Kids ‘DANCE’ at Muir
page 17 June 11, 2021 | Vol. 2 Iss. 24
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Service project unites religious leaders in Layton
The kids raised $1,500 in four days with penny wars, she said. “We got a lot of money from that. But we could only buy one for Legend. We were not really even close. The original vests cost $4,000 so we called the officers and they researched vests throughout the valley and found one that was way, way cheaper. After they told me that
LAYTON—On June 5, an army of volunteers made up of men, women, and youth from the Layton, Utah Valley View Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered under the direction of Stake President Chad Webb at The Wat Dhammagunaram Buddhist Temple property to take advantage of an opportunity to serve. Over the past few years, several large and small trees on the property have died. After meeting with leaders of the Temple and members of the South Davis Communication Council, President Webb offered man-power and funds to cut down, haul away and replace the dead trees as well as providing a variety of bedding plants and topsoil. The Temple property was also mowed, edged, weeded and trimmed by the eager volunteers. Stake member Carrie Rainey shared her thoughts on the project, saying, “I think it is an amazing opportunity for people of different faiths to come together to serve and support each other; this is awesome!” With advice from experts within the Stake, appropriate replacement trees and bedding plants were purchased and planted by Stake mem-
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OFFICER AUSTIN STRONG (left to right), Chief Chad Soffe and Assistant Chief Adam Osoro, help K9 Loki try on his new bullet proof vest. Photo by Becky Ginos
K9S GET THEIR OWN BULLET PROOF VESTS By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com WOODS CROSS—Students at Woods Cross Elementary had a doggone good time on the last day of school when they presented two bullet proof vests to Woods Cross police K9s Loki and Legend. The sixth grade student leadership council raised the
money in a variety of ways to pay for the vests. “When a K9 on the Wasatch Front was killed in 2018 it sparked the idea,” said student council advisor and SEM teacher Britney McNair. “We’ve been working on this for two years. Because of COVID we weren’t able to finish. We got stuck in our tracks. Then when we started back this year we decided to buckle down and get it done.”