LDS Scene

An office and retail shopping complex will be built on property across the street from the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City, the First Presidency has announced. The project will include a twenty-two-story tower and a low-rise building on the corner of State Street and South Temple, where the old Bank of Utah Building now is. Zion’s Securities Corporation, the Church’s property investment subsidiary, will develop the project. Construction is expected to begin in September and to be completed in 1986.

The First Presidency has announced the calling of presidents for three missions: Sidney B. Henderson of Santa Rosa, California, to preside over the West Virginia Charleston Mission; Weymouth D. Pew of Mesa, Arizona, to preside over the Ohio Columbus Mission; Scott H. Taggart of Kirkland, Washington, to preside over the Canada Montreal Mission.

The Relief Society has announced winners of its 1983 song contest. First prize was awarded for “To Serve,” with music and lyrics by Janice G. Bishop. “For the Bridegroom Cometh,” with music by Janice Kapp Perry and lyrics by Val C. Wilcox, won second place. The third place winner was “Lord of the Chamber That Holds the Rain,” with music by Marybeth R. Jones and lyrics by Marylou C. Leavitt. “She Shall Be Praised,” with music by Sheryl J. Martineau and lyrics by Sherrie Johnson, won an honorable mention.

Hawaii Statehood Parade officials liked the combined Brigham Young University-Hawaii-Polynesian Cultural Center entry so well that they put it first among all the units that marched July 4. The entry included a float depicting native immigrants, students carrying large United States and Hawaii flags, and the Polynesian Cultural Center’s marching band.

A Brigham Young University professor is heading a three-year project to microfilm 3.5 million pages of Coptic manuscripts in nine monasteries and seven churches in Egypt. S. Kent Brown says the project will establish a major resource at BYU and “extend a helping hand in preserving the literary heritage of the most important Christian minority in Egypt.” Most of the manuscripts are medieval, but some go back to earlier copies which will reflect the history and religious life of early Christians in Egypt, he says.