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Show Davis Fair Will Have To Be Moved By TOM BUSSELBERG FARMINGTON The long-standing Lagoon-Davis County Fair relationship has got to end. IT'S NOT because of "cruel and unusual punishment" from either side, you understand, under-stand, just that the one partner's part-ner's gotten too big for the other. And when the fair's lease ends in 1984, it'll have to find another spot. County Com. Gerlach Sr., says. In a brief report to the mayors in their recent monthly meeting held on the fair site, he said as the county and area grows. Lagoon "will need to expand" and use the area currently cur-rently utilized for the fair on the north side of the park. THE COUNTY has been looking for a new site for more than a year with several considered. consi-dered. In a telephone interview. inter-view. Com. Gerlach said "we will be meeting and planning to make a firm decision within the next few weeks. "We must come up with some type of program for the fair because we've been informed in-formed we no longer will be able to locate there after the lease is up." THAT RAISES several questions: how much acreage is needed, and that hinges on two other questions that need to be answered: how extensive will the fair be, and will it include in-clude horse-related activities or will the ball start rolling with the basic 4-H and extension-service-type activities. Depending on what Lagoon decides, their race track could be used, at least temporarily, he said, but that's an unknown. un-known. NO MATTER what's included in-cluded in the new fair site, he said that "with the present state of the economy, without a bond issue to pay for the fair, there's noway we can afford to pay 100 percent." And even if it meant waiting, say five years, a combination fair year-round recreation complex would be more "pal-latable" "pal-latable" to the taxpayer because be-cause they would know "he has somewhere to go all year round vs. afew w eeks a year." MANY RESIDENTS might recall the old fair days w hen it was held at Davis High School. Could that be conceivable again, the commissioner was asked? "The big problem using us-ing Davis High School is the animals where would we put them, etc. As far as for home-maker home-maker and 4-H displays it would be OK. "Assuming the economy doesn't pick up and there's no financing, we may have to use an option on the ground and utilize the schools, farming out other activities. We don't want to do that unless it's absolutely necessary. "WHAT WE will try to do is purchase the grounds and build the basic necessities for the fair, without the horse (area) at present," he con-unued, con-unued, noting the school district dis-trict was contacted for facilities facili-ties price rental and he said they gave the indication "of temporary nature" for their use. No matter what happens, he emphasized, "There's no talk of discontinuing the fair," that saw its 55th season last month. IN OTHER business, Doug Barber, the Salt Lake district ranger of the Wasatch National Nation-al Forest, said planning is continuing con-tinuing to determine how the region from the Weber River to the Point of the Mountain should be maintained. Some private forest land is being developed, he said, while desires of the public are sought to determine what should be done, such as in improving im-proving trails or possible swapping of forest land with private property. CURRENTLY, trail use is limited li-mited primarily to hiking but the areas could be developed with parking at trail heads, etc., as well as sheep grazing and other use, Mr. Barber said. Volunteers ranging from the sheriff's posse to boy scouts have worked to maintain trails in cooperation with forest service ser-vice personnel. Parrish Ford and Beer canyons w ere among areas cleared. ON THE Weber River, near the Weber Basin Job Corps center in South Weber, plans are moving forward for a part-., ing lot area, allowing for travel '". onto the trail, but he said ac- " cess is still a problem. He called the area a "tremendous resource" and '1 indicated the 10-year plan c' should be finalized by late next . year. PUBLIC INPUT already re-ceived re-ceived has brought out 24 "'. issues and concerns. Those in- ' elude: provide conunued protection pro-tection of natural eco-systems, ' ' cultural resources, sensitive plant species and threatened or ... endangered animals; deter- '. mine future timber harvest '" operation: maintain water ; quality and restore and main--; ' tain watershed areas; deter- ;" mine expansion or new or ex- ' isting ski areas and resolve ; : conflicts between back- J country w inter recreauonists. Other areas of concern are: determining expansion of new . ' or existing picnic areas, camp- J" grounds and trails and tradeoffs between developed and undeveloped sites; deter- -mine extent of range improve- " ments and reduce conflicts be- -tween livestock and recrea- tionists; rehabilitation wet- -lands and flood plains; determine deter-mine firewood volume to be -made available for both com-mercial com-mercial and personal use. ALSO LISTED are desires - to improve buildings, water systems and other facilities to ' an "acceptable" level. "; Those w ishing to provide in- put mav call the Forest Service in Salt Lake City at 5.U-5W2. ' |