July 12, 2016 • Page 2 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com Dave Says No More Guilt Trips! By Dave Ramsey Dear Dave, My parents left their six-figure jobs to enter the ministry when I was in high school. That was 10 years ago, and my mom still regularly asks me to share my money with them. I don’t mind helping out once in a while, but this has been going on for a long time and I’ve started feeling bitterness about the requests and their bad financial decisions. My mom also tries to make me feel bad sometimes if I can’t afford to give them as much as they want. She constantly references their calling, and that I should want to help with that. How can I stop this pattern? —Renee Dear Renee, This is not a healthy situation for anyone involved. By consistently giving or loaning your parents money, you’ve lost respect for them in the process. The relationship has become strained, and that’s a tough thing for anyone to deal with — especially in a parent-child situation. On top of all that, your mom sounds like a travel agent for guilt trips. It seems like she’s working you over while implying it’s all really for God. That’s toxic. Going into the ministry is an admirable thing. However, I remember a guy in the Bible named Paul who made tents while he conducted his ministry. I’m paraphrasing, of course, but his line was something like, “If you don’t work, you don’t eat.” He had a job, remember? So, suggesting that someone work outside the ministry while trying to do God’s work isn’t mean or unfair. No one should do this to their child, get physiological and safety needs met, you feel a need to find other things to motivate you. It sounds like you’re a performance-oriented person. So am I. People like us get our relaxation and even fulfillment away from work in different ways than most people. My suggestion would be to start thinking about ways you can serve and help other people or causes you care about. This could even mean becoming a stay-at-home mom for a while and really pouring into your kids, if you have them. If it’s something else, that’s okay too. How about this? You’ve obviously been thinking about this stuff for a while. Take a day all to yourself, away from everything and everybody, and bring along nothing but some food and drink, a bunch of notepads and pencils, and a Bible. Open up your mind and your heart to the things you care about and all the possibilities. You have to have a goal that is worthy in your mind, and you don’t have that right now. I can’t tell you what your calling is, Lisa, but I can say this. There’s tons of joy and fulfillment to be found when you’re working in a way to serve the people and things that matter most in your life! —Dave and it’s going to be hard to unravel it all and turn it into a respectable situation. I hope everyone will consider sitting down with a mature third party, and developing a situation where you’re no longer giving or lending them Dave money. In the meantime, read a book called Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud. After that and some objective intervention, I think this situation will become a lot healthier for everyone. —Dave RAMSEY Finding the right motivation Dear Dave, My husband and I make $180,000 a year combined, and we have a net worth of about $1.6 million. We’ve been blessed financially, and lots of times motivated by a survival point of view, but what do you do when you’re not motivated by that kind of thing anymore? How do you find and live out God’s purpose for your life? —Lisa Dave Ramsey is America’s trusted voice on money and business, and CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored seven best-selling books. The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 11 million listeners each week on more than 550 radio stations and digital outlets. Follow Dave on Twitter at @DaveRamsey and on the web at daveramsey.com. Dear Lisa, Congratulations on your success! You guys really have been blessed, and it sounds like you’ve worked hard for your wealth. If you’ve ever studied psychology a little bit, you may remember Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Basically, once you Anaplasmosis: A Problem in the Northern Plains? BROOKINGS, S.D. - Buzz about anaplasmosis, a bacterial disease that affects the red blood cells of cattle has South Dakota cattle producers wondering if the disease, which can be common in cattle herds raised in warmer climates, has become established in the Northern Plains. “The simple answer is no, not as of yet,” explains Russ Daly, Professor, SDSU Extension Veterinarian, State Public Health Veterinarian. Although cattle in South Dakota have been diagnosed with the disease, Daly said cattle producers should not be overly concerned because the conditions that favor the long-term establishment of the disease are not currently issues in South Dakota. “Cattle which are anaplasmosis-positive found in South Dakota are usually cattle that have been transported here from endemic areas of the country,” he said. “The conditions here, in contrast to those in the Southern U.S., are not hospitable for the infection to become well-established in our herds.” Daly explained that anaplasmosis persists in cattle herds in certain parts of the country because of two things: a vector (tick) population that is active throughout most of the year and a population of persistently infected cattle. “Tick activity serves to move the bacteria from infected cows and bulls to non-infected animals - oftentimes calves,” he said. “In the Northern Plains, neither one of those factors are yet present. Tick populations are active for a relatively short time period, and more importantly, there is not a large resident population of infected cattle for which to serve as a source of the bacteria.” More about Anaplasmosis? Once a red blood cell is infected with the Anaplasmosis germ, the animal’s body recognizes it as abnormal and destroys it. If an excessive number of red blood cells are infected and removed, anemia results and the blood is no longer able to adequately supply oxygen to the body’s cells. Anemia appears as weakness, rapid breathing, pale mucous membranes, and - if severe - collapse and death, especially when the animals are exerted. “These signs almost exclusively happen in adult cows or bulls; calves can be infected but rarely show outward signs,” Daly said. Treatment Antibiotics, typically tetracyclines, are approved to control the disease in infected beef cattle (medication options are more limited for lactating dairy cattle). “The medication keeps the infection down to the point where clinical disease is less likely, but it doesn’t cure a persistently infected animal from the infection, nor does it prevent a susceptible animal from becoming infected,” Daly said. Transmission As a disease of blood cells, anaplasmosis is spread through transfer of blood. In areas where the infection is maintained, this occurs through tick bites. “The bacteria can also be spread mechanically by biting flies and instruments such as needles carrying blood between animals,” Daly said. Management Considerations Even though anaplasmosis is not yet endemic here, Daly encourages cattle producers bringing animals in from endemic areas to be aware of its potential and ask their veterinarian for advice prior to purchase. “A vet-to-vet inquiry about the anaplasmosis status of prospective purchases is a good idea, as is blood testing of animals imported from those areas,” he said. He added that although blood tests for anaplasmosis are good for screening, false positive results can occur. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test can be used to confirm infection status. If a beef producer finds Quality... USED Cars, 802 Broadway, Yankton, SD Trucks, Campers, Boats & Consignments 665-1596 www.bridgecityautoyankton.com IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR YOUR FEET. FREE SOCKS SALE! Boston 3rd • Yankton • to Boots Shoes 665-9092 312 W. In stock. 6” & 8” styles. Up to 4E wide & size 15 in stock. Available in Safety & Non-Safety Toe. 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In dairies, changing needles and palpation sleeves after working with infected animals is recommended. The Bottom Line Although anaplasmosis is not a common problem in the Northern Plains, Daly reminds cattle producers that other vector-borne diseases - vesicular stomatitis, for example - have popped up in our neighborhood when the conditions become favorable. “Keep tabs on anaplasmosis and other emerging disease issues through conversations with your veterinarian and SDSU Extension livestock specialist,” he said. iGrow The annual Fourth of July picnic was a celebration of time and freedom. We’d all watched the parade, earlier, because that’s what you do on the Fourth, and we believe in it. Our parade features Scout troops in uniform, the high school band, floats with pretty girls … well, okay, it’s actually Delbert’s convertible with signs on the doors … and little kids proudly leading their dogs down our main street. In other words, pretty much everyone. 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