Health-Care Reform: High-Income Individuals Face New Medicare-Related Taxes in 2013

These new taxes target high-income individuals and families. While details and clarifications will become available between now and 2013.

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Professional Alliance member Victoria Trigg, owner of AMICK TRIGG LLC provides tax advice and tax return preparation for individuals and Neil Larson, owner of Edwin Lane Financial Services LLC provides tax, financial and business planning to high net worth individuals and the closely held businesses they control. Both of these skilled professionals keep our planning team up-to-date on pertinent tax issues and have helped many of you in the past.

Health-Care Reform: Considerations for Seniors

The enactment of the new health-care reform legislation contains some provisions that directly affect our nation’s older population.

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Medicare, medical supplemental insurance are complicated and are getting even more so with the new health-care reform. We are pleased that we can turn to our Professional Alliance member, David Johnson, co-owner of Lehmann Wood Johnson, Inc. for insight into this complicated world. David has worked with many of our clients helping them understand their medical supplemental insurance and long-term care insurance options.

Candy’s Mom, Fran Sweesy, honored as 2010 Zontian of the Year!

The Yakima Valley Zonta Club recognized Fran Sweesy as the 2010 Zontian of the Year. Fran was presented with a plaque and a yellow Zonta rose is being planted at the Arboretum Rose Garden in her honor. Zonta District 8 also recently recognized her 35-year length of service. Fran has been an active member of Zonta since her membership began, serving in various positions of leadership including club President and twice as Area Director. She is credited with recruiting 20 to 25 new members over the years of

her membership.

Fran is known in the Yakima area as a passionate rose gardener, and was instrumental in the establishment of the Arboretum Rose Garden through both her membership in the Lower Naches Garden Club and Zonta. She was the office administrator for The Casey Family program for 18 years before retiring.

Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann inducted into Women in Aviation’s Hall of fame

Rocke & Candy’s long time friend has achieved yet another milestone in her long career of great adventures. Congratulations on the well deserved honor!

Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann, Trish Beckman inducted into Women in Aviation's hall of fame

Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Patricia "Trish" Beckman of Boeing Test & Evaluation were recently inducted into the Women in Aviation's International Pioneer Hall of Fame. The WAI's hall of fame selectively honors women who have made significant contributions as record setters, pioneers and innovators in aviation.

Darcy-Hennemann, Commercial Airplanes' chief pilot of Boeing Training & Flight Services, leads approximately 700 instructor pilots around the globe. She was the first woman to captain a 747-400 and a 777 commercial airplane, and the first woman test pilot employed by Boeing in support of both production and experimental flight test. She is an active mentor of women, spanning two generations. Darcy-Hennemann is a current WAI member and was a keynote speaker at this year's annual WAI Conference, which took place in late February.

"We are very pleased these two women were honored this year for their extraordinary achievements as pioneers, and especially for their continuing contributions as leaders and mentors," said Geraldine Spear, manager, Global Research & Development Strategy, for Boeing Research & Technology and the Boeing focal for WAI.

WAI is dedicated to providing networking, education, mentoring and scholarship opportunities for women and men who are striving for a career in the aviation and aerospace industries.