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April 7, 2023 | Vol. 2 Iss. 14
The weather has caused some postponements to the season.
Employment numbers rise
NEWS BREAK Finland joins NATO Several months after petitioning to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the mutual defense partnership of primarily Western European countries, Finland has officially become a member state. Internationally, the news was received positively outside of Russia and several allied countries. Sweden, who like Finland has been invaded by the former Soviet state in the past, is waiting for its membership to be accepted as well.
Jury selection begins in Vallow Daybell trial
JOHN DUNCAN TRIES DIGGING out his truck, but abandons the project waiting for the predicted warm weather. The heavy snow has caused some concern about potential flooding.
Record snowpack conditions compared to floods of 1983
Photo by Roger V. Tuttle
By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com DAVIS COUNTY—It was 40 years ago in May that flooding turned downtown State Street into a river and people were sandbagging everywhere. With record snow storms hitting the area there are concerns of a repeat of 1983. County and city leaders are waiting and watching but believe they are prepared. “The state did a lot of things to deal
with runoff,” said Commission Chair Lorene Kamalu. “They tasked the county to put in additional infrastructure for flood control. Those have been in place and have been tested and they have performed well.” Those are maintained year round, she said. “They’re making rounds constantly to those flood control channels.” “Significant work has been done to upgrade infrastructure throughout the county in an effort to mitigate flood flows and reduce the possibility of flooding,” a Davis
Weber State student helps design and build community center in Kenya By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com CLEARFIELD—Most college kids spend spring break relaxing and having fun. Sadie Wood spent hers in Taru, Kenya building a community center from the ground up. The Weber State senior and Clearfield High graduate helped design the building then watched it take shape. “In September I participated in the Weber State University Interdisciplinary Design Charette,” said Wood. “It’s a 48-hour competition where you don’t know anything you will be designing. You’re put in a group with students from building design and construction management. The team has to build a model and make renderings to show to the judges and give a presentation.” There are five or more people in the group, she said. “We took first place and I received $1,000 toward completing the project.” Please see WOOD: pg. 2
WSU STUDENT SADIE WOOD mortars bricks for a community center in Kenya. Wood helped design the building and spent 10 days in Taru to help build it.
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County Commission release said. “In 2011 snowpack levels were similar to this year’s and there was no notable flooding. However, moisture is still accruing.” “We’re optimistic about the snow melting,” said Bountiful City Manager Gary Hill. “There is a major culvert system in the natural stream beds that runs through the canyons that go to the retention basins.” Waterways are managed and monitored Please see SNOWPACK: pg. 2
Jury selection started Monday, April 3, 2023 in the disturbing murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho woman accused of killing her two youngest children and her husband's late-wife nearly three years ago. The court aims to get to a pool of 42 potential jurors in order to narrow down to their 12 jurors and six alternates, who will be the final jurors overseeing the trial. At the end of the day Monday, the court only had 17 jurors they passed on to the next phase. None of the potential jurors from the last group of the day made it through, as their presence on the trial was mostly challenged by attorneys.
Astronauts selected for first moon mission in 50 years Astronauts who will helm the first crewed moon mission in five decades were revealed on Monday, queuing up the quartet to begin training for the historic Artemis II lunar flyby that is set to take off in November 2024.NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. The agencies revealed the crew members Monday during an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The crew assignments are as follows: Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist 1 Christina Hammock Koch, and Mission Specialist 2 Jeremy Hansen. They will work as a team to execute an ambitious set of demonstrations during the flight test.
Trump first president to face criminal charges Former President Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts for falsifying business records in a historic and unprecedented court appearance in Manhattan Tuesday. Prosecutors alleged Trump sought to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election through a hush money scheme with payments made to women who claimed they had extramarital affairs with Trump. Trump who has denied all wrongdoing and the affairs – is the first current or former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges.