On July 21, Whitestown police and fire departments teamed to greet school children as the Verizon Store in Whitestown handed them free backpacks. From left, Whitestown Metropolitan Police Dept. officers Darrick Deeter, John Jurkash and Joe Turney and Whitestown Fire Dept. firefighters Brett Scherer, Tyler Hostetler, Riley Pallikan and Nathan Joseph. (Photos by Ben Stout)

Whitestown Metropolitan Police Dept. officer Joe Turney chats with Lebanon residents Makaya Mcintyre, Ryleigh Kincade and Brooklynn Kincade as they try on their new backpacks at the Verizon Wireless store.