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18 community december25 2012 Your Horoscope 2013 Year Forecast By Ms. Luna Happy 2013! You have survived the planetary alignment at the end of the Mayan Calendar. Now what? Good news, there are still plenty of joys and struggles for the New Year. Capricorn (Dec 22- Jan 19) This is a peaceful year for Capricorns, in both their personal and professional lives. External as well as internal environment help to bring positive aspects into your life. Focus on the many projects and assignments you have to complete this year. Maintain harmony in your partnerships. Aquarius (Jan 20- Feb 18) This is a surprising and fruitful year. You have the potential to get the job in your field of interest. You are excellent in the work place and receive the admiration from the boss. It is an excellent time to find admission into desired institutions. You must apply for education loans. There is a good chance of marriage in 2013. Pisces (Feb 19- March 20) This is an excellent year for you to thrive! You will have many chances to spend time with family throughout the year. Your family and friends will be supportive during a stressful phase of life. It is favorable for students that want to start new careers. A positive attitude is the key to the year. Aries (March 21- April 19) This will be a very exciting year for Aries. Arians will make huge earnings, if they start a new venture with friends or other associates. It will prove profitable and successful. This is a time when you will receive proper guidance from experts regarding your career. Your general forecast tells that love and romance are in the cards for 2013. Taurus (Apr 20- May 20) This will be a favorable year for Taureans regarding career. There is a major milestone that will be reached. While difficulties may arise, it will be solved early on. For businessmen, collaboration with other companies will bring large profits. Invest in share market to find gains in your assets. Gemini (May 21- June 20) This will be an energetic and positive year for Gemini. It will carry new hopes in life. You can start fresh with enthusiasm and activities. Opportunities are great and Gemini will have their careers move forward. Businessmen may have to face some unexpected losses. It is important to pay attention to your relationships and avoid any communication gaps. Cancer (June 21- July 22) This is a year of wonderful phases. Success will come in the career and business. You must invest your money as well as yourself. It will be a good time for monetary deals and can also bring a new home. It would be best if you spend a considerable amount of time with your partner. Leo (July 23- Aug 22) This could be the year that you begin a new business. Stars are in your favor. Good choices will lead to a healthier bank account. Promotions are highly possible. There will be time that you will benefit from listening closely to your heart and inner voice. Virgo (Aug 23- Sept 22) This may not be a good financial year for Virgos. You may have to deal with many financial crises. Face these with courage and believe in your impulses. It is a favorable time to appreciate the real depth your relationship, with your partner, is built on. Libra (Sept 23- Oct 22) This is a most exciting year for Librans. There will be many opportunities for success and happiness in personal and professional matters. This may be the year to invest in the market. Starting new ventures could bring large gains. Your partner may be pleased and amazed with your show of love and caring. Scorpio (Oct 23- Nov 21) Like Libra, this could be a great life phase for you. This is the year that you begin a new chapter in your life. Try not to hold on to the past, love it, bless it, and let it go. You will always have the memories, but it is time for you to go forward in a new direction. You may need to use some effort to find the best way to enjoy life. This is a favorable year to spend time with your partner, understanding each other will bring a tighter bond. Sagittarius (Nov 22- Dec 21) This maybe a hectic year for you. You will be involved in hard work that will definitely pay better. This is an ideal time to expand your business. Finances may seem to be unchangeable, but steady. Your attitude may be the key. This is a good year for harmoniousness in love and your long term relationships. Readers Lend Their Voices... continued from page 7 with Health Trans & New Benefits) do not pay any participation fees. The only thing that they do is honor the deal/ offer they have chosen to offer to our members. WOEC does not pay a fee to participate in the Co-op Connections program. It is a free service that is a part of our Touchstone membership. D. WOEC has not verified satisfaction with the pharmacies, due to the nature of the contracts being with Health Trans & New Benefits and not with us directly. We talked to the local businesses that offer deals to our members when we were ramping up the new promotion flyer to go out with the updated cards with the additional Healthy Savings program, as we needed to know if the businesses wanted to continue with their offer. All businesses renewed their offers, and no one has cancelled their participation. WOEC members have saved money not only with the local deals, but with the national offers for hotel, rental cars, on line shopping, and restaurants. Members can use the card when In Memory of... continued from page 16 Robert George DuPuis Robert George DuPuis, 91, who lived most of his life in the Birkenfeld, Oregon area, passed away December 15, 2012 after residing for almost four years at the Canterbury Chateau in Longview, WA. Bob was born on Jan. 1, 1921 in Eugene, OR to Wilbert and Leona (Knauf) DuPuis. They returned to Colville, WA where his father was ranching. After his parents divorce when he was nine, Bob, being the oldest of four children, worked before and after school to help support the family. He graduated from Colville High School in 1939. He worked construction jobs until he joined the Coast Guard in 1942. Bob was stationed at Tillamook, OR where he met Gladys Provost who became his wife on March 22, 1944 in Vancouver, WA. He shipped out and was discharged October 1945 after being stationed in Alaska and the South Pacific. In 1945 they moved to a farm near Birkenfeld and raised cattle and in 1959 moved to a farm in Birkenfeld and continued to raise cattle as well as sheep. He was a 4H livestock leader. In 2003 they received the Cooperator of the Year award for their farm conservation plan. Bob supplemented the farm income by working as a truck driver, a construction worker on local bridges, a logger and a chip pile machine operator at the Wauna Paper Mill. He is survived by a sister, Madeline and her husband Phil Shriver; a son, William “Bill” and his wife Lorena DuPuis; a daughter Catherine and her husband James Moran; grandsons, Rob and wife Jeanie Moran and Michael and wife Becky Moran; granddaughter, Ashley DePuis; great grandchildren, Mariah and Maxwell Moran and nieces and nephews. Bob was preceded in death by his wife, Gladys DuPuis on February 18, 2009. Dates and times for the services will be published at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to the Mist- Birkenfeld Fire Dept., 12525 Highway 202, Birkenfeld, Oregon 97016 or Community Home Health & Hospice, P.O. Box 2067, Longview, WA 98632. Groulx Family Mortuary of Rainier, OR in charge of arrangements. they travel around the United States anywhere there is a local electric co-op that participates in the program. WOEC members have saved over $10,000 on prescription savings. 8. COMMUNICATIONS: Pwr/1 believes WOEC would benefit by increasing communication with the membership. This includes an enhanced website with online access to individual KWH-use graphs, a membership blog, conservation videos, an online newsletter and energy generation articles. These are some of the facts, statistics, subjects and issues that can be easily presented in this digital age as compared to the cost, time and effort of published and mailed print media or requiring members to telephone, mail or travel to WOEC’s office. Online enhancement is efficient, more focused to individual member concerns and immediately interactive. This includes information on power outage events as to what happened, and for those members with computer power back up, during a power outage, when the power will be restored, thereby relieving traffic on dialed telephone lines. The Question: What is WOEC willing to do to improve customer service and public relations as described above? 8. Communications: WOEC recognizes member communication as a high priority. That is why we use the most cost effective way to send out a newsletter using the Ruralite magazine which is mailed monthly directly to each of our member accounts for less than a first class stamp. We also post information on our website and write articles for local papers. As mentioned in response #3, the new online bill pay system WOEC will be activating next year will help improve the available information regarding members’ bills and usage. WOEC still has numerous members that do not have access to reliable internet connections, and therefore they still rely on our printed communications like our monthly issue of Ruralite that includes our pages/newsletter of co-op information. Our website has links on the Touchstone page to our “TogetherWeSave” program that provides energy efficiency ideas and how to videos. WOEC has a Twitter feed that reports planned outages, outages when they happen, energy efficiency tips, and other helpful hints. These messages also show up directly on our westoregon. org home page. We also add pages to our website for upcoming events (example~ in the summer we have an Annual Meeting page), and the general manager’s monthly article is always on the home page. WOEC will work with the operations department to develop a page on the website that could have information posted about what caused recent outages, and our best estimate as to service restoration.
