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Show I I I I I f I A-12 THE PARK RECORD SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1997 Letters to the Editor. Change those batteries Editor: An average of three children a day approximately 1,100 children under the age of 15 die each year in house fires. Ninety percent of fire deaths involving children occur in homes without smoke alarms. Sadly, many of these tragic deaths could be avoided with a working smoke alarm. To help parents, guardians and kids in our community remember, we have joined forces with the International Association of Fire Chiefs and Energizer brand batteries to encourage kids and their parents to adopt a simple habit that could save their lives: changing smoke alarm batteries each fall when turning clocks back to standard time. Although 92 percent of American homes have smoke alarms, nearly one-third one-third don't work because of worn or missing miss-ing batteries. With the early warning that a working smoke alarm can provide, residents resi-dents stand a much greater chance of escaping to safety. In fact, a working smoke alarm cuts the risk of dying in a home fire nearly in half. So, on Oct. 26, when you turn back your clocks, take an extra minute to install fresh batteries in your smoke alarms, too. Then push the test button on the smoke alarms to make sure the devices are working. We recommend that families also plan two escape routes from their home and practice them regularly. And it's a good idea to pre-assemble a fire safety kit, including working flashlights, fresh batteries, bat-teries, important phone numbers and a supply of cash. Remember, a smoke alarm is a family's best defense against fire. Keep it in top working condition with an annual battery change. You never know when you'll need it most. Sincerely, Kelly Gee, Fire Chief A really great Winter Welcome Editor: As the director of the Park City Ski Education Foundation, I would like to express a sincere and hearty thank you to all of those involved in the 1998 Jans Winter Welcome event. Jan Peterson, Tina Quayle, Liz Sharp, Russ Coburn and all of the Jans staff who helped make the event possible, Lisa and Ted Simons and all of thePark City Ski Team parents and friends vgho volunteered, all the donors, service providers, and all of the Park City community who helped and attended, thank you! The event was fun, the food was great, and everyone was generous with their auction bidding. Having Johnny Bench as a guest emcee and the involvement of personalities such as Greg LeMond and Hillary Lindh in the live auction, added to the excitement of the night. I hope that each of you in attendance had an enjoyable enjoy-able evening and feel positive about your involvement in the success of the event. It is truly overwhelming to be part of a community effort that provides not only significant funding to support the efforts of its youth, but also provides the spirit and energy that says to our youth, "we are there for you, we are proud of you." From the perspective of the coaching staff, this message helps us maintain the level of enthusiasm and positive energy necessary to support success. The monies that you helped raise will be used to support that ever-increasing cost of the serious pursuit of alpine ski racing for the members of the Park City Ski Team. All of these athletes have set high personal goals for themselves within the sport. As a program, we are dedicated to helping each athlete achieve their goals and grow from this experience. We hope to become stronger over the next few years and take full advantage of what Park City can offer us between now and 2002 and beyond. Thank you again for sharing in this process. We look forward to seeing you at the 18th annual next fall. Dave Galusha A Record testimonial Editor: I have been a reader of The Record since 1929, when we would get a copy from The Record office when we went to get our mail. In 1939, it was delivered to us by the school children. Our daughter got a Record route, and would go after school, pick up enough copies for her customers, cus-tomers, get two for five cents and charge the customers five cents for one. I have been a subscriber since moving to Salt Lake in 1952 68 years of reading the weekly (now bi-weekly) news from Park City. There is something about The Park Record I can't let go of regardless of all the changeovers. I call Park City a place of forever changes, a town that remains very interesting. Park City is a place where people speak out, and the old-timers old-timers try to hang on to past traditions and accept the newcomers. A true Parkite is a person who doesn't let race, religion or creed interfere with being a friend. People don't have to agree with all developments and "doings," but through the years, the old town has given us so many memories and lifelong friends. I want to say how much I enjoy reading Hal Compton's articles, Sunday in the Park, And So It Goes, Fresh Prints and the articles 100 years ago and down through the years. After 68 years of continually "keeping up," I can't let go of The Park Record. Sincerely, Clara Egbert Reseigh Salt Lake City Wishes will come true Editor: The fourth annual Great Escape was held Sept. 27 at the Yarrow Hotel. Thanks to the help of many individuals and businesses, the event raised over $112,000 to benefit the children of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah. I would like to extend a special thank you to committee member Joe Jafarian who went out of his way to make the event the success it was by assisting in every area. Joe, your generosity and support sup-port are greatly appreciated. It requires the help of many people to make an event of this size happen. Thank you to all the members of the Great Escape committee including Sheri Allen, Julie Bernhard, Chris Corroon, Anne Critchfield, Brent Ferrin, Teri Nelson, Nancy Seraphin, Mary Thiriot and Mary Wasilewski. My deepest gratitude is extended to Brent Ferrin and David Luber from Deer Crest for their presenting sponsorship which helped to underwrite the costs of the event. Thanks also to all our sponsors including includ-ing Park City Lodging Association, Yarrow Hotel, Norwegian Cruise Lines, C&S Creative Services, Oldies 94.1 and Jacor Broadcasting. Also, a big thank you to all local businesses who supplied items for the auction. I extend my admiration for their bravery brav-ery and gratitude for all their hard work to the 10 men and women who volunteered volun-teered to provide a date package for the auction. Thank you Sharlene Dunn, Yvonne Gillham, Kathy Murray, Susan Stuart, Hope Woodside, Troy Duffin, Gregory Stuart Geisel, Jeff Dreir, Jeff Peters and Greg Schlenker. Finally, thank you to each of the 340 persons who attended the event and all those who purchased pins. Your generosity generos-ity is overwhelming. Thank you all for helping to raise nearly $10,000 to underwrite under-write the cost of Omar's wish and the wishes of critically-ill Utah children. Each year, the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Utah grants about 80 wishes wish-es for Utah children with life-threatening illnesses. All proceeds from the fourth annual Great Escape will help make dreams come true. For more information, contact 277-HOPE (4673). Sincerely, Suzanne Harris Youth soccer season ends Editor: The 1997 Youth Soccer season has finished fin-ished as one of Park City's most successful success-ful ever. We had over 1,200 kids playing on 93 teams in 13 different divisions. The youth of western Summit County played in over 625 games during the soccer season. sea-son. The success of the Recreation Department's youth programs lies in the hands of our volunteer coaches. Without their dedication we wouldn't have a successful suc-cessful soccer program. Due to the coaches' coach-es' hard work of teaching the fundamentals fundamen-tals of the game, there was much improvement in the quality of league play-Due play-Due to the lack of available field space coaches had to be creative with the scheduling sched-uling of practices which were held on every piece of grass in the area. Games were played at the Park City Education Center, Treasure Mountain Middle School, City Park and the North 40 Fields. Again, the Recreation Department can't express our gratitude enough to the volunteer coaches for the time they have spent in working with the youth of our community. Sincerely, Ken Fisher Park City Recreation A mayoral endorsement Editor: I am writing to convey my endorsement endorse-ment of Bradley Olch for Mayor of Park City. I have lived in Park City for longer than most people here can imagine. I have taught music to most of your children, chil-dren, and now to many of your grandchildren. grandchil-dren. I truly love this town, and the people peo-ple living in it. I have known Brad Olch for many, many years. In fact, we were on city council together for two years, and then I had the pleasure of continuing to serve on city council when Brad became Mayor. I know firsthand how much work, dedication ded-ication and integrity it takes to be an elected official, and to continue to be one. Brad has it all: He's worked steadfastly for eight years, helping to make Park City a well-rounded community. I'd sure be disappointed to see his devotion, vision and hard work begin to unravel if he were not re-elected as Mayor. Please, Park City citizens: vote to re-elect Brad for Mayor on Nov. 4. Sincerely, Jim Santy A treat for teachers Editor: On Oct. 22, the teachers of the Park City School District were cordially invited invit-ed to the recently opened La Salsa Restaurant on Main Street. The food was fabulous and the ambiance in the Cantina was unique and friendly. This was an event hosted by the owners, Paul Marsh and Neil Britton. Paul Marsh, being a former for-mer school teacher, saw a need to recognize recog-nize all the teachers in the district for their dedication, time and talents. On behalf of all teachers, we would like to thank Paul and Neil for this recognition and for an enjoyable evening. Good luck on the success of your restaurant. Sincerely, -Randee Kadziel - Nancy Langford x Performance, not tenure Editor: The article, "P.C. Board approves salary deal," was alarming. Comments attributed to members of the negotiating team for PCEA, sounded like the whining of immature children. They negotiated the contract, accepted the terms and signed. I found the behavior of the teachers teach-ers similar to what I would expect from spoiled and rude children. Business meetings, meet-ings, even in an open forum, have rules of conduct. A "Protracted Standing Ovation" is not acceptable conduct in such a meeting, it is disruptive. This activity, as reported in The Park Record on Oct. 18, was clearly intended to disrupt dis-rupt the meeting. Comments concerning "a flawed negotiating process" were amusing. I remember reading in The Park Record the details of confidential contract con-tract negotiations, details supplied by members of the PCEA negotiating team. So much for "trust and respect." Numerous letters to the editor concerning con-cerning the negotiations have been personal per-sonal in nature. A past letter made mention men-tion that the district's business administrator, adminis-trator, Burke Jolley, didn't even have an education background. As a taxpayer in the Park City School District, I am pleased that the Business Administrator has an accounting degree and an MBA from the Harvard University School of Business. The school board represents SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION 1 Year inside Summit County, $32, outside Summit County, $60 Mastercard Exp. or Visa No. - - - Date: . Name ; Mailing Address Mail to: The Park Record, P.O. Box 3688, Park City, Utah 84060 the taxpayers of the Park City School District and the business office is responsible respon-sible for the most appropriate use of taxpayer tax-payer dollars for the education of the children of the Park City School District. Park City School District administrators administra-tors are paid and evaluated on the merits of their performance. This is the way corporate cor-porate America functions. The Park City School District operates like a multi-million dollar non-profit corporation. The teachers are employees of that corporation. corpora-tion. Unlike corporate America, which pays its employees based on their performance, perfor-mance, teachers have insisted on being paid for their education and tenure, not their performance. Teachers in the Park City School District are paid a salary for 184 days in the classroom. Their day consists of six hours. They are allowed "preparation" time during the day. That means for their salary they spend approximately five hours per day teaching. Park City teachers teach-ers sometimes miss class for "teacher education." As a taxpayer, I'm paying a teacher, who is not teaching, and a substitute substi-tute who is marking time until the teacher returns. The teachers in the Park City School District are paid rather well, considering con-sidering the time they actually spend in front of students doing what they are paid to do teach. As a taxpayer, I commend the Park City School District for negotiating the best deal for my money. If teachers were evaluated and then paid, based on time spent teaching and their students' performance, perfor-mance, you would not have students thinking childish, unprofessional behavior behav-ior was acceptable. Henry Pharis Park City taxpayer A home without mirrors To the Park City Mayoral Candidates: I suggest a simple experiment in ethics. Take your thoughts and words concerning your objections to "drunken Mexicans," speak them to a mirror and see if you find the qualities of leadership in the person whose lips make the sounds. If you feel a discomfort, then simply remove all the mirrors from your home and continue with you beliefs; because simply, you must be in earnest. "Mexicans" have as much right to drunken exploits as those wonderful local "characters" who fall out of the Main Street bars at night engaged in fist and knife fights. Also, remember, the very heart of Park City business is the direct result of people willing to exist in sub-standard (by community property owners' standards), housing. Multi-tenants per dwelling is common in order to survive: work the bar, the store, the construction con-struction site, the ski lift, in order to be a part of the scene of Park City life. My personal life has been subjected to being called any one of a number of ethnic eth-nic scourges, but hardly ever Mexican. I've been the Jew, the Armenian, the Dago. But I am the son of Mexican parents. par-ents. My grandmother is the subject of two university studies; one at UTEP and another by Stanford University. So you see, when I hear words of stupid and hateful, self-serving people, I hear them as faint groundless sounds to be pitied as they are the best words that person has in their soul. And besides, they weren't aimed at me. I do feel sorry for the two in five Hispanics who are mistaken for being "Mexicans." The Guatemalans, the El Salvadorans, the Costa Ricans, must truly feel shamed to be classed as those people from Mexico. So, I promise to never get drunk in Park City. Perhaps Mayor Olch would prefer I not visit Park City. Or even that I return my bought-and-paid-for season pass at Park City Ski Area, and my pass book at Deer Valley. To the citizens of Park City: This dynamic duo of model American leadership leader-ship and citizenship, Olch and Lowry, are the best you can do and for that, you have my sincerest sympathy. The Olympics won't save you from yourselves. Unless of course, you can find a way to have segregated segre-gated housing for the "other" athletes. Ramon Tostado Salt Lake City Bigoted campaign Editor: I can't believe the hate and bigotry surrounding sur-rounding the Park City mayoral elections. This from a community that was built by ethnic minorities who would not be welcome wel-come today. This from a community that has been chosen to handle the major venues in the forthcoming Winter Olympics of 2002. So we welcome diversity? diversi-ty? This from a community that segregates segre-gates their low-income housing and complains com-plains about drinking and noisy parties. This from a community that is known for designer drugs, drug dealings, wine and cheese parties, and close the door mental ity. This from a community that says it has the best education system in the state. Yet, there are too many of "their children" chil-dren" in our schools. This attitude from parents and candidates who believe they are being broad-minded and well educated. educat-ed. No, it isn't the hard-working Hispanics who take the jobs no one else wants or other hard-working, low-income residents resi-dents who are holding two-jobs to make ends meet that should leave. It is the elitist, elit-ist, hateful individuals, ignorant locals and newcomers who want to dictate a lifestyle they believe is in their best interest. inter-est. To them I say, you leave or clean up your own s ! To the mayoral candidates, you should resign. You have not demonstrated the leadership qualities or the understanding to bring about the community involvement involve-ment that makes a city work and its citizens citi-zens proud. Andy Gallegos Salt Lake City The Park Record welcomes letters to the editor on any subject. We ask that the letters adhere to the following guidelines:They should include the address and telephone number of author. No letter will be published under an assumed name. They must not contain libelous material. Writers are limited to one letter every 28 davs. Letters must not be longer than 350 words (guest editorials, 550 words) and should if possible, pos-sible, be typed. 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