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Show LIST YOUR EVEN I' PARK CmiBlPWS VAN DINE A N D OTHER TOP RIDERS TAKE OVEP THE TOWN SWING VOTERS- REAl-LJFE HOCKEY MOMS TAKEN BY SURPRISE WHEN THEY BECAME A TOPIC OF NATIONAL CONVERSATION BUSINESS, B-10 EDUCATION, A-11 GROCERY STORES SUPPORT REUSABLE BAGS PARK CITY, UTAH The INVITE THE WHOLE TOWN TO YOUR CONCERT, FUNDRAISER OR PARTY. GO TO WWW.PARKRECORD.COM/ EVENTSUBMISSONFORM ESL CLASSES ARE HELPING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS LEARN ENGLISH Park Record. W W W . P A R K R E C 0 R D . C O M Celebrate Oktoberfest in September VOL. 128-NO. 65 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, September 20-23/2008 Serving Summit County since 1880 And they're off Candidates for five County Council seats introduce themselves Silly Market ends Sept 28 with parade, costumes and beer Celebrate Oktober in September Oktober SillyFest is the Park Silly Sunday Market's biggest fundraiser of the year. "We are reminding people that we are a nonprofit and we're Please see Silly, A-2 BY ANDREW KIRK Of the Record staff Agendas Business Classifieds Columns Crossword Editorial Education Events Calendar Letters to the Editor Legals Movies A-7 B-10 C-11 A-16 C-4 A-17 A-11 C-6 A-17 C-16 C-4 Restaurant Guide Sports TV Listings Weather B-14 B-1 C-9 B-2 of the Constitution Party. "I think we're going to be forced to think outside the box," said Kamas Republican David Ure, who is vying against Kamas Democrat Steve Weinstein for seat E. Summit County Commissioner Sally Elliott, a Democrat in the race for seat A, said she has tried to champion more bus routes and light rail from Salt Lake City. "You can tell me anything that you want to tell me and I will act on it," Elliott said, adding that she will only campaign for one more term. Woodland Republican Bill Miles is challenging Elliott and said he is concerned about air pollution and congestion on State Road 224. "I suppose [State Road] 248 is not too far behind it," Miles said. Meanwhile, with eastern Summit County still primarily a rural area Pitt said how she might help unify Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. is likely to call a special session of the legislature late next week to solve a projected shortfall in the state's budget. Lisa Roskelley, the governors communication director, emphasized that the state is still in the black and that the shortfall is merely projected. Acrossthe-board cuts affecting every agency are expected, but the governor pledged to protect education funding, she said. The governor has not yet called the session, but Democratic representative Christine Johnson over the Snyderville Basin said she was told to keep her calendar clear next Wednesday and Thursday. Local officials are not worried about prospective cuts. Blake Frazier, Summit County auditor, said the county doesnt receive a lot of funding from the state. \ "I don't thihk it will affect us a whole lot, maybe some road construction, but it won't make a big difference," he saich Sen. Kevin Van Tassel, whose district includes Summit County, saiti he hasn[t seen any numbers yet and expects the meeting to discuss minor cuts. "The purpose of session is to sit down, get adjustments made early so the shortfall won't be severe. Primarily, we'll be looking at probably about 2 to 3 percent (cuts) overall." He said he believes they'll be looking for opportunities to set aside or slow down programs that have not yet received funding and are not urgent. Please see Candidates, A-2 Please see Budget, A-2 SCOTT SINE/PARKRECORD Candidates vying for five new Summit County Council seats meet Thursday In a town-hall style gathering In the Snydervllle Basin. The audience submitted questions to the politicians. BY PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff Traffic gridlock was on the minds of many who heard Thursday from candidates vying for five new Summit County Council seats. "The traffic problems here on the West Side, especially in the wintertime, it's bad," Hoytsville resident Doug Guest said in an interview after the political event. "[Candidates] were talking about the summertime but they didn't say anything abut the wintertime. It's a mess here in the wintertime." Cars regularly jam in western Summit County and 10 candidates were asked at the town-hall style gathering how they would provide relief for drivers. "Traffic is one of the huge deals in our county," said Basin Democrat Chris Robinson, who is campaigning for seat D. Robinson faces Park City Republican Alison Pitt and Jeremy Ranch resident Gary Shumway, a member Kerr contests worker housing Peace Corps group reunites Project critics hire the former City Councilor to challenge City Hall •Y JAY HAMIURQIR Of the Record staff Wlndrift Lane residents unhappy with City Hallt bid to build a work force housing development at Snow Creek have hired attorney Shauna Kerr, a move that pits the onetime Park City Councilor against the government she once helped lead. Kerr appeared on behalf of Windrlft Lane Thursday night as Mayor Dnna Williams and the Park City Council held a talk about the design of the 13-house work force project, which is slated for City Hall-controlled land at 2060 Park Ave, A lawsuit challenging the development has seemed possible for several months, and another attorney represent- ed the Wlndrift residents at a City Council meeting in August. But by hiring Kerr, the Wlndrift side has retained an attorney with Insider understanding of City Hall's development process. She was a City Hall attorney before winning a seat on the City Council, and she served on the City Council as Park City was embroiled In numerous development disputes In the 1990s. Kerr left the Park City government In early 2001, after winning a seat on the Summit County Commission, She in retired from county politics, but she recently Indicated she Is considering a campaign for the mayor's office In Park City In 2009, The Windrift residents In July Joined people who live on Saddle View Way In challenging the Snow Creek project, appealing an approval by a lower panel to the City Council. The elected officials, who had previously instructed City Hall staffers to proceed with the development application, sided with the city's Planning Please see Kerr, A-2 Friends met while serving together in Sierra Leone in the 1960s I Y PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff Sierra Leone conjures visions of war In Africa with rebels fond of chopping off the limbs of enemies, orphaned children and massacred villages afire. The coastal West African nation made headlines an civil war lore apart the country for more than a decade. The capital, Freetown, Is a bustling city and the land of contradictions boasts a rich supply of diamonds which is what brought Sierra Leone Into America's living room in 2006 in the popular film "Blood Diamond." "When I saw the movie 'Blood Diamond/ that was just so intense, I just couldn't deal with it," ex-Parkite George Gatewood said at the reunion of a group of U.S. Peace Corps volunteers who served in Sierra Leone In the 1960s. Twenty-one former teachers are gathered at the Washington School Inn this weekend to reminisce about their experiences among the first 5,000 people who joined the Peace Corps, created by John F. Kennedy In the 1960s. "1 don't know if I ever want to go back to Sierra Leone," Oatewood said. "For me, It's just so depressing." Government coups were the norm In the 1990s until United Nations peacekeepers clamped down at the turn of the century. War by then had brutalized Sierra Leone. "We were there when Sierra Leone was at Its best/* Gatewood said, adding that the country had just gained Independence when he arrived in 1963. "It slowly got worse and worse until they had the military revolt and overthrew the elected president." Even outside the capital Susie Mclntyre said in the Peace Corps she Please see Peace Corps, A-2 Sundance sees section of Main Street as a new hotspot Organizers might ask to close a stretch of street BY JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff 3 SECTIONS • 52 PAGES Special session expected on state budget Local officials unsure of impact BY QREG MARSHALL Of the Record naff Polka deejay music, candle dripping, accordions and bagpipes, ribbon aerialists and nationally touring bands herald the end of the Sunday Silly Market on Lower Main Street for another year when they celebrate the Oktoberfest Sillyfest Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The free street festival that brings together vendors, nonprofit organizations, and eco-friendly members of the community for 15 Sundays each summer is meant as a thank you to Park City residents for supporting the event, now in its second year, according to executive director and co-founder Kimberly Kuehn. "The Market was something we felt was missing," Kuehn said. "We wanted that collaboration between artists, musicians, nonprofits and farmers. We bring a lot of aspects of the community together." Kuehn expects about 5,000 to attend festivities Sept. 28. The Market attracted between 3,000 and 4,000 people each week and drafted the help of as many as 15 volunteers. "When 1-80 was closed for two Saturdays in a row, our attendance was not dented," she said. "That means that the people who are attending are local, and when people from out of town visit the market, they're staying in hotels up here." Because locals have taken an interest in the market, it has created a stronger sense of community in Park City, Kuehn explained. "Locals have the sense that they own this market," she boasted, Attendance numbers may be up from last year, Kuehn said, but market organizers point to Increased cooperation between festival-goers north of the Klmball Art Center and upper Main Street vendors south of major foot trnffle as the most Important accomplishment of the year, Red Banjo Pizza and Village Keepiakes are two of the Upper Main Street retailers that, Instead of going to the mattresses, have taken to the streets with outdoor salei and event* of their own. "This year it's so much different," Kuehn said, "It's like the festival Is extended up the street." David Ireland Is a co-owner of Red Banjo and took over management of the restaurant in October. He said food sales have been steady on Sundays compared to previous years. The real boost from the market, however, has come from a tent owners set up in the Silly Market that sells pizza by the slice. "The market has been very good to us," he said. 500 Sundance Film Festival organizers said Thursday they might approach City Hall soon with an idea to close a section of lower Main Street to traffic during next year^ festival, a move, they say, that could tum the stretch of the street into a new festival hotspot. The organizers mentioned the idea during a meeting with the Park City Council held at Sundances offices at Silver Star. The meeting covered numerous other Sundance-related topics. The elected officials were not scheduled to make significant decisions regarding the festival on Thursday, and Sundance did not provide details about ideas for lower Main Street. Talks between city officials, Sundance and merchants about closing part of lower Main Street to traffic would likely be held through the fall. A top-ranking festival official, operations mit C***ijrixttIB30 wvAv.parkrccord.com 94937 00001 director Sarah Pearce, said organizers plan to meet with Main Street merchants by the end of September, It is unclear when formal meetings with the City Council would be scheduled. Sundance is interested in Main Street between 7th Street and 9th Street. Pearce said the extent of a possible closure has not been determined. Sundance could ask for it to be closed the entire festival or for a few days, she said. City Hall has long seen that stretch of Main Street as viable place for street closures for events, saying that they work logistically and they draw crowds to the businesses on that end of the street. If a section of lower Main Street is closed for the extent of the festival, plus a short period before and after for crews to set up and dismantle the Sundance zone, it would be the most significant closure on the street since the 2002 Winter Olympics. City Hall closed the length of Main Street to traffic throughout the 17-day Olympics to create a pedestrian-only celebration area. Pearce said Sundance is hashing out ideas for the stretch of Main Street, with the potential of Please see Sundance, A-2 VISITOR _ aUIDE » S DAVID HYDEWPARK RECORD Sarah Pearce, who directs the operations of the Sundance Film Festival, describes plans for the 2009 festival during a Thursday meeting with Park City officials at Sundance's offices at Silver Star. econd day of Jeep 48STRAIGHT Mountain Bike Series: The touring supercross series enters its final rounds Saturday at The Canyons resort and features X Games gold medalist Shaun Palmer. The eyent is free and open to the public. Organizers expect about 2,000 to attend the event. Races start at 3 p.m. and Rogue Wave plays a free concert at about 6 p.m. Concert-goers are advised to bring chairs, but organizers say space will be limited because part of the amphitheater is under construction. . |