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Show USST from A1 son thinks Ross and himself have complimentary skills. "Together we work together very well," he said. "I'm looking f orward to the next few months in Park City (where Peterson Peter-son will be based as the interim chief executive officer of the Ski Team) ." Schoenhaar's reasons for leaving the team are simply due to longevity. longevi-ty. He has been with the USST 14 years. Prior to that, he was with the West German Ski Team eight years. That's 22 years of trying to propel young ski racers to new heights. He felt it was time for a change. The USST wanted Schoenhaar to commit to four more years with the team, through the 1992 Winter Olympics Olym-pics in Albertville, France. Schoenhaar simply couldn't see staying that long. "I'm 46 years old it's time to do something different,"he said. "I've WATER from A1 tion." Coleman noted that Harriett Styler, the bank trustee in charge of the water company, initially asked residents last week to conserve their water. But Postma noted that her request re-quest may have come after the residents were doing the opposite thing in an effort to keep their pipes thawed. "Residents may have been keeping keep-ing their taps running to keep them from freezing, and the water levels were critically low," said the engineer. "But I think the cutbacks they have now made have resulted in the turn-around in the stored water." Residents without water have been able to shower at Treasure Mountain Middle School in Park City from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, according to Plaisier. She said she hopes other residents of Summit County note the difficulties being experienced in Summit Park and the water conservation conser-vation measures because she feels other areas of the county may ex ANNEX from A1 Although some agreed with Olch, others did not. Council member Kristen Rogers pointed out that "as residents move in, some become commercially involved." Commercial property pays much more than residential in taxes. Council member Ann MacQuoid pointed out if the city didn't want residential development along the highway, that might leave commercial com-mercial as the only viable alternative. alter-native. "The problem I see is if residential is too big an impact on the city," she said, "...what we need is to totally review our commercial com-mercial policy. For that, we're looking at a good, long year. I'd hate to say that we're putting a virtual vir-tual moratorium on residential development" for that. Olch argued for taking the time to at least take a look at revising the city's annexation policy, so that it would consistently be able to handle upcoming requests for development along the visual corridor. cor-ridor. "We should address that before we look at this (proposal)," he said. Planning commissioner Ron Whaley supported Olch. "What we're doing here is really setting what we're doing in the future," he said. "I tend to agree with Ron," said commission chairman' Ruth Gezelius. "I want the kind of development that is ideal because of its precedent-setting nature. It's If you could be anyone or anything, what j I mil a .V-; "-! MimiKehan If I had a choice to be a thing, I'd be a giraffe, They're sleek, graceful, beautiful, serene animals, And they live in a beautiful country. "Mb '. ft had several offers and I'm exploring those right now. I plan to stay in the ski industry and I hope to keep my house here in Park City. We'll see.;." Schoenhaar said he was surprised by Ross' decision to leave his position posi-tion but he said it did not influence him. ' "The best part of this job was working with people but it was also the hardest. You were dependent upon their health health and success. suc-cess. This kind of pain I don't need anymore." In his 14 years of USST coaching and directing, team members won 22 Olympic and world championship medals. ' During his tenure, Schoenhaar has held several positions with the team. He is widely credited with playing an important role in the successes of Phil and Steve Mahre. He was alpine technical director during their days. He has been alpine program director since 1985. Replacing Schoenhaar is John McMurtry, who has been director of perience similar problems as the year wears on. As was mentioned, these problems are not the first for Summit Park residents. The Summit County Commission Com-mission in January approved a special improvement district for the area, in the effort to help homeowners organize enough funding fun-ding to bring large-scale improvements im-provements to the system. Such improvements im-provements could cost in the neighborhood of $2.4 million, and total replacement of the system could cost about $3.4 million, according accor-ding to estimates by another engineer, Fred Duberow. With those numbers in mind, a group of homeowners estimated that assessments per lot over a 20-year period would cost about $4,300. But proposals for making that high of an assessment per lot were dashed by the county commissioners when they formed the district. The commission com-mission placed an assessment cost cap of $1,800 on the proposal, if the district bonds for improvements. That cap may stifle immediate plans for bonding for improvements, but the homeowners have been seeking seek-ing grants and low-cost loans, and have already come up with a $60,000 loan committed by the state Safe Drinking Water Committee at a not perfect and we can do better." She added that she did not feel the Smith Ranch development "should be put on hold" while decision deci-sion makers thrashed out how the visual corridor should look. "Commercial "Com-mercial is not appropriate (along the highway), so we should accept residential.",. . .nx, kj. , Commissioners Dean Berrett and Dick Leuck each said they felt . this particular development "should not be held hostage to annexation an-nexation review." Berrett added he nonetheless felt annexation review should take place, at least in part because the "Maginot" line renders the neighboring property virtually undevelopable. The group also debated what changes they felt should take place in the plan. Some, particularly Whaley and Olch, argued the homes should be pushed back further fur-ther from the highway than the 800 feet boundary proposed, so they are "in the trees." MacQuoid asked that nine of the lots those closest to the highway be pushed back further toward the trees. Rogers said she "is personally not thrilled with houses in the trees," and complimented the developers on the changes they had made. , Council member Jim Santy asked ask-ed that the developers or city staff prepare drawings of the development develop-ment so all could see clearly what the visual impact would be. But, he also cautioned his fellow decision makers about "putting them (developers) off too much. We keep talking annexation policy all ITT F I Medford Leake I'd like to be King Kong, so that I could eat bananas all day, climb tall buildings, and hold women in the palm of my hand, J -!. .a athlete development for the USST since Feb. 1987. McMurtry was a member of the University of Denver NCAA champion ski team from 1969 to 1971. He has coached in a variety of situations, including a stint with the USST as women's slalom and giant slalom coach from 1976 to 1984. Tamara McKinney had considerable success during those years. One other staff change at the USST comes from the nordic program. pro-gram. The post of nordic program director has been vacant since the blood doping incident involving , Kerry Lynch at the end of 1987. March 11, the USST announced that John Bower will take that post. Bower held the same position from 1975 to 1980. Bower was one of the finest nordic competitors in United States history. He was a nordic combined athlete on the USST from 1962 to 1968, and was on the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Teams. In 1968 became the first American to win the Holmenkollen Ski Festival King's Cup in Oslo, Norway. Nor-way. , three percent interest rate. The group has also approached the state Community Impact Board with a request re-quest for funding. The Impact Board has not acted on their request. . Any improvements may be expensive, expen-sive, because of the size of the water system in comparison to the percentage percen-tage of lots in the area that have homes on them. There are about 837 lots in Summit Park, with 320 homes connected to the system. That equates to about 38 percent of the lots having homes and 62 percent being be-ing vacant. The homeowners are also seeking water rights to the system, which they would need to call a system "theirs." Those rights might possibly be obtained from the bankrupt Summit Park Water Co. Plaisier said a bankruptcy court recently ruled that the water company com-pany must remain in a Chapter 7 condition, in spite of its appeal to go back to a Chapter 11 standing. Therefore, the bank trustee must immediately liquidate the assets of the company, which include the water rights. As part of the bank action, ac-tion, Postma was hired about three weeks ago, he said, to prepare the assets for sale. the way out to Kimball Junction," he said. "But look what happens to the first one that comes along." Mayor Hal Taylor also had a few choice words on the matter. "If we're going to grow, let's grow," he said. "If we're not going to grow, let's tell them to go home. I'm feeling like we're putting undue un-due pressure on these people. " Taylor asked city engineer Eric DeHaan whether it was true the residential development would cost a lot of city money. DeHaan noted Equity planned to "build its streets right" and that would help in maintenance costs. DeHaan recommended the council approve the project. "I've been hearing it's going to be a big cost. It's not going to be a big cost," said Taylor. ".These guys are going to be lucky to make any money on this sub-division at all. They've been squeezed down real tight." Rothwell told the group he felt the new plan "meets and exceeds" the staff Maginot line requirement. "We are willing to make that kind of dedication of land," he said, noting it amounted to a 40 percent loss of developable land on the Smith Ranch. No decision was made at Thursday's Thurs-day's joint session. Rothwell was encouraged to continue the permit approval process and submit his plan to the planning commission for their decision. Ultimate authority for approving or denying both the annexation request and master plan rests with the city council. or who would it be? Roger Barr I'd be Robby Naish, the world champion windsurfer, Sknng's nice, but warm weather is more appealing, and he sails out of Maui. yyy ttj r ij t ..I l-yTr AT j Bills threaten restaurants by HEIDI WEST Record staff writer Three pieces of federal legislation legisla-tion threaten Park City's and the nation's restaurants, according to Cicero and Baja Cantina owners Stephen and Cissy McComb. One, couched as part of the Omnibus Om-nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, has already passed and is in effect. It raises FICA (social security) tax and requires restaurant owners to pay social security tax on tips earned by employees. "That's always been considered the individual's money," said Steve McComb. "We never asked how much they make." The increase in the McComb's case would be substantial. They already pay "about $25,000 per month in taxes" how during their busiest three months. With the change, that will increase by about $10,000, Steve estimates. The couple cou-ple said they would be forced to pass the cost onto the consumer at both their restaurants, as would . others in town. "Everyone's going to have to raise prices or cheat," he said. There is already a federal law on the books which requires restaurants to report sales volume for waitpeople. The waiter or waitress is then obliged to pay federal income tax on eight percent per-cent of those sales. "We've faithfully done that, thinking we're doing our part," Singer boy still in contempt The 15-year-old son of Vickie Singer has no legal privilege to be shielded from testifying against his mother or other family members, according to a decision by the U.S. 10th Court of Appeals Tuesday. But the attorney for the young Hans Benjamin Singer reportedly said March 15 that an appeal will be made to the U.S. Supreme Court, which has never ruled on the issue. In an order made by the three-judge three-judge appellate panel, a statement read, "Specifically, we hold there is no religiously based parent-child privilege or religiously based family privilege which may be invoked in a case such as this in support of a minor's refusal to testify against his mother or other family members." Benjamin Singer has been under house arrest with Ramon and Har The Park Record (USPS 0037-8370) is published weekly by the Diversified Suburban Newspapers. Second-class postage in Park City, UT. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Park Record, 1670 Bonanza Dr., Box 3688, Park City, UT 84060. Entered as second-class matter, May 25, 1977, at the post office in Park City, UT 84060, under the Act of March 3, 1897. Published every Thursday. Peter Bernhard. Andy Bernhard Teri Gomes Randy Hanskat, Ron Georg, Heidi West, Sena Taylor Jennifer Madgic Matthew Snyder Rick Brough, Tom Bea Kummer Susan Davis Susan Davis : Linda Martin Bill Dickson, Pamela Hainsworth,. Michael Ayers Yvonne Thompson Kevin Crawford J.P. Max, Mark ... w- Stacy Gustafson I'd be a dog. That's my favorite animal. "I think the minimum wage should be raised. But those employees who work for us don't make minimum wage. notes Cissy. "Now we're asked to pay taxes on someone else's income." in-come." The other two bills, in committees commit-tees now, are generally applicable to most businesses. One of them would require health insurance for employees working more than 17-and-a-half hours per week. The other is the minimum wage bill. Providing the same kind of medical coverage he now gives management for all his 110 employees would add about $12,000 per month to McComb's operating expenses. '.'That would put us out of business," he says. riett Swapp in Fairview, Utah, since he was found in contempt of court for refusing to testify several weeks ago. The Fairview' couple are the parents of Addam Swapp, who with three other members of the SingerSwapp family, is in jail on charges related to the January Kamas LDS Stake Center bombing and standoff that followed. Benjamin Ben-jamin has been allowed to stay in Fairview while his appeal was pending. pen-ding. Benjamin's argument for not testifying testi-fying is based on common law, the Constitution and his religious beliefs, which he claims makes the relationship between a parent and child like that between spouses, who are not required to testify against each other. STAFF Clyde. McCune - Kris Gustafson I'd be myself. I'm happy as I am now. & Jnn '7i,vi ; id) V r "..N A-: ' x -1 7 I The restaurants will also be affected af-fected perhaps more than most by the minimum wage bill. Now, the law allows restaurants to apply some income from tips toward a waitperson's salary. The McCombs Mc-Combs pay $2.25 an hour, but estimate their employees earn several more dollars an hour from tips. The new law would require wait personnel be paid minimum wage regardless of tips. ."I think the , minimum wage should be raised," says Cissy. "But those employees who work for us don't make minimum wage." The McCombs have taken action on all three bills. A letter written to Utah's U.S. Sen. Jake Gam received receiv-ed a prompt response a week later charging the provision to tax tips as "onerous and phony" and promising pro-mising to try to repeal it "should it come before the Senate again." Another letter sent out to 40 restaurants in Park City asking them to join in protesting the taxes on tips and minimum wage provisions provi-sions which apply to them has received "good" response, says Cissy. All three bills would increase operating costs about 74 percent, says the Utah Restaurant Association, Associa-tion, and the McCombs are asking "anyone who enjoys eating out" to realize that 74 percent will be making mak-ing restaurant eating a luxury few can afford. "Write your senators and congressmen," they both urge. "It's going to be tough to survive." Federal prosecutors would now like to see the contempt judgment enforced, which could require that the youth be placed in a juvenile detention center. According to the diary of his mother, Benjamin allegedly accompanied accom-panied Addam and Jonathan Swapp to the stake center to help bomb it during the night before it exploded Jan. 16. In related matters, as the Record was going to press Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Bruce Jenkins was hearing several defense motions regarding the case. Those motions include requests to divide the trials, to move the trial out of Utah, to ask federal prosecutors to give their charges more detail, and to allow more time for the filing of additional motions. j .Publisher .General manager .Editor . Staff writers Production manager Photography and darkroom Contributing writers - Office manager Circulation manager Classified manager -Advertising sales -Graphics -Distribution Cartoonists Janet Thompson I'd like to be invisible, so I could go anywhere and be anything I want to be. |