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...
Over the weekend BYU Senior JessiKate Riley won the Miss Utah 2017 title. Along with a $10,000 scholarship, Riley will be traveling the country as a state ambassador for the Children’s Miracle Network. She will also be competing in the Miss Pageant this fall in...
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...
The classic Eric Clapton song gets a fun revamp from Abraham Thomas and Emmanuel Martinez in their English and Spanish duet. “Tears In Heaven” is a sweet, touching song originally recorded by Eric Clapton for the 1991 film Rush and its soundtrack. Clapton...
The 4-year-old Claire Ryann is already adorable, but her recent duet with her dad singing “You’ll Be In My Heart” from Disney’s Tarzan is sure to make your heart completely melt. Ryann and her dad have created a number of cute videos singing...
Paula Hawkins US Senator, Republican, Florida First woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida. As a member of the Senate Children’s Caucus, she was effective in raising public awareness of child abuse and was instrumental in passing the Missing...
David Neeleman CEO, JetBlue Airways David Neeleman is JetBlue’s Former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the JetBlue Board of Directors. . Mr. Neeleman was a co-founder of WestJet and from 1996 to 1999 served as a member of WestJet’s board of...
The name Mia Love is perhaps a name that is familiar to some, especially those living in Utah, as she is a former GOP representative. She was elected to Utah’s 4th Congressional District in 2015, and narrowly lost to former Congressman Ben McAdams in 2018 by less than...
Jeremy Jones He was married in the temple, bore his testimony at the death of a fellow pro snowboarder and his new pro model board by Burton has a rendition of Samuel the Lamanite on the wall. He is an active member and quite a good spokesman....
Dolphins After graduating from high school in 1997, John spent two years serving a Spanish-speaking Church mission to Morristown, New Jersey. That experience taught him one major lesson in life. “Rejection,” he says. “Day after day, you try to do...
Kristen Randle Kristen D. Randle writing has been called “gritty, smart, and realistic” (ALA Booklist) and “compelling” and “powerful” (School Library Journal). She is the author of several novels, including the highly praised...
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...
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...
K. L. Morgan “These stories are full of exciting adventure, wonderful imagination, and romance. Wholesome books such as these I recommend to my own children. You’ll want to read K.L. Morgan’sCastledance (2001), and Judges of Light (1998). I heartily...
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...
In 2010, Wendy Garrett, an LDS marathon runner, suffered an accident that rendered her left leg useless with several back and neck injuries. She never thought that she would be able to walk a mile, let alone run 26.2. Now she is preparing to make history as she gears...
He currently the co-anchor of the KTTV FOX 11 newscast in Los Angeles. He is an award-winning broadcast journalist, writer and television producer. Carlos had his first experience with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at age 12 when his...
fullback He played four games for New Zealand in 1997. That year he scored 13 tries in 16 games – including three tries in his second game for the All Blacks. A nephew of rugby greats Ken, Sid and Brian Going, his younger brother Brad Miller currently plays for...
Steve Young is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Days, sometimes called the “Mormon Church.” He has been one of the best and most famous quarterbacks ever to play in the NFL. Steve was named MVP of the NFL in 1992 and 1994, the MVP of...
As Russia continues to bombard the homeland of the Ukrainian people, many are fleeing to refuge, leaving behind their homes and worldly possessions. To help bring hope to the refugees, 20-year-old Ukrainian Latter-day Saint artist, Anna Kovalenko, has partnered with a...
Afa Ah Loo, a returned missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly referred to as the “Mormon Church”), is a contestant on Bravo’s Project Runway. He was born and raised in the independent country of Samoa in the villages of Lotopa...
Cody Hancock Professional bull riding world champion World champion bull rider Cody Hancock. The young rodeo star comes from good bloodlines. His father Ray rode bulls in the Turquoise Circuit and has made four trips to the National Senior Pro Rodeo Finals....
What do you do when you have a bird feeder set up in your yard and those cute little squirrels keep stealing the food that is meant for the birds? Well, if you are like ex-NASA and Apple engineer turned YouTube sensation Mark Rober, there is obviously only one viable...
Jude Stamper, a 12-year-old Mormon from Monroe, Michigan, was born with Arthrogryposis Multiplex-Congenita, a disorder in which joints are not formed correctly and cannot bend normally. He loves sports; however, he is confined to a wheelchair with limited mobility....
