The Okazaki Japan Stake has been created by Elder L. Edward Brown of the Seventy. The stake includes the Kariya, Okazaki 1st and 2nd, Toyohashi and Toyota wards, and the Nonami branch.
Elsewhere, stakes have been reorganized in Chile and Japan, and in Arizona, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
NEW STAKE
OKAZAKI JAPAN STAKE: (Nov. 8, 1998) Created from the Nagoya Japan and Nagoya Japan West stakes. President -- Tosihide Tsukahara, 50, manager of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; wife, Chieko Watanabe Tsukahara. Counselors -- Yasuo Kamiya, 45, Church translator; wife, Michiko Komiya Nagaike Kamiya. Mamoru Kawachi, 44, executive director of Japan Mekanikusu; wife, Mari Yamaguchi Kawachi.
STAKE REORGANIZATIONS
HERMISTON OREGON STAKE: (Nov. 15, 1998) President -- Gene D. Jones, 53, Hermiston High School teacher, succeeding Terrel Reynolds Tovey; wife, Alva Ann Cleaver Jones. Counselors -- Kurt C. Bendixsen, 41, attorney and president of Kurt C. Bendixsen P.C.; wife, Susan Oldroyd Bendixsen. Jeff N. Sanders, 39, lineman for Umatilla Electric Corp.; wife, Michelle Eileen Buck Sanders.
NAGOYA JAPAN WEST STAKE: (Nov. 8, 1998) President -- Yasuo Gotou, 41, technical supervisor for Rico Techno Net Inc.; succeeding Hiroyasu Ito; wife, Mayumi Yamashita Gotou. Counselors -- Tomohiko Horiguchi, retained. Toshiyuki Matsui, 47, new recruit training research worker for Aichi Prefecture Education Center; wife, Hideko Yamamoto Matsui.
NAGOYA JAPAN STAKE: (Nov. 8, 1998) President -- Hiroyasu Ito, 42, managing director for Itou Kinzoku Com., succeeding Tosihide Tsukahara; wife, Hiromi Nishio Ito. Counselors -- Shinobu Hisaka, retained. Akio Tsurugi, 43, employed by Toumei Bankin; wife, Kazuko Syunsaku Tsurugi.
PAGE ARIZONA STAKE: (Nov. 15, 1998) President -- Paul Clive Worthen, 49, Spanish teacher in Page public schools, succeeding Leo Samuel Larson; wife, Christine Kay Barton Worthen. Counselors -- Stanford Arthur Bracken, 52, optometrist; wife, Card Durfey Bracken. Douglas Scott Gardner, 35, president of Page Steel Inc.; wife, Sherri Ann Fuentes Gardner.
QUILLOTA CHILE STAKE: (Nov. 8, 1998) President -- Arturo Mondaca S., 49, maintenance engineer for Southern Shipmanagement, succeeding Roberto Segundo Gallardo Cubillos; wife, Maria Brito M. de Mondaca. Counselors -- Boster Ricardo Bravo Roth, retained. Ricardo Antonio Olivares T., 30, salesman for Energas; wife, Yaquelina del Carmen Parra U. de Olivares.
RICHLAND WASHINGTON STAKE: (Nov. 15, 1998) President -- Gerald C. Sorensen Jr., 60, program manager for Battelle Memorial Institute, succeeding Larry Ernest Anderson; wife, Nancy Ann Clarke Sorensen. Counselors -- Brian J. Nelson, 39, seminary principal; M. Louise Johnson Nelson. Olin Craig Brown, 50, department manager at Siemens Power Corp.; wife, Nancy Lynn Gatewood Brown.
ST. GEORGE UTAH GREEN VALLEY STAKE: (Nov. 15, 1998) President -- Clifford Vernor Dunn, 48, attorney, succeeding L. David Muir; wife, Colleen Curtis Dunn. Counselors -- Ron L. Mendenhall, 49, self-employed physical therapist; wife, Nancy Schugk Mendenhall. Larry H. Bulloch, 50, St. George public works director; wife, Kathleen Davis Bulloch.