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Plan early to attend the:

“Ray & Frankie Finlinson Reunion”

NOTICE NEW DATE: * Saturday, July 19, 2008 *

IPP Man Camp - Delta

• Come & enjoy an afternoon & evening in air conditioned comfort.

• Bring your lunch for 12 noon.

• Program will be at 1:30 pm.

• An auction will be held after the program.

(Please plan on donating to the auction - don’t forget something for the kids too - they love to be part of the fun.)

• Games for kids and everyone.

• Dinner will be furnished by Norine’s family followed by a dance featuring the Oak City Orchestra.

Hope to see you on July 26th 19th !!!!

(information supplied by Tom Shipley)

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(Jerry added this additional information: )

From: Jerry Finlinson
To: Family members
Date: 2/19/2008 6:30 PM
Subject: Ray Finlinson reunion 26 19 July 2008, IPP man camp

FYI,
We have scheduled another Ray Finlinson Family Reunion for this summer.
Norine Shipley Family is in charge. The IPP mancamp near the power plant
has been reserved for the event.

Please put it on your calendars and plan to attend.
There are camping sites available at the campground.

If you are lucky, we can give tours of the power plant.

Later, Jerry

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• Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. - John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States
• When ideas fail, words come in very handy. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, German Poet/Dramatist/Novelist
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• Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. - Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
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• I can’t imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got. - Walter Cronkite, American Broadcast Journalist
• The man who has done his best has done everything. - Charles Schwab, 1862-1939, American Industrialist and Businessman
• It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. - Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American Scientist/Publisher/Diplomat
• Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. - Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Statesman and Literary Figure
• The art of living lies not in eliminating but in growing with troubles. - Bernard M. Baruch, 1870-1965, American Financier and Statesman
• It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. - W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
• I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
• Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn. - Earl Nightingale, 1921-1989, American Motivational Author and Radio Broadcaster
• The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a “But.” - Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887, American Preacher/Orator/Writer
• Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
• A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
• An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. - Niels Bohr (1885-1962)
• If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies. - Source Unknown

PROFOUND QUOTES THAT WE THINK ARE VALUABLE TO READ AND CONSIDER

• It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t. - Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862, 8th President of the United States
• There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast. - Source Unknown
• Once a man who had been slandered by a newspaper came to Edward Everett asking what to do about it. Said Everett, “Do nothing! Half the people who bought the paper never saw the article. Half of those who saw it, did not read it. Half of those who read it, did not understand it. Half of those who understood it, did not believe it. Half of those who believed it are of no account anyway” - Zig Ziglar, Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down World
• Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches. - Colley Cibber, 1671-1757, English Actor/Playwright/Poet Laureate
• The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. - Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, American Author and Achievement Expert
• Great challenges make great men. We don’t seek tribulation, but if we respond in faith, the Lord strengthens us. - Elder Dennis E. Simmons
• Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich. - Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American Industrialist and Founder of Ford Motor Company
• If you have a job without aggravations, you don’t have a job. - Malcolm S. Forbes, 1917-1990, American Publisher
• No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit. - Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, American Industrialist and Philanthropist
• To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement. - Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, British Philosopher/Mathematician/Essayist
• Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. - Bill Gates
• Thought is action in rehearsal. - Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939, Austrian Neurologist and Psychiatrist
• If you worry about what might be, and wonder what might have been, you will ignore what is. - Source Unknown
• The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work. - Oprah Winfrey
• It’s the job that’s never started that takes the longest to finish. - J.R.R. Tolkien
• Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. - Aristotle
• The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. - Roger Bannister, English Neurologist and Runner
• Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character. - George Santayana, 1863-1952, Spanish-born American Philosopher
• Confidence is the result of hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. - Roger Staubach, American Football Player
• The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882, American Poet
• Believe in yourself. Believe in your capacity to do great and good things….You are not destined to be a scrub. You are a child of God, of infinite capacity. - President Gordon B. Hinckley
• Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language. - Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American Film Producer/Director/Animator
• Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half. - Bum Phillips, American Football Coach
• By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be the boss and work twelve hours a day. - Robert Frost
• The love we give away is the only love we keep. - Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American Philosopher and Writer
• Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow. - Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese Poet and Novelist
• Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945, 32nd President of the United States
• Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working. - Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish Artist and Painter
• Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means. - Leo Buscaglia, 1924-1998, American Author and Expert on Love and Human Relationships
• He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. - Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821, French General and Politician

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A Modern Business Parable
A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (Ford Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River . Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Americans, very discouraged & depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action. Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 8 people steering and 1 person rowing. Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion. They advised, of course, that hat too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing. Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team’s management structure was totally reorganized to include: 4 steering supervisors, 3 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager. They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 1 person rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the ‘Rowing Team Quality First Program,’ with meetings, dinners, free pens and a certificate of completion for the rower. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses.
The next year the Japanese won by two miles. Humiliated, the American management laid off the rower (a reduction in workforce) for poor performance, halted development of a new canoe, sold the paddles, and cancelled all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses and the next year’s racing team was “out-sourced” to India. Sadly, the End.
However, sad, but oh so true!
Here’s something else to think about: Ford has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the US, claiming they can’t make money paying American wages. Toyota has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the US .
The last quarter’s results : Toyota makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in losses. Ford folks are still scratching their heads.
IF THIS WASN’T SO SAD IT MIGHT BE FUNNY!
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• “Man will never reach the moon regardless of all future scientific advances.” — Dr. Lee DeForest, “Father of Radio & Grandfather of Television.” “The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives.” - - Admiral William Leahy , US Atomic Bomb Project
• “There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom.” — Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923
• “Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.” — Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
• “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers .” — Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
• “I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won’t last out the year.” — The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957
• “But what is it good for?” — Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.
• “640K ought to be enough for anybody.” — Bill Gates, 1981
• “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.” — Western Union internal memo, 1876.
• “The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?” — David Sarnoff’s associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.
• “The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C,’ the idea must be feasible.” — A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith’s paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)
• “I’m just glad it’ll be Clark Gable who’s falling on his face and not Gary Cooper.” — Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in “Gone With The Wind.”
• “A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make.” — Response to Debbi Fields’ idea of starting Mrs. Fields’ Cookies.
• “We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.” — Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.
• “Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.” — Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.
• “If I had thought about it, I wouldn’t have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can’t do this.” - - Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M “Post-It” Notepads.
• “Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You’re crazy.” — Drillers whom Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859.
• “Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.” - - Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University , 1929.
• “Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.” — Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre, France .
• “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” — Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899
• “The super computer is technologically impossible. It would take all of the water that flows over Niagara Falls to cool the heat generated by the number of vacuum tubes required.” — Professor of Electrical Engineering, New York University
• “I don’t know what use any one could find for a machine that would make copies of documents. It certainly couldn’t be a feasible business by itself.” — the head of IBM, refusing to back the idea, forcing the inventor to found Xerox.
• “Louis Pasteur’s theory of germs is ridiculous fiction.” — Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse , 1872
• “The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon.” — Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873.

And last but not least…

• “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” — Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp.

FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS QUOTES

• The rules of life, just the same as the rules of math, apply to all of us equally - Sam Whatcott, Somewhat Famous Erstwhile Philosopher
• You can’t expect to hit the jackpot if you don’t put a few nickels in the machine. - Flip Wilson
• I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. - Bill Cosby
• It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently. - Warren Buffett
• It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it. - Steven Wright (1955 - )
• I am not young enough to know everything. - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
• In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on. - Robert Frost (1874-1963)
• If you don’t fail now and again, it’s a sign you’re playing it safe. - Woody Allen, American Film Director/Writer/Comedian
• The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. - Aristotle, 384-322 B.C., Greek Philosopher
• Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. - Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, American Author and Achievement Expert
• It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning. - Claude Bernard, 1813-1878, French Physiologist
• If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster. — Isaac Asimov
• Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow. ~Edward Sandford Martin
• As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy
• A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. ~Cicero
• If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart
• Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. - Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English Author and Critic
• Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. - Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English Philosopher/Essayist/Statesman
• Life’s greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved. - Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French Poet/Dramatist/Novelist
• The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it. - Lou Holtz, American Football Coach and Motivational Speaker
• The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You don’t blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the President. You realize that you control your own destiny. - Albert Ellis
• There can be economy only where there is efficiency. - Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Statesman and Literary Figure
• We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, German Poet/Dramatist/Novelist
• When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. - William Jennings Bryan
• Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love. - Nelson Rockefeller, 1908-1979, American Politician/Philanthropist/Businessman
• There can be economy only where there is efficiency. - Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Statesman and Literary Figure
• We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, German Poet/Dramatist/Novelist
• You’re never too old to become younger. - Mae West, 1893-1980, American Actress and Playwright
• A room without books is like a body without a soul. - Marcus T. Cicero, 106-43 B.C., Roman Orator and Politician
• Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be. - Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American Author/Critic/Naturalist
• A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. - Harry Truman
• In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. - Daniel L. Reardon
• Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. - Gil Stern
• The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid. - Source Unknown
• From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you. - Samuel Goldwyn, 1879-1974, American Motion Picture Producer
• Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves. - James M. Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish author
• If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes. - John Wooden, American Basketball Coach and Player
• Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. - Sophocles, 496-406 B.C., Greek Tragic Dramatist
• A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. - Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American Journalist and Author
• The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist
• Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. - Thomas Edison, 1847-1931, American Inventor and Entrepreneur
• To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. - George Santayana, 1863-1952, Spanish-born American Philosopher
• If you believe everything you read, you better not read. - Japanese Proverb

From: Virginia Loader
To: Family & Friends
Date: 3/9/2007 6:19 AM
Subject: Finlinson Reunion, Oak City July 28, 2007
Attachments: Finlinson Reunion Invitation.doc

Please distribute this invitation to the 2007 Finlinson Reunion. We will send another one as it gets closer. THANKS!

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Finlinson Reunion
Brought to you by

Uncle Burnis’ Bunch

>From: kdutson <AT> sisna <DOT> com Kae Dutson

>To: jerry <AT> finlinson <DOT> net Jerry Finlinson
>Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 10:56 PM
>Subject: Revised Reunion Schedule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Hi Jerry!! Please pass this on!! Thanks!!
>
> Hear Ye, Hear Ye!!! Revised Reunion Schedule!!!
> Same date, July 28, 2007

July 28, 2007

12:00 - Bring Your Own Lunch - Eat at the Pavilion

> 12:00 Noon Lunch at Oak City Hall (Each family bring your own)

1:30 - Welcome and Business Meeting - at the Oak City Town Hall

>> About 1:00 or 1:30 Talent Program (Anyone wanting to participate
>> contact Kae immediately if not sooner!!) email or call 435-846-2931

1:40 - Family Talent Show – at the Hall
We want to see your stuff so contact Kae or Virginia so we can put you on the schedule!

Kae - kdutson (AT) sisna (DOT) com
Virginia - vloader (AT) rivertoncity (DOT) com
3:30 - Games

• Softball
• Horseshoes
• Rook
• Horse and Buggy Rides
• Volleyball
• Kid’s Races

>> Afternoon sports: Kids races, volleyball, softball, horseshoes etc.
>> Lots of visiting!!!!

>> 5:00 Auction: Please bring items and plan on buying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:30 - Dinner on us

>> 6:00 - Supper on us

7:00 - 11:30 Dance

>> Dance 7:30 ( or whenever Austin gets in from McCornick) to
>> however late they will play!!)

We love you and are excited to see you all!

>> Come join Uncle Burnis’ Bunch for a fun time at the “Ray & Frankie” Reunion!!

From: Mat Lyman
To: Family and Friends
Date: 3/16/2007 10:33 PM
Subject: Fwd: George & Susan Books from Mat LymanJerry,

A year or so ago you emailed to your Finlinson branch about us having some reprinted George and Susan Finlinson books that were originally done in 1974. We currently have 20 to 30 left.

Would you be willing to notify your family members that they can have them for $5.00 each if they pick them up or $10.00 each if we send them. My sister Lisa has some in Oak City and I have some at our home in Fruit Heights.

Thanks for your consideration.
Mat

From: Jerry Finlinson
To: Family and Friends
Date: 3/19/2007 10:47 PM
Subject:  Neal Rawlinson funeral Sat March 24 Leamington

FYI,
Neal Rawlinson of Leamington passed away this past Sunday. He is the husband of Verdene Finlinson Rawlinson, whose funeral was on January 6th.

Neal’s funeral will be this coming Saturday, 24 March 2007 in Leamington. at 11am.  There will be a viewing on Friday night and on Saturday prior to the funeral.  The Leamington Ward Relief Society is planning a luncheon for family and friends after the funeral.  Feel free to attend if you have time and interest.

Thanks, Jerry