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	<title>Desert Saints Magazine</title>
	
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		<title>The Journey Before the Covered Wagons: A Western European Pioneer Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Leslie Albrecht Huber In July, many of us turn our thoughts to the pioneers who made their way to Utah during the mid-1800s. When we think of these pioneers, we imagine their journey beginning in Nauvoo, Illinois. But for many of the Utah-bound pioneers, the journey started long before they ever took a step [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from the Editor</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2010/07/09/letter-from-the-editor-52/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When most people think of “pioneers,” the images that come to mind include covered wagons, dusty trails, women in long skirts and bonnets and men in wide-brimmed hats. While this may be what Mormon pioneer ancestors wore and how they travelled, there is much more to their story. The essence of their story is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Dream Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dave Ellis My wife tells me that I don’t sleep normally as I sometimes stop breathing. Basically my sleep mode goes into sleep mode. This startles her as she has taken some medical courses and told me that you need to breathe to live. That course was well worth the money. Not only do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Las Vegas Stake Hosts 35th Pioneer Day</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2010/07/09/north-las-vegas-stake-hosts-35th-pioneer-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two New Mission Presidents Called</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom Is Not Free</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2010/07/09/freedom-is-not-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MOM: So Many Places to Love</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2010/07/09/mom-so-many-places-to-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nettie H. Francis I served a full-time mission in Japan. The volcanic mountains, speckled with terraced rice paddies and sloping steeply down to the blue ocean, were a new sight to a girl from Utah. I quickly fell in love with the beauty of the islands and the many people there. In the less-populated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Most of “Major Decisions”</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2010/06/01/making-the-most-of-%e2%80%9cmajor-decisions%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/?p=1348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Danielle Ellis For anyone interested in going to college, there are plenty of questions. Which classes should I take now? Where should I apply? How do I pick a major? How do I choose a career? Should I go to a big university or a small college? Is it even worth going to college [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from the Editor</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2010/06/01/letter-from-the-editor-51/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite memories of my dad was when I was eight years old. My parents had just bought me a pony, and that day we were putting on his new saddle. My dad, feeling a moment of pride in his Iowa farm-boy roots, saddled the pony, hopped on and began to gallop across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All opposed say neigh.</title>
		<link>http://desertsaintsmagazine.com/2010/06/01/all-opposed-say-neigh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dave Ellis My wife likes to surprise me. Normally I like surprises, like the time she washed my car or trimmed my toenails while I was sleeping. This time I knew it was going to be a less desirable surprise because she was already bargaining with me before she even told me what it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Founder’s Day Breakfast at the Fort</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#038; Las Vegas Blvd. N., next to Cashman Field). $5 feeds the whole [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Primary Election Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pick Your Own Produce at  Gilcrease Orchard</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Locally grown produce is available to the public in the Las Vegas Valley. Visitors can pick their own fruits and vegetables or purchase from the fruit stand on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 7a.m. to noon at 7800 North Tenaya Way. The orchard also has apple cider which is produced on site. Take US 95 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presiding in Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ken Craig I was 10 years old the first time I ever saw my father cry. Prior to that, I lived with the belief that he had simply been born with constipated tear ducts. I mean, life had certainly dealt him plenty of opportunities to be emotional. He just didn’t respond. Like the time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>D. A. D. Developing the Attributes of Daddy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Krista Ralston Oakes There is an aphorism that says, “Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a daddy.” As a couple facing infertility, we took a slight exception to this, knowing that my husband was one man who couldn’t be a father in the way the proverb [...]]]></description>
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