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Show 2002 Guide to the Games Maps, schedules, calendars and advice to help you navigate next month's Olympic maze. Inside Painting P.C.'s new face Patricia Smith's new posters are a real departure. Page C-1 The Park City Historical Society and Museum and KUED will show "Silver and Snow: The Park City Story" at the Egyptian Theatre on Sunday at 7 p.m. The film was created by television journalist Larry Warren and is an updated updat-ed look at Park City's ski history. For more information, 649-7457. i'A VA ' QPl " en 'n& ummit bounty since 1880 j t.ITY LIBRhRi BOX o8 PARK CITY YrprTZ. I Of the three Olympic fc -tace skiing venues, Snow-basin's Snow-basin's seating capac-m&yCA& capac-m&yCA& ity is the largest. That fiiwti.H stadium can seat ' 1 22,500. Park City Mountain Resort can seat 16,500. Deer Valley can seat 13,300. Source: SLOC it . w DO NOT REMOVE FROM LIBRARY nrn v 1 0 ft STEPHEN ZUS1IPARK RECORD FAA deflates Olympic hot-air hot-air ballooning by Jana McQuay OF THE RECORD STAFF . International spectators and athletes ath-letes will likely be awestruck by the majestic beauty of the snow-capped mountains of the Wasatch Back and the ambience of Park City's Historic Old Town. But one thing they won't see during dur-ing the Games is the colorful and spectacular sight of Park City's hot-air hot-air balloons. For security purposes, the Federal Aviation Administration has enacted a temporary flight restriction restric-tion (TFR) during the Olympics that will put a halt to hot-air balloon operations in the Park City and Heber Valley areas. Beginning Feb. 6, general aviation avia-tion operations will be restricted within a 45 nautical-mile radius of the Salt Lake City navigational facility, facil-ity, according to a December FAA report. "We are about 25 miles from the Salt Lake International Airport," said Mike Bauwens, owner of Park City-based Balloon The Rockies, one of several balloon-ride operations opera-tions in the Park City area. "That sends us to around Tremonton to fly or south of the Springville area," Bauwens said. "We could operate in those areas, but it is a long way to go." Bauwens also runs a hot-air balloon bal-loon training school that falls under FAA Regulation Part 141, which means he must abide by some additional addi-tional FAA limitations. "I cannot operate the training school outside a 25-mile radius of Park City where the school is based, " Bauwens said. In other words, he can't operate his flight school anywhere any-where during the Olympics. I "I have no options," Bauwens "said. "I'm done." He does, however, run a repair s.tation. "The only balloon repair facility within 500 miles, so there's work to be done," Bauwens said. I; "The guys that are hurting most ate the passenger-ride operators," he said. Daren Wilde currently owns and operates High Adventure, a passenger-ride operation that affiliates with Morningstar Balloons. ;I "I'm just a hot-air balloon opera-Kir," opera-Kir," Wilde said. "Actually, it the TFR shut us down." He and his crew of four people Have been impacted by the FAA restriction. ", But that's not Wilde's only con-- Please see Hot-air balloons, A-2 Medals Plaza tickets -Today, Saturday, Jan. 26, is the last day for Snyderville Basin residents in the 84098 zip code to sign up for a draw-ing4hat draw-ing4hat will give away 120 tickets to the Feb. 14 medals ceremony in Salt Lake. "interested residents can sign up from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Richins Building, located at Kimball Junction at the corner, cor-ner, of S.R. 224 and Landmark Drive. Winners will be called Jan. 28. Medals for that day's competitions wfll- be awarded between 7 and 9 p.m. with a special performance by Sheryl Crow, 9-10 p.m. Fireworks will follow at 10 p.m. Torch to W To 1R.224 Thaynes Canyon 2002 CLYHFIC TGHCEl PAmtCfTY V GRAPHIC BY MELISSA HYDE The Olympic torch relay will arrive in Summit County on Feb. 7, the day before the Winter Olympics begin. In the Park City area, torchbearers will run from S.R. 248 to Main Street and then out of town on S.R. 224. SLOC cuts sale of Wasatch by Tim Sullivan OF THE RECORD STAFF Fear about congestion on Interstate 80 during the Olympics has caused Games organizers to refuse the sale of tickets to some Wasatch Back events to Salt Lake Valley consumers. Tuesday, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee announced it would not sell tickets to events at the Utah Olympic Park and Soldier Hollow on Feb. 9, 12 and 14 at outlets in Salt Lake County. Ceremony marks Park City's 424-acre open-space purchase Fence-cutting draws a crowd to watch Round Valley dedication by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF Guests at Thursday's gathering dedicating dedi-cating 424 acres of Park City's open space received an unusual trinket as a gift. Many left with four-inch sections of barb-wire fence wrapped in a red ribbon, rib-bon, a reminder of the battle that was waged in Round Valley between property proper-ty owners and people who enjoyed trails in that swath of land. The Thursday event, though, marked the ceremonious transfer of the land from private hands, especially from the McMillian family, to the city. Last year, the city announced a deal to purchase 424 acres in Round Valley, of which 280 acres came from the McMillians. On Thursday, the deal received lots of Thrift drop-off closed The St. Lawrence Thrift Store drop-off located behind St Mary chapel, 121 Park Ave., in Park City will be closed and no furniture fur-niture pickups will be available during the Olympics, Feb. 6-24. New hours of operation are now in effect The drop-off will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except on Wednesdays and holidays. The doors will be locked after 5 p.m. and items cannot be left outside. The Thrift Store is located at 84 South 100 West in Heber City, adjacent to St Lawrence Catholic Church. Thank you for your donations and for your help in observing observ-ing these important and necessary changes. PARK CITY, UTAH www.parkrecord.com 1 Willi W4 blaze through Park City 1-80 & Salt Lake City , Park Meadows leans KM 4 , Ten ui3Kcfiuzi Drive tres leans BlwL ' ' Bonanza Drive T&ms lotf BestFaUey Drtvs frMBMtsn DevYaBey Drive ParUwmw Turns eoto Tom troni Kali Street MtePartlnflta . Old Town RELAY "We wanted to reduce the number of cars on Interstate 80," said SLOC spokeswoman Jeanie Shaw. Shaw said organizers also wanted to give residents of Summit and Wasatch Counties more of a chance at events at venues in their communities. "We wanted to offer it to folks in Wasatch and Summit Counties," Shaw said, "So the local folks would have the opportunity to see the events." Three out of the four Wasatch Back venues the Utah Olympic Park, Soldier Hollow, Deer Valley and Park praise. A group of present and former city officials attended, including former Mayor Brad Olch, who was instrumental in negotiating the deal in the months before he left office in January. "I truly believe our friendship helped me make this decision," John McMillian said on Thursday about Olch. "I feel good about it." For a decade, Park City has had an aggressive open-space strategy in Round Valley, which is on the northeastern edge of the city, nearby Park Meadows, and extends toward U.S. 40. During Olch's 12-year administration, the city made several significant purchases pur-chases in Round Valley, including a 600-acre 600-acre parcel. "We're changing the name of this valley val-ley to 'Brad Olch Valley,'" McMillian said. He was given fence cutters and quickly quick-ly snapped a small portion of barb-wire fence that was strung across a gate on the entryway to the property. A crowd of about 75 people, some with their dogs, watched the ceremony Please see Round Valley, A-2 J People's Health clinic The People's Health Center has scheduled the following clinics for the month of February in Park City: An adult clinic will be held on Feb. 4 at the Christian Center, 1100 Iron Horse Dr. A second adult clinic will be held on Feb. 18 at St. Mary's Church, S.R. 224 and White Pine Canyon Road. Women's clinics will be held on Feb. 6 and 18 at St. Mary's Church and on Feb. 27 at the Christian Center. All clinics begin at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call the People's Health Center at 615-7822. . , , 1 i , S.R.248 Torch Bums Begin runs . ; - ' From 1)340 1 Heber City Prospector Square Halo Street mainstrBi Celebration at Brew Pub Parting lot Back tickets to City will host events on 13 out of the Games' 17 days. If the events sell out. that's an average of 47.0(H) people heading head-ing to the Wasatch Back on each of those 13 days. Shaw said SLOC originally intended to black out six days worth of Wasatch Back events for Salt Lakers, but response to cheaper rides on its Mountain Venue Express transit system increased organizers' confidence that congestion would not occur on three of the days. On Jan. 11, SLOC lowered the price SCOTT SINER4RK RECORD AnnaMarie McMillian watches Thursday as her husband, John, cuts a ceremonial cere-monial barb-wire fence at the entryway to property in Round Valley that Park City purchased from the McMillians. ill 3b, Four boys are angels in eyes of Martha Brown A well-known Park City real-estate agent thanks her Heber City rescuers. page B-13 Agendas A-8 Business B-13 Classifieds C-1 3 Columns ...A-14 Crossword C-4 Editorial A-15 Education A-9 Events Calendar C-2 Local heroes to carry torch in on S.R. 248, up Main Street, out S.R. 224 by Jay Hamburger OF THE RECORD STAFF Commuters be forewarned: traffic delays are expected Feb. 7, the day before the Winter Olympics begin. That Thursday, the Olympic torch and the motorcade that accompanies it will roll through Summit and Wasatch counties on its way to the Salt Lake Valley, where the torch will ignite the Olympic cauldron during opening ceremonies cere-monies on Feb. S. This week, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee released a minute-by-minute schedule of the route through the Wasatch Hack. Its first appearance in Summit County will he on I N4 as it enters from Morgan County. The torch caravan will hit Henefer at K:23 a.m., a lew minutes later a torchbearer will run in that North Summit community. The convoy then moves out of Summit County lor stops in Midway, which is nearby the Soldier Hollow Olympic venue, and Heber. After Heber, the torch travels north to Park City. The first torchbearer in Park City will start at approximately 12:54 p.m. on Kearns Boulevard at (Vmstock Drive, which is on the eastern edge of the city-Torch city-Torch runners will then head toward Main Street, taking Bonanza Drive and Deer Valley Drive to Old Town. Torchbearers will ascend Main Si reel. They are scheduled to be at the top of the street at 1.22 p.m., when a celebration celebra-tion will begin. Afterwards, the relay will backtrack on Main Street, veer left onto 4th Street and then turn right onto Park Avenue. It Please see Torch, A-2 valley stores of the Mountain Express from $20 to $5. Alter me discount, tne numncr ol people peo-ple who purchased tickets rose from 5.000 to almost 40.000. The Utah Department of Transportation supports SLOC's move, said UDOT spokeswoman Amanda Covington. "We want those who purchase tickets to the events to get to the events," Covington said. Those coming from the Wasatch Front to Back for events "need to heed our warning" and carpool or ride the bus. Letters to the Editor A-15 Legals C-1 6 Movies C-4 Professional Services B-12 Restaurant Guide C-1 2 Sports B-1 TV Listings C-11 Weather .B-2 fx i'Y ; - T '.I J .- : OR COPY V - |