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Show ! Young Hankerings Park City will not receive any of the public works money recently made available avail-able by the federal government, govern-ment, City Recorder Bruce Decker reported Tuesday. Although the announced' intent of the grants was to aid areas hard hit by unemployment, Decker noted that the three Utah counties with the highest unemployment rates, Summit,, Wasatch and Piute, were not given any of the $10.3 million allocated for the state. The city had applied for $915000 to improve its water distribution system and the Snyderville Basin Sewer Improvement District was asking $1.1 million to build a regional sewage treatment plant. The Park City Fire Protection Protec-tion District and the Park City School District had also applied for funding. , Utah's $10.3 million was spread among 14 projects throughout the state. The recipients, their location, funded project and amount allocated are as follows: Navajo Tribe, San Juan County water and sewer lines for Mexican Hat,' $295000. Ute Indians, -Uintah County, tribal building, $2,073,000. , Fisdolral "Not.- Paris Qity j Wednesday, December 29, 1976 I ' -1 4 i with a message for all Newspaper readers Pleasant County, View, storm Weber drain, $103,000. Weber School District, Weber County, Bonneville High School expansion, $1,943,036. Morgan County School District, Middle School renovation, $419,100. Salt Lake county, construction of a reservoir, $1,676,000. ; Howell City, Box Elder County, water system, $195,5000. Wellington, Carbon county replacement of the main water supply line and sewer system, $370,000. Bountiful, Davis county, city hall, $807,159. Sandy, Salt Lake County, fire substation, $272,300. . Pleasant Grove, Utah county, public safety building, build-ing, $492.8 8 1. Juab County, vocational building, $690,000. mil, mHiniiiaiiHiaiiiaHHiamiiiMMMim T'wtfT . - - ... mitmmitimmnnnMmiii Ranch Homes Wins Court Case Against GPCC Ranch Homes,.- Inc.would-be Inc.would-be developers of a subdivision subdivi-sion jn the Holiday Ranch area! was awarded $43,000 Friday in a lawsuit lodged against the Greater Park City Company. ' the fall of 1975 contended that GPCC failed to abide by . a land purchase option agreement negotiated by Ranch Homes and GPCC on September 3, 1974. The suit also claimed that provisions of the agreement called for GPCC to install a water line, sewer line, underground electrical lines, paved loop road and a storm drainage system for the Country Roads subdivision. Ranch Homes said it notified GPCC on April 1, 1975 that it was electing to. exercise its option but was told by GPCC that the conditions of agreement would not be met. The suit noted that on September 3, 1975 the Holiday Ranch land in question was "conveyed" Continued on Page 2 7 A band of local business- . men, . driven to drastic, measures by the record-breaking record-breaking drought, have plotted to kidnap a trio of prominent Salt Lake City news media personalities and hold them hostage until Mother Nature pays a four-foot snow ransom. According to a usually deniable; source, the adbuction will take place Thursday evening during KTVX Television's 6 p.m. newscast. ; Secret documents provided the Newspaper indicate that news commentator Carrie Cochran, sports reporter Bill Orwig and weather woman (a.k.a. Wonder Woman as in "I wonder when it will snow?) Shelley Thomas are targeted as the hostages, i Plans call for the three to be spirited away from in front of the Channel 4 cameras and placed aboard a helicopter which will fly them directly toPark City. y One of the conspirators was quoted as saying, "If Mother Nature cooperates no harm will come to the hostages but if she refuses to cough up the snow, it's all over. We'll make them listen to O.D. McGee jokes until they scream for mercy or Henny Youngman." .As for the actual raid, the conspirator said, "As long as those news guys don't try anything funny, nobody will laugh." A highly placed source revealed that the media personalities will be held at the C'est Bon where they will be offered for interrogation. Otherentertainment will also be provided. , Although Mother Nature was attending a NOW meeting and could not be reached for comment, local officials asked that she comply with the abductors' demands. ' We hope this action will precipitate some precipitation," precipita-tion," they said. We want to make it clear that Mother Nature should cloud the issue. A few major storms are a small price to pay for l9krnsr. R Park City Fire Protection Schnirel and Clements Han-District Han-District Commissioner Mary sen. nenmer announced wis week she is resigning her post effective January 5 Citing-her nine years in various public offices, Mrs. Lehmer said, "I feel I've served long enough. It's time to let someone else have the opportunity." Lehmer was appointed to serve on the fire board a year ago by the Summit County Commission. Also appointed at that time were James CHHUSST 5LC, UT.. Volume Two 5 Tiro ft IM S ! :A" A V..V K '! St.1 -. .. ...... . .- . r1 - haiUwTtMMMM " &' Carrie the return of Carrie and Shelley and even Orwig is worth a flurry or two." Corner Store owner Jere Calmes and Park City Chamber of Commerce Director Amanda Peterson admitted to the Newspaper that they are heavily involved involv-ed in the plot. " We don't know whether this is the right approach," Calmes said, but we're sure this is the wrong weather and we have to do something.". Mrs. Peterson revealed the kidnapping is part of a master plan designed to relieve the local depression caused by the high pressure system squatting over us. Operating under the code name "Come Up For Air," the aboveground group is conspiring to bring people from the Wasatch Front to Park City. ; "We want to let people know that there's more to do in Park City than ski," Peterson really said. Calmes added, "The concept con-cept is to not just wait for the snow but to take some Lehmer was to have served a three-year term while the other members who were elected this month to serve four-year terms after the expiration of their one-year appointment. ; The former Park Citv councilwoman called the three-member " board "dedicated, hard working and sincere" and said it was the "best group I have ever worked with." ' CC3PWATI0S ' 84110 : enow Cochran positive actioji and fight the depression in this town." It is hoped the mock kidnapping will focus attention on Park City's non-ski attractions which are being promoted during the Dec. 28 - Jan. 2 "Come Up For Air" week. The news personalities will be flown to Park City where they will be hostages of ; honor at a cocktail party at the C'est Bon. A television will be set up at the C'est Bon so that visitors and residents can view the kidnapping as it takes place and then be able to greet the trio when they arrive. For $10 a person, those attending will be provided setups at the cocktail party and then be able to eat at almost any Park City restaurant. A Dixieland band, and the C'est Bon Singers, will entertain during; the cocktails. Cost for the Cocktail party only will be $2 and tickets will be sold at the door. Continued on Page 3 "We've embarked on a forward looking, construc- tive program," Lehmer said, adding that she is "happy my two collegues were elected." " She had planned to resign before the recent election so that her replacement could ha voted into office hut found that the Utah State Code specifies that any vacancy caused by resignation must be filled by appointment. Her successor will be appointed by the two remain- Ifark City s Only llocally Owned " Newspaper ' y . 'UR BOtelM'' Prttd Prk'liy.l'uh HlOftO A b r NfiS it Bill Orwig Fir ing commissioners. Commissioner Hansen said the fire board is now taking , the fire board is now taking ' applications for the post. Mrs. Lehmer-thanked the County Commission for the , "faith and confidence they showed in appointing me." Asked to name the largest problem looming before the board, Lehmer was quick to expended, she observed, and respond, "Finances." since that time approximate-She approximate-She said the four mil levy ly 1,900 acres have been which can be imposed by the annexed to the city.! district will not be sufficient "The lag is so great that the a iintAk im uritK raaVo nf mil lat;v on nnlv maintain Number Fifteen FSfi neglect in the area of fire uruiecuon. . The commissioner said in the spring of 1972 the Fire Underwriters Bureau calcula- ted. that $275000 should be spent to bring fire protection up to standards within the city, The money was never , our levei oi protection, we ' can't catch up." But she predicted the board "will do a miraculous job i with the money we have." The district has applied for federal grant for the construction of additional fire station space and Lehmer Lehm-er said it would be a "Godsend." Continued on Page 4 |