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Show Garfield County Insider February 25, 2010 the EverylCounts my purse for my business card holder and say, "Hey, I've got this company... It's called EverylCounts. We work with individuals and teams. Help them to find purpose and meaning Z41:t4te, HA444€14, in their lives and organizasqueezed orange juice?" the So I'm standing behind tions." tattooed young man asked this guy at Jamba Juice "That's cool," he says who's covered, I mean, me. reading my card. "Oh, yes, I did," I said covered in tattoos. From "If you're ever having where I'm standing I'm try- taken aback that he spoke a hard day," give a call. ing to make out what they to me. "We'll tell you how impor"I think they just called say on his arms and neck, tant you are," I said smiling. yours." but I'd really have to be "Hey, thanks," he says "Oh, thank you," I said standing in front of him to with a smile then shakes my tell. But, I can see that his with a smile as I got up, hand again. "It really was left ear has a spider web grabbed my juice and then nice meeting you." tattooed in it and when he sat back down. Now I feel "You, too." like I've got permission to turns to the left I see that his Skyler's countenance continue asking my sort of face has considerable tathad changed from when I new friend another questoos as well including what initially stood behind him tion since he just kindly let looks like wording over to when we departed that where a mustache normally me know that my drink was smoothie store. Thinkwould belong. He also has ready. "So did it hurt get- ing about this young man huge holes in is ear lobes, ting some of your tattoos?" I couldn't help to not think "Yeah," he said looking about the young Irish teen which I can see through, where earrings --I later find at me this time. "There are that I had recently read out they're actually called some places that are pretty about who had moved to the gauges not earrings-- must sensitive." United States in the last year "Yeah, I bet." have been. Yet, he looks and ended up being bullied "But, I'm getting them so bad at her high school on clean shaven and dressed like a preppy college stu- removed," he says almost the east coast, in person and embarrassed as he points to on Facebook, because she dent. I want to talk to this man his face over his right eye was not only good looking, especially since I sense where you can't make out but nice and popular, that something's not right. He the tattoo since it's been she ended up committing appears nervous and even partially removed. suicide by hanging herself "How come?" out of place. This smoothie in her closet within the last "Because people aren't month. She had apparently store is quiet except for the blenders running, but I say like you who would ask me told her close friends, days anyway, "Did it hurt getting about them. They stare in- before killing herself somestead." all those tattoos?" thing like, "I can't take it "Oh, I'm really sorry." After what seemed like anymore." "It hurts," he frowns. "If an eternity, he replied, "Sort To those of you who of," without looking at me. they'd just ask instead of would rather stare at a I take this as a sign to shut- stare...and besides I have young man and father comup and also notice that the a little girl now and I don't pletely covered in tattoos guy standing in front of him want to embarrass her." He even on his face, please say turned around and gave me then proceeds to tell me hello and take a moment to how much it hurts to get get to know him instead. a dirty look. A few minutes later, the tattoos removed and how To those of you who are three of us who were stand- expensive it is. jealous when someone new I smile at him. ing in line, are now sitting moves in, please befriend He smiles back. at different round tables them instead of bully them. "I'm Cynthia, by the waiting for our smoothies American author and way," and extend my hand. or juices. Again, it's quiet teacher, William Arthur "I'm Skyler*," he says. except for the blenders runWard had it right when he "Thanks for talking to me." proclaimed, "Learn and ning. "You bet." And then I've grow all you can; serve "Did you order freshed got an idea. So, I reach into and befriend all you can; enrich and inspire all you can." This is really what we should be doing. I don't know about you, but I'd much rather know TO PLAY: that someone decided to CONVILETE THE (ARID SO THAT EVERY ROW, EVERY COLUMN AND EVERY live and find purpose rather 33 3 W) CONTAINS THE IDIOTS 1 TO 9 than die all because someone took a few extra min7 8 9 2 6 utes to genuinely inquire about him or her. 6 9 3 Who will you befriend 9 1 8 today? *Name has been changed. 7 4 3 © 2010 Every 1 Counts, 5 6 LLC. All rights reserved. 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Main Panguitch Utah 435-676-8300 30+ Years of Experience ASE Certified Suspension SL Alignment Specialist for 20 years pOiNt g DEMOCRATS SUE PENCIL MANUFACTURERS For the past thirty years America's public schools have been producing students who are increasingly less educated. Democratic politicians across the country feel that pencil manufacturers are the ones responsible for creating this education crisis and are filing lawsuits against them. One of the cities suing the pencil industry is Oakland, California. Said one Democratic City Councilwoman in Oakland, "It is an undisputed fact that 99% of all American public Working people fre- school students use pencils on a daily basis. These pencils are quently ask retired peofaulty because they allow students to spell words incorrectly, ple what they do to make as well as commit grammatical and mathematical errors. It is their days interesting. time that pencil manufacturers be held accountable for their Well, for example, the role in producing inferior students." other day I went downThe City of Atlanta is also suing pencil manufacturers. town and went into a The Mayor of Atlanta told BNN, "The pencil makers currently store. I was only in there have technology available to put 'Student Safety Devices' on for about 5 minutes and their products. But they refuse to do it. These 'Student Safety when I came out there Devices' would prevent students from committing academic was a cop writing out a errors and help them to be better pupils . Our lawsuit is deparking ticket. I went up signed to send a message to pencil producers that we will no to him and said, "Come longer allow them to victimize the children in our school dison, man, How about trict." giving a retired person a Pencil manufacturers, however, claim that their products do break"? He ignored me not cause students to commit academic errors. Said Lawrence and continued writing McDowell of the Sanford Pencil Company, "A pencil is an the ticket. inanimate object. It is a tool which a student uses at his or her I called him a "Nazi." ability level. In the hands of an intelligent and educated stuHe glared at me and dent it can be used for producing excellent academic work. In started writing another the hands of a lazy student, who watches nine hours of televiticket for "having worn sion a day, a pencil is used to produce inferior academic work. tires". So I called him a The pencil is not responsible for creating either the excellent "member of the dough- work or the inferior work." nut eating Gestapo." The Mayor of Atlanta disagrees with McDowell. Said the He finished the second Mayor, "That defense is straight out of the National Pencil Asticket and put it on the sociation (NPA) handbook. We are trying to do something that windshield with the will help our students perform better in school. But it is obvifirst. Then he started ous that all they care about is their profit margin." writing a third ticket. While the lawsuits against the pencil manufacturers move This went on for about forward, Democrats on Capital Hill are planning to introduce 20 minutes. The more `Pencil Control Legislation' that would require every pencil I abused him, the more to have a 'Student Safety Device' installed. Republicans, who tickets he wrote. have traditionally sided with the National Pencil Association Personally, I didn't are showing signs that they may cave to public pressure and care. I came downtown vote with Democrats on this bill. on the bus. I try to have More on this story as it unfolds. a little fun each day now Disclaimer: This story is totally false not one shred of it that I'm retired. is true! It was created for entertainment purposes ONLY. Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental. The Ticket It Makes Sense...B y Veda Hale Yes, we all will grow old. People will notice and might throw a few pity glances our way. So how can we avoid seeming old? One thing to start with is to realize that those younger than yourself can hardly imagine what it is like to be your age. Either they just write you off as a poor example and focus on some older famous person or they will just feel some exasperation with the way we seem so "out of it". So some suggestions: Act as if: As if we, too, can use a computer, cell phone and type with or thumbs. (as in texting) As if we, too, can still find our way around. (Secretly learn to use the maps available on the computer and always plan ahead any place you might go.) As if we, too, get all the humor everyone else is laughing about. As if those "ugly" words don't hurt our sensitive programing so much. As if those love scenes in most every movie these days are not boring. ( And let the generation under you do the moralizing to their own children. Of course, a nod of our heads in favor of caution doesn't hurt too much,) As if it isn't your job to change the world. Don't think so many situations require a confrontation. As if you have all the confidence in the world that this young generation will be able to run the world just fine. Yes, I know one could argue that we still need to council, exhort, plead and threaten. That history has a tendency to repeat itself and we just don't want our loved children, grandchildren, great, grandchildren to have to suffer. Yes, we can act that way, but if you don't want to appear old, realize you can't change much anyway and it is time to count the roses yourself (that means being grateful you made it through a serious obstacle course) and then just love. Send suggestions to Veda Hale, Box 956, Panguitch, Utah 84759 or email vedahale@hotmail. corn WANT TO GATHER SHED ANTLERS IN UTAH? If you enjoy gathering antlers that deer, elk and moose shed in the winter, one of your favorite times of the year is almost here. At the page, you'll find a free shed antler-gathering course. You must complete the course—and print a course completion certificate—before you gather shed antlers in Utah. "Make sure you carry your certificate with you," says Mike Fowlks, Law Enforcement Section chief for the Division of Wildlife Resources. "By law, you must have your certificate with you while you're gathering shed antlers." If you have young children, and you've completed the course, your children don't need to complete it. As long as you've completed the course, your certificate will cover your kids too. You can gather antlers across Utah Fowlks says if you complete the course, you can gather antlers across Utah. "Please remember, though, that many of the state's wildlife management areas are closed in the spring and the winter to protect wildlife," he says. You must complete the course if you want to gather shed antlers before April 15. If you wait until April 15 or later to gather antlers, you don't need to complete the course. Helping deer, elk and moose The antlers of deer, elk and moose drop off their heads each winter. During the summer, the animals grow a new set of antlers. "Gathering shed antlers is an activity that's grown in popularity across the country, including here in Utah," Fowlks says. The challenge with shedantler gathering is that it happens during the worst time of the year for the ani- mals and the places the animals live in the winter. "Two things are happening at the end of the winter," Fowlks says. "The animals are stressed, and the habitat they rely on in the winter is wet. "Fortunately, you can have fun gathering shed antlers without stressing the animals and damaging their habitat. This online course will show you how." For more information, call the nearest Division of |