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3 Easy Johnson fans 16 in 5-4 win Seattle gets pitchers Felipe Lira and Omar Olivares in trade with Tigers SPORTS Cl Teens take to trendy dELiAs catalog SOUND LIFE THE SATURDAY JULY 19 1997 TACOMA WASHINGTON PRICE: 354 Remembering the ormon trek allies call for cease-ire Sinn Fein pressure could halt bloodshed in Northern Ireland lead to more talks By Wuim MonuMiw Los Angeles Times The tantalizing prospect of an end to sectarian bloodshed arrived suddenly Friday in divided Northern Ireland with signs of an imminent cease-fire by the Irish Republican Army In a surprise announcement political allies of the IRA said they had asked the terrorists to lay down their arms and were confident of a positive response "The IRA leadership assured us that they would respond without delay to our said Gerry Adams the president of Sinn Fein the political arm of the outlawed group of Irish nationalists who want to unite the British province with the neighboring Irish Republic The Sinn Fein initiative represented a clear breakthrough in the tortured search for peace analysts in Belfast said Friday night blit they cautioned against premature celebration Peace hopes have been overwhelmed repeatedly ty renewed violence: The latest cease-fire an 18-month truce ended with an IRA bombing that killed two men in London in February 1996 The British arid Irish governments offered expressions of cautious hope after announcement Friday In Washington DC the State Department welcomed the move But reaction from Leaders of the majority Protestant community in Northern Ireland ranged from polite disbelief to outright disdain announcement came as a surprise because a Bpiral of violence by IRA and Protestant terrorists has quickened in recent weeks including the killings of two policemen bombings and street clashes have made it clear over the 18 months since the Please see Ww back pass ftoras by Own PcnwTkc News Tnbune Jessica Tisdale 12 of Lakewood grabs a moment of rest this week before she and other young members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints begin a one-mile march with wooden handcarts to mark the 150th anniversary of the Mormon journey from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in Utah Above Lakewood Stake Girls Camp participants pull carts during a reenactment at the church's Nisqually Recreation Property As the 150th Br Sick RUmum The News Tribune may join BART and MAX the finalist for name to represent Puget regional light rail system BvBwiDmiv The News Tribune Get ready Puget Sound here comes Link No not a breakfast meat or a country crooner from Texas link is the likely name for the Regional TVansit light rail system -When not figuring out how to build the $39 billion rail and bus network that voters approved last year RTA staff members and consultants have been dreaming up new names for the system Other cities have cod names for their transit systems like MAX in Portland BART in San Francisco and the Coaster in San Diego Out of 100 or so choices RTA staff suggested three options for its 18 board members to consider Each option includes names for the overall system plus different names for the bus light rail and heavy rail portions Somebody apparently likes Link because it sneaked into all three choices Here are the overall system names with the name of Plant set Llek Church members will clean up parks and cemeteries paint houses and care for community gardens Each congregation called a ward is being asked to donate 150 hours of work for Woridwide Pioneer Heritage Service Day The pioneer spirit was very much alive this week at the annual Lakewood Stake Girls Camp (A stake is a group of wards) Some 97 girls ages 12 to 18 took part ih the four-day camp at the church-owned Nisqually Recreation Property From the moment parents dropped off their children at the camp Tuesday the pioneer theme prevailed The girls from Tacoma Lakewood and Spanaway piled high their sleeping bags and luggage into the two-wheeled handcarts Clustered in their cabin groups with names like Prairie Gak the girls hauled their handcarts to their A-frame cabins was kind of said Nelli Williams 13 of Lakewood Mormons throughout the world are celebrating the 150th anniversary of Brigham arrival in the Salt Lake Valley on July 24 1847 in the first wave of the pioneer exodus from Nauvoo 111 By 1869 an estimated 70000 Mormons had made the journey west Hundreds of Mormons are replicating the journey with handcarts and covered wagons planning to arrive in Utah in time for anniversary A cast of thousands including the Monnon Tabernacle Choir will celebrate the Besquicentennial Thursday with an extravaganza at Brigham Young University in Provo Ibday Mormons throughout the South Puget Sound area will remember that pioneer trek by performing service projects Helping others was important to Mormon pioneers and remains a basic tenet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which has nearly 10 million members worldwide With 211000 members the Mormons are Washington second-largest church group anniversary ofBrigham migration approaches young church members are getting a taste ofwhatitwas like Kristin Tbrgerson and dozens of other Monnon girls pulled and pushed several wooden handcarts a quarter-mile down a Nisqually dirt trail this week The toil at a Monnon girls camp was a small but important way to remember their faith's heritage Almost 150 years ago Mormon pioneers pulled hundreds of similar handcarts and rode wagon trains 1300 miles from the Midwest to the Salt Lake Valley in Utah They risked their lives to escape religious persecution and to find a place where their faith could flourish Many had been driven from their Midwestern settlements branded as religious heretics Hundreds became 3l and died crossing the Plains and Rocky Mountains This week the teenagers experienced little of what those pioneers went through said Tbrgerson a 16-year-old from Tacoma it for them we wouldn't be Pkast see IMt hack Mi Episcopalians approve pact of cooperation with Lutherans State auditor warns schools: Take care with student funds Anglican Orthodox Protestant and Roman Catholic churches are forging historic agreements of cooperation that could change dramatically how millions worship and see themselves as Christians Friday in Philadelphia the 2i million-member Episcopal Church approved a of Agreement" with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America which has 52 million members Lutheran leaders vote next month on the same measure which recognizes the validity Please see Payback page By Limy Stmu Los Angeles Times PHILADELPHIA For nearly 1000 years ethnic rivalries theological disputes battles over church leadership and even murderous hatreds have tom at the soul of Christianity But as third millennium approaches church leaders from Pope John Paul II to national and international Protestant assemblies are poised to usher in a new era far different from the holy wars of old While no money has disappeared in those districts the Renton School District was forced to call in state auditors after a little more than $1700 in ASB money could not be accounted for at the end of the 1995-96 school year Student body funds contain everything from money earned from popcorn sales at a school basketball game to yearbook and prom ticket receipts Money -often in the form of cash -is collected by school secretaries teachers parent volunteers or others Schools also may use Please see WniBfcM FWay Kent Highline Central districts told to tighten oversight By Dose Caruso The News Tribune State Auditor Brian Sonnlag wants school districts to be better caretakers of the money they collect from student activities At least four South King County school districts Federal Way Kent Highline and South Central have been warned about lax oversight of money in their associated student body or ASB funds 115th year Issue No 101 0 1997 The News Tribune Today's press run: 149991 Recycled paper is used to print The News Tribune The 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