Awards

OGDEN -- McKay-Dee Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

The award, presented by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, recognized the hospital for its commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines.

The gold award is the highest status one can receive.

OGDEN — The most fascinating thing to Robb Hall about Youth Impact is the fact that he never intended for, had a game plan or imagined today’s program.

SANDY — Utah high school student and high school graduate entrepreneurs are invited to compete for the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.

WOODS CROSS -- Woods Cross High School Student Resource Officer James Sheldon was recently selected as the School Resource Officer of the Year by the Utah Council for Crime Prevention.

Sheldon, 36, excelled in the statewide competition by improving the safety of the schools and the community he serves. In his fourth year as a student resource officer, Sheldon spends his time working with students at Woods Cross High and several of its feeder elementary schools.

"I've done many different things in law enforcement, and by far this is the best assignment I've ever had," said Sheldon, a 14-year veteran of law enforcement. "I can go out and write tickets, make arrests and get drunks off the street, but I feel like I am being proactive in getting these kids early and being a positive role model.

LOS ANGELES -- The 54th Grammy Awards will be remembered as a story of two women with towering, timeless voices -- Adele and Whitney Houston -- one representing youthful triumph and boundless possibility, the other a reminder of fresh tragedy and a life unraveled.

Adele, the 23-year-old British singer-songwriter, took home six awards including album, record and song of the year, a trophy bounty that puts a gold-plating on a commercial and critical success story that has dramatically defied the grim gravities of today's economically challenged recording industry.

BOUNTIFUL — South Davis Community Hospital has received two awards for excellence in employment.

The facility was awarded the Utah Work Life 2011 Award by the Utah Division of Workforce Services. It also received a first place ranking in the large employer category placing it as a leader among Utah’s best places to work.

In addition, the facility was named employer of the year by the Davis Chamber of Commerce.