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Show f . v"t?f?w Six , 1 tis- V 'r ft x53 (XAk Volume One Hundred Seven Dancers and musicians from countries around the world will travel to Spring-ville Spring-ville to participate in the largest international folk dance festival in the United States July 12 through 19. The Springville World Folkfest, now in its 18th year, will host troupes from all over the globe. About 250 performers and musicians will present six evening performances -during the week. The evening performances perfor-mances will be July 12, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 19 at 8 .m. All performances will be at the Spring Acres Arts Park amphitheater northeast of Springville High School, 620 S. 1350 East, Springville, Utah. Coming to the Folkfest this year will be dancers and musicians from Bulgaria, Mexico, Holland, Scotland (Canadian), Hispanic Dance Alliance, Morning Star, Greek Dancers and Cloggers West. Tickets for this year's festival are $8 for adults, $7 for senior citizens and $3 for children 12 and under. Tickets Tick-ets can be purchased at the gate or bought in advance by calling 801-489-2726 or writing to P.O. Box 306, Springville, Utah 84663. Group rates are available. In addition, a free street dance will be offered to the public during the Folkfest week. More than 200,000 people A Special Bond Election has been set for Tuesday, August 5, in Springville to give citizens the opportunity to approve a bond to finance the construction of a Public Safety, Library and City Hall center, and OR a Community Recreation Center, and OR an Outdoor Aquatic Center. With interest rates at all-time all-time lows, and construction costs down due to the slow down of the Utah economy, now is an advantageous time to look at building these new facilities according to city administrator Lane Long. The general ballot language lan-guage will be as follows and will give voters the option to select any one, all, or none of the projects: "Shall the City Council of Springville be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $19,990,000 for the purpose, of financing all or a portion of the costs of ac have attended Folkfest performances per-formances since the first Springville World Folkfest in 1986. In 1999, the Springville Spring-ville World Folkfest was honored by being featured on CBS's national morning television show "Good Morning Morn-ing America. " All of the participating countries will perform during each evening show. Often, the dance groups bring a selection of " costumes and perform different dances on various nights of the festival, making each show unique. Taped music is not allowed al-lowed at the festival; instead, groups bring musicians who accompany the dancers with lively folk music using the traditional folk instruments of their countries. The Folkfest performers and support personnel will be housed in more than 100 private homes in the Springville Spring-ville and Mapleton area. In those homes, the international internation-al visitors will be exposed to American customs and family life and the host families will be able to learn first-hand about life in other parts of our rapidly shrinking world. "You get to love them like they were your own family," said Laura Coleman of Springville. "It is such a wonderful experience for our family... you get to learn so much about another culture. " Different levels of seating in the festival's outdoor amphitheater allow everyone in the audience to see and quiring, constructing and improving a Public Safety, Library, and City Hall Center; Cen-ter; a Community Recreation Center; and an Outdoor Aquatic Center... Bonds to be issued shall not exceed the sum of the amounts indicated for the projects identified for which a majority of the electors voting with respect to such project have voted in favor." City Buildings The city has been exploring explor-ing alternatives to begin replacement of the old and inadequate city facilities for the past couple of years. The facilities being looked at are a new public safety building, city hall and library. The present facilities are old, seismically unsafe and too small to house city staff and provide needed community services. The existing buildings were constructed almost 40 years ago when the city served a population of 7,000 SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 84663 hear excellently. New sound and lighting equipment installed in-stalled at the park during recent years provides remarkable re-markable light brightness and clarity of sound. Spectators can sit on bleachers or folding fold-ing chairs at the arts park or bring their chairs or blankets to spread out on the grass. Springville City is adding major improvements to the 4 park this spring, with a new ticket booth," indoor first aid Continued on page 12 Host families needed now! The "world" arrives on our doorstep tomorrow-do we have the welcome mat out? Musicians and dancers from a variety of countries begin arriving in Springville Spring-ville tomorrow, in preparation prepara-tion for the opening of the Springville World Fclkfest Saturday night. Most of the volunteer . housing is already al-ready arranged, but a few more host families are still needed. Host families participate in activities and attend performances for free during the week-long Folkfest. Folk-fest. In return, families provide housing, meals and transportation for the performers. per-formers. To volunteer, or for more information, please call Carole Lifferth at 489-4460. and had a general fund operating oper-ating budget of $250,000. Today's population is almost 25,000 and the general fund operating budget is over 11 million dollars. The staff and facilities needed to service the demands de-mands of the growing population popu-lation have grown dramatically dramati-cally over the years. The facilities that were designed and built for a small city in the 1960's have served the city well, but are now unable to meet the demands of the still growing population. Questions have been asked about retrofitting the existing buildings. Several years ago the option of retrofitting retro-fitting and expanding these buildings was explored. The engineers determined that it would cost less to build a new facility than to retrofit the old. Plans are to move the library to the Maxum building build-ing across the street south of City Hall. That facility would - July 9, 2003 If wrA V? D The Dutch Folkdance Group Marnix will be in Springville Saturday to perform at the World Folkfest. They have traveled to such countries as Poland, France, Germany, Germa-ny, Ireland, Italy and others to perform Three seats There will be three Springville Sprin-gville City council seats open in this year's municipal election. Each seat will be for a four-year term. In order to run for a seat in this election, you must file a Declaration of Candidacy in person with the Springville City Recorder between July 15 and August 15. There is a $10 filing fee associated with be renovated for the library and would provide room to grow. Renovation of that building would take place first so that the library could move in. The city staff would probably have to share that space while the new City Hall was being constructed. The Fire Department and ambulance (SAVERS) would remain in the present Public Safety building. Plans are for the Police Department to move across the street to the new City Hall building. Recreation Center Many citizens in the city have requested that the city build a recreation center and an outdoor aquatic center. An ad hoc recreation committee com-mittee was formed last year which recommended that the city council pursue developing develop-ing plans to build a recreation recre-ation center. Plans being looked at for a rec center include a gymnasium, gymna-sium, walkingjogging track, weight room, fitness and Price 50 open on City Council filing your candidacy declaration. decla-ration. You may pick up a declaration decla-ration of Candidacy form at the office of the City Recorder Record-er during daytime work hours from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To be eligible to run for municipal office, you must: - be a U.S. citizen at the time of filing. - be a registered voter in aerobic areas, party rooms, climbing wall, racquetball courts, day-care room and a lounge and teen gathering area. In addition to the recreation-type activities, an 8,760 square-foot indoor competition competi-tion and lap . pool, and a 9,232 square-foot indoor leisure pool are included. Other components such as multi-purpose community rooms and additional gymnasiums gymna-siums were discussed but were left out due to cost considerations. These additions addi-tions could be phased in at a future date. Location for a recreation center has not been decided. Currently the city council is looking at three or four properties. The current city swimming swim-ming pool itself is in pretty good shape, but the building around it is not. If the recreation recre-ation center bond is passed, the present pool would be torn down. That area could UTAH PRESOSSUC- 307 W 00 s SUITE 4006 SALT LAKE CITY UT 84101-12? Number Twenty-Eight and audiences have been enthralled by the surprises and liveliness of the ensembles dancing. Performances start at 8 p.m. at the Arts Park. the city. - be a resident of Springville Spring-ville or of the recently annexed an-nexed West Fields for a period of 365 consecutive days immediately preceding the date of the election. If you have any questions please call the City Recorder at 489-2712. be used for a park or ball diamond. Outdoor Aquatic Center As a separate facility but attached to the recreation center, an outdoor aquatic center conceptual plan was developed with features such as water slides, a current channel, lap swimming areas, zero depth entry play areas, spray ground play areas and a sandbox area. The recreation center could be built without the outdoor aquatic center, but many citizens have expressed their desire to have an outdoor out-door pool. The total amount for all facilities is estimated to be $25,449,010. Of this, approximately ap-proximately $5.5 million will be funded from Springville City's operating budgets or existing resources, so the total amount needed to be funded by the community for all facilities is $19,990,000. Cost of the Public Safety, Continued on page 3 |