$1.50 November 18, 2022 | Vol. 1 Iss. 9
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Nedra Tucker
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MORGAN COUNTY NEWS Since 1929
Christmas tree lot in Morgan offers fresh-cut Christmas trees By Verlene Johnson
ver the decades, artificial Christmas Trees have become the norm for the ease and convince of not traveling down below to a lot or climbing a mountain to cut your own. However, two local brothers freshly harvest trees just a week before they open right here in Utah. This means the trees stay green and fresh well beyond the time you have it in your home, claims Kody Brooks, owner of the Brooks Family Christmas Tree lot located on the north end of Commercial Street in Morgan. Kody and Jared Brooks started the Christmas tree lot in 2020. “It was a great opportunity to bring some light during all the isolation,” said Kody. “We knew that Morgan could use the convivence of having a tree lot right in town instead of traveling down below. We also thought it would be good to bring something else you could bring your family to and have fun.” Having people come not only from all over Morgan but from Ogden, Eden, Henefer, Coalville, Park City, and Layton, Kody believes the Christmas tree lot helps bring activity to Commercial Street and the surrounding businesses. “We have a lot of people come and look at trees and we enjoy visiting with them around the fire. It is great to have another reason for people to gather.” “Our first year was a little scary because it takes a lot of money, time, and resources to put this together,” said Kody. “The response of the community has been amazing, and we are extremely grateful for those that have supported us in many ways!” Not sure if it would be successful or not; by the time Christmas came around they had sold most of their trees and said they had a lot of fun. They are now about to embark on their third year running the Christmas tree lot and hope they will be there for years to come. The Brooks roots run deep in Morgan. Their fourth great-grandfather from Norway Moved to Morgan 122 years ago; since then, there has been a direct line of Brooks descendants that have lived in Morgan. Kody and Jared Brooks have worked together for 15 years serving Morgans law care needs. Kody said just made sense for them to do the Christmas tree lot together. The lot will open Nov. 24 and will remain open until they sell out of fresh cut Christmas trees. l
Western New York gets buried under 6 feet of snow in some areas
Residents in western New York got even more snow Saturday after a major winter storm walloped the region Friday, dropping a total of more than 6 feet in some areas and shutting down schools and businesses. The National Weather Service said snow was falling in parts of Niagara County at a rate of two to three inches per hour on Saturday afternoon.
An Indonesian quake kills more than 160 people and injures hundreds
CIANJUR, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake killed at least 162 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia’s main island on Monday. Terrified residents fled into the street, some covered in blood and debris. Many of the dead were public-school students who had finished their classes for the day and were taking extra lessons at Islamic schools when they collapsed.
Fears of crypto contagion are growing as another company’s finances wobble
Morgan High School announces this year’s Sterling Scholar winners M
organ High School announced their Sterling Scholar winners last Thursday, Nov 17. The Sterling Scholar program is a statewide scholarship competition where high school students have the opportunity to apply for any of the 15 categories. Winners for each category are then selected at a school and region level and universities from across the state award these students scholarships. Students from each category are judged on five criteria: their overall academic achievements and GPA,
Andy Warhol ‘Car Crash’ painting nets $85.4 million at auction after 35 years
A monumental silkscreen painting, part of one of Andy Warhol’s most pivotal series, sold for $84.5 million at Sotheby’s Nov. 16, more than 131 times more than the last time it appeared at auction nearly four decades ago.
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leadership positions they’ve held and the positive influence they’ve had on their peers, service done throughout the community and the students overall citizenship, how judges feel the student answered questions pertaining to their category, and a students accomplishments and awards in the category for which they applied. For a student to win the Sterling Scholar award they must show excellence in each area without obvious weaknesses. This years Sterling Scholar winners at Morgan High School are as follows; Agricultural Science, Addison Turner; Business and Marketing, Aspen Wheelwright; Computer Technology,
Nadia Cadena; Dance, AlixAnn Miller; English, Cameron Bess; in Generals, Ben Nichols; Instrumental Music, Sharon Gunn; Mathematics, Lucy Tripp; Science, Hannah Cantrell; Skilled and Technical Science, Logan Penrod; Social Science, Landri LaJeunesse; Speech, Theatre Arts and Forensics, Jenna Windley; Visual Arts, Spencer Pincock; and Vocal Performance, Brickman Walker. These students have all excelled in their categories and will move on to compete at a regional level later this school year. l
Fears that the collapse of FTX will lead to more destruction in the crypto industry are hitting almost every investor in the United States, from individuals to major Wall Street firms, with many wondering if another cryptocurrency trading platform called Genesis will fall next. So far, those fears have not been realized, and a Genesis spokesman said in a statement to NPR on Tuesday that “our goal is to resolve the current situation in the lending business without the need for any bankruptcy filing.” But Genesis has reportedly warned potential investors that it may need to file for bankruptcy if it fails to quickly raise a significant chunk of cash - $1 billion, according to Bloomberg News.
Bob Iger is returning to Disney as CEO
Iger is retaking the reins of a company that’s very different from the one he led when he stepped down as chief executive in February 2020. With $1.5 billion in streaming losses last quarter alone, park fans unhappy, sinking cable networks like ESPN dealing with cord cutting, and a moribund stock price, Iger has his work cut out for him.