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Show Commomfcy News if jK'Sgvnrji1 Lack of snow creates no major economic impact for Utah ski industry mtiyiawwiiw by Randy In 'just a few years, skiing in Utah has become a major part of the states $1.3 billion tourism industry. It generated more than $340 million in total direct revenue for the state last year alone. Sullivant Snow? That may be just what the doctor ordered to kick off the 1987 winter ski season. Although Brian Head ski resort officially opened Nov. 13, Snowbird, Alta, Park West, Brighton and Solitude are waiting for one-and-a-h- alf In addition , skiing adds other benefits to the wages and state economy: employment-direc- t salaries, not including related fields of employment, exceeded $40 million, ski area purchases from Utah businesses and suppliers feet of snow before they open. The resorts are waiting for the extra snow to reach a base of about 30 inches. They have to be careful about opening too early. Too many skiers will wear down a shallow base and do more harm to the runs than good, said Nancy Newberg, Communications Director for Ski Utah, Inc. There have been maybe four times in Ski Utah history that Alta hasnt opened by Thanksgiving." Thanksgiving is usually a busy time for the resorts. For many local skiers it is the first chance of the year to hit the slopes. Most of the Thanksgiving business, though, is from neighboring states that have yet to receive any major snow fall. 'I Glen Sessions, and real-lif- e part-tim- e skier-day- K X s. A skier-da- y is equivalent to one X professor for the accounting department, incorporates both lecture yai accounting professor opportunities available in accounting. There jyill always be' the need to prepare annual reports, tax returns, and other financial ,by Julie Fullmer v teaching at West- minster College as an adjunct professor for the past seven or eight years. Recently, he advanced to a part-tim- e professor for the accounting department. Along with teaching at Westminster, Sessions is also the executive vice president of Pyke Manufacturing. The company manufactures womens clothing, more commonly known as Pykettes. Hes been with the company for the past 13 years, and is celebrating their 90th anniversary. Sessions received his accounting degree while attending the University of Utah. He went on to practice public accounting as an auditor in Los Angeles. Later, he went with a client to work as the chief financial officer of a Los Angeles savings and loan association. Eventually, Sessions came back to Salt Lake and worked for the Foreign Study League. The organization sponsors international trips for . , high school and college students I particularly enjoyed this position, Sessions said. It gave me the chance to travel all over the world, and I enjoyed interacting with the students as well. "Accounting has provided me with a variety of opportunities, more so than people might think, added Sessions. There are many jp p in ? x , documents. ' According to Sessions, understanding the way everything fits together, and not just making journal entries, is the most important aspect of accounting. There are opportunities, but only for those able to foresee this, he said. Accounting is the way you keep score in a business. Its important to be able to see where a company is going and where its been. All of a companys activities funnel through the accounting department. Because of this, there is a tremendous bank of information there. Westminster's comparitively small classes, and the actual interacting with students is what Sessions likes best Presently, he is teaching the Advanced Accounting and Accounting Theory classes. During May Term, Sessions will be teaching a class called Computer Modeling. The course is designed to teach students how to use spreadsheets for modeling purposes. Being both a professor and a company executive can be quite time consuming, according to Sessions. I try to blend together elements of the real world as well as practical information, and try to relate those to the students, he concluded. mmmm Glamorous Holiday Nails Full set only $15 Staczs JSUz.uuood zNait SfitciaCut s ' Utah. The current lack of snow has not had any real major impacton the states winter tourism and ski industry. Experts are predicting a good year for Utah. Because of the late snow last year, though, many holiday destination skiers have yet to make their Salt Lake City reservations. The new snow may convince them that Utah is the place to be. out-of-stat- e, Sessions advanced to part-tim- e r Destination skiers spend approximately $135 million a year, or $102 daily per person, skiing skier spending all or part of a day at a ski area. or Of that total, 53 percent were destination skiers, while 47 percent were residents. Utah has enjoyed a steady growth in skier-day- s since the 1980-8- 1 ski season an 11 percent increase annually. Since the 1970-7- 1 season, the year prior to the opening of Snowhave more than doubled. bird, skier-day- s situations in his classes. Glen Sessions has been Because of the different needs of resident skiers compared to destination skiers, vastly different spending patterns emerge. Residents spend approximately $23 million a year, or $17 daily per person, skiing. Just how busy is busy? 1986 had 2.4 million V: ' exceeded $28 million, personal income generated by ski purchases, in addition to ski area employment, exceeded $40 million, and 18 firms in ski product manufacturing or distribution seasonally employ 350 to 600. the class. In addition to teaching, Hartwig places great ' emphasis on the second aspect of what she terms her dual career. Im a mom and a teacher, said Hartwig. Im career oriented without compromising : personal values. The personal values Hartwig to are her beliefs in the importance of refers ,I . - raising children. 1 two Hartwig and her husband, Peter, have children, Benjamin who is three years old and Nathan who is nine months. Its not realistic to think that mom should j I stay home and raise the kids, while dad earns the money, states Hartwig. However, she is quick to add that if there is not a way provided for parents to spend time with their children, the children themselves end up the losers. I feel a great responsibility in representing the view of two people who really cant even speak, she said. Hartwig received her bachelor of science lltt degree in pre-me- d biology from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. Her doctor of nursing was received at Case Western Reserve 14 University, also in Cleveland. It was during her school years that Hartwig became very involved in the political aspect of nursing. Hartwig served as the President of Lisa Hartwig, assistant professor of nursing the Ohio Student Nurses Association, a management, prefers the small liberal arts member of the Ohio Nurses Association Legissetting of Westminster College. lative Committee and a member of the Community Health Assembly. It was her favorable impression of John Car-ro- ll University that originally attracted her to Westminster College. I came from Cleveland where I went to a small liberal arts college, and Westminster reminded me of John Carroll. Hartwig has two goals she plans to work on while at Westminster. First, she wants to continue to foster the positive attitudes that she has found among Westminister faculty and students. Second, she would like to broaden by Kristie G. Sowards the scope of learning in the nursing departLisa Hartwig is the new assistant professor ment to include more professional aspects of nursing management. Hartwig, who has such as political involvement. been at Westminster since September, sees Prior to coming to Westminster, Hartwig herself as both understanding and hard has worked as a charge nurse, the Director of working. Nursing and the AdministratorDirector of in Cleveland, and Hartwig said, I dont ask my students to do Nursing for health agencies in the Newborn worked anything that I cant do myself. Im pretty has most recently at the Unit Care University of Utah. approachable and I feel that I have the ability Intensive part-tim- e held a she teaching Additionally, to teach the adult learner. Loraine at Community College. position Hartwig is presently teaching nursing In her spare time, Hartwig enjoys quilting, management a six credit hour, senior level course that integrates theories of conflict, needlepoint, gardening and canning. Of her said: Ive change and problem solving. Additionally, she greatest accomplishments Hartwig and in Utah been since Ive two kids had is in the process of rewriting the course for next for eight years. marriage semester when she will teach two sections of Westminster welcomes new nursing professor . ..... sur-viv- ed pec;. 1, 1987 Issue 7 Forum 3 |