For the love of the game – local man inducted into Utah Softball Hall of Fame

By Becky Ginos

FARMINGTON—It’s been 100 years since American Legion Baseball began and it’s still going strong today. Founded in 1925 in South Dakota after World War I, it has expanded nationwide with hundreds and hundreds of team leagues.

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• Taste, Tour, & Ta-Dah!

  Wednesday, Aug. 13, 6:30-9 p.m., FREE

  Summer concert series and garden tours 

  USU Botanical Center, 80 E. 725 South, Kaysville,

• Bountiful Farmers Market

  Thursday, Aug. 14, 4-8 p.m.

  Bountiful Town Square, 75 E. 200 South

• Zoppé - An Old-World Family Circus

  Friday, Aug. 15 through Monday, Aug. 25

  Pack Farms, 1700 W. Glovers Ln, Farmington

• Antelope Island Spider Festival and Scorpion Safari

  Friday, Aug. 15, 3-9 p.m.

  Antelope Island Marina

• Layton F.E.S.T.

  Friday, Aug. 15, 5:30-9 p.m.

  Layton Commons Park, 465 N. Wasatch Drive

• Rock the Park Concert Series: Neil Diamond Tribute-Performed by Jay White

  Friday, Aug. 15, 6-9 p.m., FREE

  Station Park Fountain Square, 140 N. Union Ave., Farmington

• Summer Concerts: Vinyl 73 - Contemporary/Class Rock/Horns

  Friday, Aug. 15, 7 p.m.

  Bountiful City Park, 400 N. 200 West

• Summer Movie: Toy Story

  Friday, Aug. 15, 7 p.m., FREE

  Kenley Amphitheater, 403 N. Wasatch Dr, Layton

• OAS Public Star Party

  Saturday, Aug. 16, 6 p.m.

  White Rock Bay Event Area, Antelope Island State Park

• Davis County Water Lantern Festival

  Saturday, Aug. 16, 6-10 p.m.

  Jensen Nature Park, 3176 S. Bluff Rd., Syracuse

• One Human Family

  Sunday, Aug. 17, 3:30-5:30 p.m., FREE

  Harmons Grocery: Station Park, 200 N. Station Pkwy., Farmington

• Concert: Petty Theft: San Francisco Tribute to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

  Sunday, Aug. 17, 7 p.m., FREE

  Kenley Amphitheater, 403 N. Wasatch Dr, Layton