Comments on: “Church officials do tell us how to vote”

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:19:36 +0000

Three years probably doesn’t constitute “growing up there,” but yes, Virginia, there *is* a Susanville. Go Grizzlies!

By: Frank Pellett

Frank Pellett — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:47:29 +0000

No freakin way. Lassen HS, class of 92. I always have to explain to people where I spent my teen years when I say “North California” – Everyone assumes Sacramento or San Fran. I was amazed a GA ever visited Lassen County. I’m absolutely floored that you grew up there.

By: The Other Clark

The Other Clark — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:38:03 +0000

In today’s corrolation-controlled world, the Church has been very clear that notes taken during ward or stake conference are for personal use only. I guess vetting every stake conference talk was too much work

Still, many of the “Teachings of…” books published about each Church president contain extensive quotes and Gospel principles that were given at stake conference.

I suppose it’s an effort to shut down faith-promoting rumors and folklore, but good luck with that!

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:41:18 +0000

KLC, the Church History Library has a(n apparently) full run, and I’ve just started mining it. Few of the items I’m finding will be usable without additional research on my part, but always the trick for blogging is finding out that something interesting even occurred — once I know that something happened, there are usually plenty of sources to work on fleshing out the story. So you and I are on the same wavelength with this as a potential source of goodies.

The Beehive was (is?) southern Nevada’s similar newspaper, the one I knew as a youth.

By: KLC

KLC — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:25:58 +0000

I remember the California Intermountain News. Even though it wasn’t an official church publication there was always a stack of them in the foyer of my SoCal chapel in the 60s. It was kind of the west coast LDS diaspora connection to the mother land. Since I was California born and bred it held no interest for me but it had an eager audience in my parent’s generation, almost all of whom had left Utah during and after WWII.

Ardis, I wonder if there are archives available? It would be another source of information about western LDS in the mid 20th century if and when you exhaust your official sources.

By: Allison in Atlanta

Allison in Atlanta — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:18:36 +0000

I would emphasize the belief in free agency and the Constitution as being the most important requirement at this time. Our freedom has been badly trampled for about 30 years and not just the last 4-12 years.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:14:09 +0000

Seems like in 1951 “who believes in free agency” might have had a specific meaning, one that seems to rear its head often in today’s political debate, too.

Much as I love Elder Lee, I’ll stick with the substantive message of the FP letter.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:08:15 +0000

You can thank the Sacramento Bee (which my family read during our residence in Susanville in my high school days) for that enlightened understanding, John -- the Bee routinely referred to that glorious part of the state as "Superior California."

By: John Mansfield

John Mansfield — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:55:15 +0000

“Northern California” so often means within a few dozen miles of San Francisco, so it is heartening to find the phrase being used in connection with a place where it really applies. When I complained about this once, a friend said, “Oh, I just think of that area as part of Oregon.”

By: Proud Daughter of Eve

Proud Daughter of Eve — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:34:47 +0000

Kevin, I think that’s Ardis’s point.