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Show Page A2 Thursday, May 7, 1987 Park Record if - H 1, J r-rr i ...... IT v . KUTV's anchor Randall Carlisle, right, talks with Park City resident Mark Allen and son Jesse in front of Miners Hospital. KUTV was in Park City on Wednesday to broadcast "Celebrate Utah," a series on small towns in the state. Celebrating Park City! by JOHN KINCH Record staff writer As part of its statewide series, television station KUTV, Channel 2, is traveling to small towns during the month of May to broadcast the news and capture the flavor of the small communities. The station calls it "Celebrate Utah." On Wednesday, KUTV was in Park City setting up cameras at the Miners Hospital. Stories the three reporters and two anchors covered ranged from the rebirth of the silver industry, the excellent ex-cellent golf courses, and the difference dif-ference between Park City, the ski resort town, and Park City, the place people live. Randall Carlisle, KUTV anchor, spoke to the Park Record about the series and what makes each town they visit unique. "The point is to be more positive than negative," Carlisle said. "We look for little things about a town that most people don't know about Maybe a person that reflects the character of the town, or a business or a place. So often the only time we come to a small town is to report something horrible happening. With this we get to show the good." Due to last year's popular response, KUTV decided to hit the road again this month. KUTV's cameras have already traveled as far as Garrison on the Nevada border to nearby Oakley, and will end on May 22 in Green River. Although Park City's population balloons during the ski season, Carlisle Carli-sle feels it is basically a small town like the others. "For the year 'round residents Park City is a closely knit community. communi-ty. We want to talk to the old timers and people who make Park City home all year," he said. Traveling to and broadcasting from these small towns is possible due to advanced technology, according accor-ding to Carlisle. A skeleton road crew operates a generator, motor home, equipment truck and satellite truck. All the filming, editing and broadcasting can be done from the units in the field. Because of this, "Celebrate Utah" can reach all ends of the state, Carlisle Carli-sle said. It gives the reporters a chance to see outlying areas and get a better understanding of the state. On Wednesday from Miners Hospital. KUTV broadcasted the noon, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. news the first time it have ever done the late night news on location. At noon Charlene Brown, Mark Eubank, Bill Marcroft and Carlisle stood in the sunny courtyard of Miners Hospital reporting on life in Park City. By Friday night "Celebrate Utah" will be in St. George, 300 miles away. t The Way We Were s s . - . : 1 .... n: w. i .v.v N : : : ! : . 1 1,1 J l V 5 i i VWJHW NVA n . 1 k 1 A I 17 '.v.vs! ..vN; - xV;'ws: . . . . V " J,"A' V .V. f. s' vk - . .v , vXv,v. -viw v S Yk .... sN The Dewey Theatre Several movie theatres once graced Main Street, including the Orpheum, the American and this one-the Dewey. Named after Admiral George Dewey, winner of the Battle of Manila Bay, it was built shortly after the fire which swept Main Street in 1898. In the basement of the theatre was a bowling alley. Unfortunately the Dewey lasted less than 20 years. One evening in the spring of 1916 it collapsed under the weight of the snow shortly after the customers had gone home. -x About 10 years later the Egyptian Theatre was built on the same site. Newspaper drive to benefit trees Next time you go in for a piece of the Mt. Air Cafe's famous pie, take your old newspaper with you not to read to throw away. Beginning in a few weeks there will be a blue bin in the parking lot of the cafe that will gladly accept old newspapers. It's part of an effort called "Newspapers for Trees," and the idea is to recycle the old papers, collect the money, and use it to plant and preserve trees in Park City. A brainchild of the new Parks, Recreation and Beautification Board (better known as the Rec. Board), the Newspapers for Trees program has a number of enthusiastic en-thusiastic supporters. Park City artist David Chaplin donated his time to design the logo and the sign soon to be on the recycling recycl-ing bin. He says, "The idea is a wonderful one. I'm proud to serve such a positive cause. And as they say I hope everyone will 'pitch in.'" The Parfe Record, along with the city and Mt. Air, is sponsoring the program. Editor Teri Gomes feels "it's important for a newspaper to be a part of the community instead of just reporting the news. Any time we can encourage people to care, that's part of our role, too. If, by recycling, we can contribute to the community, whether by trees or by increased pride, everybody wins." The Rec. Board feels the recycling program is an important one, argu- Logo designed by David Chaplin. ing that besides making Park City even more beautiful than it is, it will save tax dollars. As finding places to dispose of garbage becomes a more urgent problem around the world (27 states will have run out of space to dump garbage by 1990), recycling makes sense. Especially since 30 percent of the nation's waste is paper. Locally, it also will extend the life of Summit County's $500,000 landfill by dumping less. In addition, Roger Gillespie, manager of Utah Recycling (the company that will buy the newspapers), says the paper industry in-dustry is eager to recycle. It actually actual-ly costs less to recycle paper, he says, than to start from scratch cutting cut-ting down a tree. This raises another point: Besides planting a new tree here in Park City, Ci-ty, you can help save another tree growing elsewhere. With 35 acres of the world's forests disappearing every two minutes, the program's sponsors agree that's no small gift. "The Rec. Board has a new slogan - "Green Up, Park City" and they're really excited about Newspapers for Trees," says Kristen Rogers, who serves on the board. "And so is the city council. In fact, everyone I've talked to loves the fact that recycling is coming to Park City. But now what we need to make the program work is newspapers. Everyone's newspapers." After the bin is in place toward the end of May, Utah Recycling will pay the city $15 for every ton of newspapers collected. That money will be put into a special tree fund, unavailable for any other purpose but to green up Park City. Sponsors encourage everyone to make it a point to deposit their newspapers at the bin. If you should inconceivably not know where the Mt. Air is, it's on Highway 224 just north of Highway 248 (Reams Boulevard) intersection. Hi-fi killer closer to death MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1987 TOP COURT PUTS SELBY A STEP CLOSER TO DEATH The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Hi-Fi Hi-Fi killer Dale Pierre Selby's request for a rehearing, putting him a step closer to the firing squad or lethal injection. in-jection. The court's refusal now sends the case back to the federal courts and the 2nd District Court in Ogden where Selby again will be ordered to die for the 1974 torture-killings of three people. Utah Assistant Attorney At-torney General Earl Dorius said: "This time, I am willing to venture that we'll have an execution order before the summer's out." Selby likely will file last-minute last-minute appeals, but Dorius said he believes those moves will be futile. He also is expected to ask the State Board of Pardons to commute his sentence to life in prison. SIMONELLI SAYS GREED IGNITED WILBERG FIRE Corporate greed and neglect caused the Wilberg Mine fire and incompetance and corruption related to the fire were covered up, said a former Emery Mining Corp. auditor James Simonelli. But those charges were rejected by Neal Savage, president of Emery's parent company. , Savage attacked Simonelli's credibility as a mine-safety expert and maintained Wilberg is one of the nation's better-managed better-managed coal mines. Simonelli branded Emery as inexperienced in-experienced in operating coal mines and said Savage had ignored Simonelli's audit reports. He suggested a special standing committee be established to investigate in-vestigate company conditions and corruption in coal mining. TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1987 REAGAN SAYS POINDEXTER MAYBE WAS PROTECTING PRO-TECTING HIM President Reagan reiterated he thinks Rear Adm. John Poindexter is an honorable man and might have thought he was protecting the president by not telling him of the diversion of funds from arms sales to Iran to the Contras. "Maybe he thought he was being, in some way, protective of me. I don't know," the president told a group of reporters. Reagan said he is not worried Poindexter will implicate im-plicate him in any wrongdoing when the ex-national security adviser testifies. WILCOCK PLEADS GUILTY TO ONE SEX COUNT Former Utah Highway Patrolman Ernest B. Wilcock initially balked at pleading guilty to a third-degree third-degree felony charge of attempted forceable sexual abuse, but then decided to go ahead with the guilty plea. In exchange for the guilty plea, five other charges against Wilcock, 31, West Valley City, were dropped. Four of the five charges dropped were felonies. Wilcock pleaded guilty to trying to take indecent liberties liber-ties Feb. 8 with Amy Schaefer, 20, Holladay, after telling tell-ing her to get into his patrol car. He was able to leave jail after 3rd District Judge Timothy R. Hanson signed a $10,000 property bond. Wilcock had been in jail since Feb. 13. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1987 HOUSE OK'S TRADE RETALIATION BILL-The House narrowly approved a controversial bill requiring requir-ing the U.S. to retaliate against Japan and other major trading partners that limit access to American goods. Despite lobbying and a threatened veto by President Reagan, the Gephardt amendment was passed 218-214. The amendment would require countries such as Japan, Taiwan, West Germany and South Korea that use unfair trade practices to maintain giant trade imbalances im-balances to reduce the surpluses 10 percent a year or face retaliation. The amendment was sponsored by Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Mo. Utah Democratic Rep. Wayne Owens voted for the amendment, while Republican Rep. James V. Hansen voted against it. OFFICER SHOOTS, KILLS ASSAILANT A knife-wielding knife-wielding assailant was shot dead after threatening a Salt Lake City police officer. The suspect, later identified iden-tified as Mr. Chang, reportedly was lunging at the officer of-ficer when he was shot twice in the chest from almost point-blank range. The man reportedly had followed a girl home from school, who told her mother, who in turn called the police. The woman pointed out the man to officer Craig Young, who tried to ask the suspect some questions. Several witnesses said the suspect kept coming at the officer with a knife. Finally, fearing for the safety of the woman who had called the police, officer Young drew his service revolver and fired. The victim died less than an hour later at LDS Hospital. THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1987 LDS TOLD TO PAY $1 MILLION TO PARENTS OF DEAD CHILD The Mormon Church was ordered to pay a Decatur, ua., couple $1 million in damages Week in Review because their 12-year-old daughter died after being beaten by her foster father, who had been selected by the church. Victoria and Scott Richins put their daughter, Tiffany, in foster care in 1979 after the mother found it hard to care for the hyperactive, retarded girl. The jury held foster parents Alan and Birdie Lou Weaver responsible for the girl's suffering, but the Richins were to receive no money from the Weavers. SLC HAS TO SAVE BALLET WEST, ARTS OFFICIAL OF-FICIAL SAYS The community, not the national Endowment En-dowment for the Arts, has to keep Ballet West alive, said Endowment Chairman Frank Hodsoll. In town for the meeting of the National Council on the Arts, Hodsoll Hod-soll said the Endowment recognizes Ballet Wjgst as a "fine dance company," but said it isn't the national organization's responsibility to make up what the community com-munity can't. Last year, Ballet West received grants worth $94,000, a figure reflecting 50 percent in cuts over the last five years. FRIDAY, MAY 1,1987 OUR PTL DAYS ARE OVER, SAYS BARKER BAR-KER Fallen television evangelist Jim Bakker, in his first news conference since the disclosure of his sexual indiscretion, said only by a "miracle of God" would he and his wife, Tammy, minister again. He said they won't fight for the leadership of the $129 million PTL empire. In his own defense, he said he's never been to a prostitute, never engaged in wife-swapping, and he is not a homosexual. WEST VALLEY MAYOR ACCUSED OF SOLICITING SEX-Salt Lake City police cited West Valley City Mayor Michael R. Embley for allegedly soliciting sex from a police decoy. According to police reports, the suspect allegedly drove up to the woman at 745 S. State St. Thursday night and asked for her to get into his car for a "sexual rendezvous." He allegedly offered of-fered her $40. She told him to follow her and she led the 1 suspect to 800 S. Richards St. (40 West) where police pulled him over. Mayor Embley was issued a citation for the Class B misdemeanor and released. After an already lengthy political career in Utah, he was elected mayor of West Valley City in 1984. SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1987 TWO SNIPERS FIRE ON POLICE, DIE IN BURNING BURN-ING TRAILER Snipers inside a trailer near Wolf Creek, Mont., opened fire on police searching a rugged mountain area for three heavily armed fugitives, then were killed when a fire destroyed the mobile home, authorities said. Lewis and Clark County police and FBI agents could not immediately determine whether those inside were the people who had been the subjects of a one-week manhunt. "It may be some time before we have positive identification," said Lewis and Clark County Coroner M.E. Nelson. "Dental records may be the only way." SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1987 HART DENIES ANY IMPROPRIETY AS WOMAN STAYS AT HIS HOME-Gary Hart, the Democratic presidential candidate who has dismissed allegations of womanizing, spent Friday night and most of Saturday Satur-day in his Capitol Hill townhouse with a young woman who flew from Miami and met him. Hart denied any impropriety. Hart, 50, was confronted late Saturday evening by Miami Herald reporters who had documented the movements of the former Colorado senator and the unidentified woman from the time she left Miami on Friday afternoon aboard Eastern Airlines Flight 996. The Herald was told by an independent indepen-dent source that the woman had joined Hart in Washington at his invitation although she had known him only for a few weeks. REAGAN STANDS TOUGH ON CONTRA AID PLAN President Reagan, taking out a tough position on the eve of the Iran-Contra hearings, said cutting off aid to rebels in Nicaragua would give the Soviet Union a free hand and "one of the greatest foreign policy victories vic-tories since World War II." Reagan said that when members of Congress vote later this year on aid to the rebels, it may well be the most important vote of 1987 and "possibly one of the most important cast in their careers in public office." |