The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-12-08
EVERGREEN B0WL.
 jS RECOMMENDED
 as WINTER AREA
Lions Propose Construction of Coasfing Slope and
 Skating Pond

Developm 3ntsof Evergreen Bowl IS a winter recreation area for Ju- leau's children headlined six 1cint program of recommendations presented to the City Council last ,vsning by the Lions Club. The
 ocal service group also proposed .looding the ball park, and, if ccssibla. elimination of Gold Street zs 9 coasting area.
 pr. J. o. Rude. heading the Lions committee, pointed to the hazards involved in the present use of un- barricaded city streets for children's .coasting. To prevent tragedy, let's ,give cur youngsters fun off the streets, he appealed.
 The Rev Robert Treat followed Dr. Rude to present the Lions spe- fife recommendations which pro posed:
 The tEe ball park be cleaned off, a snow dike constructed and the dix cd-in area flooded for skating. It was also suggested that portable wooden chute be constructed to give smaller tots a getaway for coasting across tte ball field.
 Full barriers enclosing the foot of the Ninth street coasting hill to pre- vent sliders from turning off onto ether streets and to completely pro- tect the hill from encroachnant by cars was @ second recommendation. It was asked, too, that streets inter- secting Gold street he completely topped ana that the top Of the hill be barricaded at Sixth street to ccnfine coasting to the section from Sixth street down = if Gold street cannot entirely be withdrawn as a sledding slope
 It was declared that the hill above Sixth is too steep for safety any way and that blocking it off as pro- posed and limiting sliding to the lower section would leave Sixth and Seventh streets free for vehicle cross traffic.
 The Lions principal suggestion was that slide, wooden if necss- sary. be constructed down the southeast side of Evergreen Bowl.
 such a slide would offer excellent sledding, even tobogganing and should net be excessive in cost.
 Jchn Hsrmle announced his own willingness to back such a develop r-~ns and declared his belief that the service clubs and most towns lck5 would willingly support it.
 Mayer Ernest Parsons agreed that he. too, would like to see Gold street freed of coasting but ioined with Dr Rude in the view that if it was clossd some other sliding place must he provided, and it should ha the Fowl However, there was some dcubt that such development as that proposed for Evergreen Bowl could be provided for this winter. In that case, it was suggested that scIne other street. perhaps Harris, ba substituted for Gold
 The Mayor stated that the Citys -1creation budget already has been expended on summer Bowl activities and financing for the proposed pro- gram must be aided from other sour ces. He pointed out that the City now provided liability insurance, the lack Of which had heretofore proved @ stumbling block to service group plans for playfields.
 Another Lions recommendation was that the Police be made respon- sible for determining when coasting is to be allowed; that they not open streets to sleds until there is suf- ficient snow and that they then make sure that those streets are fully protected.
 Further study of the winter recrea- tiCn program was put in the hands of the Councils Streets Committee with authority delegated and that committee given free hand to No,k out and put into effect what ever immediate program it may de- eide upon. Committee chairman Don Skuse stated that he will inn mediately call a meeting of dele gates from all clubs to sit with his committee, the City Engineer and Chief of Police to work out what is to be done.
 Councilman Skuse was fully in favor of the Evergreen Bowl plan, but was not optimistic concerning flooding the ball park. He pointed cut that it had been tried and had dismally failed, due to changing weather
 Scout Executive Delbert Hanks