New Automated Census Provides Glimpse of 19th Century U.S.

SALT LAKE CITY – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the release of the 1880 U.S. Census on CD-ROM, a major research tool for family history enthusiasts.

The new database is the largest census to be automated to date. It is the culmination of 17 years and 11.5 million hours of work and encompasses a whopping 56 CDs.

By simply entering an ancestor’s name, users can quickly search the 50,475,366 inhabitants of the 38 United States and eight territories as they existed in June 1880 to discover the whereabouts and other detailed information regarding their relatives.

In June 1880, thousands of federal census enumerators — traveling on foot, horseback and by wagon — combed the inner cities, towns, backwoods and frontiers of the United States, diligently capturing detailed information on individuals and their households. With paper and …

* Please note: Several websites are offered in this article to aid the reader’s search for appropriate equipment and advice. The author is not associated with any of the recommended sites in any way, other than as a customer. In other articles I have discussed exercise options other than home equipment or club/gym membership. There are ways to exercise that accommodate any pocketbook.

The Dilemma

This morning when you arose, you looked yourself in the eye as you shaved or put on your makeup and resolved that this very day you would begin an exercise program. Congratulations, this is a big decision, one you shouldn’t make lightly. You’ve even gone so far as to plan out what kind of exercises you want to include in your new workout. The answer to the next question isn’t as simple as it seems on the surface… should I join a club or purchase …

Sandwich Savvy
by Julie Badger Jensen

Summer is prime time for sandwiches. Cold, baked, broiled, or grilled, they are sizzling good. Not just for lunch, most can appear at brunch or supper. Many people have their own special favorites such as chopped egg and bacon or peanut butter and jelly . . . but the combinations are endless. Summer often starts with the first sandwich served on a shaded porch or under the willow tree. Try some of these different and delicious sandwich ideas and gather AROUND THE TABLE.

Chicken, walnut and bleu cheese

Lobster and asparagus

Asian chicken, cucumbers, and red pepper

Tomatoes, basil, and Mozzarella

Caramelized onions and sliced beef

Grilled herbed chicken breast

Blackened turkey with vinaigrette

Halibut with red pepper and papaya salsa

Foccacia with red sauce, pepperoni and cheese

GRILLED REUBEN

An easy classic

8 slices rye, pumpernickel or French bread

Thousand Island Dressing

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Letter from the Highlands, June 2001
by Anne Perry

The Sunday School lesson was a particularly good one, on the various gifts of the Spirit. It is good to be reminded of them specifically, with examples, to refresh the mind as to the variety and the power of gifts available to those who seek them, whether to practise them oneself, or to receive the blessings of them from others. In order to do either one must have the faith to seek and to trust, and make one’s life such that the Holy Spirit can keep one company.

God can do anything He says He can do! He cannot

Best Books Club Selection for June: E.M. Forster’s A Room with a View
by Marilyn Green Faulkner

Edward Morgan Forster lived nearly a century, from 1879 to 1970. He experienced the decline of the great British empire, lived through two world wars, and saw the rise of American culture until it dominated the world as England once had. Raised by his mother and maiden aunts after his father’s death, Forster’s novels are peopled with the prim, proper people among whom he lived, yet carry deeper themes beneath the surface. This book was written when he was only twenty-eight years old. It is a delightful little story about one young woman’s attempt to rise above the stuffy, repressed atmosphere of her society and make contact with real emotion.

Lucy Honeychurch travels to Italy with her spinster cousin Charlotte, and there comes into contact with an Englishman, George Emerson, whose behavior is

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: Look Out, Southern States, Here We Come!
by Robb Cundick

John Longhurst at the mighty Rogers.

In Salt Lake City there is an army hard at work, training intensely and honing its skills in preparation for a sweep through the Southern United States in June. Fortunately, these are gentle warriors who plot no schemes of destruction; for this is a great choral army: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Surely in the annals of touring musicians, it is no exaggeration to characterize us as an army. The total number of travelers will be around of 500, including:

. Approximately 330 singers.

. 2 Conductors (Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg).

. 3 Tabernacle Organists (John Longhurst, Clay Christiansen, and Richard Elliot).

. A 20-piece ensemble from the Orchestra at Temple Square.

. Choir Staff members (under President Mac Christensen).

. A stage crew to transport (via an 18 wheeler)

SALT LAKE CITY- School supplies – from scissors and crayons to kid-size chalkboards – are reaching the hands of children in need thanks to a unique partnership between Delta Airlines and the humanitarian service arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Once destined for the landfill, old seat covers from Delta’s planes are being transformed by Church volunteers into bags stuffed with basic school supplies for needy children around the world.

Mel Carter, an analyst at Delta Airlines headquarters in Atlanta, hated to see thousands of yards of useful fabric go to waste. “My thought was, why couldn’t we make use of the seat covers for something else, rather than just throwing them away,” Carter said.

He sent a sample of the fabric to the Church’s Humanitarian Center in Salt Lake City. Dean Walker, unit manager at the Center, said, “When we saw the thick, sturdy fabric, …

Playing a One-Man Show Does Not Include a Cast Party
by Marvin Payne

Well, my first portrayal of J. Golden Kimball is now history. Performing a one-man show has its own built-in array of unique rewards. This array, unfortunately, does not include “cast party.” Perhaps recognizing this, my wife bought me, for a closing night gift, a big tray of fresh strawberries, and I came home and scrubbed off the pound of make-up (the make-up on me, not on the strawberries) and popped about a dozen of them, each festooned with a little party-hat swirl of old-fashioned peanut butter. (Hey, since I was the only one qualified to attend the party, I could eat whatever I wanted!) It was fun, both the run and the party. And the number of people who have consequently become better acquainted with this great-hearted character from our colorful past now numbers in the medium-high

You and your guests are invited to a special evening of music and the spoken word, “Honoring Father” on Sunday, June 3, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. at the new 500-seat theater in the Washington, DC Temple Visitors’s Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 9900 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington, Md.

The evening will be a tribute to our fathers, our forefathers, and to Our Heavenly Father and features best-selling author Megan Smolenyak and Senator Orrin Hatch, with musical performances by the Reverend Wintley Phipps and Julie Duerichen. Prelude music for the evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. and is provided by the Riverside Brass, a group of professional musicians from the area.

The event is free and open to the public. Friends and family are welcome to accompany you. Please note, seating is limited to theater capacity, however, in the event of overflow, a closed-circuit TV feed …