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New stake presidents

Published: Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009

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A new stake has been created.

The Duitama Colombia Stake,which includes the Barbosa branch, Duitama, El Bosque, El Sol, Solano and Tunja wards has been created by Elder Benjamin De Hoyos of the Seventy.

New stake

DUITAMA COLOMBIA STAKE: (June 28, 2009) Created from the Duitama Colombia District. President — Jairo Alonso Morales Correa, 34, administrative manager for Chic Style; wife, Sandra D. Castellanos de Morales. Counselors — Gerardo Emanuel Blanco Linero, 38, ticket agent at Coflonorte; wife, Susana Alexandra Rojas de Blanco. Marcelo Marino Martinez, 44, manager at Sogamoso Regional Hospital; wife, Naido Juliana Duran de Marino.

Stake reorganizations

BUCARAMANGA COLOMBIA STAKE: (June 28, 2009) President — Alexis Alfonso Bareno Colmenares, 42, maintenance and operations supervisor for the Church, succeeding Felix Alfredo Torres Tarazona; wife, Stella Ines Leon de Bareno. Counselors — Luis Felipe Marin, 38, manager at an investment firm; wife, Gloria Milena Rodriguez de Felipe. Jaime Chavez Pabon, 31, manager at an insurance agency; wife, Norly Eidy Molina de Chavez.

CLEARFIELD UTAH SOUTH STAKE: (July 19, 2009) President — Adam Del Moulding, 31, manager for RC Willey, succeeding H. Kent Rappleye; wife, Katie Jean Hess Moulding. Counselors — Trevor Thomas Wilson, 40, junior high principal for Ogden City Schools; wife, Karri Ellen Louis Wilson. Spencer Wayne Stout, 36, mechanical staff engineer for L-3 Communications; wife, Liesel Ann Powell Stout.

GLENDALE ARIZONA STAKE: (April 19, 2009) President — Keith Curtis Forsberg, 38, partner of Tull, Forsberg & Olson, succeeding Franklin C. Forsberg; wife, Stephanie Anne Blewster Forsberg. Counselors — Todd Lewis Westover, 41, president of Accutemp Refrigeration; wife, Delana Jo Williams Westover. Dennis Lee Cathcart, 47, chiropractor; wife, Carolyn Yvonne Jarvis Cathcart.

OWEGO NEW YORK STAKE: (Jan. 25, 2009) President — Mark Andrew Beck, 44, vice president of Live Science Division for Corning Inc., succeeding Ealvin W. Gehen; wife, Adrienne Louise Peacock Beck. Counselors — Edmond Frank Morreall, 39, partner and attorney for Gitto & Niefer, LLP; wife, Tina Mandarino Morreall. David Wallace Barth, 48, program manager for Lockheed Martin; wife, Ronda Millward Barth.

MANAUS BRAZIL RIO AMAZONAS STAKE: (June 28, 2009) President — Alcides Pereira Martins, 53, police investigator for the state of Amazonas, succeeding Lairton de Jesus Ramos; wife, Benvinda Nery de Oliveira Martins. Counselors — Francisco Ferreira da Silva, 53, driver at Leo Rent a Car; wife, Clarice Monteiro da Silva. Paulo Messias Morais Nogueira, 35, auxiliary staff at Integration Center Business School; wife, Silvia Lana Lobato Valente Nogueira.