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| General News |
| Church Aid's Afghan Refugees |
| In a coordinated effort among The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints and four International relief agencies, nearly
400,000 pounds of humanitarian aid will be sent to at least three Asian
countries in an effort to aid thousands of fleeing Afghan refugees from
their war-torn country. In the last week, 19 semi-truckloads of clothing,
wool blankets, quilts, newborn and family hygiene kits along with plastic
sheeting for shelter and groundcover and water have been sent from Salt Lake
City. The supplies will be distributed to camps in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan
and Pakistan and should reach the refugee camps within four to six weeks
according to Garry Flake, director of Church humanitarian services. |
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| Local News |
| New York City Stake Center Rededicated |
| One of the most prominent and unique chapels in
use by congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints was rededicated Saturday, completing years of renovations that
have more than doubled the building's capacity to house wards and
branches. During its 26-year life, the New York Stake Center, located
at Lincoln Square across the street from the world-famous Lincoln
Center for the Performing Arts, has gone from hosting three
congregations covering more than just Manhattan to eight
congregations covering less than 80% of the island. |
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| Samuel Smith Statue Acceptable to Plymouth, Illinois |
| The small village of Plymouth, Illinois decided
this week that it will accept a commemorative statue of Samuel Smith,
if offered. A local member of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints proposed that a statue of Smith, the brother of the
Prophet Joseph Smith, be placed in the town, and asked Board of
Trustees member Joyce Steiner to present the proposal. |
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| Sports |
| The Result of Turley's Righteous Rockwell-like Rage |
| Kyle Turley was surrounded by an overflow crowd
that gathered for his weekly radio show at Deanie's Seafood restaurant in
Bucktown, Louisiana. They wanted to hear his side of the story and take up a
collection in a bucket-sized trash can that was labeled "Kyle Turley's
Defense Fund." It was a story that has been told before about Kyle, on the
football field, in the class room and in Turley's personal life. "This is
not a thing about me being a bully or being a showboat," Turley said. "I'm
not out there to intentionally hurt anyone." |
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| 7-foot RM Struggles After Off Season |
| After a poor performance and injury last year
as a junior, 7-foot Florida State reserve center David Anderson is
trying to get back to the level of play he had as a sophomore. The
season after returning from an LDS mission to San Diego, California,
Anderson started 17 games, blocked 44 shots and was considered one of
the better defensive centers in the ACC. Now he's trying to recover
from a disastrous junior year that left him labeled as the team's
biggest question mark. |
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| Politics |
| LDS Senator Criticized for Assisted Suicide Position |
| Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury thinks he
has the perfect issue for his campaign to unseat U.S. Senator Gordon
Smith, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
and is finding unintended help in the effort from an unlikely source
-- the Bush administration, with whom Smith agrees on the issue.
After U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft last week changed Justice
department policy to stop assisted suicide, which is legal in Oregon
after a referrendum twice approved by Oregon voters, Bradbury
criticized Smith's anti-assisted-suicide stance, "It's really a
tragedy to have Oregoniansí will and expressed desire
get the bureaucratic backhand from the Bush administration," Bradbury
said. "I really think it's sad that our junior senator, who could
affect this, who has the greatest 'in' with the Bush administration,
is basically turning the other way." |
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| Et Tu, Udall? Political Drama with Two Udalls Possible |
| Members of the Udall family, four times, have
been ushered onto the national political stage, with the actors
always having entered from stage left--the Democratic party. Two
were in Arizona: Morris and Stewart Udall. A son each of Morris and
Stewart currently serves in the US House from Colorado and New Mexico
respectively. |
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| People |
| LDS Missionary Pleads Guilty to Anthrax Prank |
| An LDS missionary serving in the Michigan Detroit
Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plead
guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor after a letter he sent to another
missionary leaked white powder in a Flint, Michigan postal facility.
Elder Carl E. Johnson, 20, accepted responsibility for the prank and
agreed to pay restitution for laboratory tests and other costs
incurred because of his prank. At sentencing, he faces up to one
year in jail and a fine of $1,000 in addition to restitution. |
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| Business |
| MSI: MSI Lags as Dow, Others Return to Pre-9/11 Levels |
| Led by Dell Computer, Marriott International
and Micrel Semiconductor, the Mormon Stock Index rose 2.8% last week,
following the broader market indices. But unlike those indices, the
MSI is still below its pre-September 11th level, mainly due to stocks
hit hardest by the disaster, such as AES Corp., Marriott, Host
Marriott and SkyWest Airlines. Surprisingly, power-producer AES Corp.
was hardest hit because of its International exposure, including
operations in the Middle East. |
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