Dan Reynolds Imagine Dragons was formed in 2008 and got its real first start when the band won BYU’s 2008 “Battle of the Bands” competition. That same year, the band also won the “Utah Valley University’s Got Talent” competition....
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...
Greg Hansen, a multi-award-winning music producer/arranger, composer, New Age recording artist, and music reviewer, has produced and arranged more than 400 albums for various clients and has over 900 sheet music arrangements and compositions in print. He has three...
Ed “Big Daddy” Roth (1932 – 2001) Hot Rod Designer He created custom show cars in his garage. He was a struggling artist who financed his inventions by selling drawings and t-shirts at drag events, fairs, and car shows. When he personally...
Janet Kay Jensen Janet Kay Jensen is an award-winning author of Don�t You Marry the Mormon Boys (Bonneville Books, Cedar Fort Press, 2007) and co-author of The Book Lover’s Cookbook, Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature and the Passages That...
Humble Beginnings The King Sisters were born and raised in Pleasant Grove, Utah, about 35 miles south of Salt Lake City. For fourteen years, their father, William King Driggs Sr. (known as King), was a professor of music and a voice teacher at several colleges in...
Former Tabernacle Choir Music Director, Jerold Don Ottley, passed away in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 86 on Friday, 19 February 2021, due to complications relating to COVID-19. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Allison Ottley. Ottley was born on...
Glenn Beck is a famous Mormon and popular political commentator, entertainer, commentator, author, self-professed “rodeo clown,” and father. [1] His radio program (The Glen Beck Program) reaches millions of listeners daily, and he is heavily involved in public rallies...
At the tender age of 14, Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped, abused, and held captive for nine months. She now uses her personal experiences to champion change and to help victims recover from abuse. In 2016, she spoke out about the commonly used lessons about chastity in...
Two artists, Kenya Clark and Alex Melecio, collaborated on a cover of “The Prayer” that is meant to send a message and bring awareness to those living in Latin America who are suffering from corruption, discrimination, tyranny and poverty. In the...
Brandon Mull, the well-known Utah fantasy author and New York Times bestselling author, has hit #1 with his latest release, “Wrath of the Dragon King.” The book is the second in the Dragonwatch series, which is the sequel series to the popular Fablehaven series....
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...
Ireland Belfast Northern Ireland Stake Jason is legally blind, 100-meter sprint Reigning T13 100m and 200m Paralympic champion and world record holder Jason Smyth competes in both Paralympic and able body athletics. He was the first Paralympian to compete at a...
Erin Klingler The author of the novel, Love Beyond Tomorrow. It’s a story about love, about staying true to oneself, about having the courage to love and trust, and knowing which paths of life to follow. Its themes are of interest to young women and women...
Ashlee Eskelsen, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Tennessee, obviously loves a good challenge. In 2017, at 14 weeks into her pregnancy, she ran the Boston Marathon. This year she decided to try something a little different. On Saturday,...
Ruth V. Watkins, the first woman president of the University of Utah since it was founded in 1850, was inaugurated the 16th leader of the institution on Friday, 21 September 2018. The ceremony took place at Kingsbury Hall on the University campus in Salt Lake City,...
Mike Weir Although you may find articles online that state Mike Weir is LDS he is not a member of the church. He did attend B.Y.U. Weir made the less obvious choice, opting for the Mormon university with a strict dress code and policies against drinking Coke, coffee...
Candace E. Salima Candace E. Salima, the author of Forged in the Refiner’s Fire, 13 & 0: Reflections of Champions and Out of the Shadows . . . Into the Light, has her fingers in many pies. With a book in the works with Merrill Osmond, the launching of her...
(1948-1995) The 6-foot-11-inch Cosic played center for B.Y.U. from 1971 to 1973, earning all-Western Athletic Conference selection each season and pacing B.Y.U. to two conference titles. He averaged 19.1 points a game. After leaving B.Y.U., he was drafted for pro...
Inquiring minds may be wondering, “What is ‘Shark Week?’” For those persons who are not in the know, “Shark Week” is an annual event on the Discovery Channel that includes shows, films, and special programs centered around sharks. Mark Rober, a Brigham Young...
In a recent music video release, violinist Jenny Oaks Baker performed Beethoven’s classic “Ode to Joy” in Vienna, where the song was originally composed. “Ode to Joy” was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and is the final movement in his...
Utah author Brandon Sanderson was “really intrigued by the idea of a world where the Dark Lord had won.” In an email interview, he said, “What if Frodo (from Lord of the Rings) had gotten to the end of the long journey through Mordor and the Dark Lord said, ‘Hey,...
Remember the O’Leary’s? The lovable father and son team that competed on The Amazing Race twice, and are the winners of season 24? Well, the son, Connor, is launching a new project that he’s been working on for some time. Wanaka Outdoors is a new...
James Cawley US Marine Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant James Wilford Cawley, was killed in Iraq on Saturday, March 29, 2003 defending the freedom that he so cherished. Jim was a loyal American and believed strongly in the cause for which he fought. He was serving as...
