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Show Page A12 Thursday, September 4, 1986 Park Record Mower nominated to realtor board w P i i Jan Mower has been nominated to the Utah Association of Realtors. Park City realtor Jan Mower, owner-broker for Executive Marketing, has been nominated to serve as vice president of the Utah Association of Realtors. She is presently secretary-treasurer of the organization. Mower said she feels it is very beneficial having someone from Park City on the executive committee commit-tee for the association: "It gives me more of an opportunity to meet people peo-ple around the country and talk about Park City and more particularly par-ticularly Utah. Tourism is our business and the more people we can bring here for recreation the more exposure the state has for relocating more business and industry here." The prime function of the association associa-tion is to disseminate information, educate its members, and maintain a voice in the legislative and political arena. Mower said this year the association has tracked more than 93 Utah House and Senate bills before the Legislature to keep its members updated on new laws and to also prevent laws from being passed which would negatively affect af-fect private property rights. Nationally, the association is the largest trade lobbying group in Washington, D.C. "Our involvement is multi-farious," she said. The association is constantly encouraging encourag-ing reduction of the national deficit, and is closely monitoring the tax reform bill which she says is unfair to the investment field and would have an affect on Park City if not changed. "We will continue to fight for fair treatment for the investor," she said. Mower's other involvements include in-clude being instrumental in organizing organiz-ing the Park City Board of Realtors, in which she served as president from 1980 to 1982. She was also president presi-dent of the Park City chapter of the Women's Council of Realtors in 1985. The Utah Association of Realtors consists of 13 boards around the state with 4,500 members. Mower noted that the Utah Real Estate Convention Con-vention will be held in Park City Sept. 10-13, and the election of association officers will be Sept. 11 at 10:30 a.m. -r t'. j.i . F' '""if -x fr r ...... I Classical and Lesley Sassone, along with her husband, Joseph, are the owners of Classical Graphs in Silver Springs. The company is on the leading edge of high-tech slide designs for corporate clients. Color is the key at Classical Graphs at Stag Lodge Deer Valley Each evening, high above Park City, Chef Philippe creates the finest of traditional and original European cuisines. Witness the sunset over Park City while enjoying our commitment toward excellence,' Reservations suggested Dinner 7-10 nightly Lounge opens at 6 p.m. $200 Royal Street east of Silver Lake 649-2421 Visa and Mastercard accepted- 1 'jmmmm By NEAL PALUMBO Record staff photographer Mix high tech computers, a designer who knows how to use them, a marketing whiz who can sell, and what do you have? In the case of Lesley and Joseph Sassone, you have Classical Graphs, a computer generated slide service that is on the leading edge in the fast changing world of image generation for business concerns. Classical Graphs, which is located at 5184 N. East Meadows Dr. in Silver Springs, takes the slide shows that speakers rely on in business presentations and adds the computer com-puter to the process. Those old graphs and bar charts that were the heart and soul of slide presentations in the 1970's have been replaced by the high tech world of computers and the results are . phenominal. ' A Lesley Sassone, the designer of the team, says it has been only in the last 10 years that computers have started to make an impact on design with business graphics a major player in that field. "Business graphics are the fastest growing segment of the computer industry. in-dustry. People can't handle the information in-formation found on massive printouts prin-touts so they need a way of simplifying simplify-ing it. That's where we come in," Lesley said. Classical Graphs uses the AVL Starburst computer slide system and the AVL Starshooter computer and programs to design graphs on color monitors that are so sophisticated they can produce 16.7 million colors with the capability of putting 256 different colors in a single slide. The images produced on the computers com-puters are then fed into a Matrix QCR Camera with 4,000 line resolution resolu-tion and shot onto Ektachrome color slide film for the final product. Sitting at the computer, Lesley can produce intricate multicolor graphs in a matter of minutes or can design a slide with a drop-in color photo in a slightly longer time frame. Basically, Lesley said the computer com-puter does the work that a graphic artist use to do by hand but in a much shorter amount of time. On the computer, a designer can make a change by pushing a key so the number of ideas and images for a single piece can number in the hundreds hun-dreds and take only minutes. Classical Graphs was born less then two years ago when Joesph and Lesley were married. Lesley has over 10 years in graphics design starting with traditional design methods out of Kent State in 1976 where she earned her BFA in graphic design. She worked as a graphic artist and paste up artist at ad agencies before joining Xerox in Denver where she began as a salesperson in a Xerox reproduction center. From there, Lesley went into sales in the Xerox line of graphic computers. com-puters. In 1983, Xerox terminated its graphic computer operation and Lesley went to work for Genigraphics, the largest computer imagery company in the country, as a designer. Joseph, meanwhile, was working as the marketing manager over new product development for Cobe Labs in Denver. Cobe Labs develops and sells heart surgery equipment. The two met when Joseph needed a slide presentation designed for his company and Lesley did the work. Six months later the couple married and Classical Graphs was formed. Now, Lesley does most of the designing of the slide presentations. Joseph markets the companies services ser-vices to a host of clients in the mountain moun-tain west and throughout the coun-trry. coun-trry. Currently Classical Graphs has as its customers Fortune 500 companies com-panies such as Rockwell International, Interna-tional, E Systems, Litton Industries, and GTE Supply, a service company of GTE. The company also has many in-state clients like the LDS Church, Symbion, First Interstate Bank, O.C. Tanner, the U.S. Ski Team, and even the Park City Chamber of Commerce. Com-merce. , Classical Graphs is the distributor for the AVL line of computer graphics eequipment for Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada. The company also gives seminars to companies on how to conduct successful suc-cessful business presentations, new product introductions, and closing new accounts with the aid of visual presentations. Since moving to Park City in April, 1985, the business has grown to a point where the Sassones' have doubled their staff. Last month, Jean Blasnig began working at Classical Graphs as a computer designer. More recently, Park City resident Jana Baumann started work as an account executive, ex-ecutive, doing in-house marketing. When they began their operation, Joseph and Lesley were looking for a location that suited their needs both for a sound business and living environment. en-vironment. Park City fit the bill, the Sassones' say. Many Utah companies, according to Joseph, are still in the infant stage , in producing business presentations with the aid of graphics. Classical Graphs tries to fill that void by offering a product that is in demand by more and more companies com-panies which are seeking top of the line graphics in everything from in-house in-house publications to annual reports. "We try to give the client the best quality anywhere," Lesley says, "and we service them to death." With the aid of their own E-6 film processor and a fax machine. Classical Graphs has the ability of fast turn around time, something major companies want. "We get what they need when they need it, Joseph and I both know what a deadline is," Lesley added. On living in Park City, the couple agree it's the perfect place. "I started coming to Park City over eight years ago on business trips with the Jarvik people and always tried to stay in Park City," Joseph said. After getting married, the couple came to Park City on a visit and the next day started looking for a house after falling in love with the town. So far. the affair has been beneficial to both the Sassones, who have found a place to live and work and to Park City, that now has the notoriety of having a high tech business which is gaining a regional as well as a national reputation.. Italian Wear for Men, Women, Children Main Street Mall 649 71 55 Fall Winter 1 986-1 987 Collection Has Arrived!!! v I , - . t . ii I ' i in .mm J From this mighty oak youl! get Phi I ly cheese steaks and beer From little acorns do mighty oaks grow. At lest that is what Steve and Connie Con-nie Weinstein, owners of the Oak Saloon and Cafe, 419 Main, hope. Three years ago the restaurant entrepreneurs en-trepreneurs could be seen behind a stainless steel cubicle with wheels on Park Avenue selling hot dogs and shish-kebabs to passersby. Two years ago they were running the Deli Factory in the Main Street Marketplace Mall. And on Aug. 29 they opened their largest venture to date which features a lunch and dinner menu. Their lunchtime specialty, which will conjure up memories past for those from the East Coast, is the Philly cheese steak sandwich. It's not a Utah version either. The Weinstein's are from Allentown, Pa., and the sandwich is a la Philly. "I was raised ... weaned on Philly cheese steaks. Our sandwich is identical iden-tical to the ones at 'Pat's Steaks' in Philadelphia," Steve said. Their lunch menu also features burgers, sausage sandwiches and heroes. The Weinstein's, however, are most proud of their dinners and the "Oak ribs" with the special "Khalkha-Khmer" marinade. Steve said he was trying to come up with a Chinese marinade when he learned about the Khalkha-(from the Mongol people of Outer Mongolia) Khmer (aborignal people of Cambodia) Cam-bodia) recipe. The dinner menu also features fish, chicken and steak. "When I was at the mall I noticed a void in moderately priced dining in Park City. All our dinner meals are $6.95, none are higher," Steve said. The Weinsteins entered the food IWY ,Zt N 't V o i ; ) Connie and Steve Weinstein's specialty at the Oak Saloon is "Oak ribs." business mice years ago, but not really by their choice. Connie said she was a secretary and got "burned out" doing the nine-to-five routine. Steve has been a ski instructor for Deer Valley for the past three years and wanted to be a contractor in the warmer months, but the contracting I business was a tough nut to crack. The Weinsteins have two daughters, Jamie, 8-weeks-old, and Jessie, 16-months-old. The Oak Saloon and Cafe is open seven days a week from 11 a.m; to 4 p.m. for lunch and from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. for dinner. |