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Show The Newspaper Thursday, August 14, 1980 Page 3 (CdDDmtnDDQnedl o(0inm ILeittteiPS tto ttflne EM!itir Sylvester from 1 east of Park City. Berry said he received a call, about 3:45 p.m. Feb 21 from Matthews asking him to investigate in-vestigate the minning revenues. Berry said Miss Sylvester agreed to answer questions about the problem, and told police that the money was at her residence. Berry was asked if Miss Sylvester gave a reason for failing to deposit the money. "She said it was too cumbersome, too inconvenient to count," he replied. Berry told the . court that he and Police Chief Michael Crowley then went with Miss Sylvester to her home. He said they were shown seven or eight grocery bags and two coffee cans, each about one-third filled with change and bills. Berry testified that the money wa"s then taken to the Silver King State Bank, where it took several hours to sort and count. He said the total came to about $5,000. Defense attorney Ken Brown asked Berry if he remembered seeing any dates on the bags. "Isn't it a fact that Miss Sylvester expressed concern to you that you keep track of the dates?" he asked. , Berry said he did not recall such a conversation.' However, he remembered remem-bered seeing writing on one or two of the bags. Brown wondered what had happened to the bags. "Destroyed, I imagine," Berry replied. "They were left at the Silver King Bank." "So the bags are not available for Jan Sylvester right now, is that correct?" Brown asked. "That is correct," Berry said. "If the bags contained dates, wouldn't they have evidentiary value?" Brown wondered. Berry said that he had been told by Crowley and Matthews not to press charges so that, in his judgement, the evidence was not needed. In his cross-examination of other prose'cution witnesses, Brown attempted at-tempted to show that there had been . several other occasions, particularly during the summer months, when deposits of bus revenues had not been made for a month at a time. Treasurer Antonio agreed there were instances during the summer of 1979 when money was not deposited for as long as two months. "Isn't it a fact that ever since the bus system began that there haven't been regular deposits of money?" Brown asked. .Mrs. Antonio said deposits normally were made on a regular basis during the ski season, but acknowledged that she had not given Miss Sylvester any instructions on when deposits should be made. Miss Sylvester took the stand as a defense witness Tuesday. She testified that she had expressed concern about the way bus revenues were being handled, han-dled, and had asked Park City Public Works Supervisor Leon Uriarte for help in counting the money. She said no help was provided. Brown asked her what led to the 54-day 54-day span where no deposits were made. "There was a period of time right after af-ter the first of the year when I would have liked nothing more than to have made those deposits," Miss Sylvester replied, her voice wavering. "But there August (DAILIEFJDDAIE , J -ft P fat T, Vr . Al 14 Thursday Park City Racquet Club Team Tennis Tournament through the 17th; A, B, C, men's and women's teams $15 per team Players vs. Mad Jacks, men's Softball; 6 p.m., High School Meeks vs. Woodhaus, men's Softball; 8: 15 p.m.. City Park "Company" performance dinner theatre; Holiday Inn, 8 p.m. Tickets $14.50 for Kimball Art Center members, $16 for non-members KB I , was a period of three or four days when I was unable to get the-'money deposited. Things mounted djp and it became too much to do at that point.' She testified that the crisis, point came at a busy time during the ski ..season, when she was involved in a number of other duties including the supervision of employees, establishing a consistent schedule, and insuring that the buses were running., Brown asked her it there ws a safe place in her bffice4o keep the money. "We had a disabled vehicle, m car that did not operate, at the maintenance shop. I did, on occasion, lock the money in the trunk, but I Sidn't feel , good about that and ended up taking the money home.". "Why did you take the money home, Jan?" Brown asked. - ' "I actually felt it was more secure, obviously, than the maintenance shop," she'said. "I live by myself. I do not have people coming and going from my home. I honestly wasn't worried about it." "Was it ever your conscious objective or desire to fail to deposit the money?" Brown asked. "No," she replied. Brown wondered if she knew she could use the safe at City Hall. "I honestly did not know it was functional," func-tional," she said. During his cross-examination, Christiansen tried to determine, how long it would have taken Miss Sylvester" to count the initial three or four days' worth of receipts which she blamed at the starting point of the whole problem. She estimated that it would have taken between two and five hours. "Your justification for not depositing 54 days of funds is that it would have taken you from two to five hours to count (the initial receipts). Is that correct?" Christiansen asked. "Yes," Miss Sylvester replied. Cble from 1 job. "As fast as we can build it is as fast as we'll have the service." McCoy suggested that the company post a $2 million bond to show their good intentions, inten-tions, but attorney Zimmerman said he felt that was excessive since they're so close to completing. He told the coun cil that 20 percent of the town will be on line by October 15, with the remainder of the customers hooked up by the end of the year. An attorney for Community Cable of Utah, Inc., equipped with a one-inch thick proposal, asked the council to consider issuing a second non-exclusive franchise. "First? We don't have any," McCoy said sarcastically. The Community Com-munity Cable attorney said it was his understanding that Norwalk was involved in-volved in an involuntary bankruptcy, but added, "we have no information as to why." He told the council that his client could compete head-td-head with CATV, offering a 35-channel capacity system. He added that not only was the company financially sound, but the construction of a system in Park City would represent only a two-week cash flow. If the council granted a franchise by the end of August, he said, the entire system would be constructed and in operation by the ski season. In addition, Community Cable would be willing to post a $2 million bond. Leo Densloe, representing John Galanis, admitted that Norwalk is in fact fighting a court battle. But he noted ' $ i ll I 9 a.m. to noun, Cii Park Auditions for "Harvey," 11 a.m. to noon, Kimball Art Center Park City Muckers vs Idaho Falls, rugby; City Park, 2 p.m. , Jerry Jeff Walker.jlohn Prine in concert at Park Friday Pet Show, at City Park; 6 p.m., free; bring your own pet Campfire at City Park, free; ghost stories and marshmallows; 9 p.m. "Company" performance dinner theatre; Holiday Inn, 8 p.m. West;7p.m.$8.bin advance "Company" performance dinner theatre, Inn, 8 p.m. Sunday Men's Softball playoffs begin El Papagayovs. Saturday Soccer team sign-ups for new players ages 8-16; that Norwalk transferred iW rights in the Park City cable system franchise to CATV a year ago, and that cbmpany is , not ifi. jeopardy. "We have substantially more at risk than two weeks' income," Dansloe said. "And we've workeoear-nestly workeoear-nestly to get things done." He reiterated CATV's commitment tp provide serviqe by October 15. Community Cable representatives told the council that it was not their intention in-tention to attack CATV, nor did they plan to press charges against the city if a duplicate franchise is not awarded. Their purpose, they said, was simply to ask the city for a second franchise, since they felt Park City could accommodate accom-modate two cable television companies. Densloe countered that Community Cable's comments were an attack, since they brought to light informatibn that does not affect their operation. Councilwoman Helen Avlarez said she did not feel confident that the problem did not affect the city. Mayor Green commented "We were pretty nave when we granted the first franchise, which was compounded by our ignorance in not publishing the ordinance. or-dinance. I think we need time to consider con-sider the- new .proposal and the one we're already involved in." " 1 On Tuesday,McCoy satd he met with CATV financial backer Milton Schwartz. Schwar-tz. "He appears to be a principal in CATV," McCoy said. "He claims that they have invested up to a half million dollars to this, point to make the system go, nd that all thaVs left to meet the previous ordinance is $75,000." McCoy said $75,000 is to be put in an escrow account ac-count to assure that the system will be finished by December 31. "Having met with him and investigated in-vestigated the other things raised by the competitor, we're going to have an engineer look at the present equipment and insure that it is of high quality material, and estimate the cost of completion. com-pletion. I plan to recommend to the city not to grant a second franchise. The problem is, the two will do battle for customers, which seems self destructive." destruc-tive." , McCoy said he will suggest to the " council that a new franchise be wrjtten with more defined guidelines, and that it be issued to Park City CATV. The City Council is expected to discuss the cable systems at their -next regular scheduled meeting August 21. Whatever the outcome, it seems at least '20 percent of the community can tune in to someone's system before the snpw flies. Memorial Bldg. Park City 649-9004 Prospector Square, ladies Softball; 12:30 p.m., High School Bagel Nosh vs. Janeaux's ladies softball; 2p.m., High School Harry Chapin in concert at Snowbird Resort ; 5 p.m., $7.50 in advance Monday Well-Child Clinic, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Memorial Building Park City Soccer Camp begins, through tfie 22nd Auditions for "Harvey," 7:30 p.m. to9p.m., Kimball Art Center Finney's vs. El Papagayo ladies softball; 6 p.m., City Park Diggers vs. El Papagayo ladies softball; 7:30 p.m., City Park Tuesday ParkyfchooIBoard MeURifl30p.m.. Schttb! Board Office, High School TheBlFI Workshop begins at KlHlball Art Center, through the 28th; 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., every Tuesday and Thursday Janeaux's vs. Digger's, ladies softball ; (p.m., High School Holiday Wednesday Auditions for "HarvO1'" 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.. Kimball Art Center Hop Maintenance Staff Needs Help, Too . Dear Editor: One of the candidates for the school board recently made an issue of a $12,000 expenditure passed by the school board a year ago. All board members and aspiring candidates can-didates for board membership should use some of their time to consult with those maintaining and operating the schools. Curriculum and Teacher's salaries are truly important issues but to deny the rest of the personnel a "living" wage and the proper tools to work with is both foolish and unreasonable. Yqu can not maintain a school asking the "workers'.' to shinny up to the top of a 18' ladder with an arm load of bulbs and cleaning and painting . materials without giving some thought to how safe it is or how big the "suit" will be if the employee should fall off. Those of you that mow. big lawns for exercise should try the mounds in front of the high school or shovel the stairs at Marsac in the winter or if a fresh air buff, try plowing a parking lot with a World War II surplus tractor having a small bucket and no cab. The 400 snow blower was purchased Serving Dinner 6-11 p.m. Tuesday - Sunday Reasonably priced dining featuring prime rib, nightly chef's specials and a unique variety of entrees. Reservations not accepted. Minibottle and wine service available with dinner. Serving Dinner ami l m 649-9486 649-9474 1 . it II jgv 4j Main street yBSjl 438 Main Street f PROFESSIONAL SERVICES If you wish DENTAL Dr. Pamela K. Hilbert Located in the Brent C. Hill Building across from the Holiday Inn. Monday through Thursday, 9-5 Saturday by appointment. The Dental Clinic Dr. Richard Barnes North Park Avenue across from Golf Course Call for appointment We're Open Daily, Evenings & Saturdays 649-6332 For emergency call 649-6786 Preventive Dental Service Dr. Dane Q. Robinson 405 Main Street Hours 2 to 10 p.m. daily Call for appointment 649-6116 CHIROPRACTIC Dr. Kelly B. Jarvis 906 S. Main, Suite 3, Heber, Utah 654-3032 or 654-4468 brand new and paid for itself in ope month in salary alone. The $12,000 dollars the school board approved for operating equipment was wisely spent and much more should be expended for proper snow removal, lawn care, and building upkeep in the future. , The maintenance and operation of our schools is getting more difficult with the sophisticated heating plants and the drastic square footage of floor space and outside greenery to maintain more class rooms, more teachers, more students results in more garbage, more dirt, and more mess and will demand more personnel to keep pace. So, if there is some spare dollars around consider the dedicated underpaid, under-paid, over-worked maintenance staff before they leave for greener pastures and a place where they don't have any difficulty getting snow removal equipment equip-ment or more help to keep the schools safe and clean the way parents would want them. Mel Fletcher Thanks For Help With Pageant Dear Editor: The Miss Summit County Pageant held til 649-9338 to be listed in our Professional Services in Park City last Saturday night ran very smoothly because of all the help and moral support I received from so many individuals, businesses and the new Park City Rotary Club. I would like to thank Billie Koleman, my assistant director, for all her help and constant encouragement; Gail Wade for handling the Essay Scholarship Scholar-ship Contest; Max Greenhalgh for doing all of the auditing of the Judge's ballots; Gwen Larsen for the lovely decorations and flowers; Mel at the high school for all his extra help and everyone else that helped to make it all happen. I also want to be sure to thank KPCW for all the marvelous coverage they gave the pageant, with their cbntinual announcements and especially for all the live interviews I had with them concerning the pageant at the station and on the phone. I also want to acknowledge their public apology.for calling me a guy, after they found out I wasn't a guy. Thanks Guys! But most of all - a big THANK YOU -to the contestants, without them we couldn't have had a pageant. Sincerely, Michal Ann - 'Mike' Pageant Director (UDUuWSH Claimjumper Restaurant 7 DAYS A WEEK S 10 WEEKDAYS G 11 WEEKENDS Main Street 643-8051 please call 649-9014. MEDICAL DOCTORS: Park City Health Center Holiday Village Shopping Mall Robert J. Evers, M.D. Family Practice Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D. Family Practice Robert T. Winn, M.D. Pediatrics Monday thru Friday, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays 9 a.m. to Noon Office appointments and 24 hour emergency care Call 649-7640 OPTOMETRISTS Dr. John Gleave " 160 S. 100 W. Heber City, Utah Eye Examination By Appointment Contacts & Frames Available 654-1863 ATTORNEY'S AT LAW Palmer & Saunders P.C. Suite 204 Silver King State Bank Building Call for Appointment Office 801-649-6653 Home 801-649-7475 |