Show C2 —'The Heraid Journal Logan Utah Thursday December 18 2003 Happenings Game Arts is Sponsoring a special LHS Artisan Day shopping event The Logan High School from J1 am to 5 pm Satur- debate team is sponsoring a day at the Thatcher Mansion Moonlight Soiree from 7 Uv9 35 W 100 South Logan pm Thursday at the Tippets Local artisans will he selling Art Gallery! USl) Tire cost is artworks S their $18 for general admission and There will be pottery portrai- $16 for students For more : turepen and ink sketches 6 information calf fiber arts jewelry beading and more This event i free and Soiree : Continued from Cl straightforward way She eventually came up with the idea of a board game “I figured everything in the universe is based on law” she said “so there has tq be a way to apply those laws to rules in a board game” - v Not everybody thought it was a good idea ' "Penile were really skeptical about it” Kathryn’s daughter Julianna smd “They thought it would be irreverent or it wouldn’t make sense” But Kathryn persisted She toyed with different fprmats and twists and worked closely the scriptures But a problem she didn't anticipate kept popping up “Her First few games were not fun“ Julianna laughed “That's where the kids really had to help me” Kathryn one-of-a-ki- nd ' 755-688- Veterans help' f everyone is welcome j A service olficer from the 'American Legion will be at' the Department of Workforce Services in Logan from 9 to 10 am Friday This is a free service and veterans need not he a member of the American Legion to receive assistance ' Live music is from 7 to 9 pm Friday at Caffe Ibis 52 ' Federal Ave Jackson and Maggie will perform Jesse Schafer will perform from 7 to 9 pm Saturday For more 7 information call s ! Eagles’ kids party The Logan Eagles Lodge annual kids Christmas party is 1 1 :30 a m Saturday at the V Lodge 170 W900North children is This for Logan' whose parents or grandparents are club members Bring a $5 gift with the child's name on it to exchange: Santa will be on ' hand and refreshments will be served For more information ' call Lee Wildman at 752-- - Mjjn Won : Post-Mormo- The visiliir center sleigh rides and restaurant' at Hard- ‘ware Ranch Wildlife Manage- ment Area open for the season ' on Saturddyrhey arc open Sunday lhniugh Friday from ption to 5 pm iind Sttfu'rdSys from 10 ain to 5 prii For ' iiiore information of to make 6 reservations call ' ' ' '- ' : i ' : ’ - : ! : ns ns ’ former Moirmons arc welcome to join us For more informaor ' tion call Jeff at 770-426-3 go to wwwpbstmornkincom - : 753-620- Book signing ? : : ' ' - : r V: Shauna Kennedy Wenger : and Janet Jensen are hiisting book signings Saturday from 12to 2 pm ai The Book Table and from 2:30 to'4 pm at Walden books Cache Valley Mall ' V 1' - V ' V ' ' : : - The Cache Valley Support Group will Hardware Ranch : v pre- - sents at 7 pm Friday the ' Mountain Cresj High SchK) choral group On Saturday at 7 p:mlhe SlJohn’s Episcopal :' Choir will perform ' Back to the drawing boards By 2000 the game was near completion Jonathan the inspiration for it was gone And Richard another of : Kathryn’s sons was servings mission in Russia ' ' - As Richard worked with "both members and investiga- ton to help them better under-- 1 stand the gospel he realized what a limited understanding they had of the Plan of Salva-- ‘ tion He asked his mother to1 : send him a rough prototype of the game to use as a teaching tool The response blew all of1 them away After playing the game with one family they asked if they could borrow it and make a copy of their own Before said: long other families were borSeveral years into her pro-rowing that game to make " their own ject she thought she had it j copies Without The game was fun and it Richard's knowledge' the involved many aspects of the game spread throughout the area nan or aaivauon inclining sins good works ordinances Three months after playing temin Russia for the first time and it trials spiritual gfis Richard went to a church ' activity only io find a life-siz- e something seemed wrong ’ Thie Logan Tabernacle Christmas Conceit series ‘ i ' : Xmas concerts : - ’ 1 Levis call and Russ Francis will cue Members are encouraged to bring finger foods Call 563- 3538 or 753-020- 4 -- : ‘N The Lace ‘N Levis Square Dance Club will dance from 7:30 to 10 pm Saturday at Cache CountySemor CUi- wns Ccnler ?dnN 100 East! - mercy- Kathryn also remembers the 1 understanding one young boj? gained after playing the game with his parents! Before he ’ had always hated it when his parents would leave him home to go to the temple But during the game he died beforb he ing' my game!’” could get his own temple In 2001 the game was offiendowment1 Now 'he pushes' his parents out the door to gO V cially completed thanks to 12 years of research experiment- - ' to the temple telling them ing arid playing the game over “Those people peed you!” ' and over in an effort to work-- ' The Matthews family is but glitches (“I think everyone selling the gameon their web- -' in Montpelier has played it as-site wwwrbuildingziontogeth- - ' test group” Kathryn said) ercom for $2895 and She called it “The Atonement: donating all the profit to the' Miracle of Christ's Love" Church of Jesus Christ of Lat- ' ' The final stepof the game ! ter-da-y Saints encourages players to share Since the completion of ' their feelings which Kathryn !The Atonement: Miracle of and Julianna say are usually ' Christ's Love" Kathryn has pretty strong ' developed eight more educa- - r “It brings a huge Emotional tional hoard games dealing response from people" Julian- - with LDS prophets the Con- f na said stitution American presidents “People really live it American history world histo- Kathryn said “It’s astound- ry music composers manners ing”1 ami the Book of Mormon emosaid the most Kathryn parable of the tree of life but tional playing of the game none of them are up for sale she’s seen was when one ' : a in :yet family didn't daughter And none of them impacted make it to the Celestial King- dom with the rest of the fami- Kathryn’s life the way the first one did girl started ly The “it helped me come so close andher tocry to the Savior" she said “I had ter threw ha grms around her never fully realized what he The two sisters sat sobbing ' did for us” and embracing for some timie replica of his mother’s game with people as the playing pieces in the gymnasiumof '' the church “1 remember when he sent us that letter" Kathryn said “I ! looked at the picture and thought ‘Somebody is copy- - : ' Lace ‘ n m Friduv and Satunlav at Sultan s Tavern 205 S : 403V- 753-477- Blue Blazers : : Live music ! ' ou eamed'yoyr she “But that did- spot” n’t feel right” She prayed and went back to the scriptures Hef answer ' was obvious She had to include the atonement of 'Christ and tiie concept of 4 : |