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| General News |
| President Hinckley Tells Church Members to be More Tolerant |
| Speaking to a near-capacity crowd of 20,000 on
Sunday night in the Conference Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, President Gordon B. Hinckley took the occasion of the
first annual July 24 Pioneer Day celebration in Utah to make a call to
Church members to "plead for a spirit of tolerance and neighborliness, of
friendship and love toward those of other faiths." His remarks have caught
the attention of newspapers nationwide through the Associated Press. |
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| Missionaries Give Lesson in Tolerance and Dedication |
| Fascinated with those that go door-to-door selling
wares and sharing their messages, Genevieve Roja of San Jose's Metroactive
News decided to see what going door-to-door is like and spent a day tracting
with two LDS sister missionaries in San Jose. Along the way, Roja learned to
admire the dedication of the missionaries and discoveres something about the
tolerance they are learning. |
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| Local News |
| Angel For Snowflake Temple Placed |
| Attracted by the chance to see construction
workers place a statue of the Angel Moroni on the steeple of the new
Snowflake Arizona Temple, more than 200 people were on hand to
witness the 7 a.m. event. Those watching applauded when the statue
was put in place. The Snowflake Temple will be complete in November
or December, and serve Church members in northern and eastern Arizona. |
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| Vandals Hit Another LDS Chapel |
| Vandals spray-painted graffiti on a 97-year-old LDS chapel in
tiny Levan, Utah, the latest act of vandalism against the LDS Church. But
while the incident proves that small towns aren't immune from these acts of
vandalism, what the Levan chapel experienced was light compared to other
recent attacks. |
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| Sports |
| 'Survivor' Doman Now at Top of BYU's QB Depth Chart |
| Think of Brigham Young University, AKA "Quarterback
U," and you automatically invoke the ghosts of quarterbacks past -
Young, McMahon, Detmer, Bosco, Nielsen, and Sheide in the minds of
Cougar faithful everywhere. Now, Brandon Doman hopes to add his name
to the roll call of great BYU quarterbacks as he prepares to enter
his final season wearing the blue and white of BYU. |
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| Politics |
| LDS Senators United: Bennett Supports Stem Cell Research; Congressmen Divided |
| Utah Senator Bob Bennett announced Friday that he supports
allowing federal funds to be used for stem cell research, putting all five
LDS Senators on record as supporting the research. The surprising
development led Mormon News to survey the views of the 12 Mormons in the US
House of Representatives, finding that the congressmen were very divided on
the issue. US political analysts now believe that a majority in both houses
now support the research. |
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| People |
| BYU Professor Says Altruism Key to Marital Bliss |
| Scott Loveless, attorney, wondered where the love went
and what caused formerly happy couples to breakup their marriage.
Loveless spent 10 years working as an attorney for the Department of
the Interior in Washington, D.C., but when he moved to the Salt Lake
City field office he decided to work part time on a degree in family
studies from Brigham Young University. He graduated in April 2000 and
in January he joined the World Family Policy Center as associate
director working with Richard Wilkins at BYU. |
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| LDS Teacher Remembered for Helping Immigrants |
| An LDS woman who transformed her own immigrant
struggles with English into a passion for teaching English as a second
language was featured in The Columbian last Saturday. Virginia Yadao Shorey
taught English as a second langauge at Ft. Vancouver High School before her
death July 6th from liver cancer. She was 49. |
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| Business |
| Iomega Shocks Utah, Will Move to West Coast |
| Disk drive maker Iomega shocked its employees and the Northern
Utah community of Roy that has been its home by announcing that it will move
its headquarters to an undisclosed location on the West Coast. The
announcement came last Thursday amid announcements of the company's
performance during the last quarter and just one month after it hired a new
President and CEO Werner Heid. News reports indicate that the company's
Chairman, LDS Church member David Dunn, and Heid both live in San Diego,
California. |
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| Marriott Tells New York Times Faith and Family Most Important |
| In a telling essay in the New York Times' "The Boss"
column, Marriott International CEO and LDS Church member J. W. "Bill"
Marriott Jr. credits his faith in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints and the hard work that his father taught him for helping him reach
his success. The Times' "The Boss" column gives CEOs a chance to tell about
the biggest influences and accomplishments of their lives. |
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| Pageant Vendors Cry Fowl at Quickly-Passed Nauvoo Regulations |
| The Nauvoo City Council rushed a new ordinance into law
July 10th, requiring street vendors to have a city license and $300,000 in
insurance. But at least one local businessman is crying fowl, saying that
the regulation, whose requirements are still not clear, was passed before
objections could be considered and without enough lead time for the vendors
to make arrangements to comply. |
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