Show County Agrees To Co Operate CoOperate Fully on Memorial Building A delegation of interested Park City citizens met with three Summit County officials Nov 20 to discuss plans and the areas of for the recreational use of the Summit County Memorial Building in Park City An exchange of ideas and information regarding the buildings building's purpose and use was made at the meeting Though Pat has been involved in sponsoring and supervising sports with Park City children for the past 13 years he felt that not enough was being done He said that sports like baseball and volley volleyball volleyball volleyball ball games were at an all time low and that the equipment for these games were non The children in the community community community ity were not in any recreational pro program g ram except thi these se ce sponsored by the local sch schools and churches and that the arge gym in the Memorial Building was not being used except once in a great while He remarked that many of the teenagers have been hanging around Main street parking in cars or just driving up and down the city streets with nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing to do Talking with other parents in the area he found that they too were concerned They came up with the idea to appropriate extra money which might enable the group to equip and repair the recreational facilities in the Memorial hall This group became the Park City Civic Committee and or organized organized organized or- or a benefit dance to raise money to refurbish game equipment equipment equip ment and reactivate supervised use of the Memorial Building They advised the county officials officials officials that any new equipment purchased and put into the building building build build- ing would be a donation to Summit County from Park City This equipment which would be become become be- be come the property of the county would be a available v a 11 a b 1 e to any groups group's supervised use whether they were from Park City South Summit or North Summit communities Commissioner Durrant told the Park City delegation that the Memorial Building was a 1936 work project and built as asa asa asa a tribute to World War I vete vete- rans It was donated to Summit County by the Federal Government Government Government Govern Govern- ment in 1939 Its primary use was for the benefit of the adults in the county Over the years various activities activities activities have been held in the building and it became the hub of Park City childrens children's recreation program However in recent years because of the vandalism to the building and its equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment any unsupervised activity was restricted Continued on Page Four Memorial Building Continued from Page One The building has been used mostly for ional court trials sporadic public meetings meetings meetings meet meet- ings a regular meeting place for various civic and social organizations in the city and the bowling alleys are in use once or twice a week for or organized organized organized or- or bowling leagues in Park City This year the County Commission Commission Commission Com Com- mission budgeted for the Memorial Building The custodian custodian custodian custo custo- dian of the building is paid annually the remainder of the amount is for the maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- utilities and supplies Recently the building ac acquired acquired ac- ac acquired a new roof new concrete steps and the furnace and furnace furnace furnace furn furn- ace room have been repaired The custodian of the building has been the liaison between the County Commission and the building He has been the only person to make recommendations or and/or requests to the commission on the needs in inthe inthe inthe the b building u 11 din g. g The C County 0 u n t y Com Commission m i s s ion has not been through the building on an in inspection inspection inspection in- in t to tour o u r for quite sometime some sometime sometime time because of the heavy schedule dule of other matters It was the consensus of the persons at the meeting that in inthe inthe inthe the very near future the Park City Civic Committee and the County Commissioners should plan to inspect the building to see what should and could be bedone bedone bedone done to improve the condition of the building It was suggested that a five- five member Summit County Recreation Recreation Re Recreation Re- Re creation Com Committee m i t tee be organized or organized organized or- or with the selection of three members of Park City one member from South Summit and one member from North Summit The wide county-wide re- re cr tion committee would have havethe havethe havethe the responsibility of the supervision supervision supervision super super- vision of the Memorial Building Build Build- ing They would recommend to the County Commission the future needs of the building and expand the program of the building to the benefit of all the citizens in Summit County At the next monthly commissioners commissioners' commissioners commissioners' commissioners commissioners' commis commis- meeting the subject of the Memorial Building will be discussed and Commissioners Durrant and Porter will re report report report re- re port on the Nov November 20 meet meet- ing The They y said they w would 0 u 1 d suggest the selection of the member five-member county recreation committee will try to set a date for the inspection tour and they will advise the Park City Civic Committee of the action taken by the County Com Com- mission County A Attorney tt 0 r n e y Ortons Orton's comment summed up the attitude attitude attitude atti atti- tude of the group A good recreational re recreational recreational re- re program such as suggested by the Park City Civic Committee could be the prevention prevention prevention pre pre- rather than the prosecution prosecution prosecution tion of law breaking Reduced visibility is one of the major added hazards of winter driving according to the Utah Safety Council Longer hours of darkness combined with snow frost and sleet make driving treacherous Be sure your heater and defroster are working pro properly per 1 y Replace dead streaking wiper blades with new live rubber blades Wiper arms should be checked periodically at your service station to make certain they exert ad adequate e qua t e pressure to clean the windshield effectively Braking distances on glare ice can be cut in half by using reinforced tire chains according according according accord accord- ing to tests by the National Safety Councils Council's Committee on Winter Driving Hazards But even with tire chains it takes far longer to stop on ice than on dry pavements and speeds much slower than normal are essential S |