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Show DAILY Monday. April 7, 2008 HERALD A7 o w M P. CASEY Associated Press KEVIN Dr. Rob Killian poses in his office in Seattle on Sunday. Affirmation they are definitely interested in helping ... that they are sincere," he said. "We would like Continued from Al to start to a dialogue, even if tion petitioned the new leader it isn't immediately fruitful. to meet and begin an unprecFor Aff irmation, which has edented conversation about about 2,000 gay, lesbian and gays in the church. trans'gender members world. wide, an official meeting with Riley's letter, a copy of which was obtained by The anyone from the church orgaAssociated Press, says he and nization is unprecedented. Brown were asked by Mon-so- n Founded in secret by gay to meet with Affirmation students at BYU in 1977, Afon his behalf. firmation has traditionally "We believe that is always been ignored by church leaders, Melson said. important to have the opKillian called a meeting ' portunity to be given better understanding of your points between Affirmation and the of view so that the church church a "small improvement can appropriately understand and said he thinks the church your organization and how may be acting for public relabest to be helpful," Riley tions reasons. He fears it will wrote. perpetuate a false belief that the church will change. The meeting is scheduled for August, Riley confirmed "There is no way under the current system or the current to The Sunday in an Associated Press. administration that our story would be even listened to or Among the specifics Affirmation wants to address: heard," he said. Valerie Larabee, executive the historical treatment of director of the Utah Pride gays by the church, includCenter in Salt Lake City, is ing recommendations for more hopefuL aversion therapies to "cure" homosexuality; recommen"Any time that two groups dations for more effective : come together there's a counseling methods; ways to possibility, and I hope the avoid family break-upand possibility can lead to more a change in the honor code understanding, more accepat church-ownetance and less isolation," said Brigham Young University that can re- Larabee. ; sult in expulsion for sexually Many gay, lesbian and active gay students. The same transgender church members standard applies to straight seek support from the center students. after failing to find the help - "None of this requires a they need at LDS Family Serchange in doctrine," said Mel-so- vices, she said. "Part of the reason Affirma"They're good for both tion does their work is to build gays and the church." Melson, who spoke with bridges," Larabee said. "This Riley on Friday, said he asked is definitely the building of a if the meeting would result in bridge ... sometimes that proany change or was simply and cess is long and arduous." effort to placate Aff irmatioa "They said that there wont On the Net: be immediate changes, but ," www.affirmation.org t CRAIO DILGERDaily Herald Blair Buswell puts the finishing touches on a sculpture of an ox in his studio in Pleasant Grove. e coach of the San (a Francisco 49ers) at his senior football banquet. Some of Continued from Al Buswell's bronze sculptures were on display at the banquet length of an entire city block. "It is a dream job," says and Walsh was so impressed "It is a job that has been that he hired Buswell to make a lot of fun, one where I get a sculpture for the 49ers; That really excited to go to work. I introduction to the field of athdon't look forward to Fridays letic sculpture led to a job creand a I dont dread Mondays." ating sculptures for the Football Hall of Fame in Ohio. In Despite the fact that he has been working for the past 1990, Blair was honored as the six years on the wagon train Sports Artist of the Year by the United States Sports Acadsculpture, Buswell is not best known for his depictions of emy. He was the first sculptor the American West, but rather to receive the honor. for his sculptures of athletes. "It took me 25 years to make One of his primary clients is people really look like people," the Football Hall of Fame. Soon Buswell said. "Now I haven't ... he will have to take a break had much time at all to learn from his wagon train project about how to make animals to begin working on the sculp- and wagons. I make my sculptures of this year's inductees. tures from the inside out. That is why I have the skulls; so Buswell has been producing sculptures for the Hall of Fame that I can look at the structure for 26 years and in that time underneath and then build it has made at least 65 sculptures up. There is a reason that the of some of the world's best folds do what they do and it is athletes. cdused by what is underneath." "I got my big break from The process of sculpting a playing football at BYU," said larger than life, yet accurate, Buswell, who met Bill Walsh wagon train is even more Sculptor one-tim- ' Bus-we- n. ; complex than it sounds. Each of the components of the scene are originally sculpted at 14 of the actual size. That piece is then sent away to be scanned and then in mechanically formed out of foam at 54 actual size, thus creating a larger than life foam replica of Buswell's sculpture. That foam is then sent back to Buswell's studio, reinforced and coated with a layer of clay. Then the finishing touches in texture and detail are done in clay. The final clay sculp-tur- e will then be bronzed and shipped to the site in Nebraska. It is impossible to pinpoint how long it takes Buswell to finish a piece since he tends to move between several in order to keep a fresh outlook on each sculpture. However, Buswell esti- mates that each sculpture probably takes a month or more of cumulative time to complete. Despite his dedication to each work of art and 27 years as a professional sculptor, Buswell can't single out a particular piece as his favorite or even his three-dimensio- works-in-progre- ss OnDisplay: Buswell has a number of sculptures on the campus, mostly his BYU older work. His sculpture of LDS president Harold B. Lee is on display at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. , most challenging. Each sculpture presents a different set of challenges. "There are a lot of favorite pieces because of what they did for me, what they taught me and what I learned from doing them," Buswell said "The sculpture I did of Danny Ainge was important to me for getting an athlete in actioa I loved working with Charlton s; d Hestoa The Indian I have called "How Many More?" I love it because of the expression that I was able to capture in his face. I don't have one favorite, I can go through every sculpture and pick out what I learned from doing it." n. ; . mnmn mm m i 5 Mistakes People Can Make When Selecting A Back Pain Doctor : El Ttehircastoflow! Earn Your Certificate hi Less Than A Year, E3 Nrikrathevvtofestoryab ? ' ; El Nrtbarggiworiirjrsfeselerita El Nrifewiigter0bebre E Notbatquartotreatrnert r . g spinal decompression, a FREE consultation are a candidate, our web doctor consult online at www.spinalald.com and we've also put together a FREE DVD to help you understand. You can receive a copy simply by calling. 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