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Show Page A6 Thursday, April 15, 1982 The Newspaper 3rd floor 6l4MAINST. Park city, utah Elwell case ends with parting shots 8 Utah Artists Loujene Carter Merril Hamilton Stephen Hedgepeth Jay Hennefer Ken Lind Randall Lake Nancy Lund Francis Zimbeaux Open Mon. thru Sat. 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sunday 12:00 - 6:00 p.m. A Take a step up to the finest in fine art 649-6624 n The legal case of former educator John Elwell against the Park City School District is dead. Superintendent Superinten-dent Richard Goodworth said no further legal action was possible. Elwell, former principal of Marsac School, fought his 1977 termination by the school board all the way to the Utah Supreme Court. The last legal action took place about eight months ago when the Utah high court refused to review the decision deci-sion it had made favoring the school board in February, 1981. Elwell and his attorney, Kathryn Collard, had 90 days thereafter to attempt an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, said the district's attorney, Oscar McConkie, Jr., but they were not successful. "They didn't have a ghost of a chance," said the lawyer. "There are 5,000 appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court every year, and from that they write 150 opinions." The law was clear, he said, that Elwell had been discharged dis-charged properly. Elwell, talking to The Newspaper from California, said, "Kathryn told me an appeal would take $5,000 more, and we'd be on a two to three-year waiting list. And with the climate of the Reagan administration, in favor of states' rights, it wouldn't likely turn over the Utah decision." Elwell sued after the school board, in June of 1977, declined to renew his contract, con-tract, citing him for insubordination. insubor-dination. "He had this academic aca-demic notion that a principal should be able to cuss out his bosses as often as he wants to," said McConkie. "Well, he can, but the bosses don't have to continue hiring him. The former principal, meanwhile, said e had merely asked questions about such topics as the building of the Middle School. "Goodworth re-interpreted that to the board as me fighting them. He and McConkie have distorted this thing throughout the process. After a hearing in Third District Court, where Judge Dean Conder ruled for the school board, the case went to the Utah Supreme Court last February. The court voted 4-1 against Elwell, but a dissent by Justice Richard Maughn later caused another judge to change his vote, and it moved attorney Collard to ask the high court for a re-hearing. Maughn contended that, contrary to state statute, Elwell was not given written cause for his termination. A letter listing seven complaints com-plaints against Elwell was composed by Goodworth, and was not reviewed or approved by the board. Added Elwell, "In court" testimony, the board members mem-bers said they had never made these findings. Good-worth Good-worth took some very vague complaints and cited them."' Attorney McConkie, however, how-ever, said that isn't true. "The findings were the board's," he said. "I came into the case at this point. Superintendent Goodworth and I were directed by the board to draft this letter." He said the state Supreme Court refused to re-hear Elwell's case because, "he had no new facts to justify it. Just because a judge dissents, dis-sents, that's no reason for another hearing." Concluded Goodworth, 'It's not ahistory-setting case. Employees have the right to pursue legal remedies, rem-edies, if theyw ant, but this case shouldn't have gone to court. It was a waste of school district funds." After five years, Elwell said, he can't make a living at education. "I'm unemployed. unem-ployed. I've applied for about 200 jobs." He said he has been blackballed, due in part to a critical letter issued by Goodworth. "I stood up like a good American. But the system failed," he said. In Utah government, "the attitude is you shouldn't sue the school board and cost the taxpayers money." CMitfinni!iidl ffn(D)inni Avalanche from 1 pile of snow, and they raced down to dig him out. They were helped in their search by the Pieps radio transmitterreceivers transmit-terreceivers which each carried. An alarm was relayed to the Park City Ski Area, and a helicopter called in from Salt Lake. Another helicopter and crew came in from Snowbird. About 20 minutes after the avalanche, Dollhausen was free. He had no serious injuries. "I came out all right ... I just felt like a stranger. It was a new zone for me ... I'd never been in that realm before." At this writing, Dollhausen hasn't been back out, but he says he will. Although he's had several days to think about it, he doesn't know what he could have done to anticipate the avalanche. "Even though things look like they're safe and you do everything you know, it still isn't safe. It's just never safe." n ok i 1 Wf Turn back a THE CLOCK TO . . . 1. YESTERDAY'S ELEGANCE Trawl hack in time-to an era of elegance and lower prices. Quality accommodations at reasonable prices don't have to be a thing of the past. Park Hotel, soon to he built in the heart of Park City's historic district, is a timeshare condominium con-dominium project designed in the manner of a fine hotel with congenial atmosphere and quality service. Park Hotel recalls the days of the silver barons with its look of elegance and its emphasis on serving the needs of its guests. 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The space is planned for vacationers with small areas of useful storage space. A fireplace parlor centrally located on each floor provides a pleasant place for entertaining enter-taining friends and meeting other guests. Each one bedroom unit is fully furnished by an interior designer in turn-ol'-the-century style with brass beds. Tiffany-style lamps, hardwood floors and paterned carpets. Kitchens are furnished with all the necessary conveniences, right down to the pots, pans and tahle settings. Maid service and a 24-hour switchboard provide pro-vide the pleasant extras of hotel living. Slip downstairs down-stairs to the restaurant for dinner. The hotel also has an intimate full-service bar near the restaurant restau-rant for predinner. or apres-ski socializing. The lower level includes a health club with exercise equipment. Jacuzzi and a cold plunge. YESTERDAY'S PRICES Park City. A year-round resort Park City's fame has changed from silver to snow in the last two decades, and its popularity popular-ity as a ski center with three resorts is well-known. well-known. Cross-country skiing is a natural here with wide expanses of open country to explore. When the snow melts. Park City's appeal changes from winter sports center to mountain retreat. "The Park." as oldtimers called Park City, has long been used as a summer escape from the city heat. It's known for cool days, clean air and a relaxed re-laxed atmosphere. Wooden stairways up the steep canyon walls of the town soon put you in tlv. woods surrounding the town. The city's compact nature makes walking walk-ing pleasurable and easy. City Park has tennis courts, picnic tables, playing fields and playground play-ground equipment. Three nearby golf courses offer you a challenging round on the links. Swimming, Swim-ming, tennis, Softball, horseback riding, bicycling, bicycl-ing, windsurfing and sailing (at nearby reservoirs! reser-voirs! are a few of Park City's recreational diversions. diver-sions. Whatever the season. Park City has some thing you'll enjoy. J? 7t PARK HOTEL CONDOMINIUMS U .1 .V V K I: I ! ! I A' V ' V SILVER BONANZA COUPON j PFree Silver Ingots! j ark Hotel Condominiums will give you two I'rte silver i intfols just I" preview uur new timeshare condominiums, i All you have I" do intake advantage of this special offer is at- i tend Hie open house al the Park Motel sales office and listen i lo a short presentation on timeshare ownership. Ahsolutely i Kree No obligation to purchase ! Act Now Act now and save even more! Because the Park Hotel is being specifically designed lor timesharing. Park Hotel condominiums con-dominiums are already one of the best vacation buys in the Park City area. Hut if you act now. you can save even more. I Hiring our presale period a limited number of timeshare units will be offered for i""" oil Ihc completed sales price. I ion'! p.i.v up this unique oppoi Uinily- call or I 1 hat ' riiihl- tii'v Mow ihe m, kct value ol an ient timeslnirc units in I'.irk lily. There are a limited numlvr ot presale units available. Save4f i J Open House: Nimn to 7 p.m. daily 849 X!ot. In- t cated on lower Main at 5X8 Mam Street. Please call lo re serve yiur silver inputs and set a convenient time to visit us. Klitfihility Guarantee Yu must k .'I vejr l or nldt-r jnd tu Ik rmpltivvd ll married, hnlh hushind and will must attend pre I M-nldtinn One 'Iv' I'W't P' per v hi. twnper pn-stiitjlinn I'revi j "Un rmpifilts inrliHihU- Offer t-xpirrs Mjv 2, I WW l To receive your silver bonanza you must bring j this coupon with you. i i i i I'll hSi; rDi Main Street Park OH. I tali Miw MSI X!M I But he thinks the full moon may have had something to do with it. "It's the latest thing in avalanche (prediction). A lot of slides release during the full moon ... You might want to say the full moon was shining the wrong way." Ray Lyman, assistant snow safety director at the Park City Ski Area, did an analysis of the avalanche (called a crown-face profile) the following day. He estimates the slide was about 50 yards wide, traveled about 150 yards into the bowl, leaving a pile (or "deposition") six to 15 feet deep. Lyman tested the snow at the south end of the bowl. "I found no substantial weak layer or slick running surface." sur-face." But a test of the snow at the north end told a different story. "I found a one-quarter-inch-thick melt-freeze melt-freeze layer." Lyman said the avalanche was the "soft slab" variety, touched off when Dollhausen skied into the unstable northern nor-thern end of the bowl. He explained ex-plained that an unstable slab can store a great deal of energy, and the crack triggered by Dollhausen quickly "propagated" into the more stable area, wiping out many of the skiers' previous tracks. Lyman doesn't dismiss the possible influence of the moon on the slide. He said some snow safety personnel take it very seriously. "When the slide took off, it was in the high-point window of the tidal effect," he said. "The moon definitely has an effect on the ocean. Why shouldn't it have an effect on the snow?" Deer Valley from 1 Miiller said he was pleased with the entire employee program, which had very little lit-tle turnover during the winter. win-ter. He said employees were accepting of the resort's rules and regulations, but some changes will be needed. ; A sales and marketing study conducted throughout the winter showed that 85 percent of Deer Valley's customers came through personal referral word-of-mouth. Media advertising may be eye-catching, Miiller explained, but when it comes right down to choosing a place to ski, customers will go on what they've heard from others. From that premise, Miiller Miil-ler said, comes Deer Valley's Val-ley's goal of pleasing customers. custo-mers. "Anyone with the resources resour-ces can go out and build a ski area, but it's the people who operate it who make the difference. dif-ference. Edgar Stern (owner of the resort) has the resources, resour-ces, but he also has the desire and sensitivity to do it a certain way. Stern's policy, Miiller said, is, "Do the best you can, and I'll supply you with the resources." Lift tickets : $23 An all-day adult lift ticket at Deer Valley will cost $23 next year an increase of $3 over this past year's ticket price. However, five-ticket coupon books will be available for $85, or $17 per pass, it was announced this week by John Miiller, executive vice president of the resort. The all-day rate for children under 12 and senior citizens will be $15. For afternoon skiing, after 1 p.m., adults will pay $15 and children and senior citizens, $11. The coupon books are being offered in a move to attract at-tract more local and regional residents, Miiller said. "We don't want to become a weekend ski area, but we do want more local skiers we need that support and that business." Deer Valley's season pass, a "gold pass" which is tranferable and good for any day of the year, will be available for the 1982-83 season for a cost of $1,150, an increase of $150. Gafituxz ttiz Gountxy cSfiixit" i'f.S.L.C- Hi MM ss ( ,U : li RMs miKs II III RHIAOS POSTERS A I I RINM, lAHIIs hH.Ws MAIIIks I'M Is lVI'tSHIINC DESIGN I ilsll P K I N T I N CTERS SINC III 1 1 Kill Al is HI sIMss t AKDs IMIRs HKlK MURES FORMS POSTFRS ADURINM, AMI is h,()s uaIIIKs mis TYPESETTING DESIGN MVLRS IIKlH III Kl I, ; ') - ') () J 4 ERHEADS POSTERS MAIIIRS I'M Is AOUKIMM, I s , ()(,()S 1 ABELS TYPESETTING |