When you fill out your 2010 Census form, you help determine how more than $400 billion a year is distributed in communities like yours. In 2000, San Juan County only had a 59% participation rate. This means that money went to somewhere else because we didn't fully report our population.
For this reason, Utah State is really working to get the word out. We don't want our community to be left out again! So far this year, only 33% have mailed their forms back. As soon as you get home, find your census survey, fill it out and send it in. Don't delay because you know what happens to papers that lie around for too long: they quickly attract more papers, multiplying their numbers and clutteriness until finally, in a mad-flylady-fling you will end up tossing it out along with all the Ken Garff fliers and TaxCut ads.
Speaking of TaxCut...I highly recommend hiring a CPA for your taxes. Our CPA doesn't charge us until she's finished and even lets us wait for the refund before her bill arrives. For ten years we did our own taxes, but one year we acquiesced to my cousin's request and let her file our return. Doubled our refund. SOOOO worth it. We've gone to her ever since.
Tonight when you look up at the starry sky, you might ask yourself, 'what is that bright star next to the moon?' The answer to your question will be different tonight than any other night for the next two years. Tonight the answer is Mars. By Monday night, the answer will be Saturn. Tonight is your last chance to get a good look at Mars until 2012.