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Joshua Guzman plays a drum during a visit from the Drum Bus on Tuesday at Lincoln Elementary School in Layton.

Layton elementary students get the beat to ‘Give Bullying the Boot’

LAYTON — Enormous grins adorned the faces of students at Lincoln Elementary School as they vigorously beat upon drums.

Runners participate in the Color Blast 5K while covered in colored starch at East Layton Elementary School in Layton, Friday April 26, 2013. (REYNALDO LEAL/Standard-Examiner)

Fun run makes a colorful splash; raises money for school

LAYTON — What began with a sea of runners in white T-shirts, ended with a brightly colored cloud of dust filled with hundreds of smiling faces.

East Layton Elementary School held a 5K “Color Blast” fun run Friday night as a fundraiser for their Parent-Teacher Organization.

More than 400 runners lined up on the school grounds to participate in the race that required them to be “blasted” with colored starch throughout the race. Runners ran through the neighborhood surrounding the school, as volunteers tossed handfuls of the colored substance in their direction.

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Fiona (left) and Holly Witherspoon sit under Fiona’s blanket at their home in Kaysville on Monday. Fiona received the blanket as an anonymous gift while in the hospital with a kidney infection. Only later did the sisters discover that the blanket was one made by Holly’s fifth grade class.

Kaysville girl given donated hospital blanket made by her sister

KAYSVILLE — When 11-year-old Holly Witherspoon helped her fifth-grade class make fleece blankets to donate to Primary Children’s Medical Center, she had no idea the project would soon benefit her family.

Savanna Snyder talks about her project on early childhood development during the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America conference in Layton on Thursday. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Utah students sit in hot seat at FCCLA competition

LAYTON — Hundreds of students from across the state of Utah gathered at the Davis Conference Center on Thursday to share the knowledge they have gained in the subjects of family and consumer sciences.

The Utah Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America held its annual conference, where middle school and high school students competed in 28 subject areas ranging from culinary arts and nutrition to interior design and childhood education.

Students at Centennial Junior High sign a banner as a pledge to stop bullying in their school in Kaysville, Thursday April 11, 2013. (REYNALDO LEAL/Standard-Examiner)

Centennial Junior High students fight bullying

KAYSVILLE — Students in brightly colored T-shirts inundated the lunch room at Centennial Junior High School on Thursday in an effort to start what they called an “anti-bullying revolution.”

As the students sat to eat their lunches, several of their peers — all wearing fluorescent yellow T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Stand Up to Bullying” — performed a flash mob by dancing to the front of the room and stomping to upbeat music.

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Ellen Dutton examines one of her decorative eggs in her home recently in Kaysville. Dutton spent two weeks carving and decorating the ostrich egg.

Kaysville woman spent decades mastering her eggshell artistry

KAYSVILLE — Eggshell artistry is a talent that Ellen Dutton has learned to perfect through decades of practice.

Program teaches sixth-graders about different cultures

LAYTON — Using song and dance, teachers at E.G. King Elementary School hoped to give sixth-grade students a better understanding of the diverse cultures that span the globe.

The Toomalatai family performs the Haka, a traditional ancestral war cry dance, as part of EG King Elementary School's cultural celebration Wednesday night at Central Davis Junior High. (Courtesy of E.G. King Elementary School)

Layton elementary school students use performance to bridge cultural gap

LAYTON — Using song and dance, teachers at E.G. King Elementary School hoped to give sixth-grade students a better understanding of the diverse cultures that span the globe.

Vance Garfield recently received the 2012 Lifetime Service Award from Ty Nielsen, past president of the Utah Community Forest Council. The award is from the Utah Community Forestry Council in partnership with the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. (Courtesy photo)

Kaysville parks superintendent's love of trees nets him lifetime achievement award

KAYSVILLE — Parks Superintendent Vance Garfield was recently honored with a lifetime achievement award for decades of work in providing the city with a canopy of beautiful foliage.

The Utah Community Forestry Council, in partnership with the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, honored Garfield with the 2012 Lifetime Service Award.

The award recognizes Garfield for his efforts to plant, maintain and promote trees in Kaysville. The award also acknowledges the diverse species of trees within the city parks and cemetery, and praised the exceptional maintenance the city provides.

Cabo looks toward the audience of schoolchildren during a presentation about dog sledding Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Syracuse Elementary School. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

'Ready, OK': Musher teaches Syracuse kids how to control sled dogs, reach goals

SYRACUSE — Dog sled musher Lorraine Temple shared her passion for the sport and her love for the Alaskan wilderness during a Tuesday morning visit to Syracuse Elementary School.

“You need to find something that you are good at — something that makes you sing,” said Temple, who has worked with sled dogs for 20 years.

Temple encouraged students to work hard to achieve any goal they set.

Utah athlete competes in international Special Olympic winter games

BOUNTIFUL — Special Olympics Utah athlete Shelley Mooney recently competed in snow shoeing at the international level in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Elli Cheney (center) takes part in the finals of the running event during the Greek Olympic Games at Knowlton Elementary School on Friday. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Mock Olympic Games give Davis students insight into Greek culture

FARMINGTON — The mock Olympic Games held at Knowlton Elementary on Friday morning may not have been exactly like the original, but the experience helped sixth-grade students understand more about the origins of the event and the culture from which they came.

As part of their study of ancient cultures, students came dressed in homemade Greek chitons — the Greek version of togas — to participate in competitions similar to events held at the original Olympics.

Hunter Crew, 16, chooses between two wrapped books for the Blind Date with a Book event at Syracuse High School in Syracuse on Wednesday. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Syracuse High students enjoy a ‘blind date with a book’

SYRACUSE — Students at Syracuse High School are risking blind dates this month in hopes of finding their true love — that is, a book they truly love.

The Titan Library Advisory Board, a volunteer group of 11 students, came up with the idea to offer blind dates with a book through the school’s library.

Sara Curtis, of Layton, has been making Waldorf dolls for over two years. Curtis has sold the handmade dolls around the world.  (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Layton mom makes all-natural Waldorf dolls

LAYTON — Using all-natural materials and a whole lot of imagination, Sara Curtis creates dolls with oodles of personality.

Bailee Singleton and Braiden Singelton attend Syracuse High School’s Preference Dance together recently. Braiden has cerebral palsy, autism and other cognitive disabilities.
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A dance to remember for Braiden

SYRACUSE — Bailee Singleton and Keileigh Reid will probably attend many high school dances in their lives, but the night when they accompanied Braiden Singleton will be one they will never forget.

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