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Show Park Record Thursday, September 21, 1989 Page A15 Successful Autumn Aloft Editor: In spite of being weathered out on Sunday, the 7th Annual Aloft was a huge success. The balloons flew press, sponsors, and crews on Friday, sponsors again on Saturday, and everyone enjoyed marvelous flights both days. The sponsors and pilots also enjoyed the reception at Kimball Art Center, a lawn party dinner-dance at the Homestead, a tail-gate party on Saturday which included such themes as: a '40s Officers Club, stage coach chuck wagon brunch, a trip to the moon and a yacht club complete with a 26-foot cruiser on a Park Meadows Golf Club lake. Our event closed with a festive awards brunch at the Prospector Square Hotel on Sunday. There are now hundreds of volunteers involved in the production produc-tion of Autumn Aloft and we are grateful to all of them for their participation. par-ticipation. There are two groups in particular who must be recognized. Souvenir sales provide an important impor-tant source of income to the Park City Ci-ty Balloon Club (a non-profit incorporation) incor-poration) to help pay the expense of Autumn Aloft. This group begins meeting in the winter to start the planning process. Deone Smith, the leader of this group, recruited an enthusiastic en-thusiastic group of workers who did a great job. When doing an event of this sort, there's a lot of "grunt" work that has to be done: traffic directed to the right places, fences to be erected, mowing of the launch field and parking park-ing areas, litter containers put out and collected, etc., etcs. Tom Vetter, the leader of this group, assisted capably by Larry Stanley and other volunteers did a masterful job. All of the officers and board of the Park City Balloon Club play an important im-portant role in the year-long production produc-tion of Autumn Aloft. I want to extend ex-tend my most sincere thanks to Mike Gibson and Gigi Darricades, Tom and Tevy Vetter, Jerry and Georgia Shane, Spence and Deone Smith, Stewart and Shirla Collins and Nancy Nan-cy Wickham for their support this year and in the past. Our sponsors are also extremely important to us and we are grateful to the 28 companies and groups who joined in our activities this year. In particular, we want to thank the Radisson Inn who again' served as our headquarters for our event. Obviously, the Park Meadows Golf Club provides a magnificent setting for our balloons and we're grateful to John Sands, Mike Kahler and their staff for their support. The Park City ChamberCBureau provided provid-ed numerous services throughout the year. Park City Municipal Corp. helped in many ways. Frank Bell and his people were out early to help spectators get to our event in the best and safest way possible. Leisure Services helped in preparing prepar-ing the field and the EMT's and Fire Department were on hand in case they were needed. Fortunately, we again had an accident-free event. My wife, La Verne (another one of our outstanding workers), joins me in extending our gratitude and love to all those unselfish individuals who make Autumn Aloft possible. Gene Moser Commodore Looking forward to '91 Olympics Editor: As a young man studying at the University of Munich, West Germany, Ger-many, in the autumn of 1963, 1 was eagerly awaiting the Winter Olympics Olym-pics in Innsbruck, Austria, in February of 1964. The Vietnam War interrupted my plans as I was drafted into military service. Twenty-five years later, I find myself seeing the opportunity to once again participate in the great Olympic event. ' I am looking forward, with great anticipation, to the Olympics coming com-ing to Utah because I am convinced they will be extremely beneficial to Utah. The Olympics have raised the stature of any community in which they have been held. Surely, that will occur in Utah and Park City. People from all over the world will come and see Utah and our wonderful wonder-ful community. The people from Utah will receive a tremendous sense of satisfaction and self-esteem for being hosts to this spectacular event. I believe the effect locally, in an economic sense, will have immediate im-mediate and long term benefits. The activity in the community will immediately im-mediately increase and the business ' people will enjoy additional revenues. In a long term sense, we will become one of the great winter sports training centers. World class athletes will develop and we will be able to become an integral part of all associated in that regard. Many people from Park City-Brad Olch, Jim Lewis and Jan Peterson, to name a few, have already become extremely Involved in this effort. I think they and others who have given of their time need to be recognized and commended. But, more importantly, let us join with them and ensure the reality of the Olympics being in Utah by passing the funding referendum in November and working together to win the International Bid in 1991 . Sincerely, Jon R. Brinton PCP telemarketing drive Editor: Park City Performances last week conducted its annual Season Ticket Telemarketing Drive, signing up a record-breaking 256 subscribers and 20 more members of our First Nighter supporters. In all, the 35 volunteers who staffed staff-ed the telephones at Gump & Ayers' offices during the telemarketing drive Sept. 11-14 brought in nearly $13,500 for the theater. Special thanks are due drive co-chairs co-chairs Dennis DeNoble, who marshalled mar-shalled the volunteer phone force and trained them nightly in the fine art of telephone sales (and sold a bunch of tickets, to boot), and to Jackie Toy Harwood, who worked tirelessly to handle the logistics of logging and recording the dozens and dozens of sales and kept everyone knee-deep in pizza. Our top salespeople for the drive were Bob Richer and Kevin LaMon-taqne, LaMon-taqne, who each sold an astounding 27 season tickets during a two-and-one-half hour calling shift. We also offer special thanks to our other volunteer callers: Sherrie Acerson, Glenn Artist Jr., Jana Baumann, Susie Berg, Rob Carr-ington, Carr-ington, Linda Kruze, Jan Dehoop, Donna DeNoble, Francie Eisenberg, Florence Healey French, Lachlen French, Frank Harris, Gregg Hawkes, Hoanne Hays, Mike Hays, Annette Heileson, "Granny" Fran Hill, John Keahey, JoAnn Krajeski, Wendy Dryger, Rosemary LeFarge, Paula LeVine, Judy Lichtenstein, Beulah Mowrey, David Pierre, Linda Lin-da Ponder, Maggie Reno, Susan Ruser, Rick Shapiro, Frank Harris, , Claudia Flandro Ward and Donna Wells. And thanks also to the Park City community for receiving these . callers so warmly. It's rewarding ' experience to make hew theater friends over the telephone! PCP will continue to sell season tickets at the box office through the end of the run of Sweet Charity, Sept. 29-Oct. 28. For ticket iinforma-tion, iinforma-tion, call 649-9371. Janice J.Perry, chair Season Ticket Telemarketing Drive Thanks to UPCM! Editor: In the Park Record issue of Sept. 14, the Park City Rotary Club ran an advertisement thanking individuals and business for their contributions to the Miners Day Celebration. Inadvertently, we omitted United Park City Mines and we wish to express ex-press our gratitude for their generosity and continuing support. Sincerely, Bob Ziegler President, Park City Rotary Club Token Lover I am a lover of history and I have a somewhat unusual hobby. I collect old tokens used by stores, barber shops, pool and billiard parlors, saloons and other businesses years ago. The tokens are usually made of metal and are good for five cents, 10 cents and 12 12 cents or more in trade or merchandise or "good for" a loaf of bread, one drink, one shave, or whatever. While they have the appearance of a coin, they come in all shapes and sizes. I have reason to believe that some of these tokens were used in your area years ago and I would like to contact those who may have some of them, with the hopes of adding them to my collection. I know that this request is relatively relative-ly unimportant but I do get a great deal of enjoyment from my hobby and I do believe that these concrete reminders of our great heritage are worth preserving. I would like to hear from anyone having one or more of these tokens or from anyone who might be able to help me. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. I now live in South Dakota and my address is: 1906 Scenic Way, Sioux Falls, SD 57103 (Phone: 605334-6910). Thank you in advance. William H. Clapper Using locals as fodder Editor: I am writing in response to Mr. Winterer's letter appearing in the "Letters to the Editor" section of the Park Record on Sept. 14. I thought I was the only person in town offended by Mr. Clyde's column col-umn of Sept. 7 referencing the "stuffing" "stuf-fing" of the Osguthorpe's dairy herd, as well as the insinuation that a similar fate might befall the Osguthorpe's. Mr. Clyde, I realize you attempt to present your journalistic endeavors in a witty, amusing and satirical manner. However, your use of a long standing resident's livelihood and family heritage as the basis for one of your "witty" pieces goes well beyond the bounds of responsible journalism. Mr. Winterer makes a very good point in saying the entire community must make an honest effort to plan a sound future for our community. Perhaps your non-resident status precludes you from the responsibilities respon-sibilities that go along with being a resident of Park City. The potential growth facing this community will be difficult to manage even if we are able to develop the appropriate "spirit of cooperation" among our residents. I suppose we could choose to take a witty and amusing approach in dealing with our growth in the coming com-ing years. However, I question whether the results would answer our ecological, environmental, economic, or "quality of life" goals. Your use of local residents or local situations as "fodder:" for your column col-umn really serves no purpose other than to force people to "take sides" and be ready for battle in dealing with our communities needs. The resulting situation isn't very productive. Leave the Osguthorpe's, or any other individuals, out of the fray. Our future concerns will certainly be much bigger than that. Please remember your responsibilities and try to put aside any personal animosities you may have toward any of our residents. Thank You, Jay F. Heinrich Mary Wintzer, Sydney Reed, Juli 01-ing, 01-ing, Pat Collins, Jana Cole, Bev Beck, Laurel Stromberg, Dixie Geisdorf , and Robin Beck . Our special thank-you goes to KALL-KLCY radio station for their generous donation of all the balloons and helium for this exciting event. Thank you all again. Patty Blanchard Parley's Park Elementary School PTA President Letter Policy Park Record welcomes letters let-ters to the editor on any subject. sub-ject. We ask that the letters adhere to the following guidelines: They should be submitted submit-ted to the Park Record offices of-fices at 1670 Bonanza Drive or received in the mail (P.O. Box 3688, Park City, UT. 84060) no later than 5 p.m. on Monday. They must be signed and include the name, address and telephone number of the author to allow verification of authorship. They must not contain libelous material. No letter longer than 350 words will be published. We reserve the right to edit letters if they are too long for the space available or if they contain statements we consider con-sider unnecessarily offensive or obscene. T v y t kr (s. V;, X. ' ' 7 " Iff ,i iLi hi, in iiii Dog of the week This week the animal shelter has a brother and sister needing homes. The black Labrador cross pups are about ten weeks old, and both are friendly. You can adopt a puppy or dog at the animal shelter, located across from McDonald's at Kimball Junction. The shelter is open weekdays from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. The shelter's phone number is 649-5449. 1989 Summit County dog licenses are now being sold at the Summit County Animal Shelter and sheriff's office in Coalville. All dogs in the county over six months must be licensed to a person 18 or over. Mail-in applications are available at the animal shelter or the Marsac Building. Fee is $12. Local veterinarians offer a free first examination to all adopted dogs. Owners can also receive discounts on spaying, neutering, and even dog grooming. J I S& Ir-' rdJ Parley's Balloons On Friday, Sept. 15, the student body of Parley's Park Elementary had their own version of Autumn Aloft. At 9:30 a.m. each child sent up a helium-filled balloon with a note enclosed asking anyone who found it to call the school. Parley's Park PTA would like to thank all the volunteers who gave of their time and energy in blowing up and distributing over 600 balloons. The following people assisted: Bill and Karen Silvestry, Jim and Holly Stava, Dr. Robert (Winny) Winn, Sherie Harding, Marlena Holman. : , l 11 Willi v&rVfl Til . V f For Spring Beauty Plant Your Fall Bulbs Now , All Nursery Stock Now On Sale .......... Prices good til Oct. 31, 1989 PARK CITY NURSERY Hwy 224,12 Mile North of Park West 649-1363 u i via Four out of five dentists prefer them! Ho 1BIB -A I jmmmmm T PLACE PARK CITY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER INC r.lAlfJ STREET. FAHIl CITY. O THURS. REGGAE RHYTHMS. THE RIDDIMIGHTS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT!!! 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