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Show - T , J EDITOR: RANA LEHR 1 ' I . ' " ' t ? i i ' i : Satanky, October 31, 1998, THE DAILY HERALD, Prove, Utah 344-254- 3 ? Page CI Halloween the jfttters SpooEty holiday gives foreigners By TAWNY ARCHIBALD "I guess this is just The Daily Herald Brent Barlow l u Remarriages becoming more common A few columns back I made the observation that if certain trends continue we will soon have more single . adults than married adults in the United States. And if other trends continue, among those married we will soon have more people in second marriages than we have in first marriages in America. Times are changing. There is a major myth cur- rently circulating that the growing number of single and divorced individuals in the country are not interested in marriage. Nothing could be further from the truth. The fact that nearly half of the adult population is single simply means that many are delaying marriage. Nearly ninety percent of Americans marry at some point in their ' life at the present time. We also assume that those who are divorced are so embittered by the experience that they want to avoid marriage altogether in the future. This is simply another i ; I . '" myth. Not only do the vast percent) of majority (70-8divorced people remarry, but some do it rather quickly. The remarriage rates depend on gender, age at divorce, custodial parent, economics, religion and several other contributing factors. Not long ago I was 0 i See MARRIAGE, Flip side normal for here; before I came here To UTAH COUNTY describe Halloween to someone who has never experienced it is one thing, but to experience it for the first time is something totally different. Several high school stu- . rdidn't think much about Halloween stuff." dents in Utah County are " - going to experience their first Halloween today, and they are excited. "It is so new and I am so excited," said Juri Inoue, a foreign exchange student from Japan attending' Timpview High School. "It will be so nice and so fun. There will be lots of costumes, it's so he said. Eva Monzon, 15 from Spain Lone Peak High School, also thought that and attending the haunted "Sin. Carving pumpkins was a new experience for Monzon.. She Inoue is planning on dressing up as a witch for Halloween this year. She is looking forward to going trick with her host family or friends. "My mom and I have even made pumpkins," she said enthusiastically. "I have never made pumpkins before." Japan doesn't celebrate any holidays that are even similar to Halloween. To Inoue the costumes, decorations and activities are strange but don't go and stuff, but we did have parties at the English institute," Lopez said. "I like (Halloween), it is pretty fun. I don't know what I'll do yet though, probably just go around with my friends." Dressing up and attending parties is something Lopez trick-or-treat-i- had of expectations Halloween, and for the most part they were true, but she didn't expect the decorations and costumes to be so scary looking. "I guess this is just normal for here, before I came here I N1 didn't think much about Halloween BtunV she said. Jonas Fooken, a 16 year-ol- d German, said Halloween reminds him of Carnival back -- BRIAN WINTER The Daily Herald ld "We houses were tmore funny than scary. good." wonderful. "I hate being scared, but I want to go (to spook alleys)," she said. "I just hate scary things, but I really want to go. When I get back home I want to scare my family." Alex Lopez, a student from Argentina who is attending Pleasant Grove High School, said in his country he was able to celebrate Halloween. Eva Monzon, Spain First time: Juri Inoue, 16, puts on black eye makeup and eye shadow Wednesday after the exchange student from Japan tries on her witch costume for Halloween. loves to do, so Halloween is a great holiday for him to cele- brate. "We have been preparing and stuff by decorating the house and carving pumpkins," he said. "We weren't able to do much though because we have been moving." Lopez, like many foreigners to Halloween, has found many of the holiday activities are funny. Haunted houses, dressing up and decorations have good intentions, but aren't always what they had expect- ed. have seen some scary and went to the Haunted Forest and Frightmares at Lagoon but they were just pretty funny," "I movies home. "It reminds me to dress up, like in Germany, it ' is pretty much fun," Fooken said. "I have Wrt nen a lot about Halloween yet, but if a idea to dress up and scare"" people." With Carnival, Fooken said people would dress up but didn't try to scare each other. They would just go through the city, drink a lot and have candy. This celebration is held in March. "I think the costume idea is a nice idea for little kids," Fooken said. "This year I am planning to scare all of the little kids. "This is about as much as I have expected. I just want to scare people and go or to a party," he trick-or-treatin- said. g |