Dry Cannery

*********** DRY PACK UPDATE*************
In late December, the Lindon Home Storage Center (Dry Pack) requested the information about price changes happening on January 16th be sent to our distribution list. It was amazing to see the effects this had. Brother Anderson, Manager of the Lindon Home Storage Center, has now asked that we share the following with you:

Lindon Home Storage Center (Dry-Pack) update. For Dry Pack questions call: 801-785-0997

• Powdered Milk

On January 16th the price of powdered milk rose $10.60 per 25# bag, from $24.80 to its current price of $35.40. As noted on the Family Home Storage Center price sheet (found on-line at www.providentliving.org), prices are subject to change without notice. The $24.80 price was in effect for almost seven months prior to the increase.

As soon as we were notified of the price increase in early December, I sent out a notice via the great sisters in the Wet-Pack Cannery Office. The results were interesting:
o In November 2009, our patrons canned just under 800 #10 cans of milk.
o In December, they canned just under 700 #10 cans of milk (remember that we were closed for ~the last two weeks in December.)
o In the first two weeks of January - before the price change on the 16th - just under 2,500 #10 cans were processed.
o On Thursday, January 14th, there was so much demand that we literally ran out of product fairly early in the day. It should be noted that if the demand had peaked in the weeks before, we could have replenished the milk to meet the demands since we order each week for the following week. But, by the last week, it was too late to order more.
o Note: the canning stats above do not include the thousands of pounds that were purchased in bulk during this time.
o The parallel to the parable of the 10 virgins came to my mind after all the (milk) dust settled. Those who waited until the last minute lost the benefit of the better price.
o Please note that the price of our powdered milk is still excellent considering that ~two years ago the price was over $70 per bag!

• Potato Flakes

A new opportunity has now presented itself. With the new price changes, potato flakes (NOT potato pearls!) have dropped from $30.20 per 25 lb. box to $22.20, a decrease of $8 per box.

Potato Flakes are only dried potatoes. Their shelf life, when properly canned and stored under ideal conditions (as noted on the order form), will be 30 years. You can make them taste just as good as potato pearls by adding salt, butter and milk.

We recommend that you plan early to increase your own home storage inventory and take advantage of the lower price of this and other items.

Other items to take note of are:
• White Rice: Price dropped $1.90 (11.1%) per 25# box to $$8.45
• Black Beans: Price dropped $1.85 (4.1%) per 25# bag to $14.50
• Spaghetti: Price dropped $1.70 (7.4%) per 25# box to $14.55
• White Beans: Price dropped $1.65 (7.6%) per 25# bag to $14.10

• Pre Packs

As you were informed earlier, the prices of our pre-packed items are no longer the same price as the do-it-yourself cans of equal quantity. They are slightly higher, ranging from 11 cents to 23 cents per can higher depending on the product. This is still a great buy if you want to save time in securing these products for your home storage. You can buy these pre-packs directly off the shelf.

New Pre-Pack Items: Starting sometime after the 1st of April, we will be offering two additional pre-pack items:
• White Wheat
• White Flour

Pricing and availability will be forwarded to you as soon as we are notified. This information, as always, will also be posted when the time comes on the Home Storage Center Order Form at www.providentliving.org.

We strongly suggest that the counsel of the Brethren be followed and that you build up your home storage items by:
• First securing your 3 months supply of those items your family eats every day.
• Then slowly build up your long-term food storage.
o You don't have to do it all at once! But keep at it!
o We have some very excellent and EASY instructions to help you determine what you will need for a year's supply of food for your family. Come in and talk to one of our excellent missionary staff! They are all willing and anxious to assist you.

The Lindon Home Storage Center is open on a walk-in, first-come/first-serve basis on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Price and product information is located on www.providentliving.org. (Make sure to use .org extension since there is a .net website with the same name.) You are looking for the Home Storage Center Order Form link on this website. It is an interactive form where you can plan your expenditure by entering order amounts and seeing the total amount you will spend. After you complete the order form, print it off and bring it with you to expedite the check-in process at the Home Storage Center. Do not fill out your check prior to arriving at the Center just in case they are out of any of the products you planned to order.

One last note: Remember that it isn't enough just to buy food stuffs in bulk and store them, as-purchased, without preparing them to last long-term.

I talked with a patron a few months ago who wanted to buy 2,000 lbs of White Wheat. When I asked how she planned to store it, she said she had no idea what I meant. She felt that all that was needed to be prepared was to buy it in bulk. No thought was given to safe and secure storing procedures. Don't get caught with a lot of food storage that may be at risk because of improper storage preparations.

We love serving you!
Y'all come in and see us! Hear?

Elder Anderson, Manager
Lindon Home Storage Center

February Spotlight

Our Spotlight this month is Rita Jeffery

I was born in Ririe, Idaho, but I grew up on a dry farm near Sun Valley, Idaho.
I went to school in a two room schoolhouse, and was the only graduate. We skied to school most everyday in the winter months. My dad would leave our car in town and then our horses would pull us in a sleigh back and forth to our home. My dad was the bishop most all of my growing up years. So on Sunday mornings we would get into town and clean up the town tavern, (which was always a dirty mess from the bar the night before) then that is where we would hold church. So that is where I was taught and learned the gospel).
In the spring time it was such a wonderful time of year, so many gorgeous birds! Lots of meadow larks and bluebirds.
I graduated from college and I have a bachelor degree in Elementary Education. I taught school for 15 years. Kindergarten is my favorite. In Arizona I taught near an Indian reservation. I loved these children. Papago Indians and many Mexican children were in my kindergarten class. I also taught in a private school. That year when school was out for the summer, we had three missionaries out, and I thought what can I do to help out here, that is when I decided to start a preschool in my home, which worked out great, and I had it for 6 years.
I met my husband Ray a few years after our missions. We both served as missionaries in the Western Canada mission. We were serving at the same time, so I'm sure we must have met at zone meetings, but I really met him at a mission reunion some years later.
We have been married for 51 years. Ray worked for IBM. We lived in San Jose, Calif. in Longmont, Colorado and Tucson Arizona. He is always helping people. He honored every call in the church. He has served in two bishoprics and many other callings. We've both been very active in the church. After Ray retired we have served two missions. Santa Rosa, California where we worked mostly with Native Americans. We had several baptisms. One very special one with a paralized lady named Wonda. After she died I did her temple work.
We served as temple missionaries in Santiago Chili (2002-04) We learned all the ordinances in Spanish.
A special experence we had in Chili. The temple was closed for nearly a month in Dec. (this is their Summer.) We flew south with a group of missionaries. What an experience! We went to Penguin Island and saw 40,000 pairs of penguins plus their babies. It was unbelievable! I also have washed my hands in the Straights of Magellan. I have seen birds and animals that are no place else in the world! Also waterfalls and glaciers that are just breath taking. I've been in a wind that picked up rocks as big as your fist.
Ray and I have had many wonderful experences together.
We have 7 children. 5 living. I have had 2 sets of twins. Rawlin was our first then one year later, Ralph and Ryan (twins), Mary and Cinda (twins) they lived just a few hours. Jeana, and Jonathon. All of our children have served missions. All have graduated from college, three are doctors.
We have 11 grandchildren and 4 step grandchildren that we love so much.
My favorite hobbies are reading, walking, working in the garden, reading to children, and watching birds.
My greatest joys are my children, grandchildren, and working in the Temple.
My favorite scripture is; 2 Nephi 31:19-21


We love having Sister Jeffery in our ward!!! She lives at 577 S. Towers Dr.

Pictures are the Jeffery family on their 50th wedding anniversery and Grandsons who were serving missions at the time.

GOOD NEWS MOMENT

Jimmie and Lynette Black have been called on a service mission at the MTC.

Congratulations to the Fillmore family, they have a new baby boy!

January Presidency Message

"This is God's work, and God's work will not be frustrated. But there is still much to be done before the Great Jehovah can announce that the work is done. While we praise and honor those faithful Saints who have brought us to this point of public prominence, we cannot afford, my brothers and sisters, to be comfortable or content."We are all needed to finish the work that was begun by those pioneering Saints over 175 years ago and carried out through the subsequent decades by faithful Saints of every generation. We need to believe as they believed. We need to work as they worked. We need to serve as they served. And we need to overcome as they overcame."Of course, our challenges are different today, but they are no less demanding. Instead of angry mobs, we face those who constantly try to defame. Instead of extreme exposure and hardship, we face alcohol and drug abuse, pornography, all kinds of filth, sleaze, greed, dishonesty, and spiritual apathy. Instead of families being uprooted and torn from their homes, we see the institution of the family, including the divine institution of marriage, under attack as groups and individuals seek to define away the prominent and divine role of the family in society."This is not to suggest that our challenges today are more severe than the challenges faced by those who have gone before us. They are just different. The Lord isn't asking us to load up a handcart; He's asking us to fortify our faith. He isn't asking us to walk across a continent; He's asking us to walk across the street to visit our neighbor. He isn't asking us to give all of our worldly possessions to build a temple; He's asking us to give of our means and our time despite the pressures of modern living to continue to build temples and then to attend regularly the temples already built. He isn't asking us to die a martyr's death; He's asking us to live a disciple's life."
M. Russell Ballard, "The Truth of God Shall Go Forth," Ensign, Nov. 2008, 83–84

Cooking Tips and Tricks

Reheat Pizza - Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy.

Conditioner: Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair...or those little bottles you bring home from a hotel.