Medicare orientation class slated Saturday
Medicare Made Simple is a class that will help people turning 65 and those new to Medicare, regardless of age. The class will be 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 7 in the NODA Area Agency on Aging conference room, 2901 N. Van Buren.

Readers views on Mars, migrating geese, Medigap, carbon dioxide emissions
Out of this world Thanks for the Mars booklist, Visiting Mars, in fiction and nonfiction [Nov. 22]. I recently finished reading Robert Zubrin s book. But how could you have left Robert Heinlein s Red Planet off your list? When I was a kid, this was the book that first piqued my interest in science fiction and got me started down that path. I have been an ardent sci-fi fan ever since. Read ...