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Show i I jryg; Sunmmimnnit tt Bnmminmntt Ketch urn paper heeds Debby Symonds' words THEl TRAIL Vail Two citizens are suing to invalidate the appointments of four town officials in Vail, claiming the decisions were made in closed sessions. The suit contests the selection of Mayor Paul Johnston, town manager Ron Phillips and two councilmen. The plaintiffs, Al Weiss and Arthur Kittay, also say any actions taken by the council since the appointments should be declared void. Vail will change about 90 street addresses around town to solve problems in the address system. Vail streets cause confusion, since they have a lot of names associated with spruces, meadows and ridges. But the more serious problem is caused by duplicate street numbers, or numbers out of sequence. Assistant fire chief Mike McGee said two cases could have been fatal. In one, a fire was reported at a duplicate address, but fire fighters, fortunately, went to the right house. In another, an emergency team responding to a choking-infant report found the same address at opposite ends of a street. mm KetchumSun Valley It's not often a Park City resident gets into the Quote of the Week section of the Mountain Express. It's even more unusual when the quote isn't very flattering to the Express readership. But Debby Symonds, executive director of the Park City Chamber Bureau, made it. Express writers picked up on the Utah Holiday article about Park City, written by Teri Gomes, in which Symonds suggests Ketchum isn't a very good entrance corridor for its neighboring town. Symonds' quote, used by the Express, runs as follows: "I hope we can learn from someplace like Sun Valley. Those panoramic vistas of the mountains and farm lands driving into Park City are among the most beautiful in the state. For heaven's sake, let's not end up with a mess entering town like Sun Valley has to contend with in Ketchum." Meanwhile, the Ketchum City Council has to contend with something worse than a critical magazine article. It met to cut 10 percent from its budget since Idaho's Resort Cities Option Tax law was declared unconstitutional last November. No-vember. The city must chop out money to relocate him. After an investigation, she said, it appeared local law officials had done everything every-thing they could to get federal . protection for Bill Rabb. Meanwhile, Rabb has said he is willing to go to court to get what he deserves. Mson Hols Guide Jackson Hole A former Jackson doctor lost his suit against the local St. John's Hospital and two doctors, after a jury disagreed with his claim that his surgical practice at St. John's had been unfairly restricted. The dispute began when a patient died after surgery by Dr. Victor Kaunitz in early 1982. A staff investigation led to a requirement that Kaunitz get consent from other doctors before operating. Kaunitz sued the hospital and in particular Drs. Maxine Cammarn and Richard Sugden, saying the letter mounted a conspiracy against him. After his loss, Kaunitz said the jury wasn't impartial, noting at least half were from the Jackson area. Dr. Sugden said he wasn't the winner. "The principle of peer review won." The Jackson Town Council said they can take no legal action to help residents of the B&B Trailer Village, who have been given a 30-day eviction notice. But they advised residents to seek relief in court. About 50 trailer residents appeared at a council meeting to ask for help. The trailer park owner, Bryan Carson, said he is closing the B&B for financial reasons. Jackson Mayor Robert Shervin said he and other -officials had asked Carson for more time, but compared the conversation to "talking to a post." The council also heard that a , county landowner was willing to provide land for the trailers. But the county commission won't allow it, since their code doesn't allow for trailers, specifically. THE ASPEN TIMES Aspen A local driver arrested for DUI tried to use the "belch defense," but it didn't work. The lawyer for Marsha Marriot argued her breathalyzer breath-alyzer test wasn't valid, because such tests can be inaccurate if the . subject burps or regurgitates within 20 minutes of the test. Marriott said the arresting officer didn't keep a close watch on her for 20 minutes, but she couldn't convince the judge she had actually burped. A visitor from Seattle, Washington Washing-ton said she is suing the Mellow Yellow taxi company because a driver took her through a red light, causing her to be injured. The problem is she can't remember the driver and the accident took place six years ago, in March 1979. She said the cab collied with another vehicle, injuring her neck, shoulder, and back. Neither the Times nor the woman explained why she waited so long to file suit. The U.S. Supreme Court will be the final battleground in a five-year legal war between Aspen Skiing Company and the Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp. It began when a Highlands lawsuit said Aspen Skiing was balking at a joint-ticket sale the two areas had marketed, in ; various forms, since the early '60s. By doing this, Highlands said, Aspen Skiing was trying to monopolize monopo-lize the multiple-hill market, since they had more than one ski mountain and Highlands had only one. The suit also charged that Aspen Skiing mislabeled Highlands on maps and tore down its rival's advertising at Denver's Stapleton Airport. Aspen Skiing responded that breaking away from the joint ticket did not suppress competition, but encouraged it. However, the company lost to Highlands in a jury trial in 1982 and were unsuccessful in an appeal to the Denver 10th Circuit Court of" Appeals. Oral arguments before the Supreme Court were made in late March. llluiljr ill tut; uuugci 11 W (U CAJCJlUlg from the option tax. The meeting drew only 20 people mostly employees fearing for their jobs but at this point only two people from the street department depart-ment will be laid off. Other reductions were made in building repair, visitor information, fuel for vehicles and street maintenance and bus transportation. The tax ' was struck down in a Fifth District Court decision, but it has been appealed to the Idaho Supreme Court. A Blaine County grand jury will be called to investigate six voters in last November's election. Supporters of former Congressman George Hansen, who lost to Richard Stallings by 170 votes, are charging voter fraud in Blaine County, which went for Stallings 3-1. Hansen partisans charged up to 44 percent of the county votes were invalid because they had improper addresses. An investigation by the county and the Idaho attorney general's office found no signs of organized voter fraud, but County Prosecutor Keith Roark said six voters merited further investigation. Two 18-year-old men from Ketchum made one big mistake when they stole a credit card from an unattended purse. Almost immediately, immedi-ately, they ordered two deluxe pizzas to go from Louie's restaurant and the waitress who took their order was Keery Healy, the owner of the card. Healy said she "just about died" when one of the suspects walked in and tried to pay for the pizzas in her name. "I wanted to scream at the guy. But I didn't want him to get away," she said. She told the man his pizza would be ready in a minute and notified the chef, a big man, who detained the suspect. When the man was told the credit card was Healey's, "His eyes got real wide and his mouth dropped open," she said. Jackson Hole News Jackson Hole Former drug dealer Bill Paul Rabb said he is still waiting for local law officers to fulfill a deal he made with them two years ago. At that time, he said, he agreed to help them nab his father and brother on drug charges, in exchange for receiving a new identity under the federal Witness Security Program. His father and brother, William and Jackie Rabb, were charged in 1983 with conspiracy to commit murder, a case still pending. Rabb asked the Teton County Commission for money he said was promised to him for his cooperation. Commissioner Leslie Petersen said the commission does not have the I |
