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Show - . jlf Smumnmianit it SunmnunniSit Jackson courthouse to be designed by Salt Lake firm, but locals object Jacl:son Hole Guide Architect's hiring angers residents Jackson Hole Guide Jackson architect Bruce Hawtin is complaining about the choice of a Salt Lake City firm to design a federal courts building in Jackson. He said he and other local architects were passed over by the General Services Administration (GSA) in Denver, which made the choice. Hawtin said local designers and builders could do the job better. "If they're concerned with cost effectiveness, effec-tiveness, why are they doing things this way? How many times will those Salt Lake City people (the firm of Steve Crane & Associates) have to fly in here?" he asked. He also said the project was awarded without advertising or soliciting bids for it. GSA official Gerald HiUenburg said the Crane Company was selected, not just for the Jackson project, but for a series of smaller projects over a year's time. If the building had been a multimillion dollar project, it would have been advertised advert-ised locally, he said. Summer season suffers slump evidence of support, KWRP can receive the rest of its funding from national telecommunications groups associated with the NFCB. No word yet on whether the new station will be called "K-Warp." Ad blitz starts The Sun Valley-Ketchum Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce is starting an all-out marketing blitz to promote the area. The campaign includes inserts in Ski and Skiing magazines, a 90-second satellite video clip sent to 100 television stations and a junket that brought a group of travel writers to the area. The towns have also joined with American Express and Horizon Air in a program to promote air service from West Coast cities. Gimme a break, say strikers Nine women began a strike against the local Merc Department Store and Food Center after presenting a list of requests to management. The list included raises for checkers and busboys, a paid sick-leave day per month, insurance coverage paid by the Merc and better working conditions, partly defined as " . ; . no snide remarks if an employee has to go to the bathroom, or when the employee is taking a break..." operate both the artistic and financial departments. Board member mem-ber Irwin Stelzer said no one person is capable of such a job and no responsible person would serve under such conditions. THEL TRAIL Vail cops air beefs Vail Vail police officers drew up a gripe list last May that echoes the complaints of former officer Frank DeFalco. Meanwhile, DeFalco is pursuing his case against Vail, though he lost an appeal of his January firing. The list, obtained by the Vail Trail this month, said the leaders of the police department use a system of negative reinforcement on officers. The document was especially critical of mid-level personnel sergeants ser-geants and lieutenants accused of making officers conform too much to one standard; acting like supervisors when requested to provide back-up; and giving officers bad evaluations without providing evidence. Pay in the department alsp is low, said the officers. Assistant Police Chief Ken Hugh-ey Hugh-ey said the list was a group document and individual officers didn't necessarily agree with every grievance on the list. Hughey said he learned one officer agreed with only one item on the list, a suggestion about police equipment. Meanwhile, Frank DeFalco said the loss of his appeal wasn't surprising, as he did not expect to get an impartial verdict from the hearing officer, Town Manager Ron Phillips. He claims Phillips ignored testimony in his favor from 35 Vail residents, and city staffers who testified for him. DeFalco has charged he was singled out for discipline because he worked on a philosophy of helping people, while his superiors were interested in arrest and ticket statistics. Other witnesses said DeFalco was unsure of the law, reluctant to enforce it and earned consistently low evaluations. Vail to throw book at hoarders Residents who have too many overdue library books may soon learn the meaning of the phrase "book 'em," joked the Vail Trail. The town council will review an ordinance that allows police to. go after hard-core hoarders of library books. People who absolutely refuse to bring back books can face up to 90 days in jail and a $499 fine. Jackson expected a good season for the warm months of 1985, but Suzanne Young, Jackson Hole Chamber executive director, said "this summer is not as great as last summer, and last summer wasn't so great." Supermarkets and parking areas were crowded, but businessman Mike Remington said the patrons were mostly . regional. He also commented fast-food places and groceries were doing well. "That means people are eating in their campers, and very likely sleeping there, too," he said. Several theories have been advanced ad-vanced to explain the slump. ;The strong JUrilricaA dollar? abroad! Jsl luring American tourists out of the country, said some observers. Young suggests traditional economic cycles just aren't operating as they usually . do. But with several conventions scheduled in Jackson this fall, she said better times may be coming. Antler arch taken . When thieves stole 130 antlers from residents John and Marge Ryan, they also stole nearly 20 years of memories for the Ryan Family. Daughter Patti said the family picked up deer, elk and moose antlers on trips and picnics, until John Ryan had enough to build an archway in front of his home. Jackson investigator Dave Foster said he has one slim lead to the theft, but agreed chances were small the crooks would be caught. Game warden Kent Schmidlin said , the antlers might draw two to three dollars each from legitimate buyers. Meanwhile, Patti Ryan advised the thieves to use the money from their crime to get out of Jackson. "We don't need scum like you polluting this beautiful valley," she said Community radio plan progresses KetchumSun Valley ( Ketchum and Sun Valley are making progress toward the goal of a public-access community radio station, sta-tion, to be known at KWRP. Project director Dallas Dobro said I an application has been made to the ; Federal Communications Commis-sion. Commis-sion. (The FCC recently 'ended a freeze on commercial and non-com-' mercial frequencies enacted while its rules were being rewritten.) The station would be the first Idaho ; member in the National Federation ', of Community Broadcasters (NFCB). Dobro said 25 percent of the ; station's funding must come from ' local donors. Armed with that 'III The women said they struck alter management eliminated their morning morn-ing break and also because it has not considered worker grievances. One striker also said they will take their case to the National Labor Relations Board unless a settlement is reached. They are represented by local 1614 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Jackson Hole Mews Will ball team hangijp mitts? Jackson Hole News Jackson's Western Boys' Baseball Base-ball team finds the competition either too easy or too tough in the Western Boys' Baseball Association (WBBA), so it may leave the organization. Jackson is easily the dominant team in Wyoming, since the only other WBBA teams are two squads from small areas. But when Jackson travels out of state to play in the WBBA World Series, it is usually one of the weaker teams. Jerry Cason, a former coach for the Little League, said it makes more sense for Jackson to join that organization, which has 17 or 18 teams in Wyoming. Other options would be forming an independent league, or staying with the WBBA, but in the Idaho Falls division. Bill Yearsley, coach of the Jackson All-Stars, wants to stay with the WBBA, even though his team lost three games at this year's World Series. He said the team's showing proves, "Under the right circumstances circum-stances we could beat any of those teams." THE ASPEN TIMES Festival musicians stage a coup Aspen Musicians of the Aspen Festival took control of the event by passing new by-laws that give the chief executive slot to the Music Associates Assoc-iates of Aspen (MAA) president. The curent MAA president is Gordon Hardy, who has been having conflicts with the festival board of trustees since 1982. In that year, the festival had to mount an emergency fund drive to staunch a $700,000 river of red ink. By early this year, the board was ready to fire Hardy if it could not find a compromise solution. But now the musicians have carried the day. Several board members resigned after the by-laws were passed on a 112-67 vote. Under the new structure. Hardy would ill |