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| General News |
| LDS Attempt to Microfilm NZ Records Upsets Maori Leader |
| A failed proposal to have the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints microfilm about 100 years of New
Zealand birth, marriage and death records since 1848 has local Maori
officials upset, both because the proposal was even considered, and
because the alternative contract led to a fee increase on copies of
the genealogical records. Wellington Tenths Trust managing trustee
Peter Love condemned the proposal to microfilm records because he
said it would lead to Maori ancestors posthumous baptism into the LDS
Church. |
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| Local News |
| Lawyer Cites Lord in Condemning LDS Bishop's Prayer |
| In a brief filed December 18th with the
California State Court of Appeals, lawyer Roger Jon Diamond claimed
that " . . . Jesus disapproved of praying in public," and argued that
a prayer by a bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, given at a Burbank City Council meeting, isn't protected by
the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of Freedom of Religion. |
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| Sports |
| One Mormon Woman In, Another Out in Bobsled Shuffle |
| A shuffle during the week before the U.S. Olympic
women's bobsled team trials put former BYU soccer star Shauna Rohbock
out of the Salt Lake City Olympic Games, but put Arizona native Gea
Johnson on the team expected to win the gold. The shuffle started
when US bobsled driver Jean Racine suddenly dropped her long-time
partner, Ogden, Utah native Jen Davidson, for the faster Johnson.
Competing driver Jill Bakken, of Salt Lake City, Utah, then dropped
Rohbock for Vonnetta Flowers, who is faster and isn't suffering from
injuries. |
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| Duke's Mormon Monster |
| He's 6-foot-10, 265 lbs and when he
comes off the bench at Duke basketball games, the Cameron Crazies (a
Duke fan club) start chanting "The monster's out of the cage." And
Matt Christensen then fills his role: to spark's Duke's team back
into its game. |
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| Politics |
| Mormon Woman Confirmed as BLM Director |
| Kathleen Clarke, a Mormon and mother of four, was
confirmed as the director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on
December 20th. The agency oversees 700 million acres of sub-surface
mineral resources, a budget of about $1.8 billion and 9,000
employees. But it is a focal point for conflict. Already
environmentalists and multiple-use advocates are anticipating
Clarke's decisions and preparing for battle. |
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| Internet |
| 2002 Primary Music Ideas Released |
| Primary, ETC., an LDS internet resource since
1997, announces the release of it's 2002 Primary Music Ideas. This is
a paid subscription ezine featuring fun and effective teaching
methods for the songs in the upcoming 2002 Children's Sacrament
Meeting Presentation. |
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| Business |
| Biggest Rancher in the East |
| The December issue of Florida Trends, a local
business magazine, takes an in depth look at the Deseret Ranch of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest cattle ranch
in the U.S. east of the Mississippi river. But while the Church has
taken a low profile with the ranch, as it does all its private
business operations, this article gives a surprising amount of
detailed information about the ranch, its revenues and costs, and its
history. |
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| Deseret Book Lays-off 14 From Headquarters Staff |
| In what some employees are calling the first
large layoff in its history, Deseret Book issued pink slips this
morning to 14 employees at its Salt Lake City headquarters. The
sudden layoffs apparently took the staff by surprise and left many
wondering why the 135-year-old company would take such a step. |
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