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Ogden Sheet crowds don't bother residents
By Rob Rogers
Deseret News staff writer
OGDEN — Ask the folks who live around the Ogden Ice Sheet and they'll tell you, the Olympic-size crowds aren't so bad.
"It isn't as bad with the Olympics as it is with the students at Weber (State University)," Jene Morton said.
Jene and E.D. Morton live across the street from the Ogden Ice Sheet. They say the crowds from the Olympic curling competitionshaven't been a bother at all.
"I think they (SLOC) have done a really good job with planning," Jene Morton said.
E.D. said the orderly traffic and managed crowds weren't what he expected. But, he said, "I didn't know what to expect, really."
The road, 42nd Street, in front of the Mortons' home is lined with temporary no-parking signs. Residents, or anyone else, aren't allowed to park on the street, something that is normally allowed for events at the Ogden Ice Sheet and adjacent Dee Events Center.
Residents in the area said there were no neighborhood meetings to plan for the Olympic-size crowds, no messages from SLOC on what to do with the influx of people and no directions from law enforcement agencies on how to act or respond to the crowds. And it appears the residents didn't need them.
Residents haven't seen protesters or been bothered by noise.
"It's been kinda peaceful," said resident Reed Henderson. Henderson's back yard is separated from the Ice Sheet by a grove of scrub oak.
He said light from the Ice Sheet pours right into his bedroom window. However, so far events have ended before he's gone to bed, so it hasn't been a problem.
He's lived in his home on 42nd Street for 45 years. He said he sees a lot of traffic from Weber State students and people driving to events at the Dee Events Center, and the students make more noise than the Olympic-goers.
Resident Roxanne Covieo agreed, saying the Olympic crowds have been better behaved than the students.
She said noise from Games participants doesn't compare with that from students. "The students are worse."
And being so close to the Olympics?
"It's wonderful," she said. Covieo can see everything from her back door. Her house overlooks both the Ogden Ice Sheet and the Dee Events Center.
Even though he can't see into the Ice Sheet, Henderson said he's got the best seat to the Olympics.
"It's exciting," he said about living so close to an Olympic venue.
E-mail: rrogers@desnews.com
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February 17, 2002
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