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Show THE PARK RECORD www.parkrecord.com SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2002 B-13 BUSINESS EDITOR: jana McQuay 649-9014 ext 113 businessparkrecord.com Briefs Four boys are angals in eyes of Martha Brown u Jess Reid appoints three new associates Jess Reid Real Estate welcomes Tina Early, Lynda Krog and Jason Reid as new associates in the office. r- ' 1 i f r f - Tina Early Tina Early graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in mass communications with an emphasis in public relations. She has been a member of the Park City Board of Realtors for 15 years and served as a three-year term director of the board. She is also a recipient of the Professional Achievement Award. She moved to Park City 17 years ago after living in New York City, Tallahassee, Florida, Telluride, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah. "I never thought I'd be living here this long and, for now, I can't think of any place I'd rather be living," Early said. "I spend time with my teenage daughter, Lily, a large extended family fami-ly and a bunch of friends," she said. "Park City offers a lifestyle that is virtually vir-tually unavailable elsewhere in the United States." Lynda Krog Lynda Krog brings on board 13 , years of experience selling real estate- six years in Lake Arrowhead, California and seven years in Park City. , I While she had tr bpprtunity'tb live : in many states from California to Texas ; and from Mississippi to Massachusetts, ; "Utah has the bluest and most magnifi- ' cent skies of all," Krog said. "Thefami- -ly atmosphere here is great, and the ; resorts of the Park City area keep the ; demographics of the population diverse and interesting, bringing people from I around the world to our doorstep to : share their personalities and experiences experi-ences with us." Renowned Park City-real City-real estate agent thanks Heber City rescuers by Jana McQuay OF THE RECORD STAFF Nothing holds Martha Brown down. Not even an automobile accident last Nov. 28 that nearly took her life. "I'm just very positive," Brown says. She has been a real estate agent in Park City for the past 24 years and is currently cur-rently active as an agent at Lewis, Wolcott & Dornbush Real Estate in Park City. Brown wouldn't even describe the accident, except to acknowledge four valiant Heber City boys. "I think it's important for these boys to have somebody know that they saved my life," Brown said. Heber youths, Kimball Urry and Dale Davis, who attended Wasatch High School, and Joel Porter and Gerad Melton, who attend Wasatch Jr. High School, found Brown on the roadside on a cold and blustery, winter night during the season's first big snowstorm. Brown had been looking at a house she had just sold in Heber that evening. She remembers it being very dark outside out-side and visibility was poor. "I missed a turnoff to turn left and went to turn around," Brown said. "I don't remember anything else about the accident." Four miles down the road from where she last remembered making the turn, Brown woke up on the ground. "I guess I was thrown from the car, and I had bruises on my legs, but I didn't have cuts from the glass," Brown said. "I don't know how I got out." The only thing Brown could see as she lay disoriented and suffering from a broken bro-ken neck off to the side of the road was the distant glow of Heber City and a vague image of headlights. "The snow and wind were blowing so hard," she said. It was about 10-12 degrees Fahrenheit, she remembered, as her life began to slip away in cold darkness. dark-ness. "I kept' trying to stand up, and I kept falling," Brown said. "I crawled towards the light and went to the other side of the car, which I didn't realize was upside down." "I was freezing, and I knew I was dying," she said. "And I prayed and 1 said, 'Heavenly Father, I've been out here for 'V y . I Martha Brown two hours, and I really need some help."' "So, after this prayer, about two or three minutes later, these kids came up the road." Two of the boys, Gerad and Kimball, explained what happened that night. "My friend, Kimball, felt we should drive around the mountain," Gerad recalled. "He just got a feeling we should drive up there - on Center Creek road." "It was like some voice in my head said, 'go up Center Creek ,'" Kimball said. When the boys first saw Brown's vehicle vehi-cle and the distant headlights, they figured fig-ured someone had slid off the road and needed help. Brown recalled looking up at their oncoming car. "So, I walked out there I don't know how," Brown said. "As we got closer, we noticed it was a vehicle sitting on its side," Kimball said. "She came out from behind the vehicle waving her hands yelling for help." The four boys picked her up and took her to the Heber Valley Medical Center. "She said her neck was hurting and that she was cold, Gerad remembered. "Her hands were freezing." The boys gave her their coats to warm her up. "I just felt glad that we were up there at the right time," Gerad said. Heber Valley Medical Center transferred trans-ferred Brown to LDS Hospital in Salt Lake by ambulance and admitted her in intensive care where she stayed for three days. Upon her return to Heber Valley Medical Center, the boys called her to ask for permission to make a visit. Dale, Kimball, Joel and Gerad stayed 45 minutes that night to see how Brown was doing. She asked them questions about that night. "They told me when they came to see me at the hospital that they 'were directed,'" direct-ed,'" Brown said. "I said to the boys, 'You guys, come on,' and they said, "No, we were directed."' direct-ed."' Brown admitted that her recollection of time could have been off a bit due to her physical stale at the time. But the fact that the hoys came to her saying that they had been prompted to ' drive down a road they had not planned on taking that night made it a very spiritual spiri-tual experience for her. "They the boys were amazed that they had found me," Brown said. "I definitely defi-nitely would have died at the side of the road." Please see A big thanks, B-15 , , , IIW . , . , ... . , ;--- ' . 'mi : -( ; u trfe?' . O - i V- S try f jmirp x3 .j SSI i . . H If , . ,, .. , PHOTO COURTESY OF KIMBERLEE PORTER Four boys from Heber City rescued Martha Brown after she was In an automobile accident. Front row: Gerad Melton and Dale Davis; back row: Kimball Urry, Alan Welch (not involved in the rescue), and Joel Porter. P. C. ChamberBureau watchdog chat on 'the hill" Jason Reid Jason Reid brings experience to the real estate office from working for Publicis Advertising Agency as a media coordinator in Salt Lake City. He has lived in Park'City most of his life and is excited to return to such a wonderful place to live. In addition to being a sales agent Reid is a line producer for the documentary movie, "Pipe Dreams." To reach Early, Krog or Reid, calf 649-3000. Chamber lobbyist shares news about first week of general session by Jana McQuay OF THE RECORD STAFF At the end of week one of the 2002 general gen-eral session legislatures, Des Barker is less than exuberant about matters on "the hill." As lobbyist for the Park City ChamberBureau, it's his business to keep a lookout for any proposed bills that could affect local tourism. "The first week hasnt had a lot of controversial con-troversial issues," he said. Although there dont appear to be any bills causing much commotion in the local tourism industry, there are, however, a few points of interest. "The only bill that is tourism related is House Bill 34," Barker said. If passed, the bill would require counties to report how they spend tourism, recreation and culture taxes including those derived from restaurant restau-rant and car-rental sales. The bill wouldn't change what counties can use the funds for, but would require counties to report back to the legislature about how those funds were allocated, according to Barker. Of special interest is a bill spearheaded by Rep. Sheryl Allen (R-Davis County) that would enforce a statewide transient room tax. "I believe we have stopped the statewide transient room tax increase proposed pro-posed this year," Barker said. "Myself and other lodging representatives had lengthy discussions with her Allen, and, afterward, after-ward, she determined that due to the economics eco-nomics of this year and impacts on tourism after Sept. 11, this was not the time to be imposing a new tax on tourism," Barker said. "I really dont think she's going to run t" Barker also had not seen or heard much about the "Residential Property Tax Exemption - Secondary Residences," bill in the works by Sen. Ed Mayne (D-West Valley City). The bill, that could have a big impact on the Park City community with its plethora of second homes, hasnt been assigned to any committees and hasnt moved anywhere any-where yet, according to Barker. Secondary homeowners provide a large amount of revenue divided between cities, counties and school districts. Statewide, a secondary homeowner property is taxed Please see Session to break, B-15 Nightly Lodging Tally Projected Tally for the week of January 27 - February 2, 2002 TOE Total Visitor Nights: 44,533 - Weekly High: 7,208 (Sat.) Daily Average: 6,362 Year To Date: 336,273 Nightly Lodging Tally Estimates . Occupancy At 37 Computed by adding the projected rtumber of visitors visi-tors per night for the , week. 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Access from both Main Street anil Swede Alley. Directly across from Transit Center. $2.3 million Com Park Plaza Rare in town commercialindustrial property. Two level building with 1,054 sq. ft. por flixr. Space may be divided. Owner will consider lease with option to purchase-$359,000 Heber City Cafe - Gas station, convenience store, and warehouse on a highly visible comer lot. $995,000 COPY |