By Lu Ann Brobst Staheli
School starts soon for many students. Some of these kids are excited about meeting their teachers and spending time with their friends.
Others prefer those long lazy days of summer playtime to the regular schedule classes bring. As most adults will admit, school can be wonderful, or it can be boring. Each student’s attitude plays in a huge role in determining what this coming school year will bring. Setting goals will help your children excel and become more involved.

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The National Radio Hall of Fame (NRHOF) announced the results of its national online balloting process for induction into America’s only National Radio Hall of Fame. 

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by Annette Lyon
As a preteen, I had a unique view of missionaries and their work because Dad was a mission president. Aside from school, missionaries were pretty much my life. We often fed and housed groups of departing missionaries overnight, then spent the next day prepping to welcome a group of brand-new missionaries from the MTC. During school breaks, I went on the road with Dad, attending zone conferences.

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By Lu Ann Brobst Staheli
From the time the LDS church was first established, the thought of serving a mission meant that young men and women must be called in the prime of health, ready to walk from door to door as part of the tracting necessary to find those who might be prepared to listen to the message of the gospel. Only those in the best of health could manage to keep up with the physical requirements the service demanded. Anyone who could not keep up would be left behind, unable to offer full time missionary service to spread the word of the Lord.

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By Krista Ralston Oakes
When my husband and I moved to a new city, it was the first time we lived in a place where we didn’t know anyone. We were both starting new jobs in an area that we had previously known only during temple excursions.

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By Steph McMillan
I’m not sure what prompted my moment of complete disclosure. I’m not a blatant liar by nature, but I will admit that usually when the missionaries ask if there are any neighbors they can meet, I usually just shrug and change the subject. But on this particular Monday night, I suddenly found myself saying, “Actually, we’ve lived in this house for six months and we’ve never met our neighbors.”

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By Krista Ralston Oakes
The apostle Paul described his experience with “a thorn in the flesh,” from which he prayed for relief. This prayer was not answered as he had hoped. We can all relate to having a sincere prayer answered “no,” or “not now.” We understand that all prayers are answered in accordance with the timing and the good will of the Lord, who knows and loves all – and sometimes that requires patience or a willingness to see things in a new way.
Instead of removing Paul’s affliction, the Lord replied: “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” Paul later testified that he would glory and take pleasure in this and many other infirmities “for Christ’s sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong.” (See 2 Corinthians 12:7-12). Paul recognized the opportunity to use his gained strength as a source of strength for others:

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by Marilyn Richardson
Two granddaughters, ages eleven and thirteen, were coming for a summer visit so I began thinking up activities. There’d be swimming and the occasional movie, a trip to the mall, maybe some sewing, but there needed to be more. What about, I thought, after watching a documentary on women in India, if we tried living on a bucket of water for a day?

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By Ken Craig
I take pride in the fact that my family is a “service-oriented” family. (If anything, then, I suppose my “taking pride” is the sin du jour in my home, and not “lack of serving.”) I currently serve as the bishop in my ward, and that’s pretty service-intensive. My wife is the mother of six, so she literally lives service from sun up to sun down.
However, somewhere there’s a disconnect with our children. They seem to feel they should be paid a handsome salary for just about any action, from chores to common courtesy.

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By Danielle Ellis
This Pioneer Day, join the longest-running celebration in Southern Nevada. The North Las Vegas Stake will host its 35th Pioneer Day event, which will feature all of the time-tested food and fun for which the event is known. The festivities are Friday and Saturday, July 23rd and 24th at Stephenson Park, on the corner of Walnut and Carey, Las Vegas.

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By Danielle Ellis
Todd Larkin and Stan Nielson of Las Vegas have just been called as new mission presidents. President Larkin will preside over the Seattle Washington Mission, and President Nielson will preside over the Warsaw Poland Mission. These men aren’t just from the same city, they are from the same stake. In fact, President Larkin was recently released as the president of the Lakes Stake. President Nielson was his first counselor in the stake presidency. His second counselor, John Bunker, was called to preside over the California Santa Rosa Mission a year ago. So the entire Lakes Stake presidency will be serving as mission presidents. The general authority who released the presidency last year told President Nielson recently that he was unaware of any other time when two members of the same stake presidency had been called simultaneously as mission presidents, let alone that all three men had been called.

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By Krista Ralston Oakes
My husband and I have traveled to Washington D.C., visiting the National Mall and taking the sobering steps through memorials that remind us of the price that was paid for the cause of liberty. Among these are the World War II Memorial, with its 4,000 gold stars – each representing 100 U.S. casualties; the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which bears over fifty-eight thousand names of lost or missing American heroes on its granite wall; and the Korean War Veterans Memorial, with the faces of unnamed soldiers near the words, “Freedom is Not Free.”

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Come celebrate the arrival of the first Mormon missionaries to the Las Vegas Valley 155 years ago. There will be a pioneer breakfast Saturday, June 12, 2010, from 8-11 a.m. at the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort (on the corner of Washington & Las Vegas Blvd. N., next to Cashman Field).

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By Danielle Ellis
Just in case you’ve been stuck under a rock, it’s primary election season. And the day of decision is upon us: early voting is going on until June 4, and the actual Election Day is Tuesday, June 8. Now is the time to research the candidates, read the Constitution, and figure out which ones will best support and defend the it.

For those unfamiliar with the mechanics of the election process, the whole initial field of candidates is narrowed down in the primary process. Yet very few voters, as a percentage of the total, actually vote in primaries. So those who take the time to research the candidates, tell their friends, and actually vote in the primaries, can have a huge impact on the results of the election. Just a few thousand votes can change the results of a primary, which of course will have a major impact on the nature of the general election race.

At this critical juncture, please take the time. Mark it on your calendars. As Ezra Taft Benson once taught, “To the patriots I say this: Take the long eternal look. Stand up for freedom no matter what the cost. It can help to save your soul – and maybe your country” (Stand Up for Freedom).

By Ken Craig
I was 10 years old the first time I ever saw my father cry.

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