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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 13-16, 2010 The Park Record A-4 Sold on solar awnings [ accessories | motorization | upholstery - "'** MOTORIZATION EXPERTS ERIK DAEWWPARK RECORD Park City FREE CONSULTATIONS HOME AUTOMATION B L I N D &, D H S I G N 'RE-WIRE NEW HOMES MOTORIZED WINDOW EXPERTS RETRO-FIT HOME SPECIALISTS www.parkcityblind.com Spencer Whight, who works for a firm called Gardner Engineering Alternative Energy Services, prepares a crate of solar panels to be lifted by crane to the roof of the Marsac Building on Thursday. Park City officials are installing an 80-panel solar array on the roof to produce electricity, one of the many environmentally friendly features in the municipal building. Tyler Poulson, who coordinates City Hall's environmental programs, says the array is expected to produce 30,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity each year - between 10 percent and 15 ' percent of the electricity used at the Marsac Building in a year. Poulson says he expects the array to begin operating by December. The panels and the installation cost $109,000, with grant money from a state energy program providing the funding. Each panel measures 66 inches long and 39 inches wide. They will be positioned at an angle facing south. The panels will not be visible from the street level, but someone looking down at the building will see them. | 800.264.9039 1612 Ute Blvd., Kimball Junction 435.649.9665 Dental Health Tips IS YOUR DENTAL INSURANCE LOOKING OUT FOR YOU? | parkcityblind@aol.com want Heights contract kCit} ffT n> ffT Dr. Jim Abraham By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff First off, for most of us our dental needs are not usually as costly as our health needs. If you brush and floss daily, then most of us do just fine with cleanings and a check-up. In most cases, dental plans will pay for routine cleaning, x-rays, and check-ups. Also covered, but usually at a lesser degree are root canals, crowns, and gum treatment. Cosmetic procedures such as whitening and veneers are usually not a covered benefit. Insurance coverage is ultimately between the patient and the insurance company. Dentists arc merely helping out trying to facilitate the claims for the patient and assist them in finding out what is covered. Unfortunately, your insurance may have what they term an "Alternative Benefit" clause. That means they reserve the right to pay less for the services you received, if they can possibly think up an alternate to the treatment you Understanding your had. For example, most dentists place white, mercury dental benefits is NOT easy. -free fillings. Yet, many There are as many different plans as there are contracts. For insurance companies are still paying for white fillings as if instance, two employees with they were silver-mercury different companies may be covered by the same insurance fillings. Why? Because that is company, but they have vastly how dental insurance companies make the highest profit different coverage. The margin. Dental insurance coverage you get is based on the policy your employer buys companies are not looking out for your health, nor do they with the company. This may have your best interest at heart, present a problem, because regardless of how slick their dental insurance is typically advertising may be. not a consumer-chosen item, but something offered as a perk Dental insurance is, by the employer, since tax in every way. as different from considerations make it cheaper Medical Insurance as night to give dental insurance than to from day. Many people expect give more pay (same with Dental insurance to "act" like a medical insurance). Dental Medical policy. This can lead insurance really makes little to disappointment, and can economic sense otherwise, sometimes be damaging to the since the costs of dental work relationship between Dental are usually and rather low, Office and Patient. (insurance annual limits are As always/if you typically $1000 to $2000; question your dental diagnosis, deductibles on other kinds of seek a second opinion. insurance can be that much), However, just slay aware that common, and predictable. insurance companies are Nine individuals or firms submitted proposals that met City Hall's requirements to assist officials with the business side of the Park City Heights development, the project that partners the local government with The Boyer Company. Phyllis Robinson, who acts businesses, and as such they are in it to make money. They aren't looking out for your best interests and shouldn't be the be all and end all determinant of what the best treatment is. Insurance companies can get in the way between ideal treatment and treatment which suits the number crunchers. Eco-Tip:Make Your Own Mouthwash. Just as how making your own natural toothpaste is a completely safe route, creating your own natural mouthwash will prevent adding more potentially harmful chemicals to your body. You can make your own mouthwash with 2 drops pepperment oil, 2 drops tea tree oil, 1/2 teaspoon sea salt and 1/2 cup warm filtered water. as a spokesperson forgCity Hall and is involved in the municipal government's work force housing programs, said the nine are either from Park City or the Salt Lake area. A City Hall committee will review the proposals before Robinson recommends which one should be selected. She said she hopes one of them is hired by the end of November. Robinson anticipates the work by the firm or the person will last until March. The Park City Council is not required to approve a deal since it will be valued at less than $20,000. Robinson said it is anticipated to be priced at between $15,000 and $18,000. The elected officials must approve City Hall contracts above the $20,000 figure. "It's a real interesting mix of people, mix of proposals," Robinson said about the nine, describing that they have a broad range of expertise. City Hall wants to hire a person or a firm as talks continue about Park City Heights, a development that will be situated at Quinn's Junction. The partnership between City Hall and The Boyer Company is highly unusual for the local government, with City Hall paying $5.5 million in 2009 for a 50 percent stake in the Park City Heights land. Park City officials see the agreement as a means to build a large bloc of work force housing. The local government, though, does not keep a person on staff to handle the business side of the development. Robinson has said she anticipates the person or firm that City Hall hires will be assigned duties like monitoring the relationship between the municipality and The Boyer Company and devising a strategy for financing the infrastructure for the development. The partnership is seeking an approval for 239 units of development at the southwest corner of Quinn's Junction - 160 of them being houses that would be sold on the open market and 79 of them being set aside as work force units available to people who qualify through their income. ; PAPA JOHN'S IS NOW OPENJU KIMBALL JUNCTION F R E E CHEESESTICKS Park City Dental Spa www. parkcitydentalspa.com Eco Family and Sports Dentistry 1526 Ute BlvdSte 212, Park City, Ut 84098 435-615-8500 '• •,*•%";; l i (WITH ANY REGULAR •'•»"• • ' < : ^ v : v " . y : •"' ''•'-- • ' • • ' ' . - ^^^;;-M0O. 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