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April 2009
April 2009
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A p r i l 09
Events Ne w s i n t he o f f i c e
• April is National Landscape Architecture Month. Kathleen Eliason chaired the Utah
• April 4 and 6 is the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basket- Skills USA-VICA state drafting con-
ball Championship in Detroit, Michigan, and April test at SLCC.
5 and 7 is the NCAA Division 1 Women’s Basketball
Championship in St. Louis, Missouri.
• On April 5 in 1938 Teflon was invented and revolu- C o o pe r a t i o n i s a l l
tionized the cookware industry. abouT
• April 6 is the opening day of Major League Base- T ogether
ball. E veryone
A ccomplishes
Hummm... M ore
Americans spend an average of 29 hours a week
watching television - which means in a typical life span
we devote 13 uninterrupted years to our TV sets!!! “Inches make the champion”
- Vince Lombardi
Passports required for all
travel
Start planning now as passports will be required for
travel to Canada, Mexico and other areas as of June 1, 4 Tony Armer
2009. If you do not have a passport, it could take up to 6 Scott Thomas
six weeks, so do not be surprised. 8 Linda Kruse
26 Shane Trump
Did you know
There is an estimated 1.1 billion people worldwide with
no access to clean drinking water.
Easter Facts
• The holiday is celebrated on a Sunday between the dates of March 22 and April 25.
• The Easter Bunny is not a modern invention. The symbol originated with the pagan festival of
Eastre. The goddess, Eastre, was worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons through her earthly symbol,
the rabbit.
• From the earliest times, the egg is a symbol of rebirth in most cultures. Eggs were often
wrapped in gold leaf or, if you were a peasant, colored brightly by boiling them with the
leaves or petals of certain flowers.
• The initial baskets were given the appearance of bird’s nests.
• There are nearly 90 million chocolate bunnies made a year.
• Pysanka is a specific term used for the practice of Easter egg painting.
F o u r f a c t s a b o u t peep s m a r s h m a l l o w c a n d i e s
• It takes six minutes to make one Peeps chick.
• Original Peeps have a shelf life of two years.
• More than 5 million Peeps are produced each day.
• Peeps have been the most popular non-chocolate Easter candy in the United States for more
than a decade.
F o u r Th o u g h t s
• At 211 degrees, water is hot.
• At 212 degrees, it boils
• And with boiling water, come steam
• And with steam, you can power a train
Seemingly small things can make a tremendous difference.
“The problem with computers is they only do what you tell them”
- Anonymous
m h t n a r c h i t e c t s
De a l i n g w i t h c o n f l i c t
When you have a problem with another person it is important to focus on what you really want.
Questions you can ask yourself:
• What do I really want for myself?
• What do I really want for others?
• What do I really want for this relationship?
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