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New stake presidents

Published: Saturday, June 11, 2011

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Three new stakes have been created.

A new stake has been created from the Lagos Nigeria West and Lagos Nigeria stakes. The Lagos Nigeria South Stake, which includes the Ajangbadi and Ikoyi branches and Apapa, Festac, Lekki, Okokomaiko and Satellite wards, was created by Elder Joseph W. Sitati of the Seventy and Elder Richard Ahadjie, an Area Seventy.

The Salt Lake Pioneer YSA Stake, which includes the Cannon YSA, Capitol Hill YSA, Gateway YSA, Grant YSA, LeGrand YSA, Liberty YSA, Madison YSA, Park YSA, Rose Park YSA, Temple View YSA, Wells YSA and Westminster YSA wards, was created by Elder LeGrand R. Curtis Jr. of the Seventy and Elder Patrick Price, an Area Seventy.

A new stake has been created from the Tegucigalpa Honduras Toncontin Stake. The Tegucigalpa Honduras Loarque Stake, which includes the Ojojona and Villeda branches and Jardines de Toncontin, Nuevo Loarque, Pedregal, Roble Oeste and Tizatillo wards, was created by Elder James B. Martino of the Seventy and Elder Carlos Astorga, an Area Seventy.

LAGOS NIGERIA SOUTH STAKE: (May 15, 2011) President — Umana Effiong Umana, 41, facilities/real estate manager; wife, Stella Ngozi Ikeya. Counselors — Nosakhare Calvin-Brown Okhomina, 39, medical doctor; wife, Beauty Ojo Okhomina. Herbert Member, 43, supervisor/manager; wife, Ifeoma Angela Ezema.

SALT LAKE PIONEER YSA STAKE: (May 5, 2011) President — Richard B. Kinnersley, 68, association management consultant; wife, Pamela Jean Allen Kinnersley. Counselors — Stanford Browning Owen, 67, private practice attorney/adjunct law professor for J. Reuben Clark Law School; wife, Barbara Butters Owen. Stephen Green Stoker, 66, attorney; wife, Patricia Evelyn Henriksen Stoker.

TEGUCIGALPA HONDURAS LOARQUE STAKE: (May 15, 2011) President — Daniel David Dominguez Sauceda, 47, key accounts manager; wife, Ingrid Yamileth Dominguez Berrios. Counselors — Suiney Jair Bonilla Manzanares, 29, management assistant; wife, Sayly Gezzelo Perdomo Bonilla. Roy Americo Aceituno Luque, 51, school transportation; wife, Norma Leticia Andino Hernández.

Stake reorganizations

ABILENE TEXAS STAKE: (May 14, 2011) President — Gordon Dean Warren, 56, inventory consultant; succeeding Charles Lon Webb; wife, Arja Christiana Van Vemde Warren. Counselors — Bliss Oliver Bignall III, 50, software engineer; wife, Patricia June N. Gaiser Bignall. Cavin Ray Hill, 43, president of Texas Aerospace; wife, Stephanie Ann Thorsted Hill.

ACCRA GHANA MCCARTHY HILL STAKE: (May 15, 2011) President — Isaac Kobina Mensah, 38, area construction manager; succeeding Philip Kwame Weah Yawson Xaxagbe; wife, area construction manager. Counselors — Johnny Oman Baddoo, 36, senior finance analyst; wife, Josephine Aku Dzineku. Dwamena A. Frimpong, 39, area purchasing manager; wife, Patience Dwamena-Frimpong.

BLACKFOOT IDAHO SOUTH STAKE: (May 15, 2011) President — Christian M. Cannon, 46, certified public accountant; succeeding Dale W. Christiansen; wife, Corenna Critchfield Cannon. Counselors — Douglas William Eddington, 62, regional facilities manager; wife, Janet Whitman Eddington. Shawn Sylvester Hepworth, 36, occupational therapist; wife, Bonnie Heather Bray Hepworth.

FUGISAWA JAPAN STAKE: (May 15, 2011) President — Yukiyoshi Watanabe, 54, marketing manager; succeeding Akatsuka Shu; wife, Yumiko Haga Watanabe. Counselors — Ohnishi Makoto, 55, department head of analytical chemistry; wife, Taeko Ohnishi. Katsuya Nagao, 41, planning division manager; wife, Yuki Mochizuki Nagao.

GRAHAM WASHINGTON STAKE: (May 22, 2011) President — John R. Almond, 44, orthodontist; succeeding Brian L. McCoy; wife, Ann Barbara Fletcher Almond. Counselors — Roger D. Daines, 58, electrician; wife, Julia Jean Chesley Daines. Richard Carl Smith, 63, district director for U.S. Immigration Service; wife, Delores Jean McCool Smith.

LAGOS NIGERIA WEST STAKE: (May 15, 2011) President — Christian Chiemezuolam Chigbundu, 40, financial accountant/manager; succeeding Adeyinka Ayodeji Ojediram; wife, Felicia Mabeodichi Chigbundu. Counselors — Azubuike Aluma Alvan Ikoku, 37, assistant to area director; wife, Nicole Mimi Asom Ikoku. Ikpe George Nkanang, 45, managing director; wife, Brenda Ikpe Nkanang.

LIMA PERU SAN GABRIEL STAKE: (May 15, 2011) President — Carlos Alfredo Rodgriguez Tito, 39, production monitor; succeeding Luciano Jose Garcia Romero; wife, Olinda Quispe Velarde. Counselors — Edwin Aldrin Miranda Acha, 41, construction technician; wife, Rocio Miranda Vicerrel. Tito B. Quispe Gandulias, 50, taxi driver; wife, Nanci Mariela Chusn Zevollas.

METEPEC MEXICO STAKE: (March 19, 2011) President — Guillermo Alejandro López Villaseñor, 46, human resource manager; succeeding Francisco Javier Bravo V.; wife, Blanca Esthela Vélez Benitez. Counselors — Prometeo Sandino Román Corral, 37, marketing manager; wife, Guadalupe Villanueva Rojas. Roberto Emmanuel Santos Gonzalez, 38, lawyer; wife, Veronica Yazmin Rocha Anaya.

PAEA TAHITI STAKE: (May 1, 2011) President — Bryan T. Jamet, 31, design technician; succeeding Claude Ahyn Nauta; wife, Christel Reva Naudet Jamet. Counselors — Alfred T. Manarii, 41, storekeeper; wife, Violette Vinepa Teaotea Manarii. Rainui Francois Xavier Ariipeu, 35, technical support representative; wife, Debra Jeanne McGrevy Ariipeu.

PAYSON UTAH SOUTH STAKE: (May 22, 2011) President — Wayne G. Pullan, 51, deputy area manager; succeeding David C. Dahlquist; wife, Linda Sue Henderson Pullan. Counselors — Mathew Scott Swan, 55, vice president for Intermountain Farmers Association; wife, Jodeen Jensen Swan. Alonzo Lee Gaskill, 44, associate professor at Brigham Young Univerity; wife, Lori Katherine Hood Gaskill.