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Show a DAILY HERALD Traffic . Soegretsore Continued ar prom Bt more money to cover the gap between what the state needs and what it can pay for. Their increasing the gas tax; toll roads; allowing companies to build and own new ; ending fuel tax exemptions; adding a sales tax on gas; indexing the gas tax;leveling out gas prices statewide — increasing prices on the Wasatch Front to equal costs in the rest of the state; and increased proptaxes for transportation. “Bve may need to consider sdie radical changes,” said Qfem Mayor Jerry Washburn. Trailhead ation Continued projects to contributea larger residents and Boy Scouts spent KS ONE EONS he improvement: SAR Ot be votes i havehelped peeweeth this eer eaten jleasant opportunities to local families,” said Uinta Forest District Volunteer Coordinator Donell Willey. “The manhours donated saved the Forest Service thousands ofdollars. Throughthis great group effort we are now ab) to provide a really nice facility providing public access to public lands.” cr of us are beneficiaries of —_a statewide system,” he said. *The meeting was the first afgeven Herbert and Gov Jon Huntsman Jr. are holdingaround the state with local City officials and the Pleas- John Njord, UDOT executive director, said people who own land around new freewayinae benefit from the im- associations of government. ee‘paid for the privilege of the new construction. mWhen webuild a transporta- ut the ideas into an ini- tion facility ... the value of that e, with points for the state iegsionure to consider next “The bottomline i oao Trailhead. “Weare fully supportive of these projects as a city,” said Grove Mayor Jim | Danklef. “This is a neat situa- _and Recreation has a ninemembercouncil that reviews State Trails Program Coordinator John Knudson. The grant neringprojects that will involve a combination of local mu- had success in three different trail grant requests and decides money provided for the Grove __nicipalities, Forest Service and locations now wheredevelopers havebuilt interchanges or will build interchanges for us ~— lock,stock and barrel.” There are who see oné wayto the rapidly growing the value of new roads, and are of protecting the entrance to our canyon. We couldn't have donethis on our own.” The state Division of Parks thp growthis putting lot of pay the state for allowing them about impact fees for cities otwith lion highway, and paid the state to do it, Njord said. In Texas, a companyis paying for a$72bil- | thet kind of growththat are dispemportionaley affecting state rads,” he said. ‘Huntsman and Herbert have alfeady developed some prin- $1.2 billion for letting it build the road. _B Amie Rose can be reached at 344-2530 or ples fortheir initiative. They arose@heraldextra.com. si HE 1 ST ANNU.AL ry whetherto provide state and federal moneyto local agencies to build and maintain trails, said Creek Trailhead project was based on fifty-fifty cost share. “Welookfor potential part- ete é Festiv.al semesteratcollege. ; Continued from B1 “I'd found folklore for sure,” she said, noting she moved back makeus uncomfortable. We have to make sure we look back from timetotimeto the past to makesure we don't repeat our mistakes in the future.” to the state after she finished her anddecisions leading up to that triumph. Concerned that no one would care about an unmanned mission, NASA commissioned fore onesession was tobegin him totell the rover’s story,he said. Hedetailed the agency’s struggle to decide whether to senda ccraft to orbit the planet _at 4:30 p.m., the skies suddenly brokeintoa torrential downpour, ds ran for cover as the rain pounded the ground _as only a sudden desert storm surround us everyday, she said. or a roverthat could land on the can. Forless than a minute, the froma kora player whoisonein Ugly,” a play ontheclassic the project telling him. “We've a line of more than 20 generations of kora players, she said. Players of the instrument are traditional storytellers in their native lands. Dolores Hydock told stories of the people she met when she moved to Alabama for four months more than 30 years ago to study folk stories as part of a__ Sleeping Beautystory. “Moral: Let sleeping princesses lie, or lying princesses sleep, whichever seems wisest,” she told the audienceas the story ended. Syd Lieberman told the story of NASA'sattempt to landa rover on Mars,and the work got a planet. We've got to get to the surface.” The needto visit Mars wasn’t so much to prove water hadexisted there,he said. “The questionisn't was there ever water on Mars,”he said. “The question was, was it there long enoughtofacilitate the for- Alston also played the kora, a 21-string instrument from Senegal, Gambia and nearby nations. She learned to play the instrument Milbre Burchtold a story written as a picture book by JaneYolencalled “Sleeping surface. “We've got tosendarover,” he recalled the lead scientist of and # Artist Signing # ee & ee Join Robert at his new gallery and see all our new images, calendars and cards. See our new line of gifts chosen by Robert to bring the spirit of country living into your home. & SSS 10% discount on framing along with drawings for an $800 CanvasGiclee and other Ltd. 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The roof tops of the new building and City Hall building will be close enough to eachother to require sprinklers to mitigate fire danger, they said, buta sprinkler system was not included in the site plan. “It's hard to get excited about something whenI see a lot of gaps in the planning,” said Commissioner Joe Gordon. The planning commission is expected to take a secondlook at the site plan at a Sept. 7 meeting. COUGAR AUTO SALES Zaneis inviting all of his previous customers to visit him & find the best keptsecret in auto values in Utah County! RadeDenes Suds Ss wereto host eventsat the same time. They also wanted to ensure there would be handicapped parking. Anotherconcernfor planners Zane Berry Has found a new homeat SAT, SEPT 3RD 8:00 AM’- 8:00 PM 260 E. Main St. 3 Midway, UT 84049 had to be delayed a few minutes to allow the pounding to calm down, could be heardin the microphone,took the storm in stride,telling the audience that she'd learned new words while studying in Alabama,including frog-strangler — “a sudden downpour just like this.” neighboring Harrington School FRI, SEPT 2ND 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM ;- river of water pouring off the tents was so strongit became a wall. Hydock, who's performance Continued from B1 Open House mation oflife?” At times, Mother Natureput _on a showofher own.Just be- final, staying for more thantwo decades. Herstories are meantto remindus all ofthe life lessons we are taught by those people who Choose the ER team whoworks for YOU! SwissDays volunteersin order to provide additional funding through cash orin-kind donations,”he said. sn willing to build the roads and préssure on the road. “Thereare people talking MATT SMITH/Daily Herald A group of volunteers including Keith Dye,at right, and Jonathan Sherrill, at right-center, work to spread compostin areas around the Grove CreekTrailhead in Pleasant Grove, Wednesday afternoon. transportation improvement | tion, to watch several groups increases the value of everycometogether and completea thing around it,” he said. “We've successful task for the purpose’ itywwe're building is lag; behind,” Herbert at \e big problem in Utah Céunty is the state road to Eagle Mountain, he said. There’s only —astatehighway—and ant Grove RangerDistrict are also looking at obtaining additional state grant money to improve the Battle Creek ements, and some of them ‘They'll take the information they gather to their transportaJo6 summit Oct. 14. 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