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Show 5 SATURDAY HI 40 LO 32 Cloudy with chance of rainsnow SUNDAY . " Hi 36 LO 26 Cloudy with periods of snow - MONDAY Hi 42 L0 18 Partly cloudy "' Provided by WNI Weettwmews Chkso, CA. Looking for a different winter sport? Head to White Pine Touring for all your cross-country and snowshoeing needs. The touring center, located at the Park City Municipal Golf Course, is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Beginner lesson les-son packages start at $26 and include rental equipment, ski pass and hour-and-a-half lesson. Snowshoe rentals are $10 a day. For more information, call 649-8701 . New 'Dreams' "Hoop Dreams" director Steve James premiers a new project. Page B-1 Summit to Summit What's happening in other resorts? Page A-14 Serving Summit County since 1880 PARK CITY, UTAH .Park Keco PIPS j iv" A. ' , 'IV ! ' ". s. Sachs finds second home at Sundance by Lisa Antonucci OF THE RECORD STAFF Two years ago, Ira Sachs, Jr., was putting up a poster for his short film "Lady" at the Main Street Deli when a women approached him asking, "Did Ira Sachs direct this film?" Knowing immediately that she was probably referring to his popular father, a resident of Park City for the last dozen years, he replied. "No, I did. I'm Ira Sachs. Jr." "I know Ira Sachs I've known him for years. I know his children, and he does not have a son named Ira." she insisted. The fledgling filmmaker film-maker finally had to pull out his driver's dri-ver's license to prove to the woman that not only was he indeed Ira Sachs' son, he was the director of the film his first entry into Sundance. This year, the son returns with his first feature film, "The Delta," entered in the film festival's dramatic competition. It is a striking look into the heart of adolescent angst and the struggle for identity. "Being an adolescent is like a form of schizophrenia," says Sachs. "Because you are living several different dif-ferent lives at the same time and they're not really congealed. This creates a difficult and very dramatic position in life and was my initial inspiration." However, Sachs notes as the movie began to develop, it became more and more about the city of Memphis his home town for 17 years. "One of the things most interesting inter-esting to me was the tension between the different people who live there the different races. Black and white never, never meet, but in my film they do because of a sexual encounter. But even that doesn't solve any problems... ultimately their race and class divides them in the end." The story revolves around the 17-year-old Lincoln (played by Shayne Gray) and his encounter with a Vietnamese immigrant named Minh. Sachs said he chose a Vietnamese character after being exposed to the culture by his sister. "She lived in Vietnam for two or three years working work-ing as a journalist, so that is probably how I became interested in the Vietnamese community. But I also wanted to deal with race, but not head-on, black and white, which would be the most obvious way," said Sachs. "I thought the film was specifically specifi-cally about being an outsider, and being an immigrant is one of the most dramatic representations of that outsider-ness.' Please see Sachs, A-2 County planning Due to last week's fire, the Summit County Planning and Building Departments will be moving into the old Crandall Ford location at 627 South Main Street in Coalville by the end of next week. Until that time, the planning department depart-ment requests all in-person inquiries be made at the Summit County Courthouse's Information Office. The information clerk will then find the appropriate planner. Or call 649-9161 and dial ext. 210 for the planning dept., or 213 for the building dept., for more information informa-tion on a given development project or building concern. A phone number for the new location will be given at a later date. oimtir by Adam Elggren OF THE RECORD STAFF Discussions of Park City's blueprint for the future the General Plan at Thursday afternoon's city council work session again turned to how the town should manage its record-setting growth. That is, assuming Park City should be managing growth. o it's been m0 i MWI '..41 Jtyk'm r&vaN SCOTT SINEPARK RECORD The Sundance Film Festival wraps up this weekend with an awards ceremony Saturday night and final screenings of the winning dramatic and documentary entries on Sunday. For more reviews and interviews inter-views with the film makers please see the Scene section in this edition. Flagstaff proponents reach out to county Hank Rothwell appears before the Snyderville planners by Kirsta H. Bleyle OF THE RECORD STAFF The dispute over the proposed 1,550-acre 1,550-acre Flagstaff development might be moving into a new arena within the next few weeks. According to Snyderville Basin Planning Commission Chairman Max Greenhalgh, Flagstaff representative Hank Rothwell appeared before the commission earlier this week to request the county include his development when considering the future of the Basin's neighborhoods. The county is Romance for sale Need a good junk novel to get through the rest of winter? In February, the Friends of the Park City Library will celebrate Valentine's Day (and long winter nights) with a special spe-cial sale of romance novels. Readers can choose from a gamut of romance genres, including novels featuring featur-ing strong women triumphing over great odds, sweeping historical romances, popular "bodice rippers" and Harlequin books. Books and undipped magazines are donated by library supporters and are sold at prices far below newsstand rates. Proceeds from used book and magazinS sales benefit special library programs. 15! O The council debated the role of city government in the town's growth, which has been consistently setting yearly property-valuation records. Park City was supplanted by St. George in southern south-ern Utah as the fastest-growing city in the state last year, but remained a very healthy No. 2. If there is a champion of managed growth within the walls of cilv hall, it is currently working toward adoption of an amended general plan, which designates nine neighborhoods within the Basin, and places Flagstaff in the West Mountain' area. The proposed Flagstaff development located south of Old Town and east of the Deer Valley Ski Resort has recently been the subject of heated debate between the developers and local residents who do not want to see high-density development in an area traditionally used for hiking and mountain moun-tain biking. Because Flagstaff's landowners have applied for annexation into Park City, however, the development has not been indicated as part of the West Mountain neighborhood plan. Additionally, Greenhalgh said, current zoning recom- Please see Flagstaff, A-2 Sundance held over Were you too intimidated by the crowds, too uncertain about which films to see? The best-of-the-fest holdover films will be presented Monday, Jan. 27, at the Egyptian Theatre, and Tuesday. Jan. 28, at the Jim Santy Auditorium. Screening times are 6 and 9 p.m. Tickets are $4 each and can be purchased pur-chased in advance at the Egyptian Theatre box office. Movies will be announced Sunday, Jan. 26. The holdover films are sponsored spon-sored by Sundance Film Festival, Park City Performances and the Park City Arts Council all non-profit organizations. 'ft..jSliJ'C-".n-ftb Chuck Klingenstein. who is usually the first to prompt discussions of growth control at the city council. "I and two of my fellow councilmen were elected on controlled-growth platforms." he pointed point-ed out Thursday. It's not just the public will which mandates man-dates a need for official growth control, he said, bul Park City's heavily development-dependent commerce. With 14 to SCOTT SNEIPARK RECORD Agendas A-6 Business A-9 Classifieds B-1 2 Columns A-14 Crossword B-4 Editorial A-15 Education A-11 Letters to the Editor .... A-15 growth 13 of Park City businesses dependent on the development industry lor their livelihood, liveli-hood, said Klingenstein. a housing market mar-ket downturn could have dire consequences. conse-quences. "And I. quite frankly, don't trust the marketplace" to control itself, said Klingenstein. Unfortunately, it's not just city offi- Please see Growth control, A-2 Sundance impacts Main St. Merchants report mixed results in dealing with festival by Bruce Lewis OF THE RECORD STAFF The impact of the Sundance Film Festival on a sampling of Park City's Main Street retailers seems to depend on whether the individual merchant relies upon tourists or locals for their business, and. to a lesser extent, the general gen-eral category of trade engaged in. Two clothing retailers sampled said that the film festival's run has coincided with good sales figures. "This is one of the best weeks of the year," said Bob Haedt of Great Garb. 540 Main Street. "We plan an antique jewelry sale for Sundance week, which brought in a lot of repeat customers from last year." l ie said lhat a lot of customers cus-tomers were coming through, and lhat many were buying. Diane Reid. salesperson at Helen's of Course. 341) Main Street, said lhat business busi-ness was up quite a bit when compared to the lirsl two weeks of Januarv. 1997. "We're not what you would call swamped, bul the number ol shoppers is up." she said, "and a higher percentage of those coming in the doors are buying." buy-ing." Reid added that Helen's of Course gets most of its business from tourists. Please see Sundance, A-2 The Utah Winter Sports Park bob and luge track grand opening is scheduled for today, Jan. 25. The public is invited to attend the ceremonies Saturday, 2 to 4 p.m. Spectators also are welcome to watch the action at the park Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Recreational rides will be offered in the four-man bobsled, which runs the entire length of the track with an experienced pilot and brakemen. However, reservations reserva-tions for the bobsled ride are booked into February. Rides in the 'ice rocket', a one-man, one-man, enclosed sled that starts from a lower position on the track, will also be offered to the public Fridays, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, 2 to 3:30 p.m. The bobsled ride is $100 per person. A ride in the 'ice rocket' costs $25. mm Young Olympians Locals are skiing their way toward the Junior Olympics. Page B-8 Legals B-1 5 Numerology B-3 Professional Services B-6 Restaurant Guide B-10 Sports B-8 TV Listings B-11 Travel A-7 When & Where B-1 |