Parade entries sought -- The American Fork Steel Days Committee is seeking entries in the Grand Parade, which will be held July 19.

Other entries pay $100, or $150 if after June 1.

Those who wish to participate may go to the city Web site, afcity.com, click on residents, then celebrations, then entry forms.

Anyone with questions may contact organizer Tiffany Olds at 400-7946.

Annual spring clean-up -- American Fork City's annual spring clean-up will begin Saturday and run through May 10. Dumpsters will be available at Art Dye Ball Park, 550 E. 1000 North, from 8 a.m. to dusk. If the dumpsters are full, the individuals should wait until they are emptied before placing materials. Nothing should be placed on the ground. No dumping should be done on Sunday.

Miss Outstanding Teen Scholarship Pageant and Miss American Fork Scholarship Pageant -- There will be workshops May 14 for those interested in applying for Miss Outstanding Teen and Miss American Fork. The teen program is relatively new to the Miss America organization and was created for those 14-16 years old. Those teens must live, work or attend school in American Fork to be eligible to participate. The orientation will be from 6-7 p.m. at the American Fork Public Library, 64 S. 100 East. The teens will participate in a mini-pageant that will involve a brief personal interview with a panel of judges and a talent performance.

The Miss American Fork Scholarship Pageant will have its orientation from 7-8 p.m., also at the library. That pageant is open to young women 17-23 years old. They must also live, work or attend school in American Fork to participate. The pageant includes a personal interview with a panel of judges, a brief on-stage interview, lifestyle and fitness in swimwear, talent performance and evening wear competitions. New to the pageant is a separate service project/platform portfolio that offers another scholarship opportunity.

Both pageants will be held Aug. 16 at American Fork High School.

Anyone with questions may contact director Staci Robison at 362-3681; Renata Smith at 318-3049; or Megan Wettstein at 368-5091.

Neighbors in Action to meet -- Neighbors in Action, a group of individuals interested in bettering American Fork, will meet May 10 at 10 a.m. in the American Fork Public Library, 64 S. 100 East, American Fork. Anyone interested is invited to attend.

Sugar Factory site gets memorial -- Beneath the shadow of the old Lehi Sugar Factory smokestack, a new memorial tells visitors about the sugar beet industry and its impact on the community's economy at the turn of the 20th century.

The memorial cast in bronze depicts the factory during its most prosperous time, the early 1900s, and reviews the history of the sugar beet industry.

President Stan Smith of the Lehi Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gave the dedicatory prayer on the cold and windy Saturday afternoon with approximately 100 people joining in the "amen."

Hutchings Museum director Susan Whittaker is seeking stories about the sugar industry in north Utah County. Those who have recollections of that time can reach Whittaker at 768-7180, Tuesday through Friday.