JULY/AUG. 2013 • Vol. 26 • No. 4
A lifestyle magazine for Costco members
DEPARTMENTS
EAST
5 Front End
BY DAVID W. FULLER AND
LORELLE GILPIN
7 Dialogue Letters from our readers
9 Fresh Views Brain food for the
entrepreneur
COVER STORY
11 Financial Connection Questions and answers
13 Tech Connection Devices for students
BY MARC SALTZMAN
Combine four wheels with
these Costco members’
entrepreneurial passion and
delectable edibles, and you
have the recipe for food-truck success. Find out
what else is in the mix. 20
14 Debate Is it important to teach
cursive writing in school?
29 Arts & Entertainment
Book previews
44 Ask the Pharmacist Getting kids to eat right
Curb-side
cuisine
60 Member Connection Every member has a unique
story.
INSIDE COSTCO
Cynthia Pacheco
and her food business,
Curbside Bliss.
JESSE MILNS PHOTOGRAPH Y
51 Just a spoonful of honey
A look at the quality, value
and health aspects of
Kirkland Signature™ Honey.
BY KIM PALLOZZI
53 Member Services Business cheque printing and
home phone service.
BY TIM TALEVICH
Plus: What’s New 56
Special Events 58
Focus on
Kirkland Signature 59
FEATURES
16 Not just networking The business value
of social media site
LinkedIn.
SPECIAL
SECTION
BY HARVEY MEYER
27 Complete fiction After a memoir and a
fictionalized memoir,
Jeanette Walls pens her
first all-imagined novel,
The Silver Star.
DNY3D/ SHUTTERSTOCK.COM
Back to
school
BY JUDI KETTELER
39 2, 4, 6, 8, how do we resuscitate?
The Heart & Stroke Foundation
of Canada and the American
Heart Association guidelines for
CPR techniques have changed.
CUSTOMER SERVICE:
service@contactcostco.ca
Stayin’
alive 39
33 The ABCs of money matters The importance of teaching kids about finances. BY KELLY PUTTER 35 No more bullies Radio show host Stuntman Stu starts a campaign to stop bullying. As a
former victim, he knows all about it.
STEVEN LAIT
BY ALICE SHAPIN
BY MARJO JOHNE
COVER PHO TO: KIM S TALLKNECHT
