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Show " " si ? I l!D;iil'niii . i Despite ongoing construction both inside and outside the Bountiful Indoor Recreation Q Center, all recreatilonal facilities are open to the public. Expansion and remodeling of yr-the yr-the center should be completed this spring. Btfl. Recreation Center expansion will upgrade and expand facilities By GARY R. BLODGETT BOUNTIFUL' - Major expansion expan-sion of the Bountiful Recreation Center is on schedule and should be completed next spring, according to Neal Jenkins, city parks and recreation recrea-tion director. "We're still in a construction mess, but the facility remains open daily except Sundays from 5 a.m. until 11 p.m. with full use of the swimming pool, ice rink, weight room, and steam and sauna pools," said Mr. Jenkins. The expansion project, costing slightly over $550,000, should be completed next February. Included in the expansion will be four new racquetball courts, dressing room, showers and lockers for the new courts, two additional dressing rooms for ice hockey, enlargement of the snack bar and counter space, and enlargement of the office and corridor space. . The deck around the swimming pool also has been enlarged by about 40 percent to allow for additional addi-tional sunbathing, Mr. Jenkins noted. "We're trying to utilize every foot of space we have," said Mr. Jenkins, explaining that the platform plat-form over the racquetball courts' dressing room will provide not only an area for spectator use but will also be used for teaching exercise and aerobic classes. He said the racquetball courts have been in demand for several years and the hockey dressing rooms are essential for visiting teams during tournament competition. competi-tion. "These expansions have been a goal of mine for more than a de cade," said Mr. Jenkins. "They have been in public demand for a long time and it will really be nice to have them in place." Bountiful will host the National Figure Skating Championships in February, 1990, and the expansion will provide the necessary facilities, Mr. Jenkins noted. The new "bubble" over the swimming pool will add greater deck and patio space for swimmers, Mr. Jenkins explained. The new bubble - the fourth to be used at the Recreation Center is the largest, being 125 feet wide and 200 feet long. Plants and other decorations are being utilized in the enclosed pool area during the winter to add to the atmosphere. "We want the pool , conditions to be as pleasant as possible," pos-sible," he said. l ife SV '-7"'W? K I 1 ! ifiM fci -u-w iXj 1 I li '-M?'", , - Vf ' 'Air' J & k 1 I ' " ! - ' !f - '- "i; ' ''&-'V ' "- -T l" 4'" 'j ; v 'Z I ' ' '' - ' ' X' ''"i -- '" ' h,- ' O 7 '-k "-;,.',- - ''-iy --;,-, . . , , ' ' I S, -; ' V; ' ri-''':.H. . ' . - , ,: , (jf , Woods Cross High School divers Kyndell Rowe, left, and Dan appreciate the potted plants that have been added to the otherwise open-spaced Bountiful Indoor Recreation Center swimming pool. The new, much larger "bubble" over the pool withstood last week's strong east wind. |