Practical Accounting Course utilizing the "Cover Your Nut" Book Given October 8th
The class will be held October 8th at SCC Continuing Ed Center from 8:00am to 5:00pm. If you are interested in the class you can contact SCC at 402-437-2709 asking for ACCT-3524.
Practical Accounting presented over six hours will give you the accounting basics toward a better understanding of both accounting systems and financial statements. Followed by two hours of Practical QuickBooks Start-up which will give you the basics necessary to set up your accounting information.
The book, "Cover Your Nut", presents Practical Accounting in an easy read method for individuals that need to have a better understanding of accounting for their small business and is the required book for the course.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Cover Your Nut?
What does Cover Your Nut really mean?
To cover all costs relative to income. The break-even report shown in this book is a tool used to see at what point in the volume of revenue the company will cover all costs.
A story goes that a Peddler in the days of the "Old West" was driving his wagon into a western town with a wagon full of goods. He stopped in front of the hotel and when the innkeeper came out he said, "I have this wagon full of goods but no money and I need a room for the night." The Innkeeper said, "You take off that wagon wheel Nut and give it to me, when you've sold enough goods you have covered your Nut."
To cover all costs relative to income. The break-even report shown in this book is a tool used to see at what point in the volume of revenue the company will cover all costs.
A story goes that a Peddler in the days of the "Old West" was driving his wagon into a western town with a wagon full of goods. He stopped in front of the hotel and when the innkeeper came out he said, "I have this wagon full of goods but no money and I need a room for the night." The Innkeeper said, "You take off that wagon wheel Nut and give it to me, when you've sold enough goods you have covered your Nut."
Sunday, September 13, 2009
UNSA 1949 60th Reunion
The above seal was found in the Girl's Dorm as we were making our tour of the UNSA (UNCT) campus during the celebration of the 1949 60th reunion in Curtis on the 11th & 12th of September 2009. Dale Wolf pulled the people carrier around the campus with his antique John Deere tractor and you can see him behind the podium, in one of the classes rooms, pretending he was teaching our class. Imogene Vickers Olsen was also trying to be helpful by pointing out a unique sign on one of the class room doors.
Dale can be seen in the following picture strumming his guitar and leading a small group in song.
I will now show you a random sampling of the 1949 classmates that attended the reunion.
I will be sending Dale a CD of all the pictures I took at the reunion and he will be compiling an accumulation of other pictures for everyone. It was a great time and good to see all the classmates again.
Friday, September 11, 2009
2nd 1949 High School Reunion
We are just about ready to leave for the trip to Curtis, NE for the 1949 Class Reunion. I was invited by friends from Gibbon to attend the 1949 Class Reunion (I would have graduated with these friends if my folks would have stayed in Gibbon). We moved to Curtis in 1944 as World War II was at its peak. In last chapters of my book "Gibbon's Secrets" I do include the story of friendships developed in Curtis, one being my neighbor and life long friend (Vernon "Sonny" Shirley).
So, now we are headed for this 2nd 1949 reunion and I have been selected to take candid shots of the individuals attending this 60th reunion. I will post a selection of these next week.
So, now we are headed for this 2nd 1949 reunion and I have been selected to take candid shots of the individuals attending this 60th reunion. I will post a selection of these next week.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Please contact me if you find my blog interesting
I have been sharing bits and pieces from my two books and have been curious if anyone out there finds this interesting. I haven't really heard from anyone but my closest friends regarding my blog and would like to hear from more of you.
I was invited to attend the 60th reunion of the 1949 high school class in Gibbon - by a classmate that I would have graduated with had my family stayed in Gibbon. We moved to Curtis, NE in 1944 and I will be attending my 60th high school reunion for the 1949 class this coming weekend (9/11-12/2009). Pretty neat, don't you think.
I had heard from a lady from Gibbon after she had read my book "Gibbon's Secrets" and she wanted me to meet her at the reunion and to sign her copy of my book. Her name is Arlene Williams and she proved to me that it is a very small world we live in. She told me that she had worked for my mother Addie as a hired girl to clean the house and to do ironing - she was a young teenager at the time. Not only did she work for my mother but her brother Bruce worked for my father as one of his truck drivers. She shared a time when she was in a hospital in Kansas and was visited by my father and her brother. She remembered watching out the window of the hospital as my father and her brother struggled to turn a gasoline tank truck around in a very small parking lot. Arlene is 87 years old and is communicating via email with her friends and family - that is how she contacted me and I found her to be a joy.
Another lady at the reunion told me that she had read my book "Gibbon's Secrets" and found that my stories about growing up during World War II reminded her of the same type of happenings while she was growing up - but she did add that the book was sure full of baloney. I advised her that another term for "baloney" was "fiction". She agreed and we had a good laugh together. Most of the experiences that I tell about in the book are fact based but I'll admit that at times I did stretch the truth a bit (that's what makes a story interesting).
Anyway, please let me know what you think about my blog - I would appreciate hearing from you.
RG Bud Phelps
I was invited to attend the 60th reunion of the 1949 high school class in Gibbon - by a classmate that I would have graduated with had my family stayed in Gibbon. We moved to Curtis, NE in 1944 and I will be attending my 60th high school reunion for the 1949 class this coming weekend (9/11-12/2009). Pretty neat, don't you think.
I had heard from a lady from Gibbon after she had read my book "Gibbon's Secrets" and she wanted me to meet her at the reunion and to sign her copy of my book. Her name is Arlene Williams and she proved to me that it is a very small world we live in. She told me that she had worked for my mother Addie as a hired girl to clean the house and to do ironing - she was a young teenager at the time. Not only did she work for my mother but her brother Bruce worked for my father as one of his truck drivers. She shared a time when she was in a hospital in Kansas and was visited by my father and her brother. She remembered watching out the window of the hospital as my father and her brother struggled to turn a gasoline tank truck around in a very small parking lot. Arlene is 87 years old and is communicating via email with her friends and family - that is how she contacted me and I found her to be a joy.
Another lady at the reunion told me that she had read my book "Gibbon's Secrets" and found that my stories about growing up during World War II reminded her of the same type of happenings while she was growing up - but she did add that the book was sure full of baloney. I advised her that another term for "baloney" was "fiction". She agreed and we had a good laugh together. Most of the experiences that I tell about in the book are fact based but I'll admit that at times I did stretch the truth a bit (that's what makes a story interesting).
Anyway, please let me know what you think about my blog - I would appreciate hearing from you.
RG Bud Phelps
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Gibbon's Secrets - Ch 28 - World War II Time Line 1942
September 1st, 1942
Construction of the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant west of Grand Island-Nebraska is completed.
September 5th, 1942
Construction was approved for the Kearney Army Air Base east of Kearney-Nebraska.
Construction of the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant west of Grand Island-Nebraska is completed.
September 5th, 1942
Construction was approved for the Kearney Army Air Base east of Kearney-Nebraska.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Gibbon's Secrets - Ch 13 January 1941
The winter still was holding on tight, with flakes of snow gently floating down from dark gray, puffy clouds. The low temperatures seemed threatening to both man and beast (even boys). Bud and his friends would seek refuge in Mr. Ross's big red barn during the cold days of winter. The barn's haymow was packed high with hay, and the cows were all lined up in their stalls with their heads deep in the mangers munching on hay. This created warmth that drew the boys in to it like a magnet.
The boys loved being up in the haymow because it was a nice, warm and dry place to play on cold days. Jumping off of the rafters into the hay was great fun. Bud climbed out to the middle of one of the big rafters and yelled, "Captain Marvel, hero to the downtrodden, is diving off of this bridge to save that person who fell off his speed-boat into the churning water." Duncan said, "I'm with you, Captain Marvel." Wally followed suit by yelling, "I'm the Green Hornet; crime fighter for the helpless." Stanley jumped off right after Wally, yelling, "The Green Hornet's right hand man is following you, sir."
The boys loved being up in the haymow because it was a nice, warm and dry place to play on cold days. Jumping off of the rafters into the hay was great fun. Bud climbed out to the middle of one of the big rafters and yelled, "Captain Marvel, hero to the downtrodden, is diving off of this bridge to save that person who fell off his speed-boat into the churning water." Duncan said, "I'm with you, Captain Marvel." Wally followed suit by yelling, "I'm the Green Hornet; crime fighter for the helpless." Stanley jumped off right after Wally, yelling, "The Green Hornet's right hand man is following you, sir."
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