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Show Officials estimate 70,000 will visit Arts Festival by SENA TAYLOR Record staff writer A (ieluge of creative artistry will pack Park City's historic Main Street this weekend during the 17th annual Arts Festival. An estimated 70,000 people are expected ex-pected to browse through displays representing 12 categories of art ranging from woods to fibers and glass. There's even a miscellaneous category, along with the standard stuff like paintings, photography and ceramics. The best in entertainment is scheduled throughout both days of the festival Aug. 2 and 3, with acts on two stages featuring the Saliva Sisters, Henry Wolking's sextet ? nd Joe Muscolino. New to festival entertainment will be Rama Nueve, a Bolivian musical group, and "Possessed," a presentation of Afro drums, music and dancers. And there's food, too. And it's not Clyde pulls out of election by TERl GOMES Record editor Former Park City Attorney Tom Clyde annnounced this week he has withdrawn from the race for county commissioner. Clyde said after leaving leav-ing his position as City Attorney, July Ju-ly 1, he decided he just wasn't ready to be a public servant so soon again. "I still hope to make a contribution contribu-tion to the county," said Clyde. "I'm concerned with the direction it's headed and I think I have some ideas that might help, but for now I think it's better I do so as a private citizen." When he first filed as a candidate, Clyde said his position was that he could probably do a better job than current commissioner Stan Leavitt. He said he also felt there were a large number of people in the com- Sewer District approves "As much as your ox is being gored, so is mine," said the chairman chair-man of the Snyderville Sewer Improvement Im-provement District board at Monday's Mon-day's public hearing where a new tax rate and a user fee increase were approved. Residents within the Snyderville Sewer Improvement District will now be taxed at a rate of 0.0002, which is equal to one mill, to help pay for the district's $1.1 million General Obligation Bond debt service. ser-vice. They will also pay an additional addi-tional $1 per month. That $1 represents a 6.7-percent increase, and will show up on their quarterly bill in August, although the fee is effective ef-fective for the month of July. The 6.7-percent increase will also be charged to commercial locations as well, and will likely be higher than$l. Two people out of an audience of four voiced their opinions against changing the tax rate, saying user fees should be increased more, rather than raising taxes. "We feel this is the most equitable and fair way to meet our budgetary requirements," said board member Jan Wilking at the July 28 meeting. But Mary Lehmer replied that, County plans to form road panel The Summit County Board of Commissioners has announced its plan to form an Advisory Road Commission. Com-mission. The Commission would be composed of one County Commissioner Commis-sioner and six citizen representatives represen-tatives from all areas of the county. The main purpose of the commission is to make recommendations on road policy and improvements to the Board of County Commissioners. Accordinng to Commission Chairman Chair-man Stan Leavitt, "A large portion of the county budget goes for roads. This program requires that we continually con-tinually examine our parities and open Tues.-Fri. 6-10;30 Sat. & Sun. 12 noon to 10:30 c just the standard fare like hot dogs and hamburgers (although that will also be there.) Delicacies like Maine lobster, turkey legs, Cajun chicken sandwiches and sushi will be available to tempt the palates of the wandering art lovers. Festival director Mary Runge is looking forward to the weekend. "Each year it gets better and things are run smoother," she said. As a member of the Kimball Arts Center, which directs the festival, she says visual arts remain the focus of the festival. "This year we had 800 applications applica-tions from people to display their art and their work was juried based on quality," she said. "The number was narrowed down to 215 artists, who represent some very fine talents." Thirty percent of those selected are from Utah, and the remainder of the artists represent 26 states around the country. Runge says v f ' " IS :- 'G Tom Clyde has decided to pull out of the county commissioner com-missioner race. "user fees should be upped more. I have 3,000 acres that are taxed but don't have sewer connections and never will," she said. "So I say you should bite the bullet and put the financial burden where it belongs." , Chairman Mel Flinders responded, respond-ed, "As much as your ox is being gored, so is mine." He said, "The board hasn't had a mill levy in more than 10 years. We've been very conscientious cons-cientious about how to fund the district." D.A. Osguthorpe agreed with Lehmer that user fees, not taxes should be raised, at least until next year. But Wilking pointed out that the board felt it would be very irresponsible irrespon-sible if the tax hike were delayed a year. It was explained that the sewer district has traditionally operated under the philosophy that the collection of user fees is used to fund operation and maintenance costs, and connection fees are used to pay the debt service. But the recent decline in local construction con-struction has resulted in less than anticipated funding from connection fees, and the board foresaw that funding fun-ding would be needed from other areas. policies. The Advisory Commission will help us get broad-based advice and to systematically address the issues." Commissioner Cliff Blonquist concurred, con-curred, stating, "This is something that has been discussed off and on for some time. The Advisory Commission Com-mission focusing on this subject will be able to spend more time on roads than the Board of Commissioners can. All recommendations of the Advisory Ad-visory Commission will have to be approved by the County Commission." Commis-sion." The Advisory Commission will be THE IRISH CAMEL LTD. IRISH PUB c? MEXICAN GRUB s 649-6645 Mexican Dishes, Gourmet Salads & Frozen Margaritas besides the best Hump in Town "Hump Again": Wednesday Free Margarita Set Up with each hump Friday: "Beach Night" BVOB for frozen margarllas shrimP specials anyone attending can expect to find great bargains and great values for their dollar. Kids will be able to enjoy the annual an-nual event as much as their parents by attending the "Children's Fair" at the Main Street Market Place. There they will be able to touch and hold all kinds of art, and can also learn a little modern dance if they like. Those attending the festival should have no trouble parking, according ac-cording to Runge, who promises plenty of free parking at the Park City Ci-ty Resort Center. Shuttle buses will run both days with round trips costing 50 cents. She says people shouldn't hesitate to come because they fear huge crowds, but she does say that mornings are better than later in the day. Admission to the festival is $1 for everyone older than 12, and festival hours have been extended this year to run from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. munity who were unhappy with the job being done by the commission. But Leavitt did not recieve the en-dorsment en-dorsment of the Republican party at their May convention and will not be running for another term. And Clyde said the more he talked talk-ed to folks in the county the less unhappy they were sounding. Clyde was to have faced fellow Democrat LaVerl Bushel in the August 19 primary. Now it appears Bushell will have no competition in his race against Republican challenger, Jim Soter. Clyde said he will spend the next few weeks enjoying some "once in a lifetime" travel plans. He will be running rivers and bike riding in the Northwest. The Woodland resident said he would look for some way to help work "behind the scenes" come fall. rate hike "We're probably going to have at least another year of decreased construction," con-struction," said Wilking, "so if we don't deal with it now we feel we'll have a much bigger problem next year." And to the suggestion that user fees be raised more than $1 per month, Wilking responded that an additional $1 would likely be added to user fee charges in January to meet 1987 budgetary requirements. But he added that when the economy begins to rise again, and connection fees contribute more funding to the sewer district, the board would remove the property tax. Lehmer and Osguthorpe pointed out that during the 1984 sewer district bond election the board said a tax levy would not be assessed. "You promised us pie in the sky," said Lehmer. "What happened?" Wilking responded that the board had said it was their goal to not have to assess a tax levy, but to fund sewer costs through user and connection con-nection fees. He reiterated that the drop in local construction left a shortfall in anticipated revenues that wasn't able to meet budgetary requirements. asked to meeet monthly through the next year to formulate recommendations recommen-dations on a number of areas, including: in-cluding: system planning; road extensions ex-tensions and improvements; construction con-struction standards; safety and maintenance issues; and interjurisdictional inter-jurisdictional coordination. 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