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PROVO, Utah (AP) — Most returning Mormon missionaries are greeted by family, friends, significant others and an occasional cardboard cutout of anyone who couldn't make it.
Lately, the greetings are more elaborate with professional videographers, balloons, banners, flash mobs and marriage proposals.
Salt Lake City airport officials say they're trying to figure out the best way to deal with crowds of hundreds of people that form about twice a week.
Barbara Gann with the Salt Lake City Department of Airports tells The Daily Herald (http://bit.ly/1ABZxXL ) that the crowds block escalators and the baggage claim area.
The newspaper says homecoming parties have grown ever since the Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints lowered the age for missionaries.
Gann says a larger greeting area is in the airport's future plans.
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