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Feature subject among those killed

LDS convert Annia St. Louis, of Haiti, died as a result of the recent earthquake. St. Louis, who was featured in the Nov. 19 issue of Mormon Times, recently graduated from medical school. Her husband, Jony, worked in the clinic for the Healing Hands for Haiti charitable rehabilitation organization. She was the proud mother of a 7-month-old and a 4-year-old.

Her injuries were not at first believed life-threatening. Word reached Dr. Jeff Randle, who founded Healing Hands, Jan. 16, that St. Louis died.

Jony and Annia St. Louis had visited Salt Lake City in 2005 — their first trip off the island and their first time flying in an airplane — and were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple.

By last weekend, 20 LDS Church members were confirmed dead, with many more missing.

BYU-TV celebrates 10 years on the air

BYU Television is celebrating 10 years of success, and in 2010 will be expanding its vision, according to lds mediatalk.com. BYU Television is a service provided by BYU Broadcasting. While KBYU-TV is a public service limited to Utah, BYU Television reaches audiences across the world on 650 cable systems — reaching more than 50 million households in the United States and millions more internationally.

BYU-TV's new tagline, "See the Good in the World," describes its mission to provide good content with LDS values, including content from BYU campuses and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Programs often include BYU devotionals, BYU sports, general conference and various religious and educational series.

For information about BYU-TV, go to byutv.org.

LDS athletes in the Winter Olympics

The world spotlight will be pointed to Vancouver, Canada, Feb. 12-28, for the 2010 Winter Olympics as some of the best athletes skate, ski and slide in hopes of medaling.

Mormon Times would like to highlight members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who will be competing in the games.

Please send their names, where they are from and the sport they are competing in to MormonTimes@desnews.com or call us at 801-333-7402.

In the 2006 Olympics in Torino, Italy, bobsledder Shauna Rohbock won a silver for the United States. Other LDS athletes included Michelle Despain, who competed for Argentina in the luge, and Australian snowboarder Torah Bright. Luger Werner Hoeger slid for his native Venezuela, and U.S. skier Steve Nyman also competed.