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Show Wednesday, July 17, 1996 A-9 The Park Record Our man in Atlanta Christopher Thomas Polar fleece--an Atlanta fashion statement CARNIVAL SWINflSET SALE! 0 'Editor's note: Christopher ' Thomas, a seasoned volunteer with 'the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing ,' Committee is working nights as a volunteer for ACOG (the Atlanta (Committee for the Olympic '.Games) and, by day, is sending first-hand reports of, all the excitement to The Park Record. During the next few weeks he will 'talk to local elected officials about .how the Atlanta experience may relate to Park City and to Atlantans about how the games are affecting their lives. In this report .he spends an afternoon with Park .City resident and Olympics veteran Jolene Aubel. The two talked about Jolene 's duties for NBC in 'Atlanta and about her enthusiasm for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Park City in 2002. Pneumonia in the middle of a heat wave? That's what is worrying Park City's Jolene Aubel. Employed as a research analyst for NBC during the Centennial Olympic Games, Aubel has found her working environment to be less like the highly publicized mercury-shattering mercury-shattering temperatures that gave Georgia's capitol the nickname "Hotlanta" and more like the winter extremities of Park City's America's Opening World Cup Ski Race. "I work in the offices you see on TV through the glass windows behind the NBC set. When the lights are on it's 80 degrees and comfortable, when they go off, the temperature drops to 60 degrees," Aubel explains. "Outside it can be over 100 degrees but in here it is freezing and hard to do work." To combat the cold temperatures which are necessary for NBC's high-tech equipment, Aubel and her colleagues have been purchasing fingerless gloves, wool sweaters and are even considering buying head gear. "We've been thinking about getting neon Elmer Fudd hats with flaps that come down over the Research Park Neighbor Fair planned for July T7 ! Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch? The fourth annual Research Park Neighbor Fair, sponsored by the University of Wtah Neuropsychiatric Institute I(UNI), will be held Wednesday, JJuly 17,1996. This free event is open to the public and will be held at UNI, 501 fchipeta Way in the U of U Research Park, from 11:30 a.m. lintil 1:30 p.m. Display tables at the Research Park Neighbor Fair are available at no cost to interested businesses and organizations. ; The fair will involve ' neighboring" businesses and organizations in the Salt Lake community. Activities will include This Month We Install Our Installation Offer, -U I til JSUmA : J krL I PSTJaXU " M 6 Id fi p8; gram - --TJULHg . Hi This month cnfyHie Closet Factory will install any closet absolutely free of charge. Here's how it works: Our certified design specialist comes to your home to discuss . closet design and all the wonderful accessories only we oflet Then measurements are taken. A free installation appointment is made. And when we're doncyoull be left with a perfectly clean, perfectly terrific new closet! Call for your free in-home consultation now Before our offer to install is removed. . , ""reeln "j J This entitles Ihebearerto a ftxje installation of acustom dosct byThedoset Rictory IMone . installation per household. May not be used in coryurtceon widi any other promotion or offee J Call for free in-home consultation, I I PartGty 801-645-5356 , tfSOt j! I Ton-fax 800-505-7666 (forUtahReskknts) L ... I ears," she jokes. "If I had known I needed polar fleece, I would have packed differently." Despite the tepid working conditions, Aubel is excited to be a part of another Olympics. Her career spans four other Olympic Games dating back to the Calgary Winter Olympics in 1988. "It's something that, is always a part of you. I am proud that I was a part of two Olympic Team staffs." Aubel's Olympic career began when she was offered a public relations position with the U.S. Ski Association while working as an intern with the United States Olympic Committee (U.S.O.C.) in 1985. Originally from Ohio, Aubel moved to Park City in 1988, when the U.S. Ski Association and U.S. Ski Team merged and relocated to Park City. At the Calgary Games that same year she worked as a U.S. Olympic Team press officer. Aubel took a leave of absence from the U.S. Ski Association later that fall to work for NBC News during the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where she assisted with media operations and coordinated press conferences. Following her second stint as a U.S. Olympic Team press officer at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, the U.S. Ski Association downsized its operation and Aubel has "worked for myself ever since." As president of Park City's Mountain Marketing and Communications, Inc., Aubel has worked over 200 sporting events ranging from beach volleyball to downhill skiing and has also been a part of a Goodwill Games and two Olympic festivals. "I've worked for the Park City Ski Association, ESPN, TBS, ABC, NBC and about every other major network except CBS. I am kind of like a utility infielder that can adjust quickly to different situations." In Atlanta those different situations have not only included cold temperatures, but becoming health and business displays, stress testing, a blood drive, blood-pressure blood-pressure testing, a prize drawing, live musical entertainment and a free picnic lunch. The annual Kidstar 5K Fun RunWalk will begin at 11:30 a.m. on the south side of UNI. The cost to participate in the runwalk is $5, which includes a T-shirt and water bottle. All proceeds will benefit the UNI Kidstar Unit activities fund. For more information about the Research Park Neighbor Fair, to reserve a complimentary display table, or to register for the Kidstar 5K Fun RunWalk, contact Wendy Zundel at 583-2500, ext. 453. the eyes and ears of the network anchors and reporters. "You get to know them and they trust you. They can't know everything and that is why you are there to help them tell a better story." Throughout her Olympic experience, Aubel has seen an array of cities and different events. Her favorite Olympics was in Lillehammer, Norway in 1994. "It was such an intimate experience. The people were so full of the Olympic spirit and so warm and caring. At times it was 30 degrees below but they didn't seem to mind they were so happy to be a part of the Olympics." Aubel said the greatest aspect of the Lillehammer Olympics was the small-town atmosphere. "They blocked traffic off on the main street to pedestrians only. Seeing all of the athletes, journalists and others involved on the street made it hometown Norway," she explained. "I think Park City has the potential to create that same small-town atmosphere. Park City has great venues in 2002 and has the experience of staging world class events for quite some time. We have a world class reputation that makes people expect great things and that is what they are going to get in 2002." ' Aubel envisions a lot of changes prior to the 2002 Games but says the Olympics are going to benefit everyone. "It will be a big surge in the whole area for trade and tourism. Europeans love Las Vegas and they will go and visit Zion's, Bryce and Yellowstone," she says. "In addition, all of the surrounding states will have teams coming to practice in higher elevations in preparation for the Salt Lake Games. The elevation will play as big a role as the heat and humidity in Atlanta and other Visit Our entire sleep gallery is sale priced this weekend. 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If Salt Lake can improve just a little each day for the next six years and also learn from the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, it will be an amazing event. Organizing an Olympic Games is like training for a marathon. You don't go out and run five miles the first day of training you gradually increase. I think Salt Lake can do leaps and bounds." As for Aubel's role in the 2002 Games, she hopes to find a major Olympic sponsor, who needs a liaison in Utah, or work for NBC. "I know the Olympics and the local area and businesses. I want to put together an A-team of people to prepare them for the Olympics," she says. "If not, I'll be pirating T-shirts on a street corner!" As for now, Aubel will try and keep warm and assist NBC in providing Olympic coverage. "I heard the other day that, during the Olympics, dancers at the local gentlemen's clubs will be making between $2,000 and $3,000 per day. I'm in the wrong business. 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