April 12 2022 Update

Today, our municipal council is meeting to discuss their key priorities for the coming year budget, as well as some broader policy priorities.  This is one of the their most meaningful meetings of the year, and I am looking forward to watching their process and hearing about their desires for Provo's progress over the coming year.  They are very thoughtful and insightful in their work, and I expect some very positive direction coming out of this process.

From a personal standpoint, I seem to be investing a lot of time and focus on the somewhat new role of caring for aging parents.  My mom, as some of you know, has dementia issues that are become more of a challenge for her, and she is recovering from a fall a few weeks ago.  She is home from rehabilitation but it is still tough.  Fortunately my sister lives with her and is the frontline caregiver.  Julie's mom and dad are having some challenges as well.  He is in an assisted living center, and she is getting ready to sell their home and begin living the same facility with him a bit later this summer.  So we are working on staging their home for sale, packing up lots of boxes, making targeted donations to charitable organizations, getting heirlooms to family members, etc.  So, besides a really busy job, I have a few others now as well.  I'm sure I am not alone with this family challenge; I'm just starting to understand how important a role it is to play.  

UPCOMING CITY EVENTS

Film Lecture Series: Intro to Anime I April 12 7:00 pm

Conversaciones I April 12 7:00 pm

Teen Writers' Group: It's Magic! I April 14 7:00 pm

Mad Science: Spin, Pop, Boom! I April 18 7:00 pm

Crochet Basics I April 19 6:30 pm

Crochet Club: Crochet Samplers I April 19 7:00 pm

Paint Night I April 19 7:00 pm

CSYP's Suessical Jr. I April 19 7:00 pm

Learn It: Autism Across the Lifespan I April 20 7:00 pm

Teen Dungeons & Dragons Club I April 21 6:30 pm

Make Your Own Stress Ball I April 26 7:00 pm

Teen Book Club: Books to Movies I April 28 7:00 pm

Courtyard Book Sale I April 30 11:00 am

Steel Magnolias I May 5 - May 28

Thousand Trees Initiative Kickoff I May 21 8:30 am

NEWS YOU CAN USE

• Today is National Big Wind Day. Seems appropriate with this unseasonable weather we're having.
• Krispy Kreme has announced they will sell a dozen original glazed doughnuts for the price of a gallon of regular gas every Wednesday starting tomorrow through May 4.
• A giant whale sculpture has made a splash in a Salt Lake City neighborhood, as it’s impossible to miss the 23-foot-tall, rainbow-colored humpback whale in the middle of a roundabout. The Salt Lake City Arts Council commissioned the sculpture called “Out of the Blue” from artist Stephen Kesler. There’s a mural on the whale that will be repainted every few years to “reflect the dynamism and transformation” of the neighborhood.
• The 2022 NBA Playoffs tip off tonight with the start of the league's dual four-team play-in tournaments. Instituted last season, the format allows the teams seeded seven through 10 in each conference to battle for the final two playoff spots on each side.
• "Cabaret" brings home seven wins at 2022 Olivier Awards, the British equivalent of the Tony's; "Back to the Future: The Musical" wins Best New Musical.
• New engineered bacteria has been shown to help protect beneficial gut microbes from antibiotics; the results may help limit post-treatment disorders and slow the spread of antibiotic resistance.

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TUESDAY TIP

Find a new hire's "zone of genius" to help them succeed 

New team members can find their footing more quickly when managers ask what kind of feedback they prefer, what challenges their new position creates and what success in their job looks like, writes Suzi McAlpine. "Take the time to work out where your new person's 'zone of genius' lies -- and see how you can get them working in that space as much as possible," McAlpine writes.

FUN STUFF

The British Zoo just welcomed a new and rare species, the rare dusky pademelon, a unique breed of "miniature kangaroos."  So, it is time for your "moment of cuteness" and I expect to hear some loud "awwwws" running through the offices this afternoon.

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Hope you have a great day.  You deserve it.  

Wayne