FREE TICKETS to: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Mark your calendars for Monday, August 8th - 6:00am to 9:00 a.m.

The first 200 people to come to the Energy Solutions Arena at 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 am, and the first 200 people to come 8:00 am. - 9:00 am. and each donate 10 cans of food to the Utah food Bank will receive one free pass to the all new Fully Charged Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus playing at the Energy Solutions Arena Sept. 22-Sept. 25.

Person must be there with 10 cans of food to receive one free pass, NO EXCEPTIONS!
One person/10 can donation = 1 free pass

There will be six different mom bloggers on location taking donations (that would be ME!) The mom that collects the most food that morning will receive 100 passes to give to their readers! I am allowed to collect food in advance and bring with me to the event, and I can get sponsors to donate food, but I can't give out any tickets in advance for the advance donations or sponsors. Only people on site donating will receive a free pass.

If you would like to donate in advance and help us get those 100 extra tickets to give away, you can drop your donations off to:
Gines Auto Service
4261 W 5415 S
Kearns, UT  84118
(801) 966-6021

(Make sure you have dropped off your donations to Gines Auto Service by Friday August 5th at 5:30pm.)

I am also allowed to bring anybody and everybody that wants to come hang out at my booth that morning from 6am to 9am. Fox 13 and a few other news stations will be there doing fun circus things with us mom bloggers. Come down and hang out with us, and participate in fun activities! Bring your kids, and it's even early enough that you can come down before work!

Any questions, email me at michelle@enjoyutah.org.

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WHAT IS IT?! Sneak Peek!

WHAT IS IT?!

Here is a sneak peek of the WHAT IS IT?! picture that will be posted on our  Facebook page tomorrow. The first person to correctly identify this vehicle part will receive $10 off their next service; but remember: do not start guessing until it's posted on Facebook tomorrow!

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LET'S CELEBRATE!: Customer Appreciation Days!

Mark your calendars for Friday August 12th (11:30am to 6:00pm) and Saturday August 13th (during and after the Kearns Hometown Days Parade). 

We will be joining in the Kearns Hometown Days celebration with some celebrating of our own. We will be celebrating YOU, or loyal customers!

On Friday August 12th from 11:30am to 6:00pm, we will be cooking and serving hamburgers and hot dogs, free of charge. When you stop by to visit and have lunch/dinner, make sure you enter our prize drawings! The winners will be chosen on Saturday in our parking lot after the parade. (You do not need to be present to win, but make sure you write legibly so that we can call you!) 

On Saturday, Aug 13^th,  we will also be participating in the Kearns Hometown Days Parade. During the parade (and a little after) we will be giving away snow cones and drawing the prizes for those that visited us on Friday and entered the drawing. 

This is a small thank you from us to the Kearns Community for all the community's support over the years. So make sure you stop by on Friday & Saturday to join us.

     

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WHAT IS IT?! Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek of the WHAT IS IT?! picture that will be posted on our  Facebook page tomorrow. The first person to correctly identify this vehicle part will receive $10 off their next service; but remember: do not start guessing until it's posted on Facebook tomorrow!

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Pioneer Day Celebrations 2011, 24th of July events

Below are Pioneer Day celebrations happening around Utah this week. 




View Utah's NEW fireworks laws HERE.

Salt Lake County

• Salt Lake Bees baseball games
• Days of 47 events (all month long July)
• Days of 47 Rodeo July 18-25
• Float Preview Party July 20th and 21st
• Pioneer Day Commemoration Concert July 22nd
• First Encampment Hike July 23rd
• Brother Brigham's Ball July 23rd
• Free admission to Red Butte Garden - July 24th
• This Is The Place Pioneer Days - July 23rd and 25th
• Days of 47 Parade July 25th
• Deseret News Marathon July 25th
• Sunrise Service July 25th

Davis County

• Bountiful Handcart Days July 22nd and 23rd
• Bountiful Historical Tour July 23rd

Weber County

• Ogden Pioneer Days - all month long July 2011
• PRCA Rodeo - July 20th through 23rd
• Community Pancake Breakfast - July 25th
• Parade - July 25th

Box Elder County

• Tremonton Days July 23rd

Tooele County

• Childrens' Parade - July 23rd

Utah County

• Spanish Fork Fiesta Days July 21st - July 25th
• Mapleton Pioneer Days July 23rd

Washington County

• Pioneer Day Celebrations at the Heritage Center in Pine Valley July 23rd

Sanpete County

• Fairview Pioneer Day festivities - all month long July
• Spring City Pioneer Days - all month long
• Sterling Pioneer Days - July 24th

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Extra Contest Entries When You Perform Maintenance Or Visit Our Shop!

Enjoy Utah! is holding a summer contest, and you get extra entries for visiting our shop and posting a picture in your album about it! View complete details about the contest HERE.

Here are ideas of pictures you can post for the contest, and in the description put a link back to our blog:

• Checking your tire pressure to prepare for a road trip.
• Checking your oil
• Coming in our shop for regular maintenance, or any repair
• Checking or adding windshield washer fluid
• Be creative! There will be many times this summer when you need to prepare your vehicle for a road trip, so snap a picture, post a link back to us, and you get extra entries!

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WHAT IS IT?! Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek of the WHAT IS IT?! picture that will be posted on our  Facebook page tomorrow. The first person to correctly identify this vehicle part will receive $10 off their next service; but remember: do not start guessing until it's posted on Facebook tomorrow!

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HOW TO: Check Your Oil

Make sure your vehicle has the proper amount of oil! If your engine runs out of oil, your engine will seize up and stop running. Don't let your engine oil get low! By doing the simple maintenance tasks, you can keep your vehicle running in top shape!

For more tips like this, visit our Auto Care Tips Page.

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Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day!

Have an enjoyable and safe day!

From all of us here at

Gines Auto Service!

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FRIDAY TIDBIT: Insulated Thermal Coolant Jug From Hybrid Car

Insulated (thermal) coolant jug on a hybrid car
(Toyota Prius)

The insulated or thermal coolant jug in the Toyota Prius is used to capture hot coolant from the engine.

After the engine is shut off the thermal coolant jug keeps the heat in some of the coolant. When the engine is restarted the hot coolant in the jug is pumped into the engine to bring it to normal operating temperature.

With the engine being brought instantly to normal operating temperature it uses less gas and is much more efficient. Cold engines burn much more gas than an engine that is at operating temperature.

This was our WHAT IS IT?! picture posted on our Facebook page yesterday, and we got some really fun and interesting guesses. Here are some  of the guesses that people thought this vehicle part was:

• coffee maker
• what Chad uses to make coffee while hunting
• R2D2's cousin
• homemade stove for hobos
• messed up fuel filter that somebody made themself
• fuel vapor canister
• fuel charcoal canister
• housing for filter cartridge
• alternator

Good guesses! Remember, we randomly give out prizes for those that guess on our facebook page frequently, so even if you don't know what it is, take a guess! We need to be amused, especially on a Thursday when it's been a long week! :)

For more tips like this, visit our Auto Care Tips page.

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