The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 104

-rw 2 The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, February 4, 1982 City Tightens Pursestrings Big Plans for Liberty Park Take Backseat a pedestrian mall along the former 600 East, now a sidewalk that divides the park. The last three points would build crescentshaped tiers around the bandstand, restore and shore up the Chase Home and plant trees ancf install an efficient irrigation system throughout the park. Almost everyone concerned agrees that all five points are worthy goals, but everyone concerned also agrees that and for new concepts, its very important to have good visibility. Admits Goals Mr. Cudworth admits his goals may be unrealistic.

Of the five-point plan he and architect John Swain have developed for Liberty Park, only the first is in the foreseeable future. We may get the parking and walking areas we want, he said. That wouM consist of asphalt work that would define parking areas and create By Eric McMullin Tribune Staff Writer The citys parks and recreation planners have big ideas for Liberty Fark. Unfortunately for them, it doesnt appear that the city can afford those plans. Our goal is to make the citys park system a showplace, said landscape architect Art Cud-worth.

We would like to make Liberty Park the nucleus cf that showplace. It has the best space, the best notoriety what it lacks in size as she pulls her 49-pound mistress, Candle White, on sled. Tippy, the six-pound scruffy bundle of canine energy, makes up in determination COTTONWOOD Cy.Piiiirf HEIGHTS Tippy, a I umiu six-pound cross of chihuahua and Mal- an acute shortage of available funds will delay the work, if not eliminate Theres no question; Liberty Park is a great asset," said parks and recreation director John Gust. Its one of our top priorities. But the whole budgets tight.

All we can do is put it on the five-year capital improvements list and hope for the best. Mr. Gust said recreation areas are especially hard in times of tight money because they are at the bottom of the list and can be cut easier than some of the citys more essential programs. Its like the old joke, he said. The police chief comes in and wants two new patrol cars.

The council tells him he can have them if he can spell police. The fire chief asks for two new fire trucks. The council says spell fire and youve got them. The parks director comes in and asks for a few new shovels and the council tells him to spell chrysanthemum. Playground Controversy A number of improvements have already been made at Liberty Park, including a controversial $500,000 childrens playground.

Close to another half-million dollars went into dredging and rebuilding the lake and installing new irrigation systems in it. Also, an entryway was installed to the Tracy Aviary and some work was done to the parking areas. The work totaled about $1.2 million, said Mr. Cud-worth, who added that approximately the same sum would be needed to complete his five-point plan. One thing people should realize is that the work in the lake absolutely had to be done, he said.

That was not a recreational project. People below the lake couldnt get flood insurance because there was no protection and the bottom of the lake was really bad. We just took the opportunity to remod- Sled Dog No Mush rj Play el the lake while it was empty. The total budget for capital improvements for parks and recreation for fiscal year 1982 beginning this July 1 is about $350,000. said Mr.

Cudworth. Of that, none is budgeted for liberty Park, he said. It hurts us to see that. However, $90,000 to $120,000 from a previous year Community Development Block grant will be available to work on the parks Sixties Plaza, according to Mr. Grant.

Mr. Gust said he would like to see Liberty Park return to a family park. He envisions people being able to stroll through the park along the pedestrian mall and possibly see an art show or maybe a string band playing in the bandstand. I visualize Liberty Park being a fun place to be. He said he is looking forward to seeing the parks use this summer.

This is the first year that residents will be able to see all of our accomplishments. The lake will be nice and clean and the childrens garden will get a full test. I think well see quite a resurgence of families. So far, improvements at Liberty Park in the last few years include a partial restoration of the Isaac Chase home, resurfacing of tennis courts, the closing of 600 East to traffic and the childrens garden and lake work. Immediate attention is being given to paving and defining parking areas.

After that, the pedestrian mall along 600 East will be worked on. Although no money currently is budgeted for those projects, Mr. Cudworth said he thinks they are goad possibilities in the foreseeable future. The parks and recreation department then would like to see the bandstand improved and turned into a multipurpose cultural exchange facility. That wording is required before federal aid may be obtained.

The department wants to set the bandshell on the lakes edge, put in a limited number of seats and then build a dirt berm that would slope upward from the bandshell and create a natural outdoor amphitheater. One-third of the cost of such a project was defrayed when the construction company remodeling Rice Stadium donated the dirt excavated to the city. The dirt is sitting in a pile at the park awaiting use. The Chase home, if it is to be kept as a historical site and maintained as a historical site, must be restored and shored up, said Mr. Cudworth.

And, finally, the irrigation work done on the lake should be expanded throughout the park and the parks trees should be studied and selectively thinned, said the landscape architect. The trees are a touchy subject, said Mr. Cudworth, because some of them were started when Isaac Chase first built his grain mill. We dont want to go through there and just destroy trees, but some of them have stood for 100 years and we want to plant new ones to take their place when they fall, said Mr. Cudworth.

Plus, we would like to selectively thin out some of the trees to allow better sunlight so grass can grow and some of the better trees will be visible. "Some of those trees are sacred to some people, he said. Well, theyre sacred to us, too. Schools Out Time to of Whittier Elementary School, 1568-300 East. Storms have made skating areas scarce.

When school lets out for the day its time to play as Natalie Pea, 8, skates in front KRCL Expands Its Space Tippy took off right away the first time the tiny canine was hitched to the sled. According to Mrs. White, the dog is eager to pull 49-pound Candie each time it snows. guard her owners, daughter, Candie. $1,000,000 donation with a building named after the donor, to donations under $1,000 with the donor listed in the annual report.

Donors can direct their donations for specific projects or give it to the general construction fund. Its up to the community if they want a library. The one that gets the money first will be built first, she said. The dog, the possession of Lonnie White and daughter Candie, 6889 Village Road (1840 East), turns a lot of heads as she pulls youngsters on a plastic sled. Mrs.

White said sled dog, appears to Lonnie White and her or regional libraries in Sandy and West Jordan and branch libraries in Draper, Hunter, Riverton and the Taylorsville-Bennion area. Ms. Hogan said the library system needs money for land, construction, material, furniture and equipment. The land for the Riverton site has already been obtained. There are nine categories in the Bucks for Bricks program.

They range from a tese, is no slouch when it comes to pulling her weight and then some, especially when it snows. cent of the countys residents use the library system regularly. But it is the popularity of the libraries that is creating the problem of not enough libraries, she said. We dont have enough libraries to adequately serve Salt Lake Countys rapidly growing population, she said, noting that existing libraries are reaching a saturation point. The library system is planning to build cluster Tippy, the chihuahua, Maltese mix, whose desire in life may be acting like husky Library Seeks Building Funds Naturally, the cost of the facility is greater than the last one, but because the station is run by volunteers, the cost is offset.

The volunteers also run the fund raisers for the station. Many of the funds are raised by selling monthly program guides for $15 per year during radiothons. When people donate money they get a premium, like a T-shirt or a cup, said Mr. Holbrook. Plus they get the satisfaction of helping the station.

Occasionally, somebody will call in and donate something to be auctioned, with the proceeds going to the station. Doctors, lawyers and even belly dancing troupes have sold their expertise for KRCL. One lawyer called and donated a divorce, said Mr. Holbrook. A guy called up and said he was interested, but he would have to check with the old lady.

He called back a while later, very excited, and said, Sure, well go for it. Perhaps the reason Mr. Holbrook is so confident of the success of the station is because of the enthusiasm shown by the volunteer. This is more than a hobby for these people, its an outlet, he explained. I think everybody here has a sense of not being part of the majority.

They all love something that not everyone loves. We all have a social need to be part of a team. Feedback Encouraging But what keeps them going, he continued, is the feedback they get from the listeners. It is very encouraging. The kids in one group, Urban Youth Fusion, have become like stars.

They are mostly black and Hispanic, and most had difficulty with the law before coming here. Now they get invited to talk to kids in schools. KRCL could not exist without the direct support of its listeners. Like every station that applies for a license, KRCL had to send the Federal Communications Commission a study of the things that most concern the community, and how the station will move to solve those problems. Most people would think the big problem was race relations or something, said Mr.

Holbrook. But oddly enough, more people said animal control barring dogs and pets getting in trash cans than anything else. Besides the public survey, the station also surveyed, opinion makers. From the two they got a volume of problems, including housing, education, economics and what the station considers the most important, social problems. That is the category we pay the most attention to because people are the most important aspect of the community, he said.

Like the volunteers, the station caters to those who are not part of a majority. We dont feel any need to serve groups that are already being served. We want to get in touch with those who have been left out of the mainstream in some way. Continued From T-l that can survive by itself without dependency on one person. He is not, however, going to divorce himself completely from the station.

I will become a member of the board of trustees," he said. But after 22 years of working for free, it is time I found something to do that will pay the bills, he said, speaking of time spent as an LDS missionary, civil rights and anti-war worker, and state legislator. If there is any problem on the horizon that could stagger the station, it will be lack of funds, because many of the former sources have felt the Reagan blade. The funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting have been cut, the Community Service Administration has been discontinued, public and private foundations are receiving eight times more requests for money than they were a year ago, so the slack must be picked up by the listeners, but the economy is bad and people have less money to spare. What are the stations chances for survival? Very good, said Mr.

Holbrook confidently. Out of the 50-plus community radio stations around the country, only one has gone under in the past 25 years. And they started out with tremendous debts we have zero debt. The success of the station will rely on the listeners, who, according to Mr. Holbrook, have been very supportive.

Not everybody listens to our station, but everybody who does supports it, he said. Only Five Salaries Of all of the employees of the station, including the 24-member board, only five draw salaries, which leaves more than 120 volunteers to run the station. Much of the reason the station was moved to the new facility is to give the volunteers a place to call their own, said Mr. Holbrook, touring the studio. We have to have facilities available all hours because the volunteers have to come in whenever they can.

This will be much more convenient for them, he explained. As we walked he pointed out the advantages over the last studio. The new studio has a sound room for live performances. KRCL is the oniy area station that puts live performances on the air, though musicians will have to crowd into the DJs booth until the sound room is completed According to one DJ. 15 musicians were crow ded into the booth in the first facility.

The new building also has a seperate area for production of public service announcements and shorts. KRCL plays at least three public service announcements per hour. That is 21,000 per year. Most stations will try to fit them in, said Mr. Holbrook.

They are our priority. If people make them, we play them. I look at music as an attraction for information. Beginning next week, Se Salt Lake County brary System will be sending out letters to 3,000 businessmen in Salt Lake County in an effort to raise funds for six new libra (ies in the rapidly growing valley. The Bucks for Bricks program is the first effort to meet the needs of the community for libraries.

Terry Hogan, the coordinator of the program, said the library systems mill levy is at 3.5 which is only one-quarter mill away from the maximum allowed by law. She said that with the present mill levy, there is no money in the budget to build new facilities and they must look to other means to obtain the funds. Currently, over 78 per 5 FUNCTION LCD Pen Watch ONLY NATIONAL ELECTRONICS 272 E. 900 S. S.L.C.

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