From West Valley FourthWard NEWS- Febuary 2010

Relief Society

We would like to thank all of you who participated in any way with our January Visiting Teaching Conference! Almost every visiting teacher was able to come to her personal interview with a member of the Relief Society presidency and discuss her personal ministry with the sisters she has been “called to serve.” Many were also involved with the skit and song and telling of personal experiences after a light dinner in the cultural hall on Tuesday. We appreciated Bishop Mathis taking time to come and share his thoughts with us as well. We appreciate our visiting teachers and the efforts they make to visit each sister in the ward area each month. Keep up your good work!!  Thanks to our Young Women, Tiffany Bentley and Kaitlyn Rosenlof, as well as Brother Butts, Brother Stott, and Brother Eccles for “manning” the nursery. We also appreciated help in setting up and taking down the tables and chairs and moving the piano. Thanks, too, to those who help us contact the sisters prior to our monthly meetings. We depend on so many of you! Mark your calendars for another interesting and uplifting Relief Society meeting on Tuesday, February 9. More information will be coming in the near future. Also mark the following Tuesday, February 16 for our Relief Society Temple Day. Come join with us on Sundays at 3:10 pm for thought-provoking messages and camaraderie. It’s great to see each other and feel of the Spirit in our meetings.

  We would like to express our well wishes to our sisters who are unable to join with us at our Relief Society meetings and activities and hope that you know we miss you and think of you. May our Heavenly Father bless you with your daily challenges and bring you peace and comfort and relief from pain.

RELIEF SOCIETY PRESIDENCY

President Kay Williams 963-9706

1st Counselor Barbara Stott 969-8721

2nd Counselor Dorene Lynch 969-1700

Secretary PamMagnuson 968-6506

BOOK CLUB
Dear Book Lovers:
We are already a whole month into 2010 and the whole hoopla of a new year is just a small blip on the radar. Maybe we are a year wiser than this time last year because we were blessed enough to have participated in some great offerings in the written word section of "Life's Library." I count myself lucky as I am not completely bald after having prepared the review of "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society." As I write this, I am just putting on the finishing touches to that presentation, as I deliver tonight. I can't give you any juicy tidbits about how it went since I don't have the power of clairvoyance. Next time, I guess.
This year holds much promise of increasing our "gray matter." February will wind us up with on of our favorite authors . . . John Grisham. We know there are good people and bad people we walk through life with . . . side by side. And sometimes, good people do bad things and vice versa. Then throw lawyers in the mix and . . . we won't even go there! (No offense intended . . . but if taken, well....... sue me! HEE HEE!) Janeal Atkinson on The Associate will gift us with a review. Grisham is such a talent and what a pleasure to read. We follow the story of a Yale Law School student, Kyle, who is headed for dreams of a public service job . . .UNTIL shadowy figures blackmail him with a video tape to force him into service for their own corrupt ends.
There is an $800 billion lawsuit at stake over a military contract on newly designed aircraft. There are powerful Wall Street law firms. A secret file room. SOMEONE has to handle the passing of these secrets and Kyle's assignment is to spy on his new employer on behalf of his blackmailer.
His dark secret could destroy his dreams, his career, even his life. Kyle is caught between the criminal forces manipulating him, the FBI, and his own law firm's malignant conspiracy. With all his intellect, cunning, and bravery, he still may not be able to escape alive.
As you can see, this is a real page-turner with David-against-Goliath angle. It is a great February fluster buster, and put into the very capable hands of Janeal we won't be disappointed. You won't want to miss this thriller! It's a new year . . . now dust off that library card and sign up for court duty! Til Next Time . . . .

Court of Appeals Clerk,
Kris Humphries
801.963.9706 or 801.808.9783
Book: The Associate by John Grisham
Presenter: Janeal Atkinson
Place: Barb's Conference Room
Date: Tuesday, Feb 23rd
Time: 7:00 p.m

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS:

Lessons from Haiti

  On January 12 tragedy struck the small island country of Haiti, the poorest in the Western hemisphere. The magnitude 7 earthquake is one of the top ten worst earthquakes, in terms of lives lost,in recorded history – and in the worst five since

1900.

  Utah emergency planners view a magnitude 7 earthquake on the Wasatch Front as a worst-case scenario. We probably don’t anticipate tens of thousands of foreign troops here providing aid. We don’t expect to lose tens or hundreds of thousands of lives. We do expect to lose thousands of homes and other buildings. We do expect a large number of

wounded people urgently requiring basic medical care. We must not be complacent.
  As Haiti’s earthquake this year, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the 2004 Indonesian Tsunami, the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake, and countless other disasters have shown, people are vulnerable at all times and in all places to catastrophic natural disasters and, of course, to lesser emergencies. It behooves us to be prepared, as much as we can be individually, as families, and as a community. 
  I want to just pass on the following item from the West Valley CERT website and echo its sentiments. . .
  Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Haiti and all those affected by the earthquake last week. The disaster brings into focus the painful reality of our own fragile situation. We've heard for years "it's not a question of if; it's a question of when a major quake will occur on the Wasatch Front." The other painful reality that the situation in Haiti brings into focus is the absolute need for us to be self reliant following a disaster. The rule used to be "72 hours.” As we've seen in this case, and others before, 72 hours just isn't long enough for relief to arrive, organize and deploy. Seven to ten days is far more realistic.
  Fox 13 has an excellent story on our own vulnerability to an earthquake and what we should expect afterward. Go to http://www.fox13now.com/news/kstu-utahpreparing-for-an-earthquake-inwasatch, 0,2807054.story for the story.
  The State of Utah also has great information on the Be Ready Utah website at http://www.beready.utah.gov/.
Www.ready.gov is another great source of information. If you haven't done so recently, now would be an excellent time to check out your family preparedness kits and rotate out anything that's expired. 
  Our next course starts February 11. Preregistration is still open. The full course information is on the CERT home page http://www.wvcert.org/.