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Show VISITOR GUIDE Scene Sports State grant gives advertising freedom to EC Performing Arts. p C-1 A Miners team for the ages: Seniors ; sweep state titles. Paqe B-1 PARK CITY, UTAH www.parkrecord.com The ^^T^^^ ^M ^U^^^k JJailets Russes, which is not rated, will play in the Jim x J S a n t y Auditorium as a part of the Park City Hint Series May 26-28. Show times arc at 8 p.m. Friday andj Saturday and 6 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, visit www.parkciiyfilmseries.com. $ervin&Summit County si/ia Park Kecoi 1 •=•;-• 1 . • • - ) ! % i Jf ' ' I t • NO.27 Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 24-26, 2006 in alleged robbery in Snyderville Parking lot heist may have been a gang initiation ceremony North and South Summit will hold ceremonies Friday By DALE THOMPSON Of the Record staff On Friday North and South Summit high school students will bid farewell to their schools and embark on a journey outside of high school. Fifty-nine seniors will graduate from North Summit High School. Principal Jerre Holmes said it is an unusuaUy small class size, which typically averages 80 students. One of their other distinguishing characteristics is that many of them already have two years of college under their belts. "This class actually has 16 students who received their associate's degree through the ed net/concurrent enrollment program," Holmes said. He expressed pride in the accomplishments of those students. "It's just super, we're really proud of them. They've really had to work hard for it, it's not an easy program. I think a of lot of times students think they're senior year is going to be a breeze." Holmes said. In addition to recognizing the accomplishments of those students Holmes added he is pleased with the entire graduating class and all they have contributed over the past several years. Many of them will continue on to higher education. Holmes said the majority of graduating seniors at North Summit High School have plans to attend college. Sending them off into the world with words of advice will be valedictorians Cheri Lee Bell and Betsy Goodman. As they leave for college Holmes said, "We're going to miss them, it's been a great class." North Summit High Schools graduation ceremony will be held on Friday, May 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. South Summit High School has a graduating class of 86 students who, according to Principal Gary Twitchell, have earned over $220,000 in scholarship money. Rather than designate one valedictorian, the school named honors students with a grade point average of 3.7 or above to speak at graduation. "So more kids can get recognition," Twitchell said. Those honors students are senior class president Naomi Andersen, Nick Bjorkman, Tim Butler, LeeAnne Lowry, Katie McNeil, Jessie Parker, Crystal Passey, Bill Sullivan and Liz Walker. Like North Summit High School, the size of this graduating class is small compared to most years. "We usually graduate close to 100," Twitchell said. In spite of their small numbers they managed to raise nearly $1,000 for their Sub for Santa project around Christmas. The student government also helped the class of 2006 to make strides. "We're extremely proud of them. I think the student government in the senior class has got the school going in a direction we want the school to go in," TWitchell said. They helped to change policies such as the one that docked student's class credits for too many tardies or absences and replaced it with something they deemed more fair, Twitchell said. Overall, Twitchell added he is pleased with the class of 2006. South Summit High School's graduation ceremony will take place on Friday, May in the high school football stadium at 7 p.m. 3 SECTIONS • 50 PAGES Sports A-8 C-16 B-9 C-11 A-14 C-4 A-15 A-9 C-6 A-15 C-15 C-4 B-12 C-7 B-1 TV Listings Weather C-10 B-2 Park Record Serving Summit County since 1880 www.parkrecord.com 00 001 500 The thrill of victory 3 suspects nabbed Graduates prepare to inarch Agendas Automotive Business Classifieds Columns Crossword Editorial Education Events Calendar Letters to the Editor Legals Movies Professional Services Restaurant Guide 1 ,/,,,<, SCOTT S\UEJPARK RECORD Park City senior Lindsey Jacobsen raises her arm in triumph after winning the girls 100-meter hurdle race at the Utah State High School Track and Field Championships at Brigham Young University on Saturday. Later in the day, she established herself as the best hurdler in the state by winning the title in the 300-meter hurdle event. By PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff An armed robbery early Sunday at Redstone Towne Center was likely parl of a gang initiation ceremony. Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds said. "What exactly that means, it's difficult to say for certain." he said, adding, "all of them were either involved in gang activity or they were in the direct process of trying to gain gang affiliation." Three juveniles - a girl and two boys - between the ages of 15 and 17 robbed a man in his 20s at gunpoint while the victim was leaving his job at Cold Stone Creamery. Edmunds said, adding that the suspects stole the victim's wallet and a bank bag containing more than $900 from the business. "All of the [suspects] have either been charged with aggravated robbery or conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery." Edmunds said, adding that no shots were fired at the scene. "Also, we're talking about federal crimes as well if they are indeed illegal immigrants." Park City resident Jesse Whiting wasn't aware Monday that one of his colleagues at Redstone was allegedly robbed at the shopping center. "It's kind of scary." said Whiting, a 21-vear-old who works at Hapa Grill. "I'm a server and I walk out of here with straight cash." Whiting demonstrated how a metal key chain shaped like a snowboard could be used in selfdefense. "Have your keys in your hand," Whiting advised. "If you have your keys in your hand, it's a weapon number one, number two, it's a defense to get in your car and lock the door and drive away." The victim was not injured in the alleged holdup and the suspects, who are from western Summit County, were reportedly booked into a youth detention facility in Salt Lake. "They ambushed the individual, stuck the gun to his person and forced him back into the vehicle," Edmunds said, adding that a 22-caliber pistol, two knives and a mask, were recovered from the suspects' getaway car. "We do have that firearm in our custody." Detectives are tracking a serial number on the gun to identify whether the weapon was used in other crimes, the sheriff said. "We feel like this was an inside job." Edmunds said. "We do believe that these individuals had inside information on perhaps what the proceeds were on a Saturday night, what time the establishment closed and possibly some information on the victim." Edmunds praised his deputies and Utah Highway Patrol troopers for stopping the suspects as they sped from the scene of the alleged robbery. Please see Alleged robbery, A-2 Communities encouraged to adopt fire plans Experts say a moist spring may cause volatile summer By PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff Forecasters say wildfire danger won't be extreme this year in Summit County. "If the experts are expecting a normal year, I hope normal means no fires." Summit County Commissioner Sally Elliott said. But residents in many mountain neighborhoods must still enact community fire plans if they expect to receive grants to help fund prevention efforts. "Predicting our wildland fire season is not an exact science," said Tracy Dunford, fire management officer for the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, in a recent press release. "However, indications are we're entering this season pretty much the same as last year when we saw the heaviest fire activity in the southwest portion of the state." More than 75 subdivisions in Summit County, however, are situated dangerously close to the county's socalled urban/wildland interface. Homeowners in these areas should maintain at least 30 feel of "defensible space" around their houses by clearing vegetation and flammable debris. Summit County Fire Warden Brycc Boyer said. Citizens in roughly 15 communities have established official procedures to evacuate their neighborhoods in case of a wildfire emergency. "For a community to do a fire plan is just really a big deal," Elliott said. "Our goal with fire protection is to gel all of the outlying communities to participate." Residents in Pinebrook and Summit Park who adopted fire plans have received thousands of dollars from the government lo fund fire prevention efforts, she said, adding, "a fire could just creep up over that ridge and wipe them out in a dry year." Elliott praised Tollgate Canyon residents who are currently adopting a fire plan for their remote community near Silver Creek. "Roads are pretty twisty, access is pretty bad and we've got a lot of fuel up there." Tollgate Canyon resident Diane Murphy said. Wildfire and emergency access recently topped Tollgate residents' list of concerns, she added. "People have died up there from bee stings and heart attacks," Murphy said. The Tollgate fire plan will improve maps and signage for ihe area, she added. "Our approach is that we need lo help ourselves," Murphy said. "The county is very much helping us to help ourselves." Residents are encouraged lo contact Summit County to schedule a free lot assessment. According to Summit County Public Works Administrator Kevin Callahan. officials in the past have examined about 135 of the 4,000 lots most at risk. Meanwhile, experts are afraid of the effects moisture from a wet spring could have on fire conditions in Utah. "Once again the extra moisture we've received is adding to the growth of grasses and other vegetation," Bureau of Land Management Fire Management Officer Sheldon Wimmer said in the press release. This should persuade citizens in some of Summit County s most wildfire-prone areas to adopt community fire plans. Elliott said. "Fire danger is quite high all over Summit County," she added. The Summit County Commission is considering an ordinance that would require developers attempt to protect homes buill in wildfire zones. '"We're looking at requiring fire-safe practices in building," Elliott said. But. according to Callahan. "this is not being uniformly embraced." •'Primarily, I think it's with the subdivisions where we're running into the issue," Callahan recently told the County Commission. "Because we have so many housing units that are in our wildland fire areas ... relying on individual efforts to correct these problems in some ways is nol taking full responsibility that we should have as a county." Contact Boyer at (435) 336-3982 for more information about protecting property from wildfire City Councilor recovers from cancer surgery Doctors find Erickson has colon cancer but there is 'good news' about her diagnosis By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff Candy Erickson plans to take her place at the dais on Thursday, when Ihe Park City Council next meets. The agenda is typical for this time of year, with the elected officials heavy into City Hall's annual budget season, but Erickson's appearance will represent a victory for the second-term City Councilor. She will sit with Mayor Dana Williams and the other members of the City Council less than two weeks after cancer surgery and a few weeks before she is scheduled to start a form of chemotherapy to treat colon cancer that doctors found during an exam on May 2. Erickson, who is 50 years old and one of Park City's most popular elected officials, was diagnosed with the cancer after a colonoscopy. which she suggests and experts advise people have when they are about 50 years old. "The good news was, from what they saw, it did not look like a large mass," Erickson said on Monday. After the May 2 appointment, Erickson the next day underwent a scan in which doctors injected her with a liquid that enabled them to find the tumor. She met with a surgeon on May 4 and had the 1 hour, 45 minuteoperation on May 15 at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City. Doctors kept her hospitalized until May 20. Erickson said the cancer had breached her lymph nodes but had not reached other organs. She said that the surgery was made less difficult because she is slim and doctors did not have to cut through lots of fat to reach the colon. "I knew what my options were as long as it hadn't spread," she said. Erickson expects to undergo a form of chemotherapy within four or six Please see Erickson, A-2 GRAYSON WEST/PARK RECORD Park City Councilwoman Candy Erickson said fighting colon cancer is "a toll on your body." She underwent surgery on May 15 and plans i o undergo a type of chemotherapy within four to six weeks. |
