LaDaSa man accidentally excommunicated when he is mistaken as creator of 'Mormon Rap'

AMERICAN FORK - Walter N. Hays has had a rough week. Resident of American Fork and (former) LaDaSa member of the American Fork west stake, Mr. Hays was mistakenly excommunicated earlier this week by his stake president, Howard McDonald. Turns out Pres. McDonald made a serious error.

"I feel terrible, I really do. I had no idea that the Mormon Rap was done by a band. I thought it was an individual," said Pres. McDonald. "My brother used to listen to that song all the time and it drove me nuts. I even left the church for a stretch because it hurt my testimony so much. I figured that if prophets were inspired they would have known that turd was coming down the pike and put a stop to it. Obviously they didn't so I withdrew from church."

20 years of regret: "It should've been the September Seven"

Dennis Whitesides

Story by Lyman Johnson
New Plymouth - Regrets, he's had a few. Dennis Brownsides often sits quietly in his New Plymouth, ID home, wondering what could have been. "Had I only known what was coming down the road..." He drifts off into deep thought again, staring into the distance.

I've come to this sleepy Idaho town to answer the question: How close were we to having a September Seven? Dennis and I have been meeting the past few days to pore over old photographs and scan through old journal entries. "I grew up as a LaDaSa. I bet you didn't know that". I did actually. I'd done my homework. "Let's get back to the journals," I say wearily. It's been a grinding, depressing few days.