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Show Grand jury gets extension The Newspaper Thursday, January 7, 1982 Pace A5 If necessary, the grand jurors now can meet until the end of March. ' Summit County Clerk Reed Pace said an order was received in Coalville Monday which extends the grand jury session for an additional three-month period. The order or-der was signed by eight of the 11 Third District Court judges who originally called for the impanelment of the grand jury on Oct. 26 to look into four problem areas in Park City. The grand jury was impaneled im-paneled while Bryant Croft was serving as Summit County's Third District Court judge, and it was to be dissolved when his six-month session ended Dec. 31. However, How-ever, the law provides that the jury sessions can be extended for additional three-month periods. Judge Ernest Baldwin, who replaced re-placed Croft, said that, if necessary, the jury could be given another extension after af-ter March. The focus of the weekly meetings of the grand jurors has been kept secret. However, How-ever, the jurors have been ordered to look into the illegal use, sale or distribution dis-tribution of drugs in Park City; possible conflicts of interest in the city administration; adminis-tration; whether any law enforcement agent has been involved in illegal conduct; and any illegal conduct relating to the issuance of building permits. Salt Lake attorney Charles Marson has been named the special prosecutor for the seven-member grand jury, replacing David Yocum. Yocum 'recently resigned, citing a lack of time to devote to the investigation. Serving as special investigator inves-tigator for the jury is Ralph Jones, the former head of the Utah Peace Officer' Academy. Acad-emy. City Manager Arlene Loble said Monday that Jones has asked that certain documents be turned over to him to facilitate the investigation. inves-tigation. Loble commented that the city is anxious to cooperate, but asked Jones to minimize his impact on daily operation. "They need access to city records, but we said, 'Please New Middle School programs offer options for nonskiers by John Sundquist The Carl E. Winters Middle Mid-dle School will continue its ski-oriented winter sports program this year as in the past. But this year the school will offer alternative athletic courses under closer educational edu-cational supervision. This is aimed at curbing previous abuses on the slopes by unattended students and at the same time provide selected selec-ted sports courses for the remaining nonskiing student body. The winter program on Tuesday afternoons will start January 12 and continue contin-ue for nine weeks. According to Middle School Principal Brian Schiller, it will involve the entire school population. "This is a school-sponsored educational program that takes place during the school day. I expect all students to be in attendance. The only reason anyone will be excused is with a reasonable reason-able request from home." In the past there has been an organized ski program, but not all students were involved. Consequently there were unsupervised students at the resort and at the school. To correct this situation, sit-uation, Schiller asked the Board of Education to allow an expanded version to be has been very cooperative," said Schiller. "They want a quality program. They want the past situation corrected from a free afternoon of skiing to a tightly-guided experience for the students. They were concerned that in the past too many students were abusing the program." Because there are some good student skiers at the middle school, it has been said they could not receive the kind of instruction desired. de-sired. But Schiller says this is not the case. "We feel there is no student who will not benefit from instruction. There are some advanced skiing lessons les-sons to interest the most experienced skiers we have." The ski program will take place at the Park City Ski Area. The instructors will be from the resort and the group of 12 students will be taught a broad range of skills. Offered as alternatives to downhill skiing are courses in cross-country skiing, tennis, ten-nis, swimming, racquetball, bowling, and ice skating. The cross-country skiing will be held at the White Pine Ski Touring Center on the city golf course. It will be taught by White Pine in structors and include survival sur-vival techniques. The tennis classes will be given at the Racquet Club by club pro Al Johnson. The swimming and racquetball rac-quetball will be at the Prospector Athletic Club. Mr.Ancell, a certified water instructor will teach swimming swim-ming and the club personnel will supervise the racquet-ball. racquet-ball. The bowling will be at the Memorial Building, supervised super-vised by school staff, and the ice skating will take place at the Park Station Ice Rink under the instruction of Ann Bowman, assistant director of the Recreation Department. Depart-ment. Schiller says there will be a scholarship program available avail-able for those students who are not able to pay the fees. "No student will be excluded ex-cluded from the selected course because of lack of money. Money will be provided pro-vided to make up any difference." Supervising along with the professional instructors will be members of the middle school staff. The teachers will be rotated if they are not assigned to a permanent course," says Schiller. "The program is all set up except for making a few confirming telephone calls to instructors and facilities." don't shut us down and take them away,'" said Loble. "Instead, they have accepted accep-ted copies of some of our documents. And Jones, a CPA and two assistants are now working out of Marsac (School) to make things easier." Loble said that Jones has been interested primarily in city ordinances and meeting minutes from the past three years. She said that, to her knowledge, no city official or employee has been asked to appear before the grand jury. "I still don't have a clue as to what they're looking for," she said. According to County Clerk Reed Pace, the jury has been meeting every Tuesday since it was impaneled. He commented that "an awfully lot" of people have been seen sitting in the hallway outside the Summit County courtroom court-room in Coalville, but he said he didn't know if all had been called to appear before the jury. Pace said his biggest concern is how to budget for the jury session. He said he has set aside $25,000 in this fiscal year's budget to offset the cost of the special prosecutor, investigator, the seven jurors, a court reporter repor-ter and witnesses. "I had to fly blind in coming com-ing up with a budget," said Pace. He said country residents resi-dents will foot most of the bill, although a special governor's fund may help offset the cost of prosecutor Marson, who is paid $35 an hour, and investigator Jones, who receives $25 an hour. "We're still working on their payment," said Pace. "We pay the original bill, then send it to the state and hope they'll pay." IPqpHnce IHiep(Dritt A new rendition of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" was played at Janeaux's Restaurant Res-taurant Dec. 29 when a disagreement over a cigar turned into a fist fight. According to a report by Park City police officer Al Allen, Ken Sitzberger, his wife Jeanne and Robert Mann were dining in the main Street restaurant when they i .became J anaoyed -by cigar smoke coming from a nearby table. Sitzberger claimed in a statement that repeated requests by himself, him-self, Mann and the restaurant res-taurant manager that the smoker put out the cigar were ignored. When the table of smokersRoy smo-kersRoy Carbone, his wife Jenny and Lloyd Pankey got up to leave, said Sitzberger, Sitzber-ger, disparaging remarks were made about Mrs. Sitzberger. Sitzberger pulled Pankey's scarf to draw him closer to the table, he said, and Carbone punched him in the face. Mann then apparently ap-parently jumped to Sitzber-ger's Sitzber-ger's aid, pulling one of the men into the vestibule to continue the fight. According to various witness wit-ness reports, Sitzberger kicked Carbone several times, and spit on his wife. Both Carbone and Pankey were treated for minor injuries at the Park City Health Clinic after Officer Allen and male employees of the restaurant broke up the fight. Lavell Fors, a supervisor super-visor for the Culp Construc tion Company, reported to police that $1,000 worth of ceramic tile was damaged at a construction site in Deer Valley on Dec. 28. Investigating Inves-tigating officers said the tile appeared to have been damaged with a blunt instrument. in-strument. Nearly $500 worth of camera equipment and ski clothing was reported stolen Dec. 29 by George Lundiff of Austin, Texas. A Nikon camera, a 28mm lens, ski pants, sweaters and T-shirts were taken from Lundiff's car, which was parked in the underground lot of the Shadow Sha-dow Ridge condominiums. Officers at the scene said the passenger's door appeared to have been opened with a coat hanger, since the rubber rub-ber moulding around the door was damaged. Pennsylvanian Russel Schleiden told police that a wallet and $500 in cash were stolen from his Snowflower rental unit on Dec. 30. The wallet contained traveler's checks and credit cards. In addition, about $8 worth of silver coins were taken from a hallway closet. The police said there were no signs of forced entry, and they are looking into the possibility that a key was used in the theft. The snowy weather in the last 10 days has made driving in Park City hazardous, hazar-dous, and several accidents have been reported. Among the most costly were two which occured Dec. 30. A 1974 Chevrolet pick-up owned by the Park City School District was rear-ended rear-ended on Highway 248 by a 1979 Dodge Omni driven by Corinne Johnson of Heber. Brian Maack, the driver of the pick-up, apparently stopped stop-ped to make a left hand turn when Johnson plowed into the back of him, causing $600 in damages. The damages to Johnson's car were estimated es-timated at $2,000. The police said the highway was icy and it was snowing at the time of the accident. That same day, Rodney Littlefield of Sandy avoided an accident with another vehicle, but struck a utility pole, causing $2,000 worth of damages to the Mountain Bell truck he was driving. According to Littlefield, he was driving north on Park Avenue when he attempted to stop for a car turning onto 8th Street. When he couldn't stop, he veered to the right and slid into the pole. No injuries were reported. Utah powder has the reputation of being light, but according to R. Ann Allred of Highland Estates, it was heavy enough to break a windshield. Allred said that on Dec. 30, snowplow crew members asked the employees em-ployees at the China Bridge Restaurant in the Holiday Village Mall to move their cars to facilitate snow removal. re-moval. Allred apparently didn't move her car, and later found that plows had piled the snow on it, breaking her windshield. The value of the window was placed at $250. City Council Upcoming Agenda Meeting to be held 5 p.m., Jan. 7, Memorial Building. 1 - 3 p.m. Work Session - Business License Ordinance Time-share Ordinance Land Use Provision Only 3 - 5 p.m. Work Session Annexation Policy 5 Public Hearing Time-share Ordinance Regular Meeting 6 Executive Session - Purchase and Sale of Land AGENDA I ROLL CALL PUBLIC HEARINGS Time-share Ordinance - Land Provision Only II MINUTES OF MEETING OF DECEMBER 17, 1981 III APPROVAL OF VERIFIED BILLS AND PRIOR CHECKS WRITTEN IV PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS 1 . Request from London Hill Associates to operate a 1-day auction for the sale of antiques at the Holiday Inn, the last week in January. Request from Benson's Hayrides & Sleighrides on the City Golf Course COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS FROM COUNCIL COUN-CIL RESIGNATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS 1 . City Council Liaison to the Planning Commission. 2. VI 2. Appointment of City Recorder - Marlene Olson 3. Appointment of City Attorney - Thomas Clyde 4. Appointment of one member to the Recreation Rec-reation Advisory Board - Marilyn Tate, for a term of two years, effective January 1, 1982 5. Appointment of one member to the Board of Adjustments to fill unexpired term of Carol Calder to February 1983. Appointment of one member of the Planning Commission as representative to the board. VII ORDINANCES 1. Establishing a regular meeting date for the City Council for 1982. 2. Ordinance establishing a moratorium on receipt and approval of plans for construction in the HCB zone south of Heber Avenue for Buildings over 28 feet high for 3 months. 3. Amendment to the ordinance extending the time-share moratorium until February 15, 1982 VIII UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1. Approval of 4th amendment and restatement of agreement between Park City Municipal Corporation Cor-poration and Deer Valley Resort Company Ohe finest lievts in VarW City : I L I - at AlH t -itJH I i-m r-r. i.nh irin;:j.i...3.- )U r tm 4-1... - - :yw r k 2 units available on Rossi Hill. 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