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Show Flames of Freedom Ceremony Here Friday At 5 p.m. on March 12, 1976, as night time falls on Girl Scout birthday, all over the United States Girl Scouts will be re-lighting the "Flames of Freedom" of our country as part of the American Bicentennial Bicen-tennial Celebrations. Moab's Flames of Freedom Ceremony will be held at Courthouse steps beginning at 4:30 p.m. At the 40th Session of the National Council of the Girl Scouts of the USA in Washington, Washing-ton, D.C. last Oct. Honorary President, the First Lady Betty Ford, lighted a torch for Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Then torches were lighted for the six regions. Each Regional Chairman Chair-man lighted a red, white, and curtains is in and will be sewn by Pat Marshall and Robin Henningson. An estimate on new fluorescent lighting has been given and recognition in the form of engraved placques were given to the men who so generously donated the land, Robert Daniel now of Grand Jet., Colo, and Dan O' Laurie of Moab who had the Scout House built. A sign will be displayed on the outside of the building with the emblems of the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts letting the public know what the building is. blue Bicentennial candle, and council presidents received flames on slender candle lighting tapers. On Feb. 19 in Salt Lake City, Utah Girl Scout Council President Nancy Jane Bales lighted the candles held by District Chairman for Utah. Neighborhood Chairman Rob- in Henningson will light her candle from District Chairman Danny Winfield and a representative repre-sentative from each troop will go forward and light her candle from the Neighborhood Chairman's candle and return to her troop. Each girl will light her candle from the troop representative's candle. The candle flames symbolize symbol-ize the pledge that Girl Scouts will carry forward the light of freedom for all people as we enter our nation's Third Century. They will burn as a tribute to the action to improve the quality of life in our home and community. The flame is used as the sign of freedom-freedom freedom-freedom to pursue the challenge chal-lenge and promise of possibility possibil-ity and what better symbol could there be? The torch of freedom, held aloft by a woman's hand, means "Uni- , ted States of America" to people around the world. |