right).
65 On the verge of greatness Only 24 years old, Veronica
Roth is already finding acclaim
with her Divergent series.
BY FRAN R. SCHUMER
69 Life’s a beach China Beach, a classic TV
series on military hospital life
in Vietnam, gets a fresh look.
BY NANCY MILLS
DIGITAL
CONTENT
Readers will find dozens of digital
enhancements throughout this
magazine, including:
Anne Hillerman, page
59
China Beach, page
69
Feral cats, page
72
Cook Islands, page
79
Brandi Chastain, page
93
Member Connection, page
100
MEMBER SERVICE:
1-800-774-2678
INSIDE COSTCO
81 Ticket to savings
Costco’s online and in-warehouse ticket program provides savings on
NBA games, theme parks,
restaurants, spas and
much more.
BY TIM TALEVICH
83 Member Services
Children’s ID security
service, and Elavon
payment processing.
BY HANA MEDINA
88 Buying Smart: Costco’s
chocolate program
Quality, sustainability and
traceability mean a fair
return to everyone.
BY SHERRIE NEWMAN
93 Reviving memories
Costco’s 1-Hour Photo
Center helped famed
soccer player Brandi
Chastain transfer nearly
lost family film footage
to DVD.
BY DAVID WIGHT
94 What’s New
98 Special Events
99 Services Update
FEATURES
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3
71 Feral cat fixes Advocates for treating the
feral cat problem without
euthanasia speak out.
BY PENNY MUSCO
76 Boston and Seattle proud Costco employees rally around
Jeff Bauman and find their
efforts repaid tenfold.
BY WILL FIFIELD
79 Costco Travel: Cook Islands
There’s no such thing as
too many Cooks in this
island paradise.
BY T. FOSTER JONES
85 NEW: Focus on Kirkland Signature™
New Kirkland Signature hearing aids and the latest in
Kirkland Signature luggage.
Brandi
Chastain 93
Know your knives 41
FRANCE FREEMAN
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRANDI CHASTAIN
