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Show C2SIWE3T CORPORATION Box 2S03 Fifteen "Cents' w . m ft - VounTe Wednesday, July 26, 1978 "" ., Course Brake Failure .Causes bAiather I Sale Sandridge Crash Worries SwBfT&Tx 0 n t in u ed hot through the JLiOClSfCS f" ...... i r ?Y&7 weekend with chance of scat- : v3 LfSp Ny fcrcd afternoon and evening ,y4A JdlCt 4 )y thundershowers. Highs u?iH be ; in upper 80s with lows in the 50s. f A Salt Lake City family survived a f0 m.p.h. crash Saturday. Four children were injured. A lesiurely morning drive into Park City from Guardsman Pass ended in disaster for a Salt Lake City family of eight last Saturday when their brakeless car careened to a slop after smashing two fences and a shed, seriously injuring four of six children. Phillip Leafty, 39, was driving his automobile north on highway 224 at approximately 10:50 when his brakes failed. Park City police officers estimated that the car was traveling at 60 m.p.h. when it crossed through the intersection of Marsac and Hillside Avenues. Utah Lift Rates Relatively Low The cost of going up the mountain is going up all over the country. But Utah still compares favorably with other major Western ski resorts when you step up to buy a lift ticket. No different than any other sector of the economy, the ski industry has been grabbed by the ever-lengthening fingers of inflation. Almost every major ski area has hiked their prices for the coming winter and although Park City will be raising its all-day ticket to $12, it still ranks among the cheapest. The Most And The Least If you want to spend the most for your skiing, go to Jackson Hole this season. An all-day ticket for the tram and chairs will cost you $16, a Rocky Mountain high. In contrast, Alta retains its status as the least expensive expen-sive major resort, raising its lift ticket price 50 cents to a meager $7.50. Somewhere in between lie the other Western ski areas. . Park City differs from most resorts in that the ski terrain is privately qwned and is not controlled by the U.S. Forest Service. The other areas must have rate increases approved by the Forest Service but this has not proved to be a stumbling block for the 1978-79 season. To our knowledge, not one proposed lift rate hike has been rejected. Sixteen Colorado resorts, along with ski areas in Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and California, have had their price increases approved or are awaiting approval. Biggest Jump Jackson Hole will be the most expensive ex-pensive but the largest increase has been approved for Aspen Highlands. Lift tickets there will jump from $12 to $15. Aspen also will be charging $15, up from $13, as will Vail, which charged $14 in 1977-78. Sun Valley is expected to raise its price $2 and become a member of the $15 club. Joining Park City in a $1 increase to $12 are Snowbird, Keystone, Leafty apparently opted to aim the speeding vehicle down Sandridge Road rather than attempt to negotiate the sharp bend. on Marsac Avenue. The car struck a chain link fence and a wooden shed before it came to a halt against another fence. A dog belonging to Sandridge resident Julie Christians was tied to the fence and was killed in the accident. Three of the six Leafty children Candy, 6; Phyllis, 13; and Gerri, 12 were treated and released at Primary Childrens Hospital in Salt Lake City. A fourth child, Randy, age Breckenridge and Crested Butte. Heavenly Valley and Squaw Valley will go from $13 to $14 and Alpine Meadows and Steamboat Springs will jump$l to $13. While most major areas do not sell season passes, Park City's prices are dwarfed by some that do. Sun Valley season passes are expected expec-ted to go for $600, up $75 from last year. Vail js not far behind with a $50 increase and a $550 price tag. Alta passes will sell for $190, a $15 hike, but only a limited number are offered and most recipients are decided by lottery. Season passes in Park City this winter win-ter will cost $275. However, a holder of last year's pass who purchases this year's model before October 1 can get it for last year's price $250. A Park City midweek pass will be $180, up from $165. Inflation Aspen Ski Corp. Vice President and General Manager Tom Richardson defends the lift ticket increases, saying prices are actually cheaper than in the past if inflation is considered. con-sidered. Richardson said that in 1967 dollars, Aspen's $15 ticket is equal to $7.95. He compared this with the $8.50 charged by the Aspen Ski Corp. in 1967 and said today's ticket is actually less in real dollars than tickets sold more than a decade ago. Richardson denied rumors that Aspen would experiment with a plan hat would allow skiers to pay for each chairlift ride. He said administrative problems would make the system unworkable. un-workable. Aspen will, however, offer a six-day rate during the slow season that computes com-putes to $11 per day. Richardson called it the "most dramatic" January discount ever offered by Aspen. Skiflation Not everyone is content to remain idle while the cost of skiing continues Continued on Page 10 on Sandridge Road 4, remains in satisfactory condition at the hospital, All of the injured were treated for "multiple trauma." a condition suggesting multiple cuts, contusions and breaks. NSIDE New Face at the P.O. Page :$ P.C. Polo Page 6 River Trip Page 8 : XjLJt : tmij & V Commission Approves Silver Springs Rezoning Request The controversial 1 ,400-acre Silver Springs development planned for Snyderville received zone change approval ap-proval from the Summit County Board of Commissioners Tuesday. With Commissioner Bill Wallin abstaining. ab-staining. Commissioners Alva Dear-den Dear-den and Dale Leavitt said the decision came after "thorough consideration of the facts and allegations." Wallin has sold water rights to the Silver Springs developers. Minneapolis-based Minneapolis-based Partnership Investments Associates, and previously announced that he would not vote on the zoning Tuesday's decision clears the way for the devlopment of 1.277 living units on both sides of U224 in Snyderville, U followed by one week a three-hour public hearing on the project which eljeited both opposition and support Wfi'rom area residents. The county commission noted that the actual zone change from agricultural to rural residential PCTV On The Way? u 3: x & T Mf'1'1 VI' VA - , vi i !i ; l -h '1 Local television viewers may be able to tune in to a the not-too-distant future. In the near future you may be able to view Mayor Green leading an en-vigorating en-vigorating City Council meeting, the Planing Commission debating the construction of a new subdivision, or Roxanne Toly burning up the Park City ski slopes-from the comfort of your living room. Park City's own television channel could become a reality if the City Council approves a 15-year cable television franchise being proposed by Norwalk Cable Television representative Dale Garner. Garner said the public access channel chan-nel would be "wonderful for Park City with all its winter activities." suggesting that many events could be videotaped. Norwalk Cable Television engineer Bob Becker said many cities that have taken advantage of the public station have used their local libraries to present children's reading hours or to produce short documentaries. documen-taries. Becker said lighting and camera equipment necessary could run from $10,000 into the millions, depending on will be made as each phase of the development is platted and found to be in accordance with the project master plan, previously approved by the county planning commission. The development is to be completed in seven phases over a 15-year period. 1'he board of commissioners also approved Ho.ooO square feet of commercial com-mercial zone along U224 provided the de elopers can show that it will be needed by residents of Silver Springs and the surrounding areas. In a prepared statement, the board said il "has no choice" but to approve rezoning requests unless the request is overridden by four reasons for refusal outlined in the land management code. The lour reasons are: 1 ) The new zoning would be a detriment to adjacent property or out of character with the surroundings; 2 1 It would create hazards to the Continued on Page 4 the city s usage oi such a channel ana whether programs are produced in color or black and white. "The sky's the limit for good equipment," equip-ment," Becker noted, "but- it would be possible to get a black and white unit for about $10,000. It can be a nice deal to provide viewing of government gover-nment meetings and to use the libraries. And the equipment can probably be gotten through educational or governmental grants." Garner told the council that the regular monthly cost for the cable service would be $7.50. For an additional ad-ditional $8.00 subscribers could recieve 14 first-run movies a month. Garner referred to this channel as "pay t.v." and said three or four unedited, uninterrupted movies would be shown each week. He predicted installation in-stallation of the cable service would cost between $5 and $25. depending on the difficulty and said it would take about a year after approval to make the entire system operational. City Councilman Bob Wells expressed ex-pressed concern over new poles being erected for overhead cable television The sale of the Park City golf course to a private corporation last week may be good news to mm-developmentalists. mm-developmentalists. but some load businessmen feel the loss of a pub!:.: course could spell disaster. Park City Ski Corp. sold the lH-hole course and driving range for an estimated $2 million to Park City Country Club. The corporation intends inten-ds to finance the purchase through 400 equity memberships, ending the course's cour-se's use as a public facility and possibly handicapping businesses who depend on Park City's summer amenities as a booking tool. "The sale could realiv hurt us.' said Gordon Sloan oi Western Woodlands, developers of the Prospector Square conference center. He noted that many conventions considering con-sidering Park City as a site may reconsider without the availability of a local golf course. "I hope we can make some deal with the new owners to use the course, otherwise we would have to send them to Midway to play golf. The proposed Jack Nicklaus golf course is still three years away and we don't know what their membership posture will be." Sloan commented that he would not be adverse to asking his guests to pay a special fee to play on the course, so long as they had access. He added that he felt the lack of a public golf course would be detrimental to Park City summer business in general, and 'especia!!y-;-anyore, . lrj'i.r.i; to ? destination business." Of the nearly 350 condominiums Continued on Page 10 Park City station in lines. He suggested that only existing poles be used in places where underground un-derground cables are not used. City attorney Mike McCoy noted that the proposed contract should be revised to stipulate that no new poles may be erected unless Norwalk Cable Television receives written approval from the City Council. "We'll go with that," Garner said. "I think it's a good safety precaution for the city." The Norwalk representative commented that in most cases the lines go underground, and only require the use of poles when the soil is too rocky. Garner did not ask for council approval ap-proval Thursday night, but instead suggested that city manager Wayne Matthews visit a recently installed satellite disc at Brigham City's new Earth station, which was expected to begin providing cable television service ser-vice July 25. The City Council is expected to take action on the proposed cable television service at their August :i meeting. |