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Show Savor and support tho arts Arts council fundraiser to feature local music, visual, culinary arts. Page C-1 Let's p!ay two The PCHS baseball team takes field for spring season. Page B-1 On Friday and Saturday. March 17 and 18. Tb Park City Film Series presents -The Straight Story" at the Jim Santy Auditorium (1255 Park Ave.) at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for seniors and students. Call 615-8291 for information. Hi 48 LOlJ Tins WMhin. clwidi rrtum PU Hi 23 10 f IHlWBlllUlliiiTI Ti' iWl II 'Willi WlltHewilH IPMH 11 HilHlft n mm f I l TT K "T Serving Summit County since 1880 The Record receives top UPA honors The Park Record took top honors in its circulation category at the Utah Press Association's annual convention in St. George last weekend. week-end. The newspaper earned the UPA's General Excellence award in both the print and and website categories. cate-gories. Competing among the largest non-daily newspapers in Utah. The Park Record received first-place honors for Best News Series, Best Editorial. Best Front Page. Best Special Section and Best Feature Photo. ' The news-series, authored by staff reporter Jay Hamburger, covered cov-ered various aspects of Park City's Olympic planning efforts. Several of the stories, published throughout 1999, addressed conflicts about who will pay for transportation and public pub-lic safety costs associated with hosting host-ing the Olympics. The entry also included supporting support-ing editorials by Hamburger and Record editor Nan Chalat-Noaker and editorial cartoons by John Kilbourn. "A lot of shoe leather went into Jay's excellent stories," said Chalat-Noaker. Chalat-Noaker. "I know, some people would rather not think about the Olympics yet, but a lot of critical decisions are being made behind the scenes and Jay has been tenacious in his efforts to bring those issues to the public's attention." The Park Record's front page featuring fea-turing president Bill Clinton talking with Park City Mayor Brad Olch on Main Street nabbed first place with the judge commenting, "Yes, I noticed the mayor holding a copy of your paper, kudos." The photo was taken by former Park Record staff member Scott Sine. Sine's work was also recognized in the feature photo category. The judges deemed his picture of a student stu-dent peering at a bug through a magnifying glass "by far the winner." win-ner." , . , Special section honors went to the Record'i semiannual Sports and Recreation Guides, last year's summer sum-mer edition was edited by Kirsta Bleyle and the winter edition wis edited by Jane Southey. According to the judges, the sections are "a wonderful guide to your beautiful country," The judges also recognized Park Record columnist Jay Meehan for Core Samples and Chalat-Noaker s editorials, "What a flair for writing," was their notation on Meehan Please see The Record, A-2 ;hCii Simla) t Karaites Richins' North Summit seat is up for grabs, Representative Ure (R-Kamas) still unchallenged by Tim Westby OF THE RECORD STAFF In the last week, the field of candidates running for county commission has gotten crowded and weighted towards the ! TrO' L I '" 1 "' '.'.. 'V ) SCOTT SINEfMWC RECORD Chris Waddell, a dominant member of the National Ability Center's disabled ski team, hurls himself down a slalom course Saturday during a fundraising race organized by the NAC. Docs could be embroiled in bidding war for Park City clinic Second bidder enters struggle over ownership, doctors ask for more time by Bruce Lewis OF THE RECORD STAFF Two developments emerged within the past few days which could affect the future ownership of the Park City Family Health Clinic. The University of Utah Health Network, current owner of the operation on Bonanza Dnve, and which has offered to sell it back to the group ef five physicians who first sold it in 1995, informed the doctors group that another bidder has emerged. Steve Mersereau, UUHN spokesman, confirmed the existence of a second bidder, bid-der, but responded, "Out of respect for the negotiation process that we have Wccctch vhit3 updeto It has been all quiet on the snow front since last weeks pounding. Park City Mountain Resort, Deer Valley and The Canyons are all, for the most part, completely com-pletely open, and White Pine louring reports that it has aU 18 kilometers of track open and groomed for both classic and skte skiing. Conditions in the backcountry have settled somewhat The Utah Avalanche Forecast Center reports low avalanche ava-lanche danger, but cautions that wind-loaded wind-loaded slopes are stil capable of sliding. Snow condiboro are soft on north-facing aspects and crusty on south and east aspects. CaS 658-5512 for more information. PARK CITY, UTAH www.parkrecord.com out Snyderville Basin. Last week. Woodland resident Michael Marry, Park City resident Allen Titensor and Randy Ov ard from Henefer filed. This week it was Snyderville Basin businessman busi-nessman Vernon Belcher and two-term Park entered into, we are not releasing any information at this time regarding the other interested party." Dr. Robert Winn, one of the nine local physicians considering whether to purchase pur-chase the clinic, said the group was not aware of the second bidder's identity. "UUHN informed us that there was another party interested in the practice, but that is ail we know Winn said. "If they have the best interests of the patients and the community in mind, then that's OK. I cant imagine that a third party wouldn't feel that my partners part-ners and I had some value to the prac- The nine doctors have asked their attorney to officially tell UUHN that a March 21 deadline to conclude negotiations negotia-tions for purchase is unreasonable. "The March 21 deadline is not achievable. achiev-able. We are so busy caring for patients at this, our busiest time of year, that we Please see Park's Doctors, A-2 Printing for tho public Public fingerprinting will be offered through the Summit County Jail every Wednesday morning from 9 a.m. until noon and on Thursday evenings from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. Two forms of identification are required before fingerprinting will be done. One form must be a photo ID. All applicants must provide the applicable fingerprint forms; i.e., concealed weapon permit, school district employment, employ-ment, government employment, etc Anyone with questions regarding this service can call (435) 615-3723 or (435) 336-3723 any time. ruev !" "epe v r c .,...-; - commission rac City Council member S ha una Kerr. Kerr, a Democrat who filed late Tuesday afternoon, said that growth is the pressing issue extending throughout the county. She believes it's time for the county and Park City to work together on growth, w ater, transportation and Olympic issues. And after seven years on the city council Kerr thinks she is the best one to bring the two governments together. inner on its nay out ROGER RECORD Loren Klein, of Pensacota, Fla., basks In the warm, dry mountain sunshine sun-shine drenching Deer Valley's Snow Park Lodge on Monday. Agendas .....A-14 Business B-7 Classifieds C-1 6 Columns ...A-9 Crossword. C-4 Editorial A-11 Education A-17 Events Calendar C-2 "" rC: C! An attorney. Kerr was the top vote-getter when she was elected to a second term in 1997. If elected, she woukl have to leave the council. The current commission operates under a "gentleman's agree menr," which stipulates that one commissioner should live in each of the regions of the county: North Summit. South Summit and the Snyderville Basin. Please see Commission, A-2 City grapples with Olympic rental plans Bell says public will be involved in decisions, but process won't last long by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF There will some sort of public process as Park City attempts to rent out some of its buildings to the Olympic family during the 20U2 Winter Olympics. The city, though, says don't count on scruti-niine scruti-niine its options (or too long before a deal is inked. For several years. Park City has anticipated renting public property during dur-ing the Olympics for the right price And the city admits that interest is heightening But since the negotiations between the city and the Olympic fami ly are considered contractual talks. Park City can conduct the business behind closed doors. In fact, with only a few days notice, the city can enter into a contract to rent its facilities or land, lite deals might appear on a Park City Council agenda just prior to the vote. Park City Director of Olympic Planning Frank Bell says that scenario is unlikely. He savs a City Council vote probably will not occur within days of the city publicizing a deal Bell, though, warns that citizens should not expect a dran-out discussion that lasts some time. "We're not going to put temporary-leases temporary-leases through the same process as Flagstaff." Bell said. Bell adds that open sessions about contracts will be kept to a minimum "To the extent that the City Council Please see Perk City, A-2 Letters to the Editor A-11 Lends C-1 9 Movies C-4 IWcssiooal Services ....EM Profile A-15 Restaurant Guide O10 Sports D-1 TV Listings.. C-1 5 |