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Show Mood). April 8 By DICK FEAGLER Cod pot a real bargain. Five-ihtMteai- bal-m- ul cc Church. : j The Rev. Ward s church is ocated in a building that used to v a funeral parlor. "Once this iddress was used to bury the Jcad," he said. "Now we use it to raise the dead." So successful has the Rev. Ward's ministry become in 14 Jyears. his congregation has grown Jt'rom seven members to 800 jlhat his flock felt growing pains. When he heard that nearby John Adams might be for sale, he startled praying for it. lobbing his !prayers over the skepticism of ! ; THE DAILY HEkALD, frons l uh Pact A7 on the w ay downtown to enter his bid. he stopped at the derelict school. "I laid a hand on it and claimed it in the name of God." he said. "Then I went down with my check for $5,000. The room was pretty crowded and I was nervous that there might be some other bidders. But I was the only one. They wanted $98,000. but I And figured I'd offer ninety-ninI got it! I let loose a hallelujah and then I called the church board and e. nature From THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS U.S. District Judge Harold baer's original ruling to suppress evidence in a New York City drug case in January prompted a torrent of critiJ cism, much of it thoughtful. But too much of it was vicious and political, and some amounted to "extraor- - From THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Thanks to the constant media attention on the presidency, many Americans know more than they want to about the private lives of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton. But they don't know much about daughter Chelsea, because the president and first lady w ant it that w ay. They've fiercely guarded their only child's privacy, hoping she might be able to lead a normal adolescent's life, if such a thing is possible in the fishbowl on Pennsy lva Bcnncntaiy dinar) intimidation." "' Besides, an appeals court and will jki doubt would review the testimony that led Baer to disallow as evidence 80 p Hinds of cocaine jjinJ heroin and a v ideotape of art alleged drug courier supposedly admitting guilt. If his ruling that police didn't hae Enough legal reason to stop ml1 car in which they found the dope were stupid, it wtpld have been reversed instead, the judge's controversial ruling, mixed as it with a broad insult to poVtce, became one of the issues in the 19 presidential campaign. said Baer's fuluig proved that President .Clinton, who appointed him o the lifetime post in 1994. soft on crime even called Clinton himself .jhough Beer's finding "wronchead- The presumptive l Republi-rVf- presidential nominee. Vttsas Sen. Robert Dole. vitfhed in with a call for Jaer.'s "impeachment." If jvpid rulings arrived at jjupeachahie. be built on what is now the footand regular ball field. classes will be taught in some of the old classrooms. And the main Pre-scho- ol Sunday worship service will be held in the high school auditorium. Where once, as a member of the projection club. I tried to silence unruly noonday movie crowds whose chatter drowned out the dialogue of Clark Gable and Rita Hay worth. I told Ward I was very happy for him. And I am. I am about 90 percent happy for him. and that's enough. I would have raiher seen the old school stay open and educate generations of youngsters new the way it educated my mother and me. But that phase of its life is ended. Ward has rescued the school from the wrecking ball. And that is the closest thing to resurrection the present school climate permits. God certainly does move in mysterious ways. Back in Mr. Brush's chemistry class, we nia Avenue called the White House. By most accounts, they've succeeded quite well. A testimony to that came Chelsea recently when Gomsontasy accompanied her mother on an trip that included Germany, Bosnia and Turkey. With dignity, grace and eight-da- five-natio- y. n made the big leagues of journalism. Hey. it's J.C.. Superstar, up there in the celeb pantheon with Richard Gere. Christie Brinkley and John-Joh- n Kennedy. Shows great minds think alike y maga- especially can imagine a recent brainstorming session at the big weekly news magazines. Editors are desperate for a cover idea that will sizzle on mag racks. "C'mon. we milked the O.J. trial dry. Somebody come up w ith a I sales-hungr- new gimmick." "What about Ross Perot, chief.' eiu-ciucSfss- Maybe a head shot looking like Alfred E. Neuman." "That's stupid. Perot's picture wouldn't sell cat food." "How about Bob IXile? We could make him look like Darth o zine bosses who notice it's Easter weekend. And TV networks aren't overlooking the Jesus stardom. Don't ask how People. George and Popular Mechanics missed this hot celebrity cult. Inside their soulful cover art. ader." "That would sell two copies, both to the White House." "How about sex? You know, a model with hie bazooms in a bikini?" "Dummy, this isn't Sports Illustrated." "Got it. chief Let's go with a celebrity every body knows Jesus Christ." "Jesus? Hey. I love it. We'll sell zillions. Dig up the art and 'The research. I can see it now New Jesus. Savior or Phoney?" " Boys, we've got a winner!' And so it came to pass that all the news mags approach their superstar profile nervously. Time ("The Search For Jesus. Some Scholars Debunk the Gospels. To What Christians Are U.S. News ("In Believe?"). Search of Jesus. Who Was He?" ) and Newsweek ("Rethinking the Resurrection') try to sound coolly objective. Clearly they hoped to dodge brickbats from Billy Graham. Jerry Pat Pitchfork Falwell and Time. three weekly mags Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report flourished on their covers a hot new celebrity. After 2.000 vears. He finally Buchanan. So the mags treat the Jesus Search as if it were a fizy new trend like aerobics. Prozac or mutual funds. were readily the judiciary would be a lonely profession. iThis wasn't surprising rhetoric from the many Republicans who can't seem accept that if the Bill of iRights is soft on crime, it isn't beyond her years, ith her mothshe stood tirelessly it was whether er, visiting troops in Bosnia or laying a wreath at Ataturk's mausoleum in Ankara. And she stole the spotlight a few times with her quick wit and poise. When asked how the driving lessons from her dad were going, she warned soldiers. "Beware, if you come to DC." On another occasion, she had no trouble accepting a sergeant major's invitation to bellow out a few "Hoo- w Jesus finally makes headlines By SANDY GRADY ..Republicans told them they weren't going to get their five thousand back." When I telephoned the Rev. Ward to congratulate him on his purchase, he was still full of bounce. He has a lot of exciting plans for the old high school. He has inherited two gymnasiums. In my day. these were the boys' gv m and the girls" gym. the latter as mysterious and forbidden as a harem. They will become the centerpieces of a neighborhood youth center. "The girl's washroom actually has marble sinks," he said. "Can you imagine that? They really knew how to build things in those days." If the Rev. Ward's vision comes true, 40 new houses will struggled to master the elements that unlocked the secrets of existence. Mr. Brush was of a philosophical turn of mind. He was not afraid to admit that there are some things we just don't know many outcomes that are unpredictable. he would stand at j Sometimes the window and gaze thoughtfully at the neon sign of a saloon that was barely the legal limit away from the school yard. "Did it eer occur to any of you that the whole world and all that's in it might merely be an atom flickering in the middle of a great cosmic beer sign?" he would ask. unpredictability is certainly no stranger to its pastor, who awoke one morning with only a check in his pocket and a dream in his heart. The name i will stay on the school. And Ward promises that, whatever else he does, he will keep one room as an alumni room, always ready to welcome visiting graduates like me. "After we bought the school. I slipped inside and sat in the auditorium balcony for awhile, ail by myself." he said. "Do you remember what's carved in the stone arch above the stage?" I squeezed my eyes shut and struggled to read the blur of words. The reverend helped me out. "It says. 'Wliere there is no vision, the people perish.' he said. "That's from the book of Proverbs. never occurred to me at the lime, but it's occurred to me plenty since. Perhaps this i not a philosophy that would happily blend with the doctrine of the Greater Love Baptist Church But the law of It So you see? You ere sitting right under Scripture all along." Chelsea carried herself with poise on vacation Drug case criticism too political jn I'm Uma mater fuels pastor's vision for youth center some of the church membership. The night before the auction. dollars down and a Ward couldn't fall asleep until 3 of $94,000 delivered about aT a.m.. But he. was up bright and juare mile of school building,; early to pray some more. Then, irounds and attached football leld into the hands of God's ' igent, the Rev. Eugene Ward Jr.. lastor of the Greater Love Baptist -- 8, ! Get involved in In ah" war whoops to the delight and approval of the assembled troops. Chelsea accompanied her mother on a 1995 trip to the Indian subcontinent, but this was different. Mother seemed a bit less protective of daughter. Moreover. noi since Eleanor Roosevelt toured London and the southwestern Pacific during World War 11 had a first lady ventured so close to a combat zone. Other first ladies have visited troops abroad, but never in such a potentially danger ous situation and never bringing a daughter along on her spring break. What a break it had to be. While were other American teen-agestreaming to beaches in Florida and d Texas. Chelsea was getting a education and a lifetime of memories. And the world was getting a rare, personal glimpse of the first daughter. For all we know Chelsea might have preferred to be . .i t i i i i run sne ncacn. at tne nanuiea ner-sewell on the world stage. rs jam-packe- jiji. too bad it's not news truth, the rhubarb's been going on 150 years since David Friedrich Strauss' 1835 controversial "Life of Jesus." There were so many books, quarrels and feuds, German scholar Rudolf Bultman said 70 years ago: Can it. guys: "We can know almost nothing concerning the life and personality of Jesus. Concentrate on faith." No chance. Rudolf. Not so long as there's a professor, author or magazine sales boss chasing a buck. To hype their Easter sermons, the news mags throw in zingers: Was Jesus the first Jew ish comedian an early Lenny Bruce? Did later ghostwriters invent the Sermon on the Mount? Was the Resurrection mass hysteria run wild? The news mags blame those radical questions on the Jesus Seminar. 75 maverick eggheads who meet vearlv to check o'H the New Testament's truth. They don't find much. Here's their system tno. this isn't a Dave Letterman routine). Somebody reads a quote attributed to Jesus in the Gospels. The scholars drop a white, pink, black or gray bead in a basket to vote on its veracity. Yeah. I know sounds as weird as the U.S. House debating assault rifles. Anyway, in their last session the seminarians decreed only 15 percent of Jesus say ings are really his words. They totally kmvked out the hook of John. They left intact one sentence in Mark. No walking on water, no raising the dead, no miracles. They agreed on one fact: His mother's name was Mary. The mav cricks claim they 're sav ing the real Jesus from Christians' storvhook mvths. Savs Prof. Robert -- Funk, a Seminarian leader. "We want to roll away the stone from the , Some of them see Jesus as a peasant revolutionary needling the.; fat cats. Che Guevera or Norman Thomas in a white robe. But Funk thinks Jesus was a comedian, a wise guy who sati- I li V VI XI IV. UHU "V ruling to hav ing a spokesman suggest Baer might be asked io resign if he didn't change it. The president, who once law, Jtaught constitutional tibv iously needs to reread the texts on "balance of power." civics stu;Any eighth-grad- e dent ought to know that a president nor a senator an foree out a federal judge Without a formal impeach-iuiein the House and trial by the Senate. This is supposed nei-4h- liil ,lo make them immune to .political pressure. The White House was appropriately lectured by four appeals court judges for intimida"extraordinary tion." The president backed off. Baer apparently has seen the light and reversed his decision. What light he saw is difficult to know. Nobody was saying the judge caved in to pressure, but the doubt in many minds about the impartiality of is more danthe judiciary a than gerous drug dealers. And that is more desjoKtive to the Republic thac&tk pounds of cocaine half-doze- and heroin. kVY V y . cr nt -- Ml Tonight Republican candidates for Utah's Third District Congress face reporters' questions in a live debate. One of the six candidates will eventually face seat in incumbent Democrat Bill Orton in November. First they face a gauntlet of county conventions and the state convention in May. Find out more about the men contending for the nght to face popular incumbent Orton tonight at 9 p.m. Bill WDTTHOUT G-Leiand Toy vV V n V) Shoppe pays 100H of ad cost It'i that mple. WOTH -- P. (Po Leiand Toy Shoppt psys 50 Rotsbud Manufacturing prys 0 m9 The Daily Herald, got coop advwtsinfl down la a tcionct. Your or our coop coorrjincior can hdp you uncover your cocp 3vertang representative Call Karl Keily 344-295-5 Al V i. I IX .iw. election fJ.A, ( thow snow mAf:' Vtwir vtu wiTHyH I I tianity." SanJy GraJx is Washington columnist 'for the Philadelphia Am v. mmmm JUST WATCH V comas the first Jew ish stand-u- p ic." insists Funk. "Starting a new religion would have been the farthest thing from his mind." If you bristle at Jesus as a Las a Mon Sahl or Vegas lounge act rest assured Henny Youngman Jesus Seminar gadflies want to revive Christianity. "It's anemic, wastinc awav." Funk told U.S. . n I hnt.- . V.ti . "1I ilink, l.ivr Mini VIIll.illllltllll w ;on freedom. But then the president nioved from criticizing the lf n CENTRAL UTAH'S PAPER FOR 123 YEARS Ccn. 0 ., |