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Show lllli fuh i U """ 9K Vol. VIII, No. 35 Thursday, May 19, 1983 Two Sections, 24 Pages r-.,J'Pll'"ll'lfJWMte Dr. Richard Enough by David Hampshire In Park City, where winter sports are synonymous with survival, winter has overstayed its welcome. With the exception of one brief warm spell, May has been acting more like March. Last week, the cii received well over a foot of snow in a four-day period. The Park City Ski Area reported report-ed 14 inches of the white stuff during one 24-hour stretch alone. Another storm hit the area Sunday. On Monday, Mon-day, two weeks after the lifts had closed, a skier could still have cruised to the bottom of the mountain. Meanwhile, the city has been trying valiantly to open the Park City Golf Course. Each effort has been thwarted by another blanket of snow. Local residents who have been counting count-ing the snowflakes since September are starting to suffer from severe cabin fever. Those with the resources to get out of town have done so. On Main Street Tuesday evening, only seven of seventeen restaurants were open. Debbie Symonds, executive director of the Park City ChamberBureau, says the spring migration of locals is the biggest she has ever witnessed. "I don't know of a soul who isn't going somewhere, if only for a long weekend." Symonds found a novel way to begTOT City Park grant request denied . City Planner Jennifer Harrington was notified last week that Park City's request for a $315,000 grant to renovate City Park had been denied. "Of course I was disappointed," said Harrington. "This was an opportune time to use money we had already set aside as a match for the grant." She was refering to $180,000 of library bond money which has been set aside for landscaping. The city had also designated an additional $135,000 to be used to match the state's grant. But since the grant has been denied, that money will revert to the general fund. The library bond money, however, will be used to landscape around the building af planned. According to Harrington, Park City scored high on its request, but there was only A the amount of money which had been available in previous years. Goodworth photo by Nan Chalat. I Park City resic 'am "end to winter escape Park City's endless winter. She joined 60 other people from Utah business circles in a trip to Alaska commemorating Western Airlines' new nonstop service from Salt lake City to Anchorage. You guessed it. The temperature was warmer in Anchorage than it was in Park City. "It was in the 60s on Friday," she said. "It was a gorgeous day." In Park City that day, the temperature tem-perature never moved beyond the low 40s. While the area's human inhabitants could at least stay in the warm, many of the animals were less fortunate. The 2,300 head of sheep owned by Snyder-ville Snyder-ville resident Willis Bittner, recently relieved of their winter wool, tried to find cover in the brush. Bittner's biggest concern was the newborn lambs, without the stamina to tolerate temperatures in the 20s and 30s. Lambing season begins about May 5. "I think we'll come out all right," Bittner said Tuesday. "We haven't lost too many, but we need some heat ... If we could put them in a shed it would help, but they're out in the brush." For cattle rancher Bill Wallin, the late winter means a delay in the date that his animals can leave the barn. "People should have turned the cows Harrington is planning to rewrite the request and to submit it again for next year. "The denial has not changed our master plan for Citv Park, but it certainly says we are a year further back than we wanted to be. We can't go as far as we had hoped," she said. Park Superintendent Bob Johnston said that because of the grant denial there will be very few improvements at City Park this summer. He did say, however, that the department will be working on the Softball infield this week. Other than that, everything is on hold until there is enough money to start completely renovating the park. Harrington added that, although the $135,000 has been reabsorbed into the city budget, "It could still be used for City Park. If that's important to people, they will have to lobby for it. There is not much money left." G(D)fl) Accepts position in Idaho by Nan Chalat At an emergency meeting Wednesday Wednes-day night, Superintendent Richard Goodworth announced his resignation to the Park City Board of Education. Goodworth has held the post for eight and a half years. The announcement came as no surprise to the board members, who had been advised several months earlier by Dr. Goodworth that he was exploring other career opportunities. His decision was made public Wednesday Wednes-day on the heels of an Idaho Falls television broadcast announcing that he had been selected as the new superintendent of Bonneville District 93, which includes 10 schools and more than 6,000 students. Goodworth is expected to assume his new position on Julyl. "I have reached the decision that a professional change may not only be good for me ... but for the district as well," he told the board members. "I think Dr. Goodworth's nine years of service to the district have been very productive and very beneficial to the community," said Gary Avise, president presi-dent of the Park City Board of Education. "He has ushered Park City into a new era of academic excellence." ex-cellence." "It is to his (Goodworth's) credit out to pasture by now," he said. "But there is just no growth ... If the weather doesn't change right away, there won't be anything to go out to." Wallin said that grain crops should have been planted about May 1. "The crops are going to be quite a bit late, probably two or three weeks at this point, and it gets later every day." If this were a normal year, he said, he would have been working outside virtually all day. "But you can't get out on the ground at all. "It's hard to get up in the morning when it's snowing outside and it's the middle of May," he said. "It's depressing." Bill Wallin isn't the only one with the late-winter blues. Teresa Nelson, director of The Prevention Center in Park City, said earlier this week that the demand for counseling services has gone up about 200 percent. But one segment of the population' seems to be oblivious to the lousy weather: kids. According to Sharon Reid, a second-grade teacher at Parley's Park Elementary School, her students are determined to head outside out-side during their precious recess time, come snow or high water. "A lot of times when it's snowing they're out, because they are dressed for it," she said. "They don't care." Teachers, on the other hand, have f I .AJr " """" Visaed ; City Park plans have been postponed but library landscaping wi go ahead as planned. dwortlh to re g that he has coordinated the replacement replace-ment of depression-era facilities with modern schools. He not only coordinated co-ordinated the necessary bond issues but also oversaw the actual construction construc-tion of the buildings," said Avise. During his tenure as superintendent in the Park City School District, Dr. Goodworth was instrumental in leading lead-ing a comprehensive building program, pro-gram, and as a result, none of Park City's students attend a school more than six years old. Now that the Treasure Mountain Middle School is completed, Goodworth says, "It is the end of an era, as I see it. Some things are at their natural completion and it seems like an appropriate time for a change." Goodworth said that his decision was not based on the opposition he encountered two months ago during the controversy involving middle school principal Brian Schiller. According Ac-cording to Goodworth, he had begun to reassess his effectiveness as an administrator in the district more than a year ago. "Two years ago," he told the board Wednesday night, "I contemplated leaving this position, but I was encouraged to remain." Goodworth ; complimented the board members, school administrators and community council members who. he said, had been known to try to trade away their recess duty, she said. The weather might be expected to have a devastating impact on those who make their living from summer sports. But Scott Williams will tell you otherwise. "Actually, business is better than ever," Williams reported Monday, "although it is in a different area." Williams is the owner of Windsports, a Heber-based company which specializes in sailboards and accessories. ac-cessories. "Windsurfing is still happening, but just not on Deer Creek (Reservoir) for the moment," he said. Local board sailing fanatics have been packing up and heading for points south, he added. Although income from lessons and rentals is down, this has been more than offset by the sale of high-performance high-performance equipment, he said. He did admit that the inclement weather has kept him inside more than he would have liked. "We can't go out and sail ourselves, so we're going crazy," he said. But there's hope on the horizon. The National Weather Service is predicting that a high pressure cell will move into the area late this week, bringing sunshine sun-shine and warmer temperatures by the weekend. Can this really be the end of winter? ems Falls been instrumental in pursuing "the district's goal to be one of the finest in the state." He also offered his continued support to the district. Goodworth's resignation will be effective at the end of June when his current contract expires. The search for a new superintendent for the Park City School District will begin immediately. im-mediately. Goodworth has prepared a job announcement for the board and he says that brochures will be sent to placement centers by the end of the week. One month is not an unusually short lead time for a district to select a new superintendent, he said. "It is a job with a high turnover," he said. "Often these positions open up in June." When Goodworth came to the 'ark City School District in 1974, "The district was starting to grow, there were a number of exciting opportunities," opportuni-ties," he said. He was called upon to represent his Park City constituents in the state legislature where he successfully success-fully fought the state's efforts to consolidate Summit County's three school districts. Goodworth also led Park City's efforts to double the size of the school district by assuming a bonded indebtedness owed by the South Summit School District. The enlargement of the Public hearing set on local sales tax A public hearing will be held in the Memorial Building at 5 p.m. today to discuss a proposed increase of 3 4 of one percent in the local option sales tax. As authorized by the Resort Cities Sales Tax bill passed by the Utah Legislature earlier this year, Park City may increase the sales tax within the city limits by up to one percent. In conjunction with recent increases mandated by the state, a local hike of 34 of one percent would raise sales tax in Park City to six percent. According to City Manager Arlene Loble, the proposed increase would bring about $600,000 a year into the city coffers. She said it could help head off increases in local property taxes. "Tourists demand a high level of services, and it is not fair to put that burden on the citizens," she said. An increase in sales tax rather than property tax is seen as a more equitable way to distribute the burden, she explained. As spelled out in the state statute, the tax would not apply to single purchases of over $2,500. The city is also proposing that wholesale materials ma-terials be made exempt from the increase. "We don't want to put any local businesses at an unfair competitive disadvantage or to force anyone to shop elsewhere because of the increase," in-crease," she said. Letter of intent signed on golf course hotel Craig Badami, marketing director for the Park City Ski Corp., said last week that a letter of intent had been signed with a group of developers with ties to the Sheraton chain regarding the development of a hotel adjacent to the Park City Golf Course. Speaking at a meeting of the Park City Rotary Club, Badami gave few details about the proposed agreement. However, he indicated that the first payment on the property was due at the end of May. The 7l2-acre site for the proposed hotel lies on the west side of Utah Highway 224, north of the Park Avenue Condominiums. It includes the property proper-ty now occupied by Adolph's Restaurant, the golf course pro shop and adjacent tennis courts. Until 1979, the site and the adjacent golf course were owned by the Greater Park City Company (GPCC), now known as the Park City Ski Corp. In that year the company agreed to sell Accident kills laborer A migrant farm worker was killed Tuesday morning when he was pulled into a hay grinder on the Osguthorpe ranch north of Park City. Jorge Gutierrez, 19, a native of Mexico, was working in Utah on a temporary visa. The accident occurred at 855 ;i ni. Tuesday near the farm's silo ai : north of Highway 224. According u County Sheriff Fred fcley, Gutierrez district increased the tax base and also brought residents who lived in South Summit but sent their children to school in Park City into the district. "He has served the district well with successful efforts at the state legislature,'' legisla-ture,'' Avise said. "That is something that most Park City residents don't appreciate. The board has been thankful for Dr. Goodworth's ability to obtain Park City's fair share (and sometimes more) of the state's cooperation. It has been more than the district would have gained without his leadershio." he said. Goodworth has seen the Park City School District grow from 500 to 1100 students. He said the district will be facing a number of challenging issues in the near future. Consolidation, he feels, will be a continuing issue in the state legislature ( see related story). Growth, he added, is another challenge. "We still need to develop a policy requiring developers to assist with capital development." he said. "Funding for education will continue to be a national problem." According to Avise, "The district is on the verge of greatness. The complexion of Park City has grown and it is making different demands on the educational system. We are embarking on a new horizon." the golf course to the city for $1 million, provided that development rights be transferred to the 7'2-acre site, which would remain in GPCC hands. The agreement specified that a 300-unit hotel could be built on the site. In October, 1980, the Park City Planning Plan-ning Commission approved plans presented by Robogado Associates for a 150,000 square foot building. The plans called for 300 hotel rooms, a coffee cof-fee shop, restaurant, pro shop, 6,000 square feet of commercial space plus a swimming pool. Discussions were held on modifying the golf course to fit in with the project. However, largely for financial reasons, the project stalled. Park City Planning Director Bill Ligety said Wednesday that he had not been contacted by anyone from the group affiliated with Sheraton. However, he indicated that, because of the agreement between the city and GPCC, a 300-unit hotel could still be built on the site. vas stuiting hay into a grinding machine used for making silage. Eley said that Steven Osguthorpe, who was working with Gutierrez, turned and saw the victim had caught his arm in the grinder. He was pulled into the machine and died instantly, Eley said, before Osguthorpe could turn it off. Mitu ; . oz had been working about - ihi'O' i'iithorpefarm. |