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Show B)f')'jiyBTfti'ft xyii)'"''TiT Page A8 Thursday, January 28, 1988 Park Record Marker adds new facility inGermany Marker Ski Binding Company, headquartered in Salt Lake City, is currently building a new facility in Eschenlohe, West Germany, with intentions in-tentions to open in Oct., 1988. Marker, which employs 330 employees worldwide, is owned by Park City resident Hank Tauber, who said "this new facility is further confirmation of our commitment to a leadership position in the ski industry. in-dustry. When completed we will have the most modern production technology, manufacturing equipment equip-ment and research and development facilities in the industry." Marker was originally founded by ski binding pioneer Hannes Marker in 1952 and its main operations have been located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany for more than 35 years. Marker Germany Ger-many has 270 employees and is today, to-day, along with Marker USA and Marker Japan, a wholly-owned subsidiary sub-sidiary of Marker International in Salt Lake City. Marker is a major international in-ternational ski equipment company which manufactures and distributes alpine ski bindings, ski poles and accessories ac-cessories worldwide through distributors in 23 countries. Marker produces more than one million pairs of alpine ski bindings per year. Worldwide sales for the current fiscal year which ends March 31, 1988 are projected to be $60 million. Arizonans interested in Park City by NANCY VOLMER Park City Chamber Bureau There was a lot of interest in Park City from Arizona senior citizens during a recent visit by the ChamberBureau and 11 lodging properties. About 150 people attended attend-ed the trade show in Mesa, and 300 to 350 people attended each show in Sun City and Sun City West. Most of the people attending the trade shows have never visited Park City, so we should see some new business this summer in addition to the seniors returning for their annual an-nual visits. On the road the Summit County Winter Sports Foundation group is traveling to Steamboat Springs, Co., on a fact finding mission, Jan. 29. The group will be investigating the construction and maintenance of the areas 70 and 90 meter ski jumps. The group hopes to ascertain what would be needed for Summit County and Utah to construct a similar jump. The foundation is comprised of six members; Summit County Commission Commis-sion Representative and Foundation Chair Jim Soter, Utah Representative Represen-tative Glen Brown, Utah State Director of Community and Economic Development Dave Adams, State Sports Development Director Dave Johnson, Director of the Utah Winter Games Jack Turner and ChamberBureau Economic Development Director Gregg Goodwin. Good-win. Park City and Utah will be presented at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Aerospace conference con-ference in Los Angeles Feb. 8 through 12. The conference is an industry in-dustry education seminar involving new technology development and government and private sector initiatives. in-itiatives. Gregg Goodwin will be traveling as a representee of Metro Utah and will be meeting with chief executive officers of the private sector sec-tor and resource directors regarding expansion plans in relation to new technology. Closer to home, the Senator's Ski Cup event, held Jan. 14 through 17, raised more than $100,000 for the Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City. This is more than double the money raised in 1987. The winning team was captained by Senator Robert Hasten of Washington. An employee workshop is being organized by the ChamberBureau for Feb. 11 at the Olympic Hotel. The workshop will focus on guest relations, rela-tions, Utah liquor laws, visitor information infor-mation and ChamberBureau services. ser-vices. The cost is $2 and the registration registra-tion deadline is Feb. 8. For more information in-formation contact Margie or Nancy Harris at 649-6100. The ChamberBureau's quarterly membership social is scheduled for Feb. 12 at Powderwood, from S to 7 p.m. Hosts for the social are the Adventure Center, Balloon Affaire and Powderwood. And finally, welcome to six new Chamber Bureau members: Wyoming Wyom-ing Woolens, Park City Artists Association, Minors Only, United Concerts, Malcolm MacQuoid Inc. and the Perfect Way. gHilil . j llW ( I 1 4 J HOURLY DONUS r -r- i rTTTkV -l-xl I wOll 1 I n II EFFECTIVE ONLY DURING rrTTc! VAT X M I 1 V-AjLJ'-J II THE TIME PERIODS I I Kl li If fTTlrl I J rmfWSffi " l all other sale prices I rl 1 l lj ll'llV A( - Z' : AREEFFECTIVE J " " WHILE QUANTITIES J U75" IKlUirlrlY... MSD SME BUG!!! 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