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All public hearings will be held in the College Station City Hall Council Chambers at 1101 Texas Avenue in College Station (next to Chili’s), / mFREE ^ 2003 Parks & Recreation Calendars are now available. Call 764-3486 to get your copy! February 6 February 27 March 13 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Planning & Zoning Commission City Council City Council Complete copies of the UDO and fact sheets are available on the College Station Development Services web site at http://devservices.ci.college-station.tx.us or call Development Services directly at 764-3570. ^Lincoln Recreation Center Celebrates'^ African American History Month February 3-7: African American History through the Arts February 6: Read to Succeed February 15: Fun Day and Step Workshop with free immunizations February 20: Soul Food Luncheon February 21-23:Annual R.A. Terrell Sr. Adult Men Memorial Basketball Classic For more information about the activities for the /A Want To Volunteer? IMPORTANT RESIDENT QUESTIONNAIRE! 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College Station residents - look for your copy in The Eagle on Friday, February 7,2003. 4B Thursday, February 6, 2003 STATE THE BATTALION Mormon churches thriving Texas Latter-day Saints numbers grow By Eileen E. Flynn THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN — As the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints experienced unprecedent ed growth from 1990 to 2000, the membership in Central Texas multiplied at an even faster clip. With two chapels planned in the Village of Bee Cave and Pflugerville, the church is still growing in the Austin area, local officials say. “We’re seeing that through out the nation, people want to be more involved with their reli gion and with their families, the things that have lasting value,” said Preston Gee, high councilor of the Austin, Texas Oak Hills Stake, a local church body. Church members, commonly referred to as Mormons, trace their origins to Joseph Smith, who they believe received reve lations to create the church in 1830. Smith and his followers were rejected and forced out of New York. After Smith was killed in Illinois, Brigham Young led thousands to Utah, where the church headquarters is now. In addition to the Bible, church members follow the Book of Mormon, which they say was written by prophets liv ing in North America who received a visitation from Christ after his resurrection. From 1990 to 2000, church membership in Central Texas climbed from roughly 9,800 to 13,300, an increase of 36 per cent, almost double the national growth of 19.3 percent. Church officials project about 15,800 members for 2003. Gee said the church reaped the benefits of Austin’s high- tech boom through the people who migrated here from other parts of the country, especially the West, where there is a high er concentration of Mormons. “We felt that initial wave in the early ’90s, when we started seeing the church really starting to grow,” he said. The faith con tinues to thrive. Gee added, because of successful mission ary work. There used to be a Utah Mormon stereotype as a type of person, and thafsjust fading... ifs a church for everyone. — Claire Lindsey Barton Creek ward member Like other Christians who are seen as conservative. Mormons’ numbers rose in the past decade in distinct contrast with their moderate and liberal counterparts, according to a sur vey, 2000 Religious Congregations & Membership, released last fall. Of all the denominations. Mormons grew the fastest. With 4.2 million believers, the church is the country’s sixth-largest denomination. It has made even greater strides in Latin America. “Because it’s become such a worldwide church now, it’s no longer so much of a Utah or an American church,” said Mark Palmer, president of the Oak Hills stake, which has a collec tion of wards, much like parish es in the Catholic Church. The church’s emergence on the world stage, even its stronger presence in Texas, is leading to an erosion of mis conceptions and stereotypes, members say. “There used to be a Utah Mormon stereotype as a type of person, and that’s just fading because we’re so multicultural now ... We have so many lan guages, cultures, backgrounds,” said Claire Lindsey, who, with her husband and three children, is a member of the Barton Creek Ward. “It’s a church for every one.” Though some denominations argue that Mormons are not Christian because of their belief in modem prophets and apostles and their use of the Book of Mormon, Gee said the church has more in common with other Christians than many people realize. The church, he said, is focused on Christ and promotes family and faith as the top prior ities. Evangelism is key, and thou sands of young men and women take sabbaticals each year to embark on missionary assign ments. Mormons also adhere to strict rules of behavior and for bid smoking; consuming drugs, alcohol and caffeine; and having premarital sex. People who have seen friends and neighbors live out the moral codes are often attracted to the church, said Leigh Germann, a mother of five. “I know that we have many people who live locally who have chosen to join the church either because the missionaries have found them,., or, more often than not, they’ve known somebody and had an opportunity to get to know about the church,” she said. Another indication of church growth is the number of tem ples, holy sanctuaries open only to church m embers for special ceremonies such as baptisms of; deceased relatives and eternal marriages. Temples are built i' areas where followers are gro» j ing and active. Dell eliminates the floppy NEWS IN BRIEF AUSTIN (AP) — Floppy disk drives will soon be history at Dell Computer Corp. The company plans to stop installing the drives on high-end Dimension computers next month and offer them only as an option, Dell spokesman Lionel Menchaca said Wednesday. For years, computer users stored data on portable 3-1/2- inch floppy disks. The plastic square disks can hold up to 1.44- megabytes of information. But Round Rock, Texas- based Dell has seen customers moving toward newer, larger capacity technology — especial ly portable hard drives and rewriteable CDs. “The utility of a floppy disk is just no longer there for most users,” said Tim Bajarin, presi dent of Creative Strategies, a technology consulting firm in San Jose, Calif. Floppy disks long ago ceded their turf as the delivery medium for software — CD ROMs and the Internet now handle that task. And many people find a 1.44 MB disk too small to han dle the daily data of a digital life — photos, MP3 files, e-mail records. Dell brand 16-megabyte USB flash memory drives will be offered standard in Dimension’s high-end model first and the company will con sider making it available on all desktops depending on customer response, Menchaca said. The keychain-sized USB drives will cost the same as floppy drives, he said. “We’ve heard from other vendors that they’ve been actu ally questioning the need for floppy drives in light of the key- chain storage devices that have come onto the market,” Bajarin said. Persuading some desktop users to drop the floppy could be a challenge, which is why Dell is moving slowly, Menchaca said. The company no longer provides floppy drives on stan dard notebook computers. Apple Computer Inc. stopped including floppy disk drives in Macintosh computers five years ago. Arson leads to 6-year-old's death BIG SPRING, Texas (AP)- officials have ruled arson caused an early morning house firelaft 26 where the body of a 6 old girl was found. Miguel Lopez Jr., 18, of ( N.M., has been charged murder in the death of I Nieto. Preliminary autopsf results showed the child was sexually assaulted and strau gled, officials have said. Lopez and Nieto are cousins Lopez was visiting relatives the house as was Nieto, whose family lives in Big Spring, cials have said. Family members extinguished the fire and the girl was trans ported to Scenic Mountain Medical Center where she wa pronounced dead. "The nature of fire set cleafl ruled out any type of accident, Big Spring Fire Marshal Cad Condray said in Wednesda/s online edition of the Big Spri Herald. Condray said a liquid w poured to help spread the fire. PRESENTS LAC Movie Heights Thursday 2/6 ‘O’Film MSC 292 A& B 8:30 pm Friday 2/7 Shakespeare In Love MSC AggieNights 9:45 pm Tromeo & Juliet MSC AggieNights Midnight Monday 2/10 The Lion King MSC 292 A 8:00 pm For more events during the 2003 Shakespeare Festiv al, please visit: http://Iitarts.taiiiu.edlu or call 845-9251. 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