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| General News |
| LDS Church Objects to News Stories Calling Tom Green 'Mormon' |
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
again told news media that the terms "Mormon fundamentalist" and "Mormon
splinter group" are inaccurate and asked that they not be used. The Church
registered its objections, its second to these term in less than a year, in
a press release issued last Wednesday. The release came amidst media
attention to the trial of polygamist Tom Green, who has been widely
characterized in the media as a "Mormon fundamentalist." |
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| Missionaries in Greece Face Cultural Challenges |
| Greece Athens Mission President John Stone told
Athen's Kathimerini newspaper that Greeks are among the most
difficult people to convert. "The Greeks have a deep conviction in
their religion," President Stone told the newspaper in an article
published yesterday, "I haven't been in any other country where the
religion has such a deep hold on the people." The article covered the
difficulties that missionaries in Greece face and gave readers an
overview of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
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| Local News |
| Anti-Mormon Group Opens Office Near LDS Mesa Temple |
| The anti-Mormon ministry Concerned Christians has moved its
main office to new quarters, just two blocks from the Mesa Temple of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The ministry, operated by
former LDS Church members Jim and Judy Robertson, expects the new location
to give their work an expanded presence in the community. But LDS Church
spokesman Wilford Anderson says that the move won't get a reaction from the
Church, "The only appropriate response to criticism from others is to live
our religion." |
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| Infested Again, Maybe Reno Should Pray for Seagulls |
| For the third year in a row, crop and flower eating
Mormon crickets have homeowners in the Red Rock area north of Reno,
along with agricultural officials, concerned about the economic
damage to Nevada's rural economy. "It's the worst infestation by the
little buggers since the early 1970's," said Jeff Knight, an
entomologist for the Nevada Department of Agriculture. |
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| Sports |
| Did Checketts Succeed in New York? |
| When Cablevision's Charles Dolan fired LDS Church
member Dave Checketts last week, it marked the end of Checketts' fight to
balance his beliefs and values with the cut-throat New York sports world.
For ten years Checketts had managed to make that balance, managing to work
the process until he finally ran out of moves. But while Dolan's move has
left Checketts out of the Garden, it seems unlikely that he will not be soon
snapped up elsewhere in the sports world, given the remarkable financial
record he built, increasing the Garden's revenues by ninefold in less than
10 years. |
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| Not Your Typical NBA Player |
| Reporter Lewis MacAdams, writing a fairly
lengthy column for LA Weekly, is just the latest in what is becoming
a long line of writers to discover the complex persona that is Mark
Madsen. As previously reported in Mormon News, Madsen, a returned
missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is
currently enjoying the excitement and thrill of the NBA playoffs as a
rookie player for the Los Angeles Lakers. |
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| Politics |
| Young Gets Another Term on Religious Freedom Commission |
| LDS Church member Michael K. Young was re-appointed to a
second two-year term on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom
this week by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. Young remains one of the
nine voting members on the commission, which researches and reports on
religious freedom around the world, making independent suggestions that
further religious freedom to both the US President and Congress. |
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| Internet |
| LDS Radio 'Instrumental' Channel Suspended |
| One of the two channels in the LDS Radio
Network, LDS Instrumental, has been temporarily suspended due to
copyright concerns. These same concerns have shut down hundreds of
on-line radio stations as broadcasters realize they may have to pay
composers, artists, record labels and performers additional royalties
for using their works on the Internet in addition to traditional
broadcast media. LDS Instrumental broadcast music from several LDS
record labels over the Internet and through digital satellite
transmissions to cable TV systems that currently carry BYU-TV. Its
sister-channel, LDS Radio, continues to broadcast, but could be
affected in the future. |
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| People |
| 'I am a Child of God' Author Naomi Randall Dies |
| Naomi Randall, longtime leader in the LDS Church's
primary organization and author of what is arguably the most beloved LDS
hymn, died Thursday, May 17th at her daughter's house in La Mesa,
California. Sister Randall said that the lyrics for 'I am a Child of God'
came to her in answer to prayer about writing a new song for Primary General
Conference. The song has since moved beyond the Primary to be used in all
LDS services, not just those for children. Sister Randall was 92. |
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| LDS Woman's Stalker Arrested and Charged |
| A 20-year-old LDS woman's stalking nightmare may be over
after Mesa, Arizona police arrested Frank William Elmer, 52, on May 11th.
Elmer is charged with two counts of stalking, one count of threatening and
one count of attempted kidnapping in connection with his three-year-long
obsession with the woman. Elmer met the young woman, whose name has not been
released, when her father, an LDS Bishop, was helping him return to normal
life after a stint in prison. |
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| Business |
| Resignation of CEO Leaves Iomega's Future in Doubt |
| Iomega Corp. CEO Bruce Albertson resigned Monday over
differences with the company's board of directors, including board chairman
David J. Dunn. In the wake of his resignation, investors are wondering what
direction the troubled company will take as it struggles to turnaround its
fortunes and the fall in its stock price. |
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| Pioneering Radio Executive Jay William 'Bill' Wright Dies |
| Jay William "Bill" Wright, a former radio
executive and broadcast engineer died May 22nd in Woodinville,
Washington. Wright was one of the early radio operators and engineers
for KSL radio, who went on to help develop technologies for detecting
submarines and jamming rocket guidance systems during World War II
before he rose to become Chairman of then-KSL parent Radio Service
Corporation of Utah. He was also chief engineer of both CBS and
Seattle's King Broadcasting Company. He was 91. |
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