COUNTYWIDE

Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City will present its 26th annual Primary Children's Miracle Network Telethon live from the medical center beginning Saturday at 6:30 p.m. through Sunday at 5 p.m. The telethon will be broadcast by KSL, channel 5. The telethon raises money to help pay medical expenses for about 11,000 visits by needy children. Every penny raised helps children in the Utah and Intermountain area.

PROVO

Provo City School District's Summer Child Nutrition Program will begin on June 2. Children 18 years and younger may participate in this program and eat breakfast and lunch for free in the school cafeteria. To find out more about the program, contact Jenilee McComb at 374-4867 or visit www.district.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/pcs.

• Provo City will host Water Safety Day today at the Veterans Memorial Pool, 450 W. 500 North, from 10-11:30 a.m. to educate the public about the importance of pool safety. Children and adults will learn ways to stay safe in and around the water. A free swimming lesson will be given. Admission is $2 for ages 13 and older and free for ages 12 and under.

AMERICAN FORK

Summer Concerts are scheduled for the American Fork Amphitheater, 851 E. 900 North, on Mondays beginning June 2. The concerts are free and start at 7 p.m. For a list of performers visit www.afcity.org and click on the Arts Council under departments.

• For his Eagle Scout Project, Ryan Sannar has organized a seminar at the American Fork Recreation Center, 454 N. Center St., on keeping kids safe. The event is today from 9 a.m. to noon. A representative from the American Fork Police Department will speak about stranger danger and Salt Lake City kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart will speak about how to prevent and survive a kidnapping.

PAYSON

Lu Ann Staheli, an English teacher at Payson Junior High, has been selected as the 2008 Best of State K-12 Educator. During her 29 years as an English teacher, Staheli has shared her love of reading and writing with more than 4,000 students. "Once my student, always my student" is her personal philosophy, and her students seem to know that without ever being told. They visit her classroom years later, stop her in the local grocery, and track her down via the Internet to ask her for book recommendations, tell her about their latest writing project, or share a favorite memory from a long-ago class she taught. Through shared literacy, students develop a sense of connection to Staheli that leads them into an adult world where books and writing are important. Many of her students have become teachers, education administrators and professional writers. Staheli will be recognized at the Best of State Awards Gala, today at the Salt Palace Grand Ballroom.