Back to School Shopping Tips

It’s that time of year again. Students and parents are hitting the aisles, buying up boxes of pens and pencils, notebooks, folders, pencil boxes, and calculators.
Here are a few money-saving tips:

Take an inventory. A quick look in drawers and closets could reveal supplies you may not have realized you had.

• Recycle supplies. Reuse pens, pencils, folders, pencil boxes, and other supplies from last year.
• Buy in bulk. Buy frequently used tools like pens and pencils in bulk. Most of the time, bulk buying is more economical.
• Check the super-discount bins. Sometimes you can find a great buy.
• Shop consignment stores, thrift shops, and garage sales to find gently used supplies.
• Watch for in-store or online promotions.
• Shop all year. Throughout the year keep your eyes peeled for sales on school supplies like notebooks and folders.

Back to School Treats

Get your child's school year off to a sweet start with these easy-to-decorate school bus cupcakes.

Ingredients

• Cooled cupcakes (baked from your favorite recipe)
• Blue and green frosting
• Sugar wafers

• Chocolate chips
• Black and white decorators' gel
• Red mini M&M's

To make one, first frost a cooled cupcake (baked from your favorite recipe) with blue and green frosting. Cut a small notch from the upper left corner of a sugar wafer, then set the wafer in place just above the green frosting. (You can trim the other end of the wafer if your bus is too long.) Add 2 chocolate chips tips down for wheels, then use black and white decorators' gel for the details. Add a red M&M's Mini for a Stop sign, and you've got one tasty treat kids will line up for.

Congrats to Sharon's daughter Kristi on her upcoming wedding!!!

Sharon's daughter, Kristi is getting married on August 5th in the Bountiful Temple.  Congrats!  I'm sure I speak for everyone when I wish them all the luck and happiness in the world during this exciting time. :)

Employee Spotlight for August!

Our spotlighted employee for August is....Kim Hale.

1.       What do you miss most about being a kid? I miss going home to Texas via a hot 25 hour car ride with the seat belts on the floor. Sitting on the “Hassock” that my grandmother reupholstered with the big center button. Family lined up on the Divan.  We still talk about it.  Car rides to the fruit stands to pick the best snap green beans for dinner. The sound of the kadeedids (? spelling) clicking in the hot night air as I watched my mother’s shadow combing her long hair that she had taken down for the night. She would be in her thin cotton pink night gown. The stillness that over came the busy house hold and my mother’s hushed voice, quietly to her own mother, ”do you need anything Mother, before I go to bed?”

August Birthdays

Celebrating birthdays in August....
Marcia MacKay August 7
Patti Taylor August 17
Susana Burningham August 28
Varonica Ulrick August 30

Happy Birthday!!!

Summer Events

If you're looking for some fun activities to do with your family this Summer, here are some ideas!
Salt Lake Area:
Salt Lake Art Fair presented by The Gateway: July 16 and 17 10:00am-5:00pm.
Folk and Bluegrass Festival: July 23rd 2:00pm to 10:00pm
Teddy Bear Picnic @ Utah's Hogle Zoo: August 6th 10:00am to 3:00pm
Disney Days @ The Gallivan Center: June 21-August 9 11:00am to 1:00pm

St. George Area:
Tuacahn Saturday Market: 9:00am to 1:00pm
Enterprise America Rodeo:  American Legion Rodeo Arena July 21st to July 23rd 8:00pm to 10:30pm
Washington County Fair: August 10th to 13th All Day

Utah County Area: 17th Annual Llama Fest Spanish Fork July 16th 4pm to 9pm.
Cowpoke Roundup at Thanksgiving Point: July 16th 10:00am to 2:00pm.
Comedy at the Point at Thanksgiving Point: July 18th 8:00pm
Emporium Kitchen: Fondue Party at Thanksgiving Point: July 19th 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Mapleton Pioneer Days @ Mapleton City Park: July 23rd

Weber County Area and further North:
Ogden Valley Farmers and Artists Market: 9:00am 2628 North Hwy. 162, Eden Utah
Utah Reggae Festival Downtown July 16th 12:00pm to 10:00pm
Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo: Ogden Stadium July 20-25 6:30pm
Christmas Village in August: August 1st 7:00pm to 10:00pm @ Ogden Ampitheater
C.V. Gardener's Market: Merlin Olsen Park 100 S. 200 E. Saturdays 9am to 1pm
Movie in the Park @ Elk Ridge Park 1060 East 2500 North: July 23rd at 9:00. Showing "Despicable Me".
N. Logan Pioneer Day Celebrations: North Logan City Pioneer Celebrations will be held July 23rd & 25th…Saturday activities held at Elk Ridge Park 1060 E 2500 North include ‘Run to Deseret’ (at 8a.m.)a Fun Run (5k and 1 mile). Register online at northlogancity.org ($10/participant)….BBQ Dinner & Dance at 630p.m….Movie in the Park “Despicable Me”at 830p.m. then Fireworks at 10p.m. (or dark)….Monday activities include Flag Ceremony/ Breakfast 645a.m. to 9a.m. (donation requested) at Elk Ridge Park...the Parade at 10a.m. (Line-up is at 930a.m. then the Parade begins at 1600 E 1900 North and ends at Mtn View Park…activities at Mtn view Park (1100 E 2100 North) from 11a.m. to 2p.m. (games, food, entertainment, Fire Dept Water-Fun) and Historical Pioneer Displays at LDS Cultural Hall (1100 E 2100 North) featuring North Logan Historic photos, artifacts, quilts and stories from 11a.m. to 2p.m.

Employee Spotlight for July!

This month's spotlilghted employee is Kyndel Marcroft.

1.      What is something nobody here knows about you?  I would like to write a book someday.

2.       What’s your hidden talent?  Excellent bed head.

3.       What’s your favorite meal to cook?  Anything in a dutch oven.

4.       What super power would you choose?  It would have to be flying.  For sure!

5.      What was your most unusual job?  River Guide on the Colorado and Green Rivers.  Paid my way through college.  Lived in Moab for 4 summers.