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Show PAGE A8 APRIL 30, 2010 SUMMIT COUNTY NEWS Just Stuff Photo of The Week by Jan What do the swim team, the cheerleaders, the drama club and the debate team all have in common? It's the same thing that the high school band, the Girl Scouts, the Spanish club and the local elementary schools have in common. They need money to do the things they do. So, from time to time, they have fundraisers. Let's face it. If you've got kids and they're involved in any extra-curricular activities, if they just attend school for that matter, chances are you've probably bought (or helped sell) your share of wrapping paper, magazines or cookie dough. It might come in the form of selling coupon books, pizzas, or cookies, or having bake sales, or car washes, but you've been involved in raising the funds. There are all kinds of ways for groups to raise money. And most organizations try to tackle two or three fundraisers a year - one in the fall, one in the spring, and maybe one mid-summer. All to lessen the burden of what mom and dad have to fork over when it's time to pay the piper. My boys' scout troop and venture crew are no different; the boys sell tickets to a barbecue. But that's it. They only do one fundraiser during the year. Devin and Tyler are part of Boy Scout Troop 410, a very active troop sponsored by Christ United Methodist Church in Salt Lake and they do a barbecue for their fundraiser - a buffalo barbecue. Now, it's not like your run-of-the-mill fund-raiser where kids sell tickets for a pancake breakfast or spaghetti dinner, or where the cheerleaders serve breakfast to 150 or the choir serves dinner to 200. Oh, the scouts and the ventures sell tickets to a dinner that includes salad and a roll, sliced buffalo in barbecue sauce, baked potato, vegetable, pie and homemade root beer - for 1500. That's about how many meals we served last year - "dine-in" and "take-out." Since the BBQ is on Saturday and I'm writing it Friday morning to meet the noon deadline for my column, by the time you read this, it will all be over but the shouting (and the leftovers, if there are any). But I'm sure it will be a success. After all, it's a tradition. What started out as a small get-together in someone's backyard cooking a few slabs of buffalo to raise some money for scout camp, blossomed into Troop 410's annual Buffalo BBQ. And this year marks its 49th year! And things have changed a bit since then. As I write this column, there's over 1000 pounds of buffalo, shipped in from South Dakota, thawing in the walk-in refrigerator of a local grocery store and it takes a few more than a handful of parents to pull off what the BBQ has become. Tonight, the potatoes, all 1,500 plus, have to be scrubbed and wrapped in tinfoil for baking. Salt and pepper shakers have to be filled, tables and chairs, enough to seat 300 or more at a time, have to be set up in the gym. Slicers and steam tables, green beans and cases of salad, pats of butter and dry ice for the root beer, all have to be picked up and delivered to the church. And Saturday morning, the buffalo roasts have to be prepared for roasting, which means wheeling the roasts from the grocery store, across 33rd South, in grocery carts, to the church where they can be seasoned with the secret recipe. Then it's back in the carts and back to the store for roasting. And the potatoes have to be delivered to another store that bakes them for us... provided we buy our pies there. A few hours later, the cooked roasts, baked potatoes and over a hundred and fifty pies have to be picked up and brought to the church. Luckily, the troop and crew parents and their friends and family, passed troop parents, pitch in to get things set up. And we'll be ready to open the doors for dinner at 3:30. Of course, I forgot to mention, the boys, who get out and knock on doors, sit in front of stores, hound their neighbors, their family, their friends, to buy tickets, are the ones who serve the meals, clear the tables, visit with the patrons, and make the BBQ what it is. Yes, it's a far cry from the first Buffalo BBQs, but it's the same, too. It's a fundraiser for the scouts. And, like any fundraiser, it takes some doing. But the Buffalo BBQ is IT for the year. The boys don't have to do car washes or hold bake sales. They don't have to go door-to-door selling pizzas or popcorn. And the parents don't have to help sell wrapping paper, greeting cards or coupon books, either. So, by the time you read this, Troop 410's 49th annual Buffalo BBQ will be but a memory. We'll all be exhausted, and the BBQ committee will already be making notes for next year's 50th!!!! It's that time of the year - "Let's go Fly a kite!" Have you got a favorite photo - one that you would like to share with those who read the Summit County News! Perhaps the photo is one that would make someone laugh or smile, or maybe just say "0000' or "aah" - or you just think it is timely as to what is going on in Summit County. Maybe you would like them to guess where it is in the county! Whatever the occasion, everyone loves to look at the Photo of the Week - bragging rights allowed! Send them in to Cheryl Ovard, Summit County News Editor: clog@allwest.net , or bring them in to the Coalville Office any morning of the week! You can also mail them to Summit County News, P.O. Box 128, Coalville, UT 84017. Pictures will be held at the office for your to pick up when convenient! Go Classifieds! 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Adults and the elderly may save medications, such as antibiotics, for use at a later date. This is called misuse and can lead to antibiotic resistance as well as a delay in treatment of a condition that may be harmful. Often, when people choose to get rid of their medications, they may flush them down the toilet which can lead to contamination of our water supply. By bringing medications to Recycle Utah on Saturday, April 24, you can prevent all of this. Here is a list of what will be collected: Prescription medicines (pills, liquids, creams) Over-the-counter medi- cines (pills, liquids, creams) Medications for pets Vitamins Nebulizer solution Medication samples Inhalers Sharps (needles, lancets, epi-pens, pre-filled injectable drug syringes) Thermometers These items cannot be collected: NO oxygen tanks NO nebulizer machines NO IV bags NO significant amounts of medications from physician offices, clinics, or hospitals Recycle Utah is a community non-profit drop off recycling center. 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