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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, September 14-16,2005 The Park Record Resorts cheer rankings ing terrain and No. 36 in the variety of terrain. PCMR finished high in access, with a No. 2 rating, and No. 5 in off-hill activities. Other top-ten rankings for PCMR were lodging, at No. 10, dining at No. 7, apres-ski z' No. 7 and a No. 10 finish for By JAY HAMBURGER terrain parks. Of the Record staff Lower PCMR rankings were a No. 39 finish in Park City Mountain Resort and The Canyons scenery, No. 36 for value and No. 32 in challenging are cheering their respective rankings in Ski mag- terrain. azine's annual list of the best resorts in North The Canyons top ranking was in access, which America, a compilation that in 2005 put each of was rated No. 3. The category was the resort's only the three local resorts among the top 14. top-ten finish but The Canyons was ranked in the PCMR jumped to No. 5 from No. 8 and The teens in five categories. Canyons climbed from the No. 22 slot to No. 14. It Lower rankings for The Canyons included No. is the highest finish for the two resorts. Deer 41 for scenery, No. 37 for grooming, No. 35 for Valley ranked first, up one position. It is the sec- value and No. 30 in challenging terrain. ond time that Deer Valley has topped the rankAt PCMR, spokeswoman Krista Parry said ings. resort chief Peter Curtis wanted to bring the resort "Park City, as a ski destination, regionally, it's into the Top 5 when he arrived 18 months ago. She one of the top gateways to skiing," said Greg said, for instance, that the morale of resort employees is better. Ditrinco, the magazine's executive editor. "They take more pride at working at Park City Ditrinco puts Park City with the Lake Tahoe in Nevada and California, Vail, Colo., and Aspen, Mountain Resort," she said. Colo., as the top skiing regions in North America. Parry notes the 'Signature Runs' program, in He said it is difficult to identify the reasons for which the resort grooms some of its expert-only the better rankings for the Park City resorts in terrain in order to accommodate intermediate 2005 but said he did not discount the heavy snows skiers. of last winter. "We wanted to open more of the mountain to "I know the region had a good snow year, which them," she said. always helps," Ditrinco said, adding that Park Canyons spokeswoman Katie Eldridge said the City's ski-town reputation is a bonus. resort can reach the magazine's Top 5 "hopefully The magazine ranks the resorts in diverse cate- sooner than later." gories like snow, terrain, scenery and on-mountain "We know what our potential is," she said, notfood. ing the aggressive renovations at The Canyons High rankings for Deer Valley included No. 1 since American Skiing Co. purchased the resort in finishes in grooming, service, access and on-moun- the late 1990s. tain food. It was No. 2 in lodging and dining. Other Ditrinco at the magazine agrees, acknowledging top-five finishes were in lifts, weather and family that The Canyons jumped more spots than any programs. other resort in North America. Lower rankings for Deer Valley were No. 51 in "The Canyons, more and more, is getting on the value, No. 46 in terrain parks, No. 41 in challeng- national ski map," he said. Storytime with buffalo Park City lauded as one of the top 'gateways' to skiing ^ 4 % A • Chinese dont miss strictness doesn't like the girl. You won't Continued from A-1 fight back if you like the girl." ho. Chinese teachers think dating Girls act like that only "some£nd flirting conflict with studies, times" in Park City, Li added. •Wang said. The best part of Park City is ' ''If you date, you get expelled. snowboarding, Li said, and he r^ou can't even talk alone with a hopes to teach Wang the sport. fcirl," Li said. "Skiing I like, but in China, I « Li said at his school, girls had never did it," Wang said. "In winJ'pregnancy checks" every three ter, in Park City, I will." Jnonths. Li misses traditional Chinese • But outside of school, "In food, but Wang - who prefers fchina, girls kind of beat guys Western food - likes pizza and iip," Li said. "They're just wild, eating at Subway. because they are trained strong. Wang hopes to join the soccer But a guy will fight back if he team and become involved in a local karate club, which he did in Beijing. Park City students are curious about China and ask him questions about his homeland, Wang said, especially Mexican students, who want to know what China looks like. Wang knows he will be in Park City at least until he graduates, and hopes to stay in the United States afterward. Wang's advice to his, fellow Park City students is "foliow school rules and study hard," but have fun in your afterschool free time. Plan pressujies Kiniball businesses urlpam'zed,future." .of money, however, the county > Continued from A-1 -,- r^*Jiaye^.jn,ore, ; '•-; Wit H ifT*T^^^^IS^ft5ft;-ltt r n ' v commitment on-'tke v ^arr'b'f'the'• * • lands • wbtiid • b&* a\3'd^ii*TO'Kjjby impact fees "•andrtraffic-related n Road'and'^asniusseii^Roadi. ana concessions;' prior to project business-community and others, approvals. Callahan said. "It's not some- an un-signaled right-turn lane "Most of it is on our nickel," thing that government can do by would be added to the Interstate itself." 80 eastbound off-ramp at Callahan said. Some business owners fear 1 Within five years, county offi- Kimball Junction onto souththe complicated plan would concials hope to widen parts of S.R. bound S.R. 224. During the third phase of con- fuse their customers who already 224 to six lanes and extend problems navigating Landmark Drive from its pres- struction, a new 1-80 interchange have troubled ent location, west of the high- may be necessary between Kimball Junction's way, south to Olympic Jeremy Ranch and Kimball roads. Callahan says he will disfeoulevard, below the Utah Junction. cuss the plan with members of Dlympic Park. "The goal is to get this (trans- the Park City Chamber/Bureau I Landmark Drive's intersec- portation plan) wrapped up by and Kimbal! Junction Business tion with S.R. 224 would close, the end of the month," Richer Alliance before the County Commission conducts a public and a bridge is envisioned over said Tuesday. the highway to connect the road The county paid traffic con- hearing, adding, "there are some Jo Ute Boulevard. Motorists sultants Fehr and Peers roughly key groups that probably need to could no longer access the high- $200,000 to study the issue. be strongly committed to this." way from Landmark. "Our challenge is, how do we Richer expects to vote on the ; A roundabout near the plan in October. accommodate a reasonable level Tanger Outlet Center would be "None of this stuff is set in of growth and maintain a good replaced by a signalized intersec- concrete," he said. quality of life?" Callahan said. tion and the realigned Landmark Though its formal adoption "We think that we are going to Prive would be widened to four allows the county to seek fund- be seeing quite a bit more traffic janes between the outlet stores ing from the state, the commis- and this is how we propose to and Olympic Boulevard. sion always has the option to deal with it." .* S.R. 224, between Kimball amend the plan, Callahan said. But County Commissioner Junction and Park City, current"What I'm trying to do is get Ken Woolstenhulme won't likely ly serves about 35,000 drivers the public to own this problem," support a proposal that jeopardper day. izes a business unless the county Callahan said. Since most of the project is compensates its owner. ] "It's really a decision of the Details about the transportacommunity in terms of what kind slated to occur on county roads, of a future do we want," taxpayers must fund the bulk of tion plan are available at Callahan said. "We are going to the work. The Utah Department www.summitcounty.org, or conof Transportation is one source tact Callahan at 615-3978. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT HELPING HURRICANE VICTIMS, LOG ONTO VWWV.REDCROSS.ORa SCOTT SWE/PARK RECORD Native-American shaman and storyteller Larry Cesspooch tells the story of the buffalo on Saturday at the Main Street Mall. Cesspooch's talk was part of the children's program for the Park rain City v^uy Literary uueidiy Festival. rcauvai. West M l ev i m $ claims Joseph B. Shaffer, director/health officer, TriCounty Health Department has announced that an elderly man from Uintah County has recently died of complications associated with West Nile virus infection (WNV). "We extend our sympathy to the man's family and friends who are grieving for their loss." said Shaffer. To date there have been 11 confirmed West Nile virus cases in the TriCounly Health District, including four from Duchesne County and seven from Uintah County." It's important to remember that older adults are more susceptible to developing serious CQmplicatiqns,,,fr_pirn West ..Nile yirus,,and the^ne'e.d to be esp.c(T cially careful to avoid mosquito bites. For most 'people, the risk of serious illness from' West Nile virus is low, but this man's death reminds us that we all need to take precautions to protect ourselves and our families. TriCounty Health Department has been working with other local health departments, staff from the Utah Department of Health and the Department of Agriculture and Food, along with local mosquito Utahn abatement districts, and therecover, the illness can be proDivision of Wildlife Resources longed. About one in 150 develop to track and monitor WNV in more severe illness affecting the Utah. Since March 2005, local brain and spinal cord. They may mosquito abatement districts have headache, paralysis and stiff have been using all their neck and may suffer long-lasting resources to reduce the number or permanent disability. The risk of mosquitoes that can spread of severe illness increases with the disease. They will continue age. but there is no age group these efforts throughout the that isn't at risk of illness. Area retailers have several 2005 mosquito season. "Our mosquito abatement forms of repellent containing districts continue to do an excel- DEET in stock. DEET is safe lent job of controlling mosqui- and the most effective repellent toes this year, however, residents available. Shaffer encourages resstill need to take the recom- idents to make use of these prodmended precautions for them- ucts to keep themselves and their families safe.selves," said Shaffer. West Nile virus is rare, but if Preventing mosquito bites is the you have symptoms including best way to avoid getting WNV. - -Utahns can protect themselves high fever, severe headache and stiff neck, contact your health from mosquito bites by: provider immediately. .-••Using, mosquilo repellents care that contain DEET or Picaridin Though anyone can be infected and become ill. serious illness is (especially from dusk to dawn). •Wearing long-sleeve shirts more common in people over age 50. and long pants while outdoors. • Getting rid of standing water; For information on West Nile this is where mosquitoes may Virus please contact Toni Bolton live. at TriCounty Health Most people who are infected Department, Toll Free 1-866-275with WNV do not show any 0246; (435) 781-5475 in Vernal; symptoms. About one in every (435) 722-5085 in Roosevelt; five has flu-like symptoms with (435) 738- 2202 in Duchesne. fever, muscle aches and, possibly, Visit the Web site: www.tricouna rash. While those individuals tvhcalth.com. Refugees arrive in very white state SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Stepping off the plane, one refugee from Hurricane Katrina noticed immediately that the change in his surroundings was about more than just geography. "It sure is white here," the man told a Utah National Guardsman. Ninety percent of Utah's 2.4 million residents are white, compared to 64 percent of Louisiana's population of 4.4 million. Narrowed even further about 67 percent of New Orleans residents where most of the refugees who came to Utah originated -- are black, while only 1.9 percent of Salt Lake's population is black, U.S. Census Bureau reports show. If refugees decided to stay here, as many believe they will, their presence could make a noticeable cul- African Americans than they might have in other circumstances. It feels like it breaks down a barrier that is often there in everyday life around prejudice. We're having the opportunity to see folks as fellow human beings to whom we're reaching out in a time of need, said Weitzman. Utah residents have not been hesitant to offer assistance. More than 7,000 flooded a relief hoi line with offers of money, goods and shelter. Styles believes there will be challenges, particularly as young people enroll in local schools, where many children might not have "been exposed to many AfricanAmericans, just as many of the evacuee children haven't been exposed to many white people." tural influence on Utah. "I think it means that Utah is going to be more culturally diverse, and I think we're going to be able to raise our level of understanding and acceptance of all people," said Michael Styles, director of the state's Office of Black Affairs. "It's not a black thing, it's not a white thing. It's just how we connect to people in need and show love to everybody," he said. "The evacuees have already fell that. They're so appreciative of all the Ulahns. We've seen bridges built between black and white that Tve'just been amazed at, and it's gratifying. It's truly gratifying." University of Utah psychologist Lauren Weitzman says the tragedy of Katrina has given Utahns a chance to interact differently with CEAOO V I N E G A R D E N RESTAURANT V VV ±±)«LLUUs dLZ F O U N D A T I O N Giving to Our Community The Blind Dog Culinary & Wine School with Ceago Vineyards Present an evening of fun, food and fabulous wine. www.theunderdpgfoundation.org Please join us Saturday September 17th at 6:00 pm. For reservations and questions please call 435.655.0800. Open for dinner Monday through Saturday 5pm to close 1781 Sidewinder Drive • 435-655-0800 • www.blindd05erill.com Save the Date for the Underdogs primary fund raising event... A P A fi K C I T Y Culinary, CLASSIC 02.02.06 ^ thru 02.05.06 |