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These monthly newsletters (from January 2011 to present) are to help us all be more prepared. They are written for the Hurricane Utah Stake (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,) but everyone is welcome to make copies. Many other groups and individuals are using them. (Note: Garden tips are for Southern Utah. You may need to adjust to fit your climate.)

Monday, October 31, 2011

November 2011 Newsletter

 November brings with it the Thanksgiving season.  What a wonderful time to reflect on the many things we have to be thankful for. Remember to also be thankful for your preparedness!  Being able to stock our shelves and prepare for the coming year gives us much to be grateful for.  What a feeling of peace to know you have followed the prophet to “Be Prepared”, but also to know that your family will be taken care of in times of trouble.  If you are not as prepared as you want to be, do not give up.  Keep adding a little here and there. Remember, “Rome wasn’t built in a day” either.  Just like the gospel, our preparedness is established “line upon line, precept on precept.” Be thankful for what we do have!  As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “This time, like all times, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.”


Included in this month's newsletter:
     Rotation Rotation Rotation
     Disaster Prep: gas tanks, propane, money, baby diapers
     Hot tip: Spiff-e-whip
     In the Garden: clean garden, leaves, winter water, seed catalogs
     Cooking with food storage: flour tortillas, fruit cake
     November Challenge: Thanksgiving storage
     Thoughts on Being Prepared: four incentive quotes




Click here to download a complete November 2011 Back to Basics Newsletter.
(Note: After the google docs comes up you can download an original by clicking on a "download original" box in the top right of the screen. This may help when printing a copy to share with your ward.) 

Monday, October 24, 2011

How to Download

For those who are downloading this to print for use in their wards, this will hopefully help.  There has been some question as to the process to get the same document I use to print for my own ward.  Here is how: if you click on the link (click where it says "click here") it will take you to google docs.  To get the original document you must then click on the download link.  This should be on the top right hand side of your screen. When you click "download" it will download to your computer the same document I have on my computer. (Sometimes when you click the download link, you may still have to tell your computer to download it.  A message in the lower left of the screen will appear and you can click it to open.) When the document is downloaded and pulled up you can print it.  If you have trouble printing, you may need to click "enable editing" at the top of the page. (But you should be able to just print)  SO basically - in order to get the printable document I have on my computer, you have to go one more step after getting the google docs.  Good luck.  I hope this is not as "clear as mud".  But if it is and you have any trouble, PLEASE ask questions and I'll try to help!
Happy Downloading!