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laugh Dakota tribal
wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead
horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However, in
business we often try other strategies with dead horses,
including the following:
1. Buying a stronger whip.
2. Changing riders.
3. Saying things like "This is the
way we always have ridden this horse."
4. Appointing a committee to study the
horse.
5. Arranging to visit other sites to
see how they ride dead horses.
6. Increasing the standards to ride
dead horses.
7. Appointing a team to revive the dead
horse.
8. Creating a training session to
increase our riding ability.
9. Comparing the state of dead horses
in today’s environment.
10. Change the requirements declaring
that "This horse is not dead."
11. Hire contractors to ride the dead
horse.
12. Harnessing several dead horses
together for increased speed.
13. Declaring that "No horse is
too dead to beat."
14. Providing additional funding to
increase the horse’s performance.
15. Do a CA Study to see if contractors
can ride it cheaper.
16. Purchase a product to make dead
horses run faster.
17. Declare the horse is "better,
faster and cheaper" dead.
18. Form a quality circle to find uses
for dead horses.
19. Revisit the performance
requirements for horses.
20. Say this horse was procured with
cost as an independent variable.
21. Promote the dead horse to a
supervisory position.
1910
INTERESTING MELANGE.
A Chronological Record of Events as they have
Transpired in the City and County since our last Issue.
The Baby Has a Home.
The baby abandoned in the yard of a
North Maple street residence did not remain long without
a home after being taken to the poor farm. The baby
arrived at the farm and was taken the next day by a man
and his wife named Dudley who lives on Cedar street in
this City. They are excellent people and will adopt the
child.
Tomatoes a Few
Years Ago.
"I remember well - and I am not an
old man either - when the tomato plant was considered
poisonous," said Professor Blanton. "My mother
used to call the tomato the love apple. The vegetable was
cultivated for its ornamental value strictly, and while
nearly every southern farmer had it in his garden he
warned his children against it as if it contained arsenic
or strychnine. I don’t think it has been longer than
thirty-five years since the tomato was regarded in this
light."
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Today's Feature CPR Course
Offered.
Basic Live Support for
Healthcare Providers class will be offered in the
McCune-Brooks Regional Hospital Large Conference
room on three dates in July. The class will be
held on July 7, 14, and 21 beginning at 1 p.m.
the cost for the class is $45.
The BLS for healthcare
providers class is intended for healthcare
providers and others who are seeking training
that offers a credential (card) documenting
successful completion of a CPR course. The class
is designed to reach the skills of CPR for
victims of all ages, used of an automated
defibrillator and relief of choking. The course
is video-based with instructor-led discussion and
simulation. Students participate in, practice and
complete various skills and learning stations.
The course includes a written exam and a skills
test. The class takes approximately four to five
hours to complete.
To reserve space in the class
call 359-1310.
The McCune-Brooks Grief support
group will meet July 6, 13, 20, and 27 from 1:30
to 3:00 p.m.. Call 359-2636 for location and
reservation.
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Just Jake
Talkin'
Mornin',
I’ve had a couple
folks tell me that they’ve been
thinkin’ of me the last few days.
One said he was seein’
my "Don’t want to hear it" ad
as he closed his eyes and listened to about a
ten minute display of firecrackers goin’
off in his neighbor’s yard.
As for my particular
neighborhood, I haven’t had the urge to
interfere with any noisemakers to date.
Livin’ close to a church does give me a
couple of blocks of buffer zone
accordin’ to state statutes, but my
perimeter has been fairly inactive to date.
There does seem to be more
activity in the distance since the City ban
on fireworks was lifted. The next several
days will likely intensify the natural
tendency for a few to blow somethin’ up.
This is some fact, but
mostly,
Just Jake Talkin’.
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HERE’S A TIP
By
JoAnn Derson
• Use aluminum-foil strips
on furniture that you do not want pets to get on.
They dislike the noise and feel of the foil. You
also can wrap the arms of couches to discourage
cats from using them as scratching posts.
• "Use a plastic bag
to protect your flashlight when you are using it
in the rain." -- R.I. in Indiana
• "Baby wipes make
great cleanup wipes. I use them on counters,
shoes, the highchair, you name it. They are
especially handy in the car. I keep a quart-size
zipper-style bag in the front console, and I find
myself doling them out and using them
often." -- S.S. in Arizona
• "You can use a
turkey baster to fill your iron’s steam
reservoir. It’s easier than trying to pour
water into that tiny hole -- at least it is for
me." -- A.L. in Nebraska
• "On the weekend, I
grill up several chicken breasts. Then I cut them
into strips and put a lunch-size portion of each
in a plastic baggie. I freeze them right away.
Through the week, I pack a lunch with salad and
add a baggie of chicken to my lunchbox. By the
time lunch rolls around, the small amount of
chicken is defrosted and perfect. And if I decide
not to use it even for a whole week, the chicken
doesn’t go bad." -- C.T. in North
Carolina
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