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Show Who will guide Park City's centennial? by Christopher Smart Who's going to take charge of Park City's 100th birthday celebration now that Tina Lewis is resigning? That perplexing question will be addressed at the initial meeting of the Centennial Cen-tennial Commission Executive Execu-tive Committee Dec. 8 at 6 p.m., according to Mayor Jack Green, who appointed the committee. Park City's 100th birthday celebration could include everything from Founder's Day festivities, resembling a winter carnival in March, to a grand Park City family reunion on Miner's Day in September. The celebration might, include a Park City band with special commemorative com-memorative flag, a centennial centen-nial song, posters, time capsules, literary magazines maga-zines and much more. But without Lewis there to do the endless organizing, sponsor finding, brainstorming, brainstorm-ing, herd riding, re-organizing and cheerleading, the whole thing might end in a pop and fizzle, according to sources close to the centennial. centen-nial. But Lewis will attend the initial Executive Committee meeting to give the new committee the rundown on the 42 projects that have been proposed thus far for the centennial celebration, Green said. At that meeting the Executive Exe-cutive Committee will begin to develop an idea of how far-reaching the centennial should be, Green said. He said that the committee will act as a "clearing house" for all projects and activities for the year of the celebration, which begins Jan. 1. All projects will need the approval appro-val of the Executive Committee. Com-mittee. "The centennial is a citizens' citi-zens' celebration and the impetus should come from them, not from the city government," Green said. He added that Founders' Day will be the focus of the centennial year. The 11 members of the Executive Committee will attempt to do what Lewis would have done if she wasn't retiring, City Manager Mana-ger Arlene Lobl said. "Without "With-out Tina, everything is up for grabs," she added. The City Council has set aside $10,000 for the centennial centen-nial celebration, Loble said. However, she said, those funds will be used for permanent projects such as the proposed program to place one historic plaque for each day of the centennial year on a site in Park City. Lewis hopes many groups within the community will I adopt a project for the centennial. Lewis will finish her term on the City Council at the end of this month and is also resigning her position at the Chamber of Commerce Com-merce Visitor's Bureau. She said that the success of the centennial year depends on private sponsorship of the 42 proposed projects. The centennial celebration should go far beyond selling trinkets and T shirts, Lewis said. The centennial should be a chance for Parkites to participate in festivities and projects that bring out the flavor of Park City and its history. It is possible that some of the projects, like a poster contest or a literary magazine maga-zine of Park City's past and present, might make enough money to reimburse the sponsor, she said. She emphasized, em-phasized, however, that profit pro-fit motives should be outweighed out-weighed by the spirit and cultural value of the centennial. |