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Show Page A12 Thursday, October 29, 1981 The Newspaper ni ii ii ini ini ini inr mi The Irish Camel Ltd. NFL Football Big Screen Tube 1st Pitcher Vz Price Monday Nights X ? NOW OPEN 6-11 Serving the finest Mexican food and Char Broiled Burgers 5 ' wmmmm Mil FITS ITALIAN 8ESTAUBANT f Ki m. " 7 days a 412 Main 649-821 ni II 11 f- IL M II I JL II Park Ave. PaldforbyCPAC week Street I 1 Office Space For Lease in 614 Main St. Building Will build to suit. Contact Donna or Bonnie, 649-9066. B. H IL. CDCZICZ DEAR VOTER: Are you down, worn and fed up with: Land Deals Rising Taxes Low (no) Water Bloated City Government and Excuses, Excuses, Excuses VOTE FOR A CHANGE! LARREMORE MAYOR BARCAL DECKER CITY COUNCIL Monday-Sunday 5:30-11:00 434 Main Street 649-6645 Take Out Available BE 3G3E 30E OQOQCJCZ3D fi Poor Roads iar "Igh- -at CD DO DO DO DCZDCDCD 1 out 649-7241 Reschke Fired Summit County Health Department officer Bob Reschke said this week that his handling of a recent food seminar has been shrouded in distortion and misrepresentations. County Health Director Frank Singleton fired Res-shke Res-shke last week, saying that he (Singleton) had been kept in the dark about financial handling of the seminar and the use of guest speakers. But Reschke told The Newspaper News-paper Monday, that Singleton Single-ton had been familiar with both those aspects. Reschke also denied Singleton's Sin-gleton's charges that he (a) sent out an unauthorized letter instructing restaurateurs restau-rateurs on a new food handling program, and (b) used the seminar to promote a private business he was involved in. The former health officer also denied that the seminar had gotten an apathetic response from attendees, especially local food handlers. hand-lers. "I have over 40 favorable favor-able critiques in writing," he said. Thirteen local restaurants restau-rants were represented at the session. "Of 66 restaurants restau-rants in town, 18 have been, closed for several months,'- PCHS students 1 ace poetry fest Four out of six ain't bad. Out of almost 350 students who competed last Thursday at the Utah State University Poetry Festival, six received superior-outstanding ratings in both rounds of competition. com-petition. And four of those came from Park City High School. According to an elated Brenda Bensch, drama and forensics coach at the school, the Park City contingent con-tingent received lavish praise from the festival judges. Bob Keschke fires back he said. That means about 25 percent of the town's active eating places were represented represen-ted at the seminar. Other local restaurateurs did not attend, he said, because they are absentee owners, or they are the sole proprietors of their eating places. "We did not guarantee perfection," he said. "This was the first time out for this seminar. And things could have been done a little differently. But it was not a failure." Singleton said the seminar's semin-ar's financial methods were unorthodox because Reschke was paying seminar bills out of his own pocket and that seminar fees were allegedly made out in checks to Reschke personally. Reschke said he had long ago told Singleton and the Summit County Commis-. sioners he would handle any deficits from the seminar. The event was planned so that any expenses from the seminar would be paid for by registration fees from the participants. The fee money,.-he money,.-he said, went into a special ; county health account managed man-aged by Singleton. "But I Listed among the top six in the poetry-reading competition com-petition were local students Robin Friedman, Colyn Adamson, Korey Lewis and Wade Wallin. Also among the top competitors, with superior ratings in both rounds, were Amy and Jimmy Jim-my Finegan. Poetry readings focused on humorous and light verse. "It was the biggest turnout for the poetry festival that they've had for years, possibly ever," Mrs. Bensch said. Park Sity Furniture Look for us at our new location: -1300 Hwy. 248E; VVf ' v - -vol told them that any overrides would be my responsibility," he said. After the seminar, Reschke Res-chke said, he received information in-formation that the fees were indeed not enough to cover expenses. "The overrides were obvious." he said. "And I am a man of my bond." Since then, he said, he has paid some of the bills, including the charge for an ad run by The Newspaper. Reschke said he had no idea the total amount of money the seminar may have to pay off, because he has not been contacted on that by Singleton. "I have called him up to find out on several occasions," said Reschke. (Singleton, in turn, told The Newspaper last week that finances were so disorganized he may not know for months whether the seminar has lost money or made money.) Reschke said he was aware of at least $900 in checks and money orders he had received as fees, had endorsed, and had turned over to. Singleton. "There's fiome.checks payable to me, but only a couple," he said. "Most are made out to Summit County Health De- partment," or "Bob Reschke and the Summit County Health Department." iJbe fflrtJieijiiBspecJtgrJ said he has formed a'firm called Delta Plus and Associates. He would not comment extensively about it to The Newspaper, but flatly denied Singleton's allegation that he was passing around Delta business cards during the seminar. "That's an ab--solute falsehood," he said. "I was passing out cards for the county health department." Another point of controversy con-troversy is a letter, dated July 27 from the health department, that told food handlers to get ready for a permit program starting Nov. 1 that requires a TB skin-test and a stool specimen spec-imen from food workers. The letter was sent, apparently, before the program was The Emporium considered by the county health board. Singleton told The Newspaper News-paper last week that the letter was sent on Reschke's initiative. Reschke now contends con-tends in rebuttal that the letter, which was unsigned, had Singleton's full knowledge. know-ledge. ' Reschke said the letter was an advisory, not an order. However, the language lan-guage seems stronger than that, since it advises that ..."...commencing 1 November, Novem-ber, 1981, the Summit County Health Department shall require that all persons ... in a food service establishment ... possess a food handlers permit." "I can't comment on the sternness of the letter," said Reschke, "but I can tell you it was based on a program Frank used to have in Greenwich (Connecticut)." A final controversy involves invol-ves the use of out-of-state speakers. Was the county health director properly informed in-formed about them, and did they add unexpected costs to the seminar?JReschke's answer an-swer was "Yes" and "No." Singleton was aware that two of the speakers environmental en-vironmental specialist James Steele and lawyer DeAnne Fisher were being sought, he contended. Both had room bills'. 9a4rf the Pr6peetop SquartF.rttlat are part of the county's bill, but Reschke said he paid for their plane fare. Two other speakers from the Navy were brought in on his and Singleton's initiative, he said.' The Navy paid their expenses. And another speaker was sponsored by the Utah Restaurant Association, Asso-ciation, said Reschke. "I don't know who paid for her," he said. Reschke said he has asked to meet with the Summit County Commission to present pre-sent his side of the story. "But it is not my intention to make this into a verbal shoot-out at the OKCorral for the sake of copyright," he added. - 1 |