Final Concert in the Park🎶🏞️

What’s Up Provo!

Happy National Toilet Paper Day! 🧻 

Fun fact about toilet paper: the ancient Romans didn’t have any. They instead used a sea sponge on a stick after using the restroom. After using it they would simply rinse it off and leave it for the next person. 🤨 

Let’s not think about that anymore. Here are the top events for the day:

🎶 Mapleton Concert in the Park: Papa Dewey and the Pistons
🧑‍🌾 Farmers Markets (Springville & Mapleton)
🚜 The Straight Story (G, 1999) Free Showing @ the Orem Library

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.

OUR MENU

Today

Mapleton Concert in the Park: Papa Dewey and the Pistons 🎶🏞️ 

Mapleton City Park @ 7pm

This is the last summer concert in the park in Mapleton, and one of the last concerts in the park in the valley this year.

For the final concert in the Park, Mapleton has brought in Papa Dewey and the Pistons!🤘 Expect some great oldies, rock n’ roll, and some country as well. And might as well come a little early and enjoy the Mapleton Farmers Market happening right before the concert starts!
More info

Coming Up This Week

🛠️💻️ Utah Valley Job Fair

Tuesday, Aug 27th - Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo from 2pm to 5pm

This is Utah’s LARGEST job fair and it is completely free for job seekers. Here are just a few of the many companies that will be there:

America First Credit Union, American Eagle Ready Mix LLC, Archer Western, ARCO Design/Build, Arris Healthcare, Associated Food Stores, Black Diamond Experts, Caselle, Inc., City of Orem, Cotiviti, Inc., Dura-Line, Equinox IT Services, Fastenal, Foundever, Geneva Pipe and Precast, Gerber Construction Inc., Gilson Engineering, Grand Hyatt Deer Valley, HAP Alaska Yukon, Hill AFB , Indy Clover, Intermountain Health, Kenect, Leprd, Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, Marriott Vacations Worldwide…
More info

👨‍🍳 Learn It: Love Your Instant Pot
Tuesday, Aug 27th - Room 201 in the Provo Library from 7pm to 8:30pm
More info

🐻 BYU Women’s Soccer vs. UCLA
Wednesday, Aug 28th - Los Angeles @ TBA Live Stats | Big Ten Network

🎨 Teen Art Club
Wednesday, Aug 28th - Neighborhood Art Center (1200 Towne Centre Boulevard Ste 2108, Provo) from 6pm to 8pm. More info

🎸 Bluebird Bands: A Plugged In Concert Experience
Thursday, Aug 29th - Sundance from 8pm to 10:30pm More info/Tickets

🎉🌮 Festival Latinoamericano Provo
Fri, Aug 30th to Mon, Sep 2nd - Downtown Provo, County Courthouse from 6pm to 10pm More info

🏐 doTerra Classic (BYU Volleyball Games)
Friday, Aug 30th - BYU @ 12pm vs Southeastern Louisiana and at BYU @ 7pm vs Fairfield More info

🏟️🏈 Football: BYU vs. Southern Illinois
Saturday, Aug 31st - LaVell Edwards Stadium @ 6pm ESPN+ | BYU Radio | Tickets

Weather

Today
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Tomorrow
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Deals 🤑 

🦖🦋 Thanksgiving Point Back to School 5 for 1 deal
Purchase a ticket to any single discovery center and gain access to all five venues at Thanksgiving Point (Butterfly Biosphere, Farm Country, Museum of Ancient Life, etc.). Ends Aug 31st. More info

🍣 Monday Sushi Special @ Five Sushi Brothers
$5 for the Band Manager Roll. More info

⛷️ 2024/25 Season Ski Passes on Sale
Brighton - Prices increase Sep. 5th Tickets
Sundance - Prices increase Oct. 31st Tickets
EPIC Pass (Park City, Vail, Breck) - Prices increase Sep 2nd Tickets
Beaver Mountain - Prices increase Aug 31st Tickets

Reminders & Notices

☣️ Harmful Algae Bloom Warning @ Utah Lake
Warning Advisory for Provo Beach and Lincoln Marina (Harmful Algae Bloom). More info

🥒⚪️ Registration open for Pickleball Tournament w/ Orem Police Department
3.5, 4.0, 4.5+, Sep. 21st, Cash Prizes, Raffle, etc. More info

Grass Seed for Provo Residents 🌱🚰 
The Provo Turf Trade (a Provo City program) is selling seed RIGHT NOW to Provo residents. Move quick because the seed usually sells out fast. According to the site, the grass seed they are selling will need at least 30% less water than the usual bluegrass lawn.
Grass seed is sold in 5 pound bags for $6.50 + tax. One bag covers approximately 1,000 square feet.
More info

🚗🌳 East Bay Blvd (from 350 E to Lakeview Parkway) closed this week
From Monday, Aug 26th until Friday, Aug 30th to remove dead trees and clean the sewer mains in that area

🌳 Fall 2024 Tree Giveaway
Applications open TOMORROW, Tuesday, Aug 27th. More info about the program, and the specific species they are giving away can be found here.

🍑🎭️ James and the Giant Peach Auditions @ the Scera
Auditions will start the week of September 2nd | Info

Updates

SATURDAY BYU Ties Long Beach State

BYU scored first but Long Beach State tied it up soon after. Recap

Motivation Monday

It’s Mother Teresa’s birthday this week, but do you know her story?

Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) 

Born in Skopje, in present-day North Macedonia, and named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu at birth, Mother Teresa was deeply influenced by her family and her faith from an early age. After experiencing a profound desire to serve as a missionary, she joined the Sisters of Loreto in Ireland at age 18 and took the name Sister Mary Teresa. Her journey led her to India, where she taught in a convent school for nearly two decades. However, her life’s mission took a dramatic turn during a train journey in 1946:

“On 10 September 1946 during the train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling for her annual retreat, Mother Teresa received her “inspiration”, her “call within a call.”... Over the course of the next weeks and months, by means of interior locutions and visions, Jesus revealed to her the desire of His heart… He asked Mother Teresa to establish a religious community, Missionaries of Charity, dedicated to the service of the poorest of the poor. Nearly two years of testing and discernment passed before Mother Teresa received permission to begin. On August 17, 1948, she dressed for the first time in a white, blue-bordered sari and passed through the gates of her beloved Loreto convent to enter the world of the poor.’

‘On 21 December she went for the first time to the slums. She visited families, washed the sores of some children, cared for an old man lying sick on the road and nursed a woman dying of hunger and TB. She started each day in communion with Jesus in the Eucharist and then went out, rosary in her hand, to find and serve Him in “the unwanted, the unloved, the uncared for.” After some months, she was joined, one by one, by her former students.”

Mother Teresa and her sisters dedicated themselves to the most marginalized, caring for the sick, hungry, and homeless in the slums of Calcutta and beyond. What began as a small effort in Calcutta grew into a global mission, with her order expanding to serve in over 120 countries by the time of her death.

Mother Teresa’s purpose in life was not just shaped by the external service she provided but also by her deep interior struggles. Despite facing profound spiritual darkness and a sense of separation from God—a trial she referred to as "the darkness"—she remained committed to her mission. Her perseverance and humility, even in the face of this inner suffering, made her work all the more remarkable.

Her unwavering faith and dedication attracted worldwide recognition, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, yet she remained focused on her calling, always emphasizing the simple acts of love and kindness. Even as her health declined in later years, she continued to guide her order and respond to the needs of the poor until her passing in 1997. Mother Teresa’s legacy endures as a beacon of compassion and selfless service, inspiring countless people to live with a spirit of love and care for others, especially the most vulnerable.

Based on articles from:

Vatican.va & Biography.com & Wikipedia

Words To Remember

Hope it’s a great start to your week!

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Monday, Aug 26th, 2024