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BYU Beneath Your Feet

BYU Beneath Your Feet

June 1, 2010 - April 1, 2012 
Days of the Week: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, FriBYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures
700 North 100 East, Provo, UT 84602
801-422-0020
Hours of Operation: M, W, F: 9am-5pm; T, Th 9am-7pm
Price: Free

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Beneath Your Feet: Discovering the Archaeology of Utah Valley is BYU's Museum of Peoples and Cultures' (MPC) newest exhibition. This exhibition has a particular emphasis on the Fremont people who inhabited Utah Valley from AD 400 to 1300.

Featured prominently in the exhibit are many artifacts discovered around Utah Lake. Archaeologists, including those at BYU and BYU's field school class, have been excavating sites in Utah Valley since the early 1930s.

This is the first exhibition to focus solely on the archaeology of Utah Valley. All of the material in the new exhibition was put together by student employees of the MPC. This exhibit offers a new perspective on Utah Valley's history and the chance to discover the history that is literally beneath the homes, street, and sidewalks around us. 

To schedule a tour, call 801-422-0022 or just come in on your own! Admission is free.

Erin's Primary Talk About Temples

This morning I’m going to talk about temples. Temples are indeed important to many cultures around the world. Such as the Incas, Mayans, Buddhists, Isralites and especially the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Temples are special for performing special rituals. In some temples they preformed sacrifices such as blood sacrifices from animals. And in some cultures they would even perform human sacrifices. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints they perform special ordinances such as being sealed for all time and eternity and when you are twelve and have permission you can be baptized for the dead.  And we do this for many people because they have never heard the name Jesus Christ.

People build temples so that they can be somewhere where they can worship their God. And I think that Temples are also special because Heavenly Father himself walks through every temple of the Latter-day Saints temples. Jesus Christ visits the temples of the Latter-day Saints.

Back in the time when Christ lived the Jewish people would abuse Heavenly Father’s way of life of performing temple rituals and when Jesus Christ was with them  He told them and  I’m going to read what He told them. 

Doctrine and Covenants 45:18-19

18  And now ye behold this temple which is in Jerusalem which ye call the house of the God and your enemies  say that this house shall never fall.

19  But verily I say unto you that desolation shall come upon this generation as a thief in the night, and this people shall be destroyed and scattered round all nations.

At the time of His crucifixion the Veil in the temple was ripped in half and the temple was destroyed.

I think that today Heavenly Father is proud to look down on us because we are doing what He  wants us to do: to believe in the church and to follow His ways.

Eagle Project for the CJC

As many of you know, my office uses the Children's Justice Center in Provo to help preserve evidence of child victims.  Even though they are not in the county where I work, they are very accommodating by putting child victims as a priority.  They have a forensic medical staff who can give needed physical exams in a compassionate way, they have experts in child interviewing who do our videos of child interviews in decorated rooms, and they have numerous contacts for therapy and other professional services.  I have watched scores of videos (probably nearing 100 over 15 years) of children who were interviewed in their soft rooms.  There is no way for me to repay them for all they have done for the area in which I work.  This is a small way, and we hope others will recognize this wonderful asset in our community whose purpose is to help children of crimes heal.

 

My son Kyle is helping the CJC for his Eagle project.  His project has 3 parts: (1) collect much needed snacks for the children, (2) a specially arranged tour of the facility to promote community education, and (3) fixing-up the playground. 

 

For those of you who can assist, he is having a day of service and has arranged a rare tour of the facility on Friday, July 9 at 5:00, service from 5:30-8:30.  The service involves painting the playground and hopefully replacing the woodchips.  He is accepting cash (to purchase paint and woodchips) any time.  If you have any contacts who could help with donated paint or woodchips, please let us know.

The needed snacks and supplies are:  Small juice boxes, bags or cans; commercial, individually-wrapped nonperishable crackers, cookies, or other snack items; bottled water; non-caffeinated soda; hand sanitizer; facial tissue; napkins; antiseptic wipes (for cleaning toys); and paper towels. Contact us and he will come and collect them from you.

 

Thank you in advance for your help.  I know this is a very busy time for everyone, but any help is appreciated.  Feel free to forward this to those who are interested in helping the CJC.

 

Thanks,

 

AnnMarie Howard

Remembering Garth

Ready to relay: Remembering Garth Childs

Owen Olsen and his antique fire truck Jasper carry Garth Childs fire district chief to his final resting place at the Huntington Cemetery.

By By Diane Tadehara

Whether its fall, winter, spring, or summer, hunting season, fishing season or your favorite holiday season, having even one more season to share with those you love is a reason to fight cancer. It's Relay Season in Emery County. Join us as we celebrate Seasons of Hope on July 15-16 at Emery High School.  From the opening celebration of survivors, through the fun and entertainment of the evening that leads to the touching Luminaria ceremony where we can remember seasons share with loved ones who have passed and plan for future seasons with the survivors we love, Relay For Life has something for everybody.

We relay for a cure. We relay to show our resolve. We relay so anyone who hears the words, "You have cancer" can have a season of hope. We relay because we believe in a future where no one will have to hear, "you have cancer".

If anyone in your life has been affected by cancer, Relay For Life is for you. It's not too late to join us. For information go to www.relayforlife.org/castledaleut. It's the season to fight back against cancer.Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.

This celebration begins about 12 years ago when a 47 year-old, wife and mother of four was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer. Her youngest, a son, was in his final year - expected to be the best - of high school. Her husband was deeply involved in the community on his local fire department, as an EMT, as a member of the County Jeep Posse, and very active in his faith. During her consequent surgery, chemo, and radiation, her husband stepped-up without question to see her through. The next five years would be years of Celebration for Alyce Childs and her family. She fought valiantly for the announcement that the cancer was gone. At her five year check-up and screening she was given a thumbs-up for a clean bill of health. Being aware of a niggling feeling, Alyce requested a pap smear be done six months later. The results returned abnormal prompting further testing. The diagnoses of stage III ovarian cancer was dropped on her. So again, Alyce's life was turned upside down with more surgery, more chemo, and more radiation. And again, Alyce's husband, Garth, was diligent in his care for her. She refers to him and his ability to take care of her along with all of his other obligations and responsibilities as, "amazing." Alyce continues to attend her screenings, but she does it without Garth.

Here we remember... just six short weeks ago another cancer story had a different ending. Garth's battle with cancer began six years ago about a year after Alyce won for the second time. He was 61 when diagnosed with prostate cancer. There was a biopsy and surgery that should have eliminated the cancer. They felt so let down and disappointed when they were told the surgery "didn't get it all." But it wasn't in Garth's nature to hold a grudge. His reaction was, "We are all human." By the time he was 62 the cancer had spread to the bone. Garth's oncologist told the Childs' that this was the "cancer from hell." It was very aggressive and rapidly growing. They were warned that it would be hard to fight. Garth started treatments that eventually included chemo, hormone replacement therapy, and five rounds of radiation that would last five years. Despite this overwhelming obstacle, Garth continued to work until he was 65.

Every position Garth held throughout his entire working career were centered on people. From the School District to Fire Chief to EMT and Chairman of the Board of Emery County Fire Chief's Association, his passion was to improve the lives of those around him. This shined through in his callings within his religion and his dedication to the acquisition of seven new fire engines for the county. His focus was honed over the last two years of his life as he helped design the fire trucks with the goal that "they would last 20 years!" The thing he hated in life was fire because it is so destructive. He had been known to say, "What fire didn't destroy, smoke would." Alyce watched as Garth took each fire personally. Always wishing he could have done more.

Doing more became a priority with his family. For two weeks during each of the last two years of his life, Garth shared a beach house in Depot Bay on the Oregon coast with his family. He simply adored his grandchildren. He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather whose family all knew he wasn't afraid to do absolutely anything for them.

The only fear Garth had was that the cancer would render him incapacitated. He was at peace with his disease and aware of his mortality. He was not afraid of dying. His motto became to "do the best he could with what he had." Garth was a very humble man who loved people. He loved serving others and exchanging stories with people. "If you care about people it's what you do." Garth not only talked the talk, but he walked the walk. We remember the honor and dignity Garth lived.

We all have an opportunity to join the Fight Back. Relay for life and American Cancer Society lead the fight. Come join us in a fight against "cancers from hell." July 15, 2011 at 6 p.m. at Emery High School track. 

Emery County Progress