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Show C 0 6-89 UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 46 7 EAST 300 SOUTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84111 H7ELOQ Vol. 109, No. 34 3 Sections, 30 Pages Thursday, September 29, 1988 Assign of the Time Sheep baaad for Pinebrook Residents say they leave trail of trouble mknM. wm - -' . ( ji' T. .l m .am- - t. (I m m 2 what --iwar r i IV ? 4 . i- 4. V i - TertOcr TERIORR Record editor 'Round about the turn-of-the-century Parkites could say, "meet jne under the clock on Main Street" and they would gather under the classic timepiece in front of the jewelry store. But for the past, oh, 50 years,? Main Street has been without such a landmark.. .until last week. The handsome new addition to the uptown section of downtown . is a generous gift from developer Jeff Mann, It provides, according to City1 Planning Director, Myles .Rademan, "the finishing touch" to a first-class - project. The bottle-green, tnetal clock has Park City 1884 Cast into the top of " the nearly seven-foot timepiece. When the two new buildings and ffie public walkway are com-pleted com-pleted and the clock dedicated to the city next Friday (at high noon), it will be a sterling example exam-ple oj public and private partnership! partner-ship! Just last summer the three lots f between MileU's and the Pari City Pizza Company stood vacant. The area was slated to become another pocket plaza but Rademan was pushing for the RDA to purchase some land on the street for a permanent plaza where additional public restrooms could be built. In discussions with the- three separate owners of the lots, Rademan learned Mann was interested in-terested in building a restaurant with his tiny 16-fopt footage parcel. Through a series of puchases and trades the city ended end-ed up with a public walkway through 'Mann's two new buildings and the land across the street (between P.C. Rags and Shirt Off My Back) will become a permanent public plaza with restrooms. ( Memphis businessman and part-time Parkite Jeff Mann is .pleased with the project and the cooperation he has received from both the city and the people of Park City. He even imported the bricks for the buildings from Atlanta after seeing a style of brick he liked on a building there. Contractor for the job is Charlie Albertson's pharmacy hit Robbery suspect is An armed robber took an undetermined amount of drugs from the Albertsons pharmacy Saturday afternoon about 4 p.m., then fled the jttt mntnrcvrle. ar-rnrdinc to the Park Ci- a.W ty Police Department. The masked gunman has been described as a dark-haired Caucasian in his 20s and weighing about 200 pounds. A witness said he was wearing Levis and a light-colored shirt with light brown vertical stripes. Det. Pat Pirraglio said the man jumped over the counter of the pharmacy and told the phar- macist, "I don't want any trouble," while lifting up his shirt to expose a revolver in his belt. He demanded narcotics but took no cash. There were no injuries in the incident. The robbery lasted "a matter of minutes," said Pirraglio, then the man ran out the lobby door of the store, pulling his mask off. He got on a motorcycle that had been parked at the northeast nor-theast corner of The Yarrow hotel, and headed east on State Road 248 out of town. Police are now following up on a number of leads and have made a composite drawing of the suspect based on reports from a witness. TTXf.' " f1 Dedication ceremonies for 7 at noon. One clock in. Park City's Hodgson's jewelry store. Wintzer who says he has been talking to Mann "for years" about developing the property but until last summer he had resisted. "He said Main Street always looked like a war zone. He didn't want to do anything until the street got cleaned up. And then the pocket plazas came along. When Park City started to invest in. itself then people started to in-. in-. vest in Park City," said Wintzer. When Mann started to complete com-plete the project he was looking for a "signature piece" and the idea of the clock was suggested. - "The first clock like that was down the street from my office in park in the Memphis area so I went and looked at it and decided it was something Park City needed," need-ed," said Mann. While no one is comfortable disclosing the cost of the clock city ci-ty officials say it is a "substantial" "substan-tial" donation. And for history buffs who wonder if the clock is on the same side of the street as it once stood bit . f -i Kr 3 :i - !v r-r . I' tic &4l f 1 " t '. T ' " .5 :i ' 'u.rl J 1 TedOT the clock will be Friday, Oct. photo courtesy ot Bea Kummef past was in front of Mrs. in front of the jewelry store the answer is yes and no, but then this is a trick question. "For years I would look at old photos of Park City," says longtime long-time local historian Bea Hummer,- "and I would see the clock . first on one side of the street and then on the other. Closer examination ex-amination showed the clock appeared ap-peared slightly different in shape on one side of the street People ; said it was in front of Fontaine's jewelry store in the present day location of the Mountain Rose. ' But then I was told the clock was in front of Mrs. Hodgson's jewelry store in the present day location of Wasatch Touring. I finally discovered there had been two separate clocks on two different dif-ferent sides of the street at different dif-ferent times in Main Street's ' past." . ' ' , . The official dedication of the Main Street clock is Slated for Friday Oct.7, at noon. That's when the big hand and the little are both pointing up... sought n ' '-.,: . I : ft... . .. . by SENA TAYLOR Record staff writer "Knee-deep in sheep" is where some Pinebrook residents have been for the past six weeks when about 2,000 of the animals were let loose on land adjacent to their homes. A contract with a Morgan sheepman sheep-man which allowed the sheep onto the land was approved by Valley Bank, which owns a large chunk of undeveloped Pinebrook land that it acquired last spring from the original owners. But residents grew concerned when the animals started causing a host of problems, such as going into their yards and roads, attracting at-tracting bugs, and enhancing fire danger problems from sheepherding camps. The contract between Valley Bank and Morgan stockman Joe Pentz was to last for one month, from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15. But the sheep were not moved until last weekend, and they had to be moved by residents of the Hi Ute Ranch because the sheep had gone into that area. "We have just had a lot of problems pro-blems and it's really been a bad thing," said Pinebrook resident LeVay Lemon. "I feel that Valley Bank has been irresponsible by agreeing to the contract. It has really real-ly been a mess and has infringed on our private property." But a representative of the bank told the Record, "I think the bank has acted responsibly." Said Dan Schofield, who manages the Pinebrook property for the bank, "if a bank owns 1,000 acres of land, they should be able to let sheep run on it if they want." Beer controversy brewing by JENNIFER MADGIC Record staff writer Owner of Utah's only brewery Greg Schirf spoke out against a statement made last week by an LDS spokesperson saying beer's "rampant consumption" has reached reach-ed levels of "epidemic" proportion. Dr. Richard P. Lindsay, managing manag-ing director of public communications communica-tions and special affairs for the LDS Church, spoke Sept. 20 at the annual meeting of the American Council on Alcohol Problems held at The Homestead in Midway. Saying beer is "the most promulgated pro-mulgated and least regulated of all alcoholic products" and "America's greatest alcohol problem, Lindsay said he believes Utah needs stiffer laws to combat problems beer has caused nationwide. Schirf, of Schirf Brewery located in Park City, said he watched Lindsay Lind-say on a Channel Four newsbrief last week "in somewhat disbelief" and felt compelled to voice his opinion, opi-nion, which he did on the same channel chan-nel a couple days later. "Instead of taking a quantum leap into the 20th Century, this guy seems to suggest that we should go back to Prohibition," said Schirf in an interview inter-view last Monday. "I didn't know if it was worth swatting the hornet's nest or whether someone really needed to say that this guy had made a very radical statement." Lindsay named three "vital aspects" related to the beer epidemic in his report: "the unrelenting unrelen-ting flood of beer advertising; second, se-cond, beer's virtually unlimited availability and nearly unregulated Historic World Cup races coming! Park City Ski Area, which made ski racing history in 1986 as the first North American site ever to open the World Cup season, has been awarded the 1989-90 opening races for both the men's and women's World Cup circuits, it was announced earlier this week by U.S. Ski Team Alpine Director John McMurtry. Scheduled for Nov. 23 through 26, the event will mark the first time ever that both the men's and women's World Cup circuits will open outside of Europe. Featuring Featur-ing men's and women's slalom and giant slalom, the event will be the focal point of the fourth annual an-nual America's Opening which Is held each Thanksgiving at the Park City Ski Area. "Opening the World Cup circuit again Is something we've been working on for some time and we're delighted that it's now official," of-ficial," said Park City Ski Area Vice President Craig Badami. "This is a great step for Utah ski- But Schofield agreed that sheepherders were not able to keep the livestock contained to a mapped area he had stipulated with them. "When they were not out on Sept. 15, we sent them a notice to quit by the 20th, and gave a copy to the sheep owner and the sheriff. We did our best to get them out." Schofield said the sheep owner responded that his stock trucks were broken and would not be fixed until Sept. 27, which is when they were finally moved. But Lemon feels the homeowners have been at the mercy of the bank and the sheep. She said one reason the bank agreed to the grazing contract con-tract was to qualify the area as "greenbelt," or agricultural land, which would greatly reduce the taxes on it. Other residents, such as Linda Frerichs, feel that Pinebrook and bank officials agreed to lease the land to help the stockman feed his animals during an unusually dry summer which created sparse vegetation. Pinebrook residents were also frustrated by a lack of cooperation with the bank in getting the sheep contained during and after the contract con-tract expired. Lemon said bank official, of-ficial, Butch Johnson, refused to take her calls, simply telling her that the contract was a poor decision, deci-sion, and one the bank regretted. Bank officials have not answered the Record's calls regarding the sheep problem. Sheep owner Pentz could not be reached, according to his wife LuAnn, who said he was away from home shipping lambs this week. She did say, however, that "there are two sides to every story," The statistics show clearly we're the lowest per capita consumer. I bet this knucklehead didn't even know it.' Greg Schirf, Schirf Brewery distribution; and third, the infusion of beer into the very fabric of American culture." Lindsay said due to Utah's "relatively restrictive drinking laws" the "typical bar seen in many other states is illegal," but beer is "right at hand." While liquor has tight restrictions, with only 487 licenses available in the state, beer licenses "are very prevalent," with an estimated 2,500 outlets. "In plainer words," concluded Lindsay. "There are about five times as many places to get beer than to get liquor in Utah. "Other than the obvious places such as bars, clubs, and liquor stores, beer can be purchased at grocery and convenient stores, minimarkets mini-markets and most shockingly, many ing and it helps keep Park City at the top of the skiing world." Howard Peterson, CEO of the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Ski Association, both of which are headquartered in Park City, says opening the season at home is important im-portant to the team for several reasons. "The track record Park City has with attracting large crowds and creating excitement and color col-or around the races is a great boost to the athletes and it should carry everyone throughout the season," he exclaims. The timing, according to Peter- but did not elaborate about the problems pro-blems at Pinebrook. While Johnson apologized to Lemon about the problem, he told her they would be gone by Sept. 15. But when that date rolled around the sheep were still there, according to Lemon. Furthermore, a dog owned by one of her neighbors was shot and killed by a sheepherder because it had been chasing sheep. Schofield addressed the dog problem, pro-blem, saying that residents "let their dogs run wild," which further dispersed them into the residential areas. He said during one week alone dogs killed more than 20 sheep. Lemon took some personal action against the sheep by circulating a petition which was signed by 63 residents. In all, there are nearly 100 homes in the Pinebrook development. develop-ment. "People bought land and homes up here to have a nice, peaceful place to live, and this has caused a lot of commotion," said Lemon. "We're knee-deep in sheep and the wild, wooly West, and I don't understand why they have done this. It's been a real zoo and we've just been going nutso." Tensions mounted further down the road at the Hi Ute Ranch after the sheep had been moved in that direction. Sharon Rino, a resident of the ranch, told the Record that her family suffered personal and property pro-perty damage from the herd. see SHEEP on A2 gas stations. Malt beverages are consumed at all major sporting events and few eating establishments are without them." Beer advertisements only add to the problem, said Lindsay. Saying the majority of beer ads are sports related, television-viewing sports fans can not "escape the onslaught of beer ads during their favorite sporting event." Young people are a primary victim, he said, having to view advertisements "for a product they cannot legally purchase or consume." con-sume." Lindsay took a statement from a recent Sports Illustrated article to show how beer has infiltrated American athletics: "Whatever angle you view it from, beer and sport have come to be as inseparable in the American lexicon as mom and apple pie..." Schirf said he had numerous problems pro-blems with Lindsay's 16-page report, the most bothersome of which was "misinformation" the LDS spokesman had pertaining to beer and Utah. "He totally took Utah out of context," con-text," said Schirf. "Utah has half the national average in beer consumption. consump-tion. The national average is 24.1 gallons per person. Utah is 12 gallons per person. I don't think it takes a math wizard to realize if we're drinking 3.2 beer in Utah we're not grouped with the rest of the country. see BEER on A2 son, is also important to the American ski industry. "The press coverage and the interest it creates among the population, particularly when an event like this is held at the beginning of the season, can be a major boost to ski areas, manufacturers and retailers," he says. The cross country World Cup circuit will also open in the Park City area. Jeremy Ranch Cross Country Ski Area, located eight miles north of town will host the cross country opening races the week after the alpine opener in Park City. |