Three stakes have been created in California, Mexico, and New Zealand.

The Hastings New Zealand Flaxmere Stake, which includes the Flaxmere 1st, 2nd and 3rd, Heretaunga and Omahu wards has been created by Elder Lowell D. Wood of the Seventy.The Iguala Mexico Stake has been created by Elder Gary J. Coleman of the Seventy, and includes the Alameda, Balsas, Floresta, Insurgentes and Los Tamarindos wards, and the Huitzuco, Taxco and Tololoapan branches.

The Menifee California Stake has been created by Elder Lance B. Wickman of the Seventy. The new stake includes the Canyon Lake, Lake Elsinore, Lakeview, Menifee, Nuevo, Ortega, Perris, Sun City and Wildomar wards and the Lakeshore Branch.

Elsewhere, stakes have been reorganized in Brazil and New Zealand, and in Arizona, California, Florida, Utah and Wyoming.

New stakes

HASTINGS NEW ZEALAND FLAXMERE STAKE: (Oct. 15, 1995) Created from the Hastings New Zealand Stake. President - Lawrence Victor Maxwell, 42, operations manager for Jandor Enterprises/N.Z. Ltd., former stake executive secretary, bishop, assistant ward clerk, and deacons quorum adviser, married Yvonne Huntelerslag. Counselors - R. Andrew Joseph, 52, self-employed building contractor, former high councilor, stake mission president, stake clerk, bishop's counselor, ward clerk, and high priests group leader, married Marie Peve; Anthony William Morley, 27, sales representative for Huttons Kirri, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, and Young Men president, married Elizabeth Rihipa Ngawaka.

IGUALA MEXICO STAKE: (Oct. 15, 1995) Created from the Iguala Mexico District. President - Alberto Saucedo Roa, 32, owner of automobile body and paint shop, former district president's counselor, high councilor, and branch president and counselor, married Maria Reynalda Vargas Meza. Counselors - Javier Salgado Barrios, 31, teacher of children with hearing and speech disabilities, former district president's counselor, elders quorum president, and branch president, married Margarita Gonzalez Garcia; Julio Cesar Avalos Rayo, 32, construction supervisor, former ward clerk, elders quorum president, branch president's counselor, and branch clerk, married Norma Hernandez Bravo Olivarez.

MENIFEE CALIFORNIA STAKE: (Oct. 15, 1995) Created from the Moreno Valley California and Murrieta California stakes. President - Timothy Rudd, 35, dentist, former high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, and Young Men president, married Rebecca Dawn Storie. Counselors - Dennis Floyd Harrison, 48, purchasing manager for Advanced Cardiovascular, former high councilor, stake Young Men president's counselor, bishop and counselor, Sunday School teacher, and Cub Scout leader, married Ruth Ann Moore; Neal Edwin Mann, 74, editor of Chilton Publishing Co., former high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, and high priests group leader, married Ruth J. Harding.

Stake reorganizations

CHANDLER ARIZONA STAKE: (Oct. 8, 1995) President - Donald Lynn Jones, 55, optometrist; succeeding Martin D. Kempton; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Kathryn Peterson. Counselors - Hugh Edwin Dana, retained; J. Mitchell Jones, 46, relationship manager for Banc One Arizona, former high councilor, stake Young Men president's counselor, bishop and counselor, ward mission leader, and Scoutmaster, married Joanne Louise Wright.

HASTINGS NEW ZEALAND STAKE: (Oct. 15, 1995) President - Frederick J. Morley, 37, territory manager for Gillette N.Z. Ltd.; succeeding Marino Sidney Daniels; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop, ward mission leader, and Sunday School teacher, married Maymond Lotus Hill. Counselors - Dyce Tohiariki, 42, painter for Napier City Council, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Mereana Kingi; Darrell Ruthford Reid, 40, custodian for Church Area office, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, and Young Men president, married Gabriel Ihimaera.

HURRICANE UTAH STAKE: (Oct. 8, 1995) President - Glenn E. Stratton, 63, owner of Stratton Bros. Construction Co.; succeeding James Arnold Lemmon; former stake president's counselor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, and Scoutmaster, married Dora Karen Bringhurst. Counselors - H. Eugene Lyman, 58, self-employed marketing consultant and distributor of health and nutrition products, former high councilor, bishop, executive secretary, high priests group assistant, elders quorum president, Young Men president, and ward family history consultant, married Arlene Wilson; Scott W. Colton, 44, commercial banking center manager and vice president of Zions 1st National Bank, former bishop and counselor, and Young Men president, married Colleen Moncur.

LARAMIE WYOMING STAKE: (Oct. 15, 1995) President - Douglas W. Laws Jr., 53, associate professor at University of Wyoming; succeeding Gene A. Pratt; former high councilor, bishop and counselor, high priests group leader, and Sunday School teacher, married Lois Jean Call. Counselors - John J. Duvall, 59, principal scientist for Western Research Institute, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake missionary, ward mission leader, Sunday School teacher, deacons quorum adviser, and assistant Scoutmaster, married Joan LeFevre; Jonathan G. Woodstock, 39, institute director, former ward clerk, finance clerk, ward executive secretary, Young Men president, deacons quorum adviser and Scoutmaster, married Vickie Church.

LODI CALIFORNIA STAKE: (Oct. 15, 1995) President - Grant C. Anderson, 39, Church Educational System coordinator; succeeding Gerald Bingham; former stake mission president, bishop's counselor, high priests group leader, ward mission leader, and elders quorum president, married Martine Anna Fiddler. Counselors - John W. Parsons, 56, State Farm Insurance Co. agent, former stake mission president's counselor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president's counselor, and seminary teacher, married Mary Juanita Huggins; Bryant L. Bogren, 50, regional sales manager for Degussa Electronics, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president and counselor, Young Men president, teachers quorum adviser, and seminary teacher, married Judy M. Critchlow.

PANAMA CITY FLORIDA STAKE: (Oct. 8, 1995) President - Ricky A. Horst, 37, Lynn Haven, Fla., city manager; succeeding Carl Junior McArthur; former high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, executive secretary, elders quorum president, ward Young Men president, and seminary teacher, married Cynthia Louise Kennedy . Counselors - Brad A. Peddie, 39, self-employed, former high councilor, stake mission president and counselor, stake Young Men president's counselor, bishop's counselor, and ward Young Men president, married Wanda June Parrish; Martin L. Fordham, 38, director of surgery at Bay Medical Center, former bishop's counselor, ward clerk, ward executive secretary, ward mission leader, Young Men president, and teacher's quorum adviser, married Diana Lynn Murray.

PASADENA CALIFORNIA STAKE: (Oct. 15, 1995) President - R. Randall Huff, 55, attorney; succeeding Bruce Gordon McGregor; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, and bishop and counselor, married Kay Whiteley Taylor. Counselors - Duane H. Zobrist, 55, attorney, former regional welfare agent, stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake mission leader, bishop, and gospel doctrine teacher, married Sharon Ann Jones; Michael C. O'Neil, 44, vice president of Desco Health Care, former high councilor, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president's counselor, and Scoutmaster, married Debra Sorensen.

PLACENTIA CALIFORNIA STAKE: (Oct. 8, 1995) President - John C. Dalton IV, 52, president of Dalton Enterprises, Inc.; succeeding Earl Leslie Underwood Jr.; former stake president's counselor, high councilor, and bishop and counselor, married Louise Dean. Counselors - Craig T. Olson, 48, dentist, former high councilor, stake mission president, stake director of public affairs, bishop and counselor, executive secretary, seventies group leader, elders quorum president and counselor, and seminary teacher, married Lynette Romney; Kenneth F. Mitchell, 47, vice president of sales and marketing for Smiland Paint Corp., former high councilor, stake Young Men president, bishop and counselor, elders quorum president, gospel doctrine teacher, and teachers quorum adviser, married Lorayne Brown.

PRESCOTT ARIZONA STAKE: (Oct. 8, 1995) President - Jeffrey J. Anderson, 34, owner of Big O Tire; succeeding Phillip Tilford Larson; former high councilor, bishop, and elders quorum president, married Susan Lorraine Gasser. Counselors - Harold O. Tenney, 46, middle school principal, former high councilor, stake mission president, and bishop, married Kathryn Rich; D. Boyce Bryce, 54, partner in real estate development company, former high councilor, and bishop, married Marilyn Mitchell.

SUNSET UTAH STAKE: (Oct. 8, 1995) President - Ferris M. Kunz, 50, pharmacist for FHP; succeeding Thomas E. Lightfoot; former high councilor, stake executive secretary, bishop and counselor, ward executive secretary, elders quorum president, and Young Men president, married Nancy Ann Mather. Counselors - William J. Houston, 62, general manager of quality assurance at Hill AFB, former high councilor, stake mission president, stake missionary, bishop, high priests group leader, and elders quorum president, married Marian May Lyman; Courtney L. Bowen, 52, floor covering store owner, former stake membership clerk, stake Sunday School president, bishop and counselor, ward executive secretary, high priests group leader, ward Young Men president, and Explorer adviser, married Jean Shurtleff.

URUGUAIANA BRAZIL STAKE: (Oct. 15, 1995) President - Avri Guedes Pereira, 33, administrative supervisor for Cooperative de Las Vale Uruguaia; succeeding Saul Eduardo Seiguer Milder; former stake president's counselor, bishop, and executive secretary, married Pereira Neia Terezinha Bairros. Counselors - Marcelino Nicolau Gomes, 29, finance secretary at currency exchange, former stake president's counselor, high councilor, stake mission president, and Young Men president, married Rita Prates; Marcelo Bertin Dornezes, 28, bank officer for Federal Economic Loan, former high councilor, bishop's counselor, ward executive secretary, and elders quorum president, married Maria Molinari Dos Santos.