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Show Fa I WiUii V UUUUKmJ liiiiJKJk WiiwU Lki C lassifieds D5 eetings and Conventions D3 L -gal Notices D9 Rirk Record September 7, 1995 Section D Page 1 The ovno Briefs Zions bank manager promoted , Bruce Dart, manager of the Park City office of Zions Bank, has been named vice president of that office. J Bruce Dart Dart joined Zions one year ago, from First Interstate Bank of Encino, Calif., where he was vice presidentpersonal banker. He has been in the banking industry for 18 years. A native of California, Dart received a B.A. degree from Long Beach State University and an MBA degree from Pepperdine University in Malibu. He is a member of the Park City Chamber of Commerce. Dart also works as a disc jockey on Saturday afternoons, broadcasting for KPCW 91.9. He and wife Janet reside in Park City. Real estate agents are honored Two Park City real estate agents have been honored by The Prudential for second quarter 1995 with the 'Top Dollar Sales Production" award. Steve Chin and Bill Ligety, sales associates with. The Prudential Coleman Real Estate, are the latest in a long line of local agents to win state and even national awards for sales performance. The 'Top Dollar Sales Production" award goes to the Prudential real estate sales " associates in Utah with the highest residential gross income for the quarter. Chin earned second place sales honors for Utah and Ligety earned third place. Mining Association convention The 80th annual Utah Mining Association convention will be held at the Olympia Park Hotel in Park City, Sept. 8-9. The convention's theme is "Mining Makes It Happen." The convention begins Friday morning with an annual golf tournament. That evening, mining industry suppliers will host a Western buffet dinner with dancing and music provided by. the Rocky Mountain Express. Special guests at the dinner will be about 60 members of the Broken Pick Mining Company, an organization of former Kennecott workers. Scheduled for Saturday is an appearance by Rep. Bill Orton (D-Utah); Richard Lawson, president of the new National Mining Association; Utah Speaker of the House Melvin R. Brown; Rep. Met Johnson, founder of the Western States Coalition; and Gayle Rountree, a fourth-grade teacher who exemplifies "Mining Makes It Happen." Glen Tuckett, retire BYU athletic director, will address the closing luncheon. US WEST by ADAM ELGGREN Record staff writer Mad? Think Park City is growing too quickly? Want to call somebody? Rant and rave? Ask for help? Better make sure a line is free. This summer has seen an even more drastic wait for new phone lines than usual. As many area residents can attest, phone line service has often been difficult to come by for some two years. US WEST, currently the only phone company available for most of Park City, received more requests for phone lines than it could handle during the hot summer months, causing many a customer to overheat. That in itself is not an unusual thing. People have had to wait longer than they would like for phone lines since Alexander Graham Bell summoned Mr. Watson. What was different about this summer's request overload was the scope. More and more people are using computer modems and fax To appreciate his work, you can walk all over it by ADAM ELGGREN Record staff writer You practically have to trip over Mark Murray's work before you notice it. But even if you take a hard fall on one of Murray's custom-installed custom-installed hardwood floors, chances ,. .... i Tr.T. ,, i-' "v.-.V"- " -- ' A. -- 'Mm;. ' : J "'. Mark Murray specializes custom-designed flooring and woodwork. Growth, growing pains hit Rocky Mountain region by H. GENE MOSER Record guest writer Growth, Jobs and Incomes.. .the Rocky Mountain region continues to be the fastest growing area in the nation, with a population gain more than twice the national average. The economy in much of the mountain west is described as Trends "booming" by economists. The work force in the mountain west states has been steadily increasing while unemployment remains low. In many areas, this growth results from a flourishing construction industry in both the commercial and home construction industries. A shortage of skilled labor in the construction market has placed a crimp in the plans of contractors hoping to "fast track" their projects. It has been estimated that 1,000 additional electricians could find work today in Utah. Tradesmen are moving from one job to another to gain higher wages scrambling to add, machines in their homes and offices, as well as phones. That, hi i 7 ih V i-i 7 if Photo by Adam Elggren US WEST worker Lorraine Sorensen is part of the ongoing on-going effort to expand Park City phone lines. coupled with Park City's for the area. We had projected an 1 1 phenomenal rate of growth this percent growth rate. We got 28 quarter, may have made a lack of percent," said Leanne Shay, are you'll appreciate the source of your bruises for its beauty and solidity. No, nothing will really ever take the place of wood as the one " material people most love to walk, work and dine upon. It takes a strong will not to run your hand over a richly-polished, smooth and better working conditions. Paradoxically, at this time of unemployment in many western states, the wages of the typical, or median, worker has stayed unchanged once a discount is made for inflation, according to Labor Department data. As a result, many and Observations Americans are finding themselves without the resources to improve their quality of life. Only those workers who make more than $80,000 and are classed as upper income workers have kept ahead of inflation. Those making less than $30,000 have lost ground. This "wage stagnation" is only slowly improving. Capping Growth.. .years ago, Boulder, Colo.' imposed a growth cap on residential building in their city. This . was done by voter referendum in response to the fast growth and change taking place in Boulder. There was no such phone lines inevitable. "1994 was a record growth year in- ,1 rosewood cabinet or oaken bureau. Some wood looks so good you wish you could take a bite out of Marketplace r i Photo by Adam Elggren restriction placed on commercial .development, and as a result there are now 83,000 jobs in town and 94,000 residents, resulting in a stream of commuters driving daily into Boulder. Some feel this is an imbalance that creates problems. As a result, a "slow growth" initiative will appear on the municipal ballot in November. The measure generally limits annual housing and business growth to one percent for five years. . Residents in the city of Midway feel they are growing too fast and have proposed an initiative to limit new construction to 15 units a year. The city council, which had previously initiated a six-month moratorium on development, unanimously rejected the proposed ordinance at, a council meeting in August. The initiative will still go to the voters in the November general election and if all who signed the original petition vote accordingly, the petition will pass. .. The Rainbow Family.. ..at least 18,000 of them, traveled to the Tres T i V I repair phone lines company spokesperson for US WEST. Hundreds of requests for new phone lines poured into the company's office over June, July and August said Shay. Another unfortunate aspect of the phone line shortage is that people were led to believe they would receive new lines by a certain date, only to have that date come and go with no available lines in sight. Shay said "about 5 or 6 people" fell into this category the people who were probably most victimized by the sudden surge in phone line demand. One of those people, Joe Sowul, moved his family to Park City from Florida to begin a new business, only to find that the lines upon which he depended to get the business up and running were unavailable. He had been promised two phone lines would be made ready. Shay said a new computer information system should prevent any such problems in the future. The system, a $45 million statewide state-wide investment by US WEST, lets customer service operatives know it. Well, thanks to Murray and companies like his Mt. Timpanogos Furniture and Flooring, you can spill juice or watch your dog do a poor (or maybe good) Tonya Harding imitation on some of the finest materials available. Mt. Timpanogos, formerly Handhewn Floors, uses more than just wood for flooring material these days after all, a successful business must be able to please different tastes. Many prefer cool tile or soft linoleum to the classic feel of hardwood. But wood is the material Mt. Timpanogos is known for. They deal in hand-crafted furniture and other wood-work such as railings and fireplace mantles. The company, based in Heber City, will also put together a counter or provide hand-crafted furniture to take up some space on your new floor. But wait, there's more. These days, a seedling company cannot grow by only installing floor leaves and crafting trunks, so Mt. Timpanogos had to branch out. Murray says he will take care of any building or remodeling needs, beyond floors and furniture. If he can't do a particular task, he'll find the people who can. "And I only hire the best craftsmen," says Murray. Piedras National Forest in northern New Mexico for the Fourth of July weekend and their annual Independence Day gathering. Arriving in Volkswagen buses adorned with peace signs and other memorabilia reminiscent of the '60s, they gathered in a communal, counter-culture, flower-child spirit. As good as their intentions were, however, they did have a serious impact on the land. Officials said that the vegetation tramped down by the gathering would take more than a year to be restored to its original state. The Forest Service estimates that the cleanup may cost taxpayers more than $1 million. Last year the Rainbow Family met in Big Piney, Wyo. Next year's location hasn't been publicized. The Healthy Home Consumer Guide, containing 27 steps to healthier home living, was recently published in Salt Lake City. The guide was written by Catherine Carter, Wesley A. Groesbeck and Randall Tolpinrud, consultants for the Institute for Healthy Home Environments Inc.' The consumer guide is intended to provide a stcp-by-step procedure to people immediately what the availability status of new phone lines is. Before the new system was in place, said Shay, "you took the order, but you didn't know until the engineering process had started what the available number of phone lines would be. Naturally, that was a source of great frustration for our customers." US WEST is presently laying phone lines, 45-50 miles worth, from the Park City main office to Summit Park. This, along with needed repairs to lines in other areas, should alleviate the long wait by year's end, said Shay. Currently, 60 area customers have no phone service whatsoever, and there are 25 requests for additional phone lines, said Shay. Specifically, the worst areas for line availability are Jeremy Ranch, Bear Hollow, Summit Park and Silver Creek. Until other phone companies begin to compete with US WEST in certain areas, people will continue to rely on that one company to meet all their phone-line needs. Said Shay, "we're hopeful we can meet the demand. When Handhewn Floors decided to open an office in Park City, Murray was the man they wanted, and he seems to have taken well to the work. He liked it well enough to give up his job as a full-time ski instructor at Park City Ski Area, a job he held since moving to Park City. Murray has been a resident for more than five years, more or less since his graduation from the University of Nevada-Reno, he says. In June, Murray opened the Park City office for Mt. Timpanogos, which had been doing business in Heber for a couple of years. Since then, he has customized homes and businesses as far away as Bountiful and Salt Lake City. "Wherever duty calls," says Murray. "I've been very busy." His favorite part of the job is working closely with the customer in order to provide highly personalized service. "We feel our business is. a welcome break from big contractors." Murray is also proud of the attention Mt. Timpanogos pays to environmental safety. Most of the floors he uses require no sanding or heavy glue, and therefore little in the way of annoying, or even i i i. iiamuui, uy-piuuucis. So if your home or office could use a little polish, that finishing touch, Mark Murray, at 655-8185, wants to do the work for you. He doesn't even mind if you walk all over it. and nation interested in "socially responsible" home building or remodeling. The guide follows 27 steps sequentially from start to finish in a typical home construction project. The first step is team selection, and step two is home site selection (topics include: aesthetic concerns, natural environment concerns, passive solar orientation, natural ventilation concerns, alternative energy considerations, water resources and man-made environmental concerns). The guide continues with 25 additional steps. Each of the sections begins with a general of how sustainability, resource efficiency, indoor air quality, and environmental health should be addressed relative to that particular phase of construction. There is a material and labor source guide at the end of each chapter. The book ends with a 72-page 72-page resource1 guide listing 450 sources for environmentally friendly building materials and systems. Randall Tolpinrud, builderdeveloper and one of the authors of The Healthy Home, feels rrmtinnprl An II 1 |