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F e b r u a r y 09

Happenings
The month of February is designated as American Heart Office Closed
Month. Monday, February 16th for President’s
Day
February 1st is the Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa Bay.

February 8 – 14 is National Jell-o week. Celebrated

annually the second full week in February. This was first “The only thing constant in life is change.”
officially declared by the Utah Legislature in 2001. - Rochefoucauld

February 10, 1897 is the anniversary for the slogan ”All

the news that’s fit to print” for the New York Times. This
has appeared every day on page one of the paper.

February 15th is the NBA All-Star Game in Phoenix,

Arizona.
9 Candace Anderson
9 Chad Nielsen
Facts on Abraham Lincoln
13 Brian Parker
• Favorite pet – his dog, Fido
13 Dennette Nobles
• Favorite dessert – white almond cake
• Favorite sport – wrestling 13 Kathleen Eliason
• Favorite poem – “Mortality,” by William Knox 16 Nate Ericksons
• Favorite organizing trick – keeping letters, bills,
and notes in his stovepipe hat!

1.64 million gallons of maple syrup were produced na-

tionwide in 2008. Tapping season runs from February to
April, when warm, sunny days and frosty nights create
the best sap flow.
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Interiors for mentoring two USU interior design “Presence is more than just being
students on February 4. there.” Malcolm Forbes

Facts on George Washington

• Over 6 feet tall – unusual in colonial times.
• He wore false teeth made from hippopotamus ivory
• Refused a third term as President
• After his death, capital moved from Philadelphia to District of Columbia

Fou r Th i n g s
That is all most people can remember at one time. So say researchers at the University of
Missouri at Columbia. That may explain why the fifth item on your mental grocery list never
seems to make it home.

Ounce of Prevention
Are you aware for every dollar you spend on a child’s health care today will save up to $9.00
in future costs? And, studies show the measures you take today will add years to your life. So
it behooves each of us to take preventative measures now – these include: immunizations,
health screenings, high cholesterol and obesity treatments. Also, sxhedule yearly visits to the
doctor.

Heart Facts
• Your system of blood vessels is over 60,000 miles long – that is enough to go around the
world more than twice!
• The adult heart pumps about 5 quarts of blood each minute – approximately 2,000 gal-
lons of blood each day
• Heart beats about 100,000 times each day
• An adult woman’s heart weighs about 8 ounces, a man’s about 10 ounces
• Blood takes about 20 seconds to circulate throughout the entire vascular system
• Blood is about 78% water
• A child’s heart is about the size of a clenched fist; an adult’s heart is about the size of
two fists.

Delegation
Have you ever wondered how you learned things? Often it is because someone gave
you the opportunity to do something you were not quite sure you can do. This is known as
delegation and it is an important process in the development of learning. There is a four step
process for this to be successful: plan what can be delegated, assign the task(s), determine
a person’s readiness to handle the assignment and follow up to ensure task is being done.

““A talk is a voyage. It must be charted. The speaker, who starts nowhere, usually gets
there.” Dale Carnegie

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