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Show Thunday, January , 2009 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Page 9 ' A.F. man takes food storage to another level Jennifer Dobner THI AVjriAMfJWil'i AMERICAN t'OMK-The tm, narrow room In K:nnrih M'travcc'a btivtnwnt look like a f'xxl bunk, Moor-to-ariling f(h:!v arc lim:d with canned fruit and Vftftdublt, dri;d or txtwdwed lurrb. pk:e and drinks, along with drum rf rice, patta, whi-al and oIImt grains, fMh in UtMud with Hi content and the date of pun-haw or when h wa honw;'anni!d( uttually riglrt out of Morovec' garden, "Right now I have about a ix-year aupply of food," aid Moravec, whotc e mail tag line read, "If you fail to (ire-pare, (ire-pare, you prepare to fail," Moravec hit taken to heart a detade-old directive from leader of hit I.JJS faith that memlKT should (repare for hard timet) or natural diarter by stockpiling up to a year' worth of food, A Web xite of ! Church of xu Christ of liilter-day Saints, provlden-tliving,(rt-g, prwldeti a guide for memler, Moravec' own preparedness prepared-ness philosophy has lieen cultivated through church teachings and hard eronat experienc es, Including job losses and natural disasters, A a child, he said, his family weat tiered an I-iast Dist hurricane hur-ricane and then tem(xranly lived off their cache of stored food, And In 'M), Moravec said, he was stranded for three day on a section of the Oakland, Calif,, Hay Bridge after a 7,0 earthquake, lie ate from a 72-hour emergency C f ! Kenneth Moravec and frlendi unload food ntuff at bin home on July 22 In Amvrtcun t'orh, kit stashed Inside his pickup truck, "I've been in and out of work a lot in my life, but I've always been able to feed my family because of food storage," stor-age," he said, Gmccrn for other pro pelled Moravec to share what lv! know, lor two decades, he's taught preparedness classes nationwide to everyone every-one from Hoy Scouts to business busi-ness executive and church women, Once a year, Moravec drojw In on neighlxirs, regardless of faith, for a preparedness check-up, "Tin? question is: If you had to live on your foxJ storage and couldn't go to Allxrrtsons every day, how long could you live," he said, "Some people peo-ple look at me like I'm nuts, but most people understand where I'm coming from," Since 11)83, Moravec bis also placed group order order for bulk quantities of grains, dried herbs, potato flakes and other staples, Once or twice a year, a semitrailer pulls onto Moravec' street and unloads enough food to fill his garage, Moravec' fellow latter-day latter-day Saints seem to have been converted, By his own accounting, ac-counting, Moravec said that alxiut II percent of families have socked away a year' worth of food. Another 10 ercent have about six months of food saved and another an-other 15 percent have a three-monl three-monl h supply, he said. PoliceBea I SELECTED INCIDENTS AS COMPILED BY STAFF. Having a meaningful and balanced 2009 Steve Densley There is an old saying that "When you're through improving, improv-ing, you're through." Each year around this time, the topic of resolutions and goals come up. Everyone uses the New Year as a point of reference refer-ence to see if they won or lost last year's battle. If they kept score, they will know, It is a wonderful opportunity to see if we are making improvement improve-ment in our lives. The New Year's ball hits the ground and we mentally charge off into another year of adventure and h'ljxrfully progress. It's always fun to give advice. I1ea.se feel free to disregard my advice for 2008 or place H in the "for what it's worth" file. Everyone does a top ten, so we'll do the top twelve areas of advice. 1) Take the necessary steps to make certain that your home and business computer are safe with firewalls and security against unwanted material, Ciet hard copies of all important documents and review your business and personal per-sonal computer systems, Many (X'ople and companies can find themselves in serious trouble without backup information on business and personal records, 2) Write one Mter to someone some-one who lias made a positive difference in your lite this year. It is too easy to be negative in a tough world. Ixok to the positive posi-tive force and seek to lift and build on that foundation. .'I) livery year in January the population of the nation goes into a frenzy about losing los-ing weight. This year don't worry attout weight. Instead, f'x us on getting into condition. I lave fun getting ready to play games with your children or hike Ml, Timpanog'os, II you're not in condition to enjoy those people you" care alxmt, then start a program that gives you a chance to get in shap- and run or walk with the lxst, Steve Densley Chamber Report 4) Write a children's story this year. Make it the kind of adventure you would have loved as a child and then give it to one of your family members mem-bers for their birthday or next Christmas, fo) Take a class in something you have always wanted to learn, Possible subject could include photography, the Internet, Inter-net, accounting, car mechanics or art, fi) Hant a new tree for each of your children and grandchildren grandchil-dren and name the tree alter them. Watch it grow over the years and take pictures of the children by their tree each summer, 7) ( Jet a complete physical physi-cal and dental exam for each member cof the family. Check skin, hearing, eyes, ears, and then give blood at the local hospital, hos-pital, You never know when you or a loved one may need help. Throw away all out -dated medicine and update your first -aid kits. Your prepared-ness prepared-ness will lx' critical in the coming com-ing years. 8) Check all (of your business and personal accounts to make certain that you arc getting the best deals, Review interest rales on cards and gel advice on investments for 200ft, Consider Con-sider consolidating loans and refinancing your home to take advantage of interest rates when appropriate. !)) Take a family picture each year and challenge yourself to write an essay on all the major events that occurred during the year. They may include topic such as the presidential race, Iraq, UVSC becoming a university, or any topic that you consider major. 10) (Jet involved in at least one major political Issue. Communicate Com-municate to your elected officials of-ficials how you feel about that Issue and what you would do to solve it. Your elected officials of-ficials cannot serve you well if they have no idea how you feel. Make certain that you do your homework eon the subject, Ion't be a mug womp bird. That's a bird that sits on the fence with his mug on one side and his womp on the other. 1 1) In our community H becomes very easy to use religious reli-gious callings as an excu.se mot to g1 involved in tlx; service and volunteer opportunities In the Valliy. Take the time to volunteer in community projects proj-ects such as the family Literacy Center. United Way, the ftxxl and Shelter Coalition, or p;r-ha;os p;r-ha;os the Children in Crisis Center. Cen-ter. There are a lot of programs in the area that help people in need, Set sometime aside each month to do what you can. 12) Take the time this year to teach one young p-rson from K-o" how to effectively read. If we h op; to remain one of America's great communities, we had better make sure that (our children are highly educated edu-cated and prepared to face the next century. Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. Parents and grandparents are our first and txfst place to start child literacy. Remember that we as people and a business community cannot can-not become what we need to lx; by remaining what we are. If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living. Live well and have a great 200!). Dec. 23-30 Criminal mitchief Report of a pickup truck dragging a picnic table behind it driving on the grass at a city park, Vehicle had fled prior to officer of-ficer arriving. License plate information was (obtained and investigation is on-going. Domestic Family Fight --On --On Christ ma Day, family member got Into a family figlit because (one family mem-Ixt mem-Ixt had hung up tlx; phone during the family' phone call from it missionary in tlx; field, 1 he family did mot get tlx. missionary's phone number lx;fore the Christmas plwone call was terminated so they couldn't call the missionary mis-sionary back, Die argument escalated to physical threats and the police were called. One family memloer was cited for disorderly conduct for the threat of physical violence. Pofieifion of Controlled 'leverfy Killi Chihvahvi Fertver Strong IMttartalMMdia Tfl I1J I 1JL High Mitel MeiUeol J Sunt tance & Paraphernalia When conlal was made with a driver on a traffic violation vio-lation stop, the (officer could smell what he Ix lieved to lx- marijuana. A search was conducted of the vehicle and a substance believed to toe marijuana mari-juana was kx ated. 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