Odds and Ends: Temple construction news, family history events and Scouting honors

The Sanpete County Pyramid featured a story on a furniture craftsman this week.

Aaron Carter of Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete County, is currently working on 34 pieces of furniture for the Tegucigalpa Honduras Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The article explained the process: the church sends pictures of the desired finished project and Carter builds it from scratch.

"Many of the pieces are like a puzzle and all comes together to make a work of art," it reads.

The Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple has made an appearance in a few construction news sources recently.

Construction News and The A to Z of Building both reported that Gate Precast Company, a precast concrete company based in Jacksonville, Fla., announced they've been awarded the precasting contract for Florida's second Mormon temple.

The 28,000-square-foot building will not be the first temple Gate Precast has supplied concrete paneling for. They also worked on the temple in Kansas City, Mo., the Orlando Florida Temple and are currently helping with the Arizona temples in Gilbert and Phoenix.

As temple construction continues, family history work seems to be catching many peoples' attention too.

The Monterey County (Calif.) Herald ran an article about Ancestor Roundup 2012, a seminar organized by the Family History Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Seaside, Calif. The event is in its 31st year. Don Locke, director of the center, told the Herald that turnout has grown thanks to shows like "Who Do You Think You Are?" and "Faces of America" that have sparked peoples' interest.

"And people can do so much more now with computers," Locke said. "People can fit it in their schedule better."

Thousands of miles away, Virgin Islands Daily News published an article about the Caribbean Genealogy Library. The center uses many different resources, the article explained, including resources provided by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

"The Family History Library specializes in records used for genealogical research worldwide," it reads. "So, even if a family history is located outside the Virgin Islands, the Caribbean Genealogy Library can be a useful tool for tracking down lost relatives or learning more about them."

The News & Record in Greensboro, N.C., put a personal spin on family history, highlighting the work of Debbie Cummings, an avid genealogist who volunteers at her local LDS Family History Center.