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Show 50 Cents Vol. 117 No. 22 4 Sections 50 pages July 27, 1995 Park City, Utah tka. 1 liiZ,.ir,"4mi-: KVimcu Valley Fiesta Dujj parade and demolition derfvy coverage. See A7 and B5. 1 " 3 SAL 1 UKL Serving Summit County Since 1880 Briefs Beer to be served at balloon fest Boer will be available at the Smith's Balloon Festival, Aug. 11-13. Tuesday, July 25, the Summit County Commission approved issuance of a beer license for the event. According to Commissioner Jim Soter, "We do want this event to be a success so we can raise money for the (Swaner Memorial) Park." According to the minor permit for the event the beer will be served in an enclosed area and will be consumed on those premises. Commissioner Sheldon Richins said he had no strong feelings one way or the other on the issue. Commissioner Tom Flinders was not in attendance for the vote. The commissioners approved the license despite a previous appeal asking that if the event were to be approved that beer not be served. According to area resident Amanda Peterson the festival had been billed as a family event, so, in her view, alcohol should not be served. Bank at Junction gets final OK Plans for a new branch of First Security Bank on a parcel between the old Chevron gas station sta-tion and Kmart at Kimball Junction received final site plan approval from the Summit County Board of Commissioners July 25. As approved, the new bank will conform to the new Kimball Junction design standards and will have amber lighting. In addition to its new branch in Park City, First Security is currently operating operat-ing out of a small temporary trailer trail-er west of the Kmart parking lot. Shelter open house is Aug. 2 Officials will celebrate the opening of the county's new animal ani-mal shelter and public works facility with a ribbon cutting Wednesday, Aug. 2, at 9:30 a.m. Along with tours of the new buildings there will also be a rabies vaccination clinic for dogs and cats and a chance to hear about some of the happy endings to local animal adoption stories. The new facilities are located on Hoytsville Road east of Wanship. Motorists advised of road projects The Utah Department of Transportation is advising motorists of ongoing projects on state highways which may cause traffic interference. In Summit County, crews are overlaying 1-80 from Echo to Milepost 180. Eastbound 1-80 is reduced to one lane for the duration dura-tion of the project. This route is heavily traveled by trucks: slight delays may occur past the work site. Motorists are advised to watch for signs and barricades. Crews are also repairing the Toll Canyon structure at Milepost 151 on 1-80. Eastbound traffic is diverted over the ramps 24 hours a day. Delays may occur as trucks also have to adhere to the detour route. Westbound 1-80 traffic is reduced to one lane during daytime day-time hours. Motorists are advised to watch for signs and barricades and drive through the detour at Commission gives Chevron go-ahead by NAN CHALAT-NOAKER Record staff writer The old Chevron station at Kimball Junction is gone and the owners are anxious to move forward for-ward on plans to build a new one with a new look. Tuesday, July 25, they got a green light from the Summit County Board of Commissioners and according to the managing partner of the project, Rick Korth, plans are to break ground in mid-August and to open by Nov. 15. The commissioners gave their unanimous approval despite previous previ-ous concerns about possible reconstruction recon-struction of the Kimball Junction interchange. The commissioners sympathized with the applicant's inability to elicit any concrete information infor-mation from the Utah Department of Transportation about when the interchange may be rebuilt and what it might look like. According to county planner Jim McNulty, "The applicants have exhausted every avenue trying to get something in ink from UDOT." McNulty went on to say the proposed pro-posed plan follows the new Kimball Junction architectural guidelines incorporating a "rural mountain style" and will blend in well with surrounding projects including the new First Security Bank south of the site and a proposed hotel use to the east. As approved Tuesday, the new Chevron will include six gas pumps with 12 fueling stations under a canopy, a 3,500-square-foot station and convenience store, and a 4.000-square-foot restaurant. According to Korth. several national restaurant chains have expressed interest in the site but the final end user has not been selected. The new station will have a stone and stucco facade with wood pillars at the entrance and will not have a tall pole sign. The applicant voluntarily tore down the old 30-foot-high freeway sign and has proposed pro-posed a two-fooi-high monument sign matching the stonework on the building. According to McNulty. the applicants reali.e Kimball Junction will become Park City's Olympic entryway and they want to offer the county a quality project. The commissioners unanimously voted to approve Chevron's preliminary prelim-inary site plan. pMMvanmnmnMmmmfimmiim ."'nli' i"i.r . ' 'i .umi j, , . . , L ..,n..7. i 1 f , ; : VV i " J...vr Is ' " Junior swingers Photo by David Bertinelli Dana Williams, golf pro at the Park City Municipal Golf Course, works with students from the Park City Junior Golf Camp. Interested individuals can sign up now for the next golf camp scheduled to run Aug. 7-1 0, at the Park City Golf Course. Board discusses school busing issue by NATE FERGUSON Record Staff Writer On behalf of the Park City School District Transportation Standing Committee, District Business Administrator Burke Jolley presented the committee's recommendations to the school board at the July 25 work session. Unless something changes soon, students living close to schools will have to walk as they have done in the past. At least 50 percent of the students in the district are ineligible for busing bus-ing due to a state law that says elementary students living within one and a half miles from schools, and junior high and high school students living liv-ing within two miles don't have to be bused. The committee evaluated current bus routes for ineligible students and areas where ineligible students reside but are not transported. By looking at four main qualifiers traffic, pedestrian, road and environmental conditions the committee developed a tool by which each route could be evaluated. After applying the tool, a determination of busing was made based on the raw score, and on that scenario the most hazardous areas would get priority. Since April, the committee has met privately and publicly and taken input from concerned parents. One of those parents is Barbara Maw. an attorney and the spokesperson for 130 "irate" parents who signed a peti- continued on A2 Basin voters to decide fate of recreation bond Sept. 1 2 by NATE FERGUSON Record staff writer The Snyderville Basin Park and Recreation Board last Friday. July 21, approved the resolution for a $7.5 million bond election to be held Sept. 12 for new park facilities. The general obligation bond is optioned for developing one or possibly pos-sibly two 40-acre parcels. "That's the nice part," said Mike Nielsen, chairman of the board. "We can accept one site, both sites or neither." According to Kent Michie, vice president of Zions Bank Public Finance, the bond has several attributes over other bonds and means of finance. First, it puts power in the hands of voters since without citizen support the bond cannot be issued. Second, since the interest on the bonds is tax exempt, it has lower interest rates of less than 6 percent. And third, since the bond is paid back over time, the property taxes are deductible from federal income taxes. The bond is not to exceed $7.5 million, and according to Nielsen, only two-thirds might be used for construction and purchase of the land while the remaining may be put into a reserve fund. According to Michie, if the initial bond outlay is approximately $5 million it w ill add $29 annually to each $100,000 of home valuation. "We can't ask for too much," said Board Member Amanda Peterson. "We have to hope the tax base grows." continued on A2 Former Park City residents have furry bundle of jaws by NATE FERGUSON Record staff writer It is well known lions like gazelles but it is little known lions body does. With a street address that is so far outside the nearest town in Duchesne County it has five digits, is the Pinder Ranch set deep in a also like reporters. At least some- canyon where the nearest neighbor Faulty brakes cause crash MMIIIJllllllllMMIIIIIIIIIlMlllllllMMimm - ' . 1 V v3 if',. I Photo by Brian Fryer Brake failure caused the driver of this fully loaded vehicle to lose control coming down State Road 224 from Deer Valley, Saturday, July 22. The truck rolled over on its side, slid more than 60 feet before sliding up Ontario Avenue and then rolling down the embankment. The driver, Ricardo Rodriguez Moreno, 39, of Salt Lake City was treated for minor injuries and released. Moreno was cited for operating a vehicle with faulty equipment. is three miles. Here, deer and moose are sought on the Pinder's private hunting grounds and beyond that is a multi-colored, and multi-level, house complete with ostriches and a lion named Sinba. John and Beverly Pinder, former Park City residents, had said they wanted a small cat like a leopard or a lynx. "Something we could play with in the yard," John says. After one of their friends was sent down to Texas to find a suitable feline, he returned with more than the Pinder's had expected. "I got your cat," the friend said. 'Til bring it over." When he arrived it was more than a house cat; it was a black tipped African lion. "I'm not sure where it came from," John says, "but I got a bill of sale out of Texas. That's all that counts." Sinba, 1 short for Sinbad, was small then, able to be intimidated by nippy blue healer dogs, but recently that has all changed. At 15 months and over 400 pounds, even though his black mane is still growing, the healers stay away. However, not all dogs stay away from Sinba. Astro, a Doberman pincer, grew up with the lion and whenever he leaves Sinba's fenced-in area, the lion, still not old enough to have a good roar, moans, whimpers and cries until the dog returns. The Pinders knew what they r s q NT j, J. jr r JJ I .K. -X'i. & Photo by Nate Ferguson John and Beverly Pinder with Sinba, a black tipped lion. were getting themselves into, more or less. Beverly was no stranger to lion rearing after working for a movie production company in California training cats and chimps. One of her credits was training the cougar in the Cougar car commercials. Beverly's training might explain why Sinba is so social and likes to enter the house, but like a giant house cat he rubs up against and knocks over furniture and TVs. "He's getting too big to come in the house anymore," Beverly contends. con-tends. "Last week he sat through the wall." A daring prowler, if he made it past the teeth and claws of a night-hunting night-hunting cat, would be surprised to find a room in the house that has been converted to an ostrich hatchery. hatch-ery. Weighing four to five pounds apiece, the eggs go undisturbed by Sinba. What is evident at the continued on A2 Classifieds D5 Columns AW Crossword B7 Q: Editorial A1 2 Education A8 Street Beat B5 Tube Times C9 When & Where B2 T0 1 Agendas A5 Business D1 |
