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Show Thursday, February 21, 2008 DAILY HERALD A3 Living Continued from Al During later lunches, they sat near each other and Woody would buy her meal tickets. They began dating, and after a few months, Woody decided to pop the question. It was good timing, according to the bride. "He said, 'Will you wear my engagement ring? And I said, 'I will. Put it on my finger.' I wasnt expecting it. It was a surprise," she v said. It was Woody's third marriage (his second wife died in 2005), and Buttery's second (her husband died in 2000). Both had been longing for companionship. "I was very lonely," Woody said, "and it's not good for a man to be alone. When you're 96 and you -- cook your own meals and you sit here and look at four walls..." he ''" " ' trailed off. "He's very honest, and he's a good person," Buttery said of her new husband. "We get along really well. We enjoy each other's company, and we have some of the same interests." "I've never been so happy in my life since I met her," he said. Woody, who has trouble with his vision but still gets around, was worried about the prospect of moving to a care center, Now, that's all off. Buttery said she expects to spend much of her time caring for him. But she doesn't mind in fact, she said, she used to work as a nurse in a hospital and quite enjoyed caring for the elderly patients "because they appreciate you." She was worried about continuing to live in Raymond, Alberta, where she still owns a home, and was hoping to stay in Provo, partly because of the weather, partly to be close to her daughter and partly to be near the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, where she works as an IDS Church service mission- .w- - " Srfrtea , (i4 ' kP -- I ' 1 i 11 t J x o" ''A ..... jr " ' 5! ,.. ' I ' i r-"'- : . ' :.,.,. ' ; - ' -: , ' : - RUtZDaily Herald MARIO The Scheetz family help their grandmother Provo Temple Wednesday. Woody's neighbors and friends, said Woody is far from gone and is still an inspiration to many Boy Scouts (he is the oldest registered Scout n America) and to amateur radid operators. Up until about a year ago, Jensen said, Woody still accompanied the local Boy Scout troop on camping trips. He has been honored on many occasions by the Boy Scouts of America and various local groups. His home is a virtual museum of Scouting. "He's very sharp," Jensen said. "If you look at him sitting in a chair, you'd say, 'Ooh, he's ready to die,' But if you say something to him, he'll give you an answer that'll surprise you." For example, when asked about this year's presidential race, he replied, "Who's running?" But it was a joke. He chuckled, then said, "Romney was my choice. Now I don't know, Outside of Romney, the rest of them are all a bunch of liars. They promise things they can't do." When asked about the economy, Woody accurately quoted the current price per ounce of silver and gold and then offered his own economic assessment and some Better together Buttery's daughter, Wanda Scheetz, said things were a little hectic as she helped plan the wedding. It wouldn't be as elaborate as some. Whatever family and friends town planned to attend a lun- cheon, but there was no formal reception. Until the beginning of the week, Scheetz said her mother still hadn't decided whether she would buy a wedding dress. "At first she thought, 'Nah, I won't bother,' " Scheetz said. "But now I think she'll buy something, a simple white dress." Scheetz said she and her siblings are excited for their mother to be married again. "I think it's good," she said. "It's good for both of them." "He's been dating her a longer time and this seems to be a better relationship than the other ones," said Dan Graham, a friend of 20 years. "He seems to have more in common with her. It sounds like they'll be great together." De Lamar Jensen, another of Satellite :. -. "I was trying to figure out all different ways to stay here," Buttery said. "So when I told my daughter I was getting married, she said, ..'Well, now you can stay in Provo!' " in V" nut J, rr '- ary. are - XVtf) i ' - S Navy warships, as well as the SM-missile and other components, were modified in a Continued from A 1 hurry-u- p project headed by the within burn up on Navy in January. The missile alone cost nearly $10 million, 2448 hours and the remaining within 40 and officials estimated that the debris should total.cost of the project was at days," it said. least $30 million. The USS Lake Erie, armed The launch of the Navy miswith an SM-- missiiedesigned sile amounted to an uriprec- to knock down incoming misedehted use of components of not orbiting satellites siles launched the attack at 10:26 the Pentagon's missile defense system, designed to shoot p.m. EST, according to the down hostile ballistic missiles Pentagon. It hit the satellite in flight not kill satellites. about three minutes later as The operation was so exthe spacecraft traveled in polar orbit at more than 17,000 mph. traordinary, with such intense The Lake Erie and two other international publicity and polit . in some belongings after she was married to Leonard "Woody" Woodward, Church ties Both Woody and Buttery are converts to the LDS Church. Buttery met Mormon missionaries in Calgary, Alberta, after a neighbor gave her a copy of the Book of Mormon. She said she had a strong association with her own church at the time, and wasn't easily persuaded to switch faiths. Woody was living on a ranch in Wyoming in the 1950s when he be- Leonard Woodward 5 ' came interested in Mormonism. One : year, there was a big forest fire, and the Forest Service called on the locals to help fight it. During breaks and meals, Woody said, "instead of going with the roughnecks, I went with the Mormon boys. They practically had me converted by the time that forest fire was over." But he didn't join the church until he moved to Utah in the 1960s. Buttery said both of them love to perform religious service in the temple, so it's nice that Woody's home in Oak Hills is conveniently close to the temple. She expects they'll return many times after they are married. looking for a job. Like many people who fled the dusty, drought ridden Midwest, he hitchhiked from his parents' farm in Kansas to New Mexico, where he found work as an electrician. Later he worked in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's public-work- s programs, and said he has "a real small number" on his Social Security card. "I tell people about the Depression and they sit there with their mouths open," Woodward said. "But I can't draw them a picture of it. That old Depression never ended until the Second World War broke out." Woody said young people these days seem to want everything it took their parents many years to acquire, such as a nice house and a nice car. He has some advice for people wishing to improve their' financial situation. "Burn up your charge cards," he said. "Don't go in debt for nothin'. If you don't have the money to pay for it, don't buy it. I'm not old enough to use a charge card my- - ; 'Always working' To fill up the rest of their time, Buttery said they like to talk, mostly. "About old times, for one thing," she said, but also about farming, the gospel, the church and their families. "Things that young people wouldn't care to talk about," Woody chimed in. On Friday nights, he still gets on the'radip and chats with a group of people from around the world. He said the talk about everything ex self.' round-the-worl- 3 move alone. When you're 96 and you cook your own meals and you sit here and look at four walls..." ical ramifications, that Defense Secretary Robert Gates not a military commander made the decision to pull the trigger. Gates had arrived in Hawaii a few hours before the missile was launched. He was there d to begin a trip, not to monitor the missile operation. His press secretary, Geoff Morrell, told reporters traveling with Gates that the defense chief gave the at 1:40 p.m. EST while en route from Washington. Morrell said Gates had a conference call during the flight with Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton, head of Strategic Com 3 73, "I was very lonely and it's not good for a man to be predictions. "We're in a recession, and it's not going to be very long before we're in a depression," he said. "Because I've seen it before. The unemployment is terrible, the housing market, the storms everything is blending in with it. It's history repeating itself. It's everybody living high on the hog for too long." At the time of the Great Depres-sion, Woody was in his 20s and Doreen Buttery, cause the plant is temporarily Investigators and company closed due to an explosion, the officials believe the explosion was caused by the mixture of requirement has Continued from'A l been waived for Pacific States calcium carbide, a chemical used to remove sulfur from "As we get increasing employees. "If they are out of work clearance to get access to the iron, with water. When the because of that explosion, they two substances mix, it creates facility, that will increase our explosive acetylene gas. cleanup and repair efforts and can receive unemployment Eleven employees were we'll bring more employees on insurance for a certain amount of time until the plant opens for that," Clemon said. transported to the hospital after the explosion, and one, Tim back up and they are invited Pacific States spokesman back to work," Stewart said. Beardall, is still at the UniverJohn Balian said he hopes to Unemployment benefits are sity of Utah Medical Center. bring in 20 more employees Beardall, who was operating an next week to begin repairs, and based on an employee's earnings. The benefits do not match overhead crane at the time of hopefully more the week after the explosion and was the emthe amount of the employees' that. He also said the company more but the the some have to ployee who was closest to the employpaychecks, hopes blast, suffered second-degre- e ees attend safety training, for employee makes, the greater his or her benefits will be. burns on his hands and face and which they will be paid, while inhaled toxic chemicals. Company officials are hopthe plant remains closed. Beardall's wife, LaDonna, "I'll just have to play it by ing to get an estimate next it said how of much week her husband was showing money said. Balian ear," will cost to repair the damaged improvement on Wednesday. For employees who aren't plant. There is still no word on Doctors had taken him off brought in for cleanup and rehow long the plant will remain of his ventilator and he was said the Clemon company pair, will assist them in applying for closed, but Balian said they breathing on his own. next Beardall was moving and to Evenbegin benefits. hope repairs unemployment week. talking on Wednesday, though tually, she said, the company The company is awaiting his wife said he may be in the . anticipates bringing all 320 eminvesinternal from for at least two more clearance hospital work. to back ployees weeks. She said it will prolK, Curt Stewart, a spokesman tigators, insurance carriers and the Occupational Safety ably be another 10 days before for the Utah Department of which Health doctors know whether Bearand Association, said Workforce Services, dall will need skin grafts for Clemon said completed the e most employees portion of its investigation. his burns. should be eligible for unem"When we talk about clear"They're not giving it a defiployment benefits. In most ance, we're talking about kind nite time frame. It all depends cases, a person must be lookon how well he does," LaDonna of a mix of internal and extering for a job while receiving Beardall said. she said. nal be forces," but benefits, Stewart said, mand, and Marine Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They told him that "the conditions were ripe for an attempt, and that is when the secretary to take the gave the shot, and wished them good d luck," Morrell said. , At 10:35 pf.m. EST, Gates spoke to, both generals again and "was informed that the mission was a success, that the missile had intercepted the decaying satellite, and the secretary was obviously very pleased to learn that," said Morrell." The government organized hazardous materials teams, the 96, in cept politics. "He's got about 20 antennas sticking up from the house in his backyard," Jensen, his neighbor, said. "He's the man to alert the region if there's bad weather or enemy attacks or whatever." Over the years, Woody said he's spoken with people from 175 different countries. Buttery smiles and says, "And he's still talking to people in Australia." She goes up to Salt Lake City twice a week to work at the LDS Family History Library. And when she's not gone, she fixes meals for Woody, such as the special dinner of steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans and tomatoes they enjoyed on Valentine's Day. Together, they'll visit Canada to sell Buttery's home there and take care of some business it's as close to a honeymoon as they'll get. Next week, Woody will be honored by the local Boy Scout council with a plaque commemorating his 85 years as a registered Boy Scout. He joined at age 11 and has since earned nearly every award the Boy Scouts of America offers. He continues to pay his yearly dues and participate in quarterly board meetings in Orem, in full uniform. "He never retired, really," Buttery said. "He's always working." And Woody adds, "I never had time to get into trouble." Graham, the old friend, sums up: "He's not through living." And he knows a pretty girl when he sees one. I Logan Molyneux can be reached at lmolyneuxheraldextra.com or under the code name "Burnt Frost," to be flown to the site of any dangerous or otherwise sensitive debris that might land in the United States or else- , where. Also, six federal response groups that are positioned across the country by the Fed- eral Emergency Management Agency Were alerted buihad not been activated Wednesday , FEM A spokesman JamesfMc-Intyr- e said before the missile launch. "These are purely pre- 3.44-256- 0. satellite shoot down on grounds that it was worth trying to destroy the toxic, fuel on board the satellite before it could possibly land in a populated area. The three-stag- e Navy missile, designated the SM-- has chalked up a high rate of success ih a series of tests since 2002, in each case targeting a balsort4mediam-rang- e listic missile, never a satellite. A hurtynip program to adapt the missile for this mission was completed in a matter of weeks; Navy ofcautionary and preparedness ficials said the changes would actions only," he said. President Bush gave his apbe reversed once this satellite proval last week to attempt the was down. Explosion v LOOK WHAT'S NEW TODAY! 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