ArizonaRealCountry.com 17 October 2018 If you have Medicare, you’ll be getting a new Medicare card to help protect you from identity fraud. Criminals are always looking for ways to get your Social Security number, so those numbers have been removed from Medicare cards to make them safer. Your new card will have a new Medicare number that’s unique to you. The new card will help protect your identity and keep your personal information more secure. NEW MEDICARE Cards Are Coming! You can start using your new card as soon as you get it. Your Medicare coverage and benefits won’t change at all. And there’s no charge for your new card. Medicare will automatically mail your new card to the address you have on file with Social Security. So make sure your mailing address is up to date. If your address needs to be corrected, contact Social Security at ssa.gov/myaccount or 1-800-772-1213. TTY By Greg Dill ORME DAM Victory Days2 FORT MCDOWELL YAVAPAI NATION’S 37TH ANNUAL November 16-18, 2018 Fort McDowell, AZ Fair & Rodeo www.fmyn.org | www.fortmcdowelldestination.com January 2018 • Volume 5 • Issue 3 • FREE Bill Smith, The Man Whose Mill Made The Vulture Prosperous p. 6 Are You Rattlesnake Ready? p. 18 Buckeye Days Schedule p. 19 ADVERTISER HIGHLIGHT: Dynamite Horseman Supply p. 38 PAGE 20 PAGE 46 SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN MUSEUM’S HERITAGE CELEBRATION February 2018 • Volume 5 • Issue 4 • FREE FEB8-11 2018 FEB8-11 2018 Photo: © Craig W. Cutler Fine Art PAGE 21 PAGE 17 PAGE 8 Sharing the Trails Calling all trails enthusiasts! Please join us for the “Sharing the Trails” symposium to be held Nov. 2-4, 2018, at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, 11111 N. 7th Street in Phoenix, Arizona. This conference is being hosted by the Arizona Horse Council in conjunction with its sister 501(c)(3) organization, the Arizona Horse Council Education and Research Corp., and is intended for all non-motorized and motorized trail users. If you participate in a trail group or are an avid trail user, this conference has something for you. Two important issues that affect all trail users are legislation and funding for trails. Learn about the nuts and bolts of legislation and how a law gets passed. Learn how your group can successfully work with and influence legislators. Learn from the experts about successful grant writing and what makes a grant application stand out. Another important topic is how to work with land managers such as the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”). Presentations by land managers will show what is involved in creating a trail on public lands, what steps are involved in implementation and design, and what types of rules and laws with which the managing agencies must comply. There will be presentations that address resolving trail issues, trail stewardship programs and developing trail partnerships to build a strong, united trails community. Other sessions will focus on the latest in trail development and design. There will also be sessions aimed at the particular interests of each user group. Whether you are a horse owner or not, the issue of wild horses and how they should be managed is a controversial one. For a real-life example of what works and what does not see how the Heber Wild Horse Territory collaborative working group is working with the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forrest on a management program for the Heber wild horses. Also, see how the innovative law enforcement training program developed by the Arizona Horse Council is being used as a model for other states. This program not only trains officers to recognize equine neglect and abuse but also provides them with the tools to develop a case that will stand up in court. And, of course, the high note of Saturday’s program is keynote speaker Dr. Temple Grandin. Dr. Grandin is a professor of animal science at the University of Colorado and is a leading expert on autism as well as animal communication. She is the author of numerous books and papers and was one of the first people to speak out publicly about what it is like to be autistic. She will be speaking on working with animals in the treatment of autism. Please join us on Nov. 2-4. A one-day registration for Saturday is available. For more information on registration or the program please go to sharingthetrails.com. For more on the Arizona Horse Council, visit arizonahorsecouncil.org.