SALT LAKE CITY — End the summer with a weekend PACKED full of fun events for everyone in your family no matter where you are in Utah!

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Here’s what’s happening across the Beehive State!

CACHE COUNTY
Cache County Fair and Rodeo – Celebrate 145 years of tradition at the county fair and rodeo at the Cache County Fairgrounds in Logan! This Saturday from 9 a.m. you can see fine arts and horticulture and floriculture at the indoor exhibits or watch the horse shows or even the dog competition and show! All-Day Carnival tickets are available for purchase UNTIL SOLD OUT, without rodeo tickets available for purchase online or at various locations. Follow the link for the full schedule and events.

DAVIS COUNTY
Bountiful Davis Art Center Summerfest – The Summerfest this Saturday will have plenty of fun music, art, and hands-on craft activities for kids! This Saturday from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. the Bountiful Town Square will feature several stages, artisans and food trucks. The workshops to deep-dive into the arts and culture will host sessions lead by an artisan who is a master of their craft. Supplies are limited, visit their website for individual workshop prices.

Utah Retro GameXpo – Come join a celebration of retro gaming culture and history at the Davis Conference Center in Layton! This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. you will find over 180 vendors of items from your childhood from videogames to toys and collectables. There will also be speaker panel discussions, free arcades you can play and an auction for rare and unique items! Follow the link for the map layout and more information.

IRON COUNTY
Utah Shakespeare Festival Greenshow – Stop by at the Ashton Family Greenshow Common for a FREE outdoor evening event hosted by the Utah Shakespeare Festival this Saturday at 7:10 p.m. There will be three different versions of The Greenshow presented. Visit the website for more information.

SALT LAKE COUNTY
Oktoberfest at Snowbird – Snowbird’s 52nd Oktoberfest to feature traditional Bavarian fare, over 50 beer varieties and an arrow of local vendors, live music, face paintings and more! Admission to the festival is free, but parking will cost $12 per vehicle. Follow the link for more information or download the Snowbird mobile app for parking updates.

Bluffdale Old West Days – Celebrate the Old West with Bluffdale, the parade will begin at 10 a.m. from the corner of 15000 South and 2200 West and will take you to the Bluffdale City Park where games, petting zoo, local artist showcase and more will be hosted!

Sandy Balloon Festival – Don’t miss Sandy’s 17th annual hot air balloon festival happening this Saturday! Come and visit Storm Mountain Park at 6:30 a.m. and watch the pilots prepare to take to the skies! You can also volunteer to help prepare for a chance to enjoy a free tethered ride 50-80 feet in the air! There will also be food trucks and a morning DJ. The hot air balloons will glow in the night sky at 7 p.m. with a drone show at 10 p.m., visit the link for more information.

UTAH COUNTY
Spanish Fork Children’s Market – Bring your family to a market where the crafts and goods are made and sold by kids! This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Spanish Fork City Park there will be several booths, follow the link for the Children’s Market Map! The concert and fireworks will begin at 5 p.m., visit their website for more information on all the events.

Alpine Days Parade – Join the Alpine Days Parade this Saturday! The line-up starts at 8 a.m. near the roundabout on the south end of Main Street, with the parade itself beginning at 9 a.m. After the parade, you can visit the Concert at Alpine Days at Creekside Park, which begins at 10 a.m. and will feature a carnival and boutiques with the concert beginning at noon. Follow the link for the full schedule.

WEBER COUNTY
Weber County Fair – The Weber County Fair continues this weekend! This Saturday at the Golden Spike Arena from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. you can experience a variety of activities including SeaQuest, wood carving, a petting farm and MORE fun for the whole family! Visit their website for locations and times for all events.

A Utah man who killed his girlfriend’s mother by slashing her throat was put to death by lethal injection early on Thursday in the state’s first execution since 2010.

Taberon Dave Honie, 48, was convicted of aggravated murder in the July 1998 death of Claudia Benn, the maternal grandmother of his now 27-year-old daughter, Tressa.

Honie was pronounced dead at 12:25am local time in an execution that went as planned and took about 17 minutes. He tapped his foot and mouthed “I love you” to family members watching from a witness chamber after he was given the lethal injection of two doses of pentobarbital.

Honie was 22 when he broke into Benn’s house in Cedar City, the tribal headquarters of the Paiute Indian tribe of Utah, after a day of heavy drinking and drug use. He repeatedly slashed Benn’s throat and stabbed other parts of her body. The judge who sentenced him to death also found that Honie had sexually abused one of Benn’s other grandchildren who was in the house with a then two-year-old Tressa at the time of the murder.

Honie, who had grown up on the Hopi Indian reservation in Arizona, spent the evening with his daughter and other immediate family before the execution. He told Tressa earlier this week that he had come to terms with his fate and hoped she could too, she told the Associated Press.

After the medical team removed Honie’s body from the chamber, his family was allowed in to perform a Native American grieving ritual with bird feathers and cornmeal that they told officers would help free his soul after death.

Outside the prison, a group of anti-death penalty protesters sang Amazing Grace and held signs that said, “All life is precious.”

After decades of failed appeals, Honie’s execution warrant was signed in June despite defense objections to the planned lethal drug. In July, the state changed its execution protocol to using only a high dose of pentobarbital – the nervous system suppressant used to euthanize pets.

The Utah board of pardons and parole denied Honie’s petition to commute his sentence to life in prison after a July hearing during which Honie’s attorneys described his troubled childhood growing up on the reservation with parents who abused alcohol. He had started using hard drugs as a teenager and told the parole board he would not have killed Benn if he had been in his “right mind”. He asked the board to allow him “to exist” so he could be a support for his daughter.

Tressa Honie told the board she had a complicated relationship with her mother and would lose her most supportive parent if her father were to be executed. She said in an interview on Tuesday that she was not ready to lose her dad and felt abandoned by family on her mother’s side who had fought for his execution.

Benn’s close family argued that Taberon Honie deserved no mercy, and they said his execution was the justice they needed after decades of grief.

“He deserves an eye for an eye,” said Benn’s niece, Sarah China Azule.

She and her cousins described Benn as a pillar in their family and south-western Utah community. She was a Paiute tribal council member, substance abuse counselor and caregiver for her children and grandchildren.

Hours before Honie’s execution, a man described by his lawyers as intellectually disabled was executed in Texas for strangling and trying to rape a woman who went jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who killed his girlfriend’s mother by cutting her throat was put to death by lethal injection early Thursday in the state’s first execution since 2010.

Taberon Dave Honie, 48, was convicted of aggravated murder in the July 1998 death of Claudia Benn.

Honie was 22 when he broke into Benn’s house in Cedar City after a day of heavy drinking and drug use and repeatedly slashed her throat and stabbed her in other parts of her body. Benn’s grandchildren, including Honie’s then 2-year-old daughter, were in the house at the time.

The judge who sentenced him to death found that Honie had sexually abused one of the children, one of the aggravating factors used to reach that decision.

Honie’s last meal before his execution was a cheeseburger, french fries and a milkshake, Utah Department of Corrections said. Honie spent the evening with his family before the execution.

After decades of failed appeals, Honie’s execution warrant was signed in June despite defense objections to the planned lethal drug combination. In July, the state changed its execution protocol to using only a high dose of pentobarbital — the nervous system suppressant used to euthanize pets.

The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole denied Honie’s petition to commute his sentence to life in prison after a two-day hearing in July during which Honie’s attorneys said he grew up on the Hopi Indian Reservation in Arizona with parents who abused alcohol and neglected him.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, also denied a final request by Honie to delay the execution.

Honie told the parole board he wouldn’t have killed Benn if he had been in his “right mind.” He asked the board to allow him “to exist” so he could be a support for his daughter.

Tressa Honie told the board she has a complicated relationship with her mother and said she would lose her most supportive parental figure if her father were to be executed.

However, other family members argued that Taberon Honie deserved no mercy.

They described Benn as a pillar in their family and southwestern Utah community — a Paiute tribal member, substance abuse counselor and caregiver for her children and grandchildren.

Sarah China Azule, Benn’s niece, said she was happy with the board’s decision to move forward with Honie’s execution.

“He deserves an eye for an eye,” she said.

Honie was one of six people facing execution in Utah.

The death sentence for a seventh person, Douglas Lovell, who killed a woman to keep her from testifying against him in a rape case, was recently overturned by the Utah Supreme Court. He will be resentenced.

A man described by his lawyers as intellectually disabled was executed a few hours earlier in Texas for strangling and trying to rape a woman who went jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago. Arthur Lee Burton had been sentenced to death for the July 1997 killing of Nancy Adleman, a 48-year-old mother of three who police found beaten and strangled with her own shoelace in a wooded area off a jogging trail along a bayou.