Historians create visionary project (Deseret News - Utah) (August 14, 2008)
About 30 years after he began his work on Joseph Smith's papers, Dean C. Jessee was asked to go home and rethink the project.

Utah valley institute program grows, serves (Deseret News - Utah) (August 14, 2008)
Most Latter-day Saint institutes of religion take place near college or university campuses. But classes in the Utah Valley institute program are different because they take place in stake centers and seminary buildings throughout Utah Valley.

Schaumburg church lends a hand (Schaumburg Review - Illinois) (August 14, 2008)
Members of Schaumburg's Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1420 Schaumburg Road, are used to doing community service projects, but on June 14 they pulled double duty. For the third straight year, they helped staff the Streamwood Stride, 5K and 10K races put on by the Streamwood Park District, with proceeds going to help provide scholarships to those who can't afford park district programs.

Y opens doors for Education Week (BYU NewsNet - Utah) (August 14, 2008)
BYU will host the 86th annual Campus Education Week, possibly the largest continuing education program of its type in the world, Monday through Friday, Aug. 18-22, at various locations on BYU campus. This year's program, themed "The Journey of Lifelong Learning," is co-sponsored by BYU and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Church Educational System.

Modesty sells — a trend in the clothing industry appeals to people of many faiths (Post-Dispatch - Missouri) (August 14, 2008)
I just got back from vacation and found Tim Townsend’s article about Chatfields Boutique in Des Peres, Missouri – click here – specializing in bridal and formal gowns that are modest. What a concept!

Blanding begins tearful farewells to trio who died in plane crash (Salt Lake Tribune - Utah) (August 14, 2008)
This small Four Corners-area town began saying goodbye to a set of civic leaders Tuesday with the first of three funerals for the men killed last week in a plane crash. The pilot, Eric L. Johnson, 36, was a city council member, but there was little discussion of his time in politics during a memorial service at an LDS stake center. The focus was on Johnson's family life.

Mormon books I'll do without (Deseret News - Utah) (August 14, 2008)
I was staying in Orem in order to attend the Provo Temple wedding of my older brother's youngest daughter. It was a lovely ceremony -- and not just because they were two extraordinarily good, young people embarking on the great partnership. The sealer told us that one of the Seventy, speaking to a meeting of temple sealers, had recently said, "Your job as a sealer is not to advise them about married life -- they have stake presidents, bishops, parents and uncounted volunteers to provide that.