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Book of Mormon story inspires historical novel, 'The Lost Stones'

Last updated Friday, May 18, 2012 - 5:37pm

OGDEN — An Ogden resident has published a historical novel based on the possibility of finding archaeological proof of the origins of the Book of Mormon.

Paul Rimmasch, a graduate of Weber State University, has published “The Lost Stones: Chasing Down This Treasure Could Cost Everything” (Bonneville Books of Cedar Fort Inc., $13.99).

It’s the story of a BYU student and a veteran of two deployments to Iraq who search for both an alternative energy source and archaeological finds kept from mainstream science.

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Cory Hanks, president of the Bountiful South Stake, who will play the role of Helaman in the upcoming Handcart Days Parade in Bountiful on July 20.

2,060 stripling warriors to march in Bountiful Handcart Days Parade

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 8:26pm

BOUNTIFUL -- A unique army of youths will make up the city's annual Handcart Days Parade on July 20.

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Dan Mach, the national American Civil Liberties Union’s director of Freedom of Religion, presents “Polygamy, Peyote and the Pledge of Allegiance” at Weber State University in Ogden on Wednesday. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

ACLU speaker: Courts key to freedom of religion, expression

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 8:26pm

OGDEN — Americans treasure their freedom of speech and freedom of religion, along with the ability to deny both to people they don’t like.

So Dan Mach, director of Freedom of Religion for the American Civil Liberties Union, told an audience at Weber State University on Wednesday.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, bows his head during a prayer at the start of a campaign rally in Elko, Nev., Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

LDS Church views Romney's candidacy as a mixed blessing

Mitchell Landsberg Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 6:04pm

Republicans look at Mitt Romney and see a future nominee or a Massachusetts moderate they can't support. Democrats see a formidable opponent with abundant vulnerabilities to exploit.

For one group, though, Romney's candidacy represents a unique mix of hopes and fears, pride and apprehension. Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have a lot riding on Romney's candidacy -- which is one reason why, paradoxically, they have steered clear of anything that smacks of support for the man who could become the first Mormon presidential nominee of a major political party.

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