From: le@main.lekno.ws
Louis Epstein wrote:
> LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson's 100th birthday was
> celebrated by a special event at the church's "Conference
> Center Theater",a venue that appears to be analogous to
> the Felt Forum/Paramount's function at Madison Square Garden
> or Carnegie Recital Hall...under the same roof as a much
> larger auditorium that can also be a "theater".
>
> Music was provided by a keyboardist,a vocalist,and the
> church's de facto official violinist Jenny Oaks Baker,
> the youngest child of Nelson's top deputy/heir apparent
> Dallin H. Oaks (who turned 92 last month).Besides video
> tributes,onsite speakers included his appointees and
> descendants (his eldest daughter,who is 76,and a young
> woman representing his 167 great-grandchildren).He and
> his late first wife had nine daughters and a son between
> 1948 and 1972,when the son was born just after the eldest
> daughter's first child (who is now a grandfather).
> His second wife was by his side (she has the same name
> and was the same age as his late second daughter,whose
> death I noted here some years ago).
>
> He was in shape to stand up and hug or greet the
> speakers as they made their way from lectern to offstage.
>
> The event was streamed live and is available on demand
> on Youtube.
He showed up for two of the five sessions of this past
weekend's Semiannual General Conference,remained seated
but was noted as "presiding" by the younger elder "conducting",
gave his typical announcement-of-new-temples and urged all
to prepare for the Second Coming at the closing session.
He was wheeled off at the close,as was Jeffrey R. Holland,
Acting President of the Twelve and second in line to
succeed.Heir apparent/top deputy Dallin H. Oaks
(born August 12,1932) appeared healthiest of the
First Presidency.
> -=-=-
> The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
> at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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