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December 28, 2009 Happy New Year from Latter-day Sentinel!
By Dennis West, PublisherShare:  
December 28, 2009 — As this year comes to a close I thought it would be good to take a moment to thank everyone for helping us make Latter-day Sentinel a success in 2009.
When we first launched the site back on June 1 of 2009, we started with just over 80 subscribers to our free weekly e-mails. Now, almost seven months later, our subscriber base has grown to over 450 with even more readers who receive updates through Facebook and other methods.
We've been blessed with excellent writers and advertisers who assist in keeping the quality of the site at high standards and we've had opportunities with local business to provide valuable promotions and rewards to our subscribers.
Looking forward to 2010 we are even more committed to continuing to bring interesting stories about the LDS community in the Spokane Temple District. We are working on additional contests and promotions that will be fun and rewarding for our subscribers and we are continuing to make our free classified section available to anyone who has something special they'd like to post.
We'd like to encourage everyone to communicate with us if you have story ideas or suggestions in ways that we can make Latter-day Sentinel better for all.
Thanks again for making Latter-day Sentinel great! We'll see you all in 2010!
Sincerely,
Dennis West
Publisher
Bridge across the ocean - CdA man reaches spiritual destination
By Kara Houser, Staff WriterShare:
December 28, 2009 — A simple classified ad in a small British newspaper marked the beginning of Neil McElligott's journey to America and his discovery of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
McElligott, currently a member of the Post Falls 2nd Ward, Coeur d'Alene Stake, spent the first 22 years of his life in a small Yorkshire town in England with his father and brother. His parents divorced when he was only 3 years old and his mother moved away.
Like the rest of his family, McElligott loved music and played numerous instruments, including trumpet, flute and coronet. He counted it a great honor when he occasionally got to play with his father's band on evenings or weekends.
Then one day, McElligott's life changed when he received a phone call from his grandmother who worked at the local newspaper office and always seemed to know everything that was going on.
"I think your mom is trying to find you," she said, and then proceeded to read him a classified ad that she had found. It had his mother's name and simply said that she was looking for her two sons, Neil and Ian. It then gave their approximate ages and listed a phone number in the United States. The last McElligott had heard of her had been almost 12 years earlier when she moved to Turkey to play music at a military base. He had no idea what had taken her to the United States.
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Image of the Week
By Trish Melland, Guest ContributorShare:
December 28, 2009 — 
"We had a winter visitor in our front yard. Our pitbull thought he could take her, but when she got close he decided to retreat back into his dog house!" Photo by Trish Melland, Elk, WA.
Do you have a picture you'd like to see as the Latter-day Sentinel's Image of the Week? Send your photo plus a brief description to ldsnews@latterdaysentinel.com. If your image is chosen as the Image of the Week, you'll be notified before it's included in the weekly mailing.
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