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Show D4 __TheSalt Lake Tribune UTAHWednesday, December 23,1998_ Troops Welcome Salt Lake City May Consider Goodies and News From Utah Operating New Transit Hub UTAwill use portionof site to unite train, bus traffic @ Continued from D-1 seoweres BYJOHNKEAHEY so much sand,” said Airman Ist Class Sandra Huff, a 23-year-old Houston native who handles ad- 1 Salt ministrativeduties for the squad- "We have nearly $3 ALT LAKE TRIBUNE Lake City officials are leaning toward recommending ron. “It feels like a beach, but you never see any water.” Huff's thoughls this holiday that the city — not the Utah Transit Authority — own and operate a season are with the husband and for downtown's west side. That uindin Ute “Tm mis ng out on alot of oing while growing up si ‘It’s kind of hard, | {there area lot of good folks here nd they help keep my spirits up. | don't feel like Pmall by myself. The area lot of oth oTs going thi wh the samesitua- UTA xeneral Manager John Inglish says his agency will use only a portion of the hub at 600 West er iy of AI Hartmann /The Salt Lake Tribune Shoppers are packed in like winebottles on a rack Tuesday at the liquor store in Cottonwood Set. Allen NikSandy who now is Liquor Stores See Early Holiday Rush Hil. said it is a spe- There is about 4,500-square feet of sales floor in the 9,000 ip mall storefront ial chall-age to keep “stress lev kes it difficult sometimes ls down and morale up” during iake room forall the customthe holidays. He described the ers who want to shop. group s cve al pretty Some want a singh ‘aalt scotch zood.” 0 sip with a fir cigar after Ont alotof folks will hristma: dinner Others only probably be sitting around read- @ Continued from D-1 would like a igermeister gift ing, wiiling I tles and making packfor a friend or fulsome eamorale calls [lelephone calls] back ho 1 the father of lion gallons, or $124 million bernet to accompany a savory two. “We had a great spread on worth of “heavy beer,” wine and roast he Cottonwood store received Thanksgiving. and we're hoping spirits last year, and it contributed about $46million in profits to 4,000casesofalcoholic beverages: the food on Christmas and New thestate budget Sun Trucks delivered 1,000 Year's will be just ¢ “Tt is not uniqueto this [Cotton more Tuesday. And they are mov wood] store,” said Kellen. “What ing fast celebration “We'll is unique is that it’s starting this Stretching 30 feet along the wait until after Christmas, We'll early. front wall, cases of boxed wines do it when T get home in JanuBeginning Monday, managers towered above everyone except ary, madecustomers wait outside the thetallest shoppers. Clanging botCottonwoodstoreuntil the crush les, crackling paper bags and at thecash registers subsided customer questions created a din In fact, so many shoppers were in the store Unmmmm onthesalesfloor that day, managA clerk wheeling out three Cherry Chocolate Cake ers had to shut out customers cases of discount red wines never threetimes. Usually crowdslike hadthe chance to park his dolly Cooking With Donna Lou Morgan that don’t show upuntil Christ before a man demanded $12 95 fore 143 South Main mas Eve, thestore managers said Where's the Bailey’s Irish Salt Lake 184111 Ph, 297-2018 er rail. freight spurto serve a west down Amtrak ‘passenger trains and Greyhoundbuses, Becauseof this diversity, Inglish says it would be better for thecity to build and operate the center. A woman in an aisle of white wines looked worried. She turned built until 2000, but the owner- here?’ “No,” “Do you work hereplied. ableto help you.” “But I may be He directed her to a sensible chardonnay Beckey Westwood, a Cotton: wood store employee, surmised that people might be shopping early this year to avoidthe Christ mas Eve crush “It goes from10 in the morning to 6 at night,” shesaid To avoidit, Westwood suggests arriving before stores open at 10 or11 a.m. Things also slow down a bit after8:30 p.m. atstores closing at 10 p.m Thetelephone book blue pages list the locations and operating hoursforstateliquor stores rently, two Amfraktrains stop in Salt Lake City each day. pected to begin building a rail Cream? to a man nearby. ——= and 200 South — for buses, light rail and, in the long run, commutInitially, it also will be used by il, she receives daily her husband on the at Tim Harbst Transportation director position, if adopted next month by the City Council, is OK with the (win 6-mnonth-old boyssheleft be- stationed hub)” new transportation hub proposed things t jon.” million in the bank now [for the Salt Lake City ‘Thebuilding likely will not be shipissue mustbe resolved quickly, says Tim Harbst, city transpor- tation director. Also this winter, crews are ex- town cereal-processing facility Whenthat is completed, freight tracks that now run downthe mid dle of 400 West can be removed, and 400 West and 500 West re built in time for the 400 South via duct reopening, Harbstsays. All this work is being paid for through a combination of federal and local matching funds. In all $80 million is expected to be Someentity must take charge available over the nextfour years access tracks just west of 600 portation hub, and smaller hubs of installing platforms and new West becauseoldtracks along 500 West that serve Amtrak's station at the Rio Grande depot will be rippedupthis spring. If theold tracks aren't gone by June, the new 400 South viaduct that touches down at 500 West cannot open. In the meantime, Amtrak passengers can be bused from the railroad’s existing station near 300 South and Rio GrandeStreet (450 West) to a temporary platformat the hub site, he says. Cur- to build the Salt Lake City trans: at places such as Ogden, Park City, Provo and West ValleyCity “We have nearly $3 million in the bank now” for the Salt Lake City hub, with another $15 million expected from Congress later next year, says Harbst. Heexpects Congress to support the projects because they also promise to boost economic developmentin the city’s west down. town, beyond the Gatewayretail, commercialand housing developmentbeing plannedtothe north. Rely Te ies Nae Cielta featuring Digital Pcs Phones from FOR SERVICE YOU CAN TRUST ¢ When you needif ¢ Where youneedit... 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