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What’s Up Provo! 

It’s a packed Saturday! The start of a 3-day weekend, college sports including three BYU games, Swiss Days, Festival Latinoamericano, and it’s International Bacon Day! 🥓 

No need to delay, let’s get into it:

• 🏟️🏈 Football: BYU vs. Southern Illinois

• 🎉🌮 Festival Latinoamericano Provo

• 🐮🍨 Swiss Days in Midway

Ono’s Malasadas

OUR STORY

While on their annual vacation to the Hawaiian Islands, Sophia Bussio and her family discovered Malasadas, a Portuguese fried sweet dough, a food staple in Hawaii. Sophia and her family saw the opportunity to bring the malasada magic to Provo. Excited to embrace the opportunity, the Bussios dove headfirst into the world of fried dough, later naming their new company “Ono’s Malasadas.”

OUR NAME

The name, a fusion of Hawaiian and Portuguese, encapsulates what a malasada truly is. “Ono” in Hawaiian means “delicious,” while in Portuguese, “Malasadas” translates to “bad dough” — a contradiction that perfectly describes the treat.

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🏟️🏈 Football: BYU vs. Southern Illinois

Saturday, Aug 31st - LaVell Edwards Stadium @ 6pm

Local sports writer, Mitch Harper, wrote an article about how he ran a computer simulation of this game. (He had BYU alternate between Gerry Bohanon and Jake Retzlaff each quarter, let’s hope this doesn’t happen.)

Here’s how it went: Southern Illinois was up 24-14 lead with two minutes to go in the half, but BYU grabbed the lead and lead narrowly the rest of the game. The final score was BYU 42, Southern Illinois 39.

It was all fake of course, and maybe meaningless, (read more about Mitch Harper’s game sim here), but still fun. Go BYU! Beat those Salukis!
ESPN+ | BYU Radio | Tickets

🎸 Bluebird Cafe Concert Series
Sundance from 8pm to 10:30pm
Bluebird Cafe Concert Series features Nashville’s finest singer-songwriters and musicians. Today and tomorrow Trannie Anderson, Josh Jenkins, Matt Jenkins will be performing.
More info

🏐 BYU Women’s Volleyball vs High Point
Saturday, Aug 31st - BYU @ 7pm Live Stats | ESPN+

⚽️ BYU Women’s Soccer vs Utah State
Home game @ 8pm
Live Stats | ESPN+

Sunday

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Monday

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🎉🌮 Festival Latinoamericano Provo LABOR DAY CELEBRATION
Monday, Sep 2nd - Downtown Provo ALL Day
More info

🍍 Labor Day Luau
Monday, Sep 2nd - Thanksgiving Point @ 6pm
More info

🧱 The Great Pottery Throwdown
Monday, Sep 2nd - Scera Park @ 4pm
More info

Burger King ➡️ Dollar General ➡️ NFL Player

After high school, Byron Young got a job at Burger King. He dreamed of playing college football, but it seemed that dream was passing him by. Time went by and he eventually got a job at Dollar General as well. He worked both jobs and gave it all he had, eventually earning promotions. Years had passed since his last football season, but he hadn’t given up hope.

A chance encounter with a flyer while at work led him to a tryout at nearby Georgia Military College. His talent caught the eye of coaches and he made the team. But his dream was bigger than a JUCO school, he hoped to play D-1 ball and impress NFL recruiters. He did whatever he could to make a name for himself at Georgia Military College, but then COVID-19 hit and the season was cancelled. His chance to impress D-1 schools now seemed impossible.

“I felt like I was back at square one,” Young said.

“I honestly didn’t know what to do. I thought it was over for me. But my momma told me to keep doing what I was doing, and somebody would be watching.”

He kept practicing, but he had to pay tuition as well. He started working again (at Circle K), going to school and practice during the day and then working a shift (or two) at night. All the while he kept practicing and reaching out to college programs.

It paid off, he eventually secured an offer from Tennessee, where he quickly made a name for himself, earning All-SEC First Team honors and helping his team win the Orange Bowl. The dream of playing in the NFL was alive.

However, Byron’s age, 25, was a concern for NFL teams. He knew it and so he went into NFL Combine and Pro Day with the added pressure that he had to somehow demonstrate that he would be able to make an impact on an NFL team right away.

He did what he could, and then waited. After 76 picks had gone by, Byron was finally selected by the Los Angeles Rams.

When it came time to choose a jersey number Byron chose the number zero to symbolize the "zero chance" many thought he had of making it. Byron’s story is a testament to persistence.

“I’m not satisfied with what I’ve done so far because I knew I had it in me. I’ve always believed in myself, and that’s the hardest thing to do is to believe in yourself.”

Source: JokerMag

Words To Remember

Thanks for reading!

Have a great weekend Provo!

-Nicole, Josh, & Carlie

Saturday, Aug 31st, 2024