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Show ILititir it I t t t tt t t Players hear : the. cheers This letter is directed to Record columnist Teri Gomes regarding last week's column. Editor. Mrs. Gomes, Your article last week concerning Park City High School's cheerleaders was inappropriate and unjust. You are coming down on school spirit simply because it is not portrayed in the manner you would choose. Granted, the cheers may not be like those of old, but keep in mind that the times, they are a changin'. If the cheers bother you that much, maybe you should get involved. Go to the cheerleading camps with them six weeks into the summer. This is where their misdirection originates. Then it is nourished over the rest of vacation for two hours a day, every day (excluding weekends).' Second thoughts? Now consider practicing every day after school, excepting only those days when you go to the athletic contests and cheer, rain or shine. Future Solid Gold cheerleaders dancers? That's sick. And about their disgustingly nonexistent hips (do I detect a trace of jealousy?). Didn't anybody ever tefl you that good things come in small packages? Besides, it's not size, but spirit that counts, and these girls pack a lot of spirit. They don't even have a son in the game. Finally, I would like to tell you that Sue's son does hear the cheers. Who are you to say that Ginny's, . Danielle's and Mary Frank's do not. I'm sure I speak for the rest of my teammates when I say that the cheerleaders are appreciated. Their generosity in spending their own money to supply the football players with numerous goodies every day of homecoming week played a large part in our victory Friday. On behalf of the team, I express our gratitude. Jay Worley Miner Quarterback 1985 Snow Creek going forward Editor:' , This letter is written in response to your Sept. 12 article, headlined, "Hotel Held up by Bank's Financial Fears". It is my desire to clarify statements made in the article which are patently false, misleading and potentially damaging. For the record: (1) Snow Creek Hotel and Convention Center's groundbreaking groundbreak-ing has been detained due to delicate negotiations between the partners in the project and the proposed operator of the hotel. (2) Neither Snow Creek nor the lender faces "hurdles" regarding amenities promised to the community. commun-ity. The issues of our lender financing amenities has never been questioned. (3) A number of months ago, our financial partner was concerned about the Deer Valley Inn, Park Meadows, and Jeremy Ranch and their financial woes. After the facts were obtained clarifying the specific problems with these projects, our lender felt confident in continuing to back our Snow Creek project. In summary, the Snow Creek Hotel and Convention Center is not being "held up by bank's financial ' fears." As soon as negotiations with the prospective hotel operator are completed, a factual press release will be issued to the media. In my opinion, your article of Sept. 12 helps to promote unnecessary negative and fearful attitudes at the least, and at the worst, represents irresponsible and careless journalism. Malcolm S. MacQuoid General Partner Snow Creek II Going bananas Editor: As a member of the Park City High School Cheerleading Squad, I wish to clarify the misunderstanding Ms. Gomes has regarding our purpose. As cheerleaders we are at the games not only to support our teams, but to promote school spirit. In her column she asked what the cheer "Go Bananas" is meant to encourage. encour-age. The cheer "Go Bananas" is meant to encourage getting wild and excited in helping support both the teams and PCHS. Chants such as "Do Want To Rock, Do Want To Roll" (which is actually "Are You Ready To Rock, Are You Ready To Roll") serves the same purpose as "Go Bananas". . .encouraging spirit. At PCHS, the cheerleaders represent repre-sent what the school stands for and what it is. Before we begin learning our chants and cheers, we are taught good sportsmanship. We are not allowed to yell profanities and last year the cheerleaders agreed to do away with a cheer that was in poor taste. If caught swearing or behaving in an unsportsmanlike manner, we receive demerits which could lead to our dismissal. In actuality, if the parents are indeed using obscene cheers, I feel it would be better for the cheerleaders, the team members and Park City's reputation if they would refrain from using them. Profanity does not need to be expressed and accomplishes nothing, as we -have ... been taught. We would be happy to 1 r provide the words of the cheers and chants to anyone who is interested. By working together, we could support our team and raise the overall spirit of Park City High School. Sincerely-, Erin Winchester Head Cheerleader, PCHS Architectural honesty Editor: I read with interest and some amusement the suggestion in a recent letter to the editor that our firm, Cooper Roberts Architect, AIA be commissioned to design a new, more "historical" facade to cover the controversial Main Street Marketplace. Mark-etplace. As a member of the Historic District Commission, I find the suggestion interesting because it assumes that Park City's Historic Main' Street would be better served by a marketplace with perhaps an imitation 1890s facade. And the suggestion is amusing because it assumes that since our firm has designed several local restoration projects, we would naturally want to help give the marketplace a more "historic" cover. Both assumptions are incorrect, but "covering-up" is truly what this issue is all about. Unfortunately, those of us responsible for administering administ-ering preservation efforts in the city's two historic districts have not done an adequate job of explaining why we have taken the position that contemporary but compatible architecture archi-tecture is preferable to replicative, pseudo-historic architecture. Let me try to explain our position. The issues, for us, do not primarily involve economics or even aesthetics. aesthe-tics. Our main concern is for authenticity and honesty. Our guiding premise is that our older historical resources are best understood under-stood and appreciated when not confused with adjacent, newer buildings attempting (usually poorly) to copy the older styles. A corollary principle is that the history being created now is as important as that created many years ago. Thus, today's buildings should be products of our own time, not weak or deceptive anachronisms. This may all sound reasonable enough, but these two views present a complicated dilemma. Given the nearly infinite variety of architectural architect-ural expressions possible these days, how do we encourage a contemporary contempor-ary architecture which relates sensitively rather than violently to its neighboring historic fabric? New Letters to A5 :;Jv:::: ILetttteirs Tta 'CiM ttPne IEoflnttdpn0 in and helping in many different' ways; Fred Birch who also worked wherever the need existed; and Norm Nelson, our treasure, who works 12 months a year on our finances. There are four people whose help the 1985 Autumn Aloft would not have happened. Their contribution in time and dedication to Autumn Aloft cannot be measured. Our secretary, Linda Martin; Jacquie Cote, who does our merchandising, Marialice Klein, who is responsible not only for all our social events but also the judging and scoring, and Spence Smith, the vice president of our club. And finally there is my wife, La Verne, the official Weather Worrier and Jack of all trades when it comes to getting things done. Sincerely, Gene Moser, President Park City Balloon Club Letters Policy The Park Record welcomes letters to the editor on any subject. However, we ask that those letters adhere to the following guidelines: They should be submitted to the Park Record offices at 1670. Bonanza Dr., or received in the mail (P.O. Box 3688) no later than 5 p.m. Monday. They must be signed. They must not contain libelous material. We reserve the right to edit letters if they are too long for the space available, or if they contain statements which we consider unnecessarily offensive or obscene. i Letters from A3 York Times architectural critic, Paul Goldberger, answers this way: "What is needed is not the easy route .' of imitation nor the unforgivable arrogance of must-be-new modernism, but the difficult achievement achieve-ment of the in-between." Some use the term "compatible" to describe this "in-between" look. I think of it as good old "contextual-ism." "contextual-ism." Whatever we call it, it's an . illusive thing, 'expecially for developers deve-lopers and architects who are often more interested in the unique and the individualistic than in simply "fitting in." How does this apply to the design of the Main Street Marketplace? In my view, the Marketplace meets the dual criteria of being a good contemporary building while also relating sympathetically to the older streetscape. Some may disagree. To these critics, I suggest we compare the Marketplace to the more popular, but to me, less successful Silver Queen and the Galleria buildings. Both new, the first is an awkwardly detailed, over-scaled attempt to recapture the glory of Park City's past. The latter is a well-intentioned effort to reinterpret historic motifs in new ways, but is also overbearing with its looming, protruding storefront. Even these buildings are not as bad as the Treasure Mountain Inn. Built in the "anything goes" period before design guidelines, the Inn antithesizes the aims of the present historic district commission. It's too tall, too long, too broad; just a monolithic pile. It does not even meet the first half of our criteria: being a good contemporary structure. struc-ture. Call me oversensitive, but I cringe every time I drive past the Inn. ' The Main Street Marketplace is not marked by the flaws of its three predecessors. Its variation of massing mass-ing and form breaks down what could have been another box into several smaller, more interesting elements. Each mass is further relieved by an arch, fenestration (windows) or railings. The small masses reflect the scale and rhythm of the older stores nearby. The coloration is soft and subtle so as not to compete with the interplay of forms and shadows. I believe in constructive criticism but done under the proper circumstances and I think that Ms. Gomes' comments would have been better directed to Diane Goettsche, the cheerleader adviser. Hopefully, the PCHS cheerleaders realize that the majority of their community, classmates, team membersand mem-bersand their mothers support . them! Sincerely, Betty Adamson Threegals minus one Editor's note: Printed below is a letter forwarded to the Park Record by Park City Parks Director Bob Johnston in reply to a comment made by city council candidate, John Lehmer on page A7 of the Sept. 12 issue. Dear Mr. Lehmer: In the Sept. 12 issue of the Park Record you cited concerns over the city budget, specifically the Parks Landscaping budget. You were quoted as saying "We don't need three gals walking up and down Main St. watering the flowers." I would like to clarify this by explaining to you our program for watering the Main St. planters. Initially we tried using one Parks employee to maintain the planters. This proved to be extremely time consuming because of the many planters and starts and stops at each. We also found litter to be a problem as well as traffic problems beginning at about 9 a.m. After trying two employees working together, we found it worked smoother, faster and proved to be more economical. At no time have we ever scheduled three employee to perform that particular function. Many times there are residents or tourists who enjoy visiting with the gardeners, asking questions about watering, plant care, etc. That may have been the case. If you are still inclined to believe that there is a problem, I would be happy to discuss this matter with you at your convenience. I would also be happy to answer any other questions you may have concerning this department, given the opportunity. Sincerely, . generous sponsors who gave so generously to make this run a success-A BIG THANK YOU-you are all to numerous to list. Jeannine F. Siemon, Manager Prospector Athletic Club A big thank you Editor: Our third Annual Park City Autumn Aloft was again a huge success in spite of being weathered out one day. Autumn Aloft is a labor of love. It is a non-profit event produced by a group of volunteers whose only compensation is seeing the joy and excitement reflected on the faces of those who visit the Park Meadows Country Club to watch 27 beautiful balloons fill the skies. We want to thank our pilots who-collectively who-collectively make up one of the most distinguished group of aeronauts anywhere in the world, most of whom travel considerable distance at substantial personal expense to participate in Autumn Aloft. Our most sincere thanks to Summit Savings, International Color, KALL Radio 910 and all of our balloon sponsors, who make a very substantial contribution in many ways not the least of which is the warm personal support and friendship friend-ship they lend to our event. Our balloon sponsors this year were: A.C.S.LParleys Park Elementary Ele-mentary School, Adolph's Restaurant, Restau-rant, Advance Reservations, American Ameri-can Express, Cole Sports, Deer Valley Resort, Mrs. Fields Cookies, Frontier Airlines, Jans Mountain Outfitters, Jupiter Property Gump & Ayers, Olson & Haig Insurance, Park City Emergency Center, Park City Ski Area, Plaza TravelTWA, Silver King State Bank, Stein . Eriksen Lodge, Summit International TravelGroupair, Village Resorts, John M. Ware-Insurance Counselor, Washington School Inn, Wintzer-Crippen Wintzer-Crippen Construction and Zooms Rental. A major contributing factor to the beautiful and unique Autumn Aloft is the balloonport that we fly from. Park Meadows Country Club has generously made their facilities available to us and our guests. Our most sincere thanks to Enoch and Dick Smith and Don Branca and all", the folks at the County Club for their support. The community assisted in many ways. The Holy Cross EMT's, the Fire Department and particularly Frank Bell and the Park City Police Department, who were at work hours before the sun came up making Park City Autumn Aloft a safe experience for our visitors. Most of all, I want to thank all the volunteers who have spent many hours in putting Autumn Aloft together. It seems that most of the town was involved in some way-helping way-helping to park cars, selling T-shirts and souvenirs, entertaining the crowds in their clown suits, etc. We are very grateful to all of these people for their major contribution. There were some staff people who met last October to begin planning this year's event several of whom have given hundreds of hours of their free time. Our thanks to John Stavish who helped arrange for field entertainment; entertain-ment; Marty Melcher, Mark Men-love Men-love and Jay Bundy from the Chamber of Commerce who helped in many ways; Don Gomes for his professional work as our official field announcer and Teri Gomes for her professional work on publicity; Van Martin for handling our Landowner Relations; Jerry Shane and Dick Andrews for their good work with the sponsors; Pam Strasser for jumping The Marketplace may not be perfect and is certainly , not to be considered a model for others to copy in their projects. Contextualism requires that every architectural solution be hand-tailored to fit the unique set of problems it is intended to solve. So it should be up and down Main Street. Within its seeming one-to-three story, domino-like sameness, the street has also always exhibited a certain amount of eclecticism as well. We hope to preserve this variety within unity. If there is truth to the adage that architecture is more an opinion than a profession, than we should not too quickly or harshly condemn buildings like the Marketplace Market-place for attempting to blend what is best of the old and the new. Respectfully, Allen D. Roberts architect Cheerleaders give Editor: As the mother of a cheerleader, I admit that I am prejudiced, but I feel that there should be some comments regarding Teri Gomes' column. I agree that the cheers of today are somewhat different than in "our day" but so what? If Ms. Gomes is concerned about not knowing the words, ' I'm sure any one of the cheerleaders would be elad to suddIv Bob Johnston Parks Director Classic was a success Editor: Once again, Park City's Autumn Classic 5-Mile Run turned out to be a tremendous success. This year the race was run as a benefit for Special Olympics and we were happy with the turnout and support given by everyone. First of all I'd like to thank Steve Jones, our guest runner who gave of his time to be here and run for this most worthy cause; to Pat Manning, President of the Park City Running Club, who always organizes everything every-thing so well; to Geneo at the Yarrow, who spent many hours contacting sponsors and getting the many wonderful gifts that were given away through drawings to the runners; and to Rich Kohler from Wolfe's, who is always so generous with time, staff and prizes. To my most dedicated staff, Doug Jones, Nancy Shaw, Missy Fayville, Kim Mayhew, Scott Siemon and Anne Critchfield. And to all you her with a copy of the cheers. Yelling at the games is only a small part of what these girls dor They served the team members at the football bar-be-que earlier this year. They've acted as hostesses during special occasions at the school, they've promoted spirit at the assemblies and most important they've tried to make each young man on the team know that he is special. All this has been within the first two weeks of school. I wonder how many parents know that -these girls stayed out until 3 a.m. to decorate the team members' houses last Thursday for homecoming. homecom-ing. Each day during spirit week the boys received something special from their secret cheerleader. The time, money, effort and thoughful-ness thoughful-ness came out of the girls' own pockets and hearts. Although most of the boys expressed gratitude, there were a few who complained that not enough was done. Maybe, instead of putting the girls down because she doesn't like the words to the cheers, Ms. Gomes could use her column to thank the cheerleaders for all they do. Perhaps if gratitude was expressed by more of the parents, decent manners would rub off on. those few young men who seem to have none. ' |