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Today is Record Store Day — a gathering of independent record store owners and employees to celebrate the culture around record stores.

Many artists release unique or limited edition vinyls or CDs for the occasion. Personally, I'll be in line at my favorite record shop in Provo starting around 7 a.m. hoping to get my hands on a limited edition vinyl set from Taylor Swift.

I started collecting vinyls about two years ago, and I love hearing an album on a record player. It just sounds better.

Tell me: What is the best record of all-time in your opinion?

Ballerina Farm expands with its first brick-and-mortar stand

Kamas is the new home to a brick-and-mortar stand for global influencers for the Ballerina Farm.

Ballerina Farm, a Utah business founded and owned by Hannah and Daniel Neeleman, has achieved worldwide fame from the content its creators share with their 10 million Instagram followers, Ariel Harmer reported.

Hannah’s from-scratch cooking, her background as a Juilliard-trained ballerina, her love for raising her eight children and the family’s idyllic rural lifestyle have attracted considerable attention.

The Ballerina Farm Stand stocks the following, despite its small size:

Their signature protein powder
Organic flour
Sourdough starter kits
Frozen baked goods
Frozen meat

Ballerina Farm also announced a flagship market that will be coming soon to Midway.

Read more about the Ballerina Farm Stand.

See the goals the First Presidency set for BYU’s new School of Medicine

The chief goal for the medical school is to support the mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and BYU, Dr. Mark Ott said during a presentation Monday at the annual International Society conference at the Hinckley Center on campus, Tad Walch reported.

Dr. Ott said that when he and his wife, Stefanie, met with the church’s First Presidency, there was a moment when President Russell M. Nelson looked off in the distance, Walch writes.

“In the coming decades,” President Nelson said, “the power of this school of medicine to take forward the mission and the work of the Church of Jesus Christ — of the Lord — is going to be far beyond anything that we can see here now.”

“It was wonderful to be sitting in his presence and hearing a prophecy,” Dr. Ott said, "and knowing that the prophet of the Lord could see something that I could not see. It was an unforgettable moment, and I look forward to living another 20 or 30 years so I can see what he saw, because I know it will happen, and that is part of our mission.”

The five design elements are to:

Be spiritually based and mission-focused
Have a teaching and research emphasis
Offer an integrated bachelor's and medical degree to reduce time to complete medical training
Include international outreach, enrollment and alignment with church humanitarian efforts
Offer a reduced cost model

Read more about BYU's new School of Medicine.

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Utah

Baby colobus monkey born at Utah’s Hogle Zoo (KSL.com)
UTA to implement ‘significant’ service changes. Here’s what to know (KSL.com)
Popular Arches hike set to reopen after staff shortages prompted temporary closure (KSL.com)
Annual Spanish spelling bee puts a spotlight on Utah’s bilingual education (KUER 90.1)
Commercial space, 2,300-plus homes and a surf park: Plans for Washington City development advance (St George News)

Health

Alcohol linked to brain damage for heavy drinkers, study finds (Fox News)
My 5-night experiment with mouth taping (Healthline)

Faith

Notre Dame professor: BYU-Pathway Worldwide may become Latter-day Saints’ ‘biggest gift to the world’ (Deseret News)
Find out more about the Church’s 16 new General Authority Seventies (Church News)

Politics

Sen. John Curtis supports some of Trump’s tariffs, wary of others (Deseret News)
Wildfires are ravaging the West. Can new bipartisan legislation help? (Deseret News)
How Utah could feel the heat from the U.S.-China trade war (Axios)

The Nation and the World

U.S. Supreme Court mandates return of wrongly deported man (Deseret News)
Are mortgage rates trending down or heading up? (Deseret News)

Sports

Jonny Harline happy to see BYU back in the game at tight end (Deseret News)
Comfortable in his BYU skin, Jay Hill shares his contentment (Deseret News)
Top point guard Robert Wright in Provo on Friday for official campus visit to BYU (Deseret News)
Runnin’ Utes add assistant with lengthy international experience and a strong Utah connection (Deseret News)
Take me out to Gail Miller Field: What makes BYU softball games special (The Daily Universe)
A team, a state, a new tradition: Utah Hockey Club first season leaves a lasting impression (KSL.com)

🗓️ Events Calendar

We put together a calendar list of events and activities going on around the state of Utah during this month. Check it out and let us know if we are missing anything!

Here are some highlights for events in Utah today:

Lindon Easter Egg Hunt | Anderson Farms Park, Lindon
Alta Earth Day Market | Goldminer’s Daughter Lodge, Alta
Coral Pink Sand Dunes Egg Hunt | Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Kanab
Cirque du Soleil: Crystal | Maverik Center
Wild Symphony | Abravanel Hall
“The Wizard of Oz” | SCERA Center for the Arts, Orem
“Grease High School Edition” | Hopebox Theatre, Kaysville
BYU women’s tennis vs. Houston | 11 a.m.
BYU softball vs. UCF | noon
U of U track & field Utah Spring Classic
U of U lacrosse vs. Jacksonville | 11 a.m.
U of U women’s tennis vs. UCF | 11 a.m.
U of U baseball vs. BYU | 2 p.m.
U of U softball vs. Arizona State | 5 p.m.
USU softball vs. Fresno State | noon
USU women’s soccer vs. Utah Valley University | noon
Weber State softball vs. Idaho State | noon
Weber State football spring game | 1 p.m.
UVU volleyball UVU Spring Tournament
SUU softball vs. Utah Tech | noon
Utah Tech women’s volleyball vs. UNLV | noon
Utah Tech women’s soccer vs. SUU | 2 p.m.

Please reach out to me at sgambles@deseretnews.com if you have any thoughts, feedback or ideas you would like to share!

✨ Cheers ✨

— Gambles