Two new stakes have been created.
Middleton Idaho Stake, which includes the Middleton 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th wards, has been created by Elder Steven E. Snow of the Seventy.
Syracuse Utah Legacy Park Stake, which includes the Centennial Park, Center, Legacy Park, Maplewood, Syracuse 2nd, Syracuse 3rd and Syracuse 11th wards, has been created by Elder Shirley D. Christensen of the Seventy.
New stakes
MIDDLETON IDAHO STAKE: (March 4, 2007) Created from the Caldwell Idaho and Caldwell Idaho North stakes. President Zachary Fay Evans, 39, Church Educational System Boise Institute associate director; wife, Melanie Ann Harris Evans. Counselors — Mark W. Peterson, 47, project manager at Hewlett Packard; wife, Marlene Tirrell Peterson. Leeren L. Walker, 62, owner of Walker Painting; wife, Beverly Ray Walker.
SYRACUSE UTAH LEGACY PARK STAKE: (March 11, 2007) Created from the Syracuse Utah South Stake. President Lyle Richard Elmore, 64, district executive at Boy Scouts of America; wife, Linda Mitton Elmore. Counselors — LeGrand William Bitter, 49, executive director at Utah Association of Special Districts; wife, Donita Jeanine Townley Bitter. Alan Forbes Thurgood, 47, president/owner of Ensign Systems; wife, Barbara Templeton Thurgood.
Stake reorganizations
BALANGA PHILIPPINES STAKE: (March 4, 2007) President Eric Santos Perrin, 31, Church project inspector, succeeding Raul Santos Villanueva; wife, Maridel Bernabe David Perrin. Counselors — Alfredo Berba Pajarin, 37, Church cleaning contractor; wife, Maria Dulce Angeles Hernandez. Elmer Yumol Baluyot, 38, sales supervisor at K-Servico Trade Inc; wife, Ellen Deguzman Dagta Baluyot.
EPHRAIM UTAH STAKE: (March 4, 2007) President Kim C. Averett, 54, Church Educational System teacher/instructor, succeeding Richard William Wheeler; wife, Lucinda Rae Telford Averett. Counselors — Paul Edward Fore, 55, Chemistry professor at Snow College; wife, Rebecka Clarke Fore. Robert John Isaac Oliver, 58, director of facilities at Snow College; wife, Nancy Lee Oliver.
GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR CENTENARIO STAKE: (Feb. 11, 2007) President Carlos Enrique Manzur C., 41, laboratory representative at Pfizer Laboratory, succeeding Carlos Stalin Puruncajas Almea; wife, Rebeca del Pilar Arreaga B. de Manzur. Counselors — Erwin Richard Orejuela A., 38, sales executive at Jara Hardware Store; wife, Veronica Asuncion Brunis B. de Orejuela. Victor Hugo Cherrez C., 35, self-employed; wife, Angelys del Rosario Hernandez B. de Cherrez.
OREM UTAH COLLEGE 2ND (STUDENT SINGLE) STAKE: (March 11, 2007) President John Peter Livingstone, 56, associate professor at Brigham Young University, succeeding Renn Mathew Patch; wife, Linda Jean Lowry Livingstone. Counselors — Robert McCarty Kenneth, 57, associate professor of religion, fund-raising at LDS Foundation; wife, Debra McCarty. Kimball E. Parker, 52, owner of Hunting & Fishing; wife, Jill Jorgensen Parker.
QUITO ECUADOR CALDERON STAKE: (Feb. 18, 2007) President David Alexis Benalcazar R., 34, senior associate/attorney at Paz & Horquitz Attorneys, succeeding Jorge Gonzalo Montoya Cardenas; wife, Johana Elizabeth Trujillo M. de Benalcazar. Counselors — Carlos Renan Calderon P., 50, self-employed; wife, Nelly Margoth Ortiz L. de Calderon. Juan Alberto Romero G., 32, manager at Grupot Co.; wife, Paola Jeasmin Montoya C. de Romero.
SALT LAKE BUTLER STAKE: (Feb. 25, 2007) President Robert Winton Mendenhall, 52, president of Western Governors University, succeeding Mark Woodrow Stevens; wife, Kathleen Ann White Mendenhall. Counselors — Douglas Joseph Parry, 65, president of Parry, Anderson & Gardner; wife, Linda Lee Roberts Parry. Roger Dee Henriksen, 51, attorney at Parr Waddoups; wife, Rebecca Mary Hanks Henriksen.
