$1.50 May 24, 2024 | Vol. 3 Iss. 18
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Fifth graders pay respect to those whose SPORTS names are on Vietnam Memorial Wall
By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com LAYTON—Layton Elementary fifth graders have only read stories of the Vietnam War in their history books. Last week, though, they had a chance to look for the names of actual soldiers who died in the war on a field trip to the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Layton. The replica of the wall in Washington, D.C. was dedicated in 2018 and has more than 58,000 names on it. The children researched the names of those killed and picked one to learn more about and to find their name on the wall. Jim and Linda Crismer and other veterans talked to the kids and gave them some facts about the wall and also the War Dog statue that sits near it. The Crismers had two war dogs with them that became the crowd favorites. “Jeli is a narcotics detection dog,” said Linda. “Her job was to find illegal drugs that terrorists were selling to finance their attacks. She was in Kuwait for four years. We’ve had her for six years.” Fighter the biter is an old dog, she said. “He’s over 12 years old. He served in Turkey for nine years. He was an explosion detection dog.” The statue to honor the dogs is of the first war dog Mazzie who worked in Kuwait and was adopted by the Crismers. “There were about 5,000 dogs in Vietnam that served with American soldiers,” said Linda. “About 300 dogs were killed while serving, the rest were classified as equipment and were not brought back, 4,500 dogs were abandoned in Vietnam.” If the dogs hadn’t been there there’d be 10,000 more names on the wall, she Please see WALL: pg. 3
DAVIS PLAYER KYLE LIVERMORE takes the ball down the field.
Photo courtesy of Dillon Richens
Farmington boys soccer reaches state title match; Davis falls in quarterfinals By Josh McFadden joshm@mycityjournals.com
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LAYTON ELEMENTARY FIFTH GRADER LUKE DABB points to the name of a soldier on the Vietnam Memorial Wall replica that he researched for his U.S. History class. Veterans gave the kids a tour of the wall on a field trip last week.
Photo by Becky Ginos
Simulated air taxi vertiport demonstration shows what the future of transportation could be By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com LAYTON—Wouldn’t it be nice to be above the traffic rather than caught in the middle of it down below? The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) in collaboration with Utah State University (USU) successfully launched the state’s first air taxi during a demonstration Monday from a “vertiport” in the parking lot of the Davis Conference Center using a Bell 505 Helicopter. The simulated air taxi launch was to demonstrate how aircraft can take off and land with minimal impact to homes and businesses nearby. The demonstration comes after years of in-depth research to find locations for vertiports along the Wasatch Front, a UDOT release said. Those can be on the tops of office buildings, in parking lots and at airports. Please see TAXI: pg. 5
A BELL 505 HELICOPTER comes in for a landing in the parking lot of the Davis Conference Center. The simulated air taxi launch was to demonstrate how aircraft can take off and land with minimal impact to homes and businesses nearby.
he Farmington boys soccer team has a chance to win its first-ever state championship in the school’s young history. The Phoenix. Class 6A’s top seed, will vie for the title on Thursday when they face the second seed in the tournament, American Fork. Getting to the championship wasn’t easy for Farmington. The 16-1 Phoenix had a tough matchup on Tuesday with Pleasant Grove, the fourth seed. Ben Wright scored for Farmington in the first half, but Pleasant Grove matched that goal with one of its own to deadlock the score at halftime. Neither team scored in the second half, so the contest went to two overtime periods. There was no scoring in overtime either, meaning penalty kicks would decide which team would advance to the 6A championship. Thanks to stellar play in the net from goalkeeper Jaxon Beynon and some precision shooting, Farmington prevailed. The Phoenix made four shots in the shootout to two for Pleasant Grove. Beynon, who had seven shutouts on the season coming into the game, had some key saves in the shootout. Farmington kept its season going in its bid to capture the top prize in 6A. The close call followed a 2-0 victory in the quarterfinals on May 16 over Skyridge. Playing at home, Farmington got two goals in the Please see SOCCER: pg. 9
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