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When I was living in Houston, Texas while working
for Kobeico Welding of America (KWAI), I visited a
beautiful city. Salt Lake City, Utah, where KWAI has a
distribution center and sales office.
Salt Lake City is situated in a large valley surrounded by high mountains to the east and to the west. To the northwest, lies the famous Great Salt Lake, the world's second-largest saltwater lake. A few rivers and numerous streams empty into the lake, continuously running sources of clean water with lots of green along their banks. Even in summer, you can see snow on the tops of the mountains and in the shade of the valley. This City is also known for copper mining and a Mormon capitol, a dry city that regulates the sale of alcohol.
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Today, the latest and biggest issue should be the 2002
Olympic Winter Games that will be hosted by Salt Lake
City. The City is getting ready to be a good host. Various
close games are happening in the 2000 Olympic
Summer Games in Sydney, Australia now as I write this
column in September. The next Winter Games in 2002
will be even more exciting, I hope.
Like other cities that hosted the Olympic Games in the past. Salt Lake City has been working on constructing speedways, main streets, ski fields, new lifts, skating rinks, hotels, gyms and so on. I do not know whether it is good for this City to invest so much money for these new facilities or the many things to entertain visitors. Overbuilding and growth sometimes have negative consequences. Nevertheless, such anxiety may have nothing to do with this beautiful city because the people of the City seem to be disciplined and courteous. I hope, anyhow, everything goes fine to Salt Lake City. The nature is still there and it is definitely beautiful and comfortable to be in. You can enjoy hiking, fishing, skiing, climbing, and playing golf and almost any other sport that exist. I recommend you to visit Salt Lake City once, at least. If you have a chance to be in the City at the occasion of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, it must be one of the greatest memories you would ever have. I hope I will be one of the visitors there for that occasion in 2002. Reported by Y. Nakai, IOD, KSL |