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Council approves Marshall n. White Community Center name and dedicates Bill Lyons Gymnasium
Summary
The Ogden City Council approved naming the new community center the Marshall n. White Community Center and designated the gymnasium the Mister Bill Lyons Gymnasium (the "Lions Den"), honoring two local figures with ties to the site and longtime service to Ogden youth.
The Ogden City Council on May 13 unanimously approved naming the new community center on the historic Marshall White site the Marshall n. White Community Center and designated the new facility's gymnasium as the Mister Bill Lyons Gymnasium ("the Lions Den").
Justin Anderson of Ogden City Public Services presented the renaming recommendation, recounting Marshall n. White's biography: born in Humboldt, Tennessee, raised in Chicago, a podiatry graduate and World War II veteran who moved to Ogden and became one of the city's first Black police…
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