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Show Scene Sports Songsmith festival grows in its third Miners have no trouble as they power through the postseason. paae B-1 Page C-1 -ide and Prejudice, rated PG-13, will play this week&nd at the Jim Santy Auditorium, showing at 8 p.m. Friday. The film is presented by the Park City Film Series. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $6 for all others. For more information, call 615-8591. ' . "731 Park KecoixL ^ • ^ ^ ^ PARK CITY, UTAH www.parkrecord.com c Pride in libur Park* celebrates spring H ^M ^ ^ Serving Summit Count)' since 1880 • Or 7". Sweet Honey rocks Budget plan offers few big surprises Tourism venture with Chamber, no tax hike highlight budget By JAY HAMBURGER Trash abounds, but many cans make light work By ANNA BLOOM Of the Record staff Long-time locals may remember a previous city clean-up day when Park City families came outside to pick up the trash after the snow melts. This year, organizations and businesses rounded up by Recycle Utah and Park City Municipal have come together to breathe new life into the event, with quite a few extra bells and whistles - including a donated breakfast and lunch, prizes and music. 'Pride in Your Park Day,' it seems, has become the talk of the town. Recycle Utah Executive Director Insa Reipen says she continues to receive phone calls from heads of clubs and owners of businesses wishing to help donate time and resources to this Saturday's revival. "It's really become a community event run by ihe community." Reedman said. "It's really about spreading the word about Earth stewardship. It's no one else's trash but ours. Let's pick it up." According to Recycle Utah President A. Flint Decker, the idea for the event came at the nonprofit's winter retreat. "Like all great efforts, [the annual park clean up] ran through its cycle and ran out of steam, but Pork City Planning Commission member Michael O'Hare remembered doing it, and we said, "let's do it again,*" he said. "And now it's come to include a virtual who's who of Park City. It's just going to be a big trash party." The event begins at 8:30 a.m. in City Park, with a complimentary continental breakfast for attendees provided by local business. Orange bags for garbage and clear bags for recyclables will be handed out, and there will be a sign to provide examples of recyclable items. Cleaning up will happen anywhere attendees are willing to wander including Poison Creek and alongside highways S.R. 224, and S.R. 248 - but, it's a good idea to bring wading boots for water and gloves for grabbing trash. At 9 a.m., a fire truck will sound its siren to signal the start of the actual 'pickup' portion, and at noon, the city activate the 10 o'clock whistle to signal the end of the event. Then, back at City Park, lunch donated by the Chamber/Bureau will be served and Park City Municipal and live bands will play including The Motherlode Canyon Band. There is no need to deposit any bags back at the park - just drop them off curbside for city crews, says Reipen. Trash bins, donated by BFI will also be available. Pace Erickson of Park City's Public Works department says typically a few people a couple days out of the month is sufficient for keeping the city clean, but the first clean up after the Please see City-wide, A-2 A-8 C-16 B-9 C-11 A-14 C-4 A-15 A-9 C-2 A-15 C-19 C-4 B-8 C-7 B-1 C-10 B-2 ^ParkRecoixL Serving Summit Comity since J8S0 www.parkrecord.com 94937 00001 Aisha Kahlil, of Sweet Honey in the Rock, performs a soulful piece, backed by the other five members of the-a capped group. >TCe ensemble concluded the Eccles Center season Saturday night with renditions of blues, gospel and traditional African songs. Please see Budget, A-2 Man claims he was mugged in upper Old Town Assailant attacked him, stole wallet, the police say By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff The Park City Police Department is investigating a man's claim (hat he was mugged in Old Town early Saturday morning, a rare report of such a crime in a cily generally considered safe from street crimes. Lt. Rick Ryan said a 39-year-old Daly Avenue resident was walking home after drinking at a Main Street nightclub. He walked to the southern end of Park Avenue, outside of St. Mary's Catholic Church, when four men confronted him. Lt. Rick Ryan said. One of the men attacked the victim, two of them hid behind a Dumpster and one of the men looked away during the incident, Ryan said. The victim was unable to provide the police with a description of the assailants. Jill Brown, the man's fiancee, identified the victim as Andrew Stack, a television journalist. "I've never heard of anything like it. That's the biggest reason we bought on Daly a few years ago," Brown said about the safety of the neighborhood and the ability to walk to Main Street. The victim walked to his house and called the police. Ryan said Stack was able to provide only "sketchy details" about the incident. Ryan said Stack was struck in his forehead and the back of the head but the victim is unsure what sort of weapon was used. Stack was knocked unconscious, Ryan said. When he awoke, the assailants were gone. Brown said Stack was struck with either a pipe or a board. He was bleeding when he arrived home, she said. Brown said Slack was stunned. "He said, 'What are you mugging me?"* she said, adding, "He thought they were kidding around." Stack's wallet was missing afterward. The police said a person turned in the wallet later in the day. When the wallet was retrieved, $500 in cash and a silver dollar thai Stack claims were inside were missing, Ryan said. "A single individual, he believes, attacked him, stole his wallet and his money. I have no reason not to believe him," Ryan said, describing the case as a "violent crime." When an officer arrived at Stack's house, he was sitting on a porch and it appeared that he suffered a cul above his nose, a cul on his left hand and had a large lump on the back of his head, Ryan said. Slack originally claimed that someone with a baseball bat struck him, but Ryan said that his injuries are not consistent with an attack by a per- son with a bat. An ambulance responded but Stack refused medical treatment, Ryan said. Ryan said the incident appears to be a random attack. The police are treating the case as an aggravated robbery, which is a first-degree felony. Such crimes are punishable by a prison sentence of between five years and life and a $10,000 fine. The nature of the alleged incident is of note since such crimes are rare in Park City. Many Parkites and visitors, especially in Old Town, walk by themselves until the late-night hours without concerns about their safety. Muggings virtually never occur in Park City. In 2004, four strong-arm robberies were reported in Park City and in 2003 two such crimes were tallied, according to Police Department annual reports. The details of those incidents were not available. '"People still, all over, have sometimes false senses of security because we don't see this happen a lot," Ryan said. "This is fortunately something that doesn't happen with frequency." He added that OJd Town remains a safe neighborhood. "I certainly wouldn't be afraid to walk in Old Town at any time," Ryan said. Marianne Cone, a Park City Councilwoman who Please see Police, A-2 Summit County oil and gas is still on hold Gas prices may renew interest in Overthrust Belt oil fields By PATRICK PARKINSON 3 SECTIONS • 50 PAGES Agendas Automotive Business Classifieds Columns Crossword Editorial Education Events Calendar Letters to the Editor Legals Movies Professional Services Restaurant Guide Sports TV Listings Weather SCOTT $\NE/PARK RECORD Of the Record staff Park City Manager Tom Bakaly this week unveiled his proposed City Hall budget, asking the Park City Council to approve a two-year spending plan primarily focused on core governmental services but also earmarking money for diverse items like weapons for the police and a tourism joint venture. According to Bakaly, he is asking for $32.7 million for operating expenses in the 2006 fiscal year and another $14.9 million in capital expenditures. In the 2007 fiscal year, the budget request asks for $33.7 million in operating expenses and $11 million in capital expenditures, he said. The government would not be required to spend the capital money during the year it is budgeted. The City Council on Thursday is scheduled to begin its budget deliberations. An overview of the budget is scheduled for 4 p.m. in the City Council's chambers at City Hall and a public hearing is slated for 6 p.m. The elected officials on Thursday are scheduled to discuss public-service contracts, which are awarded to nonprofit organizations, and the government's pay plan. The City Council will likely approve the budget in June. The budget does not anticipate an increase in property taxes. This year's talks are of greater significance than those of last year because the two-year budget cycle is starting. The city normally earmarks money for projects and personnel during the first year and in the second year only minor modifications are typically made. Of interest is a recommendation for a $75,000 earmark annually for City Hall to enter into a joint venture with the Park City Chamber/Bureau to attract, market Of the Record staff It's been decades since oil rigs were a common sight along dusty, sagebrush-lined roads northeast of Chalk Creek. Lizards and pronghorns call the barren landscape home, but Coalville businesses about 20 miles away, and eastern Summit County schools once benefited heavily from an influx of activity generated by explorers hoping lo strike it rich. Drilling for oil in the North Summit area, although, is difficult and expensive, so when petroleum prices leveled out, rigs began pulling out. But todays sticker shock at the pump has industry watchers guessing whether skyrocketing oil prices might lure companies back lo Summit County in search of more oil and natural gas. "[Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.] is eager lo investigate the possible opportunities," said Huntsman spokeswoman Tammy Kikuchi. "He's definitely interested in what kind of opportunities might be there, but he also wants to weigh that against what it would mean in terms of the environment." Gone are the days of the county's drilling boon, when discoveries of crude oil and natural gas in the so-called Overthrust Bell in southwestern Wyoming sent drillers scurrying to uncover black gold. "If [prices] stay up where they are now, there's going to be increased interest everywhere and they would probably look more here in Summit County," said Robert John, of Summit Energy LLC, an energy dis- PANT RANCH EAST SCOTT SINBPARK RECORD These signs posted near the Wyoming/Utah state line identify one of Summit County's largest producers of oil and natural gas. The industries have declined dramatically since the drilling Please see Overthrust, A-2 boom occurred in the North Summit area during the 1970s and 1980s. |