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Local News
| New Theater to Open at Washington DC Visitors Center |
| The LDS Church's Washington DC Visitor's Center
will debut its new theater on Saturday with a concert by the Southern
Virginia College Chamber Choir. The theater, which has been under
construction since its groundbreaking last Fall, will help the
Visitors Center attract visitors year-round. |
| New York Stake Marches in NYC's Columbus Day Parade |
| For the third year in a row members of the New
York, New York Stake, along with missionaries serving in there,
marched in New York City's Columbus Day Parade. This year the stake
earned the 20th spot and appeared in the television coverage of the
parade. |
| LDS Chapel Arsonist Pleas Guilty |
| The 19-year-old man who set an LDS chapel on fire in
January plead guilty on Tuesday to one count of first-degree felony aggravated
arson for setting an LDS seminary and chapel on fire on Monday, January 3rd.
Prosecutors dismissed four other charges against Kevin James Holfeltz in
exchange for the plea. |
| Nauvoo Struggles with Moratorium on Growth |
| Nauvoo Mayor, Tom Wilson, announced that the
moratorium that was imposed in March on new building permits will
continue for the next few months. New commercial and multi-family
residential construction will have to wait for the commission on
planning and zoning ordinances to determine how growth will effect
the long-term plan now being developed. An urban planner, funded by
the Mormon church, will aid the commission that previously lacked the
authority a formal zoning ordinance would provide. |
| Vacant LDS Chapel Damaged in Arson Fire |
| A vacant LDS Chapel, which hasn't been used by a
congregation for three years, suffered $250,000 in damage from a fire
October 12th. The blaze started at about 3 a.m. by someone who broke into
the large brick complex. Police were questioning two transients in
association with the blaze. |
| LDS Church One of 'Non-Traditional' Religions Growing in Alabama |
| This is a slightly negative and rather lengthy
article about the increase of "non-traditional" religions in Alabama.
Mentioned was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and
the recent dedication of the Alabama temple. The article made mention
of the dozens of evangelical Christians who handed out tracts in
front of the Mormon temple during an open house week, questioning the
theology and rituals of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. |
| Call for Papers issued for conference on LDS Church, Japan |
| The Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for LDS History at
Brigham Young University will sponsor a one-day conference on Oct.
13, 2001, on the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints in Japan during the past 100 years. |
| BYU sponsors family folklore workshop Oct. 13 |
| "Saving Memories by Keeping Family Traditions and
Preserving Family Folklore," a "how-to" workshop sponsored by the
newly re-named William A. Wilson Folklore Archives, will be Friday,
Oct. 13, in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium at Brigham Young
University. |
| Book of Mormon seminar set for Orem Institute Oct. 14 |
| A seminar on the Book of Mormon will take place
Saturday (Oct. 14) from 10 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. at the Orem Institute of
Religion, 785 West College Drive, Orem. "Some of the most requested speakers in the Church Educational System are on the program," program administrator Mary Byrd said. "Teachings
of the Book of Mormon will be presented in a manner that appeals to
both youth and adults and will be applied to the challenges of our
day."
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| BYU to host Utah Education Law Institute Oct. 16 |
| Brigham Young University will host the Third Annual
Utah Education Law Institute with featured speaker Justice Clifford
Wallace from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Monday (Oct. 16) in
the Harman Conference Center from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. |
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