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Show if The Moqno Times. Thursdov Morch 27. 1986 In the wake of President Ronald Reagans announcement that May 1 will be designated as the 1986 National Day of Prayer, an independent citizens group is urging Americans to become personally involved in the observance. It is very easy - too easy - to take for granted the rich spiritual heritage of our nation and the religious freedom we enjoy, said Mrs. Bill Bright, of the National Day of Prayer Task Force and chairman of its parent National Prayer Committee. There could be no more appropriate time than the National Day of Prayer to set aside our complacency, thank God for the countless ways He has blessed us, and pray for His continued blessing on our nation and its leaders. The task for which Mrs. Bright is a nongovernmental committee which since 1982 has taken a leading role in publicizing the annual prayer observance and urging individual Americans to become involved. Herbert E. Ellingwood, chairman of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection of the National Day of Prayer Task Force. Board, also serves as The group is especially urging Americans to Take 5 at 12 - at least five minutes at 12 noon on May 1, wherever they may be to express thanks to God individually or with others and to pray that He will heal us where we need healing and guide our leaders in their decisions in these difficult times, Mrs. Bright said. Through a network of state coordinators of many denominat' ons and the distribution of information to a broad spectrum of interested persons across the country, the Task Force is also encouraging such actions as prayer services and gathering on May 1 and the enactment of state and local Day of Prayer proclamations. By action of the Congress and the President in 1952, each U.S. President sets aside one day annually as a National Day of Prayer. On January 13 President Ronald Reagan issued a proclamation consecutive designating Thursday May 1, as the nations thirty-fourt- h National Day of Prayer. Observance of the Day is left to each person on a voluntary basis. Prayer is deeply woven into the fabric of our history from its beginnings, the President said in his proclamation. "nie same Continental Congress that declared our independence also proclaimed a National Day or Prayer. And from that time forward, it would be hard to exaggerate the role that prayer has played in the lives of individual Dear Magna Times Your weekly newspaper gets better and better. Our very own Magna news is what we like. Some of us old time citizens are hoping Magna will have a spring clean up, pick up trash. Once again, like we used to for years and years. The garbage man has enough picking up weekly garbage without all the other added. If we could have one week to clean up our places and sit on the curb - it would sure. help us. ' We pay our taxes, should be the answer. Lets get ready for a brand new clean town and be ready for the roses to bloom again. Sincerely Long time Citizen What to do when a runaway child returns Each year more than one million children run away from home, reports Ann Kahn, National PTA president. To prevent children from running away again from even trying it in the first place, parents need to learn the reasons children run away and how to correct problems at home, she adds. Peter Scales, executive director of Family Connection, an Alaskan agency that counsels runaway youth, feels that if parents dont correct the problems that caused the child to runaway, the child is likely to leave again His article in the March 1986 issue of PTA Today, the National PTAs magazine, gives reasons children run away, and what parents should do when children come home. Family problems were the number one reason for running; no other reason came close, according to a major study of more than 600 runaways in centers from the East Coast to Alaska. Another recent study identified these family problems as poor communication with parents, parental strictness and feelings of emotional neglect. Scales believes that by practicing good discipline and communication, promoting family decision-makinand encouraging childrens selfesteem, parents may be able to prevent a child from running away again. Rebellion and defiance are an expected and normal part of a teenagers maturation process. But, how can parents deal with that rebellion9 Scales advises against parents getting into a contest of wills with a youngster. Instead, parents should state what they want as a parent and physically leave the child's presence. Children run away because, in their minds at least, something is g wrong about their lives at states Scales, adding, home, Studies often that say communication is ineffective. The author says to improve communication with their children, parents need to listen, and to talk when the child wants to talk. Since running away often occurs when parents are so busy dealing with their own problems that the child feels left out, parents should try to do two things: say no to other adults demands on your time so you can have time for your child, and share some of your feelings about difficult times with your child. Parents also need to allow children to make more of their own decisions regarding clothes, friends, bedtime or spending money. When making a big family decision, ask childrens opinions and take them into account. Encourage children to have and express opinions about many things, not just about family issues, and dont argue with their responses too much. awfully Encouraging and respecting childrens opinions do more than help them make better decisions, they promote says Scales. Since young people who have run away do not have high selfesteem, parents of runaways need consciously to work on providing positive messages to their recently-returne- d child. They also need to get their points across over a period of time instead of in one sitting. Otherwise children will feel lectured. When a child rims away and returns home, parents are given a chance to redefine their role, reevaluate their relationships with their son or daughter and perhaps, most fundamentally, begin viewing that person as a young man or woman rather than only as a child. Poqe Americans and the life of the Nation as a whole. The President noted the diversity of our faiths and the freedom accorded to each of us to pray according to the promptings of our individual conscience and invited Americans to join me in earnest prayer that the God who has led and protected us through so many trials and favored us with abundant blessings may continue to watch over our land. In prayer, the proclamation said, let us ask that Gods light may illuminate the minds and hearts of our people and our leaders, so that we may meet the challenges that lie before us with courage and wisdom and justice. In prayer let us recall with confidence the promise of old that if we humble ourselves before God and pray and seek His face, He will surely hear and forgive and heal and bless our land. Ministries represented on the National Prayer Committee and its task force include the Salvation Army, the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board, y Christian Fellowship, Campus Crusade for World Vision, Christ, Youth With a Mission, Evelyn Christenson Ministried, Change-theWorld Ministried, and Support for Action. For further information, contact National Prayer Committee, P .0. Box 6826, San Bernardino, Ca. 92412, or call Inter-Varsit- Volunteer job opportunities offered The Forest Service is offering several hundred job opportunities for volunteers this year within the Intermountain and Region Intermountain Research Station According to Gene Watson, Coordinator for the Regions Volunteer Program, a recently published directory listing management, trait maintenance, and fishery management, and many others. The Directory also provides brief information about the area where the job opportunity is located and specific information about the job. wildlife one-tim- Some of the job opportunities information concerning volunteer photographer, that we are offering require special knowledge and skills, and others can be done by anyone who likes people and has a desire to help protect the countrys natural resources, said Watson. The opportunities that are available offer something for almost everyone. In the past we have had retirees, professionals, housewives, students, and young people working with us in this program. In addition to learninh new skills or sharpening up old ones, volunteers enjoy the statisfaction of contributing to the protection and management of the National Forests. Also, many jobs is now available. This Volunteer Opportunities Directory list forty-fiv- e categories of jobs with a variety of several hundred opportunities in Idaho, Montana, Utahm Nevada and western Wyoming. Listed in the Directory are a variety of jobs ranging from writer-edito- r to archeologist opportunities. These volunteer opportunities include work as backcountry rangers, campground hosts, computer programmer, fire lookout, hjjstorian, landscape architect, individuals have found that working as a volunteer has created new interests for them, as wll as career possibilities. Volunteers may work full time or only a few houts a day each week. A volunteer may also contribute on a e basis. Students may volunteer to earn college credits through a college approved intern program. Forest Service volunteers are not Federal employees and do not receive a salary ; however, many of these volunteer opportunities do provide housing and a subsistence allowance to cover the expenses. range CHUCKLE Last year, 12,505 volunteers working in the Intermountain Region and Intermountain Research Station contributed more than 366,000 hours of work resulting in a value of $2.3 million worth of accomplishments. One very popular volunteer activity has been the Campground Host Program. Campground Hosts reside in National Forest campgrounds where they provide information and touch of personalized service for forest visitors. In return, Hosts receive free camping privileges and a choice of campsites. Local Forest Service managers credit Campground Hosts with reducing vandalism and other problems at many sites. Forest visitors have responded enthusiastically to the extra service provided by Campground Hosts. For more information about the Volunteer Program contact a local Forest Service office or write to: Regional Volunteer Coordinator, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401. A Directory is available upon request at no cost. Church schedules 156th CORNER annual general conference The 156th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints will be conducted Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6, 1986, in Salt Lake Citys historic Tabernacle 'ITS SURE HOT self-estee- TWO-PAN- SUIT TS I on Temple Square. Church officials say general sessions will be conducted at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. both days and a general priesthood session is scheduled for Saturday at 6 p.m. (all times MST). All sessions will be conducted under the direction of the First Presidency of the Church. This will be the first general conference for President Ezra Taft Benson since he was ordained the 13th President of the Church last November after the death of President Spencer W. Kimball. Other members of the First Presidency are President Gordon B. Hinckley, first couselor and President Thomas S. Monson, second couselor. Aside from the several thousand leaders and members of the Church who will gather in the Tabernacle, THIS GOT ON' several hundred thousand leaders and members of the Church who will gather in the Tabernacle, several hundred thousand more members will watch the proceedings on television either in their homes or in one of the more than a thousand Church stake centers in the U.S. and Canada with satelite earth stations. Speakers at the conference will include President Benson, his counselors, members of the Council Twelve Apostles and other general authorities of thp Church. Music for the two-da- y gathering will be provided by the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir under the direction of Jerold D. Ottley, with Robert Cundick and other Tabernacle organists at the famed organ console, and a combined LDS institutes of religion chorus from the Weber, Provo, Logan and Salt Lake areas. A returned missionary chorus from Brigham Young University will provide the music for the priesthood session. Proposed cuts would affect Extensions role Included in the proposed federal budget are cuts to Cooperate Extension of 59 percent, and thats a reduction to Utah State University Extension Service of $1,200,000, cautions Dr. R. Paul Larsen, vice president for Extension at Utah State University. What would these cuts mean to Utahns? Our reduction would complete elimination of the Extension nutrition program, which is slanted to low income groups in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo and other metropolitan areas; complete elimination of our farm safety program, pesticide management, pesticide training program, and some others related to farm financial management, says Larsen. While a reduction of help and information to farmers and low income families in the state is an immediate concern, Larsen is even more worried about the long term implications of the proposed cuts. We have had a 120 year history of a federal-stat- e cooperative program, the land grant movement. One of the strength of the United States is that we dont have a local agriculture or a state agriculture, we have a national agriculture, and the whole country has benefited therefrom, he told the USU Institutional Council recently. I think its very clear that those programs which flow out to the states, such as Extension, ag research and soil conservation service, are now being viewed as the responsibility of the states. And therfore the federal partnership is to be dissolved, he concluded. ,v , t t I J |