Also, early Sunday morning, a special meeting was called for all the serving stake presidency, high councilors, clerks, and their wives. They were informed of the division of the stake and the calling of two new stake presidencies and officers. Love was expressed and testimonies born. As the river mists cleared in the morning sun, over 23009 Saints gathered from across the Valley for the conference. Present on the stand were Elder Richards, Regional Representative Nathan Tanner, President Little, and his counselors Robert Walker and Larry Wilson. The conference was under the direction of Elder Richards. Announcement of the division of the stake was made and the new boundaries set. The Morgan Utah Stake was to include the following wards: Croydon, Porterville, and Morgan 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th wards. The newly created Morgan Utah North Stake was to include Mountain Green, Peterson 1st, Peterson 2nd, and Milton 1st and 2nd wards. During the conference, the Peterson Ward was divided into the Peterson 1st and 2nd wards. Jerry Peterson was sustained as Bishop of the new Peterson 2nd Ward. After the announcement ofthe division and the sustaining ofthe new officers the retiring stake presidency and their wives were each given the opportunity to speak. They were followed by members of the newly sustained stake presidencies and their wives. Elder Richards then closed the conference with his powerful testimony.10 After the conference adjourned, the newly sustained stake officers were set apart. As President Taggan was set apart by Elder Richards, he remembers, the Apostle repeated many things "from my patriarchal blessing, then finished by saying, You are now the president ofthe Church in this area. Now you set apart your counselors.' I will never forget the feeling of the Apostle's hands upon my head." Elder Richards gave final words of counsel to the newly appointed brethren. He cautioned them to be concerned about the spirit ofthe law, not the letter, to teach and to love. He told President Poll, 'You have only one mission to accomplish. I want you to return all the people within the boundaries of this stake back to their Father in Heaven." When asked in a subsequent interview in the fall of 1985, what had been his main goal as president ofthe Morgan Utah Stake, President Taggart said, "For my two years, I tried to do everything with love. When people weren't happy, I tried to make them happy." Two years after being called as stake president, Jay Taggart was released when his work required him to move from the area. A short time later, he was called to serve as president ofthe Terrace View Stake in Ogden. His counselor, Lorin Tonks, was called to succeed him as president ofthe Morgan Utah Stake. In an interview four years after the division ofthe Morgan Stake President Poll reminisced, "On the day following the conference, I took the day off work and brought four or five chairs, a table, and some records down to the Mountain Green/Peterson meeting house and selected a room (the old 235