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| General News |
| New AP Stylebook Still Recommends 'Mormon Church' |
| The Associated Press has released the 2001
edition of its stylebook, the guide for word usage
followed by a majority of US newspapers, and while the book did make
changes in its entry on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, it still allows using "Mormon Church" in place of the
church's official name. The Church made an issue of the use of its
name this past February when Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of
the Twelve Apostles gave an interview on the subject to the New York
Times. |
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| Sports |
| LDS Soccer Phenom Helps US National Team Win Nordic Cup |
| Freshman BYU star Aleisha Cramer scored two goals Tuesday
to help the under-21 US women's national soccer team win its third
consecutive Nordic Cup title. The competition is considered the world's most
prestigious for the age group, but in spite of the high level of
competition, the US team outscored its opponents 14-2 in four matches. |
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| RM 2nd in Massachusetts' Ouimet Memorial Golf Tournament |
| Returned LDS missionary Tele Wightman dropped
into second place in the final round of the 34th Francis Ouimet
Memorial Tournament Friday after leading the field by a stroke the
day before. Wightman, a senior at the University of South Florida,
recorded his best finish in men's level play in the tournament. |
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| Politics |
| LDS Councilman's Racial Jokes Cause Nampa ID Controversy |
| An LDS city councilman's racial jokes told at a
public luncheon caused a storm of controversy last week after a
reporter questioned the remarks in a local newspaper column. Nampa
City Councilman and local businessman Martin Thorne told the jokes
from behind a black-face mask as part of a long-running, friendly
exchange of gibes with local black rodeo clown Leon Coffee, who
Thorne was introducing at the Miss Rodeo Luncheon before the Snake
River Stampede rodeo. |
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| Mosman to be US Attorney for Oregon |
| US President George W. Bush announced yesterday that he
will nominate Michael W. Mosman as US Attorney for Oregon. Mosman is a
graduate of BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School and of Ricks college, which
last year named him Outstanding Young Alumni for 2000. |
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| Internet |
| LDS Adoptions Go Online |
| Coverage of this past weekend's Families Supporting Adoption
conference at BYU reveals that the LDS Church's Family Services has been
participating in adoption websites in a pilot program since 1999, trying to
assist couples that want to adopt. The agency screens communications between
birth mothers and interested couples. |
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| People |
| Former Mt Timpanogos Temple President & Matron Grand Marshals in Lindon |
| Robert and Shirley Matthews, former Temple President
and Matron of the Mount Timpanogos Temple have been chosen as the
Grand Marshals for the annual Lindon Day's Parade. Outside of Lindon
Robert Matthews is known for his church service and writing as Dean
of Religious Education at BYU and as first President of the Mount
Timpanogos Temple. But in Lindon, the Matthews are known for two
things: Horticulture and Community Activism. |
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| Arts & Entertainment |
| NYC's Whitney Museum Exhibit's Retrospective on Mormon Artist |
| One of New York City's most prestigious art museums,
the Whitney Museum of Art, opened a major retrospective recently on Wayne
Thiebaud, an Arizona native who grew up in a devout Mormon family. Over his
career, Thiebaud has become a well-recognized artist whose reputation is
ranked among the most important in Modern art and whose work is represented
in major art books. |
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| Play About LDS Missionaries in New York Readings |
| LDS actor and budding playwright Matt Toronto is
hosting two readings of his first full-length play, "Mysterious Ways,"
hoping to attract a producer. According to Toronto, the play explores the
relationship between two LDS missionaries and an atheist with whom their
lives become intertwined. |
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| Business |
| LDS Church's Saginaw Farm Draws Fire from Neighbors Over Water Use |
| Wells supplying water to more than 38 Michigan homes
have gone dry in the last month and made national news as residents are
blaming the water shortage on farms run by Walther &Sons and The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The farms are willing to curtail the
amount of water they use and Church officials have offered to monitor water
levels and shut down irrigation systems if needed. |
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