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Show Page A6 H Thursday, September 21, 1995 The Park Record Section A Developer hedges bet, files Flagstaff plan with county Rape recovery center needs volunteers by JENNIFER TOOMER Record guest writer While it might be wise, keeping keep-ing all bases covered won't please everyone especially when they're on Flagstaff Mountain. Hank Rothwell, president of United Park City Mines Co., has been negotiating with the Park City Planning Commission for the annexation of Flagstaff Mountain into Park City for 1 5 months. But since he is only required by law to negotiate with the city for 12 months, Rothwell applied to the county for a general plan amendment and master plan approval to push the process forward for-ward at a faster pace. "This is legally available to us," Rothwell said, regarding developing the property under county authority, although he acknowledges the county is very busy and probably won't get to his application for quite some time. Perhaps that will benefit the planning commission. There are a number of issues to be resolved before Park City can annex Flagstaff Mountain, such as water, traffic, secondary and emergency access on Deer Valley Drive.' "If the county approves it, what are we ending up with?" said Planning , Commissioner Chuck Klingenstein. "The county doesn't have to put up with the impacts on this city. It's a really tough situation situa-tion for the community to be put in. It puts pressure on us." But Rothwell believes he's putting pressure where pressure is due. "The city sets the pace of the application," he said. "They could have dealt with this in the 12-month 12-month time frame and this wouldn't would-n't be an issue. They chose not to." If approved by the city, Flagstaff will provide a truck escape lane. A special maintenance mainte-nance district has been proposed to cover maintenance costs in Flagstaff. ' Eric W. DeHaan, city engineer, said at the commission's Sept. 13 work session that while a sec ondary access is still considered critical, it may be mitigated through a comprehensive emergency emer-gency evacuation plan, including a manned fire station, additional wintertime maintenance, fire sprinkling, ski patrol, and an emergency response plan. Although it has not yet been scheduled, a tentative preliminary public hearing about Flagstaff annexation will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25, said Nora Seltenrich, chief of the planning department. For the past 20 years the Rape Recovery Center has been providing provid-ing crisis intervention services' to victims of rape and sexual assault in the community. 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Reservations: 649-3700 ext. 83 or 645-6455 Fall packages from $67 Per Pefson hi Stein Eriksen Lodge Mid-Mountain Deer Valley Utah's only recipient of The Wine Spectator Award of 1j(cetUnce (Most H(pmantk Restaurant, 'Best Sunday 'Brunch - Zagat Survey "Per night, based on double occupancy, subject to availability. Another update from the Balkan war zone by BRUCE "GONZO"BICKSLER Editor's note: This is the seventh article submitted sub-mitted by Bruce Bicksler describing his experiences experi-ences in Croatia while serving with the United Nations forces. Greetings, my friends in Park City, it's time for another dispatch from the Balkan war zone., and quite a bit has changed since my last communique. com-munique. This is an extremely dynamic environment environ-ment here, and if there is one thing you can bank on, it is the fact that things will probably be very different in a few days. Like we say in the Rockies, "if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes." Here you could say, "if you don't like the current politicsborder situation, wait two days." As you may have seen on CNN (or, of course, read in the Park Record), the Croatian Army carried car-ried out its great Blitzkrieg, for which we had observed the massing of troops and weapons. Two days after our recon flight over the Krajina, the Croat force attacked on some 30 fronts and pushed the Serbs out of the Croatian territory. The concentrated and coordinated effort was so successful that the Krajina was taken back in 68 hours with only a few hundred Croatian lives lost (so they say) due to minimal Serb resistance. Some of this action took place alarmingly close to the Croatian capital of Zagreb, where I live in a suburb. There was intensive shelling in the areas of Karlovac, Sisak and Petrinja, only 35 kilometers away. One night during the offensive, offen-sive, I was awakened from a sound sleep to the sound of explosions. Naturally, I (and everyone else in town) assumed we were being shelled. I got up and looked out the window to find lightning light-ning striking nearby and realized that we were merely in a thunderstorm. The very next night I was again awakened by the sound of distant explosions, this time I assumed it was another storm and got up to look. I was wrong again as this time it was heavy shelling near Sisak. A bit ironic. I can't say this ever happened to me back on Park Avenue. In the weeks following the offensive I saw thousands of troops returning from the front. This was quite an ecstatic time for the Croatian people as they now had almost all of their territory terri-tory back. Hundreds of civilians would line the streets, waving flags and cheering as armored personnel carriers, troop trucks towing artillery pieces, busses, jeeps and various military vehicles vehi-cles filled with troops returned from the Krajina. I was later told by one of the soldiers that most of the heavy weapons we were seeing were captured cap-tured Serb hardware. One night while sitting at an outdoor cafe with a friend in the grand square in downtown Zagreb, an impromptu military parade passed through the square. Throngs of people rushed to cheer it on as soldiers waved Croatian flags and fired their AK-47 and Kalishnikov automatic rifles into the air. It reminded me of a third-world third-world military celebration scene from the Woody Allen's movie Bananas. Quite a spectacle! specta-cle! Now all the land we fly over is Croatian-held again, which means it has been much safer flying fly-ing since the offensive. We no longer have the testosterone-filled, boozed-up Serbs taking potshots pot-shots at us. I guess that takes away an exciting added dimension, but we can live with it. It is interesting flying into Knin, what once was the headquarters of the Serbian military now has a huge Croatian flag flying over it. On the U.N. compound where we land, they now have roughly rough-ly 700 Serbian refugees behind barbed-wire fences who escaped to the safety of the camp when the Croatian shelling started. They are understandably afraid of what the Croatian troops will do to them if they leave the camp, so meanwhile it is a standoff with the U.N. trying to negotiate an escorted caravan of the refugees to Serbia. When I see these refugees up close, I cannot help but feel sorry for those who are caught in the middle of this ugly war. These people peo-ple of all ages have nothing except for what they are wearing. They were a proud people at one time, but now must depend on strangers to provide pro-vide their food and shelter. In late August we flew many missions into Topusko and Glina, towns just north of the Bosnian border where the last of the Serb troops were eradicated from the Krajina. Unfortunately, many of these flights involved bringing back U.N. peacekeepers in bodybags. Like the locals they are often caught in the middle of it all. The roads here were literally clogged with tens of thousands of Serbian civilian refugees on foot, in over-packed cars and old wooden carts pulled by tractors. The remnants of all their worldly belongings littered the roadsides for many kilometers kilo-meters during their exodus from Croatia. Another example of "ethnic cleansing," which both sides are guilty of. This is yet another sight I'll never forget. Now, the NATO forces are finally bombing the Bosnian Serbs around Sarajevo and the other safe-havens. This is something that must be done, as aggressive action seems to be the only thing the warring factions understand. However, I feel this should have been done three years ago. In hindsight it would have saved countless lives. The NATO jets launched from Aviano, Italy, and the aircraft carriers in the Adriatic, fly right over our flight routes to Knin and Split. I support them in their missions to hit the Serbs, but it's hard to be comfortable with the idea of an armed cruise missile flying just over (or under) my helicopter. Maybe it's time for a vacation vaca-tion in the Alps... Park City Postal Advisory Council is formed As a new post office starts to rise from the ground at Kimball Junction, a group of interested citizens citi-zens met with post office officials. The intended objective is to provide input from the community on how the post office can better serve the area. It will also serve as a conduit of information from the Post Office back to the community. The new post office, adjacent to Kmart, has been approved for 7,500 square feet. A request for an additional addi-tional 2,500 square feet has been made. The new unit will include a "postal store" where shelves will be stocked with items generally used in the mailing process. The customer cus-tomer will select those items that they need and bring it to the counter Don't Put An Aftermarket Windshield In Your Ford All workmanship guaranteed Park City's full service shop Rock chip repair Serving Summit and Wasatch County Park City Glass, Inc. 649-1202 Park City 1-800-719-1212 Kamas Coalville Heber "Putting customer service first since 1975" for "check out." Another improvement improve-ment that is being worked on is the use of credit cards to make your post office purchases. This feature will be installed at the existing post office facilities as well as the new installation at Kimball Junction. " At the present time there is not plan to reduce the staff at the Main Street or Emporium locations. This should be welcome news to all members of the community and should eliminate the wait for service ser-vice that currently exists today. The Emporium location will be expanded expand-ed if additional space can be leased at that location. For those who travel outside the country there is more good news. Application has been made to the federal government to permit passport pass-port applications to be processed at the Kimball location, thus eliminating eliminat-ing the trip to Salt Lake City or Coalville. The committee members need the input of the community at large. What suggestions or requests will improve the service from the Post Office? What hours of operation will better serve the needs of the community? The Advisory Council asks all members of the community to contact them with their views and suggestions so they can be implemented if at all possible. The members, listed below, have agreed to serve for a term of one year: Robert Karz, 4 Royal Ct., Park City, Utah 84060; Ruth Gezelius, P.O. Box 1294, Park City, Utah 84060; Ginny McNamara, P.O. Box 3512, Park City, Utah 84060; Lesley Burns, county planner, P.O. Box 128, Coalville, Utah 84017; Suzie Packard, P.O. Box 680595, Park City, Utah 84060; Sally Elliott, 2690 Sidewinder Dr., Park City, Utah 84060; Andy Bernhard, P.O. Box 3688, Park City, Utah 84060. Got something to say? Write the editor! reat SParty Jull Service Party and Event Planning (planning Preparation Management AAAAAA PARK CITY, UTAH Where there's A BREATHTAKING JORDANELLE VIEW! Weddings Special Stents , Corporate functions Parties tforjl Great Party, Call: Julie bernhard 649 - 5728 ""mum THE toOST BEAUTIFUL HOMESITE available for only $450,000. (A multi-million dollar home is right next door.) Whether you are seeking a lot for a primary residence; a property to develop for future resale; or an investment in its future potential THIS PROPERTY IS CHOICE! THERE IS NONE LIKE IT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD!! ' CONNIE WIEDEMAN Park City Specialist In Park City (801)649-9869 Toll free: (800)626-1536 nn wmi i im urn imii - I IN |