🌱 Salt Lake City Pencil Statue + Gun Buyback Program + Party Shooting

Hi all. I'm back in your inbox this morning to walk you through everything you need to know about what's happening these days in town.

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First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and cool. High: 71 Low: 48.

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Here are the top three stories in Salt Lake City today:

1. Another piece of obscure public art has arrived in Salt Lake City — a giant 15-foot pencil. The statue is titled "On Point" and can be found at 242 E. South Temple in front of a Price Real Estate-owned building. "On Point" joins statues of an ostrich and a rhino as the obscure public art pieces scattered through our city. (KSL.com)
2. The Salt Lake City gun buyback event got over a hundred unwanted guns off city streets. The event collected 38 rifles, 28 revolvers, 24 pistols, and 13 shotguns in exchange for gift cards. Five of the surrendered weapons were reported stolen. The Salt Lake City Police Department reportedly plans to hold another gun buyback event soon. (Salt Lake Tribune)
3. The Salt Lake City Police Department is currently investigating an incident that resulted in two sustaining receiving gunshot wounds. The incident occurred at 368 West 900 South when a fight broke out at a large party. Responding officers shut down the area and collected evidence. Anyone with information about the incident is being urged to contact the department. (KUTV 2News)

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Today in Salt Lake City:

• Charlie And The Chocolate Factory At The Eccles Theater (8:30 PM)

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From my notebook:

• The city is reminding residents to not water lawns for the next few days since it will be raining. Let Mother Nature handle the sprinkling this week. (Twitter)
• Salt Lake City will be celebrating Independence Day and the state's Pioneer Day with Laser Light Night! Admission is free. The event will be at Liberty Park on Jul. 2 and Jul. 23 from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (Twitter)
• The Utah Department of Health is reminding mothers that Walmart has a new formula finder. Click the link to use the tool to find infant formula during the ongoing infant formula shortage. (Twitter)

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— Sean Peek

About me: Sean Peek is a writer and entrepreneur with a degree in English Literature from Weber State University. Over the years, he has worked as a copywriter, editor, SEO specialist, and marketing director for various digital media companies. He currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.