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Show THE PARK RECORD www.parkrecord.com . SATSUNMONTUES, APRIL 3-6, 2004 a-9 BUSINESS EDITOR: Monte Guendner 649-9014 ext 110 businessparkrecord.com 1 li ; Briefs " '.it " ' ( J Barb. Underhill i Underhill joins CBIZ Rex Keeler, is pleased to welcome Barb Underhill, CPA, as a senior manager man-ager in the Park City office of CBIZ, FPG Business Services, Inc. and Mayer Hoffman and McCann. Underhill fe a 20-year resident of Park City and holds a Masters Degree in Tax Accounting from the University of Utah. She specializes in tax and consulting and will also be conducting financial statement reviews and compilations. She brings 12 years of tax and audit expertise with her from both national and local public accounting firms. . i Susan Payne Payne admitted to President's Circle " ' Susan Payne' of Coldwell Banker', ., . Residential Brokerage has been admit- ted to' the prestigious Coldwell Banker International President's Circle. , Payne and her family made the , ' move to Park City 12 years ago. She ; has been selling real estate in the area : for the past nine years and credits her success to her clients. ResortQuest opens Silver Lake office ResortQuest recently opened a new office ' and . check-in location, ResortQuest Deer Valley, in the Mont Cervin Plaza in Deer Valley's Silver Lake area. ResortQuest . identified a need for a vacation rental management" company, to represent only the most exclusive private homes and condo-1 miniums in that area. The new office comes shortly after the acquisition of ResortQuest by Gaylord Entertainment, a specialty Jodging and entertainment company. In order to meet guest and owner :f expectations, ResortQuest Deer Valley ' will only be accepting the most presti- gious properties in Upper Deer Valley. For more information call 658-5080. SSk" RE F IN I SHINS F U R N l" T U R E P I A N OS ANTIQUES i 5 A NAVAJO S T Tt E E T SALT LAKE CITY U T A H 8 A - O (801 )3S9-523B 801359-5238 DABC to open new liquor stoice in Paik Gty Sales volume prompts need for new facility; Prospector Square location to sell to licensees only in the future By MOWIKA GUENDNER Of the Record staff Alcohol is going to get a little easier to buy in Park City this year. The Utah State Legislature made one decision in this winter's legislative session that should benefit the distilled, fermented and brewed needs of many residents and touristsin the area - it voted to fund the construction con-struction of Gve new state agency liquor stores, one of which will be inside Park City's boundaries. The Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverages has recently begun to look for land where it can build a new facility to serve PHC stays Patients are better served at present location: overflow will be directed to IHCs nighttime urgent care By MONIKA GUENDNER Of the Record staff The Peopled Health Clinic has decided that the best solution for their patients was to stay put. That is a change of tune from a few . months ago, when a partnership with Intermountain Health Care and its new, overnight urgent care service included a new location and hours of operation for PHC patients. Looking over the needs and situations of the patients over the last few months, however, how-ever, showed that change was not necessari-' ly good. : "Patients who come generally would not be able to avail themselves at the IHC . urgent care center because the care was not available until 9 p.m." said Mike Andrews, chair of PHC's board of directors. "While we're waiting for the hospital to be built, it makes more sense to keep PHC open as it was." The mobile van currently houses the organization's health care equipment and clinic facilities, while a permanent space hold the administrative office and waiting area. IHC began to offer urgent care between Utah ski season could beat PARK CITY, Utah (AP) Strong business busi-ness at the start of the season could lead Utah's ski resorts to top the record of nearly 3.3 million skier visits logged three years ago, an industry official said Wednesday. That would represent an improvement for Utah's 13 resorts over the past two years, when the 2002 Winter Olympics, the war in Iraq, a declining national economy and last year's paltry snowfall combined to depress sales of lift tickets. "We will have a record year this year. It's hard not to with the kind of snow we had," predicted Kip Pitou, president of the industry indus-try group Ski Utah. ' Pitou, who collects confidential data from Utah's ski resorts, said he was projecting 3.4 million skier visits, up from the record 3,278,291 for the 2000-01 winter. The figure for last year was 3,141,212. "We need to be 4 million. We can easily handle that at our resorts," he said. Estimating ski area business can be tricky Name Lmt Chanoe Name Last Chanoe Name Urr Change ALBERTSONS (ABS) 22.35 .20 FRANKCOV (FQ 2.63 .13 v MITYLfTE (MITY) . 17.04 ALTERIS (ATRS) . 28.28 ; '! .38 ' ' HEADWATERS (HDWR) 27.00 1.38 MYRIADG (MYGN) ' ' 15.79 . -.38 AMERSW (AESK) .1150. -.0050 , INTLAUTSYS (IAUS) 3.50 -.20 NATRSUN (NATR) 14.44 : -.40 BSDMED(BSDM) 1.20Q -.030 ' ACCERBCOM .3600 NOVEU (NOVl) ' 11.78 .40 CLEARONE (CLRO) 6.65 .10 INTRAWEST (IDR) 17.32 .31 NPSPHARMA (NPSP) 28.26 -.26 COMTHERMAL (CIO) .1750 .0080 lOMED(IOX) 253 -.02 NUSKIN(NUS) . 21.08 i .93 DELTAAIR (DAL) 8.09 .17 lOMEGA(IOM) 5.57 -.02 NUTRACEUT (NUTR) " 21.48 -.16 DYNATRONICS (DYNT) 3.26 .14 KNIGHTTRANS (KNGT) 23.80 -.08 1 -800CONT (CTAQ 17.67 .06 EQUITY OIL (EQTY) . 4.19 -.16 KROGER (KR) 16.71 .07 OVERSTK (OSTK) 31.12 .24 EVANSSlfr(ESCC) " 4.43 .17 WMBERCLK (KMB) , 63.46 .36 . P.C. GROUP (PKCY) 1200 - FXENERGY (FXEN) -' 8.50 -.88 MER1TMD (MMSI) 21.98 .34 . QCOMM INT (QMM) 3.79 -.16 Specializing in repair and restoration of furniture in home touch up and repair. Antique Specialist Custom upholstery Pick up & delivery Free Estimates residents and visitors, said UDABCfc operations opera-tions manager, Dennis Kellen. f ? The new state store will be the third within with-in Park City and the fourth on the western side of the county. The DABC put the expansion in their five-year plan before the Legislature about 18 months ago, and this year they received the funding, said Kellen. The new store will measure more than 12,000 square feet and will have more of a retail feel to it, in contrast to the Prospector Square' windowtess, "plain Jane" appearance, appear-ance, said Kellen. The UDABC is looking for land that will have the capacity for a stand-alone structure with the room to put despite 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. to cover late night needs at the Park City Family Health and Urgent Care Clinic on Bonanza Drive. Park City Healthcare, Inc. runs the urgent care clinic during the day, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. IHC is still able and willing to help whenever and if PHC needs it, said IHC administrator Randall Probst. The urgent care center will be able to help with overflow if the clinic has too .many patients to see in one night, or if a shortage of providers causes problems. This will enhance the PHC services already offered without overwhelming over-whelming the urgent care facility. facili-ty. Probst said the overnight care hbbbbbbbbi has been working out really well so far and that the need has been between three, and 12 patients a night, which was about what was projected. If a patient has a referral from PHC, they will be treated and charged along the same guidelines as patients visiting the mobile van, said Probst. PHC does have other changes slated to come into effect in the near future that will continue to expand services to patients in Summit and Wasatch counties who do not at this time of year: Many of Utahfc resorts will stay open for another two weeks and late-season leader Snowbird will remain open another two months: . Colorado leads the nation with about 11 million skier visits, about 60 percent of them from out of state. Utah's draws about 56 percent per-cent of its business from destination skiers, a category prized for spending more money than local skiers. ' ... But Utah's resorts may have gotten too much of a good thing this winter. November and December brought regular storms, and heavy snow fell over the holidays, keeping away some skiers and closing the Cottonwood Canyons more often than usual. .. Known for abundant snowfall, the Cottonwood Canyons just east of Salt Lake City are home to four of Utah's ski resorts, including Alta, which is projecting a "soft" season., The problem: too much snow falling at (Rpoou (Bo 0 v00 RETAIL - Approximately 3,100 square feet on the ground floor. Established show room or retail office location, i . $24 per square foot full service. OFFICE - Approximately 1,350 square feet on the second floor. , Perfect for professional office uses. $21 per square foot full service. TI allowance for long term lease Attention Physicians, Oral Surgeons and Dentists This building is directly across the street from the Park City Medical & Office Plaza home to Health South s Surgical & Diagnostics Centers and The Rosenberg-Cooley Orthopedic Clinic For information contact your broker or Mark Sletten, MBA, GRI 435.647.8080 Direct 435.640.0930 Cell expand, as well as enough parking to accommodate accom-modate the peak times of the tourist, and liquor-buying, seasons. The larger space will also allow a greater variety of liquors to be sold, said Kellen. "It should be a pleasant shopping experience," experi-ence," said Kellen. v - The search for such a location within Park City has just begun. The UDABC is working with the city government to identify locations that would be accessible to tourists and residents. resi-dents. "It will be a challenge, no question," said Kellen. The additional store was needed based on the sales volume of the Prospector Square store, which Kellen said was having a difficult time serving the public. Utah law allows one liquor store per 48,000 residents, but the quota is based on statewide population, not offer of help have health insurance. According to Andrews, PHC is working to expand its clinics clin-ics to three nights a week within the next six to 12 months. One long-range goal is to offer care to patients beyond the clinics and the IHC-run urgent care hours, added Andrews. The organization is working to set up a system, in the form of an ID card, which could identify While we're waiting for the hospital hospi-tal to be built, it makes more sense to keep PHC open as it was. " - Mike Andrews chair, PHC board their patients. ' . "We want to make it as easy as possible for the patient," said Andrews. The clinic continues to be run from the organization's van, which has been an expensive venue to operate from, said Andrews. PHC's board, however, recently adopted a resolution that would allow PHC to expand into a larger, permanent structure a few doors down from its current office space on Iron Horse Drive. The three-year 2000 - 2001 's record numbers . the wrong times. Heavy snowfall closed the canyon all day on Dec. 26, "a huge check-in day" for the resort, Alta spokeswoman Connie Marshall said. On another four days. Little Cottonwood Canyon traffic was strictly limited by sheriff's sher-iff's deputies to four-wheel-drive vehicles. And two other days this winter the road stayed closed until 10:30 a.m. for avalanche control, she said. Alta tends to draw more skiers in winters when snowfall isnt so heavy and "bluebird days" bring out the skiers, she said. r With more than half of its business from out-of-staters, Utah's resorts depend heavily on fickle local skiers. "If you have no snow they don't ski. If you have great snow they don ski" because only the hardiest venture out during storms or for deep powder, Pitou said. Only about seven percent of Utah residents resi-dents are regular skiers, a "funny thing" for Name 1 questar (str) scogroup sco)q scottpwr(spi) sentocp (snto) skywest(skyw) sowstair (luv) ;: tenfold (tenf) ' usanahlt (usna) utahmed (utmd) vahasso(mtn) weidernutr (wni) Last 36.56 9.00 28.70 13.25 19.19 14.34 2.68 23.80 24.90 15.85 4.54 u individual communities, said Kellen. Once the new location opens, .the Prospector Square space will be turned into a licensee store, where private clubs and restaurants can pick up their liquor orders, but alcohol will not be sold to the general public. . There are no plans to change anything about the Main Street location, said Kellen. The State owns the Prospector Square building, which measures approximately 11,000 square feet including retail and warehouse ware-house spaces, but leases the Main Street locale. Kellen expects that the new store will be staffed mostly with the existing employees from Prospector Square. Any new employees employ-ees would work at the licensee store. There is no goal date to break ground or open doors, said Kellen. from IHC lease will cover the organization through 2007. After a brief remodeling period in May, PHC is expected to relocate in June, said Andrews. All medical care will be done at the permanent per-manent site, and the van will be sold, said Andrews. PHC is already in negotiations with another organization, and Andrews said he expects that PHC should be able to recover a substantial amount of the cost of . the van through the sale. He would not disclose dis-close what company or organization was negotiating the sale. The mix of changes and non-changes comes in a year when PHC is cutting its budget bud-get from approximately $225,000 to $189,000 - a 17-percent decrease. The cut has come in part because of the challenges of raising approximately $15,000 every month to continue the operation of the clinic, said Andrews. PHC's board of directors direc-tors is working on establishing a 12-month reserve for the non-profit to create financial stability while expanding services in 2004. . . "It is a challenge," said Andrews. In the past year, PHC's fundraising tactics have included selling donated items on eBay and accepting a donation from Lewis , Wolcott & Dornbush real estate office, which scaled down its Christmas party and forwarded for-warded the difference to PHC Later this month, the Knights of Columbus will donate all their proceeds from their Casino Night to the clinic. ' a state that offers some of the world's finest skiing, said four-time Olympic gold medal winner Stein Eriksen, 76, skiing director for Deer Valley Resort. ' "Its like the fisherman's son who never goes in the water," said the Norway native who moved- to Utah in 1969. He worked at Park City Mountain Resort before going to Deer Valley when it opened in 1977. Utah resorts added millions of dollars of infrastructure before the 2002 Winter Olympics and could accommodate a lot more skiers. But advertising and promotion is key and "we basically get nothing" from the Utah Legislature, he said. Utah spends less than $1 million on tourism for the whole state. That's less than British Columbia Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort spends promoting itself, he said. To pick up the slack, Utah resorts placed 65 pages of national advertisements for this season - three times more than they've done in other years. K lit 'Ill ! Chanoe Name Last Change 57.25 .58 293 .02 ' 57.58 .48 .12 .41 .28 .90 -.13 .13 .01 .47 .33 .00 -.20 WELLSFAR (WFC) ZEVEX(ZVXI ZIONSBKCP (ZION) '.WOS, T'Ts'1? VWt HOW JONES AVERAGES I HOI! ' 1C37J.33 . 18.CS 1 f v . v ' |