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| Stop Allowing Hunting on LDS Land, Requests National Animal Rights Group |
| A New York City-based animal rights group
has asked the LDS Church to stop allowing the hunting of animals on
its land. The Fund for Animals, which seeks to stop cruelty to
animals, including hunting, sent a letter to President Gordon B.
Hinckley of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on
October 11th asking that the sponsored hunts on the Deseret Ranch in
Florida, the Deseret Land and Livestock preserve, and Westlake Farm
in Utah be stopped. LDS Church spokesman Dale Bills would not
immediately comment on the letter. |
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| U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Proselyting Registration Case |
| Can a town require that missionaries going
door-to-door have permits? The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to
hear arguments on that issue in a case from Stratton, Ohio, which
passed an ordinance requiring those going door-to-door to register
with the village. But the Jehovah's Witnesses challenged the
ordinance, claiming it violated the U.S. Constitution. |
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| Local News |
| Smoke, But Not Fire, Interrupts Stake's Sunday Meetings |
| LDS Church meetings for about 900 members were cancelled
Sunday when local leaders discovered smoke filling the chapel. But
while firefighters were called in, no fire was found and the
condition was blamed on a faulty heating system. Church members in
the Midland, Pheasant Run and Wheatridge wards on Roy, Utah's west
side should be able to use their building again on Sunday. |
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| Sports |
| Andy Reid's Busy Day Off |
| You might imagine that Andy Reid's Sundays are
busy. As head coach of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, he has plenty to do
getting ready for and playing the team's weekly game, let alone trying to
squeeze in his LDS church meetings. But one reporter found that Reid's
Saturdays are also busy, and not just for him -- for the rest of his family
also. |
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| Politics |
| Porn Czar is Educator, Not Prosecutor |
| Eight months into the job, Paula Houston says she
spends most of her time is spent explaining what is and what isn't
pornography to Utah's citizens, who have filed 1,500 complaints with her
office during that time. Houston, believed to be the first state official
whose role is solely to fight pornography, finds that most people need
education about what is and what isn't legal. No pornography cases have
resulted from her efforts yet. |
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| LDS Man Will Manage Bend, Oregon |
| Faced with divisions over its rapid growth and a
decade of struggle to keep up with it, Bend, Oregon has hired
experienced city manager David Hales to run the city. And those in
Bend City Hall seem excited about his arrival, after meeting him in
interviews and tours. Hales, a returned LDS missionary who served in
Korea, was also praised as a family man, first and foremost, and an
outdoor enthusiast. |
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| Internet |
| Internet: MoTab Discography |
| The best 'new' site this week is actually old
-- Russ Josephson's Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir Page has been
around for a while, but it isn't included in many directories and
search engines, and so it gets overlooked. Other new sites this week
have potential, but don't stand out. |
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| People |
| 'Grandfather of American Ballet,' Willam Christensen, 99 |
| "The man is a legend," says Ballet West's artistic
director Jonas Kage. "He an his brothers put ballet on the map in America."
William Farr Christensen, who is credited with founding both the San
Francisco Ballet and Utah's Ballet West, died Sunday in Salt Lake City. He
was one of three brothers who all loom large in American dance. Willam also
started the first University Ballet department and was the first to
choreograph a full-length production of "The Nutcracker." He was 99. |
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| Business |
| Marriott Asks Congress for Travel Tax Credit |
| Marriott International CEO and LDS Church member
Bill Marriott Jr. testified before the Senate Commerce Committee's
Tourism Subcommittee on Friday that the travel industry needs support
after the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon. Marriott argued not for direct federal assistance
to his or any other company, but rather for a tax credit that would
induce travelers to travel again. |
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| Cleaned-Up Video Concept Expands to Southern Utah |
| The controversial practice of editing videos to remove
objectionable dialogue, sex and violence has expanded to Southern Utah from
Utah's wasatch front, with Play It Clean stores opening earlier this year in
St. George, Utah and this month in Cedar City, Utah. But while the concept
is expanding in popularity, its legal status isn't entirely clear, and the
nascent industry isn't getting any cooperation from Hollywood. |
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