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Show Park City News Friday, April 1, 1983 Page A7 E Maiiplkeitpllac OOOOO 0000 0 OOOOO NOFOOLIN' TmniUiHinmnmiinmr WE HAVE THE BEST QUALITY: '"Hill Ill I IV From knives in New England to plants in Park City by Nan Chalat It feels like endless summer sum-mer at the new Mountain Greenhouse in Prospector Square. The air is warm, humid and scented with lilies, herbs, gardenias and ferns. Owners Polly and Chuck Bethke are kept busy misting and watering. The plants are thriving from the attention. Mountain Greenhouse opened just after Valentine's Day in the sand-colored sand-colored brick building on Prospector Drive. The building build-ing and adjacent greenhouse were built to the Bethkes' specifications by contractor AlCoelho. "We were out here skiing last winter and were struck by how friendly everyone was," says Polly Bethke of their decision to leave Massachusetts. Mas-sachusetts. The Bethkes were operating operat-ing a small cutlery manufacturing manufac-turing plant in the central part of the state before moving to Utah. "We have always enjoyed growing things at home and saw a need for a greenhouse in Park City," added Chuck. "We have been really busy building and moving in," he said. "We are just starting to work with decorators and local businesses." They plan to offer plant rentals and maintenance for offices and restaurants. Both Bethkes have studied the art of flower arranging and enjoy assembling bouquets bou-quets for weddings and other special occasions. They work with either real or silk flowers and offer Telefloral service anywhere in the country. The greenhouse is filled with a variety of high and low light plants, some exotic ones from tropical climates and many, including flowering flower-ing cacti, which will flourish -in Park City homes with very little care. "Sometimes we get attached at-tached to plants that are doing really well and it is sort of hard to part with them," said Chuck Bethke. To ease their concerns the Bethkes are happy to share their expertise about each plant's individual needs. In general, they suggest that because of the dry climate and intense sunlight in Park The University of Park City will give you some credit There are no midterms and no final xams just the kinds of real-life working experiences you might need to prepare for life after college. And all for credit. The University of Utah, through the Kimball Art Center, is offering students a chance to earn college credits for volunteer work with several nonprofit Park City organizations. Thirty-six Thirty-six hours of volunteer work during the ten-week spring Recreation Department announces spring calendar In deference to everyone's tendency to travel in the spring, the Park City Recreation Re-creation Department is offering of-fering a variety of mini courses, workshops and clinics clin-ics designed to fit busy schedules. Beginning the week of April 11 there will be classes to suit a wide range of interests from karate to dog obedience. Most of the classes are being offered in response to public demand and early registration is recommended. Shelby Mikkelsen's belly dancing classes, which have been growing in popularity over the last two years, will be offered again beginning April 11. But for those who are more western than eastern oriented, Maureen McKinna will be teaching a country swing dance class Saturday and Wednesday nights beginning April 26. For those trying to get ' A I yy m w if If """" City, most plants need more water than they would elsewhere. else-where. Frequent misting helps to control pests and also keeps the leaves from drying out, they say. For those who have had bad luck with houseplants or who do not have time to tend them, Mountain Greenhouse has an impressive selection of silk plants. They have a silk schefflera that could easily fool a botanist into believing it was real. There quarter, which begins this week, are equivalent to one credit hour at the University. Univer-sity. The credits are listed in two departments Modern Dance, and Recreation & Leisure. The courses can be selected as electives and can be used to fulfill upper division requirements. "It is something that can be put in a resume," says Alan Seko, who is coordinating coor-dinating the program in Park City. "The ready for bathing suit season, sea-son, Mary Jane Bird will be teaching jazz, tap, ballet and aerobic dance classes for adults and children. She has also added a special aerobic clinic to the schedule on April 27 during which she will explain the merits of a variety of aerobic programs. Requests for the CPR certification classes continue to arrive at the Recreation Department office, so Becy Burns will teach her three-hour three-hour course again on April 27. Most of her previous sessions have been filled to capacity. Steve Erickson will lead a spring mountaineering clinic beginning May 11. The course will cover the basics of mountain safety and will include a climb on Mt. Timpanogos May 21. The two previous dog obedience classes taught by Judy Ann Boles were so are several varieties of silk potted trees and hanging plants which never wilt or lose leaves or need water. "They just need to be dusted once in a while," says Mrs. Bethke. For both the real and artificial plants there is a wide variety of brass, clay, and straw pots. They also have a shelf full of books, among which their favorite is Jim Crockett's Indoor Garden. organizations involved, including in-cluding the Art Center, try to assign the volunteers tasks which are fun and educational." The ChamberBureau, the U.S. Ski Team, KPCW, the Egyptian Theatre, the Park City Recreation Department and the Kimball Art Center have all expressed an interest in-terest in working with volunteers. volun-teers. There is a wide variety of positions available for students interested in pupuiar tnai she will start another class on Thursday evenings beginning April 14. Black belt Don Miller will teach four sessions of Kenpo Karate Monday evenings from 7 to 8 p.m. starting April 11. Cathy Correy will instruct moms and kids three to five years old in Kindernastics twice weekly beginning April 8. She also has classes for youngsters six years old and up. Those who can't start April 8 can sign up for the second session beginning May 3. To encourage more people to use the baby grand piano in the Memorial Building lounge, the Recreation Department De-partment has asked Dorothy Reid to offer piano lessons at the Memorial Building. Ms. Reid has taught piano for 20 years. The schedule should keep everyone busy until summer. O This summer, Park City gardeners will be able to purchase bedding plants and shrubs from Mountain Greenhouse. There will be flats of petunias, marigolds and geraniums. According to Mr. Bethke there will also be a nursery for quaking aspens and other high altitude shrubs. And they already have a number of herb starts for those who are anxious to use fresh homegrown ingredients ingred-ients in the kitchen. learning about publicity, public relations, physicial education, costume and set design, and radio broadcasting. broad-casting. "Our (Kimball) volunteer last quarter helped to set up all of the new exhibits," says Seko. "This quarter a lot of the work will involve the Art Festival. It shows what it is like to work for a nonprofit organization." Says Bruce Beers at the Egyptian Theatre, "We try to gear the position to the volunteer's background and interests. Some experience is helpful but not necessary. "Beers explains that there are opportunities to work either backstage or in the office. of-fice. "Someone interested in management would have a chance to learn about foundation foun-dation research and fund-raising." fund-raising." "It is a wonderful program," adds George Ricker of KPCW. "It helps us out and offers some of our volunteers a chance to pick up credits." Those who sign up this quarter could gain experience in news reporting, repor-ting, advertising, accounting or organizing the KPCW library. "Those who need a grade for the course will be graded." 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