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Show C-1 B-1 SCULPTURE IS IN THE DNA OF RESEARCHER BUSINESS, A-5 he A PRO HOCKEY PLAYER SKATES INTO PARK CITY Park Record. 2019 TIME TO VOTE FOR THE BEST It’s time for The Park Record’s annual quest to find the best of the best! Vote at parkrecord.com/parkcitysbest Park Record. FUEL UP ON DOUGHNUTS ON WAY TO THE UINTAS COLUMNS, A-16 TERI ORR PRESENTS A PRINCESS FOR QUINCEAÑERA The PA R K C I T Y, U TA H Serving Summit County since 1880 | W W W. PA R K R E C O R D . C O M Vol. 139 | No. 26 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, May 4-7, 2019 Treasure trails addressed as plans for land shaped Roll through class Park City wants to make it easier to get to the hillside from Main Street JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Olympic speedskater Derek Parra, who won gold and silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, skates backward with Jacquelyn Eggleton Wednesday during a skating class at Jeremy Ranch Elementary School. Parra and fellow Olympian Maame Biney taught third-, fourth- and fifth-graders how to skate. Take note: Music spot endorsed The Treasure efforts did not end with City Hall’s acquisition of the hillside land in a $64 million conservation deal. The municipal government finalized the purchase in March and now must craft plans for the management of the open space. Addressing trails is expected to be among the first steps. City Hall staffers this week drafted a report about the trail plans in anticipation of a Park City Council meeting that was held on Thursday. Mayor Andy Beerman and the City Councilors addressed the topic, but it seems more extensive discussions will be held later. The Treasure hillside overlooks Old Town along the route of the Town Lift. It had been under the ownership of the Treasure partnership and had been a popular recreation spot for years before the City Hall acquisition. Hikers and mountain bikers have long used The Park Record Musicians will likely take note of a Park City Council discussion on Thursday night. And they are expected to beat a path to what is now unoccupied space in a Bonanza Drive building shortly. The City Council authorized a group of musicians known as MuSE PC to occupy a suite at 1685 Bonanza Drive to use for events like song circles, open microphone gatherings and workshops. It is envisioned as a place for small events that draw up to 40 people with staffing by volunteers. City Hall sees the MuSE PC arrangement as resembling that of a community room in the Park City Library. The events will be free and the public will be welcome. The City Councilors on Thursday night did not spend extensive time on the topic and received testimony from MuSE PC figures and supporters of the idea. City Hall owns the building at 1685 Bonanza Drive and has plans to eventually demolish the structure as it readies a patchwork of properties in the Bonanza Park district to be redeveloped as an arts and culture district. The City Councilors in the meantime see the MuSE PC Please see Music spot, A-2 3 sections • 38 pages Business ................................. A-5 Classifieds .............................. C-7 Columns ............................... A-16 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-17 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ..................................... C-9 Letters to the Editor ............. A-17 Restaurant Guide.................. A-15 Scene ...................................... C-1 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 Sports ..................................... B-1 Weather .................................. B-2 the trails, located close to Main Street and surrounding neighborhood streets. The report to the elected officials indicates one of the overall goals of the trails planning is to make improvements meant to create easier access to Treasure from the Main Street core. Doing so, the report says, would create a scenario in which “Main Street provides primary ‘Trailhead Access’ for the property, which will minimize neighborhood impacts.” Some of the other overall goals include highlighting the mining-era history of the land and linking the trails plan of the nearby Kings Crown development to the Treasure trails. Another goal is to incorporate a nearby trail, the Crescent Tram route, into the plans. Staffers, meanwhile, want to reclaim what are described as “bandit trails” in the vicinity of the Treasure land. They also want to create some sort of physical acknowledgment of the efforts to preserve the land as open space, perhaps with a monument. Officials outlined three phases of work that include the creation of a trailhead just off the Lowell Avenue-Empire Avenue switchback with a small amount of parking and other trailhead features like a station for mutt mitts Please see Trails, A-2 Book club wants to turn the Software issue page on area social inequity forces a delay The readers hope they will in test taking spur community discussions Park City agrees to about cultures, equality gaps provide the space for IWASAKI song circles, open mic SCOTT The Park Record JAY HAMBURGER 50¢ On the first Monday of the past three months, Diego Zegarra, the social equity director of the Park City Community Foundation, has led the Social Equity Book Club. The purpose of the club, which is organized through a partnership with the Park City Library, is to spark a community conversation about social equity. The club takes its cue from the Social Equity Initiative, a Community Foundation partnership with Park City Municipal that aims to form a coalition and identify existing social equity resources and gaps, prioritize the most significant social equity needs and develop a multi-year strategic plan to address them, according to Zegarra. “The book club started because I heard from people in the community that they wanted to talk about social equity, and what it meant to them,” he said. The catch was keeping track of the many themes that fall under the umbrella of social equity, Zegarra said. Some of the themes he listed were inclusion, children and seniors and Latinos. “Because there were so many subjects, conversations could have the potential to wander a bit, so I thought books would provide good frame- Summit County is one of the places impacted by glitch in standardized exam TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Participants in the Social Equity Book Club have read and discussed several books since the club’s inception in February. works to have the discussions be more focused on specific issues,” Zegarra said. “The books we have read have given people a platform to hone in on.” This month, the club is reading “American Like Me: Reflections On a Life Between Cultures” by America Ferrera. Past books have included “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World” by Anand Giridharadas, “Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood” by Trevor Noah and “We Should All Be Feminists” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Next month’s book will be “The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism” by Naoki Higashida, Zegarra said, adding that the club is considering a book later in the year that examines the housing crisis. Please see Book club, A-2 CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER The Park Record After Utah students began taking the state’s new standardized exam RISE last week, a glitch in the software forced thousands of students to stop. School districts around the state had to cancel testing on two separate days after service interruptions restricted students from submitting their exams. Schools around Summit County were impacted by the technical issues, which were later resolved. Student testing data was recovered. Drew Frink, director of technology and assessments for the district, said Treasure Mountain Junior High, Trailside Elementary School and McPolin Elementary School were affected by the software issues that took place on Tuesday. Schools in South Summit School District and North Summit School District were also impacted. Darin Nielsen, assistant superintendent of student learning for the Utah State Board of Education, said Please see Testing, A-2 Drought does not melt away with the snow Water-wise practices urged even with the ‘awesome’ snowpack JAMES HOYT The Park Record As Utah’s trees drink in the snowmelt from an outstanding winter for precipitation, officials say that the state is not out of the woods when it comes to drought and the effects of climate change. The snowpack from a bountiful winter stands in stark contrast to the paltry powder of 2017-2018, but even as rivers rush, reservoirs fill up and the soil receives its moisture this summer in a way that it didn’t last year, Candice Hasenyager says that Utahns making use of the state’s water supply — which is to say, all of them — should continue to be mindful of their water usage. “Even if we have one good water year, we definitely want to continue our water-wise practices by conserving water,” said Hasenyager, an assistant director of the planning branch at the Utah Division of Water Resources. “What we save today, it’ll benefit us next year, especially if we don’t have another good year.” State snowpack totals for 2019 are “awesome” at more than 140 percent of average, Hasenyager said. Compared to the 60 percent figure Please see Drought, A-2 PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Paddle boarders train on the Jordanelle Reservoir in 2018. The Jordanelle, located in Wasatch County close to Park City, is projected to reach full capacity this summer as a well-above-average snowpack melts. VISITOR GUIDE Coffee comes with classical music at Newcomers Club Newcomers Club of Greater Park City will host its monthly coffee from on May 8, at Park City Community Church. The event, which will feature presentations by Beethoven Festival founders Leslie and Russell Harlow, is open to the public. More: parkcitynewcomers.org. |