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April 7, 2023 | Vol. 2 Iss. 14
Covering Your Community
Morgan High Baseball Team fights to begin season despite the weather.
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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
JAKE CARTER took second in the long jump at the Alpha Invitational.
Photos by Brennan Fuller
Track team opens at Pineview and Alpha Invitationals 23 athletes earn state qualifying times
Astronauts selected for first moon mission in 50 years
By Liisa London Mecham
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he boys’ and girls’ track teams,coached by Brennen Fuller and Bryan Weir, competed in the Pineview Invitational March 24-25 in St. George and in the Alpha Invitational at Timpanogos High School in Orem Saturday, April 1. Although they haven’t been able to practice outside a lot, Coach Fuller is pleased with his teams’ accomplishments thus far in the season. “The team's performance at the Alpha Invitational was a big success!,” he shared. “In fact, in the two meets we've been able to have this year, we have qualified 23 individual athletes and three relays for state already. Even
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AMAYA ROGERS throws the javelin at the Alpha Invitational. She placed second.
Churches in Morgan invite all to worship and Celebrate a Christ-centered Easter By Olivia Rees
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haring messages of Christ, the various churches throughout Morgan County invite all to worship with them this coming Easter Sunday! “Happy Easter from Morgan Grace Church! The gospel is not complete without the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. Christ lived the perfect life. He died the death that we deserve. If that were all there was to the story then there would be no hope. Sin and death would have won. Praise God, Jesus did not stay dead! He was resurrected. Jesus conquered sin and death. We can do nothing to be good enough for God on our own. Jesus did for us what we could never do for ourselves,” enthused the Morgan Grace Church. “ Easter is a special time that we celebrate
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.
this reality. Because of Jesus, whoever will put their faith in him and turn from their sins will be moved from death to life (John 5:24, Ephesians 2). Christ won the victory for us. Because of His grace, we live our lives for Him and His glory in obedience to the Lord. We hope that you will join us at Morgan Grace Church to celebrate Christ weekly at 5:00 p.m. at 103 N. Commercial St. He is Risen!” “To our dear friends and neighbors in Morgan County and beyond, we wish you a blessed Easter holiday and express our testimony of the loving-kindness of the Savior, Jesus Christ. Our lives are enriched when we strive to emulate the patterns and examples He set for us. Our difficulties are more manageable and our tolerance and patience are more profound. We are blessed to live in a community
where people seek to serve each other. In our imperfections, we pursue forgiveness, healing and strength from and for each other. We testify to the richness and fullness available to everyone as we turn our hearts to heaven and allow the Savior to guide and direct our activities,” commented the Morgan West Stake Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “We hope for happiness and peace during the Easter season and invite everyone to perform a kindly act of service to bless those around you. Jesus is ‘the way, the truth, and the life’ and we receive a richness when we strive to become more like Him.” The Morgan Utah Stake Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
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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.