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Show DAILY A8 Sundance Con tinued from Al holidays, $36 for half days. Midweek rates for adults will and $28 for Prices for seniors and $20 for children. be $35 for half-day- are $ 12, M-day- s snow e Romney Increased marketing; weak dollar impact relates Aggressive marketing Utah's ski resorts and wii ter sports offerings, and a weakening U.S. dollar against More resorts rely on man-mad- She remained optimistic that the resort will receive its annual average of 500 inches of snowfall for the season. But Sundance isn't the only resort relying more heavily on its snow making guns this year. Snowbird, for the first time in its 36 years of operation, opened with 100 percent e snow, said Laura Schaffer, the resort's spokeswoman. Snowbird, which had hoped to open the weekend after Thanksgiving, delayed its opening until Nov. 30. The resort fired up its 25 snow making machines after most of the 64 inches of snow it received in October melted. Patton Murray, international sales and marketing manager for the Park City Chamber and Visitors Bureau, said the delayed openings of Park City Mountain and The Canyons to Nov. 21 and Nov. 24 respectively are expected to have minimal impact because the majority of their skier traffic typically starts in man-mad- well to other major international currencies, such as the Euro, are expected to bring more international and domestic skiers to Utah's slopes this winter. in visitors to the state." Several ski resorts including Park City Mountain resort, Deer Valley, Canyons and Snowbird have reported Nathan Rafferty, president and CEO of Ski Utah, also growing numbers of lodge downplayed the impact of the inquiries from Brazil, England, Germany, Canada and delayed resort openings and Australia. disappointing snowfall so far "With the dollar weakenthis season. "A week or two of delays ing, and Utah's consistent won't make much impact on marketing efforts and ski the overall ski season. As long conditions, we've noticed a as the resorts are up and rungrowing number of visitors ning by Christmas, we'll be in and inquiries from England, good shape," he said. Starting Germany, Brazil, Australia this weekend, 11 of Utah's 13 and Canada to our Park City ski resorts will be open. resorts," Murray of the Park "We're expecting one to City Chamber and Visitors Bureau said. Sales of its two feet of snow (Thursday international passes in night) and we have a couple of other storms stacked up Park City to German and Ausfor the week after that. After tralian tourists doubled from 2005 to 2006. this weekend's storm, we ex"Three to five percent of pect to have all of the resorts our destination skiers are inopen," Rafferty said. Like the other ski resorts ternational visitors and that's in Utah, Alta at Little Coa growing segment," he said. On average, international ttonwood Canyon is' eagerly skiers spend between seven anticipating this weekend's snow storm. and 14 nights in Utah com"We didn't have the freezpared with five and seven ing temperatures needed to nights for domestic skiers. make snow in November. We tourism contributed more than $700 million had 56 inches of snowfall in to Utah's economy during the jyOctober contributing to our base snow. But much of ft has 2006-0- 7 winter, season Utah's ..i,1. w i i'i ' j il . i n . r fiieiieu, saiuj iahuiu: mai siiau, ski gnu snowixxu uj uiuumi y 4.08 scored skier Little million Alta at days ' pokeswomaaof Cottonwood Canyon, which during the 2006-0- 7 winter seaj opened on Nov. 30 instead of son, becoming the third most Nov. 16 as was planned. skied state in the nation. j j 7,2007 I f U'- ; (V v W Joe Pyrah DAILY - , f vc . V7 HERALD Tall and handsome, even the graying hair at the temples make Mitt Romney a physical leader. He also has an easy speak- j ing style and comes across as Great jiritain, Japan, Mexico, Canada and France. We expect Delta Airlines' direct fliglit to Paris to help attract more visitors from Europe, and the weak dollar will positively increase the number of international Friday, December audience About $2.1 million of $11 million in overall state tourism marketing funds for fiscal 2007 are allocated to promoting Utah's winter sports, said Leigh von der Esch, managing director of the Utah Office of Tourism. "Our" advertising and mar, keting promotions for Utah's Ski resorts are up 30 percent in Germany," von der Esch said. "We're also aggressively marketing AID E R H ' DAVID J. PHILLIP Associated Press sincere with voters. But how were his Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney second from left and his chanics on Thursday as he wife Ann left are joined on stage by former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara delivered perhaps the most in College Station, Texas, on Thursday. important speech of his political career? sure conservative evangelical "The impression that I got voters that he shared their basic at the end was that he did "Some would prefer Christian beliefs and social valwell in relating to the audiContinued from Al ence's emotions," said Shiela ues," Birch said. "I think going it if I would simply into theological specifics in this comonce. For Heindel, director of appeared only distance myself from speech would have distracted at UVSC. parison, he mentioned Cathothe public's attention away lics three times and Islam or Breaking down the speech, my religion, say that it from the real issue, which is the Heindel said Romney drew Muslim four times.' "It was puzzling that he is more a tradition than extent to which his allegiance the audience in by referring to his church would impact his to President George H. W. didn't take the opportunity to my personal conviction, positions on public policy." include the official name of Bush, who introduced him at Like Kennedy before him, his presidential library. He the church in his speech," said or disavow one or moved smoothly from Bush's Brian Birch, director of the Romney ran down a laundry another of its precepts. list of other faiths, praising challenges to the challenges Religious Studies Program at them for specific characteristhe country faces today; then Utah Valley State College. "The That I will not do." national media continues to use to leadership and finally to tics, including the "profound the terms 'Mormon Church' ceremony" of the Catholic religion's role in American ,". Mitt Romney " the "ancient traditions" 'Mormon and mass, religion.' leadership. in his "Faith in America" speech of the Jews and the "commitThe speech road map was Romney also didn't delve ment to frequent prayer" of laid out well, Heindel said, into dogma, instead invoking the Muslims. Article VI of the Constitution, and its delivery was "very "We do not insist on a single which states that "no religious professional." strain of religion His repeated references That Romney had to give test shall ever be required as rather, we welcome our nation's syma qualification to any office or a speech at all is a testament to the Founding Fathers to the peculiarity of the LDS were likely to help create an public trust under the United phony of faith," he said. Church. Despite its 13 million emotional connection with States." Islam, did not get a free pass the audience, "especially the members, the church's practic- however, as Romney repeatedRomney 's religion has rees are still a mystery to many. ly said that extreme elements Republican side." peatedly come under fire durof that religion are the greatest "Given its size, The Church While she thought the ing the campaign, especially of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y as he looks for the support of danger the United States faces speech was well done, HeinSaints is still a largely undel had a few pointers, the conservative Christians in the today. "These radical Islamists do first of which was that he South While more than half of known quantity and the fragtheir preaching not by reason could have been a little less the country believes Mormons ments presented in media all or example, but in the coercion monotone. While he used too often solidify negative imare Christian, only 40 percent of evangelicals believe the pauses well, the overall pace pressions," Birch said. "Though of minds and the shedding of could have been more varied Mormonism will continue to blood," he said. same, according to the Pew and his voice could have used Research Center. It's that GOP remain peculiar, I think the levSupporters and experts alike el of suspicion and intolerance were impressed by the speech, more inflectioa base that Romney has been but its impact is unknown, esThe second tip is related: trying to appeal to almost since will subside over time." If voters were looking for There should have been more he announced his candidacy. pecially in the media Mormonism 101 on Thursday, .. ,"It definitely does not put the Even as fellow frontrunner fire; He waSj in large part, ; whole religion issue to rest," : Rudy Giuliani falters amid scan- they went away disappointed, trying to appeal to evangeli-- , cakwho approach their relidal, Romney has failed to pick though. Romney did hold fast:y, 'said Kirk Jowers, director of to his beliefs: "There are some the Hinckley Institute of Poligion with fervor. up momentum, instead watchtics at the University of Utah. ; "He could have used a little ing former Arkansas governor for whom these commitments About 150 students gathered are not enough They would more passion," Heindel said. and Baptist preacher Mike at the Institute to watch the "He did almost get there." Huckabee surge from the back. prefer it if I would simply distance myself from my religion, speech, he said, and most reaction there was positive. Outside say that it is more a tradition than my personal conviction, Utah, the speech will likely apor disavow one or another of peal to a narrow group of votits precepts. That I will not ers, at least in the primaries. do. I believe in my Mormon "Anyone who liked Romney faith and I endeavor to live by as a candidate but was nervous it. My faith is the faith of my to vote for him because of I will be true to them his faith ... I think this speech fathers would give them every excuse and to my beliefs." It was exactly the right apto back Romney," said Jowers, who has donated the maximum proach. Birch said. allowed amount to the Romney "He communicated only as much as was necessary to as- campaiga Speech Foren-sicsDeba- te , Ski-relat- '; - -- . 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