Elder Lynn A. Mickelsen of the Seventy has created the Vina Del Mar Chile Miraflores Stake, which includes the Las Maravillas, Lusitania, Miraflores Alto, Villa Dulce, and Villa Independencia wards.
Elsewhere, stakes were reorganized in Chile, and in California, Georgia, Idaho, Washington and Virginia.
New stake
VINA DEL MAR CHILE MIRAFLORES: (Dec. 19, 1993) Created from the Achupallas Chile Stake. President - Jorge Bernardo Toro Montecino, 31, taxi driver, former high councilor and bishop's counselor, married Kathy Sue Williams. Counselors - Luis Hector Fuenzalida Rojas, 55, military officer, former stake mission leader, bishop, and ward mission leader, married Emelina Lopez Achurra; Jaime Fernando Arancibia Massa, 32, computer programmer, former high priests group leader and elders quorum president, married Ivonne de Los Angeles Nunez Vega.
Stake reorganizations
ACHUPALLAS CHILE: (Dec. 19, 1993) President - Jorge Enrique Garcia S., 46, mill operator, succeeding Luis Alino Pereira Pereira; former bishop and branch president, married Silvis del Rosario Saavedra Moreno. Counselors - Hector Edgardo Otarola Soto, 34, teacher, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, and branch president, married Soto Ruth Ines Herrera Maldonado-Diaz; Edurado Irenio Lopez Araya, 28, regional seminary teacher/Church Educational Systems, former high councilor and stake mission president, married Monolia Escudero Ance.
KENNEWICK WASHINGTON EAST: (Feb. 6, 1994) President - David Bennett Ottley, 46, health physicist, succeeding Clyde Raymond Carter; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and counselor, stake and ward Young Men president, and ward mission leader, married Charlene Mae Hodson. Counselors - Duane Rees Magleby, 43, sales representative, former stake president's counselor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Shelley Joan Armstrong; Andrew LaVell Veteto, 59, sales manager, former high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop, Young Men president, and high priests group leader and assistant, married Barbara Jeanne Merrill.
MARIETTA GEORGIA EAST: (Feb. 13, 1994) President - Steven L. Driscoll, 47, manager of nuclear power operations institute, succeeding Paul Andersen Snow; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake missionary, bishop, and Young Men president, married Nadine Thurston. Counselors - Jon D. Collins, 54, instructor at Pickens Technical Institute, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, high priests group leader, ward mission leader, Young Men president, and Scoutmaster, married Anita Joy Hamilton; Hal C. Kendrick, 36, investment officer, former bishop and counselor, financial clerk, ward mission leader, and Young Men president, married Julie Elaine Barney.
MODESTO CALIFORNIA: (Jan. 30, 1994) President - Murray Kendall Jacobs, 45, oral surgeon, succeeding LaNell Stevens Topham; former stake president's counselor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Janie Perkins. Counselors - Merrill Rex Lewis, 53, accounting manager, former high councilor, stake president's counselor, bishop's counselor, and seminary teacher, married Vicky Lewis; Scott Taylor Seamons, 46, chief executive officer of rehabilitation hospital, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, ward mission leader, seminary teacher, and Scoutmaster, married Susan Claire Warnick.
MONTPELIER IDAHO SOUTH: (Feb. 20, 1994) President - Demar Webster Romrell, 59, farmer and rancher, succeeding Kay Bunn Rasmussen; former high councilor, stake mission president, elders quorum president, Sunday School superintendent, branch president, and Explorer adviser, married Cathren Darlene Welker. Counselors - Evan Harrison Pope, 53, rancher, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, and elders quorum president, married Dotty Jo Alley; Craig Harold Thomas, 44, deputy director of Bear Lake Regional Commission, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, high priests group leader, Sunday School president, and Blazer leader, married Linda Kay Williams.
NORFOLK VIRGINIA: (Jan. 16, 1994) President - David Shaw Wright, 43, professor of physics at Tidewater Community College, succeeding Daniel Claborn Dills; former high councilor, stake clerk, stake executive secretary, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, ward clerk, and ward Young Men president, married Donna Lee Hickey. Counselors - Richard Alan Monteith, 47, attorney, former high councilor, stake mission president, stake executive secretary, stake Young Men president, bishop, ward clerk, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Nancy Jane Harvey; Darrell Mark Harding, 35, attorney, former high councilor, stake mission president, and bishop, married Linley Bauss.
