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Show Ranting EER I BICIE LLORES it NI cE BOGIES AIRSET NE i opp a A Community WASATCH PAGE 7 COUNTY JuLy 7, 1999 COURIER The Courier will also furnish commentary and a regular calendar of upcoming sporting events and profiles of community sports personalities. People: The Courier will print most public notices such as obituaries, marriages, births, farewells and homecomings free of charge. Business: 7he Couriers business highlights are set to offer profiles of local businesses, business people and meee tatncaatat epee Your neighborhood book store. Located right in the heart of Heber Valley! ¢ Cards Unique Gift Items Special Orders continued from page 4 : te PH Book Searches separate municipalities. And then it happened-Soldier Hollow was selected as a venue, the venue for what will probably inde erenerins a gathering place Books SOLDIER HOLLOW Coffees & Teas be the single most watched por. sane news about existing and emerging business ventures. Opinion: While The Courier will certainly advocate positions we believe in, we will also welcome those with differing views and provide the opportunity and a forum for their responses without editing or censure. And lastly, The Courier will be delivered to your house every week, free of charge. Providing you oe news you can count on every week. 2 continued rom page 1 aati COURIE : “A Store With Book Sense.” tion of the 2002 Winter Olympic Money would come without effort. Improvements could be made. Charleston Games. get a new water tower. sense [ ade posi 435-657 -BOOK system of trails. Water would be made available for snowmaking or a future golf course. People 103 East Main ¢ Midway, Utah would finally use the land. Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Athletes will have a great view of the Heber Valley and Midway areas while they ride the new trails of Soldier Hollow. probably sold at the encourage- along with 28 km of trails, a new water tank for Charleston, and a couple of other permanent buildings, including one that will reach three stories tall. More peo- ple will watch the 2002 nordic events than will see the Superbowl. And all eyes will be on Wasatch County. Is that bad? No, says Barker, who is quick to point out that the Salt Lake Tribune recently gave the Soldier Hollow site and environmental “A” while other Olympic venues were hovering much lower in the alphabet. Soldier Hollow’s high grade comes in part from the lack of vegetation that will be disturbed; in fact, more and pruned. Roads that are scheduled to be widened will be revegitated and returned to their previous size, if so desired, courtesy of the federal government. HARVEST HOUSE Adjacent dirt roads will be paved. The Heber Creeper will serve as public transportation, carrying spectators and spon- sors to and from events, earning a new platform for this service. And the 28 km oftrails that have in the past two weeks been cut, graded and shifted so as to make as little impact as possible on the environment, will be reseed- ed this fall and ready for public use come winter. And from down below, the activity is hardly visible at all. NURSERY. / ae / DESIGN You'll have NO growing concerns! We’ll furnish your garden beautifully with everything from trellis to trees! Now the questions arise of what to do with the ath- letes? What about their families? hamlets of Midway, How will the sleepy Heber and Charleston handle the three-week influx of traffic and languages and cultural barriers? Media dreams or public relations nightmares? _ While not every question can be answered now, at least one can- What’s going on at Soldier Hollow? Much more than meets the eye. _ trees will be planted while existing ones will be irrigated — ment of members of the LDS Church who wanted to see the area adjacent to the now-dilapidated Tate barn preserved as open space at a time when development was starting to boom in the county. The goal was probably to. have a place they could take the family when they wanted, but over the years, the area grew a fence and was available to the public only by reservation Now 20,000 temporary bleachers will be put in, ~—r . Nearly forty years ago, the State Park System purchased the land comprising Soldier Hollow and then some for a song. According to Mike Barker, SLOC Consultant to Soldier Hollow and a former State Park System employee, the land was S« nek te: Serrices Stinee ™ Wasatch Mountain State Park could turn the empty fields behind the Chalet into a usable ori Tip would Save 25% Ash Trees Canada Red Select Trees eI ENED There are 5,816 mail boxes in Wasatch County... Have your ad in all of them with The Wasatch County Courier "j (containers only) | Receive a 1 hour complimentary design consultation when you mention 159 East Main ¢ Midway, this ad Utah 435.657.1440 |