Davis County

FARMINGTON — A Utah clean air group is taking exception to two of the corporate sponsors for the 15th Annual Davis County Great Salt Lake Bird Festival, contending they do it more harm than good.

“In looking over your list of sponsors for the 2013 GSL Bird Festival, I noticed two corporate sponsors that do far more harm to our state’s wildlife than they do good. I am of course talking about Kennecott and Chevron,” Utah Student Clean Air Network President Carl Ingwell stated in a March 27 email to Davis County officials.

FARMINGTON — Davis County is “better than average” when it comes to national employment rates and state median household incomes, according to the Davis County Commission’s first-ever “State of the County” address.

The commission’s intent is to make the address an annual event in keeping residents apprised of the accomplishments of its 22 different county departments.

On Tuesday, the address allowed presenter County Commissioner John Petroff Jr. to figuratively beat his chest long, loud and hard.

KAYSVILLE — The Davis County Technical Center closed at the end of December. In its place, the Davis County Testing Center is opening today.

The Testing Center will only handle testing and registration of diesel vehicles from 2007 or earlier. No services will be available for any gasoline-powered vehicles or for diesel vehicles newer than 2007.

LAYTON — A new charter school, which will utilize an innovative method of teaching reading, writing, and mathematics to students in kindergarten through sixth grade, will open in the fall of 2013.

Leadership Learning Academy (LLA) will serve 567 students, and will begin accepting applications for the lottery enrollment beginning Jan. 1.

Construction will begin in early December for the school, which will be located off of Hill Field Road on 2675 North. The school will include a library, gymnasium, classrooms, commons areas, computer labs, and a playground.

The Wild Rose Trail in North Salt Lake is one of the newest and most exciting trail networks in Davis County. The city has been continuously adding new trails and features to keep people coming back. The original Wild Rose Trail was a popular 2.5-mile out-and-back trail that peaks at a local ridgeline, providing expansive views of southern Davis County.

At the top of the ridgeline, the trail connects to multiple existing trails and old jeep roads in the Forest Service land above the city. The original trail is intended for use by hikers, dog walkers and mountain bikers. The city’s overall vision is to connect Wild Rose Trail to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail network to the east, and eventually connect to U.S. 89 through the neighborhood to the west.

FARMINGTON — Five-year-old Chloe Bennett, wearing a bright dress and brighter smile, beamed as she sat in her wheelchair at the Davis County Commission meeting.

She waited for her doting father, Oby Bennett, who stood at her side, to be presented with a check.