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Show Amy writes from Brasil Education A 7 World Cup I in America . a - t No place to live? Marketplace A9 ,7 L Sports B5 to 5? Friends of the Martini Limelight B1 7J 1 n "rm Mm ii i no ijr h JL Liu Vol. 107, No. 40 3 Sections, 36 Pages Thursday, November 13, 1986 Him UBirileff Dismissal to be heard The motion to dimiss the complaint com-plaint from United Park City Mines Company against the Park City Ski Area will be heard Nov.24th before Judge Dee in Salt Lake City. According to Gordon Strachan, attorney for the ski area, a new hearing date was set after the previous date had to be cancelled because of that judge's impending retirement. The suit brought by the mine company last spring is asking for $25 million from both Park City and Deer Valley ski areas. The complaint stems from lease agreements between the ski areas and the mine company and also asks for treble damages if the claims of fraud and racketeering can be proved. Clyde joins The Record This week The Park Record is pleased to welcome a new columnist colum-nist to our pages. Former city attorney at-torney Tom Clyde, will add his rare brand of humor and insight with his And So It Od.?. imrhA (This week the column appears-onpageA13.) appears-onpageA13.) Clyde is now residing in Woodland where he spends his days as a gentleman farmer, as well as a freelance writer. Water meet is slated A public hearing to receive input in-put on the proposed Snyderville Basin Water District will be conducted con-ducted by Summit County Commissioners Com-missioners Nov. 19. The county has decided to form the district because the dozen or so systems in western Summit County seem either to have good management and poor equipment, equip-ment, or poor management and good equipment, said Stan Strebel, county general services director. The commissioners hope creating an umbrella management district will help to "coordinate the efforts of new developers and existing subdivisions subdivi-sions with an eye toward eventual consolidation," said Strebel. The water district will not be an improvement district, and will be involved solely in the management manage-ment of existing or new, smaller water districts. By law, it would take "persons representing 25 percent of the number of property owners within the district" filing written protests prior to Nov. 19 to prevent pre-vent commissioners from forming form-ing the district, said Strebel. The hearing will take place at the Treasure Mountain Middle School. It will begin at 7 p.m. (Quotes ithe Week "I feel like a fanatical Shiite Moslem in the Middle East charging into battle with no fear of death."- Jack Turner, Sports pageBl. "At times it has been difficult and God knows it has been lonely..." Mary Mair, Park City Profile, pageA6. , . I'll 11 1 -; " ' h - v . .fy-"' ' ; . , . ; p'-a f .... . I ........ .,..,1 ..... AfVlAi .-I,.. ,.. u.... ... ,. '-v . . til. 7 . Hr ' , i . . i . . ? . .1 - . . . ii Toasting the Snow Gods Neat PaJumtx) Locals gathered in the Edelweiss Haus last Saturday morning for the traditional Stabutic (bourbon and orange juice) part. The concotion was drank as a "sacrifice" to the Snow Gods in hopes that the will continue to bring snow to Park Citj . Tune in, turn on and watch out by SENA TAYLOR Record staff writer Park City residents were able to see, as well as hear, local news Monday Mon-day morning when TV Channel 45, in cooperation with radio station KPCW, produced the town's first TV program. "We're basically doing simulcasting with the radio station news," said Blair Feulner, KPCW manager. "It's radio with pictures, and we're pretty pleased with how it looks." The venture began earlier this year when local realtor Bill Coleman obtained a Low Power Television License, then later reached an agreement with Feulner to buy several hours of news and information informa-tion programming from the radio station each day. In addition, Chan nel 45 agreed to give KPCW the necessary studio television equipment equip-ment to produce the programming. Feulner said the six-person staff is hoping to produce four hours of news each morning from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. as an expansion of the radio's present pre-sent programming. "We think this will be a good, solid information product," pro-duct," he said. "We're trying to do more local origination than the typical big city TV station, and do it on a real low budget." He said that like the radio, local volunteers will have the opportunity to participate in producing the programming, pro-gramming, with the eventual goal being to produce a daily news magazine with the staff and volunteers. Feulner feels that simulcasting the news compliments what the radio station has historically done. The radio has programmed a video-text video-text service on the local cable company's com-pany's Channel 8 and has for several years sought the funding to upgrade that service. Feulner indicated the major stumbling block has been the cost of TV production equipment, saying, "the cost of a well-equipped TV studio is roughly what it costs to run the radio station all year." Coleman is also excited about TV in Park City, saying that when he obtained ob-tained the license he did it more as a hobby than as a commercial venture. ven-ture. "I've always been interested in broadcasting and, in fact, filed for an FM radio station license in the early 1960s which was not granted by the Federal Communications Commission." Com-mission." He noted that there are only 38 LPTV stations on the air in the coun try, and most are break-even propositions pro-positions at best. "Aspen, Vail and Sun Valley all have LPTV stations, and I felt it was time Park City did," he said. "I anticipate, however, that like those stations, it will be several years before Channel 45 operates in the black." Feulner said he hopes the news simulcast will increase the audience for local news, noting that the biggest big-gest competitor for KPCW's morning morn-ing broadcast has been the "Today" show, not other radio stations from Salt Lake City. The TV station's signal will initially initial-ly cover Park City and the Snyderville Snyder-ville Basin area and will be available free over the air without any special antenna or receiver on UHF Channel 45. Chalk Creek flash fire injures four A flash fire Wednesday morning at an oil and natural gas rig 40 miles northeast of Park City in Chalk Creek Canyon burned four workers. Two of the four are in critical condition condi-tion at the University of Utah Burn Unit. The fire at a Champlin Petroleum Co. Pineview Field rig may have been caused by a combination of low-lying clouds that trapped the gas, which then was ignited ac-cidently, ac-cidently, according to Lt. Louis Stevens, Summit County Sheriff's Department. Stevens said workers told him there was no leak but a normal amount of gas escaping into the air as petroleum and gas was being pumped into a nearby flat tank. Either a pickup truck or a propane torch in the tool shed ignited the gas, Stevens said. "When gas vaporizes it lifts up and usually dissipates," Stevens said. "But due to cloudy conditions it pushed it down and held it there." A worker at the Champlin Petroleum Plant, located a half mile from the rig, said the gas must have been trapped near ground level for it CIIAMPLItl PETROLEUM CO. This plant has worked DAVC without a lost time accident SAFETY PAYS! The Champlin Petroleum Co. Pineview Field rig had a long history of safe operation until Wednesday's accident. to ignite. He said he did not hear the explosion that occurred around 8:40 a.m., but one of the four workers came down and alerted plant officials of-ficials of the fire. The officials notified the sheriff and fire departments while the in jured workers were transported down the hill to the plant and treated for their injuries. Two of the workers were airlifted to the University of Utah Burn Unit where officials described their condition con-dition as critical. One worker was admitted to Holy Cross Hospital and another to the Coalville Clinic, where he was treated and released, Stevens said. The workers' names, ages and residences were not released at press time. Champlin employees at the scene would not comment on the fire until a safety investigation team arrived from Rock Springs, Wyo. The road leading to the rig was closed to reporters. A KSL Channel 5 helicopter pilot flying above the rig described the scene as a "real mess." Stevens said the fire appeared to be a fluke accident. A Champlin employee said all four workers were experienced "work-over rig" crew members. Champlin Petroleum Co. has two plants in the Chalk Creek Canyon, which is dotted with ranches and oil rigs. The plant processes oil and natural gas. They have not had an accident before, according to Stevens, although there have been oil rig mishaps in the past in the canyon. ca-nyon. Champlin Petroleum Co. is based in Wyoming. Residents file against rec district by SENA TAYLOR Record staff writer Two Park City area property owners have filed a civil complaint in Third District Court saying the recently-established Park Ci-tySnyderville Ci-tySnyderville Basin Recreation District should be dissolved due to illegal il-legal proceedings taken during the establishment of the district. Plaintiffs Stephen A. Osguthorpe and D.A. Osguthorpe filed the complaint com-plaint in Coalville Nov. 7 against Summit County Commissioners Tom Flinders, Stanley Leavitt and Cliff Blonquist. The complaint sited two problems with a public notice published in The Park Record, one being a typographical error, and one being a mistatement of the law regarding taxable property. Osguthorpes said because the notice was in error, it "is a nullity and should be set aside as void. " The complaint said that the commissioners com-missioners adopted a resolution in support of the district and that notice was published July 24 and Aug. 7 advising interested persons to protest the establishment of the district either orally at a public hearing, or in written form to the county clerk. It continued, "said notice further advised that if within 15 days after the conclusion of said hearing. . .the owners of over 50 percent of the assessed value of the table property included within the proposed special district file written protests against the specified type of service to be provided within the district, the board is required by law, in the former instance, to abandon the proposed pro-posed establishment of the district and, in the latter instance, to eliminate the type of service objected ob-jected to from the resolution finally establishing the Service District." Osguthorpes said the notice was defective because the word table should have said taxable in referring to the type of property, the owners of which could file protests. They said the notice was also defective because, in regard to owners of over 50 percent of the assessed value of the taxable property, pro-perty, no owner could legally protest because "the tax laws of Utah had changed by 1986 so that assessed valuations and mill levies had been abolished, but the lawmakers of Utah failed to make appropriate changes in UCA 11-23-1 et. seq., so that owners of the assessed value no longer existed," and that property owners who were entitled to protest were denied that privelege. Stan Strebel, Summit County general services director, said, "both of the issues appear to be technical in nature. One is a typesetting typeset-ting error, and the other is an oversight over-sight on the part of the legislature. It appears that the legislature is holding all special districts hostage until it's corrected if it's a fatal error, er-ror, but I don't think it's a fatal er-ror. er-ror. Neither of the Osguthorpe's returned calls to The Park Record for comment. Stephen Osguthorpe is a resident within the boundaries of the recreation recrea-tion district and D.A. Osguthorpe is an owner of taxable real property within the district. They resolved that "the said district be vacated and set aside on the grounds that proceedings taken in the establishment establish-ment of the service district were not taken in compliance with the law." INDEX Business A9 Calendar B4 Calssifieds Cl Columns A12 Education A7 Entertainment Bl Lcgals B10 Letters A 15 Sports B5 Television B12 |