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Show Saturday, January 24. 1998 The Park Record Park City Council delays its decision on proposed bus route Some residents fear buses would create a safety hazard by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF The Park City Council's neighborhood neigh-borhood meetings ended a month ago, but at the City Council's meeting meet-ing Thursday night one neighborhood, neighbor-hood, Thaynes Canyon, took center stage as the City Council heavily debated a proposed bus route through the area before voting to delay a decision. The proposed bus route would run along Payday Drive and Thaynes Canyon Drive and alter the current route that runs on Prospector Drive. Two bus stops, one at Prospector Drive and one at Webster Court, would be eliminated. eliminat-ed. Area residents were split on whether the route should be implemented. imple-mented. "If the bus came, maybe I'd go to Main Street more often," said Thaynes Canyon Drive resident Carol Shackelford. Shackelford also said she has a son who rides Park City buses to and from school each day and she would like a bus stop closer to her house for him. "I'd much prefer him to ride a bus and get off right in front of the house," Shackelford said. Claimjumper Court resident Timothy Lapage said a bus route through the area would reduce the number of vehicles travelling through Old Town and free up parking spaces for visitors. He also said the Transportation Department's insistence that any route change generate an additional addition-al 13 riders per day is unrealistic. "I'd urge you not to pin us with a ridiculous demand . . . ," Lapage said. "It's slightly unfair." During the 1995-96 winter season sea-son an experimental route through the Thaynes Canyon area to Park City Mountain Resort was implemented imple-mented but ridership on the route was below criteria recommended by the Transportation Department. Lapage, though, presented an informal survey of 50 area residences resi-dences conducted by himself that showed 31 households supported the change in route. Four households house-holds disapproved of the new route, while six did not care and he was not able to contact nine households. house-holds. Several residents expressed concerns con-cerns that the bus route would disrupt dis-rupt the neighborhoods that the bus would travel through. "Those big buses will create quite a hazard for us," said area resident res-ident Fred Prettner. "It seems to me taking those big buses through ... is an annoyance." Thaynes Canyon Drive resident Faye Slettom agreed with Prettner, saying the buses would be noisy and create hazards for pedestrians in the area. "Imagine the bus roaring through our quiet neighborhood," Slettom said, adding that "the road is narrow and there are walkers all the time." Lapage answered Slettom's concerns con-cerns by saying buses travel slowly and do not pose a safety hazard. "The bus does go slowly," Lapage said. "It wont knock over people's dogs or knock over people's peo-ple's children." Ken Poulson of Thaynes Canyon Drive, though, said the streets in the Thaynes Canyon are no narrower than other parts of Park City served by buses and the route change should be approved. "I dont find it any more narrow in the winter than other streets," Poulson said. After listening to area residents, the City Council could not decide on the details of any new bus service, several expressing concerns that the experimental route during the winter win-ter of 1995-96 was unsuccessful. "I'm not compelled to do another anoth-er experiment," Councilman Hugh Daniels said, adding that he would not support changes to the route. Councilman Paul Sincock and Councilwoman Shauna Kerr, though, said running the route only on Friday, Saturdays and Sundays, when many people would be going to the Main Street area and Park City Mountain Resort, might generate gen-erate the ridership needed. "I like the idea of running only on the weekends," Sincock said. Poulson said a weekend-only bus service would alienate some residents because they go to PCMR and Main Street during the week. "There are some of us who are retired and ski more than just Saturday and Sunday," Poulson said. Obituary LaVell Thomas Widdison, Sr. Our beloved husband, father and grandpa, LaVell Thomas Widdison, Sr., passed away, January 21, 1998 peacefully at home in Charleston, Utah, after a courageous battle of continued illness ill-ness at the age of 63. He was born April 2, 1934 in Charleston, a son of Joseph Royal and Ada Harrison Widdison. He was raised on a farm in Charleston. His grade school education was in the old Charleston School. He then continued on to become an All State Football player at Wasatch High jn Heber City, Utah and graduated. He married his high school sweetheart, Arlene Mecham, Aug. 23, 1951 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, and together they raised three sons. Active in the LDS Church, he was a High Priest and enjoyed temple work and served in many other capacities. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed it with his family who always came first and his friends. He worked at United Park City Mines for 45 years, where he was employed as a water technician specialist, which he loved very much, at the time of his death. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife, Arlene, Charleston; sons: Ricky Lynn (Suzanne) Widdison, Charleston; Jodie Royal (Judy) Widdison, Jacksonville, Mich.; 12 grandchildren; grandchil-dren; two brothers: Joe and Larry Widdison. He is preceded in death by his parents; two sons: Lavell Thomas Jr. and Michael Clarance; two grandsons: Michael Wayne and Richard Lee; three brothers: Elvoy, Russell and Clarance. Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Charleston Ward (3423 S 3500 : W.). Friends may call on Saturday, at the church, one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the Charleston Cemetery. f x lis."' 1 1 : LaVell Widdison Schools in session... Please drive carefully. LOSE WEIGHT... THE RICHT WAY THE WEIGHT MANAGEMENT CENTER OFFERS: CHOLESTEROL CHECKS CARDIAC RISK FACTOR ANALYSIS BODY FAT ANALYSIS NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING REVOLUTIONARY NEW WEIGHT LOSS SUPPLEMENT & ANTIOXIDANTS INDIVIDUALIZED EXERCISE PROGRAM UTILIZING ON-SITE EQUIPMENT CONTINUOUS MOTIVATIONAL SUPPORT RN SUPERVISION KEEP IT OFF "FOR LIFE-FREE LIFE-FREE CONSULTATION CALL PAM COFER, RN: 649-1542 mm ncDc nuM I nr. 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