SHAYTARDS Shay and Collete Butler and children (oh and their dog their dog’s name is Malachi), family life isn’t veery private. For years the Butler family has been known to the world as the “Shaytards” on YouTube with more than 1 million...
Australia Canberra Australia Stake At the age of eight Todd Hodgetts was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. 16 years later the Canberra-based athlete is a world record holder in shot put with his sights set on the 2012 London Paralympics. Hodgetts threw 15.54 meters...
Kim Peek mega-savant 1951-2009 Kim Peek, inspired the 1988 movie “Rain Man,” Peek, Died when he was 58, He was likely the world’s most famous savant, enduring mental handicaps while at the same time possessing extraordinary gifts of memory and...
Dave Wolverton aka David Farland He has published ten novels in the fields of fantasy and science fiction, and has been nominated for the Nebula and Hugo awards. Many new writers know him as a judge for the L. Ron Hubbard “Writers of the Future” contest. ...
Tupaimoefitpo “Sealver” Siliga nose tackle for the New England Patriots. He was not drafted in the 2011 NFL Draft as an early entry candidate. He played college football at...
Trevor played 12 seasons in the NFL He was a member of the New England Patriots in 1985 when the team was defeated by the Chicago Bears, 46-10, in Super Bowl XX Trevor served an LDS mission in Torreon,...
Sid Going “The greatest match winner Rugby has known, Sid Going, M.B.E. halfback extraordinary. Fellow All Black Grant Batty said of him in 1977. He was and still is the greatest Rugby player in the world. ” Super Sid, ” The Story Of A Great All...
Bills, Boise State Named first-team All-WAC…Finished the season fourth on the team in receiving with 21 catches for 204 yards and three touchdowns…Had a career-high five catches for 35 yards against Utah State…Had three catches for 50 yards at Utah...
Isabelle Collin Dufresne “Ultra Violet” Isabelle Collin Dufresne “Ultra Violet” was an artist, author and both a colleague of Andy Warhol and one of the pop artist’s so-called superstars. She also worked for and studied with the artist...
Lawrence J. Block U.S. Court of Federal Claims In 1987, Judge Block was awarded the Attorney General’s Special Achievement Award for an article entitled “A New Look At Plurality Decisions”, which was published in March of 1988. From 1994-2002, Judge...
We just wrote about James Perry’s awesome new vlog, and it seems he’s been up to more than just vlogging—he recently gave a Ted Talk called, “How I Stumbled on a Purpose.” Just as a reminder, James Perry is a member of the Studio C cast, a...
Ariel Bybee Ariel Bybee is a mezzo-soprano who was prominent at the Metropolitan Opera for eighteen seasons, from 1977 through 1995. She sang numerous leading roles, including Hansel in “Hansel und Gretel,” Nichlausse in “Les contes...
Keene Curtis He is best known for his work on Broadway. He played Daddy Warbucks in Annie, and Albin in La Cage Aux Folles. He also appeared in Nightwatch, You Can’t Take It With You and Hamlet. He has also appeared in more than forty television dramas and...
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...
Rob Bishop Congressman Republican Utah On January 7, 2003, Rob Bishop was sworn in as the new Congressman from Utah’s First Congressional District, replacing the retiring Representative Jim...
In a recent interview with Forbes, music producer David Foster talked about why he’s a fan of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and his collaboration with them on their latest album, Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Friends. With a career full of working with some of the...
The Art of Manliness is a popular blog created in 2008 by LDS writer Brett Mckay. Brett started the blog as a hobby, but when it began to go viral, he asked his wife Kate to help and eventually hired other writers and contributors—fittingly, all men—to join the team....
The writer of the hit movie, Galaxy Quest, David Howard, wrote a new in-coming movie, Trek- The Movie. David was born in Utah, but grew up in Arizona. He went to school at the University of Utah and studied playwriting. He didn’t grow up writing however he knew...
Dr. Ellis Miner Astronomer Dr. Ellis Miner, an astronomer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1965, has worked on missions to Saturn and six other planets. “Whenever we investigate a planet in detail,” he says, “we discover answers to a lot of...
Rainey Rogers Boxing Bishop McKINNEY, Texas — It’s almost not a fair fight when Rainey Rogers gets in the ring. “He already had an advantage because he doesn’t drink or smoke,” said Barney Flores, who runs the Barney and Me gym where Rogers...
Gene Fullmer Boxing middleweight champion July 21, 1931 – April 27, 2015 He captured the middleweight title in 1957 by decision from legendary champion Sugar Ray Robinson. It was his ability to endure punishment and his tireless attack that carried him to victory. ...
During his playing career, Vern Law earned the nickname “Deacon” for his clean Mormon lifestyle. Nicknamed the “Preacher” by his teammates because of his deep religious beliefs. He was largely responsible for the Pirates’ World...
