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2RETIREMENThonoredNovember 20, 2007majors Lonnieand Patricia KinleyContemporary chessMy wife’s eyes glaze over when I talk about chess,so I am pretty sure she won’t read one word of thiscolumn. That means I can write about anything I wantthis time without getting kicked in the shin for writingstuff she doesn’t agree with.The latest issue of Chess Life printed an article oncontemporary chess that made me want to smackthe writer with a baseball bat, but never mind that. Ikept thinking that the writer’s complaints were eerilysimilar to some we hear nowadays in the corps – butmore on that in a moment. Here’s what he had to sayabout the state of chess today:Contention No. 1: Chess had a lot more class 40years ago than today.Contention No. 2: Younger chess players have anadvantage in better technology and more information,but as a result they aren’t as deep in their game play.Contention No. 3: The sealed move andadjournament rules are a lost art to players 40-andunder.Those arcane and Byzantine procedures havebeen a dead issue for 20 years.Contention No. 4: Because of the new timestandard for moves in most tournaments, “Theserenity and peace which derives from the slowertime controls is lost to the younger players.”Contention No. 5: Because of sudden deathrules in tournaments, new players now are not asconcerned about the “pure” reason why we play inchess tournaments.Contention No. 6: The new system of tournamentschedule rounds are all at the wrong time and shouldrevert to a more leisurely pacing.Despite disagreeing with the author, I did agreewith his quote in the middle of the article: “Directorsneed to start paying more attention to the needs anddesires of the players. They must realize that withoutthe players there are no tournaments.”By now you may have noted that the author’scomplaints about contemporary chess resemble thosemade about contemporary music in our corps.- The old hymns have class; they are deeper intheir meaning than this new stuff. The ways we do ourservices should stay the same, even though they nolonger provide a realistic way to bring in new believers.- With the new rhythms, pace, beats and words,worshippers can’t achieve serenity and peace. The waythat contemporary worship approaches the throne ofGod is not as pure as our approach.- The times and places set for contemporaryworship are wrong because they respond to a societyand culture that are no longer agrarian in nature.Until I read this article on chess, I saw thedifference between contemporary worship andtraditional as a matter of personal taste. Now I believeit is a fundamental cultural/generational differencethat may be impossible to bridge.Those who are younger than 40 processinformation, communication, worship and Godcompletely different than I do. They are more visual-,audio- and tactile-driven than I will ever be. Theirsis a multimedia generation not only in regard to theirentertainment, but also in the way they experienceGod. They approach God the way the first centurychurch did.Stop using contemporary music as no more thanbait to attract people into the building and then teachthem the “right” way to worship. Know and believethat contemporary music is the way for them toaccept the gift of salvation, experience worship andhave Christ in their lives.Majors Lonnie and PatriciaKinley entered honored retirementafter a combined 83 years ofservice as Salvation Army officers.Commissioner Raymond Cooperconducted the retirementceremony and presented thecertificates of retirement. Theservice was led by Major MarkBell, Maryland-West Virginiadivisional commander.Spoken tributes were given byMajors Samuel and Veronica VanDenberg, Lt. Colonel John Falin,Jean Semler, Teresa Mentgen andScott Kinley.Lonnie James Kinley was bornto Salvation Army officer parentsJune 4, 1943, in Princeton, W.Va. After completing one yearat the University of Kentucky’sAshland campus, he assisted atthe Washington Southeast Corpsbefore entering officer training.Commissioned in 1966 with theDefenders of the Faith, he assistedfor one year in Beaumont, Texas,prior to his marriage to thenLieutenant Patricia Branum.Patricia May Branum is afourth-generation Salvation Armyofficer born on June 6, 1943, inBy Major Frank DuracherSouthern Spirit staffMajors George andPatricia Price werehonored by familyand friends for faithfulservice as SalvationArmy officers for over41 years. Major WilliamMockabee presided overthe retirement program.The official ceremonyand presentation ofretirement certificateswere conducted byCommissioner RaymondA. Cooper.Program participants included: Lt. Colonels Johnand Judy Falin, Major Dan Heard, Captain DavidSams, Major Hilda Howell, Major Frank Duracher,Karen Price, Shirley Cooper, Tal DuVall, Major TomOverton, and Lt. Colonel Jean Mikles.George E. Price was born in Cumberland, Md.At the age of 8, George was invited to The SalvationArmy by a neighbor. He and his family eventuallyenrolled as junior and senior soldiers and became veryactive.Patricia L. Shahan was born in Oakland, Md., anddid not attend The Salvation Army until after shegraduated from high school and was introduced toGeorge.George and Patty were married on March 30,1962, and in 1964 entered the training college asShelbyville, Ind. She attendedTexas Women’s University andAsbury College before enteringtraining in 1963 as a memberof the Proclaimers of the Faithsession. She was commissionedin 1965 and appointed to assistin Fort Worth, Texas. The Kinleyswere married May 28, 1967,and appointed to assist in Austin,Texas, followed by several otherTexas appointments. In 1981 theyleft Texas for Charleston, W. Va.Subsequent corps appointmentsincluded Beckley, W. Va., andBaltimore South.majors George and Patricia PriceGetthe SpiritForCommissioner Raymond Cooper presents retirement certificates toMajors Lon and Patricia Kinley.Since 1993, theirappointments have includedboth DHQ and Baltimore AreaCommand responsibilities. Theirappointments prior to retirementwere as assistant divisionalsecretary for disaster and men’sfellowship and divisional women’soutreach ministries secretary,respectively.The Kinleys have two children:Mrs. David (Teresa) Mentgen ofSouthbury, Conn., and CTR1 (AW)Scott Kinley, U.S. Navy. Scott isstationed in Norfolk, Va., aboardthe USS Kearsarge.Commissioner Raymond Cooper (right) conducted the retirement ceremonyof Majors George and Patricia Price.members of the Defenders of the Faith session of1966. During their second year of training, their son,Jeff, was born. Their daughter, Karen, was born afterthe Prices were commissioned as Salvation Armyofficers.George and Patty served as corps officers in theFlorida, ALM, North and South Carolina, and Georgiadivisions. Their active officership concludes with asix-month assignment as chaplains at the HartsfieldJackson International Airport in Atlanta.Both of the Prices had the privilege of beingdelegates to the Brengle Institute in Chicago, Ill.George served on the staff of the Soldiers’ NationalSeminar on Evangelism for eight years.Upon their retirement, which takes effect on Jan.1, 2008, the Prices will make their retirement home at1001 Ridge Point Drive, Deatsville, Ala., 36022.subscription information contact:Joyce Parris (404) 728-13191424 Northeast ExpresswayAtlanta, GA 30329