Show Future Vernal Swimming Pool Plans Take Shape A meeting discussing the future swimming swimming swim swim- ming complex was held recently in the Teachers Teacher's Lounge of Uintah High School Present were Mayor Alvin Kay Douglas Douglas Doug Doug- las B B. B Lawson school board president Ray Nash school board member Nelson Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son Marshall school board member Buell Bennett Vernal City manager Phil Ellis Uintah School District AS Dan Price community representative Arvel Jr Chamber of Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce Doyle Huber Chamber of Com Com- marce and Ted Taylor Community Schools director HARVEY MADSEN Victor Wilkins Scott Burt Angus President Jack A A. A Seitz and President Glade M M. M were unable to attend Dan Price member of the architect and cost committee reported on a plan committee The plan was discussed ARVEL ER chairman of the site committee reported the committees committee's progress The proposed sites are Vernal Vernal Ver Ver- nal Junior High West Vernal Junior High East Uintah High School South It was the opinion of the committee that the best interests of city county and schools would be best served a at t the west side of the Vernal Junior High directly north of the track The reasons stated are arc students at the junior high age are motivated to learn earn to swim Many are in scouts and other groups where swimming is part of the program 2 Swimming should be taught as early as possible 3 GIRLS at the junior high will swim and enjoy it whereas at the senior high level pools are used mostly mostly most most- ly by boys due to the unwillingness of girls to put up with the grooming problem related to swimming 4 Pools at senior high level are generally used for competition swimming It is more reasonable to have the swimming team travel to work out than have the whole junior high travel to the pool 5 The junior high location is is where Continued on page 8 Swimming Pool Continued from page 1 it would attract tourist usage 6 There is a new sewer line running adjacent to the site which would carry the pool more feasibly than the other two sites 7 THIS site is located between the two schools and would serve both the junior and senior high schools Buell Bennett chairman of the federal federal fed fed- eral funding committee reported on possible pos poe sible federal financing He lie reported that federal financing could only be granted for outdoor pools since the money would come from Outdoor Recreation OWEN BURNHAM of the HUD BUD said some revision in the rules could enable them to accept applications for covered pools and he would keep them inform- inform ItT tf Y Ices Was Gd Audi that that-a- commit committee tee be formed consisting of two county officials two city officials and two school board officials to study a possible pos sible Bible breakdown of building costs I the he meeting was adjourned at 8 30 pm p.m. |