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Show Dcx 3 33 slc, ut en io Fifteen Cents Volume Three Gov. Matheson Talks Park City Senior S i ' ' ' c !"' 5 I j5, ffr' I f I fft f I TSL i f: . MIHHHMIBHMKIni Wii.Mk- - - Gov. Scott Matheson (center) talked turkey w ith Park City senior citizens Monday night. C'- Governor Scott Matheson visited '. here Monday evening as a guest of the e. Park City Senior Cilizw. - ' Matheson was invited to Park City , several weeks ago by City ' Councilwoman Eleanor Bennett during the Governor's Conference on " Aging held in Salt Lake City. He had dinner at the Senior Citizens Center and expressed his admiration of the work that was performed in Converting the old Union Pacific Depot lirsuch a fine facility. Prior to Matheson's address to the senior citizens, Mayor Jack Green said it was an honor to have the governor visit the city and said he was i e u:u u J tu.. prouu 01 uic iacuiiy wiiii.ii nuust'u uic affair. Bennett commended Matheson highly, saying he is "bending over backwards to help senior citizens. " "The reason he is being so helpful," Miss Bennett quipped, "is because someday he'll be a senior citizen. " Matheson said he enjoys traveling around the state and meeting its elder residents. He also remarked that Monday's turkey dinner, prepared by Carol Rixey, was one of the finest meals he had in Park City, including the town's finest restaurants. Noting that as a Union Pacific-lawyer Pacific-lawyer he worked on title transfers for abandoned depots, the governor said of Park City's Senior Citizens Center, "It's nice to see it moved and re-established where it will be used. ! ' Matheson said volunteerism in the state "has a great deal to do with what Utah has accomplished" and has enabled it to "perform at the level it has," especially considering Utah does not have the financial resources of other states. A study of volunteer work in Utah . has shown that the labor and services provided are equivalent to the work ; s which would be performed by 9,000 , additional state employes, according to Matheson. He said the figures did not include religious volunteer groups. The governor has his ear bent by Mayor Jack Green. "Without volunteer resources this would not be (lie gracious, happy plait tC liL that it IS," hi commented, "because we would not have the quality of life we have." The governor said his wife Norma, who was present at the dinner, feels that a fun part of her job as the state's first lady is to participate with senior citizen organizations. Noting the completion of the seventh Governor's Conference on Aging, Matheson emphasized his commitment to senior citizen Cable ere: Want to watch four additional channels on your television set and view first-run movies in the comfort of your living room? It may be possible in the not-too-distant future if a proposed 15-year cable television franchise is approved by the Park City Council. Dale Garner, a representative of Norwalk Cable Television, told the council Thursday, "Cable TV is not a new thing but the progress in the last year is phenomenal." If approved, Norwalk would provide customers with cable reception of Utah's five stations along with four stations from Chicago. In addition, cable subscribers could watch 14 first-run first-run , movies each month for an additional fee. The regular monthly cost for the cable service would be $7.50. Garner said, with the movies costing an extra $8.00. Installation expense is a maximum of $25 but the Norwalk representative noted that most installations run about five dollars. Federal law would require that Norwalk pay the city three percent of its gross revenues. "Park City would be one of the smallest cities we're going to operate in." Garner said. He commented that his company is "very interested in Park City for various reasons," not the least of which is its growth potential., Norwalk plans to install a satellite dish here, he said. Cable television operates as a specially designed master antenna system which picks off television signals and delivers them to the subscriber through cables, eliminating the need for home antennas. The cables protect against interfering signals and remove distance from the television station as a reception factor. The council was presented with a franchise contract to study Thursday night and.it will take action on the cable television proposal ;it its July 20 T.V Wednesday, I O Citizens 1' ' programs and said that commitment is growing. The? o.c-inor di'duud l.iat mandatory retirement should be eliminated. : . ' "People should be able to do the things they want to do," he said. : McComb, Estes Win Page 6 Levi Exhibit Page 10 INSIDE j Autos Outlast Bums j : Page 5 : It ni iiiiiiiiitiiiixiiiiiniiiiiiKtiiiiHiiur i : i imii H :1a t July 12, 1978 I4itiiii(itia(ii(att(tl(lf (lttlltiaiiiittaiiB(aattaKiBittiitciiii(liMtvC(tt9tBat(tatt11 the with A group of area residents plan to stage a "memorial march" (his Sunday as a last ditch attempt to persuade the Summit County Board of Commissioners to block the Canyon Rim development planned .. for Snyderville. The committee, formed under the motto "Summit County Responsible Growth or Dead Earth," , has controlled growth in the western part of the county as its overall goal but the march is aimed directly at Canyon Rim. "We're specifically opposed to the portion of the Canyon Rim development proposed for the east side of Highway 224," Snyderville resident Patty Robinson said Monday. "The west side will be beautiful and w'ni reallv addto the overall area . ' lentral flfTTf i i i i Jfift rPVW fti f I 'Memorial March' Set For Sunday To Global Final After months of litigation and thousands of dollars in legal fees, Park City Central Reservations has been sold to Global Sports ToursUtah Expeditions Inc. for $40,000 in an out of court settlement of an $8 million anti-trust suit. The lawsuit, filed by Global last December, contended that the Park City Lodging Association, doing business as Park City Central Reservations, conspired and attempted to monopolize the marketing of package ski tours in Utah. It, maintained that the lodging association horizontally competed with Global for customers purchasing ski tours through travel agents and airline tour desks. Terms of the sale agreement call There's an inner tube, a boob tube and a toothpaste tube, but Park City may be the first to have Down The Tube a thrill ride brought to you by the people who send you sledding down a snowless mountain on the Alpine Slide. John Prince, Wally Wright and Kay Ruggles have created Down the Tube, Inc., an attraction they hope will go anywhere but, , financially. The proposed project was to have been presented to the Planning Commission Wednesday night and Prince expressed optimism that approval would be granted, calling the ride "an environmentalist's dream." The ride's fiberglass tubing can be laid on top of underbrush and requires no excavating or removing of trees. The ten-foot sections are green to blend with the flora and it is hoped that eventually shrubbery will grow up to and over the tube, completely obscuring it. The fun is proposed to begin at the Alpine Slide start area but past that the rides bear no resemblance. Thrillseekers will be rocketed down the mountain at a top speed of 00 m.p.h. on the ride that requires more courage than skill. The thrillmobile will be a fiberglass car that has four wheels on top and bottom, a hooded roof and two sissy handles. The rider's legs will be straight out in front with the upper body securely held by safety belts. The tube will alternate open sections with enclosed areas. " ... The roof of the enclosed sections will be made of screen or opaque You May Go D Hot and dry weather is expected to continue through I weekend. High temperatures will be in the 80s lows in the 50s. Sunday's march is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. and will cover about one mile from Kimba'! Junction toward Park City. It is being timed to exert pressure on the county commission before it meets on the Canyon Hun project this Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Park City High School. The protestors are expected to wear black . arm bands and carry signs. "We're frying to have as many private people from as many areas of the county as possible participate," Robinson said. She chinned her group is not opposed to all development but rather is seeking to limit densities. "The Planning Commission has told us, 'You re anti-growth' and 'You OiMhuunl Oi Pai;e 12 Res. Sale for a $15,000 payment to the lodging association by August 1, with an additional $5,000 to be paid every year for the next five years. In addition, a sum of $5,000 per year will be provided by Global, if matching funds are available for common promotion of Park City lodging and convention facilities. Such a matching fund program currently is being discussed with Moana Corporation, Holiday Inn and Prospector Square. It is hoped that those large companies will advertise in the Ohicial Meeting Facilities Guide, a manual of convention facilities in the United States and the Caribbean, with Klessig matching the Continued On Page 11 own Son ot Alpine plexiglass, and special effects may include a light and sound show as you whiz through the tunnel. Why wheels on the top of the car, you may ask? Included in the 3,000-foot ride is a breathtaking 60 m.p.h. upside-down spin through a 30-foot loop. Down the Tube, Inc. is designing, manufacturing and assembling the ride. "We went to a guy who specializes in fiberglass and told him, assuming we can get the people to the top of the hill, how can we invent a gizmo that will get them down in an exciting way," Prince said. ' The result was the tube and car. But the actual exictement is being built in on location, with assemblers doubling ' 1" X Sr.. ill ra tmmmwy -w . . , v ; - Number Forty-Three ew District Approved But Golf Course Unsettled A recreation and open space district was created Thursday night by the Park City Council but no zoning changes were made to the main target of the zoning ordinance amendmentthe resort golf course. During a public hearing on what Mayor Jack Green described as a "touchy subject," Thaynes Canyon property owners protested plans for a hotel on the golf course driving range while Park City Ski Corp. President Ray Johnson said the land was too valuable to leave undeveloped. Johnson said he favors the recreation and open space district which was adopted later in the council meeting but he added that such a zone should not preclude hotel plans. When Mayor Green asked for comments from proponents of the new district, surprisingly, Johnson was the first to speak. "I'm in favor," the resort official said. "We never intended and never stated we would subdivide the golf course. That is a golf course only..." Johnson went on to say the area encompassing the present clubhouse and the driving range would be an appropriate site for a resort hotel that "would be good for the city." When Green described the hotel plans as "the crux of the matter," Johnson responded that there are no plans at present but added that the new district "shouldn't preclude that." Describing the hotel as a "blue sky dream" in the preliminary stages, the ski corp. president said "the way should be left open" for the hotel plans. Johnson addressed the impending criticism by stating, "That's the way human nature is. Some of us would rather have nothing else built." Weaver Haynes, who owns property across from the driving range, suggested that any hotel in the area be built closer to the highway, near the golf course tennis courts. "I don't know if the hotel would be . good for the town. ..but one of the : prettiest parts of Park City is the golf course, and the driving range along with it." The most vocal opponent of any driving range development was Dr. James Lowell. Lowell owns several subdivision lots around the golf course and he said Continued On Page 12 The Tube a. -s Slide as guinea pigs, testing for safety and thrills at specific intervals, "We have to build the whole thing and then get insurance," Prince said,, adding with a laugh that the name may raise a few eyebrows. "If we. can't get insurance, we'll probably take it to Parley's Summit and turn it into a water slide. It's terribly portable." A maximum of ten cars will be inside the tube at any one time, and although riders will have no control over their speed, a braking system has been designed into the ride that can bring every car to a halt in the event of an emergency. - Continued On Page 3 si i -4 y '-TV V -Ml |
