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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 22, 2000 Community 13 Stampin' Up! gives back to Kane County and preparing for fall and spring landscaping, to sewing quilts for babies. Even more remarkable is the fact that Stampin Up! is paying its employees their usual wages while serving the community. A number of Stampin Up! its manufacturing plant, the CEO and employees continue to work at companys Shelli Gardner made a unique the plant where they stitch quilts executive decision. Rather than to be given away to the towns baby each month. As temporarily lay off employees first-bor- n during the period. Stampin Up! construction of Kanabs new is maintaining normal staffing middle school is underway, levels and asking employees to StampinUp! employees are help-ingowith landscaping the footjoin in on community projects instead of reporting for work at ball held and relocating classthe plant. Employees are now room materials to the new buildengaged in a number of service ing. Other projects include readefforts throughout Kanab, from ing to children at elementary assembling school equipment schools and volunteering time at A period of excess production capacity at the plant affords employees the opportunity to give back to the community When Stampin. Up! management had to address temporary excess in production capacity at Co-found- er ut MYTH Notwal gat prion menu in musing homes, libraries, and a many of which are not manufacsenior citizens center. tured in Kanab. This means our Stampin Up! is a national employees at the plant are just leader in manufacturing decora- not as busy producing as many tive rubber stamps for the hobby rubber stamp products as they and crafts industry. The are capable of manufacturing. old direct sales company has exRather than temporarily layof a perienced period rapid ing off employees which is stangrowth, especially duringthe past dard practice at many manufacthree years. turing plants Stampin Up! is 12-ye- The excess capacity is due to the efficiency of our employees, and is not due to decline in the popularity of stamping, said Gardner. If anything, our is growth right where we expected it to be. Sales are continually increasing. However, we have realized even larger increases in orders for numerous accessory products throughout the catalog- - 1: MYTH THE SKY dl dtyiodiet Aar Is profaetd mtpmaet IMi regiJiOarj ar ployees working through this period until stamp product demand catches up with production capacity, we want to reassure the community that were committed to maintaining our manufacturing base in Kanab. Plus, we anticipate returning to normal production levels soon and want our workforce to reto for main in place. employees finding ways serve the needs of the commuStampin Up! is a privately nity and receive a paycheck for held company headquartered in doing so. Gardner sees this un- Salt Lake City with annual reusual work order as an invest- tail sales of $100 million, and is ment in the future. the largest private employer in First of all, we value our em- Kane County. To learn more ployees and dont want them to about Stampin Up!s product go without a paycheck, especially line or business opportunities, UP or visit during the holidays," said call Gardner. By keeping our em www.stampinup.com. proa m mi hr Irji mt FALLING, BALONEY. SEASONS, TOMERS IS UNNECESSARILY SCAUNG WANT CUS- ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE ON AND OTHER MYTHS WED LIKE TO IMMEDIATELY DISPEL RUBBISH. EMERGENCY AND RILL RECEIVE ALWAYS FIXED OR LOW INCOMES. agencies instead of three costly, redundant entities. to call our new After years of rate decreases, natural gas prices have THEY Howevet; also' welcome line. A qualified representa- h you with any other natural gas reserves, tions). Easy enough! d youre tive will then guide you through the process (and help the increase has been fairly small because we dont ques- d, We figure you would rather not have us increase our need to buy as much natural gas on the open market. staff size, and costs, ,o provide services that the vast Other states are not so fortunate. In fact, much of the majority of customers rarely, if ever; use nation has seen increases of 30 to 50 percent. Here, our pilot lights. A common sense conclusion, tight? The own recent increase was closer to 15 percent. est possible rates benefit everyone, especially those in cy and refocus resources have avoided about $37 lion in rate increases over the past 15 years. like lighting lowi Truth be told, Questars efforts to improve efficien- the low-inco- caregot f-- mil- That equates to savings of $60 annually per customer during Questar Gas remains committed that time. to helping customers in many ways. Of course, the best In 1985, the annual natural gas bill for the typical thing we can do is keep rates as low as possible. Utah residential customer represented 1.9 percent of In addition, we support assistance and weatherixatkm the average personal income per household. Today, programs that help those identified by social service even with the recent increase, that figure agencies as having special needs. is 0.9 percent of the current average personal income per household. Your generosity; combined with WHILE MANY MYTHS ARE QUITE CHARMING, OTHERS CAN BE With 250,000 new customers in the past - service. comparatively modest increase. company-owne- AS RESPONSE. well suggest you contact a heating contractor to ensure faster Thanks to our IMMEDIATE HAVE. NO ONE WILL BE LEFT IN THE COLD. will continue to protect consumers through two strong a SERVICE CALLS SAFETY-RELATE- If your pilot light happens to go out, in most cases In reality, the States streamlined regulatory process now experienced ooU du, winter dm to lack of mice oa QnrWwt part. KATES AltE NOT GOING TO TUPLE. OR EVEN DOUBLE. THIS MYTH. WHICH IS BEING FURTHERED FOR POLITICAL a dt 2: 15 years, and the additional service burden, no stone goes unturned in our effort to become more At far the sky; DISTURBING MYTHS, EACH cost-efficie- snow is oil we expect to tee falling in the near future. EVEN ENERGY-RELATE- DANGEROUS. SEVERAL SUCH MENACING HAVE MADE THEIR WAY AMONG US. that of our employees and shareholders, provided nearly 5130,000 in donations last year, enabling the Red Cross and other non-prof- it agencies to assist 867 elderly and disabled individuals with their home heating bills. nan m n dvctm wamwiubi. And reliable natural gas in your home will help you take comfort when it does. |