Wayne's Daily Updates: July 6, 2021 Update

Freedom Festival 2021 is now in the books. I hope you had the opportunity to participate in some of the events. A special thanks to all of our city staff members who were involved in the festival in any way. The parade was awesome, the Stadium of Fire was entertaining, and Freedom Days at the County grounds was fun as always. One of the lesser known Festival evens is the Freedom Awards Gala where people both national and local are recognized for advancing the cause of freedom. This year's honorees were Dallin H. Oaks, Leonard Bagalwa and the Puro family (who have 5 daughters each of whom serve in the military. You can read more about these remarkable people and their stories at the Freedom Festival website.

CORONAVIRUS STATS

Nationally, the CDC reports 33,545,316 cases with 603,181 fatalities.

Utah: 417,259 cases; 17,636 hospitalizations; 2,385 deaths

Utah County: 99236 cases; 2827 hospitalizations; 408 deaths

NEWS YOU CAN USE

Today is National Fried Chicken Day and International Kissing Day. Sounds like a fun date night! It is also National Air Traffic Control Day, so thank you to all those women and men who keep us safe when we are in the air!
Two major court rulings happened recently. First, the court upheld an Arizona law that placed restrictions on voting. Second, the court ruled that California's requirement that charities report their major donors to the state violates their First Amendment rights.
The new jobs report is saying there were 850,000 new jobs added in June in the U.S.
Skinwalker Ranch, Utah’s home for UFO and paranormal legends, now has photographs, stories, and a reality show coming out from a man who worked there from 2010 to 2016. The Pentagon funded some of the research projects to investigate the area. All this after the government released a report on UFO's last month.

PROVO SOCIAL MEDIA

THE MAYOR'S DAY

Today, Mayor Kaufusi:

Is out of the office

FUN STUFF

So, this weekend I was in Vernal visiting with family, including my 6-year old grandson Cole. He sat down with me and showed me his kindergarten "yearbook" which had photos of the school year with his 16 classmates. Included in his "yearbook" was a cookbook section where the teachers asked the kids for their favorite dish and the recipe their parents used to make it (to the best of their 6 year old memories). I laughed until I cried. So, today and tomorrow are some of my favorite kindergarten recipes from my grandson's classmates.