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Show Try Park Record Thursday, February 11, 1988 Page A15 A good group of guys Editor: I had a problem two weeks ago. I needed to move my piano no small ordeal for a single woman. I called coach Bob Burns at Park City High School and asked if he could roundup four strong football players to help me. I offered to pay each young man $10 for the 30-45 minutes it would take to do the work. Arrangements were made, and the guys showed up on time and did a fine job. My friend, Larry, who was overseeing the move, said he was astounded when the four refused payment. "They just left," he said, "saying they didn't need to be paid! " Paul Batty, Chris Evans, Trent Martinez and Matt Woods A heartfelt heart-felt thank you from someone who was a stranger to you and now feels like a friend. Kate McCutchan Petition against Utah Powderbirds Editor: On Monday, Feb. 1, 1988, a group of five people, including myself, headed out for a ski tour along the Park CityParkWest Ridge. After an hour and 45 minutes of climbing and breaking trail, we arrived at the top of Peak 9990, took off our skins, and made our first run of the day. The snow was great, the air was still, it was a beautiful, quiet day and our hopes remained high for a classic Utah powder day. That is, until we heard the ominous and deafening whack, whack of the Utah Powder-birds Powder-birds helicopter heading straight for us. As is to emphasize a point, they hovered menacingly above us for several moments before landing at the top of the run we had just skied. We couldn't believe it! Not only had the Powderbirds landed above us, but they were also sending skiers down above us as we made our way up for a second run. This not only displayed a complete lack of back-country back-country etiquette, but it was a dangerous move which the guides were well aware of. Rule No. 1 in the backcountry is to never ski directly over another person per-son in a slide area, as a skier release can cause injury or death to those below. The situation progressively deteriorated, and before1 Iorig'thd heli-skiers had skied 'several runs above, below, and between us, making mak-ing a complete butchery of what 10 minutes before represented two days of untracked powder skiing to us. The Powderbirds have permits to ski 1,000 peaks the Sessions, the Oquirrhs, etc. The fact that they chose to ski heavily toured areas instead in-stead of more inaccessible ones is leading to unnecessary conflicts in the backcountry. Clearly the ski tourers represent the majority, and the heli permits ought to be issued accordingly. The simple solution to this problem would be for the USFS to confine the heli-ski permits to more remote (yet not wilderness) areas. I for one would like to see the operation confined to: (A) Everything north of, but not including, in-cluding, Lambs Canyon; (B) Everything south of, but not including, in-cluding, Peak 10,420. There is barely enough skiing here to accommodate the increasing number of backcountry backcoun-try skiers. And, as is becoming more and more evident, there is not room for both of us. Comments should be directed to: John Hoagland 6944 S. 30 E. Salt Lake City, UT 84121 524-5042 Petitions can be signed at many businesses in the Park City or Salt Lake City area, or you can contact me personally. Lucuis Warner P.O. Box 3784 Park City, UT 84060 a OFF Dog of the Week This little girl is a six week old poodle mix. As a mutt, she is possesses that standard, unpretentious, unpreten-tious, friendly-dog dispostion. She is currently available at the animal shelter. Renew licenses! It is a new year, so if you haven't renewed your dog's license, he is illegal. A license in $6 for a neutered or spayed dog, or $12 is your dog is still in possession of its reproductive organs. Rabies clinic The Utah Veterinarians Association is spon-soringa spon-soringa statewide rabies vaccination vaccina-tion clinic, and they will vaccinate your pet for only $5. The clinic will be held at the Park City Fire Department Depart-ment locally. In conjunction, the Animal Shelter will be selling licenses at the clinic. For additional locations, call the Animal Shelter at 649-5449. On a totally different subject, some of you folks have been irresponsible ir-responsible with your wards, and they've been punished. Now, does that sound fair? There you are, warm and comfy, and your dog is in t 1 ft; a four-by-four cage, sleeping on a ce ment floor, and dieting on dry food and water. The worst part, of course, is that the dog will be put to sleep (a euphemism for killed) if you don't go get him in a timely fashion. You can adopt a puppy or dog at the animal shelter, located across from McDonald's at Kimball Junction. Junc-tion. The shelter is open weekdays from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. (urjsmm35 warn m sas nao 4 r ft A page chock full of community happenings and entertainment. Check it out! PUBLIC INPUT MEETING FOR MASTER PI AN OF ' SOUTH END CITY PARK, ' WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17 AT 7 P.M. CITY PARK RECREATION BLDG. QUESTIONS CALL JENNIFER HARRINGTON 649-9321. "THE SURPRISE COMEDY HIT m.rcnl emit" M'ty M J.lt.ey Lyon. SNfcAK PHEVIEWSiWCBS RADIO 1 CiOLIME IIAWN Kill! RUSSELL rrOSGATF Lii StlRlO OVERBOARD From Riches...To Rags...To Romance fpjri NIGHTLY AT 6:30-8:30 L-2j rrrr A Comedy Of Truly Loony Proportions. chuck nonniG HKAliMMlEi Wj jOVES PARK CITY Your radio station invites you to the Annual Valentine Party & Auction Tom Bock, Auctioneer Dance throughout the night to the magnificent sound of Joe Muscolino's BIG BAND at STEEPS AT THE BASE-PARK CITY RESORT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1988-7:00 p.m. Donation: $7.00 In Advance: $5.00 Space is Limited Reservations 649-9004 Tune in to 92FMfor Live Auction beginning Thursday, February 11, 7:00 a.m. AUCTION ITEMS ON DISPLAY AT ALL THE GREAT STORES OF PARK CITY PARK CITY LOVES i ? t NIGHTLY AT rw I NIOHI LY A l rr 7:00 P.M. I 9:00 P.M. |