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Show B4 Wednesday, October 25, 2006 .Vernal Express. The Children's Place Trick-or-treat!! It's Halloween!! Have you ever wondered where our Halloween celebration celebra-tion comes from? Most people think Halloween started with an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain (pronounced sow-in). sow-in). The Celts lived about 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, northern France and the United Kingdom. Every year on November 1, they had a party to mark the end of summer and harvest and the beginning of winter. This was the time when they celebrated the new year, like we do on January 1. They thought that on the night before the new year (October 31) the ghosts of the dead returned to the earth. To celebrate the event, the Celts built huge bonfires and dressed up in costumes that looked like animals. Later, when the Romans took over the area, a pope named Boniface IV (the fourth) decided that November 1 would be All Saints' Day to honor saints and martyrs. The celebration was called all-hallows and the John Specializing in: Well Women's Care Normal & High Risk OB :CC ; - 1 Birth Control ' Gynecologic Infections Menopausal Issues MedicalSurgical treatment of menstrual problems abnormal bladder function pelvic pain & endometriosis NOW ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS 175 North 100 West 103 Vernal (435)781-1099 ' ' ' I Sf V .'-': ::-:':-: -'.-V.j''1''' ',. ' : ' -': :'" lilifBli '3?. j& i xnr In support of ijyou BASIN CLINIC night before, all-hallows eve. This later became Halloween. Other places around the world also celebrate holidays similar to Halloween. Canada and Ireland celebrate Halloween much as it is celebrated in the United States with trick-or-treating and costume parties. People in - Mexico, Latin American and Spain, celebrate "El dia de los muertos" which directly translated means the day of the dead. Their celebrations celebra-tions are designed to honor the dead who, it is believed, return to their homes on Halloween. Family make areas to honor the dead that include photographs, photo-graphs, flowers, favorite foods and favorite possessions of the family member. Flower petals are laid out in paths to help the dead find their way home. In Sicily, an island off the tip of Italy, the Festival of the Dead is one of the most important impor-tant holidays celebrated and is to keep the memory of relatives alive. Children leave sweets and cakes on the table for their dead relatives. Children receive toys and puppets made of boiled sugar. L. Griffith M.D. Obstetrics & Gynecology Lassr Care liar KrrkTVaL 6ldn RjuVfina-titfn. Vein Therapy Breast Cancer Awareness month receive 30 off have had a mammogram in the past By Jennifer Petty Have a super safe Halloween Halloween doesn't have to be scary. Share these safety tips with your parents to make sure your night is full of fun. Always go trick-or-treating with young children, even if it is still daylight. Dress up in a costume and enjoy the fun too. If you allow older children to go by themselves, make sure they stick to a familiar route and go in a group. Set a time when they should return home so that you are not wondering where they are. Make sure costumes don't pose a danger to kids. Don't let children carry sharp objects and avoid masks if possible. If masks are part of the costume, make sure children can see well. Also, have kids carry glow sticks so they can be seen by Trick-or-Treat for food pantry on Friday the 13th By Janine Shannon Express Writer On Friday 13, 4-H members in Uintah County went trick-or-treating for food to stock the shelves of the local pantry. This service project involved three 4-H clubs in the county, each collecting food in their own area. . ; : j The Beehive Bunch Club, made up of five families of homeschoolers, has been doing this particular project for the last three years. This year, the Beehive Bunch Club combined with the Lightbulb Club and the Fast Pace 4-Hers. They collected col-lected over 700 pounds of food for the pantry. 4-H members must complete at least three service projects a year, and with one of the goals of 4-H being to develop citizenship, citizen-ship, this project satisfies both criteria. Utah's 4-H program 379 North 500 West Vernal 781-6634 cars, and make sure costumes are not so long that children will trip. Have children wait to eat their candy until you've inspected it to make sure it hasn't been tampered with. Even older children can be encouraged to not eat candy until they come home. If your neighborhood has few or no trick-or-treaters, take a group to a nearby neighborhood neighbor-hood that is safer. Consider Halloween carnivals or haunted haunt-ed houses as another safe Halloween activity. Finally, make sure children are warm. Children are affected by cold weather much sooner than adults. Make sure fingers are covered on cold nights or just go trick-or-treating to a few neighborhood houses. Upcoming events Have your family submit their favorite color Christmas photos. We'll use the best on the cover of our Christmas gift guide. Write a letter to Santa that will be published in our Christmas gift guide. All submissions must be received by the Vernal Express no later than November 10 at 5:00 p.m. Bring submissions to the office or mail: 54 N. Vernal Ave. is extremely flexible as far as who can form a club. All volunteer vol-unteer leaders have to do is sign up and pass a background check. A club can consist of a single family, a group of families, fami-lies, a neighborhood, a group of friends, etc. The four Hs in 4-H stand for . head, heart, hands, and health. -tr;o ' to rmnt 4-H .is generally., for children in third gracfe fhrough high school, but younger children can also participate in projects. Besides promoting leadership, citizenship, and life skills, 4-H also offers scholarship opportunities oppor-tunities for Utah members through Utah State University. Many people assume that 4-H 4-H focuses on livestock. While this has always been a major component of 4-H, there are hundreds of other ways to be involved. "You don't have to raise an animal to be in 4-H," said Barbara Haslem, a leader in the Beehive Bunch Club. "There's something for everyone and for any interest." Projects are organized into eight categories and include activities like collecting family recipes, performing an original origi-nal dance, sewing, collecting rocks and minerals, cooking with a Dutch Oven, job shadowing shad-owing a professional, gardening, garden-ing, and creating a Web site. Members keep an ongoing portfolio of their projects and are encouraged to serve on leadership councils as well as attend camps and conferences throughout the year. For more information or to start a club, contact 4-H coordinator coor-dinator Peggy Marshall at 789-5452. 789-5452. year. Activities Jack-O-Lantern carving. With the help of parents, make a face on a pumpkin that will light your porch up. You can draw the face on the pumpkin and scoop out the seeds. Have your parents carve your design with a knife and put a candle inside the pumpkin and light it. Make a mask out of a paper bag. You can make a cat, pumpkin, pump-kin, or ghost. Use your imagination. imagina-tion. Make spiders with pipe cleaners. Make puppets of your favorite Halloween things and put on a puppet show. Decorate your own trick-or-treat bag using a small brown paper sack. Have mom or dad add handles and help reinforce the bottom. Use extra pumpkin seeds to make a collage. Make Halloween shaped cookies. Take to friends and neighbors. Questions? Do you have a question about the way something works or about why things are the way they are? Send an e-mail e-mail with your questions to: vernalsocietyyahoo.com or drop questions by the Vernal Express office: 54 N. Vernal Ave. The Beehive Bunch Club has gone for the last three years. a st sss-: vera. -iS see- .. . jbsksf s-Mt Covering All Your Home Care Needs! mpnegate HomeCare & Hospice fcMsfbreur... 3eaCtfi em od 00 em (&?GfiflaaD(aiag? NOTE: Flu Shots Pneumonia Shots Cholesterol Checks PSAs (Prostate) Blood Sugar Checks TS4 (Thyroid) Refreshments will be available. Door Prizes! ii iMMiu iHuiuffirvtl I Recipes Pumpkin seeds: The gooey mess inside of the pumpkin makes a great treat. Just sepa rate the seeds from the strings (you don't need to wash the seeds). Place a single layer on a cookie sheet. Add some salt. Have a parent bake at 300 degrees until dry, stirring occasionally. Allow to cool before eating. Wassail: make this warm, easy-to-make drink in the afternoon and enjoy after a cold night of trick-or-treating. Ingredients 2 quarts apple juice 1 pint cranberry juice 34 cup sugar 2 cinnamon sticks 1 teaspoon allspice 1 small orange, sliced (leave peel on) 4-6 whole cloves In a large crock pot, mix juices and sugar well. Add cinnamon sticks and allspice. Poke cloves into orange slices and add to mixture. Cook on high for 1 hour, low for 4-8 hours. Serve hot. trick-or-treating for the food pantry will be available! |