Grateful for Caring Friends and Neighbors. At this holiday season, we express gratitude to each of you for your neighborly caring and thoughtfulness. We are blessed to live among such terrific friends and neighbors here in the Highlands.

Spotlight on Lance and Amy Tyrrell! Lance and Amy grew up here in Morgan and, after over a decade of marriage and adventure, they came back home in 2018 to purchase their home on Sierra Avenue which belonged to Amy’s grandmother, LuDean Hugie. They have two wonderful daughters who love to dance: Harper age 12 and Noel age 8. Lance earned a masters degree in City Planning and works for the Larry H. Miller Group designing really cool and modern landscapes and urban living spaces. Amy earned her masters degree in speech pathology and works for Lexia as training consultant as well as with Davis School District’s literacy program. Amy grew up loving dance (MHS drill team), skiing and snowboarding. Lance grew up loving snowboarding and dirtbiking. They started dating in high school and continued during their time as undergrads at USU after Lance’s mission to Brazil. Amy admires what a great dad Lance is, how he respects and listens to others, and his cool music. Lance admires how smart and hardworking Amy is, how fun she is to be with, and how amazing she is as a wife and mother. They believe in trying to be generous with our means and time, but also being generous in how we think of others – giving them the benefit of the doubt and assuming they’re doing their best. How fortunate we are to have the Tyrrell’s in our community!

CLICK HERE for your Invitation Video. Join us this Saturday, December 9, at 9:00am for our annual Highlands Christmas Breakfast. Bring a friend and enjoy the Christmas spirit of friendship together with neighbors. You are also welcome to bring a can of food to donate to the Morgan Food Bank if you’d like.

CLICK HERE for Sneak Preview. The annual PBS Christmas Special featuring the Tabernacle Choir premiers on December 12 at 6:00pm. Check PBS broadcasting schedules for local airing stations.

Special Needs Nativity Pageant. If you want to truly feel the spirit of Christmas, you won’t want to miss this special portrayal which begins at 7:00pm on Thursday, December 7, at Morgan High School.

Congrats to Steve & Cathy! Congratulations to the happy couple, Steve and Cathy, who were recently married. We’ve been the grateful beneficiaries of Steve’s kindness, love and service to so many in our neighborhood and will now be doubly blessed to have Cathy join with us here in the Highlands. We look forward to getting to know you, Cathy. And wish the two of you all the best in your new life together!

Welcome New Block Captains! 

Block 1 – Craig & Reva Taylor

Block 3 – Ryan & Baylee Campbell

Block 10 – Tom & Jinger Stevenson 

Block Captains help with communicating during emergencies, identifying service needs, and building neighborly friendships.

Spotlight on Bien & Big Boy. These are Bien and Big Boy, who belong to Shannon Arrington and Chris Cipoletti. They moved recently to 6260 Highland Drive. Bien is a 12-year-old Collie and Great Pyrenees mix. They got him from a family who had to give him up. Big Boy is a 15-year-old black kitty they adopted from the Humane Society when he was about 2. Both of these guys know how to ring a button by the back door when they want to go outside! They usually go in and out together, and they’ve both made friends with the turkeys. Bien always comes to the phone when their daughter calls and listens intently to the conversation on speaker phone. He loves to get on the car and ride with them wherever they are going. His work is guarding. He guards their home and their campsite.  Big Boy loves watching out the window and cuddling with Bien. If he’s outside, he’s on pest control duty. It’s fun to see what good friends Bien and Big Boy are!

A Little History: Did You Know? Morgan has more privately owned land than any other county in Utah. Much of it is used for stock raising – especially beef and dairy cattle and sheep – and for hay and other field crops. Lumber was a major industry from 1860 to 1875 in Hardscrabble Canyon. Thousands of railroad ties were furnished to build the Union Pacific Railroad line, and charcoal was shipped to Bingham for use in smelting. During the building of the railroad in 1868 a number of businesses opened in Morgan City, and it became the county's trade center. When the Union Pacific Railroad laid track through the length of Weber Canyon in 1868-69, it literally put Morgan on the map as the “Gateway to the West.”

Blast from the Past: Guess who?  (Answer: Mitch Malan)

The Highlands Hello: Neighborhood Newsletter. A legacy of neighborly caring. December 5, 2023.