$1.50 December 16, 2022 | Vol. 1 Iss. 12
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Living Nativity
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NEWS BREAK Biden signs into law Respect for Marriage act After months of work on Capitol Hill and years of evolving attitudes, Joe Biden will sign into law a bipartisan bill that will codify same-sex and interracial marriages today. In 2004, just 42% of Americans said they were in support of same-sex marriage. Today, it's 68%. The change in American attitude mirrors one the president has experienced.
Food prices continue to climb
Special needs nativity birth of Jesus Christ. Now, over a decade later, two other churches in the Morgan Valley, Morgan welve years ago when Joleen Kearsley started Grace Fellowship and Morgan Valley Church, the Special Needs Living Nativity, members participate in the Special Needs Nativity. Filling with special needs from The Church of Jesus the auditorium twice, these special angles perChrist of Latter-day Saints, gather at the Milton formed spoken word and song Thursday, Dec. 8. church to tell the people of Morgan about the See more photos inside on page 2. l
By Verlene Johnson
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New grocery store comes to Mountain Green area
CRISPR could boost cancer-fighting immunotherapy Treating cancer with CRISPR – which allows scientists to make very precise changes in DNA – could make cancer-fighting immunotherapy more potent for a broader set of patients.
Inflation may stop Santa from making his rounds Inflation has hit so hard that Santa might not be coming to town this year. Demand for his services have skyrocketed, and companies like Hire Santa are struggling to keep up. Will a rentable potted Christmas tree replace a real one? Which is more environmentally friendly: a real Christmas tree or an artificial one? Turns out there could be a third option: rentable potted trees that are planted in the ground when they grow too big.
First positive results of fusion reported
By Linda Petersen
Nucelar fusion (the creation of energy through the combination of atoms) has apparently been recorded by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, with a net energy gain. Scientists are careful to explain that the experiment, while it did produce a viable result, was not produced at a level that would be economically or environmentally feasible under the test conditions. However, the results are a welcome sign on the road to the long sought after process of less dangerous nuclear fusion as a power source.
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organ’s county commission has approved the site plan for a Lee’s Marketplace near Mountain Green. It will be located at 4985 W. Old Highway Road, southeast of the north Trappers Loop Road and Old Highway Road intersection. “We’re very pleased to see another grocery store in the county,” Commission Vice Chair Mike Newton said. “This will be the second so we’re excited about that and excited about the development that will hopefully ensue around this anchor store. Hopefully this is a good strategic moved for Lee’s as well with that [proposed] interchange that will someday be there.” Lee’s will be located on one lot that is approximately 4.5 acres in the commercial subdivision. The property will be developed with two pads, one for the grocery store and the other for a hardware store. (The hardware store has not been named and has not yet come to the county for site approval). There will be 214 parking stalls for this lot and 17 percent of the area will be landscaped, primarily with a mixture of trees, shrubs and lawn. The lot’s proposed lighting plan complies with the county’s Dark Sky ordinance. The developer will extend 4500 West south through the development and connect it to a street that will
Americans are saving money at the gas pump, only to spend it all again in the produce aisle. Gas is now selling for less than it did a year ago, but food prices continue to climb, and the Federal Reserve is ready to raise interest rates again.
Utah Governor bans TikTok from govt devices AN ARTIST’S RENDERING of the future Lee’s Marketplace near Mountain Green.
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extend east and west at the southern side of property. This southern street will curve northward to the east and then connect to Old Highway Road. It is anticipated to also extend westward toward the future possible interchange connection with I-84. “We’re really excited about this project,” said Zach Swenson speaking on behalf of the applicant, Soderby LLC, at the Nov. 10 Morgan County Planning Commission meeting. “Mountain Green, as you guys all know, is
uniquely situated between two bigger cities and has no access to simple needs such as a grocery store. We feel this location is ideal for a grocery store. That way you residents don’t have to drive 15 minutes in either direction to get groceries.” Four other pads in the 17.05-acre development are planned for other commercial uses. A sixth, which is more than eight acres, is expected to be multifamily when it is developed. l
Joining governors from a number of states, Utah’s governor Spencer Cox has banned the installation or use of the popular social media site TikTok from phones, computers, and other electronic devices maintained by the state. The site, which has skyrocketed in popularity over the last two years, is owned by a Chinese company which has been accused of data harvesting. Out of an abundance of caution, South Dakota, South Carolina, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Texas have made similar moves.