Show 1 JI i l 0 It J 80 if y r It i i f o t i t t t iII t l I 1 L t i N UT I r a 4 t A NEW ADDITION to the Flaming Gorge Visitors Center is being constructed on the reservoir side of the present structure The additional space will improve improve im im- im prove visitor accommodations and make room for I Construction underway at it 1 flaming Gorge visitor center By Uy Alan Gandy Candy The visitor center at the Flaming Gorge Dam is receiving a addition The 2270 square-foot square extension is being added to the north and east sides of the existing structure and will allow for improved visitor ac ac- ac BUD DUEY the chief of the Flaming Gorge Field Division of the Bureau of Reclamation stated The purpose of the expanded facilities is to allow for better visual display of the activities of the Bureau of Reclamation and Forest Service Service Service Ser Ser- vice in the area We will be in operation year-round year now and andare andare andare are providing some needed office space for the Bureau The fhe new area will contain three offices for the Bureau with a time full-time receptionist on duty There will also be a ath th theater ter and two new rest restrooms rooms inside t the e building The new facility will tentatively tentatively ten ten- be open on Memorial Day this coming spring It will contain some of the old displays and many new ones that are being designed especially for forthe forthe forthe the expanded display room They will depict the of the dam and many of the features of the Flaming Gorge Gorg Area rea A new feature movie is also being produced for use in the theater more office space Harland Genta is shown with an anair anair air hammer digging up concrete where the new building will be built i Work on the displays is presently being done by the Visitor Information Service office of the Forest Service in Dutch John TilE THE SANDSTONE benches and the flag pole have been removed and will be relocated on the grounds when the new structure is completed The east wall of the existing buildings and ab about ut three three- fourths of the north wall are being removed to accommodate the addition The outside of or the new building will be finished in instone instone instone stone and will have a sloping roof to allow for better snow and andrain andrain andrain rain run off Knowlton II H. H Brown Contractors Contractors Contractors Con Con- tractors from Brigham City Utah are doing the work The job superintendent Errol Johnson of Vernal said We Weare Weare Weare are right on schedule and expect expect ex ex- ex to be finished by our Memorial Day deadline Another Vernal man Ronnie Harflinger is the head carpenter car car- 1 penter Harland Genta from Colorado the equipment I i operator on the project stays ina in ina I Ia a trailer on the job site to provide security for the area during the working non-working hours The combined effort of the Bureau of or Reclamation and Forest Service in the renovation of the visitor center at the dam I will add much to the knowledge and enjoyment of the ever- ever increasing number of visitors to I Ithe the Flaming Gorge area j I A j |