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Show EverylCounts ,4111, 4441/4 Extending the Truth Leads toliell IC 1.1-44111.4ey4, I woke up last night and the words that came to mind were, "extending the truth." So, I wrote them down. I'm always looking for things to write about so this was perfect timing. I think we've all likely extended the truth at one time or another. I think, for many people, the older and wiser they get the less likely they are to extend the truth. But why do we extend truth in the first place? "As a general thing men love lies better than truth," said American religious leader, John Taylor. Now, to me, that's a scary thought and hard to fathom. Men love lies better than truth? Lies are fibs and telling stories. Truth is honesty and integrity. Scott Peterson, who is currently sitting on California's death row for murdering his wife Laci and their unborn son, Conner, told lies and stories. Laci's mother, Sharon, wondered why Scott didn't just divorce her daughter instead of murder her. So, as you can see, some lies and telling stories can lead to serious crimes with immeasurable ripple effects. American writer Mark Twain said, "If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything." Yet one of Peterson's mistakes was that he had to remember all the lies and stories he told, but he just couldn't. Instead, they became a web of lies and he was caught in them. And this was just what a jury needed to convict him of murder. Know that if you're lying in small things those small things can turn into medium things and then those medium things can become large things. Lying and telling stories can ultimately destroy you not to forget your work and personal relationships. Truly, it's not worth the risk whether you're delving in pornography online, in person or via your cell phone. Or not being honest in your business dealings. Or what about being untrue to others by spreading gossip, or lying about your achievements like your score on the golf course, or about any number of other things people lie about. At the end of the day, it's you who has to look in the mirror. Are you okay with what you see? You can tell a lot about a person even through their small lies. When you lie, you don't know who you are. You're not being your authentic true self. You've become a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde person. People can't trust you anymore. Jon Huntsman, Sr., was once interviewed on The Glenn Beck Show. Beck asked Huntsman about a business deal Huntsman had been involved in years back. Apparently, Huntsman was selling a company to another man for x amount of dollars. But, come the day to close the business deal the man who AVAILABLE FUNDS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC DIGITAL. TV TRANSMISSION Applications are being accepted for grants to help rural public television stations purchase digital broadcasting equipment. Some rural public television licensees have yet to complete a full digital transition of their stations. For example, Northern Michigan University, licensee of WNMU in Marquette, received USDA funding recently to convert studio production control facilities from analog to digital and to purchase remote production equipment to better serve its audience in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and in Northeast Wisconsin. Funding under the grant program can be used to acquire, lease, and/or install facilities and software necessary to the digital transition. The amount of funding available is $4.5 million. Applications are due June 24, 2010. More information on how to apply for a USDA Public Television Digital Transition Grant is available at www.usda.gov/rus/ telecom/index.htm or from the Federal Register notice at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-9452.pdf. Public television stations which serve rural areas are eligible for Public Television Station Digital Transition Grants. A public PANGUITCH television station is a noncommercial educational television broadcast station that is qualified for Community Service Grants by OPEN SWIM the Corporation for Public Monday, Wednesday, Broadcasting under section Thursday: 6-8 pm 396(k) of the CommuniSaturdays: 2-4pm cations Act of 1934. Individuals are not eligible for LAP SWIM Public Television Station Monday, Wednesday, Friday: Digital Transition Grant 6-7 am Program financial assisTuesday: 6:30 - 7:30 pm tance directly. Thursday: 5-6 pm For additional informaSaturday: 8 - 9 am tion on this and other Rural For more Development programs, information, please call 435-835-4111 contact Kim at x27 or visit our state web690-9206 site www.rurdev.usda.gov/ was buying the business from Huntsman said something like, "Jon, this cornpany I'm buying from you is now worth millions more than what you are selling it for." And Huntsman said something like, "My word is my word. I told you what the price was 6 months ago and that's what I'm going to sell it to you for." Huntsman could have made millions more, but stuck with his word. What would you have done? American entertainer Pearl Bailey said, "You never find yourself until you face the truth." You have to accept who you are and if you don't like who you are you need to change. And, if you need help changing you need to seek help. Even if you don't want to change. You may be comfortable in a routine and even say, "This is how I've always been. This is how I'm going to always be." To me, that's a cop out. You're worth so much more than your lies and stories. Today's a new day. Today's a new you. Today's the day for you to change and become the you that you were meant to be whether you are a parent, student, business leader, coach, teacher or in any other profession. Put your past behind you. Put blame behind you. Repent of any wrong doing and forgive those you've held grudges against. American religious leader, Sterling W. Sill, said, "Hell is truth seen too late." It's time to get out of hell. Cynthia Kimball Humphreys is a professional speaker and trainer through her company Every 1 Counts, LLC. 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. E-mail: kimball@everyl counts .net the lAuGhiNg host pOiNtr: Weight Having lost weight over the past few Airplane years, a lady was discarding things from her wardrobe that no longer fit. Her sevenCell Phone year-old niece was watching as she held up a huge pair of slacks. "Wow," the lady said, "I must have worn these when I was 225." Her niece looked puzzled, then asked, "How old are you now?" Car vs Pedestrian A motorist was on trial for hitting a pedestrian. The motorist's lawyer made this point: "Your honor, my client has been driving for over thirty years." To which the lawyer for the plaintiff retorted, "Your honor, if we are to judge this case by experience, may I remind you that my client has been walking for over fifty years." En route to Hawaii, I noticed one of my passengers in the coach section of the airplane dialing her cell phone. "Excuse me. That can't be on during the flight," I reminded her. "Besides, we're over the ocean— You won't get a signal out here." "That's okay," she said. "I'm just calling my daughter. She's sitting up in first class." YOUR 2010 ADVERTISING BUDGET Only 6541VIaa'alli Now__ there (3 cri ANA E you tan CALL RYAN FOR DE-TAlLS! 435-076-2p f 1 inr , Garfield County This size ad - Every PO Box in county - Every other week all year long! It Makes Sense...By Veda Hale Many of us feel Spring with surges of desire to plant something. Last year I tried the tomatoes in a hanging basket thing. Now those were Expensive tomatoes!!! But it was something to watch grow. This year I wonder about strawberries. "Hummmmm," I said. "Doesn't make sense to try to grow them. Remember those big, big strawberries you can buy for $2.00 practically all year long?" Yes, I know. I know. But those big ones aren't all that interesting anymore. Even the taste isn't all that great. I looked them up on net and they are called "California". But I found that big strawberries were developed in Australia and that we can watch for four new kinds that are even more delicious than the ones we see now. Well that is good news. Our supermarkets keep bringing us more and better fruits and vegetables. But still maybe I'll order a plant to grow in the house in a tall container that will let the runners drape down and produce strawberries. In my imagination I can picture me watching little sweet strawberries ripen and anticipate like I did as a child the very few little ones that sometimes grew in mother's garden. My they were special! (the kind suggested from the seed catalogue are called Quinault Everbearing). Well, when I stop doing unpractical things just for my soul, you can bury me. By the way, strawberries have a reputation for being good for the heart and not just the beating one. The seeds have zink in them. Someone left a chicken in a refrigerator with it turned off. You can imagine the smell. I had a suggestion sent to me about getting rid of smell in a musty suitcase. That was to fill it with crumpled newspaper, then close it up and change every two or three days until the smell is gone. Worth a try, even though that sounds like a lot of newspapers. Also in the same suggestion letter was a suggestion about painting stairs. That is to paint every other one, let them dry then paint the others. That way the stairs could be used all along. Stairs up to some apartments we own need painting and this suggestion is useful to me now. Thanks someone who didn't leave their name. Maybe it is someone who might be using those stairs. Send suggestions to Veda Hale Box 956 Panguitch, Utah 84759 or email vedahale@hotmail.com INTEGRATE DISASTER RESISTANCE INTO YOUR REMODELING The Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) today urged homeowners to integrate disaster-resistance into their remodeling plans this year. According to a recent American Express Spending & Saving Tracker survey, 62 percent of homeowners polled said they, "plan to embark on home improvement projects in 2010 and spend an average of $6,200 on enhancements." "Home improvements are a great way to increase a home's curb appeal and value," said Julie Rochman, president & CEO of IBHS. "However, those improvements won't mean much if the home is damaged or destroyed by a natural disaster. With hurricane season approaching, and given the year-round danger of wildfire, hail and other severe storms across the country, homeowners should make disaster-resistance part of their home improvement plans. "IBHS' Web site, www. DisasterSafety.org includes extensive information for homeowners about the specific measures they can implement to strengthen their home to make it more resistant to the natural hazards that are likely to occur in their geographic area," Rochman said. For example, when installing a new roof cover select one that is appropriate for the hazards in your area and take advantage of the opportunity re-roofing offers to strengthen your roof For hail, wildfire and high winds/hurricanes, it is important to strip the old roof cover down to the sheathing. Most roofing products and particularly shingles resist hail impact best when they are installed on a smooth firm surface. In areas with a high hail risk, choose a Class 4 impact resistant product. The fire resistance rating of roof covers is dependent in many cases on the types of materials making up the entire roof system so you may not get a class A (the best rating) fire resistant roof if the rated cover is installed over old roof cover material. For hurricanes and high winds, it is important to check the fastening of the roof sheathing. In most cases, roof sheathing products such as plywood sheets or Oriented Strand Board will not be well attached to the roof framing. When you are re-roofing, there are steps that can be taken from re-nailing the roof sheathing, applying self adhesive strips over sheathing joints, installing a stronger underlayment with cap head nails and selecting a high rated roof cover that can reduce the roof's vulnerability to damage when a severe weather event occurs. If you are remodeling a portion of your house, look for ways to strengthen or protect that portion of your home so that you will have a stronger, safer area to go to if you are at home during a severe weather event. If you are in tornado or hurricane country and are remodeling a closet, consider turning it into a safe room or at least strengthening it so you have a safer area where you can seek shelter. If you live in earthquake or hurricane prone areas, consider strengthening the connections that form the load path from your roof to foundation in the area where you are remodeling. If you live in an area subject to wildfire risk, choose exterior finishes that are ignition resistant and make sure that decks or other additions are ignition resistant. Homeowners may also gain a second benefit from disaster-resistant home improvement projects – improved energy efficiency. For example, using doublepane, impact resistant windows not only keeps wind and fire out, but they also do a better job of keeping cool/warm air in helping homeowners save on their cooling/heating bills. Check out IBHS' www. DisasterSafety.org to learn about a number of simple and inexpensive ways homeowners can improve the ability of their homes to withstand the effects of natural disasters. Check out the regional wildfire retrofit guides for ways to integrate wildfire resistance into your home improvements whether they are in landscaping, adding features such as fences or decks or remodeling. |
