Briefs

Park owner asks tenants to keep paying

MOSCOW - The owner of Syringa Mobile Home Park is asking tenants to continue paying rent despite rumors that he may be putting the property on the market.

The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports Magar E. Magar is facing a lawsuit brought against him by Syringa residents after they were without proper water and sewer services for more than 90 days in 2013. An attorney working on the class action lawsuit, Maureen Laflin, said tenants will be meeting Monday to go over details of the case.

Magar has said the water and wastewater operator is still on the job and that necessary testing had been completed. He insists that everything is now working fine.

Magar has been fined as a result of the case. Laflin said Magar is far behind on those payments.

Mormon leader dies soon after cancer diagnosis

SALT LAKE CITY - The son of Mormon leader L. Tom Perry said his father died within 40 days of being diagnosed with rare anaplastic thyroid cancer and his family was shocked how it spread like "wildfire."

Lee Perry told the Deseret News on Sunday that his father, L. Tom Perry, met the terminal diagnosis with his customary acceptance of the Lord's will.

L. Tom Perry was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' highest governing body, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, when he died Saturday at the age of 92 in Salt Lake City.

- Associated Press