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Show A-3 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, June 1-3, 2005 COUNTY SEAT COUNTY EDITOR: Patrick Parkinson 649-9OI4extJI2 countynews@parkrecord.com ROUND UP YOUR FRIENDS AND Basin eyed for '06 bike rest HEAD TO THE GRUB STEAK! Young Adults & 28 day aged Black Angus Beef 45 item Fresh Salad Bar Live Entertainment on Friday & Saturday Childrens menus Light Seasonal Lunch Dishes Fresh Fish & Seafood Since 1976 Prospector Square 649-8060 Corner of Sidewinder Drive and Gold Dust Lane Moab's Oasis for food & fun! SCOTT SINE;PARKRECORD From left to right: Colleen Tvorik, event and meeting sales manager for The Canyons, Mountain Trails Foundation Executive Director Carol Potter and Jenn Dice, government affairs director for trie International Mountain Bicycling Association pose for a shot Saturday at The Canyons. As a ''shared-use" group that advocates for all trail users, "Mountain Trails is one of [IMBA's] best (affiliate) clubs in the country, by far," Dice said. Park City and the Snyderville By PATRICK PARKINSON "We have other clubs in other. Basin as one of six finalists to host parts of the country that fight with Of the Record staff next year s conference. Other canWestern Summit County has didates include: Whistler. British hikers. Here, everybody gets along made it onto a short list of places Columbia, Ml. Hood, Ore.. Fort and everybody works together," where trail advocates are eager to Collins, Colo., Keystone, Colo, she said. "We point to [Mountain Trails] as a model, especially of host the International Mountain and Silver Mountain, Idaho. Bicycling Association's 2006 spring "We're looking for a national how to build trails and developsummit. model that we can hold up to all of ment at the same time." The popularity of mountain "They're coming to look over the national cycling media," Dice biking during the summer at Park City," said Carol Potter, exec- said. "We bring together hundreds Summit County's utive director of Mountain three ski resorts is also Trails Foundation, a local unique. Dice adds. trails advocacy group. "We Other places in the country, when "Other places don't get it yet. They're still talking to other com- they're building housing developments,don't do that," she said, adding that fewer than munities." half of the resorts in the The non-profit organi- they see trails as an impediment" U.S. promote lift-served zation, IMBA. claims mountain biking. "The 80.000 members worldfree-ride and the downhill wide and rallies for a long - Jenn Dice movements, you guys are weekend every two years ahead of the curve on to teach mountain bikers IMBA govt. affairs director ^ ^ ^ ^ that. There are still ski the latest trail-building ^^^m resorts that still" shut techniques and ways'' in which cycling clubs can work with of mountain bikers to train them down in the summer." builders and governmental entities to be better advocates." Past IMBA summits have been to encourage trail development. She praised local planners for held in Moab, Austin, Texas, and "Its not an industry show and working with landowners to Washington, DC. "We did a lobby day on Capitol it's not a mountain bike festival. ensure trails are developed as part It's mostly continuing education of residential and commercial Hill." Dice said, adding that roughly 150 mountain bikers and training." said Jenn Dice. projects. spoke with members of Congress. I MB As government affairs direc"Other places in the country, tor, during an interview Saturday when they're building housing "We have11a really, hardcore, loyal at the Grand Summit Hotel. "We developments, they see trails as an following. bring folks together to teach them impediment," Dice said. "Here, The site of next year's IMBA about trail building." they embrace trails as a communi- conference could be announced before July 1, Dice said. Dice was in town to evaluate ty amenity." SLKKkO(.K • UTAH Western Summit County one of six possible locations for IMBA summit Carbine takes medical leave County Commission doesn't intend to replace water chief while he is goneforseveral weeks The Summit County and under his direction Mountain Commission announced last Regional Water has blossomed week that Jim Carbine, general into a respected water utility manager of the county's within the State of Utah," a Commission press Mountain Regional Water County Special Service District, has release states. taken a leave of absence. Carbine told The Park Record In a 75-word statement read in May he was undergoing treatMay 25 by County Commission ment for a medical problem, chair Bob Richer, "personal rea- which required him to take seversons" were identified as the cause al weeks off. of Carbine's temporary depar"It's something that I've been ture. dealing with for quite some lime," "[Carbine] has been at the he said. 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