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Show Free Feiffer, Hoppe, et a I. see page 2 I Dreamed Of Coyote Last Night By NICK SNOW 10-da- y contests on the Mountain Dell Golf Course in Parleys Canyon east of Salt Lake City. While initial response was opposition to the idea, "people are beginning to listen to us, s event Meanwhile, the International Olympic Committee announced that it had received four bids for final selection for the 76 games from Innsbruck, Austria; Chamonix, France; Tampere, Finland and the United States. The IOC tersely added that Salt Lake City, the U.S. bid, was, for now, "incomplete. The Washington trip comes almost two weeks after Garn and other Utahns submitted a Gams proposal. While exact sites for the Salt Lake events are not yet locked up ("We did this so fast we could only make tentative plans,'! Ball explained), the bid was Salt Lakes third since I960, when the area lost the games to Saporo, Japan. able to stage them, the games reduced in scope and permanent-1- : banned from the canyons. The U.S. committee accepted the Utah bid after 15 minutes - possibility of hosting the very games their neighboring state of Colorado voted down last November for economic and environmental reasons, many Utahns are wondering if the bid our-oth-er hotel booms that have followed the games to other alpine sites unnecessary. "We are the only site that has a half million (Wayne) resorts, said Gam. Other benefits would accrue from the permanent facilities, such as the speed-skatin- g rink. "If you look at the United States speed-skatin- g teams for the past few Olympics, youll find most of the members come from a small town up in Wisconsin that has the only rink in the country. We feel that a rink here could be utilized by the young people, training much the same way. represen- "I will reiterate that if Salt With University of Utah Lake City, cant have the Olympics on our terms and if theyre unrealistic, so be it then I dont want the Olym-- . athletic director, James the nearby ski jumping and Gams proposal, coordinated outside funds as well as pledging no building in the canyons for the games. All but a handful of Alpine events would be held in Salt Lake Valley. New construction in the Salt Lake area would include an Olympic village (built by private enterprise and turned into apartments following the . rink games), and ski jumps by the University and ice of Utah. Figure-skatin-g be would hockey competitions held in the Salt Palace. Alpine events would include downhill races at Snowbird in Little Cottonwood Canyon, distance and biathalon competitions at Park City and louge and Ball envisions ideal facilities for both these events if a vacant plot of federal land between the Veterans Hospital and the National Guard Armory on Guardsman Way is available to build the $6 million rink. "We know for. a fact that it could be if it were run by the county after the . games, said Ball. "We would speed-skatin- by members of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and representatives of local 'ski resorts emphasizes the use of R. "Bud Jacks approval to tentatively use the Special Events Center dressing rooms for both pics here. a'speed-skatin- g The uncrowded, unhurried lift lines, trademark of Utahs leisurely skiing, is one thing opponents of the 1976 Winter Olympics bid are afi aid to see go. Here, skiers wait to. board the Mine Tunnel Train at Park City. people within 25 miles of the ski tatives have said our chances of getting the funds in three weeks are pretty slim, Gam told 300 spectators at a hearing called by Owens in Salt Lakes City Commission chamber Jan. 11. "If we dont have the money by then, I wont go to Switzerland. I wont go, making a bet that well get the money as some mayors in the past have. , A leap from her second-plac- e finish the day before gave Rob- itors handily, according to prop- was such a good idea. "Congressman onents, making the wholesale or the Salt Palace, said BalL The accomodations which would be in Salt Lake City by deliberation, complete with restrictions. Now, faced with the Owens and 1976 would house Olympic vis: Robbie Beck Wins Womens Downhill "And that was when we didnt have either Snowbird construction for the games . Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce vice president Fred S. Ball told The Mountain Flower. "There are still some extremists who are against our having the games under any conditions. But a recent survey showed the people by KCPX-There in favor two to one, as long as the games were held with the restrictions outlined in Mayor V bid to the U.S. Olympic Committee to host the 76 winter games if federal. funds were avail- . 7 cross-countr- Utahs 1976 Winter Olympics controversy thickened this past week as Salt Lake City Mayor E. J. Gam prepared to lead a delegation back to Washington, D.C., in search of $30 million in federal funds to stage the y . see page . g, self-supporti- ng anticipate that wed have the finest youth training facilities anywhere. Proponents of the games managed to convince the Utah House of Representa- tives, which passed a bill Monday lending their endorsement of the proposal. Even Gov. CalvinL. Rampton lent his support, with the understanding that no part of Utahs share of the country's Photo courtesy of Utah Travel Council bicentennial funds would be used to stage the games. But response from Utah conservation groups was swift in both economic-anenvironof mental having the games here in . coming. David Raskin, conser- ' vation chairman of the Uinta Chapter of the Sierra Club criticized the "basic stupidity of the U.S. Olympic Committee in choosing another site in the Rocky Mountains where it hasnt been held before. Sam Allen, Wasatch Mountain Club conservation chairman, similarly condemned the move '"at a time when the environmental impact of existing hotel and condominium plans in the canyons is still very much in doubt. And, as Vem Heuser of the Utah Environment Center sent Garn a letter saying his organi- zation was withholding 1976. There have been other questions in the minds of Utahns as the words "winter Olympics crossed their lips in discussions and debatesTrom Park City saloons to Salt Lake City meet- ing halls: Why did Colorado vot- ers overwhelmingly cut off funds for the games on the November ballot? What effects did the games have in Squaw Valley, Calif., the sleepy little ski town in the Sierras that hosted them in 1960? Even if was available, Wasatch Moun- tain Club president Dennis Caldwell shot a telegram off to the International Olympic Committee in Switzerland saying the people of Utah were opposed to the bid, a move which FYed Ball says greatly decreased Utahs chances of receiving the games. The biggest criticism by most of the opponents was the lack of time available to determine fully the impact honors in Senior A womens competition. Other race results included: University of Utah ace Rick Newton taking first in Senior A mens competition, with teammates Steve Perry, Fred son and Brian Seeholzer not far behind him: Sun Valleys Allen Patterson sailing away with Expert A mens competition top honors, Danny Lawrence, Chris Miller and Kirk Langford, just-abov- e all of whom skiied for the Utah Racing School. Gam does get federal backing, will he be successful in "turning the games back to the athletes instead of hosting the commer--. cial extravaganza the Winter Olympics have becpme? Idaho Dominates Hot Dog Meet And theres still the hurdle of Comthe Intemational-Olympi- at Park Citys "hot dog competitions on the resorts Double Jack run. Tom McCoy skiied away with an trip to the Mountain Rocky Regional com- ment until more information bie Lynn Beck another first prize Jan. 14 in the Expert Womens category of the Snowbird FIS Downhill, edging out Enid Van Ert, Snowbird, at second and Cathy Butterfield, Sun Valley, at third. Snowbirds Luane Learning was the only entrant in her division to finish, thereby taking top c mittee, which still has to approve the United States choice. What effect will the Colorado vote have on their decision? The answers to some of these questions, as well as some random opinions of Utahns both and prominent begin on page 4 of this issue of The Mountain Flower. A Sun Valley skier somersalt into a first-priz- e turned a Jan. 14 exhibition skiing championships in Vail, Colo. Bill Leyrer, a former Canadian national gelande partici pant, placed second in the "hot dog circus that brought some 600 spectators to the sunny slopes. Leyrer now calls Snow bird home. |