Church officials ordered the extra columns to support the sagging trusses in the roof over the cultural hall. Unfortunately, attendance was so good during stake conference that Sunday, overflow seating was made available in the cultural hall, where members might have been thinking about more than just heaven when their eyes peered upward.
The 70-year-old-or-so stake center in the middle of town serves the Delta 3rd, 5th and 7th wards, and local church leaders for some time have expressed concern about the safety of the building.
Church inspectors from Salt Lake City reportedly assured stake officials that the roof would hold up barring high winds or heavy snow.
That might be regarded as a "faith-promoting" statement.
Says church spokesman Scott Trotter: "Like people, buildings get old." He said building officials have taken the precautions necessary and the building is safe. A decision will be made later this year whether to renovate the existing structure or build a new one.
Didn't get the memo: Most employees of the Utah Driver License Division know the Salt Lake City office has moved from Redwood Road to the State Fairpark on 1000 West, but someone forgot to tell the guy who records the message to callers to telephone the general information number listed in the directory.
Informing callers of the hours and locations for obtaining or renewing driver licenses, he still directs them to the office at 799 N. Redwood Road, which doesn't exist anymore.
Perhaps they are trying to confuse those undocumented people.
Deflated: A Sandy woman stopped at a Tesoro on 700 East recently to put air in her tires, and when she noticed on the air pump machine that it requires 75 cents in quarters only, went inside to get change for her $10 bill.
She then was surprised when the clerk said she had to purchase something to get change.
She decided her tires were inflated enough to go somewhere else, and found the clerk at a nearby Sinclair more than happy to make the change so she could purchase the air.
Home for the holidays: Steve Wynn, who lives in downtown Salt Lake City, is checking his calendar for the remaining holidays in 2008 so he can prepare to get through those holidays without power.
He was somewhat amused when he received a notice from Rocky Mountain Power that his power would be cut for several hours on a Sunday for maintenance work.
Sunday seems a reasonable day to cut off power for maintenance, except this one was Easter Sunday.
Can you say "holiday pay?"
The last time they cut his power for maintenance was Super Bowl Sunday.
Forget that party.
Perhaps, if the Jazz force a seventh game in the playoffs against the Lakers, they could shift their work to Monday night, when the game would be scheduled to be televised from Los Angeles.
prolly@sltrib.com
