OCR Text |
Show Park Record Thursday, October 12, 1989 Page A13 QKFDtnfiTO Hats off to softball sponsor Editor: Yo homes! Yes, after having a big time in DEEEEtroit a couple weekends ago, the Park City players who competed in the Class "D" Softball Soft-ball World Series are back and expressing ex-pressing gratitude. But first, how'd we do? Well, after battling 45 m.p.h. winds from Hurricane Hur-ricane Hugo, as well as the 15 other teams, we wound up 9th. But remember, that's out of around 100,000 teams nationally. We would rather have won, as we did in the Northwest Division Championships, but 9th was better than a stick in the eye, or a hand in the garbage disposal. For getting us to the Nationals in Detroit, we'd like to thank 41 local sponsors. First and foremost, Craig Badami and the Park City Ski Area, for being our major sponsor mercifully mer-cifully replacing Jedco Storage. Also, big thanks to Terry and Gary Lawton and The Alamo for holding the famous (or is it infamous?) BasketPoolDart Tournament, as well as the raffle. And, we will forever be indebted to the millions who spent their welfare checks to buy raffle tickets and play in the BasketPoolDart Tourney. But enough schmaltzing. Hats off to our gracious sponsors who are destined to end up in a lofty place for their good deeds. Thanks to all, and to all a good night! Love and kisses, Randy "The Hamster" Hanskat Tim "Bruce" Lee Charlie "The Tuna" Slusher Dedication to soccer Editor: Three cheers for youth soccer players! The fall season was great with the dedication and teamwork by both players and coaches. A special "thanks" to all the volunteer coaches for their time and effort. We appreciate all of you. See you in the spring! The Park City Recreation Staff Attacking lack of housing Editor: In my rage to attack the lack of employee housing in this town I'm sorry if it focused on any individual or person. I realize that excluding nightly rentals is not a solution in itself. Owner's rights are important and I'm sure that the people "leading the charge" for nightly rentals had some documentation to present their case. These homeowners all obviously have a stake in the community or they wouldn't be here. The point I was trying to convey was that affordable employee housing hous-ing is a critical issue in this community com-munity and the problem will not go away. Affordable housing is disappearing disap-pearing all across America and it has created a revolution of homeless citizens. Are we also going to see our small amount of low-income housing with endless waiting lists converted tocondossoon? i It seems that with all the caring people that live here and two major resorts within the city, a creative solution could be found. We are fortunate to have a local newspaper in which to air our grievances and which attempts to show all sides of the story. For those who think that the people who can't afford to be homeowners here have no right to an opinion don't worry if the trend continues the voices in protest won't be living here because the cost of living and low pay will drive them out. Valerie K.Thurnell Commitment is the cornerstone Editor: Long-term relationships in fun towns like Park City appear to be difficult to sustain. Why this is, is anyone's guess. Commitment is the cornerstone of relationships. Without it there can be relating but there can be no relationship. Relationships exist within the framework of defined boundaries so that people know what they can and can not expect from you. If people assume certain commitments in a relationship with you, you are responsible to communicate clearly enough that the assumptions are examined ex-amined openly. Be clear that you can be in a relationship with the commitments, or redefine the relationship, rela-tionship, or avoid being in the relationship. rela-tionship. If you pretend to make a commitment commit-ment from the position that you have to, you are merely setting up circumstances cir-cumstances to breaking your commitment. com-mitment. You get to have an excuse such as, "HeShe didn't give me space to be myself." The truth is it was you who didn't give yourself space by your own intention. You have the option of not making any commitment at all. This is the formula that works very well to produce pro-duce loneliness in your experience of life. Commitment allows certain cycles to continue to completion. Until Un-til you complete any cycle you start, you are never actually finished with it. The incompleteness of it will live within you always. Commitment causes completion. You don't have to look far for an example. The unmade bed in the face of commitment to yourself. The cluttered garage, stack of dishes, the relationship left in mid-cycle. These things will live with you always until you complete them. The nature of life is that it comes in cycles. So, if you want a sense of completion in life, the way to have it is to keep your commitments. No one can make you have a commitment. com-mitment. Absolutely no one. A commitment com-mitment is something you make with your Self that sometimes takes the form of involving another person. per-son. If you break a commitment you are ultimately untrue only to yourself. They will get over it. You will never be the same. Dennis Kostecki Voter fears vocal minority Vote yes Opponents to the Utah Olympic bid, such as Alexis Kelner continue to emphasize the tax burden caused by public funding of the Winter Games. The figures I've heard and read, breakdown to approximately $10year over the next 10 years for each Utah household. I say what a bargain! As a strong supporter of the Utah Winter Olympics, I feel the potential benefit to all Utahns; especially our own community are immense. Personally, my construction construc-tion business can only be enhanced by the increased national exposure, and I believe Utah should use this opportunity as another vehicle for quality growth. Virtually every resident resi-dent should benefit from the Winter Games and the negatives put forth do not justify a "no" vote on Nov. 7. An informal survey of Park City leads me to believe a strong majority majori-ty would vote "yes" on the Olympicsbut Olym-picsbut will you make it to the polls? Time and time again, I have witnessed the majority become complacent com-placent and neglect to register that very important vote we each possess. The Nov. 7 referendum is of vital importance to Utah and it frightens me to think a vocal minority minori-ty could catch us sitting on our complacent com-placent butts while they register their votes. As a 13-year resident of Park City, I'm excited about the potential benefits hosting the Olympics Olym-pics would bring to Park City and Utah. Vote "yes" Nov. 7. Sincerely, Tim "Razor" Sharp Illegal deck dismantled Editor: Fifteen months ago, my husband and I moved into a house in old town. The yard had been neglected for many years and we spent several months hauling away rubbish and re-planting the gardens. In early June of this year, we put a five by ten foot deck over a small barren patch of dirt between one of the gardens and hedge of rosebushes. Two weeks ago, on Sept. 29, a building inspector came by our house and gave us a work violation, due to a complaint by an unknown person, for constructing a deck without a building permit. He explained ex-plained to me that building permits were required for any type of structure struc-ture or re-modeling, with the exception excep-tion of painting and carpet installation installa-tion and that we would have to report to the building department to apply for a permit. On Monday, my husband and I'went to the building department, were given the application applica-tion and told we would have to give specific measurements, not only of the structure itself, but of the property pro-perty boundaries, where -the house sat within those boundaries, and where the deck was located in conjunction con-junction with the house. Since we are only renters, we did not want to pay for surveying fees, and were unsure as to whether our tiny garden platform plat-form would pass the Park City building codes, we took the deck apart, piece by piece. My husband returned to the building dept. several days later to inform them that the deck was no tin 1 t : 1 , NEW HOMES from $122,500 4 floor plans Ski run views Seller financing GAS STATION $72,000 Main intersection Store & Gas combo Heber OFFICE SPACE Park Ave. location 100-2,000 sq. ft. Plenty of parking Come see us for a personal tour of homes & properties in Park City and vicinity. Free maps available. mom longer there and asked for the name of the person who had lodged the complaint. The receptionist refused to release the name, saying only that it was a member of the city council who had just happened to drive by and notice the deck. When I heard this I was stunned. And I am compelled com-pelled to make this incident public for several reasons. Why is the .name of the person who made the complaint being withheld? It has always been my understanding that when a person lodges a formal conmplaint, it is our legal right as citizens to know who that person is. Whether it is the building department refusal or the wishes of the person to remain anonymous does not matter, because either way I feel we have been decieved by our city government. govern-ment. Now that we are familiar with the building restrictions in this town, why do so many other small, but obvious ob-vious home improvememts in old town go unnoticed? When I mentioned mention-ed this to the building department they told me "we try to keep up on it." I have lived in old town for 11 years and have seen only random evidence of this enforcement. We all have to live by these ordinances, but the seemingly haphazard way in which they are enforced appears to be a rather gray area as far as what a person can get away with. Our deck stood for four months before someone so-meone decided that it was in violation viola-tion and made the complaint. Which brings me to the final point the person at the building department stated that the person who made the complaint had said they had driven by our house and noticed the "illegal deck." I have difficulty accepting this because the deck was built in the lower part of our garden and there is no possible way a person could see it from the road on which we live. Seems like another lack of communication somewhere along the line. I realize that we are the guilty party par-ty in this incident and we simply complied with the rules by removing the "illegal deck." But, as my husband hus-band and I now sit on our little patch of bare dirt, we ponder over the rationalization ra-tionalization of our own city government. Sincerely, Wendy V.R.Roy Letters 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 vertification 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 unnecessarily offensive or obscene. TqTw p Heber Valley IGA A OA V t jpTiAPMAPv rnirprvn PHARMACY COUPON $2.00 OFF Any New Prescriptions or Transfer Prescriptions We Are Here To Serve You! Phone 654-1267 Coupon expires Oct 31, 89 D id You Know... That as a city council member Brad Olch has: Patrolled with the Park City Police to learn about their jobs and concerns... Examined the Judge Tunnel for first-hand information on Park City's water situation. . . Traveled to San Luis Obispo to perform a background check on our new city manager. . . Accompanied Park City snowplow crews during blizzards to learn about equipment needs and concerns of the crews. . . Attended an International Public Works convention conven-tion to investigate state-of-the-art equipment that could cost-effectively meet Park City's needs... Traveled to Des Moines, Iowa , Puerto Rico and Albertville, France - at no cost to Park City - as a spokesperson and Park City representative in the Olympic bid process... Attended three meetings of the Colorado Association of Ski Towns to gather ideas which will benefit Park City... ',.. Brad Olch works quietly and effectively for Park City! Vote Brad lor May or On November 7th! Come out of your cave and buy our shoes - boots shoes boots - shoes - boots shoes SHOP RUGGED ELEGANCE 15-75 off Open 10-7 pm Daily 608 Main St. Downstairs 645-7600 Mention this ad to receive your FREE Volt hose with any purchase ) |