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Show March Page 201 the lAuGhiNg pOiNtr! ,o■ 44A\ Okay, so by the time this is published, I'll be back from a relief tour in Haiti having accompanied some folks attached to Utah Haiti Relief. I'm excited to go, yet, probably like with a lot of things outside of our comfort zones a little apprehensive (for those of you who've been reading my columns you know this is definitely outside of my comfort zone. Not in regards to helping people who are suffering; more in the destination I will be traveling to). But, when the opportunity presented itself in an all expense paid trip to document human interest stories from villages and orphanages in Haiti, how could I say no? "You can't pass this up," one of my friends told me. "It was meant to fall in your lap." American philosopher and psychologist, William James said, "He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed." There will be many prizes in Haiti. And, I can't GARAGE DOORS Seize Opportunity wait to meet them. That is, the Haitian people and the people who are helping them, to name a few. English Churchman Robert South would agree, "Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together." I know that many of you have served missions. And, for your service I believe you are and will continue to be blessed and rewarded. I never served a mission for months or years at a time so I'm visualizing my trip to Haiti as my mission, even if it's all in one week! Recently, when I interviewed St. George Internet Entrepreneur and businessman, Jeremy Johnson, for my "GR8NESS" column in the Deseret News, titled, "Millionaire to begin his third tour in Haiti," he said, prior to embarking on what ended up being his first relief tour to Haiti last month, "I'm so glad I did it even though there were many reasons not to do it." Can't we all think of reasons not to seize an opportunity? I know I could. And, like Jeremy, definitely right now. Here are a few things we might say when an opportunity presents itself, "Now's not the right time." But, you know, regarding many things in life is there ever a right time? Or how about, "I can't do that." Well, if you don't seize the opportunity, how will you ever know? Or even, "It's too short notice," as was the case for me just finding out hours ago that I would leave within 36 hours. Trust me, most people will work with you on what you already have scheduled and they'll also cheer you on. Inspirational and motivational speaker, Anthony Robbins, coined the phrase, "Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more." Until next week, what opportunity will you seize? © 2010 EverylCounts, LLC. All rights reserved. Cynthia Kimball Humphreys is a professional speaker and trainer through her company EverylCounts, LLC (www. every 1 counts. net). She writes a column for weeklies in southern Utah and is a southern Utah correspondent for the Deseret News. Her column, "GR8NESS," appears on deseretnews. com monthly. She can be reached at kimball@every1 counts. net. Custom STAINING... (wood) Custom PAINTING... (metal) Over a decade of experience! Iwww.garagedoorstainingutah.comi (435) 616-2829 Anesthesiology Bill Overdue Bill Margie received a bill from the hospital for her recent surgery, and was astonished to see a $1200 fee for the anesthesiologist. She called his office to demand an explanation. "Is this some kind of mistake?" Margie asked when she got the doctor on the phone. "No, not at all," the doctor said calmly. "Well," said Margie, "that's awfully costly for knocking someone out." "Not at all," replied the doctor. "I knock you out for free. The 1200 dollars is for bringing you back around." Going Out in Style Unable to attend the funeral after his father died, a son who lived far away called his brother and told him, "Do something nice for Dad and send me the bill." Later, he got a bill for $200.00, which he paid. The next month, he got another bill for $200.00, which he also paid, figuring it was some incidental expense. Bills for $200.00 kept arriving every month, and finally the man called his brother again to find out what was going on. "Well," said the other brother, "you said to do something nice for Dad. So I rented him a tuxedo." It Makes Sense...By Veda Hale Hey! there is an advantage to be in the category with most of us who do not make over $100,000 a year. That is that we are only at risk of being audited for taxes 1 in 154 compared to 1 in 72. Well, goody, goody! I remember one year when we did business with a righteous man who had had good luck on a business deal and made a lot of money. He felt so blessed he wanted to give the Church a double tithing. He got audited and so did we by the mere fact that we had had business dealings with him. Yes, if you show a high do- nations amount, that is one of the red flags that might get you pulled out of the stack for an audit. The other things are math errors, forgetting to sign return, underestimating income and home office expenses. I had an opportunity to really check out that myth that you could open a car door by putting a spare automatic opener up to the phone and click it as someone else held another phone to a locked car door. It didn't work. Darn! I really needed it to so I could get my keys out. Well, it took someone going out of their way to bring me an extra 9-1 la Cash* be 7-Jr; ottellic Errol, 435-616-282 9 — embutah@gmail.corn FINAL NOTES/TRIVIA FOR WINTER OLYMPICS WOW! (our) Opinion? These were some of the most exciting and heart-throbbing games ever! Last week we noted that many of the Winter Games concepts and sports were begun at Squaw Valley in 1960...Today...here's interesting background on what it took to create and put on the 2010 games: More than 80 nations & 5,500 athletes... Nine companies (including Coca Cola, Omega & Visa) pledged about 900 million for the 2010 & 2014 games...Official budget for the 2010 games: $1.6 billion... Not counting 1 Billion for (gov) security funding...general construction & the Olympic Village: $14.5 million and 3.8 billion for infrastrucutre, mass transit & convention facilitys (doncha just love capitalism?) The most profitable games were the '84 Los Angeles games with $464 million (today's dollars) The most expensive: '08 in China: $40 billion! The metals (gold, silver & bronze) for the game's medals included: 4.5 lbs of gold, 4,299 lbs of silver & 1,991 lbs of bronze. NOTE: the 'gold' medals are actually 92.5% silver, plated with 6 grams of gold!! Youngest winner: Korean speed-skater, Kim Yoon-Mi @ 13 yrs, 83 days. The oldest: Robin Welsh (Curling)-1924, 59 yrs, 29 days. For the kids (in all of us): The three mascots (2010): Miga (sea bear), Sumi (animal spirit) & Quatchi (sasquatch) Finally: how about the growing interest in curling? NBC broadcast 41 of 99 games...with 16,000 stones 'curled,' for a total of 650,000 lbs (of special granite) Guess we can call the network: Nothing But Curling? 200 North 400 East • Panguitch, Utah • 676-8811 www.garfieldmemorial.org Family Practice Dr. Richard Birch Dr. Todd Mooney Becky Roberts, FNP Tim Dennis, PA-C Dr. Mitchell Miller Speech Therapy Flora Howard Anesthesiology Lewis Barney, CRNA Certified Nurse Midwife DeAnn Brown, CNM VISITING SPECIALISTS FOR MARCH 2010 Dr. Robert Pearson Not In Ear, Nose Throat 676-8842 Dr. Randy Delcore 11 Orthopedist 676-8842 Dr. Eric Maxwell 17, 31 Audiologist 676-8842 Dr. Mark Hansen 18 Gen Surgeon 676-8842 Dr. Brad Webb 1, 15 Podiatrist Dr. Robert Nakken 25 Orthopedist 676-8842 Dr. Ronald Crouch 24 p.m. Urologist 676-8842 Dr. Jeffrey Osborne 18, 19 Cardiologist 676-8842 (800)260-3668 Our Pharmacist, Tim Smith, will provide Coumadin testing and results at outlying clinics. Please call clinic for available dates and times. Coumadin testing and results at the Garfield Memorial Clinic will be by appointment.Mammography will be available in Panguitch on March 2nd, 17th, 30th (UCCP), in Milford Mar. 11th and Kanab Mar. 24th, 25th, 26th. To schedule an appointment for Mammography, please call 435-676-1267. Future 2010 Mammo dates: April 7-8, April 14, 21 April 22 & 23 April 28 Beaver Panguitch UCCP Escalante Tropic May 5 May 12 May 19 & 20 May 26 & 27 Orderville Panguitch Enterprise (UCCP) Wayne (UCCP) Clinics - Call For Appointments LOL!!! Correction Note: recently we reported on the originator of the Frizbee. The copy got totally mangled during transmission! Needless to say, NOONE was a `prisoner' of the Whamo Co!! Garfield Memorial Clinic, Panguitch Kazan Clinic, Escalante Bryce Valley Clinic, Cannonville Circleville Clinic, Circleville Physical and Speech Therapy Mammography Diabetic Counseling(Jan Frandsen) Garfield Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Center 435-676-8842 (Mon - Fri) 435-826-4374 (Mon., Wed., Fri.) 435-679-8545 (Tues. & Thurs.) 435-577-2958 (Tues. & Thurs.) 435-676-8840 435-676-1267 435-676-8811 435-676-1265 A lawyer sent an overdue bill to a client. A note was attached that stated: "This bill is one year old." By return mail the lawyer had his bill back. To it was attached a card which read: "Happy Birthday." Unpaid Bill A customer sent an order to a distributor for a large amount of goods totaling a great deal of money. The distributor noticed that the previous bill hadn't been paid. The collections manager left a voice-mail for them saying, "We can't ship your new order until you pay for the last one." The next day the collections manager received a collect phone call, "Please cancel the order. We can't wait that long." key. Someone mentioned you could open a car door by punching a hole in a tennis ball, putting the hole you made up to the key hole and push hard on the ball, which sends a blast of compressed air through the locking apparatus and lifting the lock. Another myth. Doesn't work. Probably a good thing or bad guys would use it all the time to steal cars. Send suggestions to Veda Hale Box 956 Panguitch Utah 84759 or email vedahale@hotmail.com CENTRAL UTAH INTERAGENCY FIRE ORGANIZATION SEEKING TEMPORARY FIREFIGHTERS FOR THE SUMMER The Central Utah Interagency Fire Organization is accepting applications for "Call When Needed" firefighting positions for this summer. These positions are in addition to the regular seasonal positions and will be on-call when the need arises for additional personnel due to increased fire activity. If selected you may support wildfire management efforts locally and in other areas. There is no guarantee for continuous employment throughout the summer. Interested individuals need to submit an application between March 1 and April 23. After review, applicants will be contacted with further information. You must be at least 18 years old at the time of hire and reside within the boundaries that make up the Central Utah Fire Organization. This includes the following counties: Juab, Millard, Beaver, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute, and Wayne. Also required is a physical fitness level of carrying a 45-pound pack for three miles in 45 minutes or less. The fitness test must be completed before taking the entry level firefighting course. Applications may be dropped off or mailed to the Richfield Interagency Fire Center 183 0 S. Industrial Park Road, Richfield, UT 84701; or faxed to 435-8964521. Additional information and applications may be found at: http://www. fs.fed.us ./r4/rifc/employment.htm. For additional information, contact the Richfield Interagency Fire Center at 435-896-8404. |
