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| Will Boston Temple Lawsuit get to Supreme Court? |
| In a front page story in the Boston Globe,
Cole says the four-year-long dispute over the Boston Temple could
reach the U.S. Supreme Court. After a three-judge panel of the
federal Appeals Court in Boston ruled two weeks ago that the law on
which Belmont Massachusetts based the zoning exemption allowing
construction of the Temple was constitutional, the Temple's neighbors
that brought the lawsuit say they will appeal to the full Appeals
Court, one step away from the U.S. Supreme Court. |
| Judge Orders Vandals Of LDS Chapels To Write Book Of Mormon Essay |
| A California Judge has sought to make the
punishment for vandalism of an LDS chapel fit the crime. Judge Vilia
Sherman, after deciding that the crime was due to the defendant's
religious hatred, added a condition to a plea-bargain requiring two
men convicted of vandalizing an LDS chapel to write a 2,000 word
essay on the Book of Mormon after reading it. |
| U.S. Gun Zealot Alters U.K. Law |
| More than 25 years after earning a notorious spot in LDS history for the murder of two LDS missionaries, Robert Elmer Kleasen
has earned a spot in English history, inducing the country to
strengthen its already stringent gun laws. English officals will now
do an Interpol background check on any foreign national that wishes
to purchase firearms there. |
| Mormon Indians Denied Catawba Membership |
| The U.S. Bureau of
Indian Affairs turned down the appeal from the Western Catawbas to be
included on the Catawba Indian Nation's membership roll. The Western
Catawbas are descended from a group of five Catawba families that
joined the LDS Church and moved to Utah in the late 1880s. |
| Hatch calls GOP booing disgraceful |
| The message came through loud and clear on
Saturday when Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, current Gov. Leavitt, former
Gov. Norm Bangerter and former LDS Church Relief Society President
Barbara Smith were booed and jeered from the floor of the E Center at
the State Republican Convention. Hatch called the incidents a
"disgrace" and called for Utah GOP leaders to consider allowing only
credentialed delagates into future state party conventions. |
| Mormon church near Big Sky turned down by zoning commission |
| The Gallatin County Zoning Commission voted 3-1
against a proposed LDS chapel, saying that its location was a bad
spot for a church. In a two-hour hearing on the issue, neighbors of
the property questioned the building's compatibility with the
subdivision while Church supporters questioned the religious bias of
those that opposed the project. |
| LDS Grandmother To Challenge Hansen |
| An LDS mother of 10 and grandmother of four will
challenge Representative Jim Hansen (R-Utah) for Utah's 1st Congressional
District seat in November. Kathleen McConkie Collinwood is an attorney and
community activist from Bountiful, Utah who will try to prevent Hansen from
re-election to an 11th term in the US House of Representatives. Hansen is
also a member of the LDS Church. |
| 'Fight Club' phenomenon Makes Christian Science Monitor |
| This article takes a hard look at The Fight Club, the
clandestine sport fashioned after the novel of the same name. The
Fight Club has found itself in the middle of much controversy lately,
although its organizers, who are returned missionaries still continue
to promote the club. |
| LDS Wards Aids Habitat For Humanity |
| Two articles recently featured stories about
Habitat for Humanity projects in the Houston area. The first article
discussed a community project sponsored by the LDS Church called
"Hooked on Giving Service" (HOGS). This activity involved youth from
Clear Lake, Alvin, Bay Brook, Friendswood, Galveston, La Marque,
League City, Pearland, and South Shore. The project was held in
conjunction with Private Sector Initiatives, Habitat for Humanity,
and the Girls and Boys Club. Youth participated by helping to build
a home for recipient Pilar Zapata. |
| 10 Mormon Pioneer Graves Moved In Tooele |
| The town of Tooele decided to move the unmarked
graves of 10 Mormon pioneers because of cable and water lines and
road construction, and now the remains are being studied by
archaeologists. The remains, which come from an old Tooele cemetery,
used until a permanent city cemetery was established in 1867. The
remains include three teenagers or adults and seven younger children
or infants. |
| 6th man charged in bomb incident |
| Police have arrested a sixth man in a 1998
fire bombing incident that also involved a former LDS missionary and
state football star. On Wednesday, May 3rd, prosecutors charged Maile
F. Kinikini, 26, of Salt Lake with participating in the firebombing.
They had earlier charged five others, including former East High
football star Sione Havili, 20, who returned from an LDS mission to
face the charges. |
| Nauvoo Restoration names new director |
| The LDS Church's Nauvoo Restoration Inc. has a
new head. A retired businessman and college teacher has been called
on a two-year mission as the new head of the Nauvoo Restoration, Inc
business. He is Jerry L. Goodman and presently lives in Logan, Utah.
He was appointed 18 April by the area presidency of the North
America Central Area as leader of the preservation arm of the LDS
church. |
| New Stake Presidency Leads To Newspaper Articles |
| The Midland Reporter-Telegram carried three articles
Saturday about local LDS Church members and the reorganization of the
Odessa Stake. In the first of the three articles, the newspaper
covered the stake's leadership change, announcing that David Powers
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| LDS State Ed Board Member Resigns To Serve Welfare Mission |
| LDS Church member Harold Davis of Idaho Falls is
resigning from the Idaho State Board of Education to work for the LDS
Church as a welfare representative in the Phillipines. Davis, 70,
submitted his resignation to Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne on
Tuesday, May 9th, and expects to leave effective June 26th. |
| Nauvoo Restoration names new director |
| Inquirer reporter Quillman
investigates a part of Wallace Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, said to have been called "Mormon
Hollow" or "Mormon Valley," and discovers the origins of a group of
Mormon converts in Pennsylvania that included Edward Hunter, later
Presiding Bishop to the LDS Church. |
| Suitland Stake Honors Area Teachers |
| The Suitland, Maryland Stake held a Teacher
Appreciation night April 30th to recognize great primary and
secondary school teachers in the four Maryland counties covered by
the Stake. A total of 18 teachers from 11 Elementary, Middle and High
Schools were recognized at the ceremony. |
| Latter-day Saints women aid needy |
| More than 130 women attended a service
project held by the Relief Society of the Indianapolis Stake on May
6th. Called, "Errand of Angels," the 4-hour project brought the women
together to do multiple service projects to benefit both the local
community and worldwide charities. |
| Prayer is unusual at Utah firms |
| This article talks about the issue of prayer
at the workplace. It focuses on an employee of O.C. Tanner, Toni
McMurtrey. The founder and namesake of O.C. Tanner was himself a
member of the LDS Church, although not active in later years. He is
remembered for writing the LDS Sunday School manual "Christ's Ideals
for Living." Although this company makes room for prayer at work as
long as it is during the employee's time many other Utah companies
shy away from this sensitive issue. |
| Idaho Supreme Court Holds Sessions At Ricks College |
| The Idaho Supreme Court heard three appellate cases
of local interest at an out-of-town session held at Ricks College on
May 3. The Court was presided over by Chief Justice Linda Copple
Trout. These cases heard were: State of Idaho v. Michael E. Hosey
appealing denial to withdraw guilty plea to charges of trafficking in
methamphetamine. State of Idaho v. Robby Joe Mowrey, appealing
felony judgement of lewd conduct with a minor child under age
sixteen. Sondra Olson v. EG&G Idaho, Inc., and Constance C.
Blackwood, an appeal by Sondra Olson contending that the district
court erred in granting summary judgment on her claims of wrongful
discharge, self-defamation, and age and disability discrimination
when she was terminated from her position with EG&G in 1993.
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