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Wednesday, December 23, 2020 • Vol. 129, No. 52 • Free
Offering a helping ham
BY GENELLE PUGMIRE
The Pyramid
On Friday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced updates and new sections to the General Handbook for leaders and members of the church. The updates emphasize the work of salvation and exaltation, as well as principles of flexibility, agency and personal revelation, according to a church statement. Three new sections refer to the church teachings on prejudice, dress and appearance, and seeking information from reliable sources. Six more chapters have been rewritten, and sections of 11 other chapters were added or revised. The text is available to the public in English online and in the Gospel Library app. Versions in other languages will follow in coming months. This ongoing handbook revision is being done under the direction of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, according to the church statement. The text is designed to help leaders around the world serve with Christlike care when implementing and adapting the church’s programs, policies and procedures to their circumstances, according to the church statement. The content also has been simplified, reduced and made more adaptable for congregations of all sizes worldwide. Throughout the handbook, references to “birth sex” were changed to “biological sex at birth.” This was done to be consistent with the first reference in section 38.6.23 (“Transgender Individuals”), published in February 2020. The section on prejudice reflects
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Give the gift of a ham for those in need this Christmas, donate at Terrel’s Market in Mt. Pleasant.
Community initiative feeds those in need at Christmas
This sign will be displayed all day on Wednesday, Dec. 23 at Terrel’s On Wednesday, Dec. 23, a Market in Mt. Pleasant, if you need a ham or want to donate a ham they are helping the community this Christmas. stand in Terrel’s Market in Mt Pleasant will be set up to dis- bought eight hams in Terrel’s dinner so nice and so special totribute holiday meal packages to Market in Mt Pleasant, intend- morrow”. folks in need of a little help this ing to gift them to shoppers who Larson recalls “When I got year. seemed like they could use a lit- home my son told my wife about A grassroots movement called tle help for a Thanksgiving meal. what happened and she said, Helping Hams was started One of the recipients of a ham “that ham really helped her”. Yes, by Devon Larson right before tearfully said to him “I have no it did. It might have only been for Thanksgiving this year when he meat in my house and no money one day, or even one meal, but it and his 9-year-old son Lincoln to buy any, this will make our truly did make a difference. That
is where my idea came from. So, I am starting a project called Helping Hams” reflects Larson when talking of this project. Larson’s goal to buy 200 hams to distribute on December 23rd far exceeded his expectations when his Facebook page and word of mouth spread the news about the project. The $3,500 goal for 200 hams was far surpassed with donations from friends, family and community members. An old friend of Larson’s who is part owner of a food business in Idaho loaded a truck with potatoes and drove all the way to Mt. Pleasant so there could be potatoes to accompany the hams. The donations just kept coming. Please see HAMS, Page A10
Please see HANDBOOK, Page A2
COMMENTARY
Helping small business come back better, stronger in economically distressed communities. They were intended to incentivize targeted development ongress needs to champion by making the tax code more fasmall businesses more than vorable to investors who put their ever before. Millions of capital in these communities. This hard-working men and women put their heart and soul — and of- creates a win-win situation where investing in an Opportunity Zone ten their life savings — into these businesses. COVID-19 has created is beneficial for investors while spurring investment in the areas even more challenges for these that would most greatly benefit. hometown heroes, and it is up to However, this program needs to Congress to create an environment be updated to adapt to an economy that helps them come out of this heavily impacted by COVID-19. pandemic stronger than before. Along with my friend Rep. Henry In 2017, Opportunity Zones Cuellar (D-Texas), I’ve introduced were created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to incentivize investment a bill to help small businesses JOHN CURTIS
U.S. House of Representatives
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struggling due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. The bipartisan COVID-19-Impacted Small Business Opportunity Zone Act would temporarily expand the availability of these tax benefits to anyone willing to invest in a small business, whether or not they are located in an Opportunity Zone. Under our proposal, small businesses that experienced difficulties due to COVID-19 — supply chain disruptions, changes in the quality of supplied components, staffing challenges, a decrease in sales or customers, or partial or full suspension of business —
could get the lifeline they need through our legislation. These benefits include retaining the capital gains tax rate at the time of the investment, extending the deferral of the capital gains tax, and an exemption from taxes for investments held for over 10 years. Small businesses have been some of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. An infusion of new capital can help businesses keep employees on the payroll and allow them to invest in infrastructure to safely help their business to function and serve their customers.
While many have been hard hit by the impacts of COVID-19, now is a time to think we can come back better and stronger. This is just one bipartisan proposal being considered by Congress to provide pandemic aid — I look forward to working with my colleagues on this, and other legislation, to help small businesses across Utah and the United States. Curtis represents Utah’s 3rd District in the U.S. Congress and serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee.
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