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| LDS Family Shattered by Mother's Murder |
| The life of an LDS family in Howard County, Maryland
was shattered Sunday when their 25-year-old son murdered his mother and a
friend staying with them. The family says they had sought psychiatric help
for Benjamin Morgan Hawkes at a local hospital last week, but were given an
appointment for evaluation. |
| Hawkes Family Searches for Answers |
| The murder of Mary Jane Hawkes by her mentally
disturbed son has left her family uncertain and confused about why Benjamin
Morgan Hawkes was so angry that he lashed-out at his mother last Sunday. The
family is both disturbed by the refusal of local mental facilities to admit
Ben just days before the murder and confused as to what would lead their
brother and son to loose control so suddenly. |
| LDS Man Sues INS Claiming Religious Discrimination |
| An LDS Immigration and Naturalization Service agent
filed a lawsuit against the agency Wednesday, claiming that supervisors in
the Salt Lake City office discriminated against him and harrassed him
because he is LDS. The claim came nearly two years after R. Kurt Halverson
filed his first complaint against the agency of the US government with the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. |
| Is the University of Utah Anti-Mormon? |
| Discrimination against Mormons is an
accusation the University of Utah has heard since it passed from
church control and became a secular university. In the latest round
of complaints, Latter-day Saint student Christina Axson-Flynn claims
she was forced out of the theater program because she refused to take
God's name in vain. Before Axson-Flynn was accepted into the
program, she told teachers she would not use vulgar language. She
feels her constitutional rights have been violated because of
religious discrimination and has taken her case to federal court. |
| Anniversary of Mormon Settlement Approaching |
| In 1851, a large party of covered wagon
pioneers composed predominantly of Mormons, came through the Cajon
Pass and bought the San Bernardino rancho from members of the Lugo
family. The Mormon settlement of the area, in June of that year,
later became the City of San Bernardino. |
| Murrietta Stake Open House Held Sunday |
| Members of the Murrietta Stake hosted an
open house Sunday, February 18th at 7 pm for their new chapel at
23800 Washington Ave. The open house was noted in an article by the
Riverside California Press-Enterprise last Saturday, February 10.
The article drew attention to the varied functions that the typical
LDS chapel performs throughout a given week. |
| Study of cultures topic of Feb. 27 BYU forum |
| An associate professor of humanities at Brigham Young
University will speak at a forum assembly on Tuesday (Feb. 27) at 11
a.m. in the Marriott Center. Larry V. Shumway will speak about how a study of a culture's
expressive arts enables one to gain insight into a culture's values,
thoughts and aspirations. |
| Television program focuses on transition |
| "Stunning" is how President David A. Bednar
described his initial reaction to last June's announcement that Ricks
College would become a bachelor's degree granting university known as
Brigham Young University-Idaho. President Bednar made the remark
during Sunday morning's broadcast of "Eye on Idaho" on KIDK TV 3.
During the 30-minute program hosted by Steve Cannon, he reviewed the
transition of the past seven months. |
| Devotional: Elder W. Craig Zwick |
| Elder W. Craig Zwick, a member of the LDS Church's
First Quorum of the Seventy, taught about navigating the roads of
life at the Ricks College devotional Feb. 13. |
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