Four new stakes have been created, two in Brazil and one each in Alaska and Utah.
The Arapiraca Brazil Stake and the Vila Velha Brazil Stake have been created by Elder Claudio R. M. Costa of the Seventy. The Arapiraca stake includes the Arapiraca 1st and 2nd, Brasilia, Palmeira Dos Indios and Verdes Campos wards, and the Novo Horizonte, Pao De Acucar and Penedo branches. The Vila Velha stake includes the Cachoeiro Do Itapemirim, Cobilandia, Gloria and Itapoa wards, and the Asteca, Ibes and Lindenberg branches.The Juneau Alaska Stake has been created by Elder Glenn L. Pace of the Seventy, and includes the Juneau 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, Ketchikan, Sitka and Whitehorse wards, and the Craig, Gustavus, Haines, Petersburg, Skagway, Tongass, Wrangell and Yakutat branches.
The Kaysville Utah Central Stake, which includes the Francis Peak and Kaysville 2nd, 7th, 8th, 15th, and 16th wards, has been created by Elder Alexander B. Morrison of the Seventy.
Elsewhere, stakes have been reorganized in Argentina, Brazil and Peru, and in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
New stakes
ARAPIRACA BRAZIL STAKE: (Sept. 17, 1995) Created from the Arapiraca Brazil District. President - Antonio de Albuquerque de Barros, manager and partner of Barros Vasconcelos & Cia Ltd., former district president, elders quorum president, and branch president, married Maria De Fatima Sales. Counselors - Mario Clarindo, 44, employed by Capial, former district president's counselor, elders quorum president, and branch president, married Edileuza Silva; Ivaldo Valencio da Silva, 26, salesman for Sandie Pranta Entreba, former district Sunday School president, ward mission leader, branch president and counselor, and branch Sunday School president, married Maria de Fatima Valencio da Silva.
JUNEAU ALASKA STAKE: (Oct. 8, 1995) Created from the Juneau Alaska and Ketchikan Alaska districts. President - Melvin R. Perkins, 50, president and vice president of Country Lane Inc., former district president and counselor, high councilor, elders quorum president, and branch president, married Sharon Anne Varni. Counselors - Garth M. Hamblin, 36, hospital chief financial officer for Quorum Health, former district president's counselor, high councilor, Sunday School teacher, Primary teacher, branch president's counselor, and seminary teacher, married Sandra Lynne Berger; George W. Bingman, 55, claims superintendent for State Farm Auto Insurance, former district president's counselor, bishop and counselor, ward mission leader, elders quorum president's counselor, and branch president, married Carma Crane.
KAYSVILLE UTAH CENTRAL STAKE: (Sept. 24, 1995) Created from the Kaysville Utah and Kaysville Utah South stakes. President - Wesley H. Wilcox, 56, dentist, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president's counselor, and Young Men president, married J. Renee Kearl. Counselors - Boyd R. Hansen, 51, president and financial consultant for Boyd R. Hansen & Co. Inc., former high councilor, bishop, and Young Men president, married Ann Marie Jacobsen; Tracy L. Williams, 40, seminary teacher and principal, former stake mission president and counselor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president's counselor, Young Men president, and Scoutmaster, married Teri Lyn Rich.
VILA VELHA BRAZIL STAKE: (Aug. 27, 1995) Created from the Vitoria Brazil Stake. President - Washington Luiz Lima, 33, part owner and partner of Icaro Turismo Ltd., former stake president's counselor, stake executive secretary and assistant, and bishop and counselor, married Maria Eliane Pereira Do Naseimento. Counselors - Roberto Hideaki Nishida, 41, manager of Fotoplan Ltd., former stake president and counselor, bishop's counselor, elders quorum president, and branch president, married Maria Ribeiro Custodio; Willians Robson Batista Nery, 31, graphics station operator for Criativa public relations, former bishop, ward clerk, and branch president and counselor, married Miriam Oliveira Versiani.
Stake reorganizations
ARIMO IDAHO STAKE: (Sept. 24, 1995) President - Gordon L. Gillman, 45, agriculture science and techanical teacher; succeeding Loyal Kent Bellon; former high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, Young Men president's counselor, and Sunday School teacher, married Sharon Ann Stewart. Counselors - D. Porter Sutton, 54, dentist, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, and high priests group leader, married Mary Lou Croshaw; William A. Egan, 53, farmer/rancher, former high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop, ward clerk, ward Young Men president, and varsity Scout leader, married Kathleen Marie Colson.
BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA NORTH STAKE: (Sept. 17, 1995) President - Juan Carlos Gallucci, 45, finance supervisor for Church area office; succeeding Alin Spannaus; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake clerk, and bishop, married Sandra Viviana Rigoni. Counselors - Joaquin Esteban Costa, 30, marketing manager for Banco Credito Argentina, former stake executive secretary, bishop, elders quorum president, Sunday School teacher, and member of family history committee, married Renee Beatriz Varela; Humberto Agustin Capriz, 32, manager of area travel for Church Area office, former bishop and counselor, and elders quorum president, married Carina Fabiana Pivatto.
CHIMBOTE PERU STAKE: (Sept. 10, 1995) President - Wilson Benito Calderon Valverde, 35, manager for Computation Information & Electronic Services S.A.; succeeding Julio Arturo Leiva Ponce; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, and bishop and counselor, married Judith Elvira Gonzales Grados. Counselors - Z. Wilfredo Gonzales Samanamud, 59, concessionary manager for Hotel Presidente, former stake president, high councilor, and bishop's counselor, married Alejandrina Zarela Grados Diaz; Alfonso Anibal Granados Aguirre, 45, steel lamination technician, former stake president's counselor and high councilor, married Ruby Emperatriz Ocana Taboada.
HELENA MONTANA STAKE: (Sept. 24, 1995) President - Wayne A. Wetzel, 46, deputy director of Montana Department of Natural Resources; succeeding Perry Jed Stanfill; former stake president's counselor, bishop, elders quorum president and counselor, teachers quorum adviser, Sunday School teacher, and Cubmaster, married Marcia McEntire. Counselors - Evan G. Lewis, 56, staff psychologist for Veterans Administration, former high councilor, elders quorum president, priests quorum adviser, and branch president, married Helen Dellene Stephens; Vern P. Stanfill, 38, self-employed in agri-business, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, executive secretary, and elders quorum president, married Alicia Cecile Cox.
PASCO WASHINGTON STAKE: (Sept. 24, 1995) President - Ferris Naef, 49, accountant and partner for Blodgett, Mickelson & Naef PS; succeeding Lowell Coy Barber; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake mission president, stake missionary, and bishop, married Kathy Ellen Leithead. Counselors - Robert K. Andelin, 45, dentist, former high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop, high priests group leader, elders quorum president's counselor, and branch president's counselor, married Paula Sue Ozaki; D. Ross Montierth, 42, farmer, former high councilor, stake mission president, bishop, ward mission leader, Young Men president, and gospel doctrine teacher, married Chris Laurie Lawson.
PEORIA ARIZONA STAKE: (Sept. 17, 1995) President - Lloyd S. Price, 49, tire and parts program manager for Knight Transportation; succeeding Thomas Glenn Jones; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and ward Young Men president, married Donise Sarager. Counselors - David P. Allen, 44, executive vice president and general manager for Western Ash Company, former high councilor, stake Young Men president and counselor, and bishop and counselor, married Rebecca Pearl Riggs; James H. Walsh, 43, claims team manager for Liberty Mutual, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, ward clerk, executive secretary, and Sunday School teacher, married LaRee Yates.
ROCK SPRINGS WYOMING STAKE: (Sept. 17, 1995) President - C. Edward Eyring, 41, executive of chemical company SF Phospates; succeeding Ronald E. Fowler; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, ward clerk, executive secretary, and elders quorum president, married Jennifer Bosen. Counselors - Steven L. Olson, 46, owner and manager of Build-Rite Lumber Supply Inc., former stake Sunday School president, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president's counselor, Sunday School teacher, and seminary teacher, married Janet Kaye Jenkin; Scott D. Steed, 33, institute teacher and director, former bishop, ward mission leader, gospel doctrine teacher, and deacons quorum adviser, married Jada M. Schneider.
STOCKTON CALIFORNIA STAKE: (Sept. 24, 1995) President - Bruce W. Woolsey, 48, self-employed; succeeding Richard Edward Salway; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, and Young Men president, married Ellen La Rae Hollingsworth. Counselors - Robert William Romero, 40, general manager for Stone Bros. and Associates, former stake Sunday School president, bishop, finance clerk, elders quorum president, Sunday School teacher, and Scoutmaster, married Maria-Elena Sanz Berzosa; R. Jay Allen, 44, attorney and real estate developer, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, ward executive secretary, elders quorum president, Young Men president, priests adviser, and gospel doctrine teacher, married Marilyn Dorothy Stone.
VITORIA BRAZIL STAKE: (Aug. 27, 1995) President - Climato Cesar Ayres De Almeida, retained. Counselors - Cierio Caudas de Aravio, 37, salesman for Macon Mat. of Constouquio, former bishop's counselor, ward clerk, and elders quorum secretary, married Eugenia Nelo Ester Araujo; Adilson Soneghet Santos, 29, business owner, former stake president's counselor, stake executive secretary, and elders quorum president and counselor, married Katia Soneghet Azevedo.