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Show THE OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 10 Volume V, Issue X March 1, 2002 Jazz Update Announcements By Jen Beasley Returning Missionaries Birthdays Fielding Elder Andrew D. Wright, son of Kenny and Debbie Wright of Liberty served in the Brazil Porto Alegre South Mission. He spoke at the Liberty 3rd Ward on February 10. Sister Keira Lyn Peart, daughter of Wayne and Sabrina Peart of Eden, served in the New York Rochester Mission. She spoke at the Eden 1st Ward on February 24. Births Norman Gary and SharRee Lowe of Eden had a baby boy on January 24. Donald Vaugh and Wendy Lynn Anderson of Huntsville had a baby boy on January 25. Craig J. and Courtney Dee Orum of Eden had a baby girl on January 31. Richard Leo and Nicole Kester of Eden had a baby boy on February 4. Willena M. Fielding of Huntsville was honored for her 90th birthday. She was born in Wapello, Idaho, February 9, 1912, a daughter of Enock Martinues and Eliza Heward Madsen. She was educated in Goshen and Firth, Idaho. On December 13, 1932, she married Earl W. Fielding, in Shelly, Idaho. Their vows were later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple. They have been married 69 years. She is an active member of the LDS Church and has held many church callings throughout her life. Her interests include family, friends, reading and going for her daily walk. Her children and spouses are Betty and Don Anderson, Leon and Dorothy Fielding, Mary and Jeff Clontz, Reed and Tonya Fielding and Clyde and Daleen Fielding. She has 23 grandchildren, 49 greatgrandchildren and eight great-greatgrandchildren. Please send your announcements & photos to: OGDEN VALLEY NEWS P O BOX 130 EDEN UT 84310 Announcements are placed free of charge. Student Reporter The Utah Jazz’s epic road trip spurred by the arrival of the Olympic games to Salt Lake City was predicted to take a toll on the team, especially after the 0-2 start it got off to. However, the opposite has been true. After getting some much-needed recuperation during NBA All-Star Weekend, the Jazz have roared back to life, winning five games in a row and improving their record to 30-24—the highest above .500 Utah has climbed this year. Historically, this is not uncommon for the Jazz post All-Star Break. Over the past seven years, their average record for the second half of the season has been 28-11, and their best was 316 back in 1997. Andrei Kirilenko played for the rookies in the Rookie Challenge, but the rest of the team—including Karl Malone who missed the All-Star Game due to his mother’s illness—returned to basketball rejuvenated. Malone received Player of the Week honors for February 11-17, leading Utah to four straight wins with his all-around dazzling performances. Rest is not the only factor in the recent windfall of success. Utah now has a real back-up point guard— instead of DeShawn Stevenson who is much more comfortable at the two position—which helps a little. After coming to the realization that John Crotty would not return to the hardwood any time soon, the Jazz signed popular Rocky Mountain Revue guard Rusty LaRue to a short-term contract while Crotty recovers from arthroscopic knee surgery. The Jazz have opposing viewpoints when it comes to the significance of this record-breaking road trip. According to Malone, it just takes determination and an awareness of what is coming. “This is make it or break it for us, because we play a lot of games on the road this month . . . You can allow yourself to think that we’ve got nine games on the road against some tough teams in their buildings, and their fighting for the playoffs—all the reasons why you shouldn’t win, instead of playing one game at a time, having a game plan and going out and trying to do it.” Bryon Russell disagrees, saying the trip is being hyped. “Everybody is making a big deal of it, but it doesn’t matter. We’ve got to play on the road anyway.” (Keep in mind, Russell also said he “never had a shooting slump.”) The road trip, while nine games long, isn’t really as harsh as it sounds. It’s actually three separate trips with the players going home between each, not one month-long string. That having been said, it is the most consecutive road games in NBA history, which can take a toll. Fortunately, it hasn’t yet, but the toughest is still to come. Utah faces Sacramento on February 26—by far the most challenging team in the league to face anywhere, but especially on California’s turf. Utah is currently holding the sixth playoff spot in the West, and needs these road wins to help pad it. The Jazz have their homecoming on the last day of the month when they will take on Memphis. 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