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Show A-5 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, March 2-4, 2005 CITY BEAT ,.:. CITY EDITOR: Jay Hamburger Thinking of Buying or Selling? / NOW is theTitnej & S 649-9014 ext. I I I citynews@parkrecord.com * ^ ~ 'it 3 Petition prompts a Nordic-skier talk R2* ..-JEStt^*^1 By JAY HAMBURGER Ofth,- Rscovrl itiif'f ' City Hall and White Pine Touring will lace lhe Nordic-skiing community on Wednesday night in an effort lo (.jiicll discontent abou! Ihe perceived quality ol Park City's cross-country skiiML; track. A petition regarding cross-country skiing on the Park City (io!f Course was recently circulated asking for improvemenls and also criticizing the number ol' kilometers of skiing tillered locally. Charlie Sturgis. who manages While Pine 'louring, is preparing for Ihc meeting, saying that llie petition was a "great start" lor the discussion. White Pine holds the crosscountry skiing concession under a deal wilh Cily Hall. "I thought it was pretty darn lair. 1 wasn't taken aback." Slurgis said ahout the petition. Wednesdays meeting is scheduled from v.30 pan. lo 7:30 p.m. at the cross-country skiinu center at Hotel Park ( 'ity~2(H)l Park Ave.. on Ihc Park Cily <loll {'nurse. Sturgis said he expects ahoul 5l) [vopie. priniariiy cross-country skiers, and predicts thai some in attendance will be unhappy. 'llie petition signers criticized the track's grooming standards. Cily Hall is responsible for grooming the track as part of an arrangement with While Pine, which oversees the operation. While Pine pays the government ^2N,(XJ0 per season lor 301) hours of grooming services. Grooming, above the 3(K)-hour limit is charged at $<SN |KT hour. Slu ru is and the government defend the grooming operations. Sturgis said IN kilometers ol crosscountry skiing track are groomed each weekend day. Irom the golf course to the McPolin Farm. However, he said il could lake between 10 MK\ 12 hours lo complete Ihe grooming. During the week, he said S kilnmeters of track are groomed on the golf course im Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, grooming assignments shin and crews are sent to a 10-kilometer route at llie McPolin Farm, oil S.R. 224. "1 think the skiing is far belter Than people give us credit for." Sturgis .said,.. He said ^roominu, the track each .-J7 ..I S-^ Hildas ARKET ANALYS Krzr Home Team! GRAYSON ViESl I PARK RECORD Terry's direct 435-647-3206 • cell 435-640-1591 Lannie's direct 435-647-3228 • cell 435-640-0741. A Nordic skier takes a lap Tuesday morning on the cross-country track on the Park City Golf Course. A meeting is scheduled Wednesday to discuss track issues, like grooming. day would r e d u c e the lenuih ol t h e c r o s s - c o u n l i y skiing s e a s o n by inadvertently melting s o m e ol the s n o w Slurgis said he m a k e s g r o o m i n g d e c i s i o n s JIHI t h e n d i r e c t s city sttil'lers t o t h e are,is thai need a t t e n tion. Sturgis said this w i n t e r s weather, which h a s b e e n s n o w i e r t h a n in r e c e n t y e a r s , h a s h a d an e l l e c l . S o m e t i m e s w h e n t h e r e is signi!ieanl snowfall il is difficult lo g r o o m ihc track d u r i n g llie s t o r m , he said. " W e ' r e w o r k i n g wilh M o t lie r N a t u r e . We don't have m a u m a d e snow. We don'i have c o n t r o l o v e r all the c o n d i t i o n s . " he said. C r a i g S a n c h e z , Park C i l y s golfc o u r s e m a n a g e r a n d one ol t h e staffers w h o r e p r e s e n t s the city in ils talks with W h i t e Pine, said he has b e e n lold (hat ihc 2(HW-2OO5 winter as been a "tricky w e a t h e r year." which h a s allcclcd g r o o m i n g . H e also said t h e key p e r s o n on the g r o o m i n g learn is a v e t e r a n , holding t h e assignment lor four or live years. want people at Wednesday's meeting to dwell on the petition. " I in hoping to redirect the evenhm toward what docs the terry@jessreidreale9tate.com* Nordic community want. What does the Park City coniniunily waul A\]<\ how we are going to gel lo il." hesaid. lannie@jessreidrealestate.corn www-4yourhometeam.Gprn.„ "'Iliis is the lirsl year I his has c o m e u p . " he said, a d d i n g that the city has b e e n doing an a p p r o p r i a t e job but Ihat the o p e r a t i o n could be altered if n e e d e d . "If we need l o c h a n g e s o m e t h i n g , we'll c h a n g e it." Nlurnis, m e a n w h i l e , d o e s not M STEP WITH YOUR NEEDS. Remember the way banking used to be? You could walk into your bank and people knew you ':% name and greeted you with a smile. Well it's / still, that way at Frontier Bank. Real people • •• \ . • '<• answer the telephones and you can count on fast answers by local decision-makers, anxious to satisfy your needs. Come join our team. FRONTIER BANK NOT JUST A COMMUNITY BANK. Till-. 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