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Show LocaC mt SB Isadora, the Dancer "performed Local authors to read in live childrens theater works at Marriott Library by Christy ers Jones-Fend- er Forum staff writer Three successful Salt Lake City authors will read stories from their own works Dec. 13 at 3:00 p.m. in the University of Utahs Marriott Library Auditorium. Ivy Ruckman, Ann Edwards and Barbara Williams, all popular writers of books for the young, will deliver a program for all ages at this unique holiday event. Nebraska-bor- n and -- raised Ivy Ruckman has taught high-schoEnglish and creative writing in Wyoming and Utah. Her most recent works include This Is Your Captain No Way Out and Who InSpeaking, vented the Undertaker? all from Harper ol Junior Books. One of Ruckmans books, Night of the Twisters, won five Childrens Choice state awards. AnnEdwardsCannonsyoung-adultnov-el- s include Cal Cameron By Day, Spiderman By Night, and Amazing Grade, which was named to last years American Library Associations BestBooks For Young Adults. In addition to teaching creative writing classes for the University of Utah Division of Continuing Education since 1972, Barbara Williams conducts workshops throughout the country for both children and adults. Williams has written textbooks and published plays, articles, poetry, short stories and an adult crafts book. The best known of her 45 books for juveniles include Beheaded, Survived, a young adult novel which won a $5,000 publication prize awarded by the Utah Arts Council in 1986; The Crazy Gang Next Door (Harper Collins 1990); and The Author and Squinty Gritt (Dutton 1990). This noted group of writers will be on hand to autograph a selection of their books which will be for sale following the program. Seasonal refreshments will also be offered. Parking is available west of the Isadora, the Dancer, an original childrens show about the famous artist, will The Shadow Broth . be presented on Saturday, Dec. 12, 1992, at 3 p.m. at Another Language Performance Studio, 245 W. Pierpont (240 South). Children aged six and up are invited to enjoy this lively presentation as Isadora Duncan, played by actress Tommie St Cyr, engages with the children in a dialogue and finally encourages them to join in as she demonstrates her technique of natural dancing. The children do the dancing for the ond half of the show. sec- Tickets arc $2 for children and $3 for adults. Reservations arc encouraged as seatfor reservaing is limited. Call 359-213- 9 tions and for more information. Presented by the University of Utahs Department of Theatre and Film in the College of Fine Arts, the performance will be a benefit for Another Language Performance Studio and the Department of Theaters Actor Training Program. St. Cyr is an assistant professor and teaches acting, movement, and voice in the theater department. library. Utah State Poetry Society sponsors contest The Utah State Poetry Society 1993 contest and the National Federation of State Poetry Societies Annual Contest have a number of categories which are open to the public, including traditional poetry, free verse, haiku, light verse and youth categories. Deadlines for entries are Feb. 1 for the U.SP.S. contest and and March 15 for the N.F.S.P.S. competition. For contest rules, which are necessary to follow in order to enter, interested poets should send business-siz- e stamped envelopes by January 10 (do NOT send poems) to Rosalyn Ostler, 7685 Dell Road, Salt Lake City , Utah 84121. self-address- ed Will 1300 East will be widened? by William Athey Forum staff writer Driving southbound on 1300 E. to Westminster during morning rush hour is not a pleasant experience. Anyone with a late afternoon class quickly learns to avoid 1300 E. if their approach is from the north. Many people learn to avoid the street altogether. The traffic situation on 1300 E. is a nightmare. The Utah Department of Transportation, (UDOT) in concert with the Division of Transportation, Salt Lake City Public Works Dept., have sponsored a study of the street The study is about one third completed and its goal is to find the best solution to the traffic problems. The current study focuses on 1300 E. from the freeway north to 500 S. A fact unknown to many is that 1300 E. is a state road, not a city street. More than 26,000 automobiles travel 1300 E. on a daily basis. Its capacity is reported to be 20,000 cars per day. According to Dave Dopener, Operations Analyst for the Salt Lake City Police Department, in the last thirteen months there have been 1 13 accidents on 1300 E. between 2100 S. and 1300 S. All but 35 of the accidents occurred between 1700 S. and 2100 S. There were 11 accidents at the intersection of 1700 S. and 1300 E. and 33 accidents between 1700 S. and 1800 S. These figures include reportable acciaccidents and hit and dents, run accidents on private property. Information on how many accidents are injury accidents is buried somewhere in the computer 1-- 80 non-reportab- print-ou- t. le According to Jerry Blair, Deputy City Transportation Engineer, Division of Transportation, SaltLake Public Works DepL, the traffic congestion on 1300 E. is causing spill-ovonto adjacent parallel streets. These streets include 900 E., 1100 E. and 1500 E.. Blair faxed a document to me which details five options for improving the 1300 East corridor. Two of the five options involve using a reversible lane system on 1300 E.. A reversible lane system means that, depending on the time of day, traffic flow in one or more lanes will reverse directions. In this case the center lane will be a reversible lane which will carry northbound traffic during morning peak hours and southbound traffic during afternoon peak hours. The first option is for a reversible lane system from 2100 S. to 1300 S. with one center reversible lane. The road will be changed from two lanes to three. The second option has a reversible lane system from 2100 S. to 800 or 900 S. It includes one reversible center lane from 2100 S. to 1300 S. and two reversible lanes from 1300 S. to 800 or 900 S. This option would offer three lanes in the peak traffic direcdirection and one lane in the non-pea- k tion with two lanes directionally during off-pea-k hours from 1300 S. to 800 S. From 2100 S. to 1300 S. it is the same as the first er option. The other three options are; minor widening at major intersections along 1300 E., minor widening at major intersections along coualternate routes and finally one-wa- y plets using 1300 E., 900 E., 1100 E. and 1500 E.. Included with the options is a list of 15 criteria used for evaluating the alternatives. The criteria are not numbered in order of importance. The three criteria at the top of the list are; improvement to intersection capacity, improvement to travel speed and impact to local and property access. Near the middle are criteria on the impact on pedestrians, impact on bicycle traffic and impact on accident frequency and severity. Near the bottom of the list are the impact on neighborhood integrity and ability to accommodate special events at the University of Utah and at Westminster College. The key constraints to the alternative evaluation are, access to properties adjacent to and near 1300 East, the presence of numerous mature, trees and residential development along the corridor, the character of and physical obstacles to improving parallel routes and impacts to parking. Tom Godfrey, Salt Lake City Commissioner, told me the City Commission approved $30,000 for a study that was to concentrate on 1100 E., but was also to include 1300 E. Don Hale, Salt Lake City Commissioner, told me the commission allocated the money for a study on the entire Sugarhouse area. on-stre- et Doug Hattery, Wasatch Front Regional Council, said that $40,000 of Federal Urban Aid funds were approved for a feasibility study on reversible lanes on 1300 E. He said that the total cost of the study will approach $70,000 by the time it is completed. He faxed a page from the 1 992-- 1 996 Transportation Improvement Program for the Wasatch Front Region describing the 1300 E. study. The document classifies 1300 E. as a minor arterial. BRW, from Denver, Col is the consulting firm conducting the study. They were selected after responding to an advertisement for proposals. According to Richard Manser, Utah State Department of Transportation and Planning, BRW is a specialist in reversible lane highways. No one I interviewed for this story made any mention of widening 1300 E. There wasnt any mention of widening the street in any of the documents faxed to me. The trees in front of Westminster College will stay. The biggest question is whether the character of the neighborhood can be maintained with 1300 E. as a reversible lane street Neighborhood residents expressed their opinions on the proposed changes in a public hearing held on Monday, November 16 in the Gore Auditorium. December 8, 1992 Jorum Page 7 |