Show 1 k V Y 1 V ' v- - Si LocalMeto ' I k t- - i Wednesday November 16 1988 1 studies proposed 1 Traimspoiitatioini ' id ’ ! is Ssandafd Exanmer Staff t if OGDEN — Transportation studies that would examine the feasibility of a mountain highway s f I between the Cache and Ogden y valleys and evaluate the traffic flow on Grant and Lincoln avenues in Ogden are being proposed by the Mission 2000 board of directors Keith Hunt Mission 2000 executive director said Monday that representatives of the strategic planning group will approach the Utah Department of one-wa- Transportation and the Ogden City Council during the next month to request the studies Hunt said both proposals are aimed at improving traffic flow and spurring economic development in Northern Utah Mission 2000 planners will ask UDOT officials to begin a feasi ty Loop work winds down2 fi ) i? 'A i By DON kAKEft Standard-Exnune- t - t f i bility study on two — and possibly three — alternative highway routes between the Ogden and Cache valleys he said The first proposal is to improve the existing road between Liberty and Avon A second plan calls for the extension of the Powder Mountain road from the ski resort down Wellsville and Davenport canyons into Cache Countv UTAH NORTH By DON BAKER i A a i?i team would be to build a road from the Cutler Basin area in the North Fork of Ogden Canyon If -- northeast into Cache County Any of those alternatives would tie into the new Trappers Loop Highway providing a shortened highway route between Davis and Cache counties Hunt said But he noted the proposed extension of the Powder Mountain road is gathering some strong e support because of its implications for Weber County’s ski industry “It would have greater economic impact because it would open up a road from both sides of a major ski resort (Powder Moun long-rang- ufu tain)" Hunt said The mountain highway concept was recommended by the Mission 2000 Transportation Task Force a of the organization’s Economic Development Council Hunt said Mission 2000 planners will ask the Ogden City Council to fund an independent study on Grant and Lincoln by a private consulting firm The city conducted an study in 1985 and concluded that y flow was adthe existing equate to meet future traffic needs in downtown Ogden sub-gro- Proposed highway routes James Peak o Powder Mountain se Liberty 0gdQn Valley one-wa- Stanoard-Examtn- Wolf Creek graphic f RRUB ) n i H third possibility suggested in the 1930s by a federal survey u Mini Page Standard-Examine- r ‘s V- - V 3 staff f MOUNTAIN GREEN — Con- structiow on jihp Trappcjrs Lppp Highway between Hurttsvilte: Moutiaiji Giyfen is winding down for the Winter with the' final phase of work right on schedule The $13 million highway which is scheduled to open nex£ Sep- Jember has been covered with a flayer of sand and gravel to protect the new grad© over the wink ter prevent erosion' and serve asi ''f v part of the road tyasfc ' Kent Nichols project engineer the Utah Department of Transportation said that work J- - Tor- - ‘ Jcompjetes about ‘JO percept of the 25'miyk Con- road-SurfaCi- ng tract dwardedjo the J B Parsons Cos pf Ogden f He said Parsons shut dpwiV its ago but Jojxratiqtvs bout decided to go back this week and liy some more sand and gravel hfong the highway route Snowstorms that plowed into' Northern Utah this week have those plans howevNichols said any fur- er-and ihef worji “will depend on the - tdas 95-mi- le "short-circuit- I ! - OwensStandard-Examine- r ed ‘ Hill i weather” Two grading contracts have teen completed except for a small marks change of command By CHERYL ARCHIBALD amount of seeding he said Standard-Examine- Delays ip the grading work set back’the construction schedule The1 this summer and prompted u Judy Outgoing Ogden Air Logistics Center chief LtGen Robert P McCoy (center left) and daj Gen James W Hopp exchange salutes Tuesday TJDOT to charge the contractors involved several thousand dollars in damages because they failec( to meet construction deadline! In contrast Nichols said Parsons “moved right in there this fall and knocked that (surfacing) work right off” " He sai the contractor will resume work as soon as the weather breaks next spring and it appears to be moving smoothly toward the Sept 15 1988 com- pletion' deadline The highway will provide a secaccess into the d ond Ogden Valley and is expected to relieve some of the traffic congestion on heavily traveled State Road 39 through Ogden Canyon r change-of-comman- With a huge American flag as a backdrop and before officers other dignitaries and enlisted men Lt Gen Robert P McCoy command of the Ogden Air Logistic! Center- to-Maj Gen James W Hopp' Gen Alfred G Hansen who officiated said the ceremony - year-roun- ‘The significance is the tremendous responsibility of the command of Ogden Air "Logistics Center it is important to have strong pre1dfnSF?enSBstf4EiM cere- d short a here in Tuesday hangar mony seemed insignificant compared to the surrounding majestic '’mountains and blue skies but the event symbolized the importance of good leadership at an important military base ? headquarters at Air Force Base Ohio where he was deputy chief of staff for communication-compute- r Wright-Patter-s- K staff leadership at Hill Air signified the importance of strong leaders for a base that at helps provide national secuHty “The significance is the tremendous responsibility of the command of Ogden Air Logistics Center” he said “It is ve strong ° 3PPrtn A‘r Force Se' f ’ v " i The world is at peace but a peace” he said adding Force Base’ — Gen Alfred Hansen plays a role in keepby maintaining and parts for missiles and other weapons said — placing the the national military perspective — “is not here to provide jobs to Utahns but to maintain peace for the United the center ing peace supplying warplanes Hill he matter in States” t Hopp 47 comes to Hill from Air Force Logistics Command on systems McCoy 53 assumed command of the Ogden ALC in March 1987 Before he was deputy chief of staff for mainte- nance and of personnel and manpower at the headquarters in Ohio McCoy recently was promoted to vice commander of the AFLC headquarters Two previous base commandJames Hopp ers Lt Gen Marc C Reynolds McCaus-land and Lt Gen Charles ing-oplace” for senior ALC also were promoted to officers said Maj Portia vice commander of the headMcCracken a Hill spokesman quarters after their stints at Hill “Generally only the very besfc “This is a very good jump- - ' come here” ff Downtown Ogden Association encourages illusion By GORDON Standard-Examine- r WEEKS' staff ' - ' OGDEN — The DowtjtQwp Ogden Association this morning ' offered encouragement but no funds for a proposed train wreck illusion Ogden Mayor D Clifford Goff asked the group to tontribute toward $10000 “seed money” for the production of a railroad illu -- sion staged by singer Alan Osmond Goff said Osmond told him that magician David Copper-fiel- d was' interested in using a train crash background to stage and escape The proposed annual event tentatively scheduled for Labor Day weekend would be designed g event for the as a focus on the as a to and way city money-makin- expect more snowfall batcpf sw -- - W'a-sat- ch The DOA declined to commit funds to the event because it still is in the preliminary planning stages but offered support for the concept “You have our support in proceeding” with the negotiations said DOA President Jim Barclay The DOA also will name a member to join negotiations with city officials businessmen and Osmond ‘Goff stressed that the city was approached by Osmond about the event “The city would be a facilitator — we would help out all we could — but it would be an Osmond production” he said GofT said he is not sure what ’ the train wreck illusion would entail calling it “a simulated something” The trains may come together and disappear he said The mayor said the event could be staged on tracks laid on Washington Boulevard but said he doubted that option Goff said he has been flooded with calls regarding the proposal because of the publicity The benefit of “all the furor all the mis- conception” is that it has drawn ' attention to the proposed event he said The proposal to stage Copper-fiel- d escaping the train wreck illu- sion on national television would draw visitors and help the city’s economy Goff said Vote mixup brings legal tangle Utah ski resorts can Utah’s ski resorts car brace "County north he said An jnch for another was sported at' Hill Airthe Thursday which wlll adj gase attj jn phrts)f Og- r foot of snQw somd resoj-Tceived from a Monday storm forecasters say “Tfoday will be a cloudy day BiH Alder chief meteorologist wifh' flurries long The moun-fo- r the National Weather Ser- - taiijs Another storm’ is poised vice office in Salt Lake City to drop into the basin (Idabof said the storm system that hit Nevada and Utah) by (Thursthe area Monday has tapered day)” he said “It will be stronout with a few snow flurries gest in the southern part of the state” persisting this morning Most of the snow that fell The storm will probably drop between 1 and 3 inches of snow Tuesday night along the Front was from Davis on valley floors he said city’s railroad heritage GofT said By PHIL JENSEN Standard Examiner staff MORGAN — Three voters - who were not given ballots in one district add 57 voters who were ’handed the wrong ballots in another have thrown the election for two seats on the Morgan School Board into a legal tangle The matter is being turned over to a 3nd District Court judge who could order a new election Morgan County Commission Chairman Jeff London said the county attorney has teen directed to prepare legal papers that hopefully the judge can review when he makes a routine stop in Morgan on Monday London said the commission which does not have authority to order another election will abide by the judge’s decision Eroblems were detected in two of three races for the school board after the Nov 8 polls closed and the ballots were locked away Each is close enough that the “bad votes” or no votes could change the outcome Accordingly no winners have teen declared County Clerk Janis Widdison said Tuesday that the problem in the Precinct 2 race has teen narrowed downto three voters in the South Morgan Voting District who were not given school board ‘ ballots As it stands now without those the difference three between the two candidates is two votes LaJean Francis the incumbent board member is ahead 8 of challenger Chet Adams A canvass of the election by county commissioners Monday uncovered one absentee ballot for Adams closing the gap to two Widdison said a number of people who had the correct ballots in Precinct 2 didn’t vote for anyone in the school board race Had they done so Widdison said it may have negated the three nonvotes In Precinct 1 Widdison said 57 non-vot- es 210-20- people marked the wrong ballots in the Peterson Voting District well within the range of the votes separating the three candidates Votes that have been tabulated show Kathy Collins 1 votes in front of Terry Clawson and 47 votes ahead of write-i- n candidate Daniel Poland The 57 “wrong votes” however keep all three in the hunt Widdison attributed the problem to “honest mistakes” by voting judges “I don’t feel it’s definite until we get some kind of opinion from the judge” London said Tuesday “There would be a cloud over it 1 l i |