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STATEWIDE
• Utah letter carriers will hold their annual food drive on Saturday, and Utahns are invited to participate by placing non-perishable food in a bag near their mailbox prior to mail delivery. The drive, in its 16th year, is the largest one-day food collection in the nation. All of the food will be distributed to local food banks. Last year, Utah letter carriers collected more than one million pounds of food -- nationwide the drive delivered 70.7 million pounds. Postal employees in all 50 states will participate in the world's largest one-day food drive, which has resulted in delivery of more than 800 million pounds of donations to community food banks and pantries over the last 16 years. COUNTYWIDE • Mister Sparky is sponsoring a contest in honor of National Electrical Safety Month. Participants are invited to e-mail a story of someone who practiced safe habits with electricity to
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by May 31. A grand prize of $250 will be awarded to the person who makes the nomination, along with a free electrical home inspection and other prizes. The person described in the nomination will be given a plaque and other prizes. For more information, call (801) 377-7263 or log on to www.utah.mistersparky.com. PROVO • The Provo chapter of Families Supporting Adoption, a national organization promoting adoption, is celebrating Birth Mother's Day by holding the Celebrate Adoption Walk at 9 a.m. on Saturday at the Provo High School outdoor track. The event will celebrate the choices of birth mothers and their role in helping create adoptive families. Birth mothers, adoptive families and everyone whose lives have been influenced by adoption is invited to participate in Saturday's festivities.¬ A light continental breakfast will be available for all participants. Along with the commemorative walk around the track, other activities are planned. • The team from Provo High School drove away with the prize in the Ford/AAA Auto Skills competition, held on April 30. Benjamin Hernandez and Austin Springer took first place in the contest to find Utah's finest automotive technology students. Hernandez, Springer and their instructor, Coleman McVea, will travel to the Ford Motor Company Headquarters in Dearborn, Mich., to compete in the national contest on June 24. The top scorers on the written test pulled out their tools and went to work on 10 identically "bugged" Ford vehicles. The winning team was determined by a combination of their written test scores and the time it took to diagnose and repair their vehicle. Students from all over the state participated in the written portion of the test, which is offered online. The annual Ford/AAA Auto Skills competition encourages students to consider careers in the automobile repair industry and provides scholarships to help them continue their education after high school. |
