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Show The Garfield County Insider Page 4 June 4, 2009 IN OUR TOWN... Explore Escalante jana@exploreescalante.com May has been a huge them your id. month for recycling! AcAndrea Schulkoski gradcording to Kris and Erin of uated from Nursing School Red Rock Recycling, they in Jamestown College; collected 2,880 cubic feet Jamestown, North Dakota of recyclables, that is more this past month. She starts then they collected in the work this Monday as an RN last 2 ½ months combined! in Mobridge, South Dakota. Cumulative to date collec- Congrats to Andrea and her tions 5,440 cubic feet of parents Kevin and Vickie mixed recyclables if you’re Schulkoski. ready to participate you can Thank you Intermountain reach Red Rock Recycling Health Care, staff, board at 616-4265 members and friends. Your Georgie’s Bakery - Open dinner was a great success Monday night through Sat- and the food wonderful. urday Night 826-4784. Many of those that did not Cookies, Cakes, Croissants. actually labor over the clinMake to order. Real butter, ic labored over the food. sugar and taste. Don’t miss Just another example of our these special treats. wonderful village and what July 1-15th file for coun- makes it a great place to cil seats currently held by live and work. CongratulaJeff Dunn and Emilee Lott- tions to Sheri Woolsey for Woolsey and Mayor Por- her 30 years of service to ter’s term expires this year the folks of Garfield Counand you can file for that po- ty. Sheri works at various sition as well, all positions locations during the week are four year terms. Speak- and makes a difference in ing of elections, the state a lot of people’s lives. We law has changed and you were delighted to see IHC are now required to show recognize her efforts. photo id every time you Emergencies three days vote. Yes, I know, you’ve in a row - A horrific plane lived next door to the elec- crash in Calf Creek/Escaltion judges your whole life. ante River Canyon. Our Doesn’t make any differ- condolences to Mrs. John ence. Please don’t growl at Austin and Susan Jordan’s them, just smile and show Family. I’m sure Boulder Town mourns their loss. Then a hiker falls and supposedly breaks a foot three miles up the Escalante River from SR12. And then a fire. They just graduated a class of EMT’s and volunteer firefighters. Good thing. We need them. Our thanks to all who serve our village as emergency responders. Speaking of emergency response – our airport is critical for emergency services. Whether its lifeflight or one of the National agencies, fast access to the outside world is a necessity. And the ongoing improvements to the Escalante Municipal Airport benefit us all. Congratulations to Daniel Munson for his Eagle Scout project at the Airport. Daniel built a new house for the electrical components that control the lights and antenna for air traffic. He built it, insulated it, covered it with metal and hung the door. Lenza Wilson moved the electrical components from the old building to the new. Now just a quick clean-up day and our airport lighting services will be secure. Another reason for the FAA to spend money in Escalante. Until next week - - - - - “Cutting Losses” Can Be More Painful Than You Think Why do stock prices fall? Various factors are involved, but in a nutshell, prices drop when more people want to sell stocks than buy them. Conversely, the more people who buy a particular stock, the faster that stock’s price will rise. If you’ve studied basic economics and the law of supply and demand, you’ve already got a pretty clear sense of why stock prices move the way they do. And yet, while the process sounds fairly logical, the behavior of many investors isn’t — which gives you some good investment opportunities right now. To understand why so many investors have acted in a way that may be counter-productive, let’s look at consumer behavior in another context. Suppose a hypothetical couple, Mike and Mary Ann, bought a house five years ago for $200,000. They liked everything about the house, and it was the right size to meet their family’s needs Advertise in the Insider Call 676-2621 to place ads. for many years to come. However, the sharp decline in the housing market has caused Mike and Mary Ann such concern that they decide to sell their house, even though they can only get $160,000 for it. By selling now, they reason, they can avoid further drops, and when the market stabilizes, they can buy another house in the same neighborhood. To sum up: Mike and Mary Ann took a $40,000 loss on a house they didn’t even need to sell. In essence, they were betting that the housing market, against all historical evidence, would not recover enough to compensate them for staying put. Most people would question the rationality of this type of behavior. Yet many of these same people do the same thing when it comes to investments. Specifically, over the past year and a half, they have sold investments — even quality investments — that still met their needs for growth, income or a combination of both. And when they’ve sold these investments, they’ve taken losses — sometimes, big losses. Just like Mike and Mary Ann, they thought they must sell now to avoid bigger setbacks later. Don’t make that mistake. If you weren’t planning on selling your invest- ments before the market decline, why sell them now, when you’ll just be locking in a loss? Many successful investors hold the same investments for 20, 30 or 40 years — in fact, sometimes they pass these investments on to their children, who also hold them for decades. Are you so sure that your investments, which may indeed have declined 40 percent or more over the past couple of years, won’t recover those losses and climb to new heights in the years ahead? You may someday need to sell, but do so for the right reasons — a change in your goals, a need to rebalance your portfolio or a fundamental change in the companies in which you’ve invested. In the meantime, not only should you hold on to the investments that that still meet your needs, but you should also consider adding new investments while the price is so low. The more shares you own, the better your financial position will be when the market turns around. This type of behavior takes patience, discipline and faith in our markets. But over the past century, the investors who have demonstrated these traits have been well rewarded — and there’s no reason you can’t attain the same results. Bryce Valley Area News by Vicki D. Syrett 679-8687 or vickidiane36@hotmail.com Lamar and Cheri Feltner have been burning up the roads of Utah and Idaho this past couple of weeks. They started by driving up to Rexburg Idaho to the graduation of their granddaughter Shelby Olsen who is the daughter of their daughter Tami Scott. She is Tami's third oldest child. The Feltners decided to bring her home to visit with them for a day or so. They went down to St. George after this to the blessing of the baby of Thad and Rome Feltner. Baby Luke was blessed by his father and grandma Cheri said he is so cute. From there they hitailed it up I-15 to Ogden Utah to the graduation of another granddaughter, Kaylee Feltner. She is the daughter of Tim and Kris Feltner and their oldest daughter but their third child. Cheri says we are not going to be doing that again too soon. At least not until the next time. Congratulations to Roman Platt who received his Bear Badge and Austyn Brinkerhoff who also received his Bear Badge. Roman is from Henrieville and is the son of Nathan and Lori Platt and Austyn is from Cannonville and is the son of Clint and Stephanie Brinkerhoff. Shawn HixWilloughby received his Bobcat Patch and his mother, Dolly Hix-Willoughby received her mother's pin. They are from Tropic. The day before the 4-8 grade track meet the Cubs spent the day picking up trash around the elementary and high school to make it look nice. They also want to remind all Cubs of the Cub Scout Day Camp to be held on the 19th of June. We have terrific leaders in our Cub Scouts. Eva Dean Francisco reported that she went to St. George and stayed with her grandsons, Charles and William Mortensen. She stayed for two days and said she finally got warmed up from the cold in Tropic. Had a wonderful time and William brought her back home again but she really enjoyed her visit with her grandsons. Over Memorial Day weekend Justin Springer and Cheri Ann Griffin came to visit. They came from St. George where they live and it was a chance for everyone to meet and get to know Cheri Ann's fiance' Justin. Coming down from Monroe Utah was Cheri Ann's family, Sharon and Robin Griffin who stayed and spent the Memorial Day weekend with The Francisco family. It was a lovely visit for all. Congratulations to Carlon and Heather Johnson who were blessed with the birth of their sixth child, a third daughter, Hannah Marie Johnson. She was born on May 27th in the Garfield Memorial Hospital. Jarom, their oldest son, was excited to receive the best birthday gift, the birth of his little sister on his birthday. Jordan Johnson, daughter of Heather and Carlon had the wonderful opportunity to attend EFY (Especially for Youth) at BYU) It is a great experience. Visiting at the home of Larvin and Eva Pollock over the weekend were Blake and Marion Allen and Jeff, Johannah, and Kaylee. Also, B. J. and Leslie Allen, Nathan and Maegan Allen and their darling baby boy. Shawn Pollock and daughter Shawnee came from Cedar, Trevor, Jolynn, Calli, Bryce, and Tyson Pollock also of Cedar, and Kenny, J.D. and Nickolas Pollock of St. George all joined in for the weekend. On Saturday, May 25th, fifty five members of the posterity of Ken and Elsie Goulding met at the Henrieville Park for their first annual reunion in celebration of Ken's 100th birthday. The weather timed it just right and waited until they finished the festivities before it started raining. Ernie and Wynona Henderson of Henrieville had 22 family members from California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Stev and Kathy Goulding also fo Henrieville had five in attendace. Dave and Kathryn Pollock had 22 of their family come and be a part of the celebration. Dick and Jane Goulding had six of their family come for the fun. They played games, won prizes, and had a great time keeping up the Goulding tradition of lots of good food and visiting. Everyone enjoyed visiting, catching up on each other, and just enjoyed each others company. Wynona was happy her daughter, Dorsie Denny came up from Vista California to visit. They also had granddaughter, Lauren and her husband, Anthony Senary come fro Elko Nevada. They brought their cute baby with them that is the first grandchild for the Whitfield Family in Tropic and is a great-greatgrandchild to the Hendersons. To follow this all up The Henderson will travel to Salt Lake for doctors appointments. It is my pleasure to report the Senior Citizen Lunch Menu for the next little while. On June 2nd it will be Roast Turkey, Potatoes and gravy, dressing, vegetables and fruit. On June 3rd it will be Taco Salad with cottage cheese, fruit and a dessert, and on the 4th it will be Fried Chicken, potatoes and gravy, vegetable, and fruit. To keep ahead a little the meals for the 9th - 11th will also be reported: 9th Hot Turkey Salad, vegetable, fruit, dessert, June 10th, Meatballs and gravy, mashed potatoes, vegetables, and fruit and then on the 11th you will have Spaghetti, green salad, fruit, and dessert. Yummy. It is held at the Henrieville Senior Citizen Center and they would love to have you come and support the wonderful cooks and people who organize this. If you would like a meal please call by 9:00 A.M. on that day, 679-8666 and the suggested donation is $2.50 per meal. Congratulations to T.J. Brinkerhoff on his baptism this Sunday. He was baptized by his father, Tyson Brinkerhoff and their were many family and friends in attendance. He is the son of Tyson and Kayce Brinkerhoff. Everyone who helped with the youth garden are to be thanked for all their hard work. Also for those who planned and carried out this and the overnight hike for the Young Women we are appreciative of your work in pulling this off. The Young Single Adults will meet on Friday the 5th for and activity at 7:00 P.M. Also this weekend is the Father-Sons Campout at Johns Valley Campsite as a reminder to everyone. Released as teachers in the Relief Society Organization were Carol Pollock and Pat Shakespear. They leave with a big vote of thanks for doing a great job. Called to serve as teacher in the Relief Society are Hayley Pollock and Sandrea Francisco. Greg and Lesa Pollock were released as Young Single Adult Leaders. Great job everyone and good luck to the newly called. Out prayers and love go out to Mae Chynoweth and Obie Shakespear who are still in the hospital. Also to Dixie Shakespear who is home recovering. We certainly wish the very best to these people. Have a great week and please call or email your news. We love to put you in the paper. Thanks VS. Bowery Haven Resort Welcomes you to the 2009 Season. 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