July 2005
Pres. Hinckley's visit to S. Korea is delayed (7-31-5)
A
travel mishap prevented President Gordon B. Hinckley of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from attending the church's cultural
event in South Korea Saturday night.
New McKay biography draws mixed reviews (7-31)
Scholars
and Latter-day Saint authors critiqued the recently published biography
of David O. McKay Saturday, extolling its candor while also lamenting
the lack of an intimate look at the man who presided as the ninth
president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Musicals, LDS pageant to open (7-31)
Four family-oriented musicals and a long-running LDS Church pageant are among stage productions opening this week.
Mary Magdalene's role missing, speaker says (7-30)
"There
are a lot of people who want to debunk me and send me home," Margaret
Starbird announces, standing at the front of a small lecture hall at a
downtown Salt Lake Hotel on Wednesday afternoon.
Utah using new approach on polygamy (7-30)
The Sunstone Symposium program frames the question this way: How is the state of Utah dealing with contemporary polygamy?
Senate OKs LDS Pioneer Heritage Area (7-29)
The
U.S. Senate this week passed a bill to create a "National Mormon
Pioneer Heritage Area" along 250 miles of U.S. 89 between Fairview,
Sanpete County, and the Arizona border.
On the run (7-28)
BYU's
Kassi Andersen is an expert when it comes to obstacles. Not only has
she mastered steeplechase hurdles--with two All-American citations, an
NCAA individual title and a NCAA meet record to prove it--she also
recently recovered from a tragic bicycle accident, which put her
running career on hold.
Mormon Trail to join system? (7-28)
The
U.S. Senate sort of celebrated Pioneer Day this week, too. It passed a
bill that would allow the National Park Service to add to the national
trail system the variant routes taken by Mormon pioneers.
Utahn connects to pioneer ancestor via Web (7-27)
As far as descendants of Camilla Jacobsen Corbett knew, she was one of the sole LDS members in her family.
Utah's Mormon Population Shrinking (7-25)
Praise the Lord!
Salt Lake mall project may go 'green' (7-24)
As
it examines how it will fashion its massive downtown redevelopment, The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is considering taking the
"green" way.
Extreme trekkin': Teens follow in forefathers' footsteps to understand sacrifice and faith (7-24)
Pushing
and pulling 400-pound handcarts through tall grass and brush, across
dusty unpaved trails and over rocks and logs, it didn't take long for a
group of Centerville teens to start complaining.
Utahns love a parade to celebrate the 24th (7-24)
Parade
enthusiasts will start descending on Salt Lake City tonight to stake
out that perfect street corner or patch of pavement to watch Monday's
annual Days of '47 Parade.
Forbear's song of freedom rings out (7-23)
Modern
technology allowed Natalie Cole to take recordings made by her deceased
father, Nat King Cole, and mix in her own vocalizations to create new
duets.
Concert to mark Pres. Hinckley's 95th birthday (7-22)
Nearly
a month after his actual birthday, some of President Gordon B.
Hinckley's most notable friends will present a special concert tonight
honoring his 95th birthday.
Immigration & Revelation (7-21)
Some of Utah's LDS Latinos believe their presence is part of Heavenly Father's master plan.
Old Young photo donated to BYU (7-21)
Historians
believe Brigham Young sat for two photographs taken by Salt Lake City's
lone commercial daguerreotypist during a single sitting in 1852, '53 or
early '54.
Killer's ex-wife talks of survival (7-20)
In
a democratic society, we teach our children that decisions determine
destiny. Cultivate good friendships, develop your talents, get an
education, we tell them. And treat others as you would want to be
treated. The Golden Rules for life and success.
Hofmann shuns spotlight, keeps mostly to himself (7-20)
He
is cellmates with another of Utah's notorious killers. He makes 45
cents an hour delivering meals and sweeping floors. Today, Mark Hofmann
remains a well-known inmate of the Utah State Prison in Draper.
Days of '47 parade preview (7-19)
Utahns
got a behind-the-scenes look at 37 floats at a preview party Monday as
The Days of '47 Pioneer Day Parade festivities kicked off.
Elder Halverson sets genealogy talk (7-18)
Elder
Ronald T. Halverson, a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be a keynote
speaker during the 37th annual Genealogy and Family History Conference
at Brigham Young University Tuesday through Friday, July 26-29, in the
BYU Conference Center.
Mormon missionaries live a door-to-door life (7-18)
Waterloo--Local Mormon missionaries ask that the people they meet each day not shoot the messengers. Or at least not bite them.
LDS author facing excommunication (7-17)
An
Australian who wrote a book saying DNA evidence contradicts ancestral
claims of Mormon belief faces disciplinary action that could get him
excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Smith is focus of 2 annual gatherings (7-16)
As
local youth celebrations of the bicentennial year of LDS Church founder
Joseph Smith's birth come to fruition in the coming days and weeks, two
annual conferences are also offering a variety of discussions about his
life and work.
Faith, pageantry on display in N.Y. (7-16)
In
antlered headdresses and apostles' robes, feathered masks and white
shirts and ties, the cast of the Hill Cumorah Pageant gathered Tuesday
evening for its artistic director's daily address.
Provo is lauded for business 'incubator' (7-15)
The
missionary program of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints is among the reasons BusinessWeek magazine is featuring Provo
this week in a special online report on five cities that, for myriad
reasons, seem to nurture upstart businesses.
July 30th start set for Rexburg temple (7-15)
LDS Church officials have announced a July 30 ground-breaking ceremony for the Rexburg, Idaho LDS Temple.
LDS soon to buy Devereaux House (7-14)
Salt
Lake City's Redevelopment Agency is expected to help clear the way
tonight for the LDS Church to purchase the state-owned Devereaux House
near the Triad Center downtown.
LDS choir extends application deadline (7-14)
The application request deadline for men interested in joining the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has been extended to July 31.
When his prophet spoke, Harvard dean answered call (7-9)
In
his 56 years as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, Kim B. Clark had met the church's president exactly once and
had never had a real conversation with him.
Orem OKs building for student wards (7-9)
The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will likely build a stake
center in southwest Orem to accommodate up to eight student wards.
Theological Seminary offering 2 classes (7-9)
"I
Love Mormons--A New Way to Share Christ With Latter-day Saints" and
"Eternal Punishment--Christian Thinking and Biblical Teaching on Hell"
are two new classes, to begin later this month at the Salt Lake
Theological Seminary, 699 E. South Temple.
Dedication of Smith statue is tonight (7-8)
Both
tourists and locals are expected to gather tonight in Nauvoo, Ill., for
the formal dedication ceremony of a monument to LDS Church founder
Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum.
Children in Ghana, Fiji to get books (7-7)
A
partnership between Deseret Book and the LDS Church's Humanitarian
Services will send its first shipment of 6,500 children's books to
Ghana and Fiji this week, where they will be distributed by local LDS
leaders and missionaries to teachers, and then on to children in need.
African temple award for NI firm (7-6)
A Northern Ireland company wins a major award for its work on a Mormon temple in Ghana.
Supreme Court Nomination Not Chosen But Hatched (7-5)
It
appears as if the White House has decided to calmly and deliberately
choose their first nominee to the Supreme Court- which provides
know-it-all students of politics like myself the opportunity to promote
the candidate that we would like to see the president send to the Hill.
As I briefly laid out a couple days ago, there is one candidate that
would be a no-brainer, sure thing which the GOP could not possibly
screw up- Senator Orin Hatch.
Gene study links Polynesians to Taiwan (7-4)
Hey Mormon--Polynesians aren't from Israel!
Independence Day parties on July 4 . . . more or less (7-1)
Don't
worry, the calendar is right. The state's two largest parties are
honoring the nation's birthday on the wrong day. Both the Stadium of
Fire in Provo and the Freedom Blast in Salt Lake City are on July 2
this year.