Another stake has been created at BYU. The Brigham Young University 19th Stake, which includes the Brigham Young University 31st, 41st, 49th, 74th, 107th, 158th, 176th, 178th, 181st and 195th wards, has been created by Elder Ben Banks of the Seventy.
Elsewhere, stakes have been reorganized in Tonga and Uruguay.
Stake reorganizations
MERCEDES URUGUAY STAKE: (July 19, 1998) President - Hubo Daniel Montaldo C., 46, building company owner; succeeding Alejandro Edelmiro Miranda S.; wife, Martha Susana Camejo V. de Montaldo. Counselors - Milton Jose Airala P., 41, self-employed contractor; wife, Mirta Beatriz Burgains R. de Airala. Never Ariel Chopitea M., 37, self-employed electrician; wife, Monica Alejandra Martinez A. de Chopitea.
NUKU`ALOFA TONGA LIAHONA STAKE: (Aug. 9, 1998) President - Martin Howard Niu, 45, director of physical facilities for Church Educational System in Tonga; succeeding Sitalati Lotulelei; wife, Jean Anita Malkovich Niu. Counselors - Malu Haapai Fakatou, 44, vehicle coordinator for Church administration office; wife, Tonga Teisa Tavalu Fakatou. Sioeli Aleaanga Unga, 36, works in special projects for Church Educational System; wife, Siutiti Samani Unga.
New stake
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 19TH STAKE: (Aug. 9, 1998) Created from the Brigham Young University 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 13th and 16th stakes. President - Thomas Edwin Myers, 50, medical doctor in family practice; wife, Marilou Dyreng Myers. Counselors - Ronald W. Asay, 50, cardiologist; wife, Vicky Louise Lane Asay. James Richard Rasband, 35, associate professor of law at BYU; wife, Mary Williams Rasband.