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Show Harward receives scout award Vernal Express Wednesday, March 5, 1997 17 Chad Luck Luck returns from mission Chad Luck, son of Nyla and Garold Luck of Vernal, returned from a two-year LDS mission Feb. 18, 1997. He served in Missouri Independence and will speak March 9, at 10:20 a.m. at the Glines 5th Ward Chapel on 1500 South. Sandra Long Long called to Chicago Sandra Long, daughter of Andy and Judy Long, will be going on a short-term mission to Chicago, March 8-15. Long is a senior at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. The group going to Chicago will consist of 20 college students. They will be working at Hcsed House; "Hescd" is the Hebrew word for love. The Hcsed House is a homeless home-less shelter, providing day care, a food pantry and meals. The group will also go to Children's Hospital to spend time with the patients. Abilene Christian University is sending out about 20 campaigns involving in-volving 400 students during the university's uni-versity's spring break. These students stu-dents cam their own money to attend at-tend these missions which arc scheduled all over the United States and Canada. FURNITURE QUALITY STAIRWAYS Designed and LjSmith offers the finest quality and design for your beautiful home. i L Supplied Former Vernal Scouter, Phyllis Harward, recently received the "Sentinel Scout Award" one of four presented by the Provo East Stake and one of Scouting most prestigious presti-gious awards. Phyllis Harward has been affiliated with the boy scouts for most of her life. Her father, Duane Caldwell, became involved as a Scout Master in the Boy Scout program pro-gram Rangely, Colo, and her husband, hus-band, Craig, thinks that is when Phyllis' love of scouting began. Harward married an Eagle Scout 33 years ago and had three children. Her sons Terry and Todd were active ac-tive in Cub Scouts and Boys Scouts. Her daughter, Trisha, was involved in many scouting activities behind the scene. The Harwards lived in Vernal for 16 years and during that time Phyllis was a Primary president, Primary second counselor, Blazer leader, Den mother, District Cub Committee Chairman, Advancement Chairman, District Public Relations chairman, Pow Wow Chairman, Merit Badge counselor coun-selor for eight different badges, Pack Committee member, plus many other church and scouting positions. po-sitions. She attended Wood Badge Training at Bacon Park where she Jacobsen inducted to Honor Society Josh Jacobsen has been inducted into the College National Honor Society, Phi Theta Kappa. Jacobsen earned this honor by carrying a 3.5 grade point average or better as his accumulative college average. He is also a member of the Dean's List at Western Wyoming Community College, earning this honor by carrying car-rying a 3.25 or better. Jacobsen is the son of Rex and Billie Jacobsen, and the grandson of Dell C. Jacobsen of Vernal. In the pig calling contest the winners are from r. to I. :Garth Harrison, first place; Edna Raines, second place; and Alice White, third place. Golden Age honors National The National Pig Day was celebrated cele-brated at the Golden Age Center on Monday. The scconnd annual Hog Calling contest took place during the noon meal. The contestants were Alice White (returning champion), cham-pion), Mark Zcllmcr, Garth Harrison, Marge James, Edna Raines and Lylc Knight. The judges had some tough decisions to make hut they finally decided to award first place to Garth Harrison, who also told the story of a pig coming into their house when he was young and eating the fresh baked bread. Second place went to Edna Raines and Third place went to Alice While. The judges this year were Dill Rassmusscn, Rose Robinson, There's No Excuse For Domestic Violence. For information on how you can help stop domestic violence, can us. 1-800-END ABUSE n HI ! SAc'a 50 and iAc'a jJk.W Phyllis Harwood worked her ticket to completion and received her Wood Badge beads. Harward was awarded the District Award of Merit, two Second Miler awards, and various training awards during her scouting experience in Vernal. She has also earned the religious reli-gious award, Scouters Training Award, Arrow Point Award, Den Leader recognition and the Commissioners Key. It has been some years since the Harwards moved to Provo. When the news got around there that she had scouting experience, she was again up to her eye brows in scouting. scout-ing. She has served as Pack Committee Chairman, Den Leader and is now serving on the round table staff as well as Cub Committee Chairman. Josh Jacobsen Center Day Lyle Knight, Darlenc Benncr and Jim Mayes. As part of the activities this year, Lyle Knight brought in her pot bellied bel-lied pig named Nahariyya. Everyone had a chance to pet and play with the pig. The menu for the day was pork chops, of course, boar-B-Q Beans, deep fried silage (fried corn on the cob), fruit sowlad, and pig face cookies. The Golden Age Center appreciated appreciat-ed all the participation in this years activities making it more fun. Every year more people are participating in the festivities, so be sure to watch for March I, 1998 for the next National Pig Day festival. if fJ 0i ill F dtUt having, a 6aCL Looking at life Piray to foe people by Fr. Jan Bednarz Pastor of St James Catholic Church Lent is half over and already things are starting to look up. In fact, there is a definite up-beat in each of our three readings for this Sunday (March 9 - Fourth Sunday of Lent), a quite literal "up." In 2 Chr. 36:14-17, 19-23, first reading, King Cyrus of Persia becomes be-comes the rescuer and restorer of God's exiled people when he decrees, de-crees, "Whoever belongs to any part of God's people, let him go up, to Jerusalem, and may his God be with him." Going up was the only place God's people could go. They had fallen into the depths of sin, "adding infidelity to infidelity." And their lack of loyalty and love for the God who had done so much for them had led them deeper into despair with the very destruction of their precious temple of God and their beloved city of Jerusalem. They were at the lowest point of their once glorious history. They were literally in the pits, having been carried captive to Babylon. The only way out was up. What gloriously good news it was to hear proclamation of King Cyrus telling them they could once again go up to Jerusalem. Gospel (Jn. 9:1-41) is prolong to the Easter event that we are preparing prepar-ing for. Again, the ascent is on up. St. John tells us that "Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of God be lifted up." John gives us the apparent paradox of Jesus's passion. From a strictly human viewpoint, the ignominious suffering and death of Jesus on the cross was a definite downer, a humiliating hu-miliating and degrading abuse of personal dignity and human honor. But from the divine point of view, the passion and the death of Jesus is the first essential step towards his forthcoming resurrection and exaltation. exal-tation. Jesus being lifted up on the cross was not the sign of his defeat and death, but the splendid sign of his power, his glory and his smashing victory over sin and death. When Jesus was lifted up on the cross, there was just no stopping him from continuing his triumphant journey HBerJttdIninig Prices Starting at CONVOLUTED HR FOAM MODULAR ELEMENT SPRING KILN DRIED 1x4 FRAME BOX SPRING CONSTRUCTION p-i, wnc,i l i j d ft4' Vtl' - l"-bo' n mod s ten St'k;!W VNr'M eJ c iVk ft- -a;fcs it I k 0 -f !! t.' I i mr I to the Father who had sent this only Son of his into the world, not to condemn it, but to save it, to lift it up. In Eph. 5:8-14 the up is with us. St. Paul tells us, "Both with and in Christ, God raised us up." Now it is our turn to be lifted up. Jesus shares his victorious surge of new life with us through the sacrament of Baptism. St. Paul makes this fact of our faith so very clear in another of his letters when he writes, "Through baptism into Jesus's death we were buried with him, so that, just as Christ was raised from death by the glory of the Father, we too might live a new life" (Rom. 6:4). The followers fol-lowers of Jesus are simply following follow-ing Jesus. When he descends, we descend. When he goes up, we go up. That is the pattern and the rhythm of our life in and with the Lord. Lent is leading us onward and upward. up-ward. If we have been serious about our Lenten prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, we should be feeling the gentle, but firm, pull as the Lord continues to draw us, lift us to himself. him-self. "Once I am lifted up from earth, I will draw all to myself (John 12:32). As we enter the last Friday & Saturday Night Special "All You Can Eat" PRIME RIB BUFFET Fresh Salad Bar (No Preservatives) Homemade Bread & Dessert rti) 251 E. Main 95 each piece in sets INSULATOR INNER SPRING CONSTRUCTION t"" ral t'tssrl e' ma wj e irt . and I"' W9l o ra Kite H off hope and best part of Lent, we need to remember re-member that our program of prayer and penance is not a self-righteous effort to lift ourselves up by our own bootstraps. Paul emphatically reminds us, "This is not your own doing; it is God's gift" (second reading). These remaining days of Lent are indeed God's gift of abundant opportunities op-portunities to surrender ourselves to his healing mercy. Is there anyone among us who would actually prefer pre-fer to be weighed down with the burden of sin? Do we really love darkness rather than light, choosing to stumble through life and remain unaware of the beauties of the world that the light reveals? Do we let ourselves feel down, discouraged, discour-aged, and depressed when the Lord is so willing and able to lift us up through the power of his forgiveness, forgive-ness, especially in the sacrament of reconciliation? Each time we celebrate the Eucharist together, we are invited to get our directions straight. As we answer, "We lift them up to the Lord." 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