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Show WASATCH COUNTY COURIER _ JANUARY 3, 2001 A9 roundbreaking evelopments in 2000 Wasatch Sees School, UVSC Grant, Train Depot and Kids Camp Top List DEREK JENSEN COURIER dents of Utah Valley State College’s Wasatch branch got STAFF a s the year 2000 winded down, a rash of new projects and developments approved in were Wasatch, significant boost Wasatch High Knowles donated when graduate Jeff $5 million - for the new campus’ flagship ter. founder — of Provo’s Authorize.Net Corp., which ‘completed by Memorial Day this year. “It’s back on track again, pardon the pun,” said Ken McConnell, Heber Valley _ which are sure to change . the face of the county in He wants the 50,000-squarefoot structure to pay tribute to ae his father, a Heber attorney In August, Mountain Rocky Middle School who died in 1996. In January, more than 23. acres of land north of-Heber Officials reported depot.is on schedule Also in October, Latter-Day Saints made future completion date for the camp living has not been set. in the Timber Lakes : a a in the Timber Lakes area ~ Construction on the campus, - could play host to hundreds of necessary money for the new which hopes to house up to — school following a bond elec3,000 students, is expected to tion to raise property tax. The _ begin this year. project was bid at $10 million Knowles’ donation was the but completed $300,000 under largest UVSC has received in. budget. Students chose black, its 59-year history. silver and sky blue as the In October, following a school colors and the grizzly | series of delays, the Planning bear as the mascot. Commission approved plans Also this fall, was revealed, some residents splash in Wasatch when news ~ surfaced that the church purThough details are Rot finalized, the campground site cafeteria. about the classrooms, labs, administrative offices, student services, and_ concerns Church of Jesus Christ of — Preliminary plans for the new chased a 6,000 acre plot to campus building call for 15 ~~ build a kid’s camp. | library’ | ee Railroad marketing director. were UVSC. the camp restricting access to joggers and ATV users. A | the ed doors. The new building, located at 800 West Schoolhouse Way will house the valley’s sixth and seventh grade students. The district received the to area the summertime. to be opened its freshly construct- donated kids from the Heber Valley i in Shortly after the purchase allowing construction teams to lay the foundation before the ground froze for the win- building. Knowles is the 29-year-old was. purchased in 1999 by Go2Net for over $90 million. new Millennium. for the long-awaited Bea . Valley Train Depot. The fall decision was key, U.V.S.C.’s campus, aided by WHS graduate’s $5 million doctaion. stu- The new middle school. ‘Heber new train depot will transport dignitaries to Soldier Hollow. Olympic Indictments, Mormon Church Plaza Top Utah Stories For 2000 — Zions headlines for two years, as details slowly emerged about IOC members on the take and bid leaders willing to hand than $1 million on gifts and other over cash; gifts, travel, college scholarinducements for International Olympic ships to win the Games. Committee members to bring the 2002 The Mormon church’s Main Street Winter Games to Utah. Plaza opened in October in the heart of The rest of the top 10, in order, are: downtown Salt Lake City. The city sold the. the opening of the Mormon church’s - property to The Church of Jesus Christ of Main Street plaza; the fight between the Latter-day Saints for $8.1 million and -Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret _ News and sale of the Tribune; admitted polygamist Tom Green’s indictment; ban smoking and forbid all non-Mormon missionaries from proselytizing there, Sep emntemmgangy teh! Sanetan 8 BYU football coach agreed the church could limit protests, LaVell, Edwards’ among other things. The case is pending. _ retirement; and Salt Lake City Mayor - Rocky Anderson’s fight with Olympic officials over serving beer in 2002. Four stories were tied for 7th place: the The fight .between The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News, in. the third spot, also has religious overtones. In October, the Tribune’s managers honor the Deseret News’ request to switch to morning publication and: to compete head-to-head with the Tribune. Tribune managers said they had bid The tension between Mormon and non-Mormon Salt Lake City was highlighted in the survey’s sixth story, a batto buy the paper back and accused _ tle between Mayor Rocky Anderson and Singleton of acting as a front man for Olympic organizers over beer. the church. A court challenge failed, Anderson wants the state’s liquor laws and the deal to sell the paper is expect- - liberalized, not just for the Olympics but. ed to close in January. permanently. | Plural marriage, a remnant ican the The Mormon church, on the a Mormon church’s past, grabbed -the hand, said the liquor laws are fine just as fourth spot. Tom Green is an admitted _ they are and shouldn’t be changed for the polygamist living with five wives and 28 Games. A compromise .of sorts was children in the West Desert. In April, reached in November. when SLOC Juab County Attorney David Leavitt asreed to allow beer to be served at some charged Green with child rape, bigamy venues. The final decision is up to the and failing.to pay child support. individual communities where venues are BYU football coach LaVell Edwards’. located. | between saddened to see him go. The announcement was not entirely surprising — Edwards turned 70 in October — and by year’s end BYU had hired Gary Crowton away from the Chicago Bears to take the top spot. ~- cy, five counts of mail fraud, five counts of wire fraud and four counts of interstate travel in aid of racketeering. They are accused of spending more merger Bancorporation and First Security Corp. a deal for the paper, and MediaNews _ The Olympic scandal has been in the | owner Dean Singleton said he would - Cougars fans thankful for his legacy but MITT TN MediaNews Group Inc. and AT&T struck canceled 20 aie ence titles and 22 bowl appearances left j leaders Tom Welch and Dave J ohnson_ were indicted on one count of conspira- retirement after 29 seasons, ' abeaced the Mormon (ica tweed Deseret News of plotting to take control of the Tribune by pressing the paper’s owner, AT&T, to sell it to the church. Then in December, Denver-based | SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —This year’s top -Goshute Tribe’s plans to store nuclear Utah news story was last year’s top news waste; the death of 2-year-old Gage story, and it may be next year’s as well. Wayment in the mountains of Summit The Olympic scandal refuses to go away. _ County; Dr. Robert Weitzel’s conviction in In July, Salt Lake City Olympic bid the deaths of five elderly patients; and the |