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Local businessman donates to send police officers to memorial in Washington, D.C. By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com
Layton High partners with WSU to open new career center By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com LAYTON—Students at Layton High now have a place where they can just hang out while getting some direction for the future. The new career center is part of a capital improvement project by Weber State University to contribute to feeder schools in Davis and Weber counties. “In 2020 we were made aware that Weber High School was looking for a corporate partner to lead out with a
donation to the school to facilitate a new drinking fountain where you could fill a water bottle,” said John Kowalewski, Executive Director of Marketing and Communications for Weber State University. “After doing that for Weber High we saw the value in WSU making similar contributions to feeder high schools because they are in the geographic area we serve.” WSU reached out to school foundations to assess their needs, Kowalewski said. “At Clearfield High they had opened a teen center. It’s a place where students in need can go to take a shower,
LAYTON HIGH STUDENTS POSE with Weber State University mascot Waldo the Wildcat at the opening of the career center.
Photo by Benjamin Zack, courtesy of Weber State University
wash clothes or receive hygiene items. WSU partnered with the school on that.” He said WSU makes a financial commitment of about $2,000 to the school for capital improvements that will Please see CENTER: pg. 7
CENTERVILLE—Every year a National Police Officer Memorial is held in Washington, D.C. to honor those who were killed in the line of duty. The experience is so moving that Centerville Police Chief Paul Child wanted to give every officer the opportunity to attend the event sometime during their career. “However, the problem was funding,” said Child. “We can’t use city taxes so I approached Scott Keller of Keller investments. I’ve known him for quite a while and I told him about the memorial and asked him if he might support sending two officers to that.” He was all in without reservation, Child said. “He’s been paying for two officers to go back every year. Now he said he wants to contribute more for the officer to take a spouse.” Child said he’s gone to the memorial service a few times and it was a touching experience. “The monument is on the Mall. It’s a sacred place where officers can go to mourn fellow officers who made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are etched into the granite monument. It’s a peaceful place.” Years ago, President Kennedy declared May 15 National Police Memorial Day, he said. “There are Please see MEMORIAL: pg. 4