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Show NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Thursday, October 4, 2007 Prayer provides hope in combat Page 16 t)JMS'Jv'' fW'uW-9 ,1''!'rr1'''r' "ji I loVVo Don Norton " I here arc no atheists in foxholes," fox-holes," the saying g'X'S. That sounds like something of an overgeneraliation, a simplistic lillle saying by the believers. Apparently there's more truth to the platitude than one might suppose. At leas! lohn C. MeManus, author of The Deadly Brotherhood: Brother-hood: 1 lie Amer ican Combat Soldier in World War II (I'M), found belicl in ' iod to be central cen-tral lo the "soul" of the dogface infantryman: "An important motivation within the soul of the combat soldier was prayer" (p. 2.i2). In interviews, most latter-day latter-day Saint veterans talk openly about the place of religion in their militar y service: but other veterans, though they do not volunteer their religious convictions, con-victions, olten allude to them. McManus continues: "This is not to say that American soldiers were on a religious crusade in World War II. They did not light for (iod or to spread any particular religion or creed. Instead many were motivated to cope with their conditions (and perform their duties) by prayer and belief in events UVSC participates in Inter-faith Inter-faith Conference on War and Peace The Peace and Justice Studies IVogram is sponsoring an "I nt erf ait h Conference on War and Peace: A Dialogue among Jewish, Christian. Islamic Is-lamic and l.atter-Day Saint Perspectives" Per-spectives" Saturday. The event will take place at the Salt Lake City Library Auditorium. Representatives from various faiths will speak about their respective religions' understanding un-derstanding of war and pi 'ace in the morning sessions and then will address their perspectives perspec-tives on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the afternoon. The speakers include Alex Sleeker, professor of History and Judaism at UVSC; Michael Minch, director of the Peace and Just ice Studies Yogram at UVSC, Tom McClenahan, Let the ' Sunshine in! More than, just a. 0 SOLATUBE uayngnting system Professional Installation in about 2 hours SAVE $$ SAVE Energy We do swamp cooler switch-outs! Solatube installed prices starting at: $499 'call for details CALL TODAY Toll Free 877-873-7652 SLC 566-1264 Bright Concepts llc www.brighterrooms.com ii'wiL. -3'imn TVTVTALLPAPER l V ' - UUIflHKHM Sh ' J TOOK DtCOMTMS Blinds Cod. lYayer, and the belief that a benevolent God was listening and caring, helped to comfort combat men in difficult situations situa-tions and even helped to preserve pre-serve their collective sanity, fraying gave combat soldiers a crutch to lean on in battle so that they could face the unimaginable un-imaginable terrors of war ... " "In bot h theaters of war, combat troops were asked how much prayer helped when things were rough in combat. In the Pacific only 17 percent said not at all; 83 percent said that it helped a lot. In Europe prayer was even more widespread. wide-spread. Only six percent said it did not help at all. "Faith in God probably reassured American combat soldiers that there was indeed some sort of order or reason to the madness of war. Most Americans had typically been brought up with religious faith, and it is therefore not surprising surpris-ing that under life-threatening conditions they would turn to God for Comfort. ... "It is important to understand that in his oft-made prayers, the American combat soldier mainly appealed to God as a protector. He did not pray to God to destroy the enemy in assistant professor of Old Testament Tes-tament at Salt Lake Theological Theologi-cal Seminary, Tarek Nosseir, president of the Islamic Society of Utah and Brian Birch, director direc-tor of the Religious Studies IVogram at UVSC. "Many Utahns are religious, of course, and as such, care about both others religions, and about matters of war and peace," said Michael Minch, assistant as-sistant professor of philosophy and humanities. The conference begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 3:.'iu p.m. There is no cost to participate in this event. A lunch break will occur from noon to 1 p.m. For more information, please e-mail Minch at minchmi uvsc.edu. UVSC Clothesline Project aims to end violence in Utah The UVSC Equity in F.ducation Center and the Turning Point Women's Resource Center will host a presentation of the Clothesline Project on Oct. 9 and 10 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the UVSC Grande Ballroom on Advertisement Herniated Disc? Sciatica? 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According to one of McM-anus's McM-anus's informants, a belief in God did not center "around any particular religion or denomination. de-nomination. ... Religion and ethics were meaningless. We developed faith." Radford Carroll, a rifleman of the 90th Infantry Division, Divi-sion, reported: "1 had said my prayers and composed myself for death when I noticed muttering mut-tering around me. The fellow just in front was a Roman Catholic, there was a Jew right across the way, a Mormon was nearby, and there were numbers of other religions, all saying their preparations for death as sincerely as 1 was." James Revell, of the same infantry division, said, "God was my refuge and strength in combat. I found that I could talk to him as I marched. He became very precious to me in those days." Raymond Jones, a 1st Division Divi-sion Marine on the invasion of Guadalcanal, sums it up: "I tell you one thing, no matter mat-ter how mean you are or if you the Orem campus. On Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., Finding Voice: The Music of Utah Battered Women will be performing. The program is a musical performance given by survivors of domestic violence and was created at Utah State University by Elizabeth York. On Oct. 10 at 6 p.m., Bikers Bik-ers Against Child Abuse (B.A.C.A.) will speak about their organization and the vital work they do with child survivors survi-vors of violence. The Clothesline Project is a worldwide movement aimed at raising awareness of and combating all types of violence vio-lence in the community. It began be-gan in 1990 in Hyannis, Massachusetts, Mas-sachusetts, with a group of about 30 women contributing shirts depicting their thoughts and emotions regarding their experiences as victims of violence. vio-lence. The UVSC Equity Center sponsors and maintains the Utah Valley Clothesline Project. Proj-ect. The project is composed of shirts created by survivors of violence, or by a friend or family fam-ily member of someone who died from violence. Equity in Education Center records show that over 800 people viewed the Utah Valley Clothesline Project during its most recent display in April 2007. Included in the display is a shirt made in honor of Lori Hacking and her THE; WOOD FLOOR WAREHOUSE SIC 4;S4n$4-W0CD : $ "f iMirWimniTifnnriiii- irriw. imw iwiiwiMiwiiiM'i'MW'i' mmw Ryan C. Ollerton, D.O. Lind Lamoreaux Melendez Aagard 120 N 1220 E 7 American Fork, UT 84003 (801) 756-9635 NewStvIe PRiiprrp , . . . . i - snuuers Honeycomb Shade have never been to church you will pray when you get there (in combat). If you don't know how, you will learn. There wasn't a man there who will say he didn't." One soldier claimed to be an exception. Leland Belknap, a Marine, explained, "I don't believe be-lieve there were very many of us who didn't do a lot of praying pray-ing up there. The only atheist that I know of said he would not pray when he got up front. The first night he came crawling crawl-ing over to the man he had said that to and they prayed together." I once asked a man how he had managed to survive the horrors he had just described to me. "My mother prayed me home," he said. I asked, "How sure are you of that?" "Absolutely sure," he insisted. in-sisted. Some veterans may wish, on their own, to tape or digital record their memories of military service. These will be transcribed and archived. Far instructions on how to do this, e-mail Don Norton, at donnorton6byu.edu. unborn child. According to Briggs, the major goals of the Utah Valley Clothesline Project are raising community awareness about the reality of violence, providing provid-ing support for survivors of violence, providing information informa-tion on how to identify and prevent violence and motivating motivat-ing viewers to actively work to end violence. Survivors of violence who view the exhibit are encouraged encour-aged to make shirts to add to the display. Shirts and the materials ma-terials used to decorate them are provided to the public free of charge. Those who prefer to do so may make a T-shirt elsewhere and drop it off at the display. The Utah Valley Clothesline Project differs from many other Clothesline Projects worldwide in that it is not exclusively ex-clusively focused on violence against women. "The goal is to help us all realize re-alize that violence is a problem for everyone women, men and children and we need to come together to find a solution," solu-tion," Briggs said. The Equity in Education Center and Turning Point Women's Resource Center are part of the UVSC School of Continuing Education. For more information about the Clothesline Project, contact the Equity Center at (801) 863-8498. mm roht Utah!slVW66Uyi6or Superstore 99 Qrem $35 H 1200 W 2" Woods & Faux 1 fifir V .III J . i if 1 All senior centers will be closed for Columbus Day, Oct. 8. American Fork Fall foliage trip The American Fork senior center is organizing a fall foliage trip on Oct. 9. Cost is $40 and includes lunch. The bus will be leaving at 9:30 a.m. from the center and is going to tour Sardine, Cox, Gosner, Cheese and Logan Canyons. Lunch will be at Maddox. Registration Registra-tion for the tour is at the center cen-ter or call 763-3090. Membership drive The annual senior center membership member-ship drive has begun at the center. Membership is $4 and with the membership seniors can subscribe to the American Ameri-can Fork Citizen community newspaper for $15. Health Fair Applegate Home Health is sponsoring a health fair Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Staff will be giving pneumonia immunizations, immuniza-tions, flu shots, cholesterol checks, blood glucose tests, hearing checks and kidney screenings. For more information infor-mation on vaccination costs, call the center. Ladies Club the Ladies Bridge Club meets every Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the American Fork Senior Center, Cen-ter, 54 E. Main St. Regular hours Center hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday except ex-cept holidays, and lunches are served daily. Contact information The American Fork Senior Center is located at 54 E. Main St. and offers van pick up and drop off for $1. Gloria Parker is the center secretary and the director is Ted Strong. To arrange for a ride, call the center at 763-3090. Lehi Blood pressure clinic There will be a free blood pressure clinic on Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the senior center. No appointment is necessary. Meet the candidates The Lehi Area Chamber of Commerce Com-merce is hosting a Meet the Candidates on Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. Candidates for Lehi City Council seats will be answering answer-ing questions. The public is invited to attend. Flu clinic The flu clinic is Oct. 19 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. More information on the clinic is available at the Support the future of your community give the gift of literacy. . For more information YltijL HlS call 344-2923 Jfc'WlJWHH I WW Sq.Ft. S02 - VOOD$S3) . CjdenSlulS Freeway! OTVCCOj Drs. Lind, Lamoreaux, Melendez, and Aagard have welcomed Ryan C. Ollerton, D.O. into their OBGYN practice. Dr. Ollerton grew up in Springville, and he and his family are pleased to return to the area. He attended medical school at the University of Osteopathic Medicine Medi-cine and Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa. He has completed an internship in Michigan, and a residency at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Phoe-nix, Arizona. He also has 3 years experience practicing primary care as a flight surgeon in the Air Force. Dr. Ollerton specializes in general obstetrics and gynecology, gynecol-ogy, infertility, pelvic and incontinence procedures, and advanced laparoscopic surgeries. Appointments can be made by phoning 756-9635. Dr. Ollerton has admitting privileges at Timpanogos and American Fork Hospitals. For People Who Insist On The Best! 1 I I 1 center. Location The Lehi Senior Center is located at 123 N. Center St. The center phone number is 768-7165 and the director is Jan Jonsson. The center provides social activities, activi-ties, exergise equipment and health clinics to community seniors and is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday and on Friday, Fri-day, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., except holidays. Rides offered Round-trip rides are offered to seniors for a minimal costs. Rides can be arranged at 427-2030. Pleasant Grove Boutique Caroline's Boutique Bou-tique provides a variety of crocheted and quilted items and is open during the center hours. Jacob Center The Jacob Center is located at 242 W. 200 South in Pleasant Grove and is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The center's phone number num-ber is 785-2818. Luncheons Those who haven't been to the center lunch for a while are asked to call one day in advance so enough meals for those attending can be provided. pro-vided. The suggested donation for the meal is $2 for 60-plus seniors and $4.90 for those 59 years old and younger. The suggested donation for salads is $2.25 for senior older than 59 and $5.65 for those 59 or younger. Mountainland Association of Governments and the State of Utah fund the senior lunch program. MENU Friday Breaded pork chop and gravy, baked potato and sour cream, peas and carrots, apple, chocolate chip cookie, white roll. Monday Chicken broccoli casserole, tossed salad and Thousand Island dressing, brownie, and whole wheat roll. . Tuesday Hoagie buh - v sandwich with lettuce and tomato, potato chips, 3-bean salad, apple walnut cake. Wednesday Sirloin tips and noodles, sliced beets, pears, pumpkin pie and v whipped topping, white roll. Thursday Chicken strips, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, sliced carrots, fruit salad, blueberry cobbler and white roll. WALLPAPERS & BORDERS wmm Denjamin Moore 9 ' O.A.CT 25 OFF la 21 J 5 paints t v i-2 'Regaf'Paint 25 OFF i , window fashions |