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Show = . The Salt LakeTribune Page B-7 CONSUMER CORNER/B-8 INTEREST-RATE CUT UTAH BRIEFS/BS atht. Lower rates are goodfor bore @ BUSINESS GLANCE/B.9 @ TRADEWINDS/B-11 sir ers, badfor savers/B-8 @ DILBERT/B-11 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER30, 1998 ‘Mariot F 0 e Sells e § Land to0 Resort Solitude FiIrm Ty.ceae eso @ Salt LakeCity | ae | Industrials . NYSE | | BYLESLEYMITCHELL eee | | | eon Solitude Mountain Resort has agreed to sell more than a dozen acres of its Big Cottonwood Canyon property to Canadi- NASDAQ = an ski-resort operator Intrawest Corp. for a 250-unit condominium development Intrawest is billing the development. which would include as much as 40,000 square feet of commercial space, as a four-season destination resort village. The company declined to elaborate on any summertime amenities. | | | te < Utah index measures the Publicly held Intrawest. which plans to ‘stock performance invest as much as $100 million at Solitude, for years has been interested in purchasing part or all of a Utah ski resort property. But the DeSeelhorst family, which owns Solitude, said it has no plans to sell. Dueto the high cost of developing ski of the state's | Blue-chip stoi mhce resorts, however,the family agreed toa partnership with Intrawest. It “allows us SAE MUSLARE TRIBUNE 7 S&P 500 akg m : $ turned mixed Tuesday, pulling back from early gains, as the Federal Reserve opted a go-slow approach in fighting j for the global economic crisis with lower | interest rates to concentrate on other things, like im- proving the mountain [ski] facilities.” said Dave DeSeelhorst. a Solitude vice president Theresort has been working with Salt Lake County to ensure approval of the development on what is now a gravel parking lot and thesite of an old lodge, which will be razed. Solitude’s plans to develop residential units were conceptually approved two _and a half years ago by the Salt Lake County Planning Commission. ‘If it strays much from their original Copper Mountain in Colorado and Whisterresort in British Columbia, Canada with plans to invest more than $70 mil- Miffed at whatit contends is stone- ties in Colorado, California. New Jersey But analysts that cover some of the largest names in the ski-resort business say manysmall operators will continue to be acquired byor, as in Solitude’s case, will align with someof the largest namesin the business. and California. Last year, it purchased That is because fewof the smaller mation Technologies Association (UITA) oe of a few dead or weak sig- Summitis that you can be there without actually being there. nal areas, one of which is in South Jordan. Gary a South Jordan'scity manager,sa} municipality is ne- BY PATTYHENETZ THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE the Workforce Skills Center, 1385 S. State St. Job seekers will run the gamut of experience. “People, think it’s housewives who cometo the job fair,” Ward said “But we have homeless people and people with two and three degrees. Lots of immigrants. Lots of Bosnians. People with no English but several other languages. We have had a guy who was an aeronautical engineer.” Older people seek work for the same reasons young peopledo. But often, older workers have been out of the job force long enough thattheir skills need updating. At the job fair, these over-55 hope- For thefirst time, keynote addresses delivered at the annual event — which continues through today at the Utah State Fairpark — are being broadcast live on NovellInc.'ssite on the Internet's World Wide Web. Viewers may watch the speeches, the last of which will be given by TenFold Corp. Chief Executive Officer Gary Kennedy at 8 am. today, by visiting hitp: / /www.novell.com/webcast. Four addresses delivered Monday towers all over the place.” VoiceStream, however, maintains South Jordan officials inaT 1997 said the company could erect a telecommunications ne = cause there was a six-month morat rium oe the placementof cell Stesin the cit fuls can take lessons in how to conduct have been archived and can be viewed at themselves during interviews and on the job. Andthey will find many employers are ready to offer extra perks to attract http: //www.novell.com/webcast/archi- ve.html. utdotiog Want ceike tine aan according to VoiceStream, South Jor- In addition, Novell, a networking-soft- workers in the tight job market. ware firm based in Provo, has assembled dan gave approval for a competitor, a full-service computer network at the For example, the Doubletree Hotel, which makes a point of hiring refugee immigrants, offers English as second summit that offers attendees use of the Sprint PSC, to put up a tower in the Fae Internet, e-mail, word-processing soft- Even after the six-month moratori- ware and otherservices. Users need only swipe their bar-coded conference badges um expired, the city refused to con- Sider its application and offered no languageclasses to those who need them, said hotel representative Susan Perham. through card readers to gain access. Andevery hotel job, she said, is open to “It's a way for us extend our reach beyond four walls,” said Peter Gener- older workers. “Any jobs we have open I will recruit for at this job fair,” Perham said. eaux, UITApresident. It also is a way for Novell, an event sponsor, to showcase technology that companies may use to adapt their computer networks to transact more business through the Internet, said John Slitz, Novell senior vice president of marketing. “We are trying to show that Novell eats its own cooking, so to speak,” Slitz said. “And notonly do weeatit, it's available for consumption.” About 350 computer programmers, project managers, marketers and other Coray to Lead Chamber Bobbie Coray, a Democratic activist sail Reamer Gop ceaanl candidate, Gin dt Chamber of Commerce,effectiv Thursday. The position was vacated Aug. 21 infor at tending the summit are forecasting the future of Internet commerce and exploring how they may best be prepared for ductions. Coray said she will withdraw as the Democratic nominee for Cache County clerk. Internet-related changes that will affect cdeOe cal aspirations on hold, Coray said ‘she looks forward to working with the business community in Cache County all aspects of their companies. “This is more than just theory,” Peter Currie, Netscape Communications Corp. chief financialofficer, told attendees. “It as she did as Cache economic director is forcing change in the way business is done.” until 1994. Coray will be expected to handle various duties, reemeryfateypa| The Internet aeee 2ae companies’ relationships, he economic development, tourism More are using it to sietinttraditions al product-distribution channels, which are expensive and take time to develop. Software companies, for example, “The valley needs [good planning!] scoops vhs we want which traditionally have sold through re- and keep the quality of life,” said sellers and retailers, are using the Inter- Coray, adding she also wants the Chamber to be an effective resource The Doubletree. like the other employers at the fair, values older workers for their knowledge, experience and patience, One employer, Alta’s Rustler Lodge, has long hired people in their late teens and early 20s to fill its staff. But this ‘Steve Griffin/The Salt Lake Tribune Novell's Ci Points display is seen at the Information Technologies Summit in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Below, Novell's John Slitz speaks. netto sell to customers directly. Currie said Netscape has been able to distrib- ute, quickly and easily, more than 70 million copies of its Navigator browser software, relying on the Internet as an important distribution tool. “It can help you do laps around your competition,” he said. The Internetalso is a way for customers to find companies, said Shikhar Ghosh, Open Marketchairman. ing programs. These jobsare tailored to those who are just entering the work force or who need extensive retraining. The jobfair is free, and includes workshops in job image, Social Security and Medicare. He cautioned, however, that custom- Aging Services will also offer flu and pneumonia shots that can be paid for through Medicare or IHC insurance or purchased for a nominalfee. For more information about the job fair or the county's senior employment program,call 468-2785. ers go looking on the Internet only for companies whose Websites offer information and services that are the most valuable and easiest to access. S.L. Chamber of Commerce Closing Applications for Leader Today Olympia Park Remodeling ‘The Olympia Park Hotel and Conference Center in Park City has Committee hopes to put controversy over Stanley Parrish’s resignation behind it and fill the position by the end of October launched an $8 million renovation effort scheduled to be completed in De- ember. Under the direction of Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc., San Clemente, BY LESLEY MITCHELL ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Calif., which purchased the property The Salt Lake Area Chamber of Com- merce is nearing the endofits search for — Kahler Hotels in October 1997, s guest rooms, lobby, a new chief executive to direct the dayto-day operations of the 1,700-member sean and other facilities will be ‘trade organization. A seven-member search committee hopes to close the application process toprei aed ahaeah d remodeled from wall coverings to furniture. The exterior facade also-will be upgraded to reflect an upscale modern COPY| year, executive housekeeper Daphne Averall is looking beyond the ranks of the young. “I really wantto find people who are mature. They are just so much more responsible,”’ she said. Other employers expected at the fair include Pinkerton Security, Avis Rent-aCar, Sears, Host Marriott, the Wyndham Hotel, Zions Bank, Utah LegalServices, Associated Regional and University Pathologist and several others. The federal Green Thumb program and the U.S. Forest Service also will recruit workers into their subsidized train- for current and incoming businesses. appearance, says Tonja Hanson, director of sales.and marketing. remain competitive. Employers looking for stable, dependable, experienced workers will line up Thursday at the third annual Mature Workers Job Fair in Salt LakeCity. “Weexpect 400 or 500 job seekers this year,” said Connie Ward of Salt Lake County Aging Services, a co-sponsor of the event to be held 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at most as if you neverleft ‘theoffice. Stream from putting up a cell site, he Says. “At the same time,” says Chandier, “we don't want 200 different The Salt Lake Tribu: companies can keep up with the mulltimillion dollar investments required to Mature Workers And if you are actuallythere,it is al- etnres with voce to try to work through the problem. The city cannot prevent Voice- oho | Opportunities for The thing aboutthis year’s Utah Infor- ally all of Salt Lake County with the OO Job Fair Offers BYLISA CARRICABURU THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE tower. , Srost _nering with them plans, it will have to be looked at again.” said Tom Roach, plans and researchsection managerfor the county's planning division. Intrawest operates ski-resort proper- chanceto attend from afar VoiceStream says its * “personal communications service” covers virtu- @an4, ean . Solitude is not the only family-run ski operation that intends to stay that way. So far, the families that own Powder Mountain Ski Area northeast of Ogden and Beaver Mountain near Logan have rebuffed offers from out-of-state companies interested in buying them or part- Gathering gives participants walling by the city, VoiceStream recently filed a lawsuit against South Jordan. The lawsuitfiled in the U.S. District Court for Utah seeks to stop the city from blocking placement of a | Park) ——. City | c | 0-210 Sandy ment at Copper Mountain, the company Of High Tech a3Jordan to erect a “cell site” in murray’ 9 lion to upgradethose properties. An ad- The Future Cellular-telephone companyVoiceStream Wireless says it has tried for 2%¢ years to get permission from ais) ditional $340 million will be spent in a decade to build a residential develop- Summit Eyes Cell-Phone CompanySues S. Jordan to Allow Tower a wets co : Canada’s Intrawestplansto invest $100 in‘destinationvillage’ development l z ’ October. The Chamber has received 25 applica- tions from Utahns and 15 from people in other states, said Bill Nelson of Intermountain Health Care Inc., who chairs the Chamber's nominating committee. The position involves directing the personal and professional difficulties. Chamber's bonrgputad business development programs and managing its employees.It pays an executive-levelsalary of around $100,000. sources said his difficulties involved a In recent weeks, a search firm hired by the Chamber's board of directors has contacted potential applicants at cham- personnelissue with an employee — and the perception that favoritism surrounded his appointment in March 1996. bers throughout the United States, Nel- son said. Thesearchis to fill the position vacat- this a fair and open process,” Nelson ed by Stanley Parrish, who resigned July no oneright nowthathasa better chance than anyoneelse.” After today, the search committee will begin narrowing the field of applicants and interviewing finalists, said Alan Lay- 21, Ina letter to the board, Parrish cited The Chamber members wantto puttwo things behind them: the publicity surrounding Pai 's resignation — “We are very concerned about making said. ‘There are no inside trackers and ton, chairman of the Chamber's Board of Governors. “There are some outstanding applicants, both locally —nationally,” Lay- ton said. “It looksoe. like we no problem finding a |
