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Show Scene Spring Home & Garden Guide Organization collaborates to help Caregivers'. Rage Coming Saturday TheRecord's-special section helps with green instincts. The 125 OI LI HRATIXCl PARK CITY, UTAH YEARS www.parkrecord.com Landfills waive fees for spring clean up ^•^^^ V Please see Residents, A-2 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 J V Listings ** 'feather;.: A-8 C-16 B-7 C-11 A-14 C-4 A-15 A-9 C-2 A-15 C-19 C-4 B-10 C-7 B-1 C-10 B-2 ^ParkRecoixL Serving Summit County since 1880 www.pafi'krecord.com &4937 00001 Mountain Town Stages at 901-SONG or go to www.mountaintownstages.com. 500 Park Kecofl S0 *• 28 005 Pounding the pavement Officials seek a tourism partnership Park City, Chamber/Bureau would each put up $75,000 By MONIKA GUENDNER Record contributing writer Schedule North Summit (Henefer, Coolville, Hoytsville and Wonship) and South Summit (Oakley, Marion, Kamas, Francis and Woodland) can dump their waste through Saturday, May 14. Within Park City limits - Monday, May 16 to Saturday, May 28 Snyderville Basin (Jeremy Ranch, Pi neb rook and Silver Creek Estates) Monday, May 30 to Saturday, June 11; Three Mile only will he open ountain Town Stages' 2005 Slopeside Serenade Showcase will be at The Egyptian Theatre in Park M City, today at 7:30 p.m. For more information, contact ^ B ^ ^ ^ Serving Summit County since 188C Summit County offers residents a chance to clean up their act County residents will have a chance to dump their broken down fences, worn couches, old bicycles and other spring cleanup items for free. Both the Henefer and Three Mile landfills will waive their usual dumping fees for the next six weeks, accepting non-hazardous waste, according to Summit County Public Works Superintendent Mark Offret. Items such as refrigerators, which have to be drained of hazardous Freon, will still require a handling fee. Normal hazardous waste limitations continue to apply, and the landfills cannot accept free-flowing liquid wastes, such as unused paints and cleaners. In the past, the response to the waived fee has been overwhelming, so the county has divvied up this year's community clean up events by geographic locations, to ensure all residents can participate. "Last year, it was pretty much overwhelming for the contractors who supplied the containers and for the staff," said Offret. The landfills see an increase in use during the spring's free time, despite the relatively low prices for dumping, he added. A pickup load, which usually weighs less than one ton, costs $5; every additional ton costs $20 per ton. Some of the waste that comes in is construction material from home repairs, rusting swing sets and just plain old garbage, said Offret. The county began the free period when it stopped picking up larger items from the curb about a dozen years ago. Hazardous wastes, such as paints and cleaners, can still be dropped off for a fee. Recycle "Utah recently had a free hazardous waste collection and will not have another one until October. Offret encourages residents to participate in those events, since wastes such as unlabeled liquids can be expensive and time consuming for the county to dispose of. "We can't dump this for free either,'1 he said. "We have to contact the health department or the Salt Lake hazardous materials department." In the future, Offret hopes to work with the Park City Fire District to establish a hazardous waste collection site that can be staffed 24 hours a day. "Sometimes unusual things show up," in the off-hours, said Offret. Residents might find dumpsters around the county as well, sponsored by the cities or homeowners associations. The county, however, is not placing any dumpsters out this spring, according to the Public Works Department. Since the waived fee has just begun. Recycle Utah has not noticed any changes in the use of their services, according to Executive Director Insa Riepen. But anecdotal evidence has proven that residents will throw reusable things into the dumpsters. "Before you throw something out, give us a call. People come here on a daily basis looking for something. Our wish list is very long. And don't throw any computer equipment in the dumpsters; we have the programs in place for that," said Riepen. VISITOR GUIDE GRAYSON WEST/PARKRECORD Law enforcement personnel from Summit County carried the torch during the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics Saturday. The group started from the Bitner fire station and traveled east on Highland Drive to Home Depot where a barbeque was waiting. Pictured left to right: Summit County Evidence Technician Dallas Gines, Summit County Sergeant Sherm Farnsworth; Summit County Deputy Austin Turner, Master Sergeant Utah National Guard Larry Restad and Utah Highway Patrolman Ashton Jeffery. By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff '• '• City Hall and the Park City Chamber/Bureau, both already big tourism boosters, could formalize their relationship in an effort to expand the community's tourism-driven economy. Under an arrangement outlined during City Hall's initial budget discussions, the government and the Park City Chamber/Bureau would each put up money to form a partnership to put on events in a push to attract more visitors to the city. As proposed, the so-called 'destination tourism joint venture" would cost each side $75,000 per year and, according to Park City Manager Tom Bakaly, boost the government's economic-development efforts. He argues that creating .such an entity would enable the city and the Chamber/Bureau to consolidate tourism efforts. The tourism industry dominates Park City's economy •and is responsible for the local real-estate- boom/ancUlje'r'^fjificant economic sector. '. ' • ' ! • > ' "S\' •'"*:•'"•.*-• Please see Tourism, A-2 Christian groups ask for taxpayer money Organizations want City Hall to help fund food bank, programs By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff It appears City Hall will award money to two Christian organizations, an arrangement that, though the government is defending as appropriate, seems to blur the constitutional clause of separation of church and state. Holy Cross Ministries, based in Salt Lake City, and the Christian Center of Park City have each requested what are known as public-service contracts from the government. A city subcommittee has recommended in favor of partial funding for each organization. During a recent Park City Council meeting about the overall program, the elected officials did not discuss the two requests, signifying that Mayor Dana Williams and the City Councilors are apparently supportive of the subcommittee recommendations. The Christian Center asked for $20,000 and was recommended to receive $10,000. Holy Cross Ministries desired $12,200 and the subcommittee recommended that the group receive $4,000. Neither organization received funding the year before. Candy Erickson. a City Councilwoman who is a member of the subcommittee, said the two groups requested the money for programs that other organizations do not provide in Park City as she explained the recommendations. "They offer something no one else does. We do not discriminate," Erickson said, describing the support for the two organizations. "We are looking for a nonprofit organization that offers something that enriches our community." According to the Holy Cross Ministries application, released by the government after The Park Record filed a request under state open-records laws, the organization intends to use the contract money for youth programming and the funding would assist paying for artists to work with the kids. The application outlines a program in which artists give the kids basic instruction in painting, drawing, designing patterns and other endeavors. The application estimates that each of the four or five artists programs cost between $600 and $3,000. The Christian Center's application, also released through an open-records request, indicates that the funding is requested to support the organization's food pantry, which, according to the application, serves 25 people each day and lists 1,300 families as having used the service. The application outlines that the contract is requested for its work with Latinos. In support material for the applications, each organization acknowledges its religious mission. The Christian Center, which was formed in 2000, said in the material, "as we help connect community partners, we aim to provide teaching, training, and creative events in the spirit of fostering a stronger Christian community." But Tammy Rimer, the director of development for the organization, described the food pantry in a.n interview as a "'humanitarian effort" and said that no proselytizing occurs at the pantry, 1100 Iron Horse Drive. Bible studies and prayer groups are held in a different location on the grounds, she said. "There's nothing religious with the food pantry. They come in, sign in and are able to get food for their families," Rimer said, noting that the Christian Center does not discriminate against people of different faiths or races when distributing the food. She said the Christian Center separates funds raised for the food bank and those brought in for religious functions, explaining that, should City Hall award the contract, the taxpayer money would not be used for religious programs. The support material outlines that operating the food pantry costs $38,400 per year, mostly in rent and salaries for two part-time employees. The Christian Center said that the contract would be used proportionately to fund the operating expenses. In supporting material. Holy Cross Ministries describes its mission as engaging in activities, "all in the furtherance of the healing mission of the Roman Catholic Church and care for the poor and the underserved." The organization's mission statement includes the sentence: "We do this to fulfill the mission of Jesus Christ and in the spirit of the Sisters of the Holy Cross." The organization's application package indicates that it expects its summer-program enrollment to almost double this year, from 70 students in 2004 to 130 in 2005. Dominick Jeffcries. the director of the afterschool program at Holy Cross, said his organization intends to team with the Park City School District Please see Religious, A-2 Kids get friendly with farm life , . QRAYSON WESVPARXRECORD Skylar Goldman, a fifth-grader from Colby, pets a red holstein owned by Rep. David Lire Friday at McPolin Farm as part of an after-school history camp hosted by Park City Historical Society and Museum. For the related story, see page A-9. Literary Festival planners launch Park City Festival to include lectures, performances, readings By MATT JAMES Of the Record staff After two years of work, the Park City Literary Festival is still four months from starting. But its organizers are just beginning the public's education. The Literary Festival steering committee has found several people asking a common question: "What exactly is a literary festival?" To help answer that question, festival steering committee member Kris Beer and festival executive director Karen Dallett suggest- ed a quick trip through a dictionary. According to the "The New Oxford American Dictionary," literary means, "concerning the writing, study or content of literature, especially the kind valued for quality of form." Festival is defined as, "an organized series of concerts, plays or movies, typically one held annually in the same place." So, the Park City Literary Festival might be defined as a series of events (which will include readings, lectures and performances, among other things) celebrating and having to do with writings which are valued particularly for their quality, form and lasting nature. To help inform the public about the festival's particulars and details, the event's steering committee will hold a public informational session Tuesday, May 17 i from 7-9 p.m. at Dalletl's Spotted Frog Bookstore in Redstone Village. "It's an invitation to all book clubs to learn about the Literary Festival and perhaps incorporate the books [in the festival] into their reading list," said Dallett. "It's also a call for volunteers." "We're kind-of targeting the [book] clubs in the area, but anyone can come," said Beer. With several musical festivals, the Kimball Art Festival, a few smaller film festivals and the Sundance Film Festival, festival steering committee members all point to a certain niche that needs to be filled within, the Park City arts scene. • "All the other arts are represented..." said Beer. Please see Literary, A-2 VT: |