Local LDS Politician Named 'Newsmaker of the Decade' The Orange County, California Daily Pilot, owned by the Los Angeles Times, chose LDS church member and long-time Orange County politician Marian Bergeson as "Newsmaker of the Decade." Bergeson, who is currently a member of California's state Board of Education, served as State Senator, County Supervisor and as Secretary of Child Development and Education under Governor Pete Wilson during the past decade.

Church Members in Utah Cause Sparkling Cider Shortage (Millennium Briefs) Dan's Foods in Salt Lake City reports that its supply of nonalcoholic sparkling cider sold out days before New Year's Eve in a run on the LDS-favored bubbly that far exceeds previous years. The store sold more than 100 cases in December.

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