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Show The Garfield County Insider Page 6 HELP WANTED Team Coach: Duties include working directly with students 13 – 17 years old. Must be a positive role model, interacting with students during evening and weekend recreational activities. All shifts available. Qualifications: Must be 21 years old, have a high school diploma, current driver’s license and able to pass a background check. Wage DOE. Interested individuals may send cover letter and resume to Lee Ann Fielding at 435-676-8482 or fax 435-676-8488 lfielding@silveradoboysranch.com 4-H Assistant Utah State University Extension and Garfield County are now accepting applications for a Part-time (5-10 hours/week) 4-H Assistant serving Garfield County. Applicants must live in Garfield County. Responsibilities include: recruiting and training volunteer 4-H leaders, enrolling 4-H members into club units, and developing local 4-H events and activities. 4-H experience is preferred. (For a full description of qualifications, please see Garfield County Clerk’s Office). Applications can be obtained from the Garfield County Clerk’s Office, 55 S. Main, Panguitch and are due May 8, 2009 by noon. For more information contact the Utah State University Extension office at (435) 676-1113. Utah State University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. RENTALS 2 bedroom apt for rent new laminated wood floors, utilities paid, plus cable and high speed internet $410 mo. First and last month. Upstairs over Hale Art gallery in Panguitch. 801 885 2870 FOR RENT: Shop space or storage. 3200 SF. All or part. Panguitch. 676 2840; 2544 Advertise in the Insider Call 676-2621 to place ads. Ads start at $5/week. Coordinators for Host Program offer Student Foreign Exchange It’s been at least five years, but the program is back. We are ready to find loving homes for students coming here from different parts of the world. Clark and Kerrie Gentry have been appointed local coordinators by Council for Educational Travel U S A (CETUSA) to conduct interviews and find good host families that would be willing to share their homes with an exchange student from another country. How can you, your family and your community benefit with CETUSA? CETUSA offers you the opportunity to host a teenager from another country for a semester or academic year. By opening your heart and home you will take the first step toward helping to build a more understanding global community. In doing so, you offer your family a unique experience which will positively impact your future. Benefits include: • Cross-cultural experience, knowledge and understanding of another culture and language. • A new family member; child, brother or sister • A renewed look at the American life-style as you share it with your new family member • The gift of loving a child from another country What are your responsibilities? • Room and board • Some transportation • Guidance & assisting your family member, helping them to adapt to the American lifestyle The Gentry’s are hoping to fill student exchange positions in Wayne and surrounding counties by bringing into the area many foreign students. We would like them to get a taste of our culture and have a positive experience. Just remember our children are our future and they must have every opportunity to lead us with knowledge, understanding and tolerance. If you are interested in hosting a CETUSA student for the upcoming year, please call 435-896-4763 or 435-896-7703. April 30, 2009 tHe lAuGhiNg pOiNt!! Diaper Change My wife and I, both graduate students, recently celebrated the arrival of our first child. At my wife’s insistence, we had paid our entire medical bill and were now worried about meeting other payments. We were discussing our sad financial situation one evening when our son demanded a diaper change. As my wife leaned over the baby’s crib, I heard her mutter, “The only thing in the house that’s paid for, and it leaks.” Chat Room I’d always been apprehensive about joining a chat room for fear I’d do something wrong. One day after my son, Sean, had gotten off the computer, I logged on to the Internet to play a game. Suddenly a screen popped up saying, “Your friend is online.” Apparently Sean had forgotten to sign off, and I took the opportunity to chat with someone I probably knew. Sean’s friend assumed he was still chatting with Sean, and I was having fun with the situation. After a few minutes, however, Sean’s friend typed: “Who is this?” “Why do you ask that?” I responded. The reply came across the screen: “Because Sean doesn’t spell that good.” Scrimping and Saving The Carpenter’s Testimony A carpenter was giving evidence about an accident he had witnessed. The lawyer for the defendant was trying to discredit him and asked him how far away he was from the accident. The carpenter replied, “Twenty-seven feet, six and onehalf inches.” “What? How come you are so sure of that distance?” asked the lawyer. “Well, I knew sooner or later some idiot would ask me, so I measured it!” It Makes Sense...By Veda Hale Does switching the lights on and off use more energy than leaving them on? The answer is no, despite the common misperception that turning a light on creates a power surge. The thinking is that it’s more economical to just leave a light on rather than pay the costs of flicking it back on. In reality, that “surge” lasts for only a fraction of second, according to Francis Rubinstein, a staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Any “start-up” energy costs are minuscule at best and are more than offset by the money you save from turning your lights off, even if it’s only for a short time. So if you’re strictly concerned about saving energy (and money), you should turn your lights out when you’re not using them. The bigger issue with turning lights on and off frequently, though, has to do with shortening the product’s lifetime, says Christina Kielich at the Department of Energy. It doesn’t affect the lamp life of an incandescent bulb very much, says Rubinstein. So it makes sense to always turn them off when you a leave room, even if it’s only for a few minutes. Compact florescent light bulbs, on the other hand, are a somewhat different story. Flicking them on and off repeatedly will affect how long they last, although, Rubinstein points out that the impact is minimal for most households. How much flicking on and off is too much? The general consensus is that it’s best to turn off CFLs when you are leaving for 15 minutes or longer. In fact, Energy Star recommends installing INK & TONER (Cheaper than Wal-Mart) PRINTERS, COPIERS & FAX MACHINES GIVE US A CALL FOR PRICING 435-691-2875 Bowery Haven Resort at Fishlake will be opening on Monday, May 4th, 2009 We look forward to seeing you! 435-638-1040 After years of scrimping and saving, a husband told his wife the good news: “Honey, we’ve finally saved enough money to buy what we started saving for in 1979.” “You mean a brand-new Cadillac?” she asked eagerly. “No,” said the husband, “a 1979 Cadillac.” results of puzzle from APRIL 23RD florescent bulbs in fixtures that are used for at least 15 minutes at time. So it doesn’t make sense to use them in places where you’d need to switch them on and off constantly. The rule of thumb is a little different when you’re at the office, according to Rubinstein. Turn out florescent lighting when you’re leaving for at least 5 minutes. The reason? Full-size florescent systems aren’t as sensitive to frequent cycling as CFLs and won’t impact the life of the bulb as much. Environmental journalist Lori Bongiorno shares green-living tips and product reviews with Yahoo! Green’s users. Send suggestions to Veda Hale Box 956 Panguitch, Utah 84759 or email vedahale@hotmail.com |