Perhaps one of the biggest Goliath in life that a lot of people dread coming face-to-face with is the unknown. Someone has astutely observed that “sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself.” And...
Theresa Marie Hunter Pitts from Kalispell, Montana, has been dubbed such titles as “the Super Mom,” or “the Flying Mom,” or as “the fastest mom in the world” and rightfully so. On 9 July 2017, in Missoula, Montana, running her first Marathon, she and her little team:...
Marcelino Leonardo is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He grew up in the Dominican Republic and as a poor, eight-year-old boy, he loved playing baseball. He also enjoyed attending Primary at Church. It was during this impressionable time of...
Mark Rober, a graduate of Brigham Young University, worked as an engineer for NASA. He was given the task by Volkswagen of powering the ID R Pikes Peak, the all-electric supercar that raced in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday, 24 June 2018. With the...
With perhaps the exception of Hawaii, the state considered as the king of unique names, Utah has the highest percent of children that are given names that are least 10 times more common in their home state than any other place in the nation. Names such as Nyler,...
NBC’s reality show, World of Dance, is off to a grand start for its second season as three dynamic acts from Utah County gracefully dance their way across the stage and into the hearts of the judges, studio audience, and television viewers. The three acts include...
Sarah Sellers, a native of Ogden, Utah, and a graduate of Weber State University, made headline news and caused heads to turn in the running world when she accomplished what was deemed improbable. On Monday, 16 April 2018, the 26-year-old Banner-University Medical...
The National Day of Prayer is observed annually on the first Thursday in the month of May. The first National Day of Prayer dates to 1775 when the Continental Congress assigned a daily prayer while they were forming the new nation. Since that time, various Presidents...
On Monday, 23 April 2018, the Athletics Department at Auburn University, a public research university in Auburn, Alabama, honored both individuals and teams for the best athletic and academic achievement during the 2017-2018 season. During its ostentatious AUSPY award...
The Mack brothers, Kimo, 48, and Kalani, 49, are entrepreneurs and self-motivators in the truest sense. The brothers are lifelong members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and hail from Kaneohe on the coast of Oahu, Hawaii. During the Great Recession...
The mayor of Wadsworth, a city in Medina County, Ohio, Robin L. Laubaugh is well-known for her dynamic leadership roles and community service on countless projects. However, she proclaims that the accomplishment that she is proudest of is raising her four children –...
On Friday, 20 April 2018, the Utah State Board of Regents voted unanimously to select Astrid S. Tuminez, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Microsoft’s regional director for corporate, external and legal affairs in Southeast Asia, as the...
Ken Leishman, known as the Gentleman Bandit or Flying Bandit, was one of Canada’s most infamous and endearing criminals. He committed and was convicted of crimes ranging from bank robberies to aerial jailbreaks to masterminding the largest gold heist in Canada’s...
Sarah Sellers (nee: Callister), a 26-year-old LDS nurse anesthetist at Banner-University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, is a virtual unknown in the world of marathon races, but she crossed the finish line in second place at the prestigious 26.2-mile Boston...
Thirteen years ago, 34-year-old entrepreneur, Trevor Chapman, was a broke college who earned extra money by going door-to-door selling pest control. In time, he was able to launch his own business, installing solar panels, that rapidly expanded across three states....
Watch out Von Trapp family, here comes the LeBaron family from Utah. A virtual cast for the Broadway musical Les Misérables, the LeBaron family has won their way into the hearts of millions of people with a video – a video meant to be a Mother’s Day present – that was...
On Tuesday, 13 June 2017, with their fifth-round pick in the 2017 MLB Draft, the Los Angeles Dodgers selected University of Utah’s right-handed pitcher, 23-year-old Riley Ottesen, with pick No. 160 overall. Ottesen led American Fork High School to a state championship...
Clinton LaVor “Clint” Romesha is a former United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor is the United States of America’s highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S....
Roland Lee, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society. Devoting full-time to painting from his studio in the historic district of St. George, Utah, he has become known for his “transparent...
Jared Pike is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He married Kelli Pike in December 2015, and the couple are the proud parents of two wonderful children, Ava and Eli. He is also an avid sports fan and his favorite teams include the Washington...
Latter-day Saint couple Travis and Holly Hancock from Columbus, Ohio, first met at a young single adult activity at Brigham Young University (BYU). During that meeting, Travis caught Holly off guard with what perhaps seemed to her to be a rather odd question. He asked...
Utah native, Jesse Wade, an LDS returned missionary is a freshman guard for the Gonzaga Bulldogs (#10) at Gonzaga University, a private Roman Catholic university in Spokane, Washington. One of the things that causes Jesse to stick out at the school is the fact that he...
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious – is perhaps the best word to describe Brent Wallwork’s marriage proposal to self-proclaimed Mary Poppins enthusiast, Heather Dixon. Knowing Heather’s deep love of Disney,...
World Down Syndrome Day is 21 March 2018. Down Syndrome, also called trisomy 21, is a congenital disorder arising from a chromosome 21 defect (usually an extra copy), causing intellectual impairment and physical abnormalities including short stature and a broad facial...
