The annual Highland Fling will feature activities todaythrough Saturday, concluding with a fireworks show Saturday at 10 p.m.

The Play Day Rodeo will be today and Friday at the Utah County Equestrian Park, 9370 N. 6800 West in Highland. Registration for each day will begin at 5 p.m., with the events starting at 6 p.m. They will include mutton busting, western pleasure, English pleasure and barrels.

The Youth Council Dance will be held Friday evening in the Mountain Ridge Junior High cafeteria from 8 -11:30 p.m. It will be a benefit for the Parker Reed medical fund with 75 cents of the $2.75 ticket going to the fund. School dress standards will apply.

Saturday will begin with a hot air balloon lift off at 6:30 a.m. Three events start at 7 a.m. The Tour de Scrub mountain bike race at Lambert Park in Alpine; the classic 5K and fun run at MRJH and the Lone Peak Marching Band yard sale in Heritage Park.

The annual Kiwanis $1 breakfast will be from 7:30-9:30 a.m. in the Heritage Park pavilion. The Scottish Heavy Games will start at 9:30 a.m. and go until 5:30 p.m., east of MRJH.

The Grand Parade will begin at 10 a.m. starting at Highland Elementary School and ending at Heritage Park. Events throughout the day include food and concessions, free kids games, the DUP cabin museum, the National Guard exhibit and a Classic Car show.

Entertainment will be provided throughout the day on the stage at Heritage Park.

Fireworks will be the finale for the day's celebrations at 10 p.m.

Those who wish more information may call the Highland City Office at 756-5751. Registration forms for the events may be picked up there or accessed on the Web site at highlandcity.org.

AMERICAN FORK

Congressman Jim Matheson is sending his staff to American Fork to help residents with issues including veterans affairs, Medicare, Social Security, travel visas, RECA claims and immigration. His representatives, Michelle Posselli and Ashley Martin, will be at the American Fork Senior Citizen Center, 54 E. Main St., from noon to 1 p.m. on Aug. 4. No appointment is necessary.

CEDAR HILLS

The City Council has approved acceptance of the subdivision improvements for the Cedars Plat I. City staff previously conducted an inspection and gave developers a punch list of items to correct. Developers addressed the problems, and gained approval during the city's second inspection.

HIGHLAND

The City Council has granted final approval of the Day's Meadow subdivision. However, the placement of the trail which will be constructed over a buried irrigation ditch was left to discretion of developer Steve Hoyal. "It will depend on the elevation of the irrigation ditch," he said. The trail will either go west along 10680 North, which is Chapel Drive, then between lots 4 and 5 in the 13-lot subdivision or else north along the back of lots 1 through 4. The council later approved the piping of the ditch between Day's Meadow and Hyde Estates which will allow the trail to connect from 6000 to 6400 West. The city will front the cost estimated to be between $55,000 and $75,000 with the stipulation the money will be reimbursed when the land is developed. The engineering for the design of the project will now go out to bid.

LEHI

Jack Wadley may be able to do what other developers have not been able to do in the last 10 years -- build a bowling center in the southeast business district of Lehi. Wadley has been in the business for 49 years and owns Jack and Jill Bowling in American Fork. They are planning on building a Lehi Jack and Jill's on 111 S. 600 East with 24 bowling lanes. Less than a block from Lehi High School, the proposed center will carry over the same educational and competitive programs that are available at the American Fork bowling center. Wadley wants the center's exterior design similar to its neighbor Albertson's -- modeled after the Lehi Roller Mills building on Main Street and 800 East with its white walls and red metal roof.

MAPLETON

In its July 26 meeting, the City Council voted to purchase the property just south of the old library and police department building to use for the construction of a new fire station.

PLEASANT GROVE

Jerri Warnick will entertain this Sunday as she sings the delightful music of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and other greats. Enjoy an evening of up-tunes and romantic melodies in the outdoor setting of the Pleasant Grove Recreation Center's east lawn on 100 East and 200 South. The free concert begins at 7:30 p.m. It is sponsored by the Pleasant Grove Arts Commission.

SANTAQUIN

In conjunction with Santaquin Days, there will be a rodeo at the Santaquin Arena on Saturday. The event will begin at 8 p.m. The cost is $8 for adults and $6 for children ages 3 to 16. Those who pay in advance at the Santaquin City Center, 45 W. 100 South, will receive a dollar discount per ticket. All seating will be on the lawn. There will also be a fireworks show following the event.

SPANISH FORK

The Spanish Fork Regional Chorale has a new name and a new director. The group will be named the Nebo Chorale to better align the choir with the newly formed Nebo Philharmonic Orchestra, and hopes are that the name will attract singers from Springville to Santaquin. The new director will be Rick Lunt, current director of the choirs at Spanish Fork High School. Lunt will start as director on Sept. 6.

SPRINGVILLE

Quilter Marcia Harward will be featured at the monthly Community and Family Night Monday from 6-8 p.m. at the Springville Museum of Art, 126 E. 400 South. Following Harward, Fiddlin' Fun will provide the entertainment portion of the evening. Children will then have the opportunity to apply the artistic principles they have learned from the guest artist, as the Museum Art Education department presents a "design your own quilt" activity for the children. This is a free activity. For more information or questions call 489-2727 or visit the museum's Web site at www.sma.nebo.edu.

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page B9.