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Show THE PARK RECORD www.parkrecord.com WEDTHURSFRI, APRIL 14-16,2004 B-7 BUSINESS EDITOR: Monika Guendner 649-9014 ext 110 businessparkrecord.com 3 KS3 Briefs Zions to hold grand opening of new branch Zions Bank will celebrate the grand opening of its new branch in the Newpark development at Kimball Junction on Thursday, April 15. At 11:30 a.m., Olympic silver medalist medal-ist Joe Pack will headline an aerial trampoline show; at noon, the ribbon in front of the building will be cut. Strewn with bills totaling $250, the ribbon will then be donated to Peace House. The public is invited to attend the celebration, Designed by Edwards & Daniels Architects and built by Keller .Construction, Zions Bank's Newpark branch features a 5,800-square-foot lobby, as well as three drive-up lanes, a 24-hour ATM, a night depository and safe deposit boxes. . Summit Orthodontics opens office Drs. Brandon Fairbanks, DMD and i Brian Trapnell, DMD recently opened Summit Orthodontics in Park City. The , new office offers free orthodontic consultations. con-sultations. The office is located at 1830 Prospector Ave. For more information and an appointment, call 649-6959. AInawafleh joins Coldwell Banker Coldwell Banker ' Residential Brokerage has announced the addition of a new associate to its Park City sales team. Michelle AInawafleh joined the office located at 1 750 Park Ave. Peace House to hold open house ; Peace House, Inc. will hold an open . house to celebrate its new administra-' administra-' tive offices on Friday, April 16 from 4 to . 6:30 p.m. at the new offices 1960 ' Sidewinder Dr., Suite' 21 4. Peace House Inc. has moved its : administration office from the shelter to the Belleaire Building in order to increase shelter capacity by four more beds. The domestic violence shelter : has experienced a 52-percent growth ': since last year. The administration office will accept donations, coordinate 5 volunteers and be the home office for ; community outreach programs. f For more information," call 658- ': ' 4739. The crisis hotline is 647-9161', - Deadline extended ? ; ' ResortQuest Deer Valley is ! : extending its vacation giveaway for 1 . Park City-area realtors who received ' a box and key from the company. Th3 ; new deadline is Friday, April 16. For ' more information, call 658-5080. . 8 n 9 ' . v y Dv u Dog Waste Removal Service Serving Park City & Midway 435.649.3105 Weekly service or one-time clean-up We're 1 in the 2 business! City settles Special conditions are placed on business license renewals restricting and monitoring personnel By MONIKA GUENDNER Of the Record staff Westgate Resorts will soon receive business license renewals for its three locations on Main Street. In addition, Westgate Resorts will plead "no contest" to one count of solicitation solici-tation and two counts of violating Park City's sign ordinance and will drop a federal fed-eral civil lawsuit against Park City Municipal Corporation. The changes come through an agreement agree-ment with Westgate that is scheduled to be finalized this week, according to city attorney Mark Harrington. The agreement agree-ment puts conditions on the corporation's business licenses on Main Street beyond what is required of other time share companies. com-panies. City Hall had filed six criminal lawsuits law-suits against Westgate - four for sign violations vio-lations that included signs without per Club's go go The Monkey Bar's performers keep their clothes on says owner; male counterparts may be in dub's future By MONIKA GUENDNER Of the Record staff It may not be Ballet West, but its not a burlesque show either. The dancing going on at one of the private pri-vate clubs on Main Street falls somewhere some-where in the middle, where it is intended to stay, according to its owner. The Monkey Bar features live go go dancers who are fully clothed throughout their show, said owner Gregg Davison. The female dancers perform in 'bikini- - style' or standard attire while they dance - meaning they wear stockings, boots, pants and athletic top or a bikini, said Davison. They perform either on a small stage featuring a brass pole in the middle or behind the bar in "shadow boxes." If the women are in the backlit shadow box, all the audience can see is a silhouette; on the stage, the entire live performer can Spring becomes busy time Unemployment services available online, but local DWS office also helps with employment and social services By MONIKA GUENDNER Of the Record staff With the change of the seasons comes a drastic change in employment opportunities oppor-tunities within Summit County. On the morning of April 12, the day after all three resorts closed for the season, the Department of Workforce Services office in Prospector Square was filled with people filing unemployment claims, said employment counselor Bill Montague. March unemployment figures, released Tuesday, already showed an increase in the jobless rate for Summit County last month from 6.2 percent in February to 6.8 percent. Wasatch County saw an even bigger increase, from 5.3 percent in February to 6.2 percent per-cent in March. Statewide, there was a slight growth in unemployment of 0.3 percent. Laid-off employees no longer have to show up at the office to claim unemploy-ment unemploy-ment benefits, said Montague. Everything can be done online or over the phone, including registering for employment. The initial registration process takes approximately 30 minutes to complete, according to the DWS website. Employees need to' have their Social Security number. Alien Registration number if they are not a U.S. citizen and JUHEY UlDNT US! ''' r lawsuits mits, use of portable signs and improper use of window signs. Two suits cited violations vio-lations of the terms and conditions of solicitation licenses. ; Westgate had sued the city in a multi-count multi-count civil federal case claiming a violation viola-tion of its First Amendment commercial speech rights, according to Westgate 's general council Michael Marder. In the settlement, the managers of each Main Street location will meet in the near future with Harrington to discuss the new arrangement and review its parameters. parame-ters. This is the first time the city has worked with the managers at the local level, said Harrington; previous discussions discus-sions dealt more with managers at the corporate level. The settlement only mandates a meeting with current managers, man-agers, but Harrington said the city's hopes were that similar meetings would .take place if a new employee assumes a management position. dancers don't tempt S.O.B. license be seen. The dancers wear enough clothing that a Sexually Oriented Business license is not necessary, said Davison. According to the S.O.B. licensing ordinance, a semi-nude semi-nude entertainment business has employees employ-ees perform or appear in opaque clothing of a certain size covering only the genitals geni-tals of both sexes and the nipples and are-olas are-olas of females - commonly defined as G strings and pasties, said Davison. "Our performers are much more clothed than that ... or Victoria's Secret models seen on television," said Davison. The Park City Police Department confirmed con-firmed that there has not been any violation viola-tion by the club, nor a reason for it to need a S.O.B. license. The private club has been featuring go-go dancers since the Sundance Film Festival, but it inherited the shadow a Utah Driver License or Utah ID number num-ber if they have one. Finally, applicants need the names, addresses and dates of employment of all employers from the past 18 months. To be eligible for unemployment benefits, ben-efits, an employee must - be partially or totally unemployed through no fault of your own. be a US citizen or legally authorized to work in the US. establish monetary entitlement to benefits by having sufficient earnings in the base period. have worked and been paid wages for employment in at least two of the base period quarters that are being used. . be able and available for full-time work. be willing to actively seek full-time work. Applicants can apply for benefits in their first week of total or partial unemployment. unem-ployment. According to the DWS website, web-site, the amount of the weekly payment is determined from the first four quarters quar-ters of the last five quarters of wages. ; For someone filing today, for example, January 2003 to December 2003 would . be used, skipping the fifth quarter (January 2004 to March 2004) and the unfinished quarter that started in April. The highest quarter during the base, period would be used to determine benefits. ben-efits. The total of relevant income is mm (ssmam t$mm Family-oriented individualized elderly care live-in or Hourly Adult Day Care Prints cr Semi-Prmte rooms avdH)k :ivi.iiiiiYjiii. ifrjuBi vTTil!iaiTinHminiiHllh')lTi with Westgate Resorts The independent contractors who staff the marketing offices can continue to operate under the Westgate license, making mak-ing any of their violations liable to a law suit under the license process. Individuals may risk arrest for solicitation. The conditions of the license renewal, also specifically spell out that personnel should not solicit on sidewalks or private property outside of the building, which is included in the municipal code. Personnel may, however, "stand inside the business? door, greet and talk to people walking on the street as long as they do not yell or use an amplifier to make the contact. Westgate's signs that are on display now are in compliance with Park City's ordinances, said Harrington. Temporary , signs that sat on the sidewalk and improper improp-er window signs were removed and any new signs need to be presented to the planning department before they are installed, according to the agreement. Westgate was also directed to install video cameras at all three locations to monitor personnel. The cameras would be installed at the company's expense, boxes from the club's previous owner. The club has operated Tuesday through Sunday and featured the dancers Thursdays through Sundays., So far, the dancers have all been female and employed by the club. Davison said he did envision future events when the club would host male revues as well. But male or female, he said he has no intention of evolving the entertainment ' into a burlesque show or any other form of entertainment that would require an S.O.B. license. The dancers also do not engage in any strip-tease style of performance perfor-mance either, according to Davison, who added that the dancers come out in their attire and stay in the same "state of dress." The stage has also become a popular spot for male and female patrons of the club to dance on when there are no performances, per-formances, said Davison. . Although Davison emphatically denied any plans requiring for further licensing, he added that he did not think for Summit Co. job seekers divided b 26 to determine the weekly payment. i " Applicants could receive between 10 and 26 weeks of benefits. DWS sends a notice outlining the amount of weekly benefits and the number of weeks the claim is for. Eligible applicants can expect the first check or a notification within four weeks of registering. The first week of full or partial unemployment is a waiting week and is not covered by unemployment insurance payments. After filing weekly-claims, weekly-claims, checks arrive within seven days. Employees can still work part-time while looking for full-time work and collecting col-lecting unemployment benefits. They can collect all of their weekly benefit if they earn up to 30 percent of their weekly week-ly benefit amount through the job. When earning total more than 30 percent, the ; unemployment is deducted dollar for dollar. If more than the weekly benefit amount is earned, or 40 hours or more are worked, the employee is not eligible for benefits that week. The DWS office is positioned to help people find jobs through job referrals, career counseling and access to several job banks, said Montague. Computers, telephones, fax machines and software geared toward skills testing, resume writing and other career applications are among the tools available. The Park City office is the most seasonal sea-sonal office in the state, said Montague, and the; staff 5 works closely with the claims of seasonal workers, matching them wiih area employers. Omrs MAEDEL'S QUINN'S JUNCTION COLLISION (Chad Knaras owner) The Only Body Shop In Park City Servicing You Since 1947 COMPLETE AUTO BODY REPAIRS & PAINTING FOREIGN & DOMESTIC CARS & TRUCKS STATE OF THE ART FRAME EQUIPMENT Quality Workmanship Expert Color Matching Genuine Factory Parts Frame 8t Unibody Straightening Insurance Specialists Towing Available 'yV 3844 and they would t be responsible for installing and operating them, said Harrington. Park City would have access to review the tapes upon receipt of a complaint. com-plaint. The last condition for the business license is the adoption of a personnel policy pol-icy consistent with all of the above points. In addition to paying the fines and . court costs of the three criminal cases, the no contest pleas will be held in abeyance, or temporary inactivity, for a short period. If there are no further violations vio-lations in that period, the cases will be dismissed. Westgate will also have its federal case dismissed without prejudice, a process already in the works, said Marder. Harrington said that the city is pleased with the agreement and with Westgate's acknowledgement of past problems. Marder agreed that Westgate was pleased with the agreements and that Park City recognized its legitimate interests inter-ests in the area and its free speech rights. "I think it's a resolution that everybody every-body is satisfied with," he added. there would be much of an uproar in Park City if such a business were started. The dancers have been a large part of the club's marketing, but the campaign has been limited to word of mouth and a handful of print ads, said Davison. This spring will be the first for Davison as owner - he bought the club just before the New Year - and he said he was unsure he would be able to keep the entertainment during the shoulder season. sea-son. Before buying the club, Davison worked at nearby O'Shucks Bar & Grill for four years. Eventual plans, however, would be to expand their presence at the club into the daytime and to six days a week. The financial benefits, if any, of the go go dancers has yet to be determined, said Davison. - On the other hand, the private club's other entertainment features - foosball tables, video games and satellite television' televi-sion' - may not be carrying their own weight either, but club patron expect them, said Davison. In addition"-to' finding-employment, the office helps people with food stamps, financial and medical assistance. Supportive assistance, such as child care, emergency assistance, training and referrals refer-rals to community resources are also some of the services the office can supply, sup-ply, said Montague. According to a press release by Mark Knold, senior economist for the DWS, construction jobs across the state rose last month after three years of low numbers. num-bers. A strong ski season helped the leisure and hospitality sector grow by 1,900 positions, said Knold. The growth in this sector was distributed between the Ski resorts and the lodging and restaurant industries. Some of this growth will probably moderate a bit when the ski season ends, he added, but there is an overall upswing in travel activity nationwide nation-wide that should keep the momentum going. To file an unemployment insurance claim in Summit County, call (888) 848-0688 848-0688 between 8 a.m. and 5 pm. Monday through Friday. Claims can also be made online at jobs.utah.gov between 2 a.m. and 9 p.m. every day. The Park City branch of the Department of Workforce Services is located at 1846 Prospector Ave. Hours are Monday through Thursday, from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The office is closed on Friday,' Saturday and Sunday. Information is available in English and Spanish. For more information, call 649-8451. 649-8451. 1 New Location! v EXIT 4 JJ J 1HRKCXIYKAMAS D j& - HO NORTH ON RAN' ' 'n I V 435o649o9802 North Old Hwy 40 (Park CltyKamas Exit 4) |