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Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 09/06/2009 08:56:19 AM MDT

Dream trail (thumb up) » A decades-long dream of a public trail following the shoreline of ancient Lake Bonneville got a boost last week. A new milelong addition to the scenic Bonneville Shoreline Trail connects existing BST portions in Sandy and Corner Canyon in Draper. Project organizers hope the BST will one day stretch from the Idaho border south through Utah County along the shoreline of the lake that once covered the Salt Lake Valley. This portion, near Hidden Valley Park, 11700 S. Wasatch Blvd., was purchased from a private landowner with funds from the Trust for Public Land, the Salt Lake County open space fund and and a number of South Valley municipalities. It will be a boon to hikers, cyclists and equestrian riders and also helps protect the watershed from development.

Tuition saver (thumb up) » Some Utah higher education students now have even more options for completing undergraduate degrees with the adoption of an agreement between Salt Lake Community College and Westminster College, a private liberal-arts institution in Salt Lake City. Business students who complete two years of basic education requirements at SLCC can transfer to Westminster to finish a bachelor degree. SLCC already has similar partnerships with other public higher education institutions so students can "seamlessly" transfer credits. This addition to the network saves money for students who want to attend Westminster but can't afford the higher private-school tuition for all four years.

Granite High redux (thumb up) » We don't know where the money would come from, but the idea of converting the old Granite High School into a community center, recreation complex and city hall for South Salt Lake has a lot of curb appeal. The great old school at 3305 S. 500 East holds treasured memories for thousands of Utahns, and its 21 acres, including playing fields, should be preserved as open space and recreational property. The Granite School District has closed the school and is expected to put it up for sale as surplus property. In addition to the real estate cost, the district estimates the buildings would require $20 million-$25 million in upgrades to make them safer in case of earthquake. That's a big tab. But if South Salt Lake and Salt Lake County could somehow come up with the funds, it would give the community a civic center, a place for children to play sports and learn after school, and it is right across the street from Pioneer Craft House, another cultural resource. The school already has an indoor swimming pool, and maybe a theater could be added.

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