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Show VISITOR GUIDE Scene Sports Egyptian Theatre's Edwina Awards will return next weekend. P a Q_- Jim Shea hangs up his sled and calls Park City home. p B he Sundance Institute Documentary Film Series will screen "The Education of Shelby Knox" at 7 T p.m. in the Jim Santy Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. For more info, visit www.parkcityfilmseries.com. 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Park City Mayor Dana Williams, Lew Marchant, the mayor of Kamas, Oakley Mayor Blake Frazier and Henefer Mayor Jim Rees are unopposed next Tuesday, however, competitive races to lead Coalville and Francis for the next four years, could provide campaign fodder for poll watchers observing an otherwise mundane local political landscape. Campaign signs that tout the governing skills of Duane Schmidt and Rex Smith are difficult to miss in North Summit as the men prepare to face off Election Day. Both would like to replace outgoing Coalville Mayor Howard Madsen who is running for a seat on the Coalville City Council. After Madsen dropped out of the mayoral race last summer, Schmidt and Smith trounced former Coalville mayor Merlyn Johnson in an October primary election. "I offer people a fresh start, a clean slate, a fresh perspective on the city," Schmidt said Monday. He moved to Coalville about two years ago and was appointed to the Coalville City Council last January to serve the remainder of Sheldon Smith's term. As mayor, he would ensure that noxious weeds are pulled in the city and the lawn at City Hall is trimmed, Schmidt said. He would pursue state and federal funding for projects like the installation of new curbing and gutter along Main Street, he added. "I've been involved and I understand what's going on with the city," he said. As a city councilor, Schmidt has been briefed on development-related lawsuits filed against Coalville but wouldn't comment Monday on any pending legal action. Enticing businesses into North Summit is critical, he said. "We could always use more tax base ... we're going to have to work on the economics of the business community," said Schmidt, who owns Humpty Dumpsters, a waste-disposal company in Summit County. "Change is inevitable, but we need to change the city to what the people of Coalville want." Schmidt garnered 63 percent of the vote in last month's primary. Twenty percent of Coalville's electorate voted for Smith and 16 percent for Johnson. Smith did not return telephone calls seeking comment before press time. The candidates running for mayor in Francis are vying against their Coalville neighbors to woo businesses to eastern Summit County. "They don't want to be New York City, they want to be a rural town [but] the amount of new home starts in our town is unbelievable," said Francis mayoral candidate John Bergen, who is running against Rae Prescott for the top office. Commercial development would help offset the costs of providing services to new residents, he added. Bergen was mayor of Francis for four years in the 1980s when the town was beginning to grow. The town's sewer system came on line under his watch and in 1986 his administration helped start Francis Frontier Days, Bergen said. "Some of the infrastructure that I put in 20 years ago is needing some improvements," he said, adding that elected officials must soon determine how to stop the flow of residue into one of the town's sewer ponds. "We're about to H SCOTT SWBPARK RECORD Nichole Bott, age 17 months, buzzes around Main Street Monday afternoon collecting candy from merchants. The street was closed off for trick-or-treaters a little while Monday afternoon. Of the Record staff The population in Park City and the Snyderville Basin is expected to double in the next 25 years and two major pipelines will be needed to import water for the area's nearly 50,000 residents, a draft report from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation states. After studying western Summit County for more than a year to determine how best to meet the needs of projected growth, the Bureau of Reclamation could release a report this month that supports construction of pipelines from Rockport Reservoir near Wanship and East Canyon Reservoir north of Jeremy Ranch. According to the bureau, the West Side needs almost 22,000 acre-feet of water to meet the demand through 2050. Reusing irrigation water and conservation could offset a small portion of that amount but most of the supply must be imported. "We've tried to be objective and fair," said Bruce Barrett, area manager for the Bureau of Reclamation's Provo office. "If everyone's willing to look at the big picture, I think (the study) should make everybody feel good.1' Summit Water Distribution Company, a private company in the Basin, fiercely competes for customers with Summit County's Mountain Regional Water Special Service District. Summit Water has tried for years to build its East Canyon pipeline, which has been stalled in the permitting process. Meanwhile, Summit County constructed part of its Lost Creek Canyon pipeline from Peoa to Promontory last year, which bureau officials will recommend be expanded into Park City, Barrett said, adding, "the need is immediate." "Eventually, over time, all water groups are going to have to cooperatively try to get things figured out," Park City Mayor Dana Williams said. "Eventually, Summit Water and Mountain Regional are just going to have to learn how to play well together." Knowing a critical share of the city's water supply would eventually be imported through Snyderville, Williams said Park City pushed Congress to commission the Bureau of Reclamation study "trying to come up with a non-partisan, 30,000-foot view of water in the Basin." "I'm not hearing anything I didn't expect," the mayor said Tuesday about the tentative recommendation. With the capacity to pump another 5,000 acre-feet out of Rockport, the completion of Mountain Regional's pipeline makes the most sense in the short term, Barrett said, adding that the smaller pipeline can be finished more quickly than Summit Water's project. "Our emphasis has been on the Rockport pipeline because we own water in it," Williams said, adding that Park City owns nearly 3.000 acre-feet in Smith and Morehouse reservoir in the Uinta Mountains. But all of the Rockport water could be allocated by 2010, said Steve Noyes, a Bureau of Reclamation team leader overseeing the project. "Both projects are going to be needed probably as early as 2010," he said, adding that Park City and Mountain Please see Two pipelines, A-2 New Main Street moniker bothers some western Summit County," said Newpark developer Jim Doilney, adding, "It's a Main Street-like environment." Newpark, which will have residences, stores, restaurants and offices, is about 40 percent develBy JAY HAMBURGER oped, he said. New Main Street is partly built, he said, and the street will have restaurants, shops and Of the Record staff possibly a bowling alley and maybe a couple bars. Main Street is apparently competing with New He said the businesses will be easy to get to for Main Street. people strolling through the development. Doilney Confused? said it is similar to many other destinations in the Merchants on the more famous Main Street - U.S. the one in Old Town - are worried that tourists and "What we're trying to do is cash in on the conParkites might be. cept that we'll have a main street like thousands of At Newpark, a retail and residential project at other towns . . . There's no ownership of the name Kimball Junction, the developers have named one 'main street,"1 he said. of the new major streets New Main Street. Doilney said the developers have called the In Park City, there are claims that the New Main roadway New Main Street since the spring of 2003 Street could confuse people looking for Park City's and that street signs arc up with the name. He Main Street. There are also concerns that the two acknowledges, though, that he is unsure if Summit streets might be confusing when people call for the County approved the name. police or firefighters. Michael Barille, the county's Planning director, The Main Street merchants approached the city said the developer wanted the New Main Street government recently with what they see as a dilem- name about a year ago but a decision was not ma and they allege that the New Main Street is a made. Barille said the street in question is currentmethod to funnel some of the business from Main ly designated 'Ute' or Uinta.' The county engineer Street. will determine the street's eventual name, Barille But the Newpark developers counter that the said. New Main Street designation is meant to highlight "I think the Newpark developers are trying to the atmosphere they intend to have at the project. create a place and identity for themselves," he "The county wanted to create a town center for said. They say Newpark road may be connised with 'true Main Street' Wanted: ski gear with experience Barille, though, suggested that Newpark could focus on other highlights in the project, like a 'sun calendar plaza' planned with a sundial or a Swaner Nature Preserve education center that is also planned. In Park City, there is some consternation about the New Main Street name at Newpark. Ken Davis, the acting president of the Main Street Business Alliance, said the name creates confusion, especially since some people call the area of Main Street north of Heber Avenue, where the Marriott Summit Watch is located, 'New Main.' "I'm going to Main Street. Which Main Street?" he said. Davis is also worried about people not knowing where they are if they need to call 911. Still, he predicts the New Main Street will not hurt the established one. "I'm not worried. They can't duplicate what we have. They can attempt to try to capitalize off our reputation," he said. Mayor Dana Williams agrees that the New Main Street is a marketing ploy and said people typically associate a main street with a city, not with a development. Williams said City Hall plans to either write a letter to Summit County officials or have someone testify during a hearing regarding the name. "It's basically being done to market on the coattails of the true Main Street," Williams said. A ghostly encounter Thirty-third annual Park City Ski Swap set for this weekend By ADIA WALDBURGER Of the Record staff When SKI Magazine calls a ski swap, "One of the best ski swaps in the country," then it must be pretty good. Park City faithful and others can come see for themselves this weekend as the Park City Ski Team hosts the 33rd Annual Park City Ski Swap and Sale at Park City High School this weekend, Nov. 4-6. Due to the nature of ski resort towns, items at the Park City swap are often fairly new and on cutting edge of technology, offering high quality merchandise to buyers. It is also an opportunity for locals to make a profit from gear that they no longer use. Dave Galusha, director of the Park City Ski Team and self-described chief operating officer of the swap, expects between five and seven thousand people to attend the swap. "This is a great chance for people to come out, especially families, because they can buy equipment that is extremely discounted, making it possible to get the entire family ready for the ski season," said Galusha. The event is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the Park City Ski Team, and Galusha expects virtually every form of ski and snowboard equipment to be available, "Every accessory you can imagine will be there," added Galusha. Please see Annual, A-2 GHAYSON WEST/PAHK RECORD Clorissa Fryer, playing Lucy Whitta, and her husband Doug, playing John Whitta, tell the couple's tale Sunday at Glenwood Cemetery. In all, 715 people walked through the cemetery listening to ghostly tales from Park City's early settlers. |