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Show Thursday, November 1. 1979 Page 9 P..C. Protests Liquor Law A full house of Salt Lake City and Wasatch Front representatives appeared last Wednesday at the State Capital Building to air opinions opin-ions on amendments to advertising regulations proposed pro-posed by the Utah Liquor Control Commission. Only three people spoke in favor of the amendments that could have serious economic . impact on the entire state. As proposed, the changes would prohibit advertising alcoholic beverages, except light fceer, by any electric sign or billboard; promoting the use or consumption of alcoholic beverages by sponsoring or underwriting events; or providing free samples of alcoholic beverages. bever-ages. When the amendments were first revealed by City Councilman Bob Wells early in October, he commented, "I think aU three of the regulations would interfere severely with the economy of Park City, specially prohibiting pro-hibiting the sponsorship of events that ould mean no more NASTAR program (now sponsored by Schlit? Brewing Co.) or the Paul Masson celebrity event." - Chamber of Commerce Director Amanda Peterson concurred that if passed, the amendments could tremendously tremen-dously affect Park City and Utah. She noted, however, that similar amendments were proposed in Colorado and after public hearings, a workable compromise was agreed upon by the liquor commission, beverage companies, com-panies, and organizations seeking sponsorship of events. It was Mrs. Peterson's Peter-son's aim to organize entities in Park City and appear at the hearing with concrete information presented by a unified front. On Tuesday, Mrs. Peterson said Park City was well represented at the hearing by Salt Lake City attorney Rick Prince, also a principal owner of the local Holiday Inn. "He did a great job for us," Mrs. Peterson said. "The meeting lasted two hours and there were a lot of intelligent comments made to the commission. Park City was well represented with members of the U.S Ski Team, the municipal corporation, cor-poration, the Chamber of Commerce, the convention and visitors bureau and the Park City Ski Corp. Many Parkites attended, and I think an impact was made. " Mrs. Peterson said comments com-ments were made from a variety of people with different dif-ferent concerns. It was noted m that sponsorship of athletic' events by beverage companies com-panies has made it possible for young skiers in Utah to compete at levels not usually accessible to them because of the tremendous travel expenses. "The beverage companies' involvement with these events has been sponsorship in nature only, not the encouragement of consumption," consump-tion," Mrs. Peterson commented. com-mented. "To eliminate Utah from these circuits would be depriving skiers of an op- Trivia Test Wo hflH nn Trivia TV:r winnpr last week probably because the Trivia Test didn't appear in me paper, oui mere was iiu wuuiei uie wccr. before, either. No one could remember the Elegants, Chatsworth Osborne Jr. and black widow spider, 'so a free lunch compliments of the turner oiorc went uiMMrtuiicu. .. . . rTn winSonr free lunch, be the first Derson to ancuidr fhe fallnwinf? imnnrtant Questions. En- I HIMr WW V ----X" 1 'tries must be submitted in person or by phone to The Newspaper office (419 Main Street, 649-9014) before 5 p.m. Tuesday. This week s questions are : i Before thev reached suDerstardom, what group broke into the top ten with "Go Now?" 2. Who was the host of the television game show "Dough, Re, Mi?" 3. As reported in last week's Newspaper, what company donated bike racks to the high school? $1,200 Accident An accident on Ontario Avenue caused a combined totaLof $1,200 damages to two cars October 27. James Marcellin of Park City, driving a 1973 Dodge pickup, received $400 damages dam-ages to his truck when he was struck by a 1973 Mercury Mer-cury Comet driven by Robin Westphal, also of Park City. The cars collided on Ontario Avenue approaching Hillside Avenue. In other police action: Terry Lambert of Park City reported to police a checkbook check-book with $10 to $30 in cash in It was stolen from her shopping basket at Mt. Air Market October 26. Ms. Lambert said she turnea away from the basket for a few minutes and when she returned, the checkbook was gone. David Beck of Beck Construction Con-struction Co. reported $320 worth of redwood siding stolen from a construction site between the Snow Country Coun-try condominiums and Mt. Bell October 26. Beck said he saw a suspect loading the wood into his car and when approached, the man said he thought the wood was trash. Wood had been noticed missing the day before the suspect was seen putting some into his truck, and police are investigating further. Canyon Restrictions Beginning November 1, through March 31, the Utah Department of Transportation Transporta-tion will require all vehicles traveling the following canyon can-yon roads to have mounted snow tires or have chains or .other approved traction aids in the vehicle. SR-210, Little Cottonwood Canyon SR-152, Big Cottonwood Canyon SR-92, from junction with US-189 in Provo Canyon to Sundance ! SR-143, Parowan Canyon SR-153, Beaver Canyon SR-31, Fairview to Huntington Hunting-ton Four-wheel drive vehicles must also have at least two i mounted snow tires or must carry chains. All tires manufactured since January 1, 1976 that meet the requirements of a snow tire are permanently labeled on one sidewall with the words "Mud and Snow" or any contraction using the letters "M" and "S" (e.g. MS, M-S, M-S, M&S, etc.). Tires without these markingsthat mark-ingsthat includes "all-season" "all-season" passenger tires without the markings are not acceptable as snow tires. Radial tires without snow-tread snow-tread do not meet the requirements re-quirements of this regulation either, and vehicles using them must also carry chains. In the ski canyons, the regulation is a needed precaution pre-caution because the roads are heavily traveled and are narrow and steep. These canyons have a history of sudden storms which can quickly make driving extremely ex-tremely hazardous making snow tires or chains a necessity. SK-31 will be restricted to vehicles with these traction , aids from two miles east of Fairview to 18 miles northeast north-east of Huntington. The Utah Department of Transportation Transporta-tion imposed the restriction because extreme weather conditions over Mantl Mountain Moun-tain make travel unsafe for improperly equipped cars. portunity they may not have otherwise because of the expense." One 18-year-old girl rose, Mrs. Peterson said, and commented that most of the conversation revolved a-round a-round her age group and the ability for her to make a decision concerning consumption con-sumption of alcoholic beverages. bever-ages. "She was just great," Mrs. Peterson said. "She said 'I'm an intelligent young woman and I can make an intelligent decision about consuming alcohol.' But the most poignant comment of the hearing came from the director of the state department depart-ment of alcohol rehabilitation. rehabilita-tion. He said in rehabilitation, rehabilita-tion, the accessibility of alcohol is not the problem, but a low self-image. Removing Remov-ing alcohol does not improve rehabilitation results, but the improvement of the ability to make decisions about it does." The chamber director said the man spoke about alcoholism alco-holism among youths, noting advertising and the accessibility accessi-bility at sponsored events does not affect rehabilitation. rehabilita-tion. Rather, he commented, youths should be exposed to everything and then learn to . make mature decisions. "The few who did speak for the amendments were ill-prepared," ill-prepared," Mrs. Peterson said. Attorney Rick Prince said Mayor Jack Green asked that he speak on his behalf at the hearing against the proposed amendments, and he also represented other city entities. "I felt the hearing went fairly well," Prince commented. com-mented. "The funny thing is, they're weighing the detriment detri-ment of beverage companies sponsoring events against the benefits of such events in Utah. Take NASTAR races, for instance. About 4,000 racers participate in the intermountain area alone, making over $1 million. You multiply that by other ski areas in Utah and you're talking about maybe $4 or $5 million from just one series of races. "These amendments seem to us to be cutting off the nose to spite the face if you cut out sponsorship. If these amendments pass, I don t know that anyone will think it worthwhile to bring suit. The state stands to lose millions of dollars, and I mean millions, too. The NASTAR finals held in Park City last year brought in $25,000 hard dollars, but more than that, it gave us national television coverage with Park City's narne bannered. That's advertising you couldn't buy for anything. any-thing. And the city is still getting calls for reservations from people who saw that. "But I don't think it will pass in its present form," Prince continued. "I suggested sug-gested at the meeting and in a letter that the commission ought to pass a regulation that no distributor or distiller dis-tiller shall sponsor an event in a manner as to unduly encourage consumption. That would give the commission com-mission enough leeway to control consumption by eliminating such things as happy hours and giveaways, but not prevent sponsorship of the events." Prince said the suggestions and comments aired at the public hearing will be considered con-sidered at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the liquor commission November Novem-ber 9 at the State Capital Building, Room 303, in Salt Lake City. The meeting is jOpen to the public. COFFEE HOUSE lea luring ALAN POOLE and JUSTIN ALISON lead act for Dr. Hook SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 8 P.M. Bring your own refreshments and enjoy an evening of continuous live entertainment in a casual, candlelit setting $2 members $2.50 non-members KIMBALL ART CENTER rsss GREG LAWSON c TYC J ".- if 1 I 1 ? 1 r; -jC v I - ' A- - LEADERSHIP in community planning ABILITY in community jobs well done -WORK he readily accepts -STRENGTH to stand up for his beliefs -OPEN MINDED to all citizens needs -NOTHING LESS than an outstanding man for City Council VOT isassa U,W.).WlJr.rv,i.rMi.M-1iinj,,u.Vil,7.'l.; 131 |