Students of Virginia Thompsen, a teacher at Preston High School for 31 years before retiring in 1992, may be interested in knowing that their former type teacher was named by Spring City, Utah, as the 2021 Citizen of the Year and Grand Marshall of the Pioneer Day Parade.
The Spring City native moved back to her family home after her long teaching career, and continues to care for her mother s roses and apple orchard. She spent 21 years working in the Logan Temple and Manti Temple. At 88 years old, she is known as an independent, hardworking lady and a wonderful neighbor and friend to all, states her hometown newspaper, the Sanpete Messenger.Â
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When the leader they honor as a prophet of God describes a revelation, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints listen intently.
That leader, President Russell M. Nelson, delivered a video message on Saturday in which he spoke of prayerful thought, study, pleadings, respondings and feeling impressed both to modify the church’s initial plans for the Manti Utah Temple renovation and to build an Ephraim Utah Temple 7 miles away.
Watch what he said here.
Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles then stood, grasped the tiny wooden pulpit in the Manti Tabernacle in both hands and told the church members in central Utah who were watching the livestreamed broadcast that President Nelson’s announcement was an example of the Biblical saying that God will do nothing without revealing it first to his prophets.
X-ing out the MX
Forty years ago Wednesday, the church helped shoot down controversial plans to base a nuclear missile system in Utah’s West Desert.
In a detailed, descriptive and impassioned 700-word statement issued May 5, 1981, the governing First Presidency decried the arms buildup, the destabilizing nature of the proposed MX deployment, and the impact the weapons plan could have on the environment, the economy and all of humanity.
“By way of general observation, we repeat our warnings against the terrifying arms race in which the nations of the earth are presently engaged,” then-church President Spencer W. Kimball and his counselors wrote. “We deplore in particular the building of vast arsenals of nuclear weaponry.”
KUER
Church leaders announced over the weekend that the Manti temple will be preserved, and a new temple in nearby Ephraim will be built.
New renovation plans for the historic Manti temple will preserve its cherished murals, according to
a recent announcement from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“We have been impressed to modify our earlier plans for the Manti, Utah temple so that the pioneer craftsmanship, artwork and character will be preserved including the painted murals loved by so many,” President Russell M. Nelson said in a virtual address to residents of the area Saturday.
Some Sanpete County residents and Church members wrote letters and