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MT. MORRIS TIMES VOLUME 54 NO. 34 • SERVING THE MT. MORRIS AREA SINCE 1967
NEWS
Friday, November 4, 2022 • $1.00
SCHOOL MEETING
Ownership Change
The Oregon Depot Museum now owns the Silver View rail car. / 5
SPORTS
Second Round
Cardinals advance to the second round in 1A state playoffs. / 13
Election Oregon voters will decide on Nov. 8 whether to change their city’s form of government. / 3
Alexa Zoellner/Shaw Media
The Rev. Randy Blan (left) speaks to more than 100 people gathered in the former David L. Rahn Junior High School gym Oct. 27 for an informational meeting about GRACE Association, which is considering Mt. Morris as a location for its next school. Blan is founder and headmaster of GRACE Association, which is a network of independently run conservative Christian schools. At right is Al Crespo, communications and logistics director for GRACE. Story on page 11.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column ........ 4 Classifieds ........ 18-20 Colbert Column ......15
Library News ............ 2 Oregon Police..........16 Otto’s Column .......... 4
Property Transfers..17 Sheriff Activity........17 Sports................. 12-15
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Richard L. Jones, Richard Emil Mocker, Sally Jane Stevens, Page 10