There were a lot of vendors in Heritage Park at the Cedar Hills Family Festival July 21, but two were there for a different reason.

Ben Powell, 8, was one of the youngest vendors, and he was selling something you see in every neighborhood this time of year -- lemonade.

But he wasn't selling his fresh squeezed tart juice for a trip to Lagoon. All proceeds from his sales are going straight to the Cheetah Conservation Fund.

"He's loved cheetahs since he was 6 years old," said his mother, Mary Powell. "I was reading him a book about big cats, and it said cheetahs were the 'sports car' of cats. That really caught his attention."

When Ben found out cheetahs were endangered he wanted to do anything he could to help them. His idea was to set up a lemonade stand.

But his mother knew if he had any chance to make money it would be at the Family Festival. So they signed up, and the whole Cedar Hills family joined in, taking turns manning the stand throughout the day, with breaks to go through the water cannon, watch the BMX show, and participate in some of the games.

But the preparation was primarily Ben's. He squeezed hundreds of lemons to get ready for the day.

"I'd tell him to take a break, but he'd still keep going," his mother said.

Ben will send his earnings to the CCF chapter at the Hogle Zoo.

Christian Lopez is another Cedar Hills entrepreneur with higher motives.

Christian, 14, did his Eagle Scout project by working as a vendor at the festival. He wasn't peddling products, he was selling safety. He was actually giving his goods away for free.

"About six months ago, a kid was nearly abducted from near Deerfield Elementary, and when I asked police about it, they said kids don't have fingerprints and DNA samples," said Christian. Those two things can be crucial in helping the police find a child, or identify a body and bring closure for parents.

"It's a safety issue," he said.

So three months ago, Christian, who is from Scout Troop 1191, did fundraisers to raise money to buy DNA swab kits and more than 500 fingerprint cards. The cards include emergency information, and important identifying marks for children.

Parents and children lined up Saturday at his booth for their free chance to keep their child a little bit safer.

And both Christian and Ben went home knowing they did something different.

Fire restriction ordinance -- There has been a problem with fires in Highland Glen Park. "One kid just lit matches and started fires then put them out clear through the park," city administrator Berry Edwards said. "He was apprehended but although there are rules against fires there is not an ordinance."

Councilwoman Claudia Stillman questioned the wording of a proposed ordinance presented to the Highland City Council on July 17 to address the problem. "Will it allow the use of small propane stoves and briquettes?" she said.

Councilwoman Kathryn Schramm asked about the enforceability of the ordinance as written. City attorney Dave Church said, "It is a Class B misdemeanor to violate a city ordinance. The penalty could be as much as $1,850 and six months in jail. However, most first time offenses are much less."

Councilman Brian Brunson made a motion for Church to re-write the ordinance to include getting compensation to the city from anyone who caused a fire on city property. "The whole ordinance should also include all city property in Highland," he said.

Church said he would word the ordinance so fires would have to be confined to the designated cooking facilities already provided throughout the city.

Highland will turn over underpass to UDOT -- Highland received a grant for $750,000 to construct an underpass on SR-92 to connect the trails in the city to the state-wide Bonneville Shoreline Trail. They were approached by the Utah Department of Transportation which told them they were going to be redesigning the intersection at the mouth of the canyon and could include the trail connection in the construction.

UDOT will furnish 20 percent in matching funds Highland stands to save the $160,000 it would have spent.

"This is to our advantage also because the UDOT plans would keep the underpass at ground level. If we had done it ourselves it would have had to go down under the road and back up again. They assured us the intersection will be the first place construction will begin as they reconfigure SR-92 and should be done in three years," city administrator Barry Edwards said. The approval will be finalized later.