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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, September 15-17, 2004 The Park Record A-18 The blossoms of their labor Promontory - the Ranch Club delivered financial and corporate support to Habitat for Humanity of Summit and Wasatch Counties at the annual Habitat in the Garden Party. Nancy Garrison (left), Habitat Board president, receives the Ranch Club's sponsorship from Melisa Miller, Promontory's director of marketing. Briefs PCWBN to hold wine tasting The Park City Women's Business Network will hold a wine tasting and private shopping night at Mary Jane's, 613 Main St, on Tuesday, Sept. 21 from 6 to 9 p,m. PCWBN member Lori Harris will host the event at her store. Networking begins at 6 p.m.; private shopping begins at 7 p.m. The cost of the event is $15 for members, $20 for non-members. RSVP by Monday Sept. 20 to Lori at 645-7463 or e-mail pcwbn@yahoo.com. Part of the proceeds will benefit the scholarships for high school female graduates. Free HazMat collection scheduled PHOTO COURTESY OF PROMONTORY Resorts see wrong information in report cards • Continued from A-17 "[The report] didni even question whether the SACC scoreeard was a legitimate tool for skiers to assess [he environmental performance of ski resorts." he said. Furthermore, the debate over the report card's validity has really only been in the media, he added. "People even within the ski industry would - confidentially of course - tell us that the [Sustainable Slopes] program is not very legitimate at all. That's not to say good things cant happen with it [but] most resorts using the Sustainable Slopes Program boast an environmental image without any justification for it," Berman said. Wheaton sees it differently. "I think that there's a misconception on the function of Sustainable Slopes. It was never meant as a scorecard; never meant as a grading kind of effort. It was always meant as a forum and programs could come to light and everybody could participate in a learning opportunity," said Wheaton. Opportunity knocking? The report by Rivera and de example lo the state. number of measures," said Berman. Leon also concluded that "opporBerman has seen samples of polls "A number of limes, the Forest tunistic" ski areas may be using par- Service has brought a number of dis- done by ski resorts that have asked ticipation in the Sustainable Slopes trict and regional rangers lo Deer about expansion in a way lliat Program to pre-empt more stringent Valley as an example of what can be ignores or masks any environmental regulatory oversight from the gov- done on private lands without any impacts. The results are skewed lo ernment. show what Berman says the resorts succinct governmental oversight. Wheaton declined to comment "They have used some of our already plan to do. on the industry as a whole, but practices and applied them to public Deer Valley skiers are polled pointed out thai extensively, according to Wheaton. Deer Valley has And while he summarizes comtaken advantage ments on environmental programs ...most resorts using the with, of many "it's nice to see the recycling efforts here." the quest for more terresources, with- Sustainable Slopes Program boast an rain comes more forcefully. out governmental pressure, to environmental image without any justi"We constantly gel questions help implement fication for it." gee, what's new: Do you have new practices lifts going in? Do you have new terbeyond what is - Jeff Berman rain going in? I don't know that a l r e a d y that's specific to Deer Valley. 1 think Ski Area Citizen's Coalition that's part of skiers' interests: What's required for a ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ new, what's improved, how can I ski resort on prihave a better time?'" said Whcalon. vate land. land," Wheaton said. 'Tor our forest management Green skiers The latest edition of the Ski Area plan, we went lo the stale and the Consumers of ski resorts as a Citizen s Coalition report card will be state forester came out ...They gave whole are environmentally-minded, released by late September/early us very specific guidelines and we've say both Wheaton and Berman. October. The report card can be been acting on those and that's why "A survey by the ski industry viewed at www.skiareacitizens.com. the forest looks so healthy." showed their clients, care about pre- The NSAA!s. Sustainable Slopes Wheaton said. can be seen at serving the environment at about Program www.nsaa.org. twice the national average on a The resort has also acted as an Recycle Utah will hold its first weekend household hazardous material collection on Saturday, Oct. 2. Unlike previous collections, dropoff of hazardous materials will be free for private residences. Households can drop off their materials between 9 a.m. and noon on Oct. 2 at Recycle Utah, 1951 Woodbine Way Businesses that are "small quantity generators" must make an appointment between noon and 1 p m. to make a drop off. A charge of 50 cents per pound applies to businesses only Call Recycle Utah at 649-9698 for information. Employee relations seminar scheduled Salt Lake and Tooele Employer Committees will host a seminar on employee relations, "Hot Trends and Current Issues" by Jeff Lowder. Lowder has worked for Intermountain Health Care (IHC) for 18 years in various Human Resources assignments, including corporate director of compensation and benefits, and corporate director of Human Resources for IHC Subsidiaries. He will present an overview of current topics on employee relations and related legal issues. He will discuss the changes in discrimination law, and what to do when the letter from UALD or EEOC arrives. He will also share the Top 10 employee relations do's and dont's, helps on intermittent FMLA that drives employers crazy, and what the most recent court decisions mean. The seminar will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 22, trom 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Lunch served at 11:30 a.m.; the presentation begins at noon.) Little America Hotel, 500 S. Main St. in Salt Lake City. 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