dinner program to support needy families

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Community Action's summer dinner program is offering free meals to families to address summer food loss and nutrition needs.

The program offers free dinners to children 18 and under, and adults can purchase a meal for $3.

The organization's central kitchen conducts the 11-week program at four sites throughout Salt Lake County. Family enrichment is also a part of the program with activities planned daily to engage everyone and to create a more inviting atmosphere.

The program will run Monday through Friday, June 6 through Aug. 12 at the following Head Start locations:

* 1240 American Beauty Drive, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

* 2825 S. 200 East, 4-6:30 p.m.

* 6447 W. 4100 South, West Valley City, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

* 8275 W. 3500 South, Magna, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Please note meals will not be offered on July 3-4 and July 24-25 due to the holidays.

Midvale Senior Center to host pet clinic

MIDVALE - Salt Lake County Animal Services will host a pet license and vaccine clinic at the Midvale Senior Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday.

The clinic will offer low-cost vaccinations, rabies vaccinations and microchips. In addition, animal services will license dogs, cats and ferrets.

Owners should bring proof of previous rabies vaccinations, license and microchip. Licenses are $15 for sterilized animals and $40 for unsterilized animals.

Owners are asked to leash their dogs, and put cats and ferrets in carriers.

Gov. Herbert names 2 to transportation commission

SALT LAKE CITY - Gov. Gary Herbert has appointed former Utah County Commissioner Larry Ellertson and Southern Utah University administrator Donna Law as new members of the Utah State Transportation Commission.

They will replace J. Kent Millington and Gayle McKeachnie, whose terms on the commission have expired. Herbert also designated Ellertson as commission chairman, a position held by Millington since early 2016, according to a statement from the governor's office.

Once confirmed by the Utah Senate, Ellertson and Law will serve as part of the independent advisory panel that prioritizes the Utah Department of Transportation's statewide projects and decides how funds allocated for transportation by the Legislature are spent.

In addition to his work on the Utah County Commission, Ellertson has served as mayor of Lindon, president of the Utah League of Cities and Towns, chairman of the Provo/Orem Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the Utah Transit Authority's board of trustees.

Law is executive director of SUU's Michael O. Leavitt Center for Politics & Public Service. She has served as the university's director of government relations and in several capacities associated with the Utah Shakespeare Festival.

Law has also been a member of the Utah Arts and Museums board, and chairwoman of the Cedar City/Brian Head Tourism and Convention Bureau.