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| General News |
| LDS Missionary Killed in Accident Was Track Star |
| One of the LDS missionaries killed in a traffic
accident in England Tuesday was a Southern California track star who was
chosen Orange County runner of the year by the Los Angeles Times in three
consecutive years. Elder Mark Gleason died when a car driven by his
companion, Elder Mihai Teodorescu, had to swerve into oncoming traffic.
Gleason was three months away from completing his mission and presumably
resuming his collegiate track career. |
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| Long-time Sunstone Publisher Elbert Peck Resigns |
| Citing exhaustion after 15 years of running the
Sunstone Foundation and its magazine and symposiums, Elbert Peck turned in
his resignation to Sunstone's board of directors Friday. Peck is credited
with expanding Sunstone's mission to include regional symposiums in
Washington DC and the US west coast, among other places, and for giving the
magazine a vision of what it could become. The resignation, which was not
unexpected, came after the 46-year-old Peck had indicated that he feels worn
down for the past year. |
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| Local News |
| White Plains Temple Presentation Attracts Opponents |
| A Town Board meeting yesterday attracted more than 80
neighbors of the LDS Church's proposed White Plains Temple as
representatives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presented
plans for the use of the building. Most of the neighbors present opposed the
building, fearing that it will increase traffic and claiming it is "out of
scale" with the character of the neighborhood. Church representatives tried
to assure the Board that the building is only used for special occasions and
for rituals and has already been reduced in size to address neighbor's
concerns. |
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| Church Vandalism in Utah Increasing, Says Salt Lake Tribune |
| The vandalism of an LDS chapel in Sandy,
Utah, which caused an estimated $100,000 in damage, led Tribune
reporter Bob Mims to look at the vandalism of churches in Utah. Mims
found a perception that vandalism is increasing there. He also found
that the vandalism isn't limited to the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, and a review of Mormon News' files show that the
vandalism of LDS chapels also isn't limited to Utah. |
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| Sports |
| Has Elder Iorg Given it All Away? |
| Elder Isaac Iorg, serving an LDS mission in
East LA, got a birthday present last week. It was the answer to a
childhood dream, a present that would allow him to be just like his
dad, but no one told him about it for days. He finally discovered the
present when his mission president told him several days later. And
now, his family awaits his return home June 20th to see what he will
do with the present. |
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| Guthrie Puts Stanford In College World Series Final |
| Pitching brilliantly last night over seven-plus
innings, returned missionary Jeremy Guthrie blew away top-seeded Cal
State Fullerton to take his Stanford Cardinals baseball team into the
final of the College World Series. Guthrie, who was still completing
his mission in northern Spain just a year ago, gave up only one run
and four hits before giving up the ball to closer Jeff Bruksch.
Guthrie's LDS teammate, Andy Topham, who was 0 for 10 in the series,
hit a single to drive in the game-winning run. |
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| Politics |
| Utah's Cannon Takes on Census Bureau over Missionary Count |
| Utah Representative Chris Cannon yesterday opened a new
front in Utah's war with the US Census Bureau over an additional seat in the
US House of Representatives. Cannon introduced legislation in Congress that
would freeze funding for a key Census Bureau project, effectively holding
the project hostage until the Bureau makes progress on a plan for counting
American citizens living overseas. |
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| With Hatch Out of Majority, Hansen Gains Power in Utah Delegation |
| Rep. Jim Hansen's recent chairmanship of the House
Resources Committee still has the 68-year-old Utah Republican
thinking of the folks back home when he wants his anti-abortion vote
recorded. He says he is still one of them after 20 years since coming
to Washington. He may try to downplay Sen. Orrin Hatch's recent
ouster as Judiciary chairman in the Senate, but everyone knows Hansen
is challenging Hatch as the new powerhouse of Utah's congressional
delegation. |
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| People |
| Woman Watches MoTab, Sees Angel |
| One day, Gail Haslinger watched the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir broadcast and saw her guardian angel. Now, when the Choir
performs in Tampa, Florida later this month, she will meet her angel.
Convinced that she should contact one of the women in the Choir, Haslinger
contacted the choir, figured out who the woman was, and has now corresponded
with her for more than two years. |
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| LDS Missionary Returns with 'Lifetime of Stories' |
| Two years ago Mike Hayman left for a
two-year mission to Colombia for The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. Willing to serve while leaving most of his
personal possession back home, Hayman returned with only the suit on
his back and a lifetime of stories and memories. |
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| Business |
| Mark Willes: the Career, the Controversy, the Compassion, and the Candor |
| In his 59 years, Mark Hinckley Willes has shaped a
high profile, successful career for himself. His has been the kind of
career which many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints would see as a model for balancing success with church and
family responsibilities and which, next month takes a typical LDS
turn for a successful executive: a three-year missionary assignment,
when Mark Willes reports to serve as President of the Honolulu Hawaii
mission. |
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