January 11 2021 Update

Hope you all had a great weekend!  Things were busy at our place, which is a good thing!  Needed to replace a car battery on my wife's car.  Who knew that you would need to remove the front driver's side tire and remove a shroud from the fender to access the battery?  Anyway, we took the car to a shop in Provo on Saturday morning and got it back at 3:00 p.m. with only a $50 labor charge.  We felt fortunate to find someone to work on it with the needed tools and skills!  

We have had a couple of days with some lower Covid-19 counts, which is good news.  And quite a few of our police and fire employees have had the first dose of their Covid-19 vaccines.  So, there is reason to be optimistic about how things will move forward from the pandemic's impacts on our city.  Light at the end of the tunnel.

CORONAVIRUS STATS

Nationally, the CDC reports 22,322,956 cases with 373,167 fatalities.

Utah:  307,483 cases; 11,940 hospitalizations; 1,396 deaths

Utah County:  74,633 cases; 1,998 hospitalizations; 228 deaths

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness day. Tens of thousands United States citizens are trafficked every year. Today is also national clean off your desk day, so if you haven't taken the time to do that recently, today is the day!
• The BYU gymnastics team placed second at the Rio Tinto Best of Utah NCAA Gymnastics Meet on Saturday at the Maverik Center.
• U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told lawmakers late Sunday that they would first vote on a resolution this week calling on Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet to remove President Donald Trump from office before moving to impeachment.

PROVO SOCIAL MEDIA

THE MAYOR'S DAY

Today, Mayor Kaufusi:

• Held a meeting with the Police Chief
• Met with members of the City Council
• Participated in a Utah County Covid-19 Coordinating phone call
• Held a meeting with Mayor's office staff
• Participated in a communications strategy meeting
• Met with her executive team
• Participated in a meeting with some elected officials
• Met with the City PIO
• Held a meeting with the Assistant CAO
• Participated in a meeting with members of the Finance department

FUN STUFF

So, as our recreation staff will tell you, we always have a big spike in use of the fitness facilities during the first four weeks of the calendar year.  This brilliant business idea might help us flatten the curve (so to speak) with those who set goals and don't end up making major changes to their lifestyle (present company included).

Have a great rest of your day.  And if you are a college football fan, tonight's national championship game will be a good one!

Wayne