Shauna Valentine

People are just thrilled , said Shauna Valentine , regional public affairs director for the Church.It's a very special blessing to have a temple so close..

Accreditation Candidacy Given to BYU-Idaho - Deseret News / Additional storyRicks College has received accreditation candidacy status in its move from a junior college to a four-year institution.The college plans to introduce 46 bachelor's degree programs during the next five years.However , the accreditation process is ongoing and candidacy is not equivalent to full accreditation.

"People are just thrilled," said Shauna Valentine, regional public affairs director for the Church."It's a very special blessing to have a temple so close."

Accreditation Candidacy Given to BYU-Idaho - Deseret News / Additional story Ricks College has received accreditation candidacy status in its move from a junior college to a four-year institution.The college plans to introduce 46 bachelor's degree programs during the next five years.However, the accreditation process is ongoing and candidacy is not equivalent to full accreditation.

"We established some of the first permanent settlements here," said Shauna Valentine, regional public affairs director for the Latter-day Saints."We also improved the trail for other settlers going west."

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"The church had a special arrangement with the Native Americans (Omaha, Oto-Missouri and Pottawattamie tribes) to live there," Valentine said.

The first winter was deadly.Several hundred people died from scurvy and exposure.

But in spring, the settlements thrived.

The Latter-day Saints established farms to grow sugar beets, turnips and potatoes.
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Valentine believes the church has flourished in the Midlands for the same reason it has thrived throughout the world: "I think it's people searching for answers to life's questions and finding them in the Church."

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