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| General News |
| Norweigan Ships Will Take SeaTrek Foundation to Court over Debts |
| The non-profit foundation that runs one of the
Norweigan ships used in last summer's Sea Trek 2001 says it plans to
take the Sea Trek Foundation to court over unpaid bills. The
foundation behind one of the three ships, represented by its managing
director, Per Langhelle, plans to file a complaint in a Norweigan
city court in the next few days, seeking payment of the more than
$750,000 owed to the ships. Langhelle claims his organization
believed The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was behind
the event, and therefore didn't seek as large an upfront payment as
they normally require. |
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| Local News |
| Police Label Attack on LDS Chapel a Hate Crime |
| While a vandalism attack on an LDS Chapel
Tuesday, January 15th, resulted in only $1,000 in damage, local
police are still investigating the attack as a hate crime. Vandals
scrawled graffiti on the pulpit, set fire to a set of scriptures and
desecrated a painting of Christ's second coming sometime between 10
p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday. Police so far have no suspects or
witnesses. |
| Neighbors Voice Opposition to Newport Beach Temple |
| Neighbors of the proposed Newport Beach
California Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
are objecting to the Temple's construction, making this proposed
Temple the latest with public objections from its neighbors making
the news. But unlike the circumstances of other proposed Temples, the
Newport Beach Temple only needs one approval, a height variance for
its 124-foot steeple, for construction to proceed. |
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| Sports |
| Mormon Rugby Player Back in Australian National Rugby League |
| Nearly a year after he was
banned for on-field indiscretions, Australian Rugby player and LDS
Church member John Hopoate is preparing for a new season with
Australia's National Rugby League starting February 16th. Chastened
for his antics last year, Hopoate has promised not to repeat the
incidents that won him international infamy and led to a 12-week ban
covering the end of last season and costing him a winger position on
Wests Tigers. |
| Can Coach Reid Reach Superbowl? |
| Andy Reid has already won the hearts of
Philadelphia. His Eagles finished the regular NFL season with an 11-5
record, including a 7-1 record on the road, and reached the playoffs
for the second year in a row. And, unlike last year, they have won
first one, and now a second, playoff game, leaving the team just one
win away from the NFL championship, the Superbowl. And should they
beat the St. Louis Rams Sunday, Reid will become the first Mormon
head coach to guide a professional team to the championship in his
sport. |
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| People |
| Confession to LDS Branch President Leads to Abuser Conviction |
| The Branch President of the Madison Lake Ohio Branch
of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who heard the
confession of a child molester, started a process that led to the
conviction of the abuser just over a week ago. The case demonstrates
the difficult position that clergy are sometimes in when they hear
such confessions, and given other public cases and lawsuits against
many churches, it is clear that the outcome of these cases doesn't
always leave churches and clergy free of liability. |
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| Arts & Entertainment |
| LDS Seminary Declines to Participate in Neighborhood Art |
| The art project of a Salt Lake City sculptor
has become quite popular among his neighbors, but apparently not at a
neighboring LDS Seminary building. Sculptor Dave Malone, who creates
sculptures from "found" metal, has created a "random act of
sculpture," a series of half circles cut from a huge, 3-foot-wide
metal spool. The circles stretch from his yard, snaking through the
neighborhood in what has become a group project as nearly everyone
has asked to participate. "It's kind of a coming together of the
neighborhood," he says. "They like the idea of being involved in
something big." |
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