Dear Friends..... I received this over an LDS chat list....I cannot verify it's veracity...but, if true, it would be WONDERFUL!! Michele Greetings: After seeing reports and rumors of reports about a Ukraine Temple announcement over the weekend on this and other Internet sources, I decided to check the facts with a reliable source. I interviewed a spokesman with the Church's Public Affairs Department this afternoon (Wednesday, July 29, 1998) by telephone shortly before 4:00 p.m. MDT (2200 UTC). He confirmed the following: * President Hinckley did announce the planned construction of a small temple for Ukraine during at least one of the several Monticello, Utah, Temple dedicatory sessions on Sunday and/or Monday. * No official press release will be issued until it can be announced "in an official LDS publication in about a week and a half." (Watch for it in the August 8, 1998, issue of LDS Church News, 10 days from today --DVT) * Even though a press release has not yet been issued, President Hinckley has already announced construction of a small temple in Ukraine and, according to the spokesman, "You can't get more official than that." Hope this helps clarify, David V. Tilton Palm Bay, Florida, USA dtilton@bellsouth.net