July 27, 2020 Update

Happy Monday, everyone.  It was great for many of us to have a long weekend; it was pretty quiet at the Parker's home, other than a bit of a health scare with our goldendoodle, which we believe has turned out OK.  She sneaked into the kitchen Thursday afternoon and ate about 1/3 cup of chopped onions off the counter, which as you may know is pretty toxic for dogs.  So we induced vomiting with a little hydrogen peroxide mixed with some chicken broth and then spent the weekend trying to get her rehydrated.  All in all, not what we planned for Pioneer Day pandemic-style.

CORONAVIRUS STATS

Nationally, the CDC reports 4,225,687 cases with 146,546 fatalities.

Utah:  38,409 cases (up 436 from yesterday); 2,252 hospitalizations; 281 deaths (up 7 from yesterday)

Utah County:  7,296 cases; 337 hospitalizations; 31 deaths (no change from yesterday)

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• KSL offers some helpful hints to protect your cybersecurity while you might be working from home.  
• The Associated Press took a look at how parents are deciding how to educate their children as school districts around the country plan on how to restart school in some fashion in the next few weeks.  
• Columnists Frank Pignanelli and Lavar Webb shared their ideas about what Pioneer Day might have looked like in the 1800's if Twitter and Zoom were available back then.  

PROVO SOCIAL MEDIA

THE MAYOR'S DAY

Today, Mayor Kaufusi:

• Met with Chief Ferguson
• Participated in a conference call with other county mayors and the Utah County Health Department
• Held weekly staff meeting and social media planning meeting
• Met with the city executive team
• Participated in a meeting discussing the current status of several difficult neighborhood and zoning enforcement issues
• Met with the deputy mayor

FUN STUFF

It seems to be wedding season again, even with the pandemic.  We had a niece get married over the weekend and we have a nephew getting married later this week, but weddings in the Coronavirus era are quite a bit different.  No big receptions; no dancing.  So this little video of a father-daughter dance on steroids brings back some fun memories of how weddings and receptions used to be.  (BTW, the dancing wasn't nearly this good at my wedding reception 41 years ago!)

Again, I hope you had a great weekend.  We'll do another update tomorrow!

Wayne