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Show SALT LAKE CITY, UTA- H- FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1975 County Commission Hopeful of Early Sale of Bonds for Art Center Salt Lake County Commission Chairman Ralph Y. McClure is hopeful that the commission will vote next week on a timetable for the sale of general obligation bonds totaling $8,675 million toward a Bicentennial Center for the Arts. Voters approved the issue Tues- day in a special election. The unofficial tally was 32,932 in favor of the issuance of bonds, and 25,716 opposed. Mr. McClure, like the other tow county commissioners and other public officials, favored the measure. He said Wednesday he interpreted the voter reaction as a directive to the county to move expeditiously. He hopes the bonds will be marketed in short order, he said. Still to be finalized will be the state's role in the center, since state money is helping to construct the facilities. With the Tuesday vote the State of Utah releases $7.5 million the legislature previously appropriated, requiring a Salt Lake County match commitment, with the two t flLznch.ltLh, cite lEtcTE THE SALT LAKE TIMES at TODAYS V 4 Traditions of Christmas Christmastime is, above all, a time for rejoicing and togetherness. A modern Christmas, just like an Christmas, calls for gatherings of family and friends, with much merriment, fun and feasting. Through the years, the ways of celebrating Christmas have taken on many different forms. Today Christmas is apt to be plastic or aluminum trees, rather than natures own fir, spruce or pine. The glow of tiny beeswax candles is only a memory, replaced now by strings of twinkling lights. In spite of the changes, the essence of the season, the basic spirit of Christmas stays the same. Like yesteryear, families celebrate with gifts and greens, with the warmth of a glowing hearth and the gleam of a lighted tree. Stockings are hung by the chimney with care and even with candles, though these are in candle-holder- s rather than on the tree. The togetherness at Christmas, and the ways of celebrating are all part of the legend and lore of Christmas. For children all over the world, part of the old-fashion- . . . AND OUR SINCERE THANKS FOR YOUR LOYALTY AND GOOD WILL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ll v fixoq.. EST WISHES FOR A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON ld EDITORIAL of t(zo. i tfiz foundation. o oux sums joining to produce the arts complex. A music hallpart gallery, costing $10.6 million, will be constructed immediately north of the Salt Palace. The Capitol Theater will be acquired and renovated at a cost of $4.9 million, and there will be additional costs of $676,000 before the two-hacenter is realized. The new hall will become the permanent home of the Utah Symphony Orchestra and the Sait Lake Art Center, but will open its doors to all appropriate uses, styles of music and other organized visual arts groups. The Capitol Theater becomes the home of dance, including Ballet West, the Utah Repertory Dance Theater, and any of the state's and touring dance and theater organizations. Conventions at both locations would be encouraged. While voters originally approved concert hall as locating a 3,000-sea complement to the Salt Palce, costs exceeded estimates. The hall was eliminated, after the vote on (continued on page 3) ed (continued on page 2) |