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Show C-1 B-1 SAVE SUNDAY FOR THE PARK SILLY MARKET PARK CITY TRAILS LEAD TO BICYCLING SEASON MTN. TOWN NEWS, A-12 SNOW FELL IN THE WEST, AND SO DID RECORDS Th COLUMNS, A-14 e Park Record. THANKS FOR VOTING! The Park Record would like to thank participants for voting in Park City’s Best. Look for results July 31. 2019 TOM CLYDE TELLS OF A MAN AND HIS TRUCK Park Record. The PA R K C I T Y, U TA H | W W W. PA R K R E C O R D . C O M Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, June 1-4, 2019 Serving Summit County since 1880 Victory noted Vol. 139 | No. 34 Traffic at Sundance: an Olympic-sized issue? Park City could consider 2002-style measures as officials battle backups JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Laine McKibbin, a senior, plays trumpet during a Wednesday performance from the Park City High School marching band on Dozier Field. The event was planned as a send-off celebration before the band departs to perform in Normandy, France, at ceremonies commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The band is one of 13 nationwide that were invited to perform in the ceremonies. Sundance slips ever so slightly The traffic in Park City during the Sundance Film Festival has long been awful, particularly during the jammed opening weekend. And the backups may have become an Olympic-sized problem for City Hall. Mayor Andy Beerman and the Park City Council on Wednesday held a discussion with Sundance officials as part of an annual review of the festival operations. Traffic Park City organization focuses on 10-day trip to provide free vision care in familiar region The Park Record The 2019 Sundance Film Festival generated $182.5 million in statewide economic impact and brought in 122,313 attendees, according to the results of a study released Wednesday. Both figures were a slight decrease from the 2018 festival. Economic numbers show the festival still was lucrative for city BUBBA BROWN The Park Record The Sundance Institute on Wednesday released the results of a study confirming what Parkites already knew: A lot of people came to town for the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The study pegged the number of attendees for the festival at 122,313. While that figure was a modest decrease from the 124,900 counted at the 2018 edition, it illustrates the sheer scope of Sundance, perhaps the starring entry in Park City’s packed annual calendar of events. Betsy Wallace, managing director of the Sundance Institute, said the number reflects not only filmgoers and industry professionals but those who partook in other events during the 11 days of Sundance festivities. “We were able to count people who came up to enjoy the day, to enjoy two days of the festival, that maybe didn’t go see a movie but were very much into panels or very much into music or Please see Sundance, A-2 3 sections • 36 pages Classifieds .............................. C-7 Columns ............................... A-14 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-15 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ................................... C-11 Letters to the Editor ............. A-15 Restaurant Guide.................. A-13 Scene ...................................... C-1 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 Sports ..................................... B-1 Weather .................................. B-2 was a key point on Wednesday as City Hall, festival organizers, transportation companies and Old Town residents continue talks about measures that could be taken to reduce the amount of traffic in the neighborhood. One possibility that was mentioned was crafting a plan for Old Town during Sundance that would be modeled in some fashion after the restrictions City Hall instituted during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The restrictions during the Olympics were especially tight as Park City officials and the Olympic organizing committee took dramatic steps to guard against neighborhoods being overrun by spectators seeking parking spots close to the competition venues or Main Street. The Olympic plan relied on an acPlease see Fest traffic, A-2 Hope Alliance builds on a Guatemala frame JAMES HOYT PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO 50¢ The Hope Alliance packs vision testing kits, thousands of pairs of eyeglasses and all of the needed supplies on their international service trips, but sometimes the people the nonprofit helps just want to be met on their own terms. “This really nice, gray-haired, old Mayan lady was looking at all of the eye charts, and basically, in Mayan, she says, ‘Phooey with the eye charts, bring me a needle and thread,’” said Dell Fuller, board president of the Park City-based organization, describing one encounter on its expedition to Guatemala in 2018. “And so we ran down to the hardware store, got a needle and thread, and all she needed was readers. ... And that just made her day, she was one happy lady.” COURTESY OF THE HOPE ALLIANCE Don Wood, a Park City resident and Hope Alliance volunteer, determines the eyeglass prescription of a resident of Santiago, Guatemala, in 2018. The nonprofit, which provides vision care to underserved populations in Utah and abroad, is set to once again head south to Guatemala on Friday, June 7, for a 10-day expedition where volunteers aim to serve about 1,000 residents of rural Lake Atitlàn by providing them with free vision care, testing and eyeglasses. The expedition will be the latest of the Hope Alliance’s international endeavors, which include the previous Guatemala trip, a continuous partnership with a clinic located in rural Uganda and a permanent facility in Haiti. Fuller, a Park City resident, said the decision to focus on a familiar set of regions abroad comes down to the belief that the organization can do more good by establishing itself in certain spots since the demand for vision care in developing countries is nearly “unlimited.” “We’ve never had a lack of people show up to have their eyes tested,” he said. The volunteers will utilize water taxis to get around the lake as they add two additional communities to their itinerary from last year’s trip. Lake Atitlàn, the deepest lake in Central America, is located at an elevation of more than 5,125 feet in the Guatemala Highlands. It’s both a residential area and a popular tourist destination. A stark class divide can be observed there, as Fuller said vacation homes overlooking the clear, blue Please see Trip, A-2 Park City land deal nears Bee competitive the fundraising deadline More than $1 million must be secured to finalize the Thaynes Canyon agreement JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Utah Open Lands must raise more than $1 million by the end of June to complete a conservation agreement in Thaynes Canyon, a deal that already has the backing of City Hall and numerous others who have contributed but one that remains under threat of collapsing even with the broad support. The not-for-profit organization in June of 2018 reached a $6 million agreement with two branches of the Armstrong family involving the 19-acre Snow Ranch Pasture, off Thaynes Canyon Drive and Three Kings Drive. The land is close to the Park City Golf Club. The sides negotiated a deal to place a conservation easement on the land. Under such an easement, the land remains with the owner, but the development rights are stripped off the acreage in perpetuity. Park City voters in November approved up to $3 million for the Snow Ranch Pasture efforts as part of a $48 million ballot measure that provided the bulk of the funding for the acquisition of the Treasure land overlooking Old Town in a separate conservation deal. The successful ballot measure left Utah Open Lands to raise the remaining $3 million for Snow Ranch Pasture. Utah Open Lands had an original deadline TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Utah Open Lands continues to raise funds for a conservation agreement involving Snow Ranch Pasture in Thaynes Canyon. Approximately $1.3 million must be raised by the June 30 deadline. of Dec. 20 to raise the funds. The deadline was extended twice and now is set on June 30. Utah Open Lands does not anticipate another extension should the funds not be raised. Utah Open Lands said this week another approximately $1.3 million must be raised by the June 30 deadline. “We need contributions from everybody who is willing to give,” said Wendy Fisher, the executive director of Utah Open Lands. Fisher said the organization has raised funds from a broad list of Park City residents as well as from Utahns outside the community. She said more than $1.1 million has been raised from foundations. Utah Open Lands also submitted seven applications for funding from other, unspecified foundations. Four of the foundations rejected the requests while Utah Open Lands Please see Deal, A-2 PHOTO BY MARK BOWEN/SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE Emilia Lytle, a sixth-grader at Ecker Hill Middle School, onstage Tuesday at the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Lytle earned her spot in the competition by winning The Park Record Spelling Bee in March. She was eliminated in the second round on the word “dubonnet,” meaning a dark purplish red. The bee ended Thursday in an unprecedented eight-way tie. VISITOR GUIDE Take a free tour of Park City history on Tuesday Park City Museum, 528 Main St., will waive entry fees on Tuesday, June 4. For information, visit parkcityhistory.org. |