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CTV News
4 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
Who will serve as honorary parade marshals at the 2025 Whoop-Up Days Parade
The Morris family, owners of Gas King, will serve as honorary parade marshals at the 2025 Whoop-Up Days Parade. We now know who will serve as honorary parade marshals at the 2025 Whoop-Up Days Parade. Officials announced Wednesday the Morris family, owners of Gas King, will take on the task. 'We're very honored to be included in such an elite group of past parade marshals,' said Gas King president Brent Morris, who founded the company in 1985 with his father Don. Since its founding, Gas King has grown to include seven locations in Lethbridge, Picture Butte and Medicine Hat. The company has also been a supporter of Whoop-Up Days since 2001. 'When we were approached about 25 years ago about selling tickets, we were very happy to do that – and we've been doing that ever since,' Morris said. This theme of this year's parade is 'hometown heroes' While making the announcement, officials with the Lethbridge and District Exhibition (LDE) said they felt the Morris family shows what it means to be community leaders. 'When we started to evaluate who met the criteria, one of the names that jumped to mind for us were the Morris family,' said LDE event development director Paul Kingsmith. 'They have been known to us here at Lethbridge and District Exhibition and through Whoop-Up Days for 25 years.' Morris will be joined by his wife Francesca and children Zachary and Alexa at the parade. He says it's an honour for the family, which has spent plenty at Whoop-Up Days over the years. 'I'm from Picture Butte – not too far away – and born in Lethbridge, but I've been to the parade many, many times. I've been to Whoop-Up Days hundreds of times – well, many times – and went to Whoop Up Days midnight madness as a kid.' The Whoop-Up Days parade starts at Park Place Mall at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 19.
BBC News
28-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Hereford campervan family's joy at witnessing Lionesses win
A family who watched every kick of all England's games at the UEFA Women's Euros said it was euphoric to witness the Lionesses retain their European Morris family from Hereford were at St. Jakob Park, in Switzerland, to watch Chloe Kelly score the decisive spot-kick to win after Spain had missed three in a Morris, who was with his wife, Kelly, daughter, Amelia, 16, and son, Ethan, 13, said the squad had done the nation proud."When [the goal] went in it was just euphoria, we were behind the goal with the England band to our right, and everybody just went wild," Mr Morris said. He added: "It was such an occasion to witness live and the Lionesses, yet again, they've done the nation proud."The family travelled 800 miles (1,280 km) to watch every match thanks to travelling around in their hired campervan - which had to be back in Hereford last Thursday. Mr Morris returned it to the hiring company and made his way back to a Switzerland hotel for Sunday's entire tournament fostered a "positive environment", something not as prevalent in the men's games, he said."It's really family friendly, everybody was mixing with one another. "Even the Spanish fans were with us and we just had good natured banter throughout the whole match."Striker Michelle Agyemang was named as Euro 2025's young player of the tournament."A standout moment for me was when Michelle came off the bench and really turned the game around against Sweden."Also Lucy Bronze playing with a fractured tibia is absolutely amazing to play through that pain barrier for six weeks."The whole team they've come up trumps again, battled hard, dug deep and kept going right to the end and got the rewards to be champions of Europe, again," he said. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
14-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Hereford campervan family cheers Lionesses to victory
A family who travelled 800 miles (1,280 km) in their campervan to cheer on England against Wales in the UEFA Women's Euros were jubilant after they won Morris family drove from Hereford to watch the Lionesses book their place in the quarter-finals after their outstanding victory at the St Gallen stadium in Switzerland on Morris, who was in the stadium with his wife, Kelly, daughter, Amelia, 16, and son, Ethan, 13, said the atmosphere was "great".He added: "As soon as the game started, they put on another great performance and blew away Wales." The victory followed England's 4-0 win over the Netherlands last Wednesday. Mr Morris spoke to BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester as the rest of the family caught up on their sleep after a late night getting to and from the stadium, but he said it was "worth it". They are staying in their campervan at Arbon near Lake Constance, which is where the borders of Germany, Austria and Switzerland meet."It was just busy coming out of the stadium, said Mr Morris. "We got on to the one train station, we couldn't get on to the train. The next one came in. We changed for our last train and then just stopped in the middle of nowhere."We were there for about 20 or 30 minutes and we were told to get off and a bus would turn up."A bus did turn up but then it went everywhere, before we got back to where we're staying in Arbon, just on the side of Lake Constance." The family's journey began on 5 July, when they set off for Dover to catch a ferry the next day. Their onwards journey took them to Paris, Courgenay and Zurich, where they watched England play the Netherlands, and then Tuesday, the family will drive their campervan back to Zurich, where they will watch England take on Sweden in the quarter-final on Thursday (20:00 BST) in a repeat of the Euro 2022 semi-final. In that game, England won Morris is optimistic: "I think we can do it again." He said he hoped they would be "lucky enough to get through to see the semi-final", particularly as the family set off on their journey back to Hereford on 24 Lionesses were crowned UEFA Women's Euro 2022 champions with a dramatic 2-1 extra-time victory against Germany to win their first major title in front of a record crowd. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Yahoo
Missouri pastor gets deportation notice for sponsored son from Haiti
LAWSON, Mo. (WDAF) — The sponsored son of a Missouri pastor has been informed by the government that he will be deported before the end of the month. Last week, the Department of Homeland Security decided to terminate certain parole programs for 'aliens' who are nationals of certain countries, including Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. The specific parole program granting Missouri resident Wendy (Wendsy) Desrivieres two years in the U.S., starting April 2024, is now set to expire in one month – a year earlier than anticipated. The Morris family runs VCU Church in Ray County, Missouri. Pastor Ralph Morris said he understands there are people in the U.S. who have entered illegally, but said his son is here legally. Despite that, a new document says Desrivieres has one month to leave the United States. Born and raised in Haiti, Desrivieres left because of the crime. Desrivieres met the Morris Family more than 10 years ago. Soon after, the Morris family began sponsoring him. 'They replaced my family, my mom and dad. I lost my mom when I was 11. I lost my dad when I was 8,' Desrivieres said. 'I don't know what can I say to let them know how much I love them.' Leavenworth Police await autopsy in suspicious death of 3-year-old boy He's been in the United States since April of 2024, under the impression of at least a two-year stay. Desrivieres says as he's using his faith to help navigate what's next. 'I follow Him,' he said. 'This is the only thing I can do.' 'It's not just Wendsy,' Morris said. 'There are 530,000 people that have received this notification. They have to be gone. They have to leave our country within the next 30 days.' Morris has been with the church for 34 years. He's also a board member for a mission group that's established a number of programs. '[We've] established seven churches, four schools, enrollment of about 2,000 children,' Morris said. 'We have a feeding program. We also meet all the Haitian criteria for being a school.' Morris said it was through that program that he met Desrivieres and his younger brother. 'He needed the support, and Diana and I chose to support him,' Morris said. The Morris' allege they have done everything the right way, and they don't know why they're facing this now. 'Do we welcome immigrants in, if they come legally, and are pursing the citizenship process? Is that true or is that not?' Morris asked. 'Because we have done everything legally; we used a government-sanctioned program, the Refugee Parole Program, to bring him to the United States, Morris said the only way to bring him to the United States was through the Refugee Parole Program. Morris said that's because the U.S. Embassy in Haiti was closed on Aug. 8, 2023, so he couldn't get a visa. 'He has appeared twice within the Immigration Service,' he said. 'He's been interviewed. He's been fingerprinted. He has a permanent residence. They know where he is. They know what he is doing.' He said Desrivieres has a Social Security card and is employed full-time. But on Friday, the letter came stating that his son must leave the country by April 24. 'We've had people write letters, notarize them. We have affidavits, people verifying his character. We just want somebody to listen—somebody to hear us and answer some questions,' Morris said. 'In my mind, I'm thinking, we've got everything processed…why is he getting a letter of deportation?' Morris said a green card has been applied for but there hasn't been much correspondence regarding it. The Morris family is hoping he's not sent back to Haiti. 'If he is returned to Haiti on April 24, when he walks off that plane, he is immediately homeless, because he has already surrendered his apartment,' Morris said. 'He has given up his transportation, his motorcycle that he owned. He has no job [in Haiti], no source of income whatsoever. We've been given 30 days to do this; it's just not enough time, and we don't understand what we've done wrong.' The Homeland Security document, obtained by Nexstar's WDAF, says in part, 'If you have not obtained a lawful basis to remain in the United States and do not depart the United States by the date your parole terminates, you will begin to accrue unlawful presence in the United States unless you are otherwise protected from such accrual.' In Desrivieres' situation, his document states '…Your parole will terminate upon the earlier of (1) your original parole expiration date or (2) April 24, 2025. You should depart the United States now, but no later than the date of the termination of your parole.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
