October 2004

ACLU and the Main Street Plaza Controversy (n.d.)

Cove pact deletes buy right (10-29)
A new Martin's Cove lease does not give The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a right of first refusal to buy the federal property if it ever came up for sale.

Abuse alleged in Mormon lawsuit (10-28)
Man says the church shielded his attacker

'Joseph Smith' filming proceeds at a fast clip (10-26)
Alvin Smith is trying to break up a fight between workers using pickaxes and shovels to carve out the Erie Canal near 1820 Palmyra, N.Y. Rain falls on campfires, tents, mules and yoked oxen.

Belarus kicks out 2 for LDS activities (10-26)
MINSK, Belarus--Authorities expelled two U.S. citizens for what they said was "illegal missionary activity," the Belorussian security agency said Monday.

Colorado town not too concerned with FLDS news (10-25)
Tolerance: Residents won't roll out the red carpet, but they won't set up roadblocks either

Church making Smith film (10-23)
Movie is for Memorial Building's Legacy Theater

Woman drops off stolen 1852 Mormon holy book at Reno newspaper (10-23)
An unidentified woman dropped off a stolen 1852 edition of the Book of Mormon valued at $17,000 at the Reno Gazette-Journal offices.

Odd swap for early LDS book (10-23)
A Nevada man tried to swap an early edition of the Doctrine and Covenants, one of the accepted books of scripture for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for a used car this week.

C.S Lewis of Modern Time to Speak at Tabernacle Attracting Tens of Thousands (10-22)
Ravi Zacharias is expected to speak on current social and culture issues in relation to the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Book of Mormon to Come Out in Comic Book Form (10-22)
We're not kidding here, but the Book of Mormon will soon be out in comic book form. It'll be a 12- volume set that will be released over the next several years.

Panelists agree therapy can't change sexual orientation (10-21)
Throughout the history of the world, there have been a lot of wrong ideas, some benign and some with destructive consequences, said panelist and former LDS Bishop Robert Reese.

Salt Lake Tabernacle opens doors to other faiths (10-20)
World-renowned Christian philosopher, Ravi Zacharias, spoke at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City Wednesday morning.

LDS in Canadian Public Schools (10-20)
Prayer letter from Dave and Alyce De Haan, and Henry and Louella Konrad

Son of Osmond on gospel tour (10-20)
THE teenage son of Seventies pop idol Donny Osmond is finding it hard to win over the audience on his very own tour of Scotland.

LDS Leaders Issue Statement Regarding Same-Sex Marriage (10-19)
A statement from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is fueling the emotional debate over same-gender marriage going beyond what the Church has said in the past.

Web hot in LDS singles scene (10-18)
Lynn Scoresby was shocked at the response to his recently launched, LDS-oriented Web site.

Rocky relations: Rocky, newspapers at loggerheads (10-17)
The day after the 2002 Olympics began, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson called Deseret Morning News Editor John Hughes at home to complain about his newspaper's coverage--as Anderson often does to news outlets.

LDS site bathed in legend, serenity (10-16)
Holiness is in the heart of the beholder, of course. But it would be hard for the surliest skeptic not to feel the serenity at Adam-ondi-Ahman. The site lies about 70 miles north of Kansas City, tucked away from the world.

SBC Baptist Press - FIRST-PERSON: The floodgates open: columnist promotes polygamy (10-13)
Readers of USA Today Oct. 4 must have been shocked to read Jonathan Turley's article promoting the legalization of polygamy.

The "Hysterical" Case of Arizona's FLDS in El Dorado, Texas (10-13)

Rare Mormon History Up For Grabs (10-13)
The collection includes currency from Kirtland in 1837, to Nauvoo, to Salt Lake.

Y.-Idaho president to stay awhile (10-11)
But new LDS official says he will be replaced

Spreading the word (10-9)
Mormons share faith in Danbury

The New Promised Land (10-8)
Mormons are booming in the Northeast.

Janet's Missed Opportunity (10-7)
Governor Napolitano went to Utah, and all we got was some lousy ring kissing.

LDS Church buys 88,000 acres in Nebraska (10-7)
The LDS Church has become one of Nebraska's largest landowners with the purchase of 88,000 acres in the western part of the state that it will use to raise cattle.

Rumors abound of new temple in Draper (10-6)
Corner Canyon is a possible site, city officials say

LDS Church President Receives Honor form Catholic Community Services (10-5)
The President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints received a special honor tonight from another faith.

Conference quote (10-4)
Testing the Book of Mormon

Pres. Hinckley extols women (10-4)
Elders Uchtdorf, Bednar give first talks as apostles

Norma Olsen Nichols, 94, dies (10-4)
Norma Olsen Nichols, 94, who inspired the popular CTR ring worn by hundreds of thousands of Latter-day Saints around the world, died Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004.

Some in Twin Falls to oppose temple plans (10-4)
Some neighbors of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' proposed temple on a soon-to-be-defunct golf course are not enthused by the project's confirmation.

Petition Signed Against New Temple (10-3)
President Gordon B. Hinckley announced two new temples during a general conference, one of them in Twin Falls.

Street preachers a bit more subdued (10-3)
No clashes so far as they spread message; they draw little notice

LDS are praised and warned (10-3)
Pres. Hinckley hails faith but assails porn

An LDS makeover for Triad Center (10-3)
The Triad Center--a 1980s-era office complex of copper glass on the northwest border of downtown--is getting a makeover.

Church issues releases and fills vacancies (10-3)
The naming of 2 apostles leads to other changes

2 new LDS apostles sustained Saturday (10-2)
2 temples also announced, one in the Salt Lake Valley

Tabernacle now facing a retrofit (10-2)
Plans for a seismic retrofit of the historic Tabernacle on Temple Square were formally announced during a press conference Friday as Latter-day Saints prepared for the church's 174th Semiannual General Conference.

LDS volunteers serve their missions at home (10-1)
While an ever-increasing life-span and good health offer more options for their "golden years" than ever before, a growing number of Latter-day Saint baby boomers along the Wasatch Front are volunteering to serve missions for their church--thousands of them without leaving the comfort of their own homes.