Entries from January 2009 ↓

Canadian polygamist leader arrested in British Columbia – Newsday

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Canadian polygamist leader arrested in British Columbia Newsday, NY - 5 minutes ago The FLDS practice polygamy in arranged marriages, a tradition tied to the early theology of the Mormon church. Mormons renounced polygamy in 1890 as a ...
   

Blessings of a Mormon storehouse – Mormon Times

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Blessings of a Mormon storehouse Mormon Times, UT - 1 hour ago By Jeff Brumley The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; wants its members to have a supply of food at home. The wisdom of storing emergency ...
 

Chris Buttars and the Mormon Gulag – ScienceBlogs


Chris Buttars and the Mormon Gulag
ScienceBlogs - 5 hours ago
A blogger at Pam's House Blend tells the story of Eric Norwood, a young man who was forced to go to the Utah Boy's Ranch, which he describes as a Mormon ...

LDS Church initiates hiring freeze – Rexburg Standard Journal


LDS Church initiates hiring freeze
Rexburg Standard Journal, ID - 11 hours ago
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints initiated a church-wide hiring freeze on Dec. 19, according Brigham Young University-Idaho ...
LDS Church buys land in Brentwood Nashville Post (subscription)
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Mormons prominent in western art world – Mormon Times


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Mormons prominent in western art world
Mormon Times, UT - Jan 5, 2009
Several dozen western artists are Mormons, and Santaquin, Utah, resident Jim Norton, a former president of the Cowboy Artists of America, says that wherever ...

T. Dennis Barney; celebrated philanthropist, builder – Arizona Republic


T. Dennis Barney; celebrated philanthropist, builder
Arizona Republic, AZ - 6 hours ago
"He was not only a tremendous force in the community, he was one of the mainstays of the (Mormon) church," said longtime friend, Roc Arnett, president of ...
Valley LDS leader and philanthropist dies, community mourns AZFamily
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Old cannon was real blast – Contra Costa Times


Old cannon was real blast
Contra Costa Times, CA - 7 hours ago
The old cannon came out of retirement and went through an interesting "second life" when it made its way to the predominantly Mormon settlement of San ...

Local musician ‘plays the pipes’ in Mormon Tabernacle – South Shore Now


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Local musician 'plays the pipes' in Mormon Tabernacle
South Shore Now, Canada - 7 hours ago
by Robert Hirtle Lunenburg virtuoso Jim Aulenbach plays the organ at the chapel in the Joseph Smith Building in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...

Mormons to give Minner genealogical history – The News Journal


Mormons to give Minner genealogical history
The News Journal, DE - Jan 5, 2009
Local leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) will give Gov. Ruth Ann Minner four volumes of family history during a luncheon ...

Mormon U. student joins the Real World – Mormon Times


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Mormon U. student joins the Real World
Mormon Times, UT - 15 hours ago
Despite his tight jeans and affinity for neon clothing, this 23-year-old University of Utah frat boy is one of 10 children in a strict Mormon family. ...