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Show NOVEMBER 29, 2000. WASATCH COUNTY COURIER A6 Deer Valley Turns 20. opening weekend. Graff said the storms have ensured the majority of the mountain will be open. Well-Groomed Resort Rolling Back Prices on Opening Weekend to Celebrate Anniversary— BY DEREK JENSEN COURIER STAFF Silver Lake jodee locations on a first come, first-served basis. The Mariposa restaurant is also get- eer Valley, which learned a ting into the act, offering full dinner and dessert over the weekend for $20 long time ago how to turn. per person. Reservations are necessary. Finally, $20 equipment rental will recreational skiing into lucrative business, is turning back be available from the Deer Valley Ski are a way “of paying them back their patronage over the years.” for _ Since it’s inception, Deer Valley has reeceen lades: numerous Most industry recently, acco- Ski magazine named the Utah resort number two in North America and number one in grooming, service and on-mountain the clock on their prices for opening weekend. The reason: the internationally renowned resort is celebrating its 20th anniversary. “We want to thank the people for keeping us in business for 20 years,” said Christa Thompson Graff, resort spokesperson. Beginning Saturday, Dec. - on opening day — Deer Valley is offering $20 adult lift tickets as well as $10 passes for children and $14 for seniors. The rates are also good for this’ Sunday. “We' re very proud of our last 20 years,” said Bob Wheaton, resort president and general manager, who’s been employed at Deer Valley since its In addition to cheap lift tickets, the PHOTOS COURTESY DEER VALLEY Mountainous birthday: Deer Valley Resort, which is turning 20, is offering $20 lift tickets this weekend to celebrate 20 years of business. resort’s Signatures’ stores are offering a $20 promotional package that _ School as well as 20 percent discounts - off Reindeer. and~Adventure. Club-chilincludes a long-sleeved tee shirt, 20th — dren’s lessons or adult group lessons. anniversary pin and a sticker. They are _ Wheaton said the gues discounts available at either the Snow Park or food. =. Early. sims 3 combined aeolite ities zied” snowmaking efforts, should pro- ies safe to say 90 percent of the mountain will be open — Loe and vide for excellent skiing conditions for ee more,” she said:. UOC Th Tf It Doesn’t Sell, It’s | Not Worth A Nickel’— Taxpayers Try Rules TIM WESTBY COURIER STAFF is’ the season letters from angry residents complaining about their property tax notices that went out at to wail on the county Every year about Karolyn the end of October. oa Wall’s employees have to de with a certain amount of verbal abuse every year at this time, if the things get too mean-spirited, she says, she has directed her treasurer. Wasatch County this time, Treasurer Wall says her office receives telephone calls and workers just to hang up. Still, many of the things people try to get out of paying their taxes are | quite humorous.| Anything Not to Pay ‘Taxes There was the color phato- ing over $200,000 for a lot the graph Wall received one year of a man standing up to his nose in water with a letter that assessed at county had $19,000. Others will pay, but not with: out taking a shot like the man who stamped “TAX STRAPED” in front of his last name on his accused Wall of drowning him. Then there was the letter from a man arguing that since SS eee 210 ae went up $300 this year, shrugs _ off the accusations and spirited attempts at. tax evasion and says, “You have to laugh or else you'd cry.” ~ With nearly .a decade of strong growth steadily pushing property taxes higher, Wall ) he had his property up for sale — check. says this year residents ‘may Another common accusafor years without a single offer, tion, Wall says, is that she has © finally be getting used to rising _he should not have to pay taxes since his land was obviously _ rigged the system so she does tax rates. not worth anything. Wall dis- not have to pay taxes. “We haven’t gotten as. many : Wall, who says her taxes this year,” she says. covered that the man was ask- — . le BME StrRed ha ke, mee) eee ee 1981 inception. “We wanted to share. the joy of our success with our guests by rolling back ticket prices to our opening year lift ticket price.”. - “MIDWAY, boa: — 9907 :(435)654. 4440 654. 248 a5 |