by Alison Palmer

Scripture: D&C 18:15

Song: “Called to Serve,” Children’s Songbook, 174-75

Preparation: Gather materials to make simple cards and copies of the Book of Mormon to give away if you choose to use them with your activity.

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by Ezra Taft Benson

My beloved brothers and sisters. I am honored to be in your presence today. You students are a part of a choice young generation—a generation which might well witness the return of the Lord.

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by Allie Condie

Author hopes novel inspires youth to resist apathy this election season.

The Constitution says presidents must have reached the age of 35, but it says nothing about who can campaign for write-in votes. That’s what persuaded 15-year-old Milo Wright to run for president in a new youth fiction book the author hopes will inspire teens to resist apathy this election season.

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by Dean Hughes

Whether it’s our careers, sporting events or the kind of car we drive, life can at times seem like it’s a contest. The Cost of Winning (Deseret Book, $17.95, Softcover) by Dean Hughes, asks whether we are all trying to come in first across the wrong finish line by defining success in the world’s terms instead of Christ’s.

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by Pam Ellis

In the Las Vegas Valley, nobody does Pioneer Day bigger than North Las Vegas Stake. For the past 34 years, they have organized and presented the largest Pioneer Day Celebration in the entire southwest. This year it has been scheduled for July 25 &26.

Stake Activity Chair, Mike Matthes, is coordinating the efforts of a couple of hundred volunteers to pull off this annual feat which includes:

• 1200 lbs of beef slow roasted in a pit for 24 hours for the Friday night dinner which feeds 2500 (pre-sale tickets for this dinner are available for $30 for a family of up to 8, and single dinner tickets for $8; you may buy tickets on Friday for an additional $5)

• 50 games and food booths such as pizza, corn on the cob, fry bread, watermelon, cotton candy, etc., with dunk booth, steer roping, jump house, rock climbing, water slide, face painting, etc.

• A bake sale, a craft booth with homemade crafts for sale as well as some hands-on crafting

• A talent show, the honoring of distinguished pioneers with awards at 9pm Saturday, and entertainment throughout Saturday reminiscent of the old fashioned county carnival. This exciting two-day event, which historically has an attendance of over 6,000 people, ends with a spectacular fireworks display around 10pm on Saturday.

For more info or to purchase tickets call Mike Mathes at 642-6229.