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Show Page 5 Property Management Firm Strives to Give That Erie Feeling Newspaper Changes Hands This Issue Wednesday, September 1 , 1 976 )i? 0 0 ft ft' Ed Erl o Pork City Reservations "The Resort is Park City; Park City is the Resort. Main Street is Park City is the Resort." . As must a dwelling, any sound and successful philosophy phil-osophy must have an adequate foundation. The house of Parmenides was buttressed by "Being is; not-being cannot be." Rene Descartes built his upon "I think, therefore I am." And the simple equation . leading off this article provides th,e groundwork upon which Ed Erie continues to build ' Park City Reservations, Inc. Unlike in the beginning, when the Greater Park City Corporation controlled nearly all the nightly rentals in town, there are now a wide variety of property management com-piiiies com-piiiies "fw'tjoth ; uwneis and ' fiwi'TartPTyKcSfefvatlWisv Inc., there are four (not including Tom Hansen's Central Cen-tral Reservations, whose business bus-iness is referral only): Moana, managed by Bob Wells; Park City Enterprises, run by Garth Pimm; C'est Bon Management Manage-ment headed by Leonard Jarosz; and a young company concentrating mainly on the Park Avenue Condominiums. Instead of being intimidated by the competition, Mr. Erie rather enjoys the fact that it precludes sloppiness, that it "sort of keeps everyone awake." i. The one thing (other, than presentation and contract) that sets Park City Reserva tions Park City, whose key to a brilliant future, he feels is the development of an adequate public transportation system, or the ability of all the local business interests to work together in providing it. He believes that one bad apple could indeed spoil the whole barrel. "Basically, what I'm selling what we all should be selling, is Park City. Sure, I'd like people to stay at my propert- The Newspaper officially changed hands on Wed nesday, September 1, as four Park City residents assumed ownership under an agreement reached with former publisher-Howard publisher-Howard Stahle of Roy, Utah J The four, Jan Wilking. Hank Louis, Greg Schirf and Steve Dering, said the purchase was prompted by two major factors: a belief that they are embarking on a promising business venture and the desire to see the publication owned by local residents. Louis, a 25year-old graduate of the University of Southern California, has lived in a variety of places and previously previous-ly wrote sports and human1 interest stories for the Tico Times in San Jose, Costa Rica.' The new publisher, who has lived in Park City for only .L - .1,1 seven niunius, iciuamvu, . , . . , . , "Finally, after four years of oun,ahstic tendenc.es in hIgh searching from coast to coast for a newspaper job, I've finally found an employer with whom I can relate." Louis will concentrate on feature and human interest assignments for the Newspaper. News-paper. Wilking, who says he's "29 plus" investigative work has revealed that the emphasis should be on the "plus" is a former native of Casper, Wyoming who has lived 'n 'Park .City since 1970 After acknowledging that the Jniversity of Maryland also produces some outstanding roundball teams, Schirf ob-served,"Our ob-served,"Our decision to buy is obviously an expression of our confidence in Park City in general, and the Newspaper in particular." Editor. Steve Dering, from a Maryland suburb of Washington, Wash-ington, D.C., is 29-year-old graduate of the University of Maryland. Arriving on the local scene in November of 1973, Dering received his first newspaper experience four months later with the Park City Coalition which folded in the spring of 1975 The perpetrator of "Star Gaper" and the deceased "Coalition Canine" column admitted to harboring latent a If X jVj"" 2 BEDROOM home with bft and carpet. Quiet part of town. $31 ,000. school and college and re flected, "It's strange. Although Al-though I had a suppressed desire to write before coming to Park City, working for a newspaper was the farthest thing from my mind when I arrived, with skiing being the closest. Now I worry that there's going to be too much writing and not enough skiing." OLD BEAUTY WITH new cuive-nience. cuive-nience. Victorian duplex only 1 year dd. Two 2 bedroom units, each with garage. Extremely well txjilt. Terms available. VCONDOS LISTED FROM $31 ,000. URGE DUPLEX WITH 2 bedroom in each unit Quiet location with double garage. $48,000 possible terms witi ANYTHING M TOWN, whether feted with us or not. we can sell. Completing the Newspaper's staff is Sandy Erickson who ss rarx uiy neserva- ies but M rather just have a graduate of Montana State i0gET . Inc. apart from the them come to Park City. If University, having received a, SSfTSS-s SSfTSS-s is Mr. Enes refusal to .u uovo , nnH timo. o..ui ' r A-k;ft., a ine aauKMer 01 a mucn- oiners is mr. anes reiusai 10 tiiov i,atf- . -00h time. n.i.i, f A.i,;t.t.,r A. concentrateon any one group everyone Wilki has done post. ofcondomimums Bes.des graduate work at Arizona the Big Four, he told us, In other words, one person gtate the University of which are Three Kings, Pay- can do his job in the very best eolora'clo and the University of day, Crescent Ridge and Park way possible, but if another utah and was elected to the Avenue, "We do Claim- person fails, if another person p k rit rouncil in. 1913 aoesn i give uie guesi av ieas-j, AmM& from beine unem men inejoou service may as well have never been provided. "I'm making a living in an environment of my choice," Mr. Erie told us. "I'm not here Mr. Erie firmly believes in to make a million dollars." traveled American Oil Company Com-pany executive, Sandy has lived "all over" during her twenty-five years. residences . Lurrently, he is managing "somewhere between be-tween 65 and 75 units, and taking on more all the time." Commission Candidate Trepan ier Lashes Out At Proposed Airport She attended both Northern Illinois University and Lewis and CJarkStii C'oBegjj antf1 do, Wilking said bis decis.on. Secretary at Park West A Park City area resident for two years, Sandy reacted, to the change in ownership by stating, "It's no big deal. If you've seen one, you've seen all four." :. "I don't want to get the job of county commisioner, I want to do the job of county commissioner," Summit County candidate Bob Tre-panier Tre-panier toid a gathering at the Memorial Building Thursday evening. Speaking out on local issues, Trepainer told the group he was not in favor of the proposed county airport. Referring to the $1.4 million project that would be built north of Silver Creek Junction; the candidate for county commissioner said, "I don't believe we need a Summit County airport just to please a and once more in January, few out of town skiers. I think they voted to raise their own the county's money could be benefits by $1,500. I dont: spent much more wisely for think we shouiu have com-, the taxpayers." missioners elected in this "Another issue that has irked county -who are dedicated to-a to-a lot of people is the recent pay enriching themselves at the raise the county commission ers voted for themselves," Trepainer said. "When I first looked into the position of Summit County Commissioner," the candidate continued,VI thought the salary sal-ary was about $i 00 or $2,000 a year. That is not the case, I found out the commissioners had a salary of (5,000 a year public taxpayers expense. Describing ' his campaign plans, Trepainer announced, "We are taking this campaign to every door in Summit County and we're finding the people very receptive because they're tired of what's going on in county government and they're tired of the people that are in there now." to invest in the Newspaper was a logical extension of his community invplvement. . I feel it's a business through; which I can make a worthwhile contribution to the city,"j Wilking commented. Wilking will serve as busi-. ness manager for the new . In addition to the Newspaper ownership. ? the four publishers also Twenty-three-year-old Greg ' purchased the Main Street Schirf from Wauwatosa, Wis- building which houses its consul will continue his duties office, as reporter and photographer. ' A job printing shop to be Schirf, who came to Park operated by newly arrived City in , May of 1975 and resident Paul Brown is slated received his big break in the to begin operation in the newspaper business the follow-, building within two weeks and ing November, is a graduate of the upstairs space will be Marquette University in Mil- rented to real estate appraiser waukee, Wisconsin, which he Tom Monge and lawyers Brent calls the "beer and basketball (2old, Herschel Bullen and capital of the world." i Steve McCaughey. SPEND S MY IN m r10UNAINS THE JpAteSN WELCOMES Softball Tournament Players Slowpitch Special J tvw, 'Virgin nun, ' for all tournamont playors "You can mash our potatoes but you can 't beat our meat " Top of Main Street, Park City, Utah Snowbird Adds Lin Snowbird Resort has added a double chaiiiift to the existing lift network for the 1976-77 ski season. Serving runs in the Peruvian Gulch area, the base of the new chairlift is located adjacent to the Snowbird Center and the base loading area of the Snowbird Aerial Trjim. The new lift serves intermediate inter-mediate . and advance ski terain which was previously accessible only to skiers using the Aerial Tram. The 120-chair double chaiiiift carries 1200 skiers per hour, a distance of 2,290 feet and has a vertical rise of 1.003 feet. Runs served by the chaiiiift include Primose Path, Chip's Run, Blackjack, Silver Fox, and Dalton's Draw. The Peruvian lift also makes accessible to kiers the Wilbere Kidge Chairlift as well as the lower runs in the Gad Valley, and adds an additional dimension to the lift network at Snowbird. Snow-bird. The new lift brings to five the number of chaiiiifts for a total hour lift capacity of 6,600 skiers, including the Aerial Tram. 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