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| Local News |
| Interest in Nauvoo Temple Growing |
| Interest from neighbors in the Nauvoo Temple, now
under construction, is growing, says a local historian. John Hallwas
says that the new building will "add significantly to the historical
attractiveness of the community of Nauvoo. It was very carefully
done." |
| Time Discovers a New Utah |
| Gordon B. Hinckley, the president of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, reproved members last
July for being clannish and adopting holier-than-thou attitudes. He
called for the members to be more open and lectured them on being
good neighbors to Utah's diverse population. The church plans to use
the publicity generated by the Olympics to dispel myths about
Mormonism and show the membership in a good light. |
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| Sports |
| Sports Academy Honors Mormon Cowboy |
| The United States Sports Academy recently honored
its first rodeo cowboy. The late rodeo champion and Earl W. Bascom
was honored as a "rodeo pioneer" and his name has been inscribed on
the USSA's "Walk of Fame." Bascom's name now stands with other great
sportsmen like the basketball great Michael Jordan, boxing champion
Mohammed Ali and the Olympic champion Carl Lewis. |
| Mormon Baseball Great Joins Olympic Volunteers |
| Former Atlanta Braves baseball star Dale
Murphy was among the volunteers helping out at the 2002 Salt Lake
City Winter Olympic Games, working the green room at the medal plaza
collecting mementos from the Olympians to be auctioned for charity.
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution claims that Murphy is the
second-most famous Olympic volunteer, behind future NFL Hall of Famer
Steve Young. |
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| Internet |
| Free LDS music available at LDS Depression! |
| LDS Depression - a site dedicated to providing
information, resources, and support for the members of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints and people of all faiths who have
been touched by depression's hand, is pleased to announce a music
section has been added to the content rich site. |
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| Business |
| LDS Church Leaders Too Busy to Testify in Tribune Lawsuit |
| Attorneys for LDS Church President Gordon B.
Hinckley, Presidents Thomas S. Monson and James E. Faust and First
Presidency Secretary F. Michael Watson have filed objections to
subpoenas from the Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Co. requesting
documents and their testimony in the lawsuit over the sale of the
Tribune to Denver-based MediaNews Group, Inc. The attorneys say that
since the LDS Church's First Presidency isn't a party to the lawsuit,
church leaders are too busy to provide testimony and the requests for
documents place an "undue economic burden" on the church. |
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