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Show The Newspaper Thursday, January 15, 1981 Page 7 Park City resident Donald Privett was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol Monday night alter al-ter he drove his car into a parked van, causing the gas tank to explode into flames. Park City Police Officer John Newland said the accident ac-cident occurred just after 7 p.m. at 1060 Park Avenue. He said Privett rammed the nose of his 1975 Corvette under un-der the rear of the van, causing the van's gas tank to explode. Newland said flames billowed up about 100 feet into the air. melting the front of the Corvette. The officer of-ficer added that gas streamed down the street and under another parked van, whose paint was melted when the flames followed the gas flow. Newland said the Park City Fire Dept. responded quickly and doused the fire within minutes. Privett was Rent-a-Spa Puts You on Hot Seat If you've been in Park City a year or more, you may know it as the old location of the Village Pharmacy. More recently it housed the offices of the Royal Street Land Company. But that, was yesterday. Tomorrow, or, to be more precise, next week, it will open its doors as The Hot Spa, representing the latest concept in public spa facilities. Situated in the Mount Air Mall adjacent to Jan's Mountain Qutf itters, The Hot Spa will offer five different spas available to individuals or groups on an hourly basis. General manager Dan Meehan, prefers the word "spa"to"jacuzzi." "I'm trying to get away from using 'jacuzzi,' mainly because it's a brand name," he says. According to Meehan, the spa rental concept already is popular in Sun Valley, Lake Tahoe, Steamboat Springs and Jackson Hole. "These kinds of facilities are really catching on in the ski resorts," he says. Here's how it works: for a fee of $6 per person per hour ($4 per person after the first Cold Day Not at the What's up in Park City these days? Everyone's eyes as they scan the sky for a hint of the clouds that will drop snow and lift spirits. Despite the pessimistic weather forecasts, the Resort officials are optimistic op-timistic that they can continue con-tinue to provide a fun day of skiing, even if it isn't knee deep powder. "Things are real grim, and we're doing our best to stay open," said Resort Mountain Manager Phil Jones. "It's going to be a cold day in hell before we close." Jones said the ski corporation cor-poration has yet to hire all the full-time employees they planned to, and in fact have had to lay some people off. A skeleton crew is running the First Time, Three Kings, Prospector and Thaynes chairlifts, as well as the gondola. gon-dola. An additional 15 to 20 people have been hauling snow out of the trees to pack onto the runs, and hand cutting cut-ting the moguls so that heavy snow cats don't create more bare spots. "We've been babysitting the weather every night checking it every 30 minutes to see if the temperature tem-perature is cold enough to make snow," Jones said. "It's costly, but we won't give up." Ang neither have the skiers, who still number 800 a day, despite the less than perfect conditions. While 800 skiers is a drop in the bucket compared to the 11,000-plus on Christmas day two years ago, Jones said business is down only 8 percent from last January. "Compared to, last year, it's not a tremendous loss," Jones said. "But last year was grim up to this point.. ..last year we were down 70 percent from the year before." In December, the resort announced plans for three new chairlifts in the near future: the McConkey's Bowl triple chair, opening up arrested and charged with driving under the influence, then was released on his own recognizance. Newland estimated the Corvette was travelling at 35-45 m. p. h. at the time of the accident. No injuries were reported. In other police action: Rochelle Durant of Park City reported that her 1980 Subaru wagon was struck by a hit and run driver Jan. 6, causing $400 in damages to her car. The accident occurred oc-curred sometime alter 10 p.m. while her car was parked at 584 Main Street. The police are investigating in-vestigating a suspect in a hit and run accident that occurred oc-curred Jan. 9 at 224 Norfolk Ave. Wendy Miller of Park City reported to police that her 1977 Honda Civic had been struck a number of times while it was parked, causing more than $1,500 in two people), you can rent one of the Hot Spa's four rooms, equipped with spa, shower, stereo and telephone. Each room is tastefully decorated in redwood, red-wood, with indirect lighting. Two of the rooms are completely com-pletely enclosed except for a one-way window with a view of the Park City Resort. The other two have access to private, fenced-in patios. For the individual who doesn't mind sharing with a few strangers, there's the 12-person 12-person community spa available for $4.50 per person per-son (for as long as you can stand the 104 degree water ) . Meehan suggests that you call in advance if you want one of the private rooms. He hopes to arrange a package deal with property management companies, offering of-fering discounts and group rates. But he does not intend to cater exclusively to tourists. "I plan on being here year 'round and serving the local people as well as the tourists," he says . Although an exact date has not been selected, The Hot Spa will open during the week of Jan. 19. in Hell? Resort upper intermediate and expert ex-pert skiing now serviced by the Jupiter lift; the Pioneer Ridge Chairlift near the Walker Webster Mine, with the top terminal near the top of the Thaynes lift, opening skiing to Blueslip Bowl and several new intermediate and expert runs; and the Coalition West lift, a triple chair which will transport skiers from the Coalition Building on Park Avenue to the Mid-Mountain Lodge. (The Coalition West still needs city approval. ) What would a financially disasterous ski season do to those plans? "It sure doesn't help," Jones said. "It's too early to say that it will stop our plans. ...last year we finished with a big season, despite a slow start. "Right now, our feeling is to just do the best we can," Jones said. "This company has really rallied people are busting their butts and they have a good attitude. We've got people skiing here and having fun, getting a little lit-tle sun on their face.. .and it's not crowded. "We know that some families have spent $1,000 to get here, $1,000 for accommodations, accom-modations, $16 a day for a ski ticket and $15 for a steak, and the skiing is not good. We don't blame them for feeling bad, and we feel bad, but there's nothing we can do. We could close, but there would be more complaints, and think what it would do to the town." Although there's just 21 inches in-ches of snow at the summit, ski school lessons are going like hot cakes, and there's a Town Race today on Clementine for diversion. Jones said the weather forecasting service and the Farmer's Almanac both predict snow by the end of January. Until then, don't use your new skis, watch out for the rocks and ice, and do the best damn snow dance you know how. damages. An autopedestrian accident ac-cident resulted in only a bruised knee for Evanston, Wyo., resident Bobby Lloyd Jan. 11. Park City resident Ralph Garner, driving a 1981 Chevrolet El Camino, apparently ap-parently struck Lloyd as he pulled into the dark parking lot at the Resort Center. The accident occurred just alter 2a.m. Ross Bampton of Park City reported that the left rear window of his 1980 Scirocco was broken last week when it was parked on Mai Street near the Treasure Mountain Inn. The police said the window appeared ap-peared to have been shot with a pellet or B.B. gun. Damages were estimated at $."o. -Michael Massey ol Snowbird was arrested for aggravated assault Jan. lo alter he apparently slashed Bruce Douglas Matthews ol Park City with a knife in an altercation at The Club on Main Street. Matthews received slight cuts to the chin and throat and required no first aid. Massey was taken to the Coalville jail, with bail set at $1,000. Shelley Christiansen reported the theft of gas and jumper cables from her -u- Miscreants Beware: Police To Add Four If you were thinking of breaking the law, watch out. Park City is about to hire four new police officers. To provide better service to the community and to give officers back-up assistance, the city voted to expand its police force. Once the word was out, the applications poured in 100 of them, and from as far away as Texas. To cut the applicants down to a manageable number, Police Chief Mike Crowley said the eligibility was limited to those persons who were certifiable in Utah and had four years experience. To screen the remaining candidates, a six-person citizen board was formed and a set of controlled questions were put to each . applicant during personal interviews. in-terviews. The board members mem-bers ranked the candidates, and gave their recommendations recommend-ations to Crowley. The chief said he is doing further investigations in-vestigations on each applicant, ap-plicant, and plans to chose four new officers this week. Once selected, Crowley said the officers will begin work Feb. 1 at a salary of $10,050 and will be on six months probation. "Hiring these officers is not a luxury, it's a necessity," Crowley said. "Right now, few of the officers of-ficers can take their two-week two-week vacations because OUR 1 OTH YEAR mi yAll Dinners Include StjL Bonanza Salad Bar Xi' f Seasoned Rice Hot Rolls & Butter Partial Menu Top Sirloin 8 oz. 7.95 I Top Sirloin 1 1 oz. 8.95 1 I Teriyaki Sirloin 8.50 I London Broil 7.95 I Beef and Bird 6.95 Chicken Cordon Bleu 6.95 I Fresh Snapper 5.95 I 1 Shrimp Scampi 9.95 f Halibut 7.95 Seafood Boat 9.95 Steak & Sea Combo 12.50 ur 4& St 10th Year Jfjf parked in the lot at the Homestake condominiums sometime during the night of Jan. 6. The items were valued at $20. On Jan. 9, Mary Demkowicz, also of the Homestake condos, reported that gas had been siphoned from her car, and that four other cars had been relieved of their gas, although further complaints have yet been filed. Two signs worth $150 were stolen from in front of The Club on Main Street sometime during the night of Jan. :t. The wooden signs were hanging, and usually were put inside the building at night. Betty Anne Cat ley of Park City reported the theft ol a Nikon camera and flash worth $:ro, and a sweater worth $5(1 from the Resort plaza about 1 p.m. Jan. 7. She told police she left them on a chair while she was eating. When she got home, she realized she'd left the items behind, hut they were gone when she returned to the plaza. - Rolert Home ol No. ( Three Kings Condo was robbed rob-bed of an RCA color television and a fox throw rug sometime between Jan. 8 and lo The TV was valued at Stain, ami the lox rug at $8ou we're understaffed. And it should reduce the stress on the force, knowing someone else is in the field that can respond. In the past, when something happens, you're the only swinging dick out there, and you have to call and get someone out of bed. In some cases, we've had to weigh arresting someone and taking them to Coalville against leaving the community com-munity unprotected." The new officers will increase in-crease the force to 12, including in-cluding Crowley. Joe Offret will remain patrol sergeant, and Lloyd Evans will head the investigative unit. To fill the gap made when Lt. Detective Rob Berry resigned last month to take a post with the Summit County Sheriff's Office, Crowley intends in-tends to rotate the remaining nine officers. Crowley said those patrolman interested in investigative in-vestigative work will work with Evans for up to 45 days, beginning with the senior officer. of-ficer. 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