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Article: LDS breaks ground on Twin Falls temple.

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The Times-News (Twin Falls, ID)
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April 16, 2006
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Byline: Matt Christensen

Apr. 16--TWIN FALLS -- Magic Valley Mormons have something to celebrate today in addition to Easter. Leaders of the LDS church ceremoniously began construction of a new temple in Twin Falls Saturday when they plunged golden shovels into a stretch of land along Eastland Drive.

About a thousand Mormons -- mostly stake presidents and their families -- gathered to hear Elder Neil L. Andersen, a member of the Presidency of Seventy, preside over the invitation-only groundbreaking ceremony.

Excited LDS leaders said the new temple will serve nearly 50,000 area Mormons, as well as the non-LDS population of Twin Falls. ...

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