$1.50 January 27, 2023 | Vol. 2 Iss. 04
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MMS FBLA will move on to state State which will take place March 27, at the Wasatch UVU campus.
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NEWS BREAK Doomsday Clock shows world is close to catastrophe The world is closer to catastrophe than ever before, according to the Doomsday Clock, the metaphorical measure of challenges to humanity, was reset to 90 seconds before midnight on Tuesday. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said the move — the closest to widespread calamity humanity has ever been judged to be — was due “largely, though not exclusively,” to the war in Ukraine.
MGMS SCIENCE OLYMPIAD team with their medals.
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MGMS Middle School’s Science Olympiad team finds success at region By Verlene Johnson
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ountain Green Middle School competed in Science Olympiad Saturday, Jan. 21 at Centennial Jr. High in Kaysville. They medaled in 20 of the 23 events which was more than any other school at the competition.
OLYMPIAD on page 3 ELLE VOGT AND ALEXIS COX with their finished guitar/banjo instrument for event Sounds of Music.
January school board meeting W
elcome to our newest MCSD School Board Member, Mandy Wallace, who took the oath of office at last Tuesday’s meeting. Mandy’s family members were on hand to support her as our business administrator, Scott McMillan, swore her in. Mandy has already been busy learning more about the position and her responsibilities. Here are other highlights from the meeting. New year, new board leadership? Kind of. The board voted for former Vice President Gaylene Adams as the new board president and former Board President Ron Blunck as the new vice
A new Gallup poll finds that large numbers of workers, especially Gen Zers and young millennials, are not engaged with their jobs. Young people in particular reported feeling less cared about at work and having fewer opportunities to learn and grow.
Third Mass Shooting in three days Only 3 days after the mass shooting in Monterey Park, California that took the lives of 11 people, a shooting in nearby Half Moon Bay has taken the lives of 7 more. Together with a crowd shooting in Oakland the day between, 19 people have died in the same area in the last eight days. These shootings are the 37th, 38th, and 39th of the year, which is not even a month old yet.
Disney World’s Splash Mountain closes for good
First place winners were Dave Hill and Blake Hadley, Bridge; Miyah West, Wyatt Sessions and Chase Stephenson, Experimental Design; Beck Campbell and Marshall Winegar, Flight; Levi Sill and Marshall Winegar, Forestry; Miyah West and Levi Sill, Meteorology; Beck Campbell and Lincoln Olsen, Solar
By Gwen Romero Public Information Officer
America has a work problem
president. Congratulations, and thank you for your continuing service. The board and the high school celebrated three employees in this month’s spotlight. Camille Millburn was honored as “the face of Morgan High School.” She has been with the high school for five years and is the attendance secretary. John Millward is an English teacher who has been at the high school for 24 years and was recognized for “[having] this calming demeanor.” Millward also just retired from coaching football. Morgan gradu-
MEETING on page 3 MANDY WALLACE being sworn in as new MCSD School Board Member.
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Fans had one final run down Splash Mountain in Florida's Disney World on Sunday, before it closed for good. It had been in operation since 1992. Renovations on Splash Mountain, which many fans consider a Disney staple, began on Monday. Disney announced in June 2020 that it was planning to reimagine the ride after growing complaints due to its associations with the 1946 film Song of the South, namely a Change.org petition with over 21,000 signatures stating that the ride is “steeped in extremely problematic and stereotypical racist tropes.”
Japan’s Prime Minister warns of falling birth rate Prime minister Fumio Kishida delivered an address to the country of Japan in which he expressed the belief that if the birth rate is not increased soon, many social functions of the country would become difficult or impossible. Japan is often cited as having the lowest birthrate in the world, at roughly 800,000 births a year. This is coupled with the fact that Japan also has one of the lowest mortality rates. The country also sees 1 in 1,500 live to over 100 years. The disparity in younger people to replace older workers has led to employee shortages in many sectors of the economy.