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Show Staml;mlRxnmner COMMUNITY A fair old time Vuluntwr lobli forward to m nt he puQ In jjxd togtilit'r7 INSIDE More mlstfonarles Spfdol section continued 3, 0 f VOLlfi.NO. m Davis Mission Possible: lives Neighbors To submit an mm tor Neighbors, call 776 4351 weekdays. Missionaries, family, friends go through gamut of emotions of Utahns consider them Mormons. The church has a ctTeet on Utah society, for both Mormons and Probably the Institutional arm of the church that has the most impact socially is the missionary program. More than 23.000 missionaries a year come out of the Missionary Training Center in Provo missions for the LOS Church. to go on two-yeBeginning today the Lakeside Review looks at the secular effects missionary work has on all Utahns. The three-par-t series will examine the rit About 70 percent ar On boari . . . Jewel Lee Kenley has been selected as a new member of the Davis uals and traditions associated with missions, as well as the emotional and economic impact a mission has on friends, family and communities. We also look at the missionary programs of other religions. The first installment today is entitled "The Calling, and examines what happens when a missionary finds out where he will be going. The second installment in a few months will deal with how families and friends handle the absence. The final segment will look at events that revolve around the returned missionary. Applied Technology Center board. She Is the owner and president of Ed Kenley Ford in Layton. Kenley is very involved in civic and community projects and has been on the Utah Symphony executive board. In her capacity in the automobile industry, she is award of the need tor trained service department personnel. -- Elks honored ... The Bountiful Elks Lodge No. 2442, with Cary Perkins as the exalted ruler or lodge president, was honored at the 133rd National Convention of the BPO Elks this month. The Bountiful Lodge was hailed lor its support of the Order's national programs as well as their local programs. Our goal this year is to continue strengthening America, and the members of our local lodges, led by exalted rulers, will be our bricks and our mortar, said Carton O'Malley of Scranton, Penn., who was elected national leader of the Elks dunng the convention. The Bountiful Lodge worked with youth athletic and drug programs, aid for people with disabilities, college scholarships, cancer and transplant research and veterans service. A degree above . . . Kimberly daughter of Dr. Christen, and Mrs. Peter R. Christensen of Layton, has received her juris doctor degree from Northwestern School ot Law at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Ore. She attended Roy High TIM SAYING Shirley Bowers gives her son Travis GOOD-BY- a tearful good-by- e SCHOONStandard Examiner hug at the Sait Lake International Airport July 5 before Travis left for his mission in Venezuela. 1 Farewells: Tears, joy, anxiety said goodbye to each others and to their families a few weeks ago. The seven had come from all over the United States to the Missionary Training Center in Provo to prepare to serve a mission. all They had made fast friends were in a strange environment, all missed their families and friends, all were nervous about the two years that By KyANN MYERS Standard-Examin- correspondent LAKE CITY - The final 41 1 SALT call for TWA flightloudLouis came over the speaker. It could barely be heard above the singing voices. Seven missionaries sang God Be With You Til We Meet Again in Spanish as they cried and hugged and - lay before them. They learned Spanish, adjusted as best they could to the new culture and foods that awaited them, and talked of times past and future and hopes for then- - missions. Nine weeks in the MTC had drawn them together and now they were separating. The seven were fanning out all over South America to be missionaries for the LDS Church. Elder Travis Bowers hugged each of them and said goodbye as he headed for his mission in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Life has changed a lot for Travis in the last nine weeks. Before he entered the MTC he was scared and nervous about his decision to serve a mission. Now, nine weeks later, hes confi- See AIRPORT6 Missionary Glossary Missionaries have their own lingo, a dialect they use exclusively. Here are a few of the most common terms. Elder: The formal title missionaries use when addressing each other, used in place of Mr. Such as Elder Smith. Female missionaries are referred to as Sister. Mission Field: Anywhere a missionary goes in the service of the church. Senior Companion: The missionary with the most time in the field. The other is the Junior Companion. Papers: The personally biographical information and questionnaire filled out by the prospective missionary and sent to LDS Church Headquarters. Call: Letter from Church Headquarters to the missionary telling him or her the location of the mission and the date to be at the MTC. MTC: Missionary Training Center located in Provo, Utah; England, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Guatemala, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Tonga. Missionaries from the United States are trained at the Provo facility. Farewell: A church service held to honor the departing missionary, the.missionaries speaks and his mother and girlfnend cry a lot. Homecoming: A church service held to honor the returning missionary; the missionary speaks and tells tales of the mission. Detox: The missionary who returns and has to quit calling his friends Elder and spends hours at the video store catching up on all the movies hes missed. DA: Dinner Appointment. Each night the missionaries eat at a different home of the LDS people in the area. Dinner appointments are one of the things missionaries miss most upon returning home and realizing they actually have to cook for themselves. Trading: Knocking on doors to see if anyone wants to hear the missionary presentation. Care Package: Cookies from home with a note from mom saying how much she loves you. mark of the mission. This event is celebrated by burning a necktie. Bump Day: The r mark of the mission, the missionary has reached the top of the hill and is headed down. Celebrated by burning a white shirt Hump Day: The Slump Day: Eighteen months out, six left before the missionary goes home. Some burn a suit or pants. Greenies: Elders fresh into the mission field. Often the target of bad jokes. Ti unkie: A missionary who wants to go home really bad. GQ: Golden Question. Missionaries use a golden question to strike up a conversation about the church with a prospective member. Something like, What do you know about the LDS church? Would you like to know more? Road Warriors: Missionanes on bikes. Missionaries in some areas drive cars and are called Hot Rodders. BOMB: Book of Mormon. Kicker: Lazy missionary Rock: Missionary who works all the time. RM: Returned Missionary or Ready to be Mamed. Premie: 1 7 to 1 9 year old males preparing for missions. Ward Stalker: Missionary who has been home longer than a year and attends three or more church serves each Sunday looking for a wife. th School and received a bachelors degree in communication from Weber State University in 1993. She is married to Adam Barrager of Portland. They plan to make their home in Utah. . . . Marisa Barb, daughter of Ralph and Karen Barb of Layton, received a bachelors " degree in special education from the University of Florida May 1. She is a member of Sigma Kappa Sorority and is active in student government. Pet of Week Harley, a male red heeler about 1 or 2 years old, is available from the . Davis County Animal Shelter for a $50 adoption fee, plus a $10 license, which includes spayneuter certificate and exam. extension 2, Call for more information. 544-835- BEST QUOTE It has divided our city on the issue itself. Mayor Robert Thurgood on the Legacy Syracuse one-yea- V i 4 y f t 6 08773 00003 5 8 |