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Show FY1, C " 1 3 HOME RUN PHOTOS: SCENE, C-l SFORTS,B-1 DROP ZONE: PIONEER FEMALE SKYDIVERS ARE LEAGUES ABOVE THE REST SOLDIER HOLLOW THE SEQUEL: GOLF TOURNEY RETURNS TO NEARBY COURSE FOR LOCAL CLUBS, MEETINGS AND UPCOMING EVENTS PARK CITY, UTAH The TO PURCHASE ACTION SHOTS FROM THE TRIPLE CROWN TOURNAMENT VISIT MYCAPTURE.PARKRECORD.COM EDUCATION, B-10 .TES THi Park Record. W W W . P - A R K R E C 0 R D . C O M Keeping your garden lush in the heat VOL.128- NO.44 Wed/Thurs/Frijuly 9-11,2008 Serving Summit County since 1880 50<J Triple Crown slides into town Eco-friendly ways to nurture your summertime garden By A.M. STOFKO Of the Record staff DAVID RYDEfVPARK RECORD BY ADIA WALDBURGER Of the Record staff NAN CHALAT-NOAKER/PARK RECORD It's the time of the year when gardeners have the chance to revel in their hard work from the spring. Flowers of all sorts are in bloom, whether it's for a bouquet for a sweetheart or letting you know fruits and vegetables are in the works. Gardening is a "green" activity in and of itself. But there are ways to be even more environmentally conscious when digging around in the dirt and banishing weeds. Maria Barndt, the landscape gardener for Park City Municipal, said composting and recycling are key. She said most gardeners will reuse or recycle the plastic cups the plants come in. Recycle Utah will take back the one-gallon black containers and people should ask Recycle Utah about taking the smaller green containers. The city is doing its part, Barndt said, by returning its containers to the wholesaler it purchases from. "[The company] will take back their one-gallon containers because they don't want to repurchase them." She said almost all of the city's parks use drought tolerant native plants to conserve water. Aside from recycling, natural remedies are available to keep critters from tearing up your garden. Barndt recommends Milorganite, an organic nitrogen fertilizer that helps control voles that like to eat the tulips and grass in winter. It's available from Kamas Valley Co-Op and Mountain Valley Yard and Garden in Heber City. Unlike traditional fertilizers, it doesn't burn the plants, Barndt said. Other natural remedies she suggests include insecticidal soap sprays or diatomaceous earth for warding off creepy-crawlers. Barndt said the most common mistake beginning gardeners make is not knowing what to plant and where. She said people should be careful when choosing plant matePlease see Drought-tolerant, A-2 3 SECTIONS • 50 PAGES Agendas A-7 Classifieds C-11 Columns A-14 Crossword C-4 Editorial A-15 Events Calendar C-6 Letters to the Editor A-15 Legals C-17 Movies C-4 Professional Services B-4 Restaurant Guide B-16 Sports B-1 TV Listings Weather C-10 B-2 Main Street parade kicks off month of softball competition Monday night, 1,000 girls converged on Main Street in a bit of a friendly takeover of the town. A total of 91 teams competing in the Premier Resorts Triple Crown Girls Fastpitch World paraded down the street showing off their team colors and spirit. According to tournament director Bill Walters, participants begged for a return to the parade format. After taking a one-year departure from the usual procession last year, many teams expressed missing the usual experience of coming in together and watching other teams in a celebration of the start of the tournament. Walters said the choice of Main Street was made for many reasons. He said that he thinks Main Street is very quaint and unique and offers a special atmosphere for the teams. He also hopes that the all of those athletes, fans and spectators will be a big boost to local merchants. Walters said the these weekly marches down Main Street will create a festival-like atmosphere each time and even added a number of extras to ensure that everyone has fun. He encourages the coaches to wear costumes and teams to wear Mardi Gras beads. At the end of each parade there is a best pin contest where each team posts their team pins and an award is given to the best. Walters said this a way for the girls to see each others pins and encourages the teams to get to know one another. This is the opening week for the monthlong tournament with girls in the 10- and 12- and-under divisions competing. In the following weeks, the 14-and -under division, 16-under and college bound senior divisions will take turns playing in Park City and surrounding areas. Although numbers are slightly down from last year due to the economic downturn in the country, Walters said he is still looking forward to a very successful month. Most of the teams will play in Summit County, with a few games scheduled in Salt Lake and West Valley. All Star games will be held for each division on Thursdays and Fridays, except in the 18-and-under college placement level, which will hold All-Star games Tuesday through Thursday, a televised championship game on Friday and finish with a best-of-the-best Ail-American game on Saturday. The Ail-American players will be chosen by college coaches that Please see Annual, A-2 Sinkhole seen offRail Trail Promontory gets funds Investigators are unsure what happened By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff State officials are investigating what caused a sinkhole-like depression to form off the Rail Trail last spring, a discovery that has not been widely publicized in the several months since it was found. An official in Utah State Parks and Recreation, the government department that controls the Rail Trait, on Tuesday said the depression is close to Wyatt Earp Way and it sits near a Rail Trail bridge designated as Bridge #1. Details about its location were not available Tuesday morning, but a Mountain Trails Foundation manager said it is between 50 and 100 feet off the Rail Trail. Laurie Backus, who is the Heber-based State Parks assistant region manager, said the depression might be a sinkhole. State Parks had not made that determination by Tuesday morning, though, and it was not immediately clear whether the depression is on State Parks land. Backus said the depression was cordoned off with caution tape and signs shortly after it was discovered. State Parks does not want people to approach the depression. The Rail Trail is a state park that stretches from Park City to Echo, and it is popular with bicyclists, runners and pedestrians. It was once a spur of the Union Pacific railroad. Private property abuts the Rail Trail through much of Prospector. Backus said the depression is about five feet in diameter. She did not have information about its depth. Backus planned to visit the site on Wednesday morning. "There's a hole. We still need to investigate," she said. The stretch of the Rail Trail near the depression remains open. She said there are several potential causes, including the possibility of there being a mine shaft close by, underground water causing instability on the surface or some sort of erosion. Silver mining once dominated the Park City economy, and shafts and underground mine tunnels stretch through Please see Sinkhole, A-2 "What we had were creditors who were trying to go for a quick solution, which would end up with them owning the property," Sonntag said about the investor group led by lender Credit Suisse. "[Promontory] is worth an awful By PATRICK PARKINSON lot, and certainly more than we owe Of the Record staff them." U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Judith A. The owners of Promontory breathed a momentary sigh of relief after a U.S. Boulden ruled that Pivotal is the only Bankruptcy Court judge sided with the source of financing available to embattled Snyderville Basin developer Promontory. "All parties acknowledge that July 3. [Promontory needs] funds to maintain Pivotal Group, the parent company to Promontory, will provide interim business operations," Boulden states in financing worth $25 million to operate a 15-page ruling. But negotiations with Credit Suisse the bankrupt equestrian community fizzled, she acknowledged. through January. "This let's us now get back in busi"This just basically pays all bills that we will have between now and January, ness and focus on what we need to do, which gives us time to focus on getting which is finding some new capital," back into the real-estate business and Sonntag said about the decision. A "plan of reorganization" will be then coming up with a new financing plan," Promontory Managing Director filed with the court by October, he said, adding that collateral at Promontory is Rich Sonntag said Monday. The developer has been in bankrupt- worth nearly $562 million. "There will be a period of time cy since creditors filed involuntary Chapter 11 petitions against between then and January to get that Pivotal/Promontory Capital LLC last plan approved by the court," Sonntag spring. Please see A win, A-2 $25 million could operate the club through January Local soldier, a Purple Heart winner, honored in parade He suffered concussions and shrapnel wounds He told the other soldier he thought he had been hit in the blast. Haga then crumpled over, but he implored the unwounded soldiers to help the others first. "I woke up with one of the soldiers By JAY HAMBURGER dragging me, face-down, on the asphalt, Of the Record staff behind a wall for coverage. I thought I was dead," Haga said in a recent interview, as Edwinn Haga had already suffered four he prepared to be a grand marshal, with concussions in the Iraqi war before the Adam Kelley, who is another injured Iraqi Army soldier was shipped to Ramadi, war soldier, in the Independence Day Iraq, in mid-2006. parade in Park City. Three homemade bombs and a rocketSix pieces of shrapnel pierced his skin. propelled grenade had exploded near him, The backs of both of his knees were leaving him with the head injuries. But at injured. Two shrapnel pieces were in his about midnight on July 20, 2006, with his hip. Another one was in his neck. The unit on a raid and Haga guarding an inter- Kevlar helmet he wore, Haga said, saved section, another homemade bomb went his life, and a backpack he wore provided off under the full moon. him some protection. There was a big flash of light. The "You don't really feel it - that adrenaboom was loud. Haga was out for 15 sec- line you have," he said. onds and came to as another soldier yelled His commanders put him on another at him, needing to find out if Haga was hit. mission four days later. Haga was awarded Haga, who is from Boise, Idaho, and a Purple Heart, the military medal given has lived in the Park City area since 2007, to soldiers wounded or killed in battle. He now renting a condominium in Pinebrook is at least the third soldier with Park City DAVID RYDER/RAfltf RECORD with his girlfriend, wasn't immediately ties to be injured in Iraq. Roadside bombs The Independence Day parade crowd on Main Street greets Purple Heart sure if he was injured. He could not hear also injured Jake Larsen and Kelley. in the moments after the blast. winner Edwinn Haga, who was injured by homemade bombs and a rocketPlease see Local soldier, A-2 propelled grenade In Iraq. He was a grand marshal in the parade. The Parik Record. Smiif 5ir*™< Cst.it) unit ISS0 www.parkrecord.com 94937 00001 VISITOR GUIDE :5ft HThe Park City & SLC Music Festival will presX ent the first concert in its classic music summer series in the "living room" atmosphere of the Park City Community Church Social Hall on Thursday, July 10, at 8 p.m. The concert features the music of Mozart, Grieg and Brahms. On Tuesday, July 15, the Festival will present its only house concert of the summer at the Harlow home. Call 435-649-5309 to make reservations. Recommended donations are $45 per person. |