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When the Light Switch Fails, PARTY!!!

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     Rush hour  — that’s an oxymoron.  At 4:09 PM EST on August 14, 2003, the blackout hit the northeast.  Most people walked home.  Some slept in the street using the blankets and pillows their hotels gave them.  Most fasted when street venders quickly sold out.  Most everybody just got along –  but,  for how long?

     WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THE LIGHT SWITCH FAILS?

     Consider the following:  ENJOY – have a barbecue and invite a widow or a home teaching family.  Harvest the garden for a cold plate.  Invite neighbors for a Dutch oven pot luck.  Have family home evening outside.  Have a sleepover and serve MRE’s.  Take a bike ride and visit home teaching families.  See if the Bishop’s lights are still on.  Sell your generator to the highest bidder if you are out of fuel.   TV dinners and the microwave are no good if you are out of gas.

     Do you have a power plan?  Can your plan weather every season and last more than a day or two?  Or, do you run out of power when the power runs out?  PLAN – TO PARTY.

     For more information , call (your emergency preparedness specialist)

CATCH THE VISION, GET FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Emergency Procedures

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     “It came on between Wells and Wendover,” explained my mother, to my irate father.  “It was only one little red light.  The smoke didn’t start ‘til later.”

     I learned an early lesson when dad replaced the engine in our ’52 Buick.  “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”  That lesson was magnified during a military aviation career.  To expect the unexpected is the beginning of safety awareness.

     To feel safe comes from broadening our plans to include potential failures in the world around us.  To address present cares is one level in our mortal education.  To plan for and expect change is the next.  By warning us, Heavenly Father has given us the necessary insight to withstand the trying times that will come upon the wicked.  By choosing obedience, we choose to survive the trying times and be part of the wonderful events of the Savior’s second coming.  Want to be safe?  Be prepared.

     For more information, call (your emergency preparedness specialist).

CATCH THE VISION, GET FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Pain Remedies

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     The sports world is always reaching for new highs in pain.  “No pain, no gain,” we are told.  A popular athletic shoe ad says “sometimes you just have to break the rules.”  Some sports today push limits so far as to be near death experiences.  The pain is so great, if you aren’t dead, you will wish you were. 

      Pain is a great teacher because it leaves no doubt as to when we have surpassed limits or broken rules.  Divine guidance councils us to “live within the bounds the Lord has set.”  Stay in bounds.  Live pain free.  Spiritual and physical pains find remedy within the Lord’s plan.

     In your preparedness program consider the following pain relievers:

·         food — nothing is more painful than a hungry child.

·         Clothing — to comfort the cold and naked.

·         freedom — from debt and overspending.

·         daily scripture study — you have to know the limits.

·         inventory — Ibuprofen, prescription meds, ear and toothache remedies and consecrated oil in your first aid supplies.

     If you do what you’ve always done and get pain, check and change the causes through better choices.

     For more information, call (your emergency preparedness specialist).

     CATCH THE VISION, GET FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Vanity

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     Style and fashion are most often the worldly antithesis to spiritual covenant and commitment.  Having “enough and to spare” is a worthy material goal of every home.  Yet, each person illustrates his own attitudes and fashion, easily seen in spending habits.
     “Luxuries become the next generations’ necessities,” reported the U S Census Bureau.  Ben Franklin opined on fashion, saying, “expect little change in men’s pockets this year.”
     Thrift stores inventories come from those who share of their abundance, and even more by those who have outgrown wants or styles.   Spiritual vision improves the lives of both rich and poor through sharing.   Marvelous bargains are discovered when spiritual covenants and commitments take precedence.
     For more information call (your preparedness specialist).
     CATCH THE VISION, GET FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS AND BE PREPARED.

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Old Habits are Hard to Break

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

     If “variety is the spice of life,” certainly there is a need to inventory a variety of foods to support the family when stress interrupts routines.
     Someone once said that “the greatest contemporary invention that has done the most to destroy mans’ productivity is the drive-up window.”
     We are great at eating.  We don’t resort to drugs, alcohol, or tobacco as crutches on rough terrain;  but, when we come under stress we do eat more.  Metabolisms go up because it takes more energy when we fret and worry.  That’s when we need most the food fuels we are accustomed to eating – usually at the drive-up.  Under stress, we seek the familiar, and it is always easiest to depend on someone else to provide.
     Basic stored foods together with recipes and know-how are self-sufficiency essentials when you need to make your own blessings.  Good food is good first aid.  Check your kit contents and inventory what you eat, and eat what you inventory.
     For more information call (your preparedness specialist).
     CATCH THE VISION, GET FACTS, DEVELOP SKILLS, AND BE PREPARED.

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Value

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

A businessman once said to me; “It’s a sin not to separate a sucker from his money.”  A smart shopper said; “The price of anything is only what some sucker is willing to pay.”

Sometimes people “know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” What do you think?

Creating wealth takes three things: know-how, materials, and tools. Sometimes the good old-fashioned way can not only be the fastest way to fill needs, but the cheapest when you do it yourself.  Councilor Marian G. Romney commented on self-sufficiency in the same LDS General Conference session that Pres. Spencer W. Kimball gave his famous quote about “store what you eat; eat what you store.” Pres. Romney said, “Brothers and Sisters, you will see the time come upon us when the Saints will live only on those things which they produce at home.” What do you think brings the greatest things of value to your home?

For more information, call (your preparedness specialist).
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Smart Shopping

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

In a down-sized economy it becomes even more important to guard expenses and conserve, rather than expect more profits or income. Bargain hunting when buying essential business inventories is critical. The same principal is central to home storage. Limited only by shelf life and available storage space, food items that are a regular part of the family diet, when purchased in quantity, not only represent bargain investments, but these items in the home will reduce the frequency and expense of trips to the store. Also, buying case quantities of ten items or less still qualify you to checkout through the express lane. Comparison shopping saves more money than it costs time, and the savings are non-taxable, too.

For more information, call (your preparedness specialist).
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