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Show JUNE 6, 2008 PAGE A5 Summit County News Duane Schmidt, Coalville City’s Mayor, Talks about “The Plans” CHERYL OVARD SCN Editor Part 2 The Coalville City Council has made several important decisions since Duane Schmidt has taken office, and he and his Council have looked over what Coalville needs for the future. There are several needs - storm drains; transportation studies; curb and gutters; even a recreational skateboard/bike facility for youth and kids to “hang out at” which would keep them off the streets. Priorities and funding help determine the order in which the needs will be put into action. Studies for a master plan for storm drains were included in the engineer studies put together for the Coalville City, and a grant for $104 thousand was received from a Community DeBlock Grant velopment (CDBG), which paid for the studies to tell the city what they should be able to do. This money was only for the study, and, as Duane put it - “(does not include) …one shovel of dirt. Those who do not come to the council meetings will not be able to see (the council in action, and) the community needs to know what is going on in Coalville!” Transportation plans to fix existing roads and make improvements, i.e. traffic lights, infrastructure changes, industrial park road, have been made. Making these plans ahead of time, including future projected needs, help Coalville to apply for a lot more grants, and there are many still available. One of the most talked about projects recently includes the Main Street Construction Project! Coalville City plans to replace the curbs where they are at, and make standard curbs and storm drains - at a cost of $1 million. Coalville received a grant from CDBG for $1/2 million and Federal nonurban money amounting to $1 million one. This will go towards storm drains and grinding the hump out main street - consequently to repave Main Street. A Federal Grant for main street enhancement for $625 thousand and Coalville City’s match is about $125,000, which includes putting in new street lights, park benches, street trees, trash receptacles, and irrigation’s system along Main Street. The city is working on funding for storm drains shows that there is little less than a year to come up with that money, but they are working on obtaining the two to three hundred thousand needed for this project. Due to the fact that it is virtually impossible to obtain the funding immediately and all finish the necessary details to complete the Main Street construction project, it has been scheduled to start next year. The project will look similar to that of Midway’s Main Street when completed. The skateboard park project will receive a smaller percentage of the Rap Taxes than asked for this year, but the community has contributed about $7,000 towards their goal of $100 thousand. The city has about $7,500 to come from impact fees, and had asked for the balance of approximately $88,000 from Rap Taxes. At this time, it looks like a little less than half will be awarded for this project this year. Approval is pending. Construction will begin when the money is in hand. At this time, the skateboard plan is to be owned and managed by the city, and will be located on Center Street and 100 NS Swimming Pool Dedication Held; Free Swimming Until Further Notice! slide after the ribbon cutting on Friday night, May 22. School Board President Steve Jenkins welcomed all to the ribbon cutting, and thanked those who had a hand in helping to complete this project. The original pool, built in 1966, has been in full operation and been used by the community and schools throughout the summers and during the school years. It was closed for remodeling by the Cooley Construction, and a big thank you is extended to Superintendent Steve Carlsen, Tony Wright, Julie Black, Sheryl Blonquist, and Cindy Padgett Baby Sara Christensen and for the part they played in helpdad (Jordan), enjoying the new ing to make this up and ready for the public to enjoy this summer! pool! After the ribbon cutting by The North Summit Swim- young Jordan Wade, cookies ming Pool has undergone major and drinks were served as those remodeling, and the result is a attending not only were able to beautiful swimming pool - tour the facility, but take a dip in bright and clean - new restroom the pool if they so desired! Lifeguards on duty that facilities - deck tiled and attractive - walls painted - and a face- evening were Nicole Padgett lift throughout the building that and Kayla Holmes. Presently, according to North Summit Pool is striking and enticing. The North Summit School Director, Cindy Padgett, there Board has announced free are seven qualified lifeguards swimming until further notice to and nine WSI instructors to start the public (except for group par- out the summer hours with. There will be strict rules to ties), and welcomes all to try out the new slide and diving board. follow due to last year’s outElisha Burgener was chosen to breaks in the state of Utah of be the first person to try out the Cryptosporidium, commonly known as crypto, which will give you cramps and severe diarrhea that can last up to two weeks. People with weakened immune systems are at even greater risk. All must shower before entering the pool and babies 3 and under must have a swim diaper and rubber pant on. If you have had diarrhea in the past two weeks, do not swim until all signs are gone. Re-useable rubber pants are available to purchase at the pool. There will be swimming diapers available, too. Swimming lessons are underway, and are available through July 31. The public swimming pool hours are from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Children 8 and under and nonswimmers MUST be accompanied by someone 16 years old or older. Lap swim times are from 5:30 am - 7:30 am. Season passes will be available when the free swimming has come to an end (not a date set yet). The remodeling project was made possible by the Recreation Tax and Capital Outlay taxes, according the Superintendent Carlsen. This is a great facility, and they encourage families to save gas - and go on an outing to the North Summit Swimming Pool! East near the North Summit Fire Station. It will be a good location for the kids to access, fenced in, can be locked down, and the severity of drug charges are bumped up due to the fact that it is by the school zone. The local kids will be able to walk or ride their bikes to it. It is felt that the kids deserve the opportunity for a facility of this kind. Coalville City has received a cultural grant through the Park City Arts Council for $20 thousand to be spent on vintage signs and repainting and restoring street signs. Another project has been completed, and the speed flashing signs are helping control people entering Coalville City as they approach Main Street. These signs show the speed the vehicles are traveling, and have helped immensely to bring the traffic into town at a much slower speed than last year. The Allen Hollow properties have finally been assessed, which has taken two years of “…hard work to get to this stage,” stated Schmidt. “Many thanks to the efforts of Sheldon Smith, he has done a great job!” The City has requested 300 shares of the 1,000 shares of water from the reserve from Eastern Summit County, and that number was “…ascertained through the culinary water report - (which) we knew exactly what we needed to ask for when this (opportunity) came up.” One more change to note the car show will NOT be going on again. Because the past 20 years there has been little effort to make changes in this project, the event, which is not the cities responsibility of Coalville City (unless somebody wants to step forward and take over the show), it will probably not happen again. As one can see, Coalville has been busy planning, meeting, completing grant applications, discussing future plans, and pulling projects together for the betterment of the community. Concerns are completely in consideration of what is needed and wanted in the Coalville City, and the Council has spent many tireless hours on behalf of its people. Mayor Schmidt would like to express appreciation to the Council members, and to those who have supported Coalville City in the past, and hopes to see more of it in the future. Dance in Motion Succeeds at Competition Left to right: McKaylie Rex, Hadley Richins, Justyce Anderson, Leah DeSantos and Rory Christenson soloists for Dance in Motion. Stephanie Stuart’s Dance Team. Dance in Motion Dance Team has been working very hard this past year preparing dance routines to perform and compete with. In April and May of this year, Dance in Motion traveled to three different dance competitions. The Dance Extreme Dance Competition in Logan, The Showcase Spectacular Dance Championships held at the Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, and The Utah Dance Championships Competition held in Roy. Each team did a fantastic job and represented Dance in Motion and our community very well. The following are the places won by Dance in Motion: Minis Team: Jazz Routine entitled “Do You Love Me” – Winning 1st place at Lagoon and Roy, and second place at Logan. Hip Hop Routine entitled “Move It” – Winning first place at Lagoon and Logan, and second place at Roy. Prop Routine entitle “Surfin’ USA” – Winning second place at Lagoon. Junior Miss Team: Show/jazz Routine entitled “Monday Night Football” – Winning 1st place at all three competitions. Show routine entitled “Beach Babies” – Winning third place at Lagoon Also winning Judges Choice for “Best Costume” for Monday Night Football dance routine. Junior Team: Show/Jazz Routine entitled “Car Wash” – Winning first place at two competitions. Also winning the high point trophy for “Best Show Routine” at Logan. Intermediate Team: Hip Hop Routine entitled “Tear It Up” Winning second place at both Logan and Roy. Show Routine entitled “Summertime Blues” – Winning second place at Lagoon. Advanced Team competed at the Intermediate and Advanced Levels: Intermediate Military Routine entitled: “Dream” - Winning first place at all three competitions. Inter/Advanced Hip Hop Routine entitled “Pump It” – Winning first place at all three competitions. Intermediate Show Routine entitled “Duckie Dance” – Winning first place at Lagoon. Elite Team competed at the Beginning and Intermediate Levels: Begin/Intermediate Military entitled “Rock Me Steady” – Winning first place at all three competitions. Begin/Intermediate Hip Hop entitled “Get It Started” – Winning first place at all three competitions. Beginning Lyrical Routine entitled “Vindicated” – Winning second place at Logan and Lagoon, and third place at Roy. Two special awards were also won by Dance in Motion. They received a high point trophy for “Best Show Routine” for the Prop routine “Car Wash” performed by the Junior Team. Another high point trophy was won by the entire team for having the “Best Precision” by a dance team. Dance in Motion also competed in the Production category, winning second place at Logan and Roy. What a wonderful honor won for our team. There were also three soloists and a duet team from Dance in Motion who competed in the solo/duet/trio competitions. Each dancer represented Dance in Motion very well: Rory Christenson – Queen at Logan, 1st place and first runner up at Lagoon, and fourth runner up at Roy. Leah DeSantos – first runner up at Logan, Queen at Lagoon, and fourth runner up at Roy McKaylie Rex – Queen at Logan, Queen and 1st place at Lagoon, and first runner up at Roy. Hadley Richins and Justyce Anderson – first place at Logan, Queen and first place at Lagoon, first place at Roy. A very special thanks goes out to all those talented dancers who worked very hard to prepare for these competitions and performances. Also, special thanks to all the parents, family members, and instructors for your help and support. Way to go ladies on an awesome job at competition. Dance in Motion’s upcoming performances will be at the 4th of July Celebration at Henefer, at the Raging Waters Water Park, and at the Summit County Fair. Dance in Motion is now accepting new students for Summer classes which will beginning in June. Dance in Motion teaches hip hop, jazz dance, basics of ballet, and drill. Dance in Motion will be offering a boy’s hip hop class starting this fall. If you are interested in taking classes, you can call Stephanie at 336-2334 for information and to sign up. |