Posted   For week ended September 7, 2001

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A Chance for Justice; A Certainty of Pain
The family of Elder Mark Fischer is bracing for its 27-year-old wounds to be opened again this Fall when Austin, Texas prosecutors once again try to put away the man thought to have murdered their son and his missionary companion, Elder Gary Darley. Robert Elmer Kleasen will face two counts of murder in the deaths of Elder's Fischer and Darley, who disappeared after they were scheduled to meet with Kleasen in October of 1974. Fischer's mother, Cathy Fischer is planning to travel to Austin for the Trial, but she knows that the trial can only give justice, not the sense of closure that comes from a burial.

LDS Musician Has Regular Gig -- at Hospital
A fun afternoon for Forest Turner of Logan, Utah, is spending the day at Logan Regional Hospital, singing and playing the guitar for dialysis patients. Turner, a native of Cove, was looking for an opportunity to give community service after returning from a mission to Alabama for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now, eight months later, patient requests have kept Turner returning for weekly visits.

Steve Young called to Stanford Ward bishopric
Retired star NFL quarterback Steve Young was sustained last Sunday (9/2/2001) as second counselor in the bishopric of the Stanford 1st Ward, Menlo Park California Stake -- a student/singles ward adjacent to Stanford University.


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