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17 Mormons Who Have Thrown Out a First Pitch

Deseret News - From Sister Linda K. Burton, Relief Society general president, to former NFL quarterback Steve Young, several members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have taken the mound to throw ceremonial first pitches for baseball games. A number of Major and Minor League Baseball teams have held a Mormon Night throughout the years, inviting members of the LDS Church to attend and participate in various ways. For Mormon Night events, some teams have invited a well-known members of the faith, such as Young and Sister Burton, to throw ceremonial first pitches. Here is a list of 17 leaders and...

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Former LDS Chapel May Become Haunted House

KSL - Some people think old, abandoned buildings have ghosts haunting the halls. But for the old brick building on the corner of  13th Street and Lee Avenue  in Idaho Falls, those who have haunted it have been solid flesh and blood. When Idaho Falls business owner Tyler Price first toured the building, evidence of vandalism was rampant. Graffiti, broken windows, shattered light fixtures and singed carpet from fires set inside were apparent all over the building. Price, who owns the Austin Kade Academy cosmetology schools in both Idaho Falls and Pocatello, is looking to purchase the building to open a culinary arts...

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Cultures Unite to Remember Slain LDS Girl

Deseret News - MR says: With purple balloons and candlelight, this community came together to honor a 12-year-old girl who was enticed out of her home by a teenage boy and killed. Kailey Vijil and her family are from the Goshute Nation and traditionally are very private when mourning. But on Sunday, Kailey's mother Deshaun Undergust, her 14-year-old sister Taylor and many other family members joined more than 100 people from the community for a candlelight vigil to honor the 12-year-old girl who police say was enticed out of her home and murdered by a teenage boy Friday. "It's very difficult for them to have...

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How to Help Prepare Your Missionary for the Field

Various Authors - Check out our other articles for more about  how to help your missionary when they are out in the mission field  and how to help your missionary adjust to being home . Let’s face it: missions are hard work. Our children will be paired up with complete strangers, put on a strict schedule, and walk or bike more than they ever have in their lives. They must be able to physically, spiritually, and mentally endure the sheer rigor of a mission—and you, as their parent, are the perfect one to help get them ready. Here are a few ways you can...

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10,000+ Run from Temple to Temple to Celebrate Pioneer Day

The Daily Universe - MR says: Help celebrate Pioneer Day this year with an unusual stake activity, by dedicating a temple-to-temple run to one of your ancestors. City permits, 23 Provo police officers, 75 full-time missionaries and 10,000 people do not make an average stake activity. The Temple to Temple Run has grown from a stake activity to Provo’s official Pioneer Day event in just three years. Organizers are hoping for as many as 15,000 participators this year. Participants will start at the Provo Temple and make their way down to the Provo City Temple. “We tried stake activities like breakfast and dinner and wanted something different,” said Legrand...

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How the Pain of the Donner Party Paved the Way for the Pioneers

Deseret News - MR says: The Mormon pioneers quite literally crossed the path of the Donner Party on the plains--a fact which helped the earlier Saints in many surprising ways. This Friday is July 24, aka Pioneer Day, when the state takes time off to celebrate the arrival of the Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley 168 years ago, in 1847. Much less celebrated is the arrival of another group of pioneers a year earlier — even though their efforts had a lot to do with the survival and enduring success of that first Mormon settlement. The Donner Party. The same Donner Party that...

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4 Ways to Make Peace with the Mirror

Utah Valley 360 - MR says: Find out what Lexie Kite (PhD in social media and body image) has to say about how we can all find peace and beauty with what we see in the mirror. Beauty Redefined, a non-profit organization created by identical twins Lexie and Lindsay Kite, teaches girls and women how to trade shame, jealousy and unrealistic expectations about their body for a healthy self-image that will help them achieve their goals. In our Q&A session with Lexie, we learn how to avoid negative thinking traps. UV: So what should we do about all of [our negative thinking and the harmful images in...

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LDS-Sponsored Boy Scout Troop to Travel to Japan, Myanmar Refugee Camps

Deseret News - MR says: When a Salt Lake stake sponsored a refugee boy scout troop, they had no idea their work would take these boys to Japan and Myanmar. The boys of Troop 1262 spent last week packing and trying on their new hunter green Scout shirts, specially made for their appearance at the 23rd World Scout Jamboree held in Kirara-hama, Yamaguchi, Japan. Troop 1262 is unique, because its members are descendants of Karen and Karenni refugees from Burma, who fled to Thailand generations ago before migrating to the United States as legal citizens. The 18 Boy Scouts will begin traveling to Japan on...

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36 Things You'll Never Hear Someone from Utah Say

Matador Network - MR says: A pretty funny and accurate observation of Utah life. What else might you never hear a Utahn saying? 1.  Mormonism? I don’t have an opinion about it. 2.  Sure I can spell Tooele — just sound it out. 3.  I didn’t see any car accidents on I-15 all week. 4.  I’m really stressed about the population decline in this state — no one seems to be having kids anymore. 5.  The air quality alert on the interstate says I shouldn’t drive during rush hour — I’d better turn around and not go to work today. 6.  What’s with this powdery...