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Volume 119, No. 11 March 17, 2021 Single Copy Price

Emily Harris Kaydie Callaway Kylee Underwood

Six young women to compete for title of Miss Nephi 2021 The 2021 Miss Ne-phi Scholarship Pageant will be held Friday, March 19th, at 6:30 pm in the Juab Junior High School auditori-um. Seats will be limited, and masks and social distancing will be required. We have six outstand-ing contestants who are com-peting for the title of Miss Nephi. Join us for a fun and entertaining evening and support the young women who represent our communi-ty. Introducing our contes-tants: Madison Woodland is the daughter of Brett and Jessica Woodland. She will be per-forming a jazz solo entitled “Fire Under My Feet.” Kaydie Callaway is the daughter of Jeramie and Ta-nielle Callaway. She will be performing a piano piece en-titled, “Stormy Night” By: Melody Bober. Kylee Underwood is the daughter of Drake and Mi-randa Underwood. She will be performing a contemporary

solo entitled, “Great One” by Jessie Reyez. Taylie Isaacson is the daughter of Ryan and Tammy Isaacson. She will be per-forming a vocal solo entitled “Make You Feel My Love” by Bob Dylan. Emily Harris is the daugh-ter of Richard and Michelle Harris. She will be perform-ing a self-choreographed piece entitled “Carry You.” Madison Wall is the daugh-ter of Ryan and Whitney Wall. She will be performing a vio-lin solo entitled, “Czardas”, By V. Monti. We look forward to see-ing you and your family at the pageant and hope you will come support these young women as they build confi-dence and leadership ability within our city. Miss Nephi Committee 2021 includes Jamie John, Miss Nephi Director; Kaylee Jones, Karol Jones, Jessica Woodland, Makenna Jacob-sen, Brandi Webster, and Am-bre Nielson.

Madison Wall Madison Woodland Taylie Isaacson

STATE WINNERS • Pictured L to R: Staten Shepherd, Andrew Woodland, Morgan Peay, Gage England, Trevor Hall, Sadie Winn, Joe Garrett, Tawny Cieslak.

Mt. Nebo FFA Conduct of Chapter Meetings Team takes state at 93rd Utah FFA State Convention The Conduct of Chapter Meetings Leadership Develop-ment Event (LDE) is an FFA competition used to implement parliamentary procedure as young members become skilled to conduct efficient meetings and build their ability to com-municate. The design of this LDE chal-lenges a team of seven students to demonstrate correct use of FFA opening and closing cer-emonies. Students communi-cate and participate effectively as a team while growing skills

in effective decision making. Members assume various of-ficer duties (Trevor Hall-presi-dent, Tawny Cieslak-vice pres-ident, Sadie Winn-secretary, Andrew Woodland-treasurer, Staten Shepherd-reporter, Gage England-sentinel and Morgan Peay-advisor) and present a demonstration that is evaluated by a team of judg-es followed by oral questions.

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Houweling’s breaks ground for their 30-acre greenhouse expansion project

By Myrna Trauntvein

TN Correspondent

Equilibrium Capital and Houweling’s Group have begun land preparation for a 30-acre expansion of the greenhouse project west of Mona. “I have exciting news, we have broken ground,” said Tra-vis Jones, General Manager for Houweling’s Tomatoes Utah. “The expansion is expected to

begin production in 2022.” He said that, at some point, when things were somewhat back to normal after COVID 19, he hoped that they would be able to have an official grand opening and dedication of the new facility. “I hope we can do an open house,” he said. He and David Bell, CMO, recently released information for expansion of the plant lo-cated near Mona which Jones

shared with members of the Mona City Council on Tuesday. He also looked forward to taking groups on tours of the already constructed portion of the greenhouse. “The expansion will allow Houweling’s to further expand it’s offering of fresh 365-day-a-year produce to Utah and the great Rocky Mountain Region. “Our decision to expand the Mona site reflects our long-term commitment to building a North American ag-tech pro-jection cluster in Utah,” said David Chen, CEO of Equilibri-um Capital, in a press release that Jones shared with the city council. Equilibrium Capital Group innovates and manages sus-tainability-driven businesses and the deployment of capital within the sustainable real as-set and infrastructure spaces

such as controlled environ-ment foods, carbon transition infrastructure and climate ad-aptation and resilience infra-structure. The firm has offices in Port-land, Oregon; San Francisco, California; and London, Eng-land. Mona is an industry-first farm, said Jones, which takes

heat and CO2 from the Clover Creek Power Plant next door. “From seed selection through growing, nurturing, harvesting, packing, ship-ping and servicing customers, we are a leader in the North American greenhouse sector,” said Jones. “Are you going to need water to use during the construction phase?” asked Mike Stringer, council member. “As of now,” said Jones, “we have enough.” Condie Construction was working on site and had suffi-cient water from Houweling’s. Bill Mills, mayor, said that the solar plant construction had been hauling 10,000 gal-lons a day from Mona to their site. “What about traffic?” asked Mills. The second expansion

shouldn’t increase the traffic from the labor force by much, Jones said. He said that the workers arrived by bus and carpooled to the greenhouse. “What about semi trucks?” asked Jones. “That will put more traffic on 200 North and on our roads. That will be how you get the tomatoes to mar-ket.”

They may add cucumbers to tomatoes to be grown in the greenhouse when the second plant comes online. “I think they are tasty cukes,” said Frank Riding, council member. Mills said, however, that he would prefer bell peppers which were not on the green-house menu. “We do want to thank you for what you have done since you have come on board,” said Mills. “You have accomplished a lot in building goodwill.” Jones had Houweling’s do-nate basketballs and helped with funds for the construction of the basketball court. “It is appreciated,” said Mills. “I am quite excited to have the public able to see the fa-cility and to have tours,” said Amy Stanley, council member.

She said the greenhouse was doing a lot to be a good neigh-bor and to create sustainabil-ity--they were taking exhaust from the Clover Creek Power Plan, were using recycled wa-ter, and were working on tak-

BREAKING GROUND • Crews are busy getting the ground ready to start the 30-acre expansion of Hou-weling’s greenhouse.

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