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Now that the Legislature's 2015 general session is over and everybody is recovering, here are some inspiring stories to cheer you up:

Tire-less helper • Draper resident Kevin Livingston was driving home from Provo recently when he got a flat tire in Orem. It was at 3:30 a.m. in the middle of the winter. While changing his tire, Orem police Officer Kevin Norris stopped to help. He parked his car, with lights flashing, to protect Livingston and helped change the tire. When Livingston got back on the road, Norris followed him to ensure he was OK, but the spare went flat as well. Norris then slowly escorted Livingston to the nearest gas station and helped fill the tire, but it popped. By this time, Norris was off duty, so he went home to get his truck and change his clothes, then returned and drove Livingston to his home in Draper.

Biker brothers • Beth Adamson was hiking up Little Cottonwood Canyon with her friend Angie Pymm recently when she fell and injured her leg. She was stuck on the trail when two brothers, Mike and Darrin, came by on mountain bikes. Mike lowered his seat, put Beth on his bike and, with his hands on the brakes, walked the bike down the trail. It was steep, icy and getting colder as the sunlight faded when they reached the bottom. It turned out Beth had broken her left fibula. She did not get the brothers' phone numbers or last names, but she knows they ride the trails almost every day and that Mike works as a mechanic at a soap factory in West Valley City. She just wanted to express her gratitude.

Lending an ear • The Beltone Hearing Care Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the hearing-aid giant Beltone, finds worthy recipients for hearing-aid donations around the globe. The latest Utah recipient is Barnabass Magger, an 83-year-old Salt Lake City man who is active in his community and teaches religious studies at his church. He was diagnosed with a mild to severe hearing loss.

Postal persistence • Patrick de Freitas says some friends recently sent him a postcard from Morocco, but they didn't know his street address or ZIP code, so they guessed. They got the street number right, but nothing else.

When the card arrived at Salt Lake City's main post office, employees took the time to look in the telephone directory and, although de Freitas' address isn't listed, called to confirm where he lived, then sent along the wayward card.

Curbside conservationist • Sandy resident Bryce Glover is proud of his youngest daughter, Danielle, a conservationist who spends many of her Saturdays picking up trash at Interstate 80 on-ramps. You also might catch her sifting through your curbside garbage if she spots something that should be recycled.

Circle of giving • The Utah Women's Giving Circle, which leverages modest, individual donations into high-impact grants to nonprofit groups, recently awarded $23,000 to four organizations dedicated to empowering women and girls. Members voted to give $8,000 to joint applicants Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Salt Lake and Weber-Davis for their SMART Girls Programs. Another $8,000 went to the Child & Family Support Center of Cache County for their Women's Sexual Assault Therapy Group, providing critical support for uninsured and low-income women. Another $5,000 went to the Erin Kimball Foundation in southern Utah for its H.O.M.E. program, a long-term housing resource for victims of domestic violence. Finally, members awarded $2,000 to Utah for Veterans to help fund two Women Warrior trips to Zion National Park for female veterans who experienced sexual assault or harassment during their deployments.

Water delivery • Brandon Burt, who has recovered from cancer after lengthy chemotherapy treatments, took a hike with his partner Dave up City Creek Canyon recently and ended up going higher up than they had planned because it was so beautiful and he was feeling pretty good. But the two were unprepared for the hike that took them to the two-mile marker.

When the canteen stations didn't work, Brandon found himself in trouble. He was dehydrated and sick. That's when a woman in her 40s came by on her bicycle, saw that he was in trouble, and gave him her water bottle.