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Show NewsBeat Davis County Clipper Thursday, March 27, 2003 Excitement bubbles over rec center City officials rail Continued from p. A1 Continued from p. Al any other supporting cities will likely issue bonds which will have to be repaid from general funds andor user fees. Council member Fred Moss pointed out that people from Farmington to North Salt Lake use the Bubble now. He believes an updated facility with more fitness and recreation options will attract even more South Davis residents. Johnson pointed to rising populations in all South Davis cities, some at explosive rates, as a reason other cities may be eager to support the project. ld Logistics Architects displayed the footprint and several possible plans for the huge new facility. The Bubble will remain intact and operating until the new center is ready for use. Downtime for The Armory, now part of Bountiful Junior High School, is element one to another. Families can come. Kids might go to the pool. Dad might go play racquetball while mom takes an aerobics class, said can each They Tippets. rejoin other at common areas inside and out. Plans include an Olympic-size- d ice rink, pools, three gymbasketball nasiums, courts, weight and fitness areas, an aerobics room and several gathering areas. One basketball court might have a floor made of a high-tec- h material that will allow the space or to double as a indoor soccer court. A runningwalking track follows the inside perimeter of the entire structure. It offers changing views of all the activities going on in the futuristic-lookin- g glass areas. Final plans may include a connection to an outdoor track around the entire park. The skate park will probably hoped to be minimal. Brent Tippets, of VCBO Architecture, said the park and its mature trees on the comer of 4X) North and 200 West will be preserved as much as possible. The new building will rest north and east of the park. Eventually The Bubble will become a parking lot. Vehicle entrances to Bountiful Junior High will be aligned with UK) West. The school will get more parking and an easier traffic pattern. However, driving from the school lot to the Recreation Center will be eliminated in favor of improved walking paths between the two buildings. The school wanted to stop cars from mowing down the kids as they leave school, or go over to the said rec center for a class. roller-hocke- Tippets. Ambitious plans VCBO staff offered plans that are open, with lots of glass, spectator areas and easy views from be immediately north of the enclosed part of the facility. The pools and other sections of the building will have glass offering a view of the mountains to the east. Tippets and his staff considered sunny and shady areas when planning areas for various activities. They also created concession areas for snacks and drinks. The city will build more outdoor restrooms in the park area, residents have something requested for years. Summer activities for youth might include spray pools." The drawings looked similar to the dancing water fountain at Salt Lake's Gateway Center. A lap pool is planned, and a third pool with sports slides and a variety of toys for kids and adults. e is set yet. No Nevertheless, the architects will be back within a month with final plans for council approval. time-fram- fan clubs and profesleat sional racing Web sites like blood-horscom have her in their "search" boxes because of numer1 hour flight to the tiny sheikdom hosting the richest day in horse racing in the world. Seven purses valued at over $18 million American dollars are offered to the fastest thoroughbreds in the world. Participation in the race is by invitation of the ruling family, H.H. Sheik Maktoum bin Rashid al Maktoum. If a horse (owner) is given the invitation and accepts, the ruling family pays all the expenses to transport, house and feed the horse, two grooms, the trainer, the jockey, all owners and their Freston. says spouses, no there out of are Apparently pocket expenses for show stables at the race. Everything is paid Freston. for, says Horses from Argentina, the South U.S., Brazil, Europe, Africa and a host of other countries are invited to compete at the leisure of the ruling family. Top prize in the Cup is a $6 million purse in the class for Northern Hemisphere bred thors and older. oughbreds Xtra Heat is competing for a lesser purse, $1.2 million in the Dubai Golden Shaheen for thor- - e. ous requests for information on the racing phenomenon. Freston says the Plummers and other participants from Class Star who are attending the Dubai World Cup were not worried about security or complications to their travel plans as a result of the war. strides to first place at Laurel Park, Md., during the What a Summer Stakes race held in Maryland earlier this year. XTRA HEAT and older. oughbreds three-vear- s David Plummer is one of the four owners of Classic Star Stables which purchased Xtra Heat in 2(X)2 for $1.5 million. She has won 26 of 35 career-race- s earning more than $2,380,(XX). Her original selling price was $5,500 back in 2(XX. Right now, Xtra Heat heads the class for the race winning thoroughbred horse in histoIf she wins the Golden ry. Shaheen, she will also be the first thoroughbred in history to top $3.5 million in race earnings. "Shes probably the most in the adored thoroughbred world, says Freston. At the race last February in Laurel Park. (Baltimore), she entered the track to a standing ovation. Shes the media darling of the East Coast." horse Over 4.000 bauble-hea- d dolls were sold at the track during that race. In addition to fans on the track, young horse enthusiasts across the U.S. have created Xtra all-ti- four-year- Crime agencies run smoothly despite war Continued from p. Al about a year and shortly after he returned, he retired, said Chief Dave I lelquist. That officer's absence left and the force caused some services to be cut. But where the force really suffered while the officer was deployed was whenever another officer took vacation, was ill or was out for training. That really put us in a pinch, short-hande- d Helquist said. North Salt Lake experienced a similar situation. The departments one officer in the reserves, of 11 officers on the force, was deployed last year, but returned and hasn't been called up again yet that is. Woods Cross, Clearfield, West Bountiful, Syracuse, Sunset and Farmington all are currently operating with full staffs. 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Johnson has been exceedingly active in pushing WFRC into considering a light rail spur foi al Pirate Not even war halts 'richest' horse race Continued from p. A1 Johnson piped up with "I greatly appreciate the effort H I A is expending to reduce congestion on our freeway. As a city, we strongly support commuter rail, but light rail is what we genuinely need. And again. I'm going to beg you to find a wav to make it work." Packer never lost her smile. "We are working toward it. Wasatch Front Regional Council is very close to funding a feasibility study for Davis County light rail. It gets complex, though." The Dubai World Cup will air Saturday, March 29, 9 a.m. on TVG dish network 405. "She's five years old. so typically. this will be her last race, then she'll go out to foal." says Freston. at uta the six South Davis cities. He fomied a coalition of the six mayors last year which effectively took apart the 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan adopted by Improvement the five-coun- council. Then two committees were fomied. The mission of one is to find money for South Davis light rail. ITie other committee is biainstorming routes, stops, bus links and hxiking toward keeping a path open for light rail as Davis development continues to gobble up the remaining ground. Some nav savers. even amongst the mayors, have said South Davis light rail is at least 30 away. Johnson, however, noted that the commuter rail project was conceived just seven years ago. and is scheduled for completion in four more years. 2007. l ight rail for the six cities was conceived vears ago. as well. years Johnson noted. Thon set Friday at library Read-- a Youngsters are encouraged to bring pillows and blankets to the Central and South Branch county libraries. Friday. They'll need to get 6:30-8:3- 0 comfy for "Pirates Cove p.m. In addition, kids are invited to dress as pirates or wear their pajamas. and be ready to read, hear exciting stories, play games and participate in other fun activities. 'The program at South Branch will include a puppet show while the Central Branch piogram will feature a pirate Read-A-Thon- skit. Light refreshments will be served Space is limited so early arrival is or elementarencouraged. Adults must be accompanied by a child to attend. For mote information call Central at y-age or South at pre-scho- 547-072- 0 205-873- Check the latest news at www.clippertoday.com |