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Show The Park Record Section A Thursday, May 26, 1994 B Page A15 News from the West and the rest OflWTlMTW Snmnminmnit to SummMimitt Plans for too tall house may 'timber' A local Aspen contractor received the go ahead from the city's Board of Adjustment to build a house in an historic neighborhood in violation of city regulations. The house is taller than allowed under city height restrictions. The board's decision was based on the fact that the city building department erroneously issued a building permit and it would now cost over $50,000 to modify the r house. The size of the house would also be significantly reduced if modifications were to be done. When it is completed, the house will sell for about $3.1 million. Neighbors are trying to appeal the Board's decision saying the character of the neighborhood will be . destroyed if this home and others like it are allowed to be built. "The house is totally out of mass and scale with the rest of the neighborhood,' said Roger Moyer, a member of the city council's Historical Preservation Committee. "This isn't a house, its a mini-hotel." Aspen Mayor John Bennett commented that allowing such a structure to be built would cause Aspen to look just like Vail. To prevent that, he and other council members suggested it was time to revise building restrictions in historic neighborhoods. Moyer pointed out, however, that restrictions, new or old, would still be useless if this house continues to be built as originally planned. Telluride Times-Journal Lawsuit against paper rests on bad sources A lawsuit against the Telluride Times Journal by the paper's former editor was dismissed from a federal district court last week. Marta Tarbell alleged that she had been wrongfully discharged after she had tried to stop drug use and trafficking at the paper, and asked for damages in excess of $235,000. Allowing the paper's motion for summary judgment, Judge Daniel Sparr ruled that Tarbell had failed to present sufficient evidence to sustain her case. Accusations made by Tarbell, Sparr found to be based on rumor and conjecture. The journal is considering pursuing legal action against the former editor for recovery of legal expenses. Representatives for the paper said they would like justice for what was "obviously a frivolous and groundless action.' Classic pyramid scam gets Idaho residents In violation of state and federal law, a matrix scam has been circulating among Idaho residents. The scam, advertising through fliers that it is completely legal, promises fast cash for everyone involved, regardless of their financial backround and experience. 'All a person has to do is donate a $ 1 ,500 cash gift to the chairperson of the matrix and then the doner is placed on the bottom level of a classic pyramid. According to several participants, some of those involved received up to $36,000 at different times. Blaine County Prosecutor Fritz Haemmerle is threatening to prosecute anyone who does not return money made in the matrix. He has the names and phone numbers of participants from confiscated pyramid boards. "For those innocent people who have participated in the scam, the prosecutor's office would consider them victims," said Haemmerle. "But, anyone who continues to perpetuate the scheme will be targeted for criminal prosecutions." Fines could run anywhere from $5,000 to three times the amount a person gained in the pyramid. Police reported that Idaho's matrix apparently was a spill over from scams in Washington, Oregon and Montana. Other scams have reached across the country. Authorities say greed will keep the pyramids going . even if they are illegal Jackson Hole News ; New 'quad' means a hike in lift ticket prices Thunder, one of the most crowded lifts at the Jackson Hole Ski Area, will be replaced this year with a fixed-grip quad. The quad will carry 1,200 skiers per hour as opposed to Thunder's 850 skiers per hour. Construction of the new lift, said ski area president John Resor, will be done by December and will cost a little more man $1 million. To defray costs, Resor plans to increase ticket prices by $1 next season. Now, skiers will pay $44 for a pass that includes the tram and $40 for chairlift-only passes. According to planners, the new lift unfortunately will , not affect the long lines that clog the base area in the-- morning. The buggy ride by JUSTIN L. "JACK" FUELL Editor's note: Although Justin Fuell has not lived in Park City for many years, he has recounted many local incidents from his youth in his autobiography Jackie. He has published his memoirs in several newspapers and newsletters, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, he resides in Mar ana, Ariz. Life was pretty dull for a kid during that Great Depression we had little beyond the bare necessities and we had few toys. So, we made our own fun. In my earliest years we traveled around Neola by team and wagon in other towns, us kids liked to pretend that we were explorers and kept our eyes open for things to help with those games. Our games and . toys didn't always work too well, though. We were living in Park City and in one of the shreds at Savage's place we found a buggy that was light enough that five or six of us could pull it around empty. We could even carry some little kids if there were enough bigger ones pulling. We had lots of fun with that buggy, pretending that it was our covered wagon and that we were pioneers in the wilderness. One kid had a soap box car made of little wagon wheels, boxes and planks. He steered by pulling ropes hooked to the axles near the front wheels, and it coasted even better than the little wagons. We got to thinking about how he steered that soap box car, and thought we could steer the buggy the same way and then we could all ride at the same time. We snooped around the sheds, found some rope for steering and hooked it all up. About a quarter mile from our house was a hill where we rode the little coaster wagons and the soap box car, so a bunch of us pulled the buggy over there and got it all set up to ride. We were worried because the turn onto the road at the bottom was pretty sharp and if we missed that turn there was a cliff below us that we couldn't miss we decided to try it anyhow I was pretty strong for being twelve years old. We aimed the buggy down that hill; the other kids held it while the little ones climbed aboard and I got set with the steering ropes in my hands. They let her go and I had a terrible time steering those big wheels. I kept it going for the first 20 yards and then a bump jerked the ropes from my hands and we sailed downhill like an old cow headed for the barn. I hollered for the kids to jump off and there were arms, legs and fannies flying all over Rossi Hill. I jumped off last that had something to do with the Captain being the last to leave his ship, and the buggy went zooming down the hill, bounced across the road and over that cliff. We went down there to bring it back but it was all messed up, and besides, it was just too heavy and the cliff too high. We figured it was just as well that we tell no one about that wrecked mess down there, because there are so many things that adults just don't seem to understand. 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