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Show Page 2 Wednesday, January 18, 1978 THE Entered as second-class post ollice in Park City. Utah 84060. under the Act of March 3, 1897 Published every Wednesday at Park City, Utah Second-class postage paid at Park City. Utah. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $6.00 a year in advance in State $10 a year outside Utah. PUBLISHERS: Jan v.t. Wilking Stephen K. Dering Editor Steve Dering Business Manager Jan Wilking Office Manager Janet Gilchrist Graphics Marianne Cone Holly Rom Typesetting Bobbye Hammond Tina Moench Contributing Photographers NickNass, Pat McDowell Craig Reece, Owen Roberts - e. 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 publication. Enjoys The Quiet Life Editor, In reference to your article "Oil Dollars Are For More Than Arabs," I would like to respond that there are a few of us who actually like it here and to whom the lure of big oil money in no way promises prom-ises a better standard of living. There are a few who enjoy the quiet life offered by an agrarian culture where nothing much happens and who shed tears of their own Over the boom town madness and the callous disregard for landscape and culture that follows the oil industry into our homeland. As we shall soon find out, to "make a living" means more than the garnering of money. Huge corporate interests in-terests are actively working to turn the West into the nation's energy breadbasket, bread-basket, a "sacrifice area" to feed the insatiable hungers of coastal and eastern cities. While we yet have a choice, we should be cautious of snapping to the bait and selling our birthright for a mess of pottage. The land and the quality of life it can give us belongs as much to our unborn grandchildren as it does to ourselves. Let us not be too quick to sell out their future for our short term gain. Kayo Robertson Alcohol Is Alarming Editor: Alcohol related problems are becoming alarming in the state of Utah. In just two years time, alcohol related fatalities have increased 7 in Utah according to the Utah Safety Council. Young drivers between the age of 16-24 account for 44 of all fatalities and most of these young drivers are males. Utah State PTA, concerned concer-ned about the increasing number of fatalities and the destructiveness of abusive drinking, . is sponsoring an "Alcohol Awareness Week," January 23-27, 1978. The theme of the project this year and for the past three years is "No Way Will Kids Stop Drinking and Abusing Alcohol Until Adults Do." Research shows that people who abuse alcohol are more likely to rear children who abuse alcohol. Children are more influenced by what their parents do than by what their parents tell them. Information on alcohol education is being sent to all PTA's in the state. All PTA local units are encouraged to ask principals to urge teachers to do something in the classroom during this week. We are asking radio stations within the state to allow some of their public service time for alcohol LETTS fill matter. May 25, 1977. at the -Me -a ES 10 1IT0R education spot announcements. announ-cements. Television stations will be asked to support the state-wide project by airing three Alcohol Education Public Spot Announcements that have been produced here in the state with the help of the State Board of Education and the Division of Alcoholism and Drugs. State PTA and the Division of Alcoholism and Drugs sponsored a video cassette Alcohol Education Public i Spot Announcement contest among the high schools in , Utah. Highland High School came up with two winners and Spanish Fork High School with one. The scripts were written by students of these schools. It is a psychological approach or a peer group approach from student to student. The entire "Alcohol Education Awareness Week" is aimed at young people in the State because alcohol is the number one drug choice among teenagers. It is not heroin, amphetamines, or marijuana it's alcohol ! Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers 340 East 700 North Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062 785-2917 Bad Taste Editor: Your last issue set what has to be a new standard of bad taste in the local press. First, you have a column called Ski Tips in which some juvenile hot dog skier with an obviously inflated ego gets his kicks from "zinging" anyone in sight who doesn't happen to be a fellow jerk. As far as I'm concerned these are the kinds kin-ds of people who should be banned from the slopes and it doesn't help to glorify them by putting them into print. The insults weren't even funny, anyway. Then you have a new column by O.D. McGee in which an attempt is made to satirize the case of the Singer family in Marion, Utah. I say "attempt" because even satire has to be somewhat accurate. To portray por-tray Singer as a simple-minded racist not only shows an ignorance of the case, it is of- Our Mistake The Newspaper was in error last week in its story on the appointment of Richard Shoff to the Park City Council. Coun-cil. We mistakenly quoted Mr. Shoff as saying, "I just don't want to see growth stopped as I think some other council members do." The quote should have read, "...as I think some other candidates for the council do." We apologize to Mr. Shoff and our readers for this error. S fj Peter Grav Paula Pulman '" V V- V V u. r x i i Kim Weaver Christopher Shorb fensive and about as socially redeeming as cold asparagus. Last, but not least, in your How About It column you portray your competitor, the Park Record, as being best used for catching baby excrement. ex-crement. I realize you are in a highly competitive situation, but his sort of reference seems less than sporting; I don't know why anyone would pay a nickel more to read this kind of garbage. Sincerely, George & Linda Peterson Park City BLM Fees Editor: The BLM is raising fees by triple the amount from $1.51 to $3.80 or so for the price you pay per head of sheep or cows using public land. I sheepherd for a big outfit in Northern Utah, and I'm an Environmentalist, of sorts ; I attended the BLM hearings this week to see what the reasoning is behind such an increase hike in the cost of use on that land when it seems so inverse to me, that Sheepmen and Cattlemen are having enough trouble as it is, just making ends meet in the ranching industry in Utah. Just a basic fact in a desert state most of that land ain't worth such a competitive price because what water is on it, if there is any, is more of a thorn in the side of the rancher than it is an asset! They're trying to bring the price of grazing on BLM land up to compete with the price you pay for private land. But the BLM leases are mostly desert "waste," where the rancher has to pay for hauling water, developing wells and all necessary water improvements (and they are in most cases necessary on BLM lands), dredging mudholes and chasing off beaver hunters, keeping up fences, and for predator control where baiting bait-ing poisons in hard to get to, inaccessible areas if there's a killing band starting start-ing to take numbers have been outlawed; and then even supplemental feed has to be added to the rancher's costs of grazing BLM land. Because the nutritional value of forage in desert soils is so poor just at the time when the gestating ewes or cows need the nourishment most. Poundage decreases on ewes for the sheep industry, make the Iamb crop lots less likely to produce twins and healthy lambs. Carrying capacity of the ewe goes down. So when BLM wants to raise fees to get a "fair market value" on the land, V. 1 ml m JnBT ,. ,, , i How About It ? Did anything unusual happen to you on Friday the 13th? Paula Putman We lost our basketball game and then this strange spot appeared before mv face! Jena Santy I ordered Kim Weaver I didn't lunch for a change. Eileen Murnin My black Peter Gray Nope. Everything went smoothly. It was my first day skiing this season and I couldn't have asked for a better day. Rick Houck My car went caput ! Christopher Shorb I was on an airplane and it didn't crash! Cindy Cuchna It was my friend's 21st birthday. We had a wild party of about 200 people a very lucky day. It couldn't have been better ! it's like they're tryin' to triple the rent on a slum-block! slum-block! How can they ask that much for land that ain't worth that much nutritionally, nutrition-ally, that is, per grazing head. So what's behind this ignorance? ignor-ance? This federal blanket rule? If federal land planners plan-ners ;, want the livestock . industry to shift over to use of private land with more intensified use of irrigated pastureland or good rainfall lands Who's to stand to win by it? That's the question the "Herd" should be asking their leaders. Who is behind this directing all of our complaints com-plaints at different factions and areas of government, in such a blank sterotyped fashion? "Benefits" from raising the grazing fees: 1. Private land development develop-ment companies may get more business. If they do all the hauling, all the cowboy-ing, cowboy-ing, pay truck and horse expenses, fencing, road-demolition, road-demolition, and water developmentswhich devel-opmentswhich amount to an enormous overhead-ranching overhead-ranching will be handled like a short-order house hand over the animals in the spring, and get them back fat by breedin' time. Big Corporate Land and Trucking Truck-ing Companies will profit, also. 2. State and Federal Water Programs will get more business from people who can afford to pay for water while the Water Battle rages in Utah and that ain't your small local farmer, sheep-rancher sheep-rancher or cattlemen! 3. Industry stands to gain. Because with a battle going on for the use of Utah's dwindling acrefeet industry indus-try can move in and buy up already developed water rights from farmers and ranchers who can't afford to stay in the fight! So what the confused and misled livestock industry must do, I think, is shift the main thrust of their might at keeping Water in Utah for Agriculture a priority use over Industry. This, to assure Utah economy self-, sufficiency, stability, and local security. And then, to recognize who are our friends or enemies in this battle for Utah's land and water it is a time to think for ourselves, and not what we are generally lead to believe and to recognize that there are "good" and "bad" guys in every faction, and that we had outght to eek out our alliances very carefully, care-fully, and not stoop to namecalling and stereotyping stereotyp-ing ignorantly. "Environmentalists" "Environ-mentalists" who speak out against Iivestockmen for Continued On Page 12 an anchovy pizza and the get sick off of the school cat fell off of the roof! Happy Birthday To You! .January 19 Susan Boren January 20 Leslie Miller January 21 Abbey Patterson David Chaplin Jerry Schimelpfen January 22 Bobby Mann Have a friend or reEa'iv? you would like to see conijra tula ted in the Birthday Column? Send thetr namefsl and dates of birth (day and month only) to Birth days, do The iNewspaper. Box 738. Park City. Utah 84CW) A A A A A A iKi PROPERTY TAX RELIEF For Renters and Homeowners and Mobile Homeowners If you are... a Utah resident 65 years of age or older with total income less than $7000 a year you did not receive a County Abatement for taxes YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PROPERTY TAX REFUND The amount of refund varies according to your income and the amount of property tax you paid or the amount of rent you paid. For more detailed information and forms, call or write to the: State Tax Commission 200 State Office Building Salt Lake City, Utah 84134 533-5355 Tax Commission Branch Offices: Logan 752-8941 Ogden 392-5531 Richfield 896-5131 Provo 377-2400 Vernal 789-2764 Information can also be obtained by calling: Utah State Division of Aging 533-6425 St. George Information & Referral 673-6118 Monticello Information & Referral 587-2247 Davis Co. Council on Aging 295-2394 Blanding Information & Referral 678-2297 AARP-NRTA 328-0691 Utah Coalition of Senior Citizens 359-9705 Local Community Action Agencies Area Neighborhood Councils SOCIO 972-1027 N A ACP 363-5771 Japanese-American Citizens 359-0902 . ,. If information is unavailable in your area, call: Governor's Hot Line (toll free) 1-800-662-3700. 7 ' Jena Santy f --v Eileen Murnm Rick Houck Cindy Cuchna 23 Merrii btreet January 24 RonSchultz Michael Delmotte January 25 Peter Najar Leigh Terry Debbie Barnett w1 -T I ' $ uMtc PARKING REGULATIONS ENFORCED The Park City Police Department will be enforcing en-forcing the no parking regulations on Main Street in order to facilitate snow removal. Cars parked on Main Street between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. will be towed away. Parking is prohibited on the east side of streets west of Main Street and parking regulations posted on Highway 224 (Park Avenue south to Heber Avenue) also will be enforced. In addition, cars are not permitted to remain parked on city streets for more than 72 hours at a time. COMMUNITY CLASSES Community education classes are in the making. If you are interested in any class, contact con-tact Nan McPolin, 649-9417. Call mornings or late evenings for particulars. GUILD MEETING The Kimball Art Center Guild will meet Thur-i sday, January 26 in the art center. We will be, discussing plans for the upcoming raffle and guild by-laws. COUNTY PLANNING MEETING The Summit County Planning Commission will hold a regular meeting Jan. 24, 1978, at 7:30 p.m. Courthouse, Coalville, Utah. The entire meeting will be devoted to reviewing proposed amendments amen-dments to the Summit County Development Code. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS The Palefire monthly activity will be a trip to Salt Lake to see the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" on Jan. 20. Meet at the Memorial Building at 6 p.m. CARS MOVED? There will be a public hearing on Feb. 14, 1978 to consider a conditional use permit for Cliff Read, Park City, Utah, to move his impound yard from the junction of 1-15 to the property located off Highway 248. This hearing will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Courthouse, Coalville, Utah. SOUP LABELS Save your Franco-American and Campbell soup labels for the purchase of Marsac library books and athletic equipment. A drop box is located at Marsac or call Chris Zaba, 649-8804, for pick-up,...; lo .::.;t.,j:- i. -,l mmi CHAMBER MEETING The Chamber of Commerce annual meeting will be held Thursday, January 26 at 8:00 p.m. at the Parley's Park Social Club. AH members are invited. Cocktails will be available. Dinner is by reservation only and will begin at 6:00 p.m. See you there! ART FESTIVAL POSITION The Art Festival manager's position is open. Applications Ap-plications are currently being accepted at the Chamber of Commerce office. The deadline is February 1, 1978. For information call, 649-8899. Salary negotiable. ART FEST LOGO A new design for the 1978 Arts Festival logo is : needed. Good pay and excellent exposure; Inquire at the Park City Chamber of Commerce 649-8899. U.S. ARMY RECRUITER Staff Sgt. Garry Wright, the U.S. Army Recruiter, w ill be at the Park City Job Service on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. He will present job opportunities in the U.S, Army to interested residents. Planning Commission Decision Session Agenda ; Jan. 25, 1978,7 p.m. : Treasure Mountain Inn 7:00 Discussion of proposed amendments for the Land Management Code. : Public Invited. I 8:00 Approval of December 21, 1977 Planning Commission decision session minutes. j Decision to grant Conditional Use Approval for: I Greater Park City Sleigh Company a I commercial sleigh ride and transport to be: operated from The Woodhaus Ski Shop, 1240 : Park Avenue. Silver Bell Development three (3) four-; plexes located at 1200 Lowell Avenue. : Decision to grant sign approval for : J Alpine Prospector Lodge located at 151 : Main Street. t 8:15 Treasure Hills Annexation continue : discussion of annexing a forty-five (45) acre par-: eel of land located to the northwest of Holiday S Ranch area. 8:30 Old Business Depot Project continue discussion on the s proposed changes of the project. t Holiday Village Shopping - Cen-1 ter discussion landscaping and site plan. Notices 3 |