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Show Page 2 Wednesday, March 30, 1977 TODiia mil Resort Sends Thanks ForSki With Stein Day' Dear Stein: What a wonderful day was had by all during the latest "Ski with Stein" day! I'm sure the looks on the children's faces was thanks enought for you. However, I wanted to express to you the thanks of the Park City Ski Corp. for this wonderful contribution you make to the community of Park City. These are the types of Supports Elwell Editor: What's all this about - no contract for John Elwell? How can the man defend himself :f the allegations are only knoAn to the superintendent superin-tendent and the Board president? I've known John Elwell since I lived in Park City. I've been to the Marsae School and seen how he operates. I've dealt with him when I operated the old Racer's Edge. His approach Cloud Seeding Explained By Janet (.ik ln ist Just over a month ago the annual winter precipitation level was down 50 percent over the yearly averages for the Wastach front. Recently, however, spring storms have helped in reducing the margin. How much of this snowf;i ; has been given a push by man? And how much .loud-seeding .loud-seeding actually dn-s take place in hiatal of Utah during the course ol a winter? win-ter? 0t- . Tim Spangler. a meteorologist for the North American Weather Consultants, Con-sultants, one of the two organizatins contracted to seed clouds in Utah, answers some of the questions about this unique environmental phenomenon of cloud seeding (the North American Weather Consultants Con-sultants work out of the old Executive Building at Salt Lake International Airport. According to Spangler. this is the fourth year Cloud Seeding has taken place in Utah, the second dryest state in the union. It is the first year, however, that seeding has been practiced along the Wasatch Front. This is an emergency drought measure. Fourteen counties in Southern Utah have contracted con-tracted North American Weather Consultants to seed their clouds since, to them water is vital for irrigation. NAWC's entire program is entitled "Winter Orographic Snowpack Augmentation." The annual increase of Snowfall due to cloud seeding is approximately 10-1") 10-1") percent. This means an increase of 15-20 percent in stream f low due to previous snows collected in the ground Cloud seeding operations are conducted on an individual in-dividual storm basis. Meteorologist determine if a storm is seedable. It bs possible to cause a decrease in snowfall if clouds are seeded under the wrong conditions. con-ditions. The determining factor is the temperature of a cloud at approximately 2().oi() feet .The key figure is-2!) is-2!) degrees centigrade. If the temperature is below this seeding could be futile or actually ac-tually cause a decline in the amount of percipitation. If it is higher the cloud is seeded In a slorm below -29 degrees ('. the amount of nuclei supplied sup-plied is simply insufficient to produce any positive effect A quick review of the 9th uude science class recalls !t mind that clouds are utter molecules collected around a nuclei, usually dust or particles in the air. The nuclei used by man is silver 'odidc. A minute amount of ilcr iodide is employed in i lie process. 10 to the minus ilh particles per gram or a Million billionth Silver Mule is manufactured activities that bring out the best qualities of skiing to make it a fun sport for all. Again, thank you for the day; and we look forward, as I am sure the whole community com-munity does, to "Ski with Stein Day" again. Sincerely, Ray I. Johnson President to problems and students is excellent. He has been both patient and innovative. Why does Park City do such destructive things? If Park City loses the steady and concerned hand of John Elwell I definitely feel sorry for the students and their parents. Sincerely Yours, L!H. Smith 974 W. BloomfieldRd. Heneope Falls. N.Y. 11471 within the state at ltd various ground base generators. 13 of which are located along the Wasatch Front. North American Weather Consultants has one Piper Navajo used , in seeding. A generator is attached at-tached to the wings which dispels the silver iodide into the clouds: Silver iodide is not water soluble, thus cloud seeding will have no effect on dnnkmg water. After-doing , - their miracle work the par-' par-' Wu'les simply sink to the bottom bot-tom of streams and reservoirs. reser-voirs. Concentrations per storm are below detectable limits. Spangler says the amount of silver iodide per average storm in Park City would amount to the silver found in several dimes i which isn't much these days! i. Spangler stresses that cloud seeding will not solve the drought. It is merely an aid to percipitation. He says little was done in January and February as there were few clouds to seed. Last week's storm, however, was seeded. North American Weather Consultants have contracts with the Bureau of Reclamation and the National Weather Service They have 18 consultants at Salt Lake International, but their main base is in Santa Barbara, Calif. A thanks to Thor's helpers! Studs Must Get Off The Road March 31st is the last day that Utah motorists will be allowed to use studded snow tires this spring. Motorists may. of course, continue to use snowtires without metal studs. According to state law, studded snowtires may only he used from October 15 through March 31st. There is no provision within state statutes to extend this deadline. Motorists who drive with studded tires on their car after the March 31st deadline are subject to . citation for a misdemeanor violation. March 31st is also the last day this spring when mounted moun-ted snowtires or having chains available in your car will be a requirement for travel on U-210 in Little Cottonwood Cot-tonwood Canyon and on U-152 in Big Cottonwood Canyon. This regulation has , been in effect since November Novem-ber 1st. Although the legal restriction restric-tion is lifted alter March r 31st. travelers to ski areas of Alta. Snow bird and Brighton are urged lo remain prepared with proper traction trac-tion aids in case of last winter win-ter storms .-. James Law 1 & 1 IfjSS&kjSk, EnzoMileti Chamber Made Submit led l Park ( ilv Chamber of Commerce Article l! I. K. Smith Park City, Ut. - Want to do something special with your family this Easter? Something for everyone, from the grandparents down through the toddlers? Why not join the U.S. Ski Team and the Park City Chamber of Commerce in their return to a cherished Easter tradition, an old fashioned Darade? Complete with Donnet ana Dunny costume contests, the First Annual Park City Easter Parade on April 10 at 4 pm. will also give participants an opportunity oppor-tunity to meet celebrities of sports and entertainment. A something for everyone event. Featuring the Easter Bun-ney Bun-ney himself as Grand Marshall, Mar-shall, the procession will spotlight the Park City High School Band, U.S. Ski Team athletes, contestants in both contests, and celebrities in town for the second annual Celebrity Ski Weekend benefiting the U.S. Ski Road Project Starts April 1 Work will begin April 1st on a $1.7 million project to place a final surface on a 5.2 mile section of 1-80 from Coalville Junction to Echo Junction in Summit County. The Gibbons and Reed Construction Company of Salt Lake City will pave the highway with a 51 1 to 6:: i inch in-ch thick layer of asphalt, topped by a one-inch thick sealcoat surface, which will bring it up to full federal standards. It has been the usual practice prac-tice of the Utah Department of Transportation to place the final layer of surfacing on interstate highways several years after their initial construction. This section of I-8() has been in use since August of 1970 and has not had sufficient time to settle set-tle and show where minor corrections may be needed. The required corrections are included in the paving contract. con-tract. " Also included in the contract con-tract are provisions for safety improvements along the highway resulting from recent changes in interstate design standards. Some existing guardrail installations in-stallations will be modified. slopes along the median and outer shoulders will be flattened, flat-tened, and some of the existing signs will be relocated. Impact attenuators, consisting con-sisting of free-standing, sand-filled plastic barrels, will be installed around (he center columns of the bridges along the route. How About It ? What is your position on the massage parlor proposed for Park City? James Law - It will be up and coming industry. Carter Kid -1 vote 'yes' get. Roget Sitzenmark - It would be a progressive step. We must protect our basic freedoms before they are snatched away. T2T2-I'm Taking a hard stand in favor of the proposal. Enzo Mileti - It's a good the crooked politicians' Bob Cummings - In this age of automation it's refreshing to see something done by hand. Burlaw Team. Among notables expected ex-pected to participate will be singer-actor Ed Ames, Actress Ac-tress Jill St. John, former astronaut Wally Schirra, several mystery guests and local media personalities. Marchers will move from the top of Park City's Main Street, past a reviewing stand in front of the Post Office Of-fice where contest entrants (f-budgetfo'ihe'piawof the Kimball Art Ceo where refreshments will be: served and fabulous prizes awarded to contest winners. The Park City community is invited to participate in either or both contests designing the best Easter headgear or the top Easter Bunny costume in one of four age categories; 6 and under; 7 to 12; 13 to 18; and 19 and over. Entry blanks are available from; Park City Chamber of Commerce, Main Street, P.O. Box 758, Park City, Utah 84060; Phone 649-8899. These attenuators will soften the blow and reduce the damage of vehicles that run into them. Traffic will be maintained through! the construction zone, however, some lanes may be temporarily closed during the paving operations. Motorists are urged to watch for signs and flagmen as they near the construction area. Kite Caution The observance of a few precautions will result in a "no-strings-attached" guarantee guar-antee of a safe kite-flying season. Utah Power & Light superintendent for Salt Lake Division. Julius Hoggard. urged parents to be sure their youngsters observe these safety rules before flying kits.: Always fly kites in plenty of open space and never fly kites near electric wires and poles. Always use dry string, not wire or anything metallic. Always use wood " and paper in kites, not wire or metal. - Always fly kites on days when there is no rain. Water is one of the best conductors of electricity. Always avoid streets and highways while flying kites. , Always fly kites far away from television and radio aerials. very stimulating. It's an on every proposition I idea but only if we can keep fingers out of the pie. Watermelons Hailed As Drought Solution With Utah suffering its worst drought in history and President Jimmy Carter trying to eliminate funds for the Central Project, Sate Senator Wesley Wisenheim-er Wisenheim-er is proposing extensive cultivation of watermelons as a means to combat future dry spells. Wisenheimer said the melons mel-ons would be far less expensive than huge dams for storing water and could serve as one of Utah's ,,f largest revenue-producing .industries in years when water is plentiful. "I spit before you the seed of a great idea," Wisenheimer Wisenheim-er said dryly. "Anyway you slice it, the watermelon makes sense for Utah." To promote his proposal, the Rec. Dept. Planning River Trip By Bruce Henderson "River runners like Utah. Why? Because the state has a great number of those rushing waters that are the delight of those who enjoy being tumbled, tossed and drenched in the pursuit of their enjoyment." This summer the Park City Recreation Dept. is sponsoring a trip down one of these rivers, the Green River, in Eastern Utah. This trip takes you through one of the most remote and beautiful canyons in the world. It was named "Desolation Canyon" by Major John Wesley Powell during his historic voyage of 1869. Wildlife is abundant in this natural game preserve protected by three thousand foot cliffs on either side of the canvon. Only the rock In Case You Didn't Notice It's that time of the year again and in your hands you hold the second annual April Fools edition of the Newspaper. As we did last year, we apologize to the purists who teel the only function of a newspaper is to inform, in-form, but we again admit being unable to resist the April Fool's Day temptation to publish a mixture mix-ture of the real and unreal. Whether you are delighted, dismayed, amused or annoyed by our once-a-year unorthodoxy, you should bear in mind that today's fiction is often of-ten tomorrow's fate. And by the way, much of the impetus for this year s April t ools offering came from positive feedback we received last year. So us know what you think, pro or con. Carter Kid T2T2 , , Bob Cummings senator displayed an emblem em-blem on his sports coat which read, "Water for millions through melons." "You're going to see a lot of these watermelon patches in the days ahead," Wisenheimer Wisen-heimer predicted. While some of the senator's colleagues seemed to be developing a taste for the proposal. State Senator Jerry Jer-ry Mander lambasted Wisenheimer. Wisen-heimer. "He's a melon head who's got water on the brain if he thinks we're going to gvie up a dam for this fruity idea." Undaunted, Wisenheimer will present his Watermelon Cultivation and Storage bill to the Senate Fruits and Vegetable Subcommittee on April 1. writings of bygone Indians indicate the presence of any inhabitants. Ancient pic-tographs. pic-tographs. rock carvings and majestic formations present a beauty almost beyond belieft. Picture taking, hiking, swimming, exploring and fishing are available to fill your lieisure time. On the river you will thrill to 60 miles of white water rapids. This is truly a trip you will remember all your life. Dates for this trip are June 1st. 2nd. 3rd. and 4th. Approximate Ap-proximate cost for the lour day trip, including food and transportation will be $80.00. An information meeting for all those interested in taking this exciting trip will be held Monday April 4th at 7:30 PM in the Memorial Bldg. lounge. The trip will be limited to 40 people, so make your reservation now! nSJ 2 Jj c trip If3i fuMc PARK CITY RACKETS CLUB All persons interested in extortion, running numbers, strong arm tactics, gambling and smuggling are urged to attend the Park City Rackets Club meeting to be held April 1, at 1 am at the north end of town in the building which resembles the missing police station. The public is invited, no federal agents, please. COIN COLLECTORS The Park City Coin Collectors Club will meet April at 6 p.m. in the change room of the Memorial Building. For those of you interested in coins this meeting will make a lot of cents. For more information call Bill Fold at 649-9592. RECREATION NOTES The Memorial Building gym is now open on Sundays from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. The Rec. Dept now has an arts and crafts class every Wednesday at 3:30. Cost is $.50 per day. The Rec. and Palefire Depts. are co-sponsoring co-sponsoring Friday nite at the movies. This week's movie is "The Great Race." Along with cartoons and the first episode of a Dick Tracy Serial. Cost is $1.00 per person. Beginning Sat. April 9th, 10:00 a.m. Bill Parkinson will be teaching Tai Chi in the Memorial Building. This is the same course previously offered at the Kimball Art Center through the U of U Division of Continuing Education. Cost is $45.00 for a 10 week course. Registration will be prior to first class meeting. Call 649-9461 for info. HEART FUND FASHION SHOW Remember the Heart Fund Fashion Show, please contact Carolyn Gross, 649-9764, Beverly Pace, 649-9583 or Nan McPolin 649-9417 Remember the Heart Fund Fashion Show to be held in the High School Auditorium Thursday, March 31, at 7:00. If your child is to be in the Heart Fund Fashion Show, please contact either Carolyn Gross, 649-9764, Beverly Pace, 649-9583 or Nan McPolin, 649-9417. M.C. for the fashion show this year will be Elaine Heward Shields, wife of Mayor Glen Shields of Layton. MOVIE The Palefire and Recreation Programs will show the movie "The Great Race" on April I at 8 PM in the Memorial Building dining room. The movie stars Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemon, Peter Falk and Keenan Wynn. "Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc." and three other color cartoons will also be shown. Admission is $1. KAC VOLUNTEERS Volunteers needed at the Kimball Art Center to assist in the gallery and gallery shop operation Also clerical and secretarial help needed. For information in-formation call 649-8882. Massage in Part A business license applica tion for the Magic Fingers Massage Parlor and Novelty Shop is being considered by the Park City Council. In a special closed-door meeting held with all council members present except Eleanor Bennett who failed to receive notice of the session, applicant Fonda Swingin demonstrated some of the up-to-date massage methods which would be used at Magic Fingers. Miss Swingin reportedly THE83 I 'El V si r Editor Feature Writer Business Manager (H Office Manager Graphics Mary Van Siclen Contributing Photographers Nick Nass, Pat McDowell, Scott Nelson Publishers: Wilking, Louis, Schirf and Dering Pictures, news and advertising may be submitted prior to Wednesday publication at our office, 419 Main Street, Park City, Utah 84060, by mail, Box 738, or by calling 649-9592. Publication material must be received by Monday afternoon for Wednesday 1 sil publication. iSottces: 3 (HitvP told the council her grand opening has been delayed several months by red tape and pleaded. "Get off my back so I can get on yours." The councilmen emerged from the session smiling and seemed satisfied with the demonstration. However, when Councilwo-inan Councilwo-inan Bennett was contacted she expressed anger at not being informed of the meeting meet-ing and commented. "This whole thing rubs me the wrong way." Steve Dering Hank Louis Jan Wilking flU Janet Gilchrist |