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Show The Newspaper Thursday, July 30, 1981 Page A3 Bluegrass great, thanks to all Editor: Once again, a big "thank you" is in order to the many volunteers who donated their time to the Park City Bluegrass Festival, held July 24, 25 and 26. Thanks to volunteers Tika Beard, Patty and Joe Murray, Lauri Reba, Sue Hillman, Barbara May, Debbie, Mark and Carl Kasper, Suzette Ahrendt, Peggy Suermann, Kym Collester, Gayle Parson, Barbara Nos, Nancy Matthews, Marilyn Mayer, Anita Burris, Sharon Brown, Debbie Cunetto, Evette Snyder, Scarlett Newton, Elaine Streger, Valerie Zuck-er Zuck-er and Sandy Jensen. Special thanks to Wayne Putman for organizing our foot and horse security patrol, and to those who took the time to trailer horses and patrol the ridges: Jan Sylvester, Ken Clausen, Glen Pine, Tex Powell, Ed Mechling, Jack Jarman, Linda Serrano, Al Horrigan, Gary Levine, Cathy Morris, Lia Clark, Charlene Nestel, Pam Sandberg, Annette Anderson, Vicki Ross and Matt Merritt. No thanks to the dog that peed on my volunteer list, the culprit to blame for those volunteers who remain anonymous. anony-mous. Finally, thanks to the Shupe Family, festival organizers, Tom Bock of KSL Radio, and Park City Ski Corp., for putting on a much appreciated Fifth Annual Park City Bluegrass Festival. Sincerely, Bonnie Bedford Park City Chamber of Commerce Overreaction by city? Editor: The recent action of the City Manager, Ms. Loble, in the dismissal of some 30 city workers can at best be described as over-reaction. The workers work-ers who walked out obviously believed they had just cause and could find no other way to make their point. That matters were allowed to deteriorate to such a point shows a lack of leadership on both sides nothing and no one will be served by allowing the situation to worsen. The city's honor is not at stake here; there is no need to adopt an attitude so stiff that there is no retreat, no compromise. We have increased the executive city payroll by almost $300,000 since Ms. Loble's arrival presumably that was to give the city leaders and motivators; motiva-tors; Public Works Directors, Planners, Plan-ners, Inspectors and so on; but these people must prove their worth by motivating their people, the people who actually do the work. It all comes back to the old saying: "It's a poor workman who blames his tools." The current city administration has spent thousands of dollars on various projects that do not have public approval yet they press on, secure in the Tightness of their own positions and unwilling to change. I hope the council will stop trying to compare us to everywhere else, Vail, Aspen, Snow-mass Snow-mass and stick to measuring what is Park City. Thomas Hurd High praise My Dear Friends: I would like to thank all of you for your prayers, kindness and positive power you folks sent while I was with my daughter during her near fatal accident. We didn't think at first that she would live. But I feel she would not have made it, had it not been for all of your collective faith. Honor and I would both like to thank you wholeheartedly whole-heartedly for your love and concern. Gratefully, Honor and Lloyd High Striking back on behalf of strikers Editor: Last Tuesday was our day of infamy. When the Public Works employees exercised their right to strike and left their jobs after Loble's final wage offer was deemed unacceptable, the Mayor called them that night and asked them to return to work Wednesday in good faith and that wage negotiations would continue: In good faith, they went back to work, even though they found their time cards all removed. Within an hour they received a letter from Loble countermanding the Mayor and advising the P.W. employees they were fired. Let us take the case of two of those employees, Arvil Price and Bud Henley, who have worked hard and diligently during 12 years of my personal observation and have almost 30 years of combined tenure. Their wage was $6.87 an hour. Loble told them (and others) that they would be cut $.25 an hour, but would continue to receive their same pay; that after 6 months probationary period (ha, ha), if they passed a board's review, they would be increased 5 or $.13 an hour. It doesn't take Einstein to compute that $.13 is only 2 of $6.87, not 5. Yet the city has seen fit to hire another "expert" to do Bud Henley's work in the water dept. and. pay him $22,000 a year plus travel expenses to and from Midway. We recently hired Mr. Lashir at. $30,000 a year. A new position paying over $20,000 a year was created for Leon Uriarte when he finished his term as Mayor. If we abolished these three bureaucratic positions, and the city manager and council efficiently discharged their duties of overseeing and managing our manpower, I have no doubt the city would manage very well. These three saved salaries, plus the 25 of base salaries that fringe benefits cost, would add up to $100,000 that would more than provide a decent living wage for the "lonely" rank and file workers that are being treated like lice that cannot be exterminated fast enough. It is time we saw some intelligent direction instead of arrogance. Mary Lehmer Fire Department thanks citizens Editor: Park City citizens, the Park City Fire Dept. would like to thank you for the support you gave us during the recent burning of the Coalition Building. Many acts of kindness were reported by our various firefighters. We thank you for the support you gave us by detouring away from our water lines and equipment. The woman with the cool water to drink was most appreciated. We wish we knew her name. There were others, among them, the wives of some of our firemen, who brought coffee, milk, juices and donuts as the work of clean up was about to begin. We also appreciated the kind thoughts and expressions of thanks from those who watched us work and those who came by later. May we thank the Park City Police, Taft Security, other law enforcement officers and Holy Cross Ambulance, all who work so well with our department. We are grateful to the firefighters who responded from Coalville, Kamas and Heber, and we understand Henefer was there, too. Thank you for your support. Thanks to the press for their coverage and pictures of the fire and to other photographers who gave us copies of their prints, including Dean Lyras of Universal Pictures who gave TV footage to three TV stations and a donation to our department. Once again, thank you Park City citizens! We appreciate your support. Park City Fire Department Qneonje.;2S; Editor: City Manager of Park City, Arlene Loble, claims that she fired 28 city employees because she had to show them that Park City will not tolerate walkouts. I would like to use this opportunity to set the record straight it is only Arlene who will not tolerate walkouts and strikes for better working conditions. con-ditions. Park City's history is filled with incidents of labor strikes, walkouts, wildcats, sit-downs, and their reasonable settlements. Let me give you an example: Approximately 2 years ago many Park City Municipal workers refused to work because of wage disputes. Like the 28 employees recently fired they refused to work until they could get an audience with someone from City Hall. The then city manager, Wayne Matthews, of Park City came down to the city shops and was able to reach an equitable solution through talking with the employees. Arlene Loble refused us even this simple consideration. Rather than listen to our side, she chose to fire us. By firing the 28 maintenance people, Arlene Loble, in essence, gave the axe to the union as well. One swift swing was all she hoped it would take to get rid of us. It isn't going to be that easy. The hundreds of signatures on our petitions prove the massive local support for us. Arlene's self-serving actions were rash, uncaring, and not in the Park City or American spirit of fair play. For as one supporter said "Even the Communists didn't fire the workers of Poland." One of the "Park City 28" Karen Taft Packy's sore but happy Editor: I would just like to thank everyone who was involved in the Park City Ride & Tie this past July 18th. As always, the event proved to be well organized, exciting.. .and fun for participants as well as spectators. As a participant, I appreciate the time and effort put in by everyone to make sure the event was safe, with all precautionary measures taken, and orderly. ....and just for the record.. .to dispell any rumors that might still be flying around, "no.. ..Bonnie and I did not detour into Finneys for a quick beer on the third loop " we're just slow. I'm now a proud veteran of two Ride & Tie's next year will make three...maybe the third time will be the charm! Thanks again for a great time.... Saddle Sore but satisfied... Packy Longfellow Communications Director O" " L, Give local artists the time they deserve Editor: The Park City Arts Festival coming up August 1st and 2nd is certainly one of our finest moments. This cultural gathering has gained favor and prestige over the years and th; number num-ber of applicants has soared and now come in from all over the United States, not just the West. But there are unhappy rumblings here in Park City. Some of the natives are mad, and rightfully so. In all our pride in the growth and success of this event, I am wondering if we have forgotten the origins of the festival and the true meaning of this local celebration. It was begun twelve years ago by a small group of local artists, most with businesses on Main Street. The festival grew so rapidly and became so popular that the Chamber of Commerce was needed to assume administrative responsibility for the show. And since its birth, the Kimball Art Center has naturally become deeply involved. There is now an annual Arts Festival Director and Arts Festival Committee and a jury of five qualified people who sit in judgement over the many entries, en-tries, which this year exceeded five hundred from as far away as Florida and Illinois. From this wide field, 150 artists have been approved; only six of them are from Park City this year. It was a great idea those Main Street artists ar-tists had 12 years ago, so why the local dropout? We still have a lively and growing local art community but strangely no paintings, graphics, drawings, watercolors or batik creations will be in the show from Park City artists, even though we have wonderful won-derful artists working in these mediums. There has been exciting progress over the years and though we have one of the finest art centers anywhere and a great art festival, the climate for artists ar-tists in general in Park City is not good. I believe it may be because some artists have entree to our institutions and the festival and other good artists do not. This contributes greatly to an unhappy situation. There is always a certain amount of politics in any community, com-munity, but I hope this is not the cause of our continuing problems. In each of the last several years, a number of very talented Park City ar-. tists have been juried out of the show. . Many of these artists are not hackers -or dabblers who decided to jump on the band wagon at the last minute, but rather fine artists whose work is prized and collected. Bad art sticks out like a sore thumb and can easily be weeded out. Another larger number of local artists ar-tists have grown tired of the confusion and controversy and are too apathetic to bother to apply. The Arts Festival is an unqualified success, but this indicates in-dicates serious local problems, and for the last several years I personally have watched the confusion grow. It has not been unsual for an artist to be rejected and if he has enough pride and tenacity to petition for reconsideration, recon-sideration, then be accepted. However, this same artist can have no sense of security he may be accepted or rejected again the next year regardless regard-less of whether he is eminently qualified. There are cases where artists ar-tists have been accepted for several years running and then unaccountably are juried out. This sort of thing shouldn't happen to our own artists once, much less year after year. And the fact that the festival has grown large to the point of unruly cannot justify this treatment. Our local artists are more important to our community than out-of-staters, no matter how large we let the show become. I would not criticize the credentials of the judges, for there will always be as many opinions on art as there are people to view it. However, a firm policy should be established immediately, im-mediately, this year, which would encourage en-courage the participation of qualified local artists and provide a means of separate jurying for this important group. And efforts should be made to reach those artists who have given up due to past inequities in the system. Our art community is part of our town's heritage and character and one of the community's most valuable assets. Some of the P.C. artists juried out are better than those accepted from other states, and many of these people have devoted many hours of time and pieces of their work to enrich the Kimball Art Center and the art community in general. It has also come to my attention that art teachers for the school system have been hired out-of-state when we have qualified applicants here in town. Art related jobs should be filled whenever possible by our own talented locals. This action shows an incredible lack of camaraderie cam-araderie and support for people who are well-trained and eager to work in our own community. Suggestions have been offered by individuals in-dividuals to establish a simple, workable policy for jurying local art work for the festival, but no final action ac-tion has been taken by the committee in charge at the time. Another year must not go by before there is something permanent in writing to pass along to the next committee, guidelines and a straightforward way of assuring local support for local artists. ar-tists. Our people have been treated like out-of-state applicants in that they are asked to submit slides of their work. Slides are difficult to evaluate and it is easy to make mistakes concerning the quality of the work. One has only to walk up and down Main Street on Art Festival days to see quite a few artists whose work is not up to a level we would hope for. A mistake like that would never have to be made with local artists, since they could be judged on actual work submitted, not slides. We don't have to ask for preferential treatment for our fine local artists, just that they be given the time and consideration they deserve for their own art festival, a festival started by artists just like them 12 years ago. Carter Dreyfuss Chamber wants to work with County Commission Editor: The following is a letter to the Summit Sum-mit County Commissioners. Dear Commissioners: The Board of Directors of the Park City Chamber of Commerce would like to commend you for your concern with the safety and well being of persons participating in large public assemblies assem-blies within Summit County. Additionally, Ad-ditionally, we would like to see the Commission entertain a few thoughts from the Park City Chamber, as an organization highly concerned with the success of tourism in our part of the county. July 30 Michael McGrath Marsha Wellever July 31 Dennis Lance Pam Middleton Garry Mears he of Realtors would like to welcome the Annual Rocky Mountain Realtors Conference. In the spring of 1981, the Board of Directors of the Park City Chamber agreed to extend their membership boundaries to be contiguous with those of the Park City School District boundaries. boun-daries. As a result, we have become sensitized to issues involving properties proper-ties outside of our city limits, governed by the county. From a business standpoint, we ask that the Commission consider the special needs of a resort community. Remember, our tax dollars are your tax dollars, too! Park City has reached a point where a business in this town cannot survive on the winter season alone. Summer tourism has become a necessity, and a major function of the Chamber of Commerce has been to promote the Park City area has a four-season four-season resort community. Hand in hand ":Lh our summer promotion comes the Chamber's role as Park City's special events "clearinghouse." And, hand in hand with special events have arisen several solvable problems inherent in the growth of the popularity of these events. The recent passage of the large public assemblies ordinance drew a great deal of attention to our area. In the face of all of this publicity, good or bad, the Chamber would like to commend com-mend Parkwest, the Kimball Art Center Cen-ter and Creative Concerts for their production of a successful summer concert series, in an attempt to bring recognition to the Park City area as a desirable place to be, in both summer and winter. Most important, however, the Board of Directors of the Park City Chamber would like to request that we be given MrdJiday Stars August 1 Marianne McKinney Matt Vola August 2 Nick Mucha Dennis McClure Park City Bean, Moos, Guyette Capson, Morris, McComb Century 2 1 , Park City Properties Coleman Land Co. Gardner Realty Gump & Ayers Mill Creek Realty Mountain Realty Park City Residential & Investment Properties Prospector Development Co. Real Estate Coalition R.S.V.P.,Inc. Skyline Land Co. Snow Country Properties Hal Taylor Associates The Real Property Brokers, Inc. Thomson & Associates Kay Wade Realty July29,30,31 the opportunity to voice our opinion and participate in the decision-making processes that will affect our resort community. In fact, we would like to help modify the current large public assemblies ordinance in order to reflect the needs of convention groups and other entities that will need to abide by that ordinance. We recommend recom-mend that you utilize the Summit County Travel Council representatives, represen-tatives, including Laura Thomas, Bob Wells, Deb Symonds, and Lloyd Stevens, so that we may work wit the commissioners, sheriff's office, and Health Department in making our year-round destination resort more desirable still. Respectfully, The Board of Directors Park City Chamber of Commerce Bill McComb, President Now there's room for condos on concrete Editor: Now, since the total destruction of the Coalition Building, Park City certainly must have ample room for just one more concrete, brick and mortar palace, hotel, motel, condominium, condo-minium, or what have you. Don't you agree? Developers Go for it! C. Ray Lehmer August 4 Lisa Smith Conrad Elliott Marialice Waggoner Board |