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OverviewIn this Sunday Edition Utah Republican candidates put the full court press on state delegates. We'll look ahead to possible outcomes from this week's state convention. Plus we will revisit a forgotten human disaster. The Horn of Africa still reeling from the worst drought in decades. See how the LDS Church is teaming up with east African villages to help them improve their situation and become more self-sufficient. And Utah is getting ready for the Great Shake Out. You'll learn why we should all drop, cover and hold on Tuesday morning all in this Sunday Edition.
Segment 1
When Utah Republicans meet in state convention on Saturday they will winnow broad lists of candidates in several major races down to one or two.
Last time they did this incumbents held no advantage and this year nobody is taking anything for granted.
Plus this year, redistricting has redrawn the maps and created a 4th Congressional Seat, to for Republicans, Saturday will be a big event.
Joining Bruce Lindsay to preview the convention are reporters who have their finger on the political pulse: from the Deseret News, Lisa Riley-Roche and Dennis Romboy and Richard Piatt, of KSL.
Segment 2
We hear stories about earthquakes and famines around the globe, but those headlines are often forgotten.
What happens to a place after the world's attention turns to another disaster, in another place?
The Deseret News recently sent reporter Jesse Hyde to the Horn of Africa, which has suffered the worst drought the region has seen in 60 years.
The famine has displaced nearly half a million people from Somalia, who have fled hunger and war for a marginally better life in neighboring Ethiopia.
Along the border of Somalia, Hyde found that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is on the front lines of this crisis, along with some of the world's biggest and most respected humanitarian organizations.
It's just one of the 100 or so disasters the LDS Church responded to last year, but it may be one of the most important. Jesse Hyde discussed his visit and shared a preview of a special report that will air tonight on KSL 5 News at 10.
Segment 3 The first-ever statewide earthquake drill will take place on Tuesday. Here at KSL we will be dropping under our desks along with everybody else at 10:15 a-m. Bruce Lindsay and Be Ready Utah spokesman Joe Dougherty discussed what we all need to do to prepare.
