National Police Week has closed, but local officers are hoping residents will continue showing support for first responders who have given their lives throughout the state.
The Santa Monica Police Officers Association’s Charity Fund, also known as the Survivor’s Fund, was created after the death of Santa Monica Police Department Officer Ricardo Crocker, who died while on active duty in Iraq in 2005.
“We didn’t have the means or the ways to assist his family with his funeral expenses,” Sgt. Chad Goodwin said in an interview this week. “And since he was from Puerto Rico, there was a lot of trying to get family here and a question of was it legal or okay for the police department to do it all within like a gift and all these tax purposes and things that we have to abide by within the union that made it difficult.
Skating for Joy
The Kraken Training Center announces four new leaders in exciting and meaningful new roles for developing hockey players and figure skaters at youth and adult levels by Bob Condor / @SeattleKraken / nhl.com/kraken
When Martin Hlinka was a four-year-old in Bratislava, Slovakia, his father took him to skate for the first time at one of the two ice rinks in the city. He loved it from first stride. My dad said it was like I was fish in water, says Hlinka, laughing at the memory. I pushed him to sign me up for skating and hockey. I was relentless.
Killeenâs Cicis restaurant, a primarily buffet-style restaurant specializing in pizza, will remain open under normal operations despite the corporate officeâs attempt to restructure through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.
âThereâs no impact on the local store,â said Jamie Izaks, a spokesman for Cicis. âItâs a locally-owned and operated franchise.â
The current owner of the Killeen store, Chad Goodwin, purchased the franchise in September. He has been with Cicis for more than 25 years and has previously owned the stores in Round Rock and New Braunfels.
After being closed for much of the coronavirus pandemic, Cicis in Killeen reopened Oct. 28 under Goodwinâs command.