January 2004 News Links

	On a mission -- Mormon serves Corp with high distinction
	Church press release on Alaska temple open house
	Elder Wirthlin to speak at CES fireside
	Martin's Cove lease squeezes BLM; Deadline tight for lease on Martin's Cove; Lawmakers: Give land deal a chance
	Should LDS judge hear plaza case?; Main Street Plaza fights back in federal court
	Pneumonia claims teen who defied odds
	Work party to provide humanitarian aid
	Neighbors raise concern over church building plan
	Hamilton students present genealogy projects
	Eagle scout enjoys outdoors
	Breaking out of one's circle is key to bridging religious divide
	Mormon and Baptist youth 'least alienated from organized religion'
	Ex All Black urges driver caution
	Palm Pilots: Quiet books for adults
	Lucybeth came to the rescue
	Mayor of Moscow visits First Presidency
	Governor proposal seeks students reading at grade level
	Healthy, wealthy, but wise?
	Director puts "Latter Days" behind him; Gay LDS find comfort in "Latter Days"
	LDS Church News headlines

	The land shall provide
	Dressed for the West
	Ads can make game super
	Bloodied clothes a warning on speed
	Westward bound
	LDS films get Oscar shaft again

	Expanded Mormon temple a link to eternity (Article on temple in Alaska -- requires registration to view)
	Picture this: 60,000 missionaries
	Truck claims life of popular father of six
	Guatemala police get first break; Man held in slaying of Utahn
	Census test tries to tally U.S. citizens abroad
	Community comes together in tragedy
	Sports: Miners get commitment from Arizona all-state tight end; Coaching community rocked; Element of surprise
	Police call Weber inmate prime suspect in slaying
	Couple yank $2 million + gift to BYU
	No help from Mormon church (letter to the editor by woman who asked for welfare assistance)

	Local runner in the sport for the long haul
	Store opens up for family night
	Vince Feula commits to BYU
	Insurance for senior missionaries (see last paragraph)
	Religious leaders warn of tax boost's failure

	More Mormons flocking to New York City
	Judge grills sides in plaza dispute; Judge to rule on plaza suit
	Mormon missionaries spread their message
	No guns at the ward
	Singer brings experience to 'Smokey Joe's Cafe'
	Sports: Churchill QB in wait mode; Hopewell's Nelson headed to BYU and Hopewell LB follows family tradition to BYU; BYU looking for a few good WR "playmakers"; Utes notch wins but have trouble netting crowds
	Hannity is fired up to emcee at Stadium
	Final year for "City of Joseph" pageant
	A look back into the past
	Going to Mars

	Mormons 'own' site's story (similar to NY Times article from last week)
	Ruling expected Monday in Plaza case
	Text of letter from First Presidency on guns
	McKinney North senior makes most of ability while helping others (short registration required)
	DCFS leader puts his heart into his job
	West Salem woman to share tips on genealogy
	Scouts must pack their their tents
	A film festival well into the second reel (see last paragraphs for interview with director of 'Napoleon Dynamite'); Star struck at Sundance
	Fighting terror -- soldier has witnessed atrocities across the world
	More than 200 attend World Religion Day; World Religion Day
	ISU works to break down hate barriers
	The wait in Kuwait (a soldier's journal briefly mentions attending LDS services)

	Joseph Smith and The Book of Mormon
	LDS bar guns at church; Similar article
	Veteran cabbie traveled miles and time
	Adams kicks in leadership for soccer team
	LDS Film Festival showcases established and up-and-coming Mormon filmmakers
	Sundance 2004: The buzz and the bores
	Choosing a genealogy program
	Attorney wants charges dropped; Girl's story of Mormon missionary abuse questioned; Excerpts from court transcript
	Police seek aid in church break-ins
	Red Cross hosts mock disaster training
	LDS Church News headlines

	NY Times: Along public trail, a church recounts its history; Similar article
	More on Pres. Monson devotional: 'Find joy in service,' Pres. Monson says; President Monson offers 3 keys to success
	Mormons, Icarians helped form Mississippi River town
	Pace not slowing any for Edwards
	High school teen earns community honors
	Poky's Pearson elated with BYU bid
	Team diver taking a fall
	The art of the exhibition
	ESPN: Bracket banter
	'The Book of Mormon on Trial' now has second edition
	Mayor attempts to bridge religion gap
	Troubled prayers: Council members caught between court ruling and sectarian beliefs
	Provo votes to build own fiber-optic net

	Band of brothers; Utah family of musicians sends three to Navy Band Northeast
	Humble computer whiz's life shaped by two turning points
	At Sundance, 'Napoleon' is blissfully demented
	Love them for a reason -- the Osmond's are Welsh
	Living large: Life for a family with 12 children
	Beyond his years
	Rainbows' Blackett on a roll
	Missionary trip is a rite of passage
	City lauds fighting spirit
	Pursuing the dream
	Disabled residents to receive wheels
	Church fire deliberately set in Honolulu
	Legendary coach Walt Brooks dies at 91
	4th Ward celebrates 100 years
	Stake hosts self-reliance series
	Firing squad
	Mormons and morons
	Un-endorsed: Branbury Park loses BYU approval

	President Monson urges students to spend wisely
	Church's building plans worry neighbors
	BYU-Idaho celebrates MLK holiday unofficially
	Teen gives Olde Coloma Theatre a facelift
	Genealogy group to host cemetery dinner
	Sports: Max Hall removes all lingering doubts; Lucky Ducks land two more DLS players; Tailback's departure gives UTEP another scholarship; Latest recruits include another from Hawaii
	Jewish texts meet modern technology
	Bring back to organ
	Gay-rights group upset after Utah theater drops movie (note: this AP article was published in many papers across the U.S.)

	Harrison temple on Mormon's agenda
	Students mark holiday with day of service

	Church-state complaints consistent?
	Inland Muslims aid quake victims
	Fire burns Mormon building
	Store owner had the eye for antiques
	Kennedy Center looking for applicants
	Family History: Tracing family history like working a jigsaw puzzle
	Sports: BYU-Hawaii is paradise for pair of athletes; Commit decision private pact between father & son; Super Bowl hype (brief mention of Chad Lewis)

	Snowboarders deaths pull neighborhood closer
	This day in history: President McKay died at age 96
	LDS find geography of faith in Guatemala
	Coming to terms with choice
	Utahn's 'Napolean Dynamite' debuts at Sundance with a bang
	Living in Beehive State still a challenge for blacks
	Debate shifts to LDS over crime bill
	Family History: Looking for research success stories; Genealogy buffs hunt for family ties
	Sports: Arrhenius hits NCAA provisional mark; Update on Rulon Gardner
	History: Best Mormon scouts searched for the shortcut west
	Utah Senate convenes legislative session

	LDS members in Ghana celebrate West Africa's first temple
	For many, fasting leads to enlightenment, empathy
	Missionary positioning
	Morally bankrupt? Most religions condemn debt
	Site unseen -- family builds home out of former missile site
	Alaska temple to open for tours
	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is adding new addition
	Winning them softly -- evangelicals try to reach Mormons
	New books focus on Book of Mormon geography
	Wells Fargo dedicates historic bank branch; Bank to bear First Security name
	Hale Bakery closing
	Redford spotlights Festival's global reach
	Operation Doula Care is there to help
	Fire scare at Academy Square
	LDS Church News headlines

	NPR: Mormon cinema, a growing indie scene
	General Authority speaks on agency and priesthood
	A grieving mother thanks Church members
	Church members help victim's family
	Legislator has Mongolian ties
	Writer brings her faith to fiction
	Orchestra at Temple Square to perform
	LDS Film Fest
	ACLU says it never endorsed plaza unity plan
	Family remembers pilot killed in crash
	Sports: Mapu leaving on mission; Weber State player has rediscovered a love of basketball
	Singing the Lord's song
	Art imitates life

	Did ACLU, Unitarians yank plaza OK?; ACLU deposes Huntsman
	Angau equipment aid
	Family, friends mourn Richards; Funeral service for man killed in Guatemala; Tour bus victim's life remembered
	'Seasons' portrayed through dance
	Sports: Confidence is Lewis' catchword; Summerhays makes tour debut
	LDS malls won't be open-air
	BYU says tattoos were not erased
	100 years of the Lehi 3rd Ward
	Happy 153rd birthday, Parowan
	LDS Church helps another faith after building destroyed by tornado
	365 days of Mitt
	Is lawful polygamy next?
	We're in the honey
	Church is called racist by a top leader in Africa
	Deaths: 2 crash victims had Utah County roots

	LDS missionaries devoted to spreading the gospel
	Center offers latest tools for tracing family history
	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints nurtures family values, love
	Woman's collection targets Maori history
	Bared bellies bother BYU; BYU alters hoopster's photo to hide tatoos; Similar article
	Faith Q&A: How should a congregation respond to a leader's misconduct?
	Church offers aid to New Zealand
	New school requires Book of Mormon reading
	Guatemala police pursuing leads; Authorities in Guatemala have sketch of assailant; Tourists need to be aware, says missionary
	Mayor seeks bigger, united Salt Lake City
	'80 Days' still a grand reading adventure (note the excerpt in blue)
	Sports: Badgers of 1971 still rank as city's best
	Large stores OK at Gateway
	Church may sell site for new police station
	Boy scouts help plant trees

	Guatemalan tour robbery leaves many kinds of scars on van driver; Guatemalans say net closing in
	The Osmonds: Still squeaky-clean after all of these years
	Utah couple receive acclaim with flying colors for children's books
	Deaths: A tribute to Brother Call; Stephen L. Adams passes away; Judge Leavitt will be well remembered
	Sports: Cal future QB: Nate Longshore; Transfer from Fiji provides lift to basketball team
	Huntsmans weather the 'perfect storm'; Huntsman empire
	Could 'marriage policy' cut Utah's divorce rate?
	Church members help with water clean-up
	Polygamy ban contested; Civil rights lawyer files suit challenging Utah ban on polygamy (note: over 100 similar articles appeared in papers across the U.S.)

	Temple is dedicated in Ghana; LDS temple is dedicated in Ghana
	President Hinckley visits Ghana leader; Religious bodies urged to co-exist
	Huntsmans win fame for generosity; Huntsman empire
	Prejudice fighter keeping the faith
	Nevada supreme court justice dies at 73
	Reporter remembers mountaintop friend
	Bandits won't keep tour guide out of Guatemala; U.S. national shot in bus in Guatemala was not a Mormon missionary
	Keokuk branch excited about building new church
	Religion is booming in the Cape
	American Web sites speak the language of overseas users
	More than shelter
	History: Pioneers didn't take kindly to pesky federal surveyors; Man of the mountains
	Utah County painter wins art grant
	A bonnie taste of Scotland
	U.S. senators cite barriers to trade deal
	Ex-Boise mayor admits to personal trips
	Memory of baby Sarah is powerful
	Baptizing Hitler's ghost
	"The idea of God doing a 'new thing' is a Mormon idea, not a Christian one" (see end of article)

	Utahn killed as he tried to help tour guide, witnesses say; Utahn was shot as he tried to help; Family members of attack victim speak; FBI to help investigate attack; Family prepares to return Utah man's body to U.S.
	Called to serve
	Peterson remembered by admirers at theater
	Fort Carson soldier honored at memorial
	Derry's Mormon church vandalized
	Spiritual growth
	Sports: Eagles, Packers aren't only mirror images; Eagles, Childress withstood early tests; Mapu going on a mission; Lumberjack's success hinges on Bond's play; BYU football: 15 recruits making visits
	Gateway truce on the table
	LDS Church applies to build new church
	New book sheds light on Civil War chaplains
	Kirby: Tithing is a cash-only affair now
	Charge says Walker abused girl; Walker faces 11 charges
	LDS Church News headlines

	Communities benefit from 70 boreholes water pumps
	Relatives and friends mourn Ogden man's death; Police hunt for killers of U.S. tourist; Tours still set despite Ogden man's death
	Scripture on the map: Tourists flock to Book of Mormon area
	Group sends wheelchairs to Iraq's needy
	Guns in the house of God?
	Filmmakers aim for clean family fun in 'Teachers'
	Grand gathering to farewell fiddle wizard
	Erickson earns Eagle Scout award
	Three eagles emerge from one troop
	LDS Family Services moves into former playhouse
	Genealogy today: right time and place for research
	Zion Books offers books and gifts to meet spiritual needs of customers
	Sports: Ricks football is still missed
	Wells Fargo chairman touts prospect of robust growth
	Police solve 35 cases with arrest of juveniles
	Firm's assets worth a fraction of its debt

	Utahn dies in attack on bus in Guatemala; Utahn on tour bus is slain; Armed gang hijack American tourists; Ogden architect slain on Book of Mormon tour; Gunmen hijack bus, kill tourist (note: over 100 similar articles appeared in papers across the globe)
	100 years of the Lehi 2nd Ward
	Mormon Tabernacle Choir awakens rover on Mars
	Utah County to get 'Mormon academy'; Utah County to soon get LDS academy
	Sports: Tobacco Road runs through hoops mecca
	Other deaths: Dr. Bart Wolthuis, 85, dies

	Give the missionaries a chance
	Police work won over law school; San Jose names new police chief
	Southern Virginia University nicknamed "BYU of the East"
	Icon co-founders to serve as LDS mission presidents
	Crash kills LDS couple
	Provo mayor wants city to go high-tech
	BYU sits on the "edge of the knife"
	SLC Council puts off department store vote
	Returned missionary accidentally brings home wrong car

	ACLU reiterates its claim in plaza filing
	8 LDS ex-POWs recall time in German camp; Tracking down former airmen
	Additional information from the Church on the Rexburg temple
	Now it's ancestors reunited
	Stanford's Robinson does it all; Similar article
	City bosses and council members are sworn in across Utah
	Movie review: Saints and Soldiers
	Next Mormon comedy ready for debut
	Deaths: Banker aided young entrepreneurs, Vera Kales, 95, directed local American Lung Association
	Mormon biscuit recipe
	Health food chain to open Mesa, Arizona store
	Drug money trailed to Utah

	Honoring 100 years of life
	Funeral ceremony for victim of Paso Robles quake; Similar article
	Memorial held for victim of avalanche; two still missing
	Scouts make trees part of Christmas past
	Sports: NBA player, Mark Pope; Stanford rolls past Washington
	Jesus as cultural icon
	Tourists gang up on town in Missouri
	History matters: January 4 marks the birthday of Utah's struggle for statehood
	Helena comes through
	New chapter for scrapbooking
	Music in Jamaican congregations
	Across the rural Midwest, drug casts a grim shadow
	Radio personality returns to his roots

	Viewing Sunday for LDS official
	Russian Orthodox Church objects to Mormon 'rebaptizing' project
	Knight family among the unsung faithful
	SL Tribune top religion stories from 2003
	Marine's ledger brings back WWII memories
	Woman enjoyed sharing her talents
	A last goodbye
	Woman shot leaving church dance
	Local hero lowers peach
	Crowther: Book still on target four decades later
	Tabernacle Choir audition materials are now available
	Sports: BC wins fourth straight bowl; Phillips, UK having success recruiting
	Man accused in scam takes the 5th
	Firing squad 'circus' assailed
	Eddie Bauer bows out of downtown
	Bonelli House considered one of Kingman's hidden treasures
	LDS Church News headlines

	Elder Andrew Wayne Peterson dies at 56
	Few details released about planned Rexburg temple
	Missionaries spread word across world and Wisconsin
	Osmond brothers enjoy life in the squeaky-clean lane
	Purse, cash find way back to Jeffco woman

	We hit the streets with a young Mormon missionary (Public Radio article will make this missionary's parents proud -- the audio article is the third from the bottom)
	My woman of the year: Anne Grimwood, volunteer extraordinaire
	Holiday gift lets son go on LDS mission
	University of Michigan's worldly Ecker finds life's mission; Similar article
	Central Point's number one scouter
	Road warriors tested: snow closures leave travelers in a bind
	Helping the needy
	Other sports news: Chow's still one hot commodity; Opening holes, not eyes (and similar article); QB nears end of journey;

	When Mommy goes marching off to war
	LDS sending medical supplies to Iran
	Chapman, Peters earn soldiers of year award
	Dixie's star receiver Travis Brown commits to BYU; Similar article
	Dad says he knows who killed his daughter
	Lehi cancer victim to try new tack
	LDS-based academy opening up area school
	Volunteers brighten holiday with new lights
	Murray woman wins contest

	Hardin lends a hand to stranded motorists; Hardin provides help for travelers
	Kitchen caters to the needy
	Roses to the Church on Redlands temple open house
	Corporate thought police
	Education advocate leaving Capitol Hill
	Sports: Flashback: Revival of BYU's Polynesian pipeline; Vol's workout full of intensity; Red-eye 'Muss Bus' hauls loyal Utes
	NVISION delivers first large format routing systems