Edwin Catmull, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”), and Patrick Hanrahan, were the recipients of the prestigious Association for Computer Machinery’s A.M. Turing Award and $1 million in prize money on...
ABC’s reality show, The Bachelor, is over, and now all eyes are on the star of the upcoming season of The Bachelorette, Clare Crawley. Season 16 of The Bachelorette debuts on ABC on 18 May 2020, and Clare will have 32 men vying for her heart. Among those in the...
Rena Elmer, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”), is a 37-year-old mother of nine biological and stepkids. She is no stranger to trials of any type and standing at 5 feet, 4 inches and 117 pounds, LDS...
The students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, as well as their parents and others, will not soon forget the horrific events that took place on 14 February 2018. On that tragic day, a gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle, killing...
Sharlee Mullins Glenn, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”), is the founder of Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG), a group “to inspire women of faith to be ambassadors of peace who transcend...
Brad Robins and Shae Hunsaker are both members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”). Brad is one of the gentlemen of the world-famous trio known as GENTRI. Shae is a triple threat from Orem. UtahValley360...
The high-scoring basketball player, Yoeli Childs, from South Jordan, Utah, is Brigham Young University’s (BYU) star power forward. Yoeli was not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”) when he chose to...
Cassie Sandou, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”), is a 34-year-old professional circus performer from Henderson, Nevada. She is married to Konstantin Sandou, and is the mother of two young children...
Clayton Magleby Christensen was born on 6 April 1952, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Robert M. Christensen (1926–1976) and his wife Verda Mae Christensen (née Fuller; 1922–2004). He was the second of eight children and grew up in the Rose Park neighborhood west of the...
William Bradford, governor of the Plymouth colony for 30 years, is quoted as having said, “Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are; and, as one small candle may...
Kenneth Grover, a Provo, Utah, native and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”), is a former teacher. At the age of 48, he decided to retire early from his full-time occupation. Having made that...
US Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kirk Takeshi Fuchigami Jr., age 25, died on 10 November 2019, in Logar Province, Afghanistan, when his helicopter crashed while providing security for troops on the ground. The Latter-day Saint soldier was assigned to the 1st Battalion,...
Tony Finau, a 28-year-old professional golf player from Lehi Utah, is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”). He first changed the world of golf by being the first golfer of Tongan descent to play in the...
Marilyn Anderson, a lifelong member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”), is an 88-year-old violinist. She has been playing the violin since age seven and brings more than eight decades of musicianship to the...
Norma Dee Ryan is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church). She was born on 7 September 1930, in Blanding, Utah, to a family who loved music. Her father played the saxophone for a dance band. At age 7, her...
Amy Schultz Johnson is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”). She is also the daughter of the late Charles Schultz, best known as the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip. In today’s society, there are...
Lori Walker is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church). She is a wife, a mother, an athlete, and a “lover of all things Primary.” On Friday, 15 February 2019, without any warning or any type of premonition...
Many people are perhaps familiar with the story of Willard Bean especially if they have seen Director T.C. Christensen’s film, The Fighting Preacher. The backstory was written by Willard’s grandson Rand H. Packer in his book A Lion and a Lamb. Apart from that, most...
Donald Clark Osmond (professionally known as Donny) is the seventh of nine children born to the late patriarch of the Osmond family, George Virl Osmond, Sr., and the late matriarch of the family, Olive May Osmond, (nee Davis). His siblings are Virl, Tom, Alan, Wayne,...
Elder John H. Groberg is an emeritus General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”). He served a two-year mission for the Church on the island of Tonga. At the request of President Thomas S....
The year 2018 will always be remembered by Latter-day Saint basketball star Sam Merrill as a banner year. In 2018, Sam and his Utah State University teammates ended the season with a Mountain West Conference title and a coveted ticket to the “Big Dance,” the NCAA...
Latter-day Saint Peter Tidwell, known to local bakery enthusiasts as “The Mighty Baker,” is a two-time winner (once in 2016 and again in 2017) on Cake Wars, an American TV series on the Food Network. With that success to his credit, he is knowledgeable of a few things...
Jonny Stott is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”) and a senior at Green Canyon High School in North Logan, Utah. Ever since Jonny was a little boy he has always wanted to play football. However, he...
In February 2017, Deserae Turner, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”), was shot and left for dead in a cold canal in Smithfield, Utah. After enduring 10 brain surgeries, as well as several other...
