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Show ;£:-,' MUSICATION WITH JAZZ,C5 KEEP THE F *!lePark RecorJf SAT/SUN/MON/l UES. NOVEMBER 22-25, 2008 KdiLnr: (irc« Marshall arts^parkivcorcl.com 155.649.9014 ex. 110 Briefs Whole Foods wants to feed 5,000 families Whole Foods Market is giving to those in , need. Through their "Grab & Give" program, the stores are ensuring that families •„ nave a healthy holiday meal. Shoppers can '- purchase a pre-packaged meal designed to ,- reed a family of tour. Breakfast meals are $5 • and lunch and dinner meals are $10. Whole \ Foods in Utah has set a goal to feed 5.574 r families. Meals will be donated to the Utah v Food Bank and Park Civ's Peace House. In * addition, on Nov. 20. me store donated 5 - percent of the day's salestoUtah Food Bank, * American Red Cross Greater Salt Lake Area * Chapter and the National Ability Center. 1IF"""""."7 • *: Nouveau Beaujolais t: Festival Nov. 26 - The Wasateh Food and Wine Society prosents the 26th anniversary of the Nouveau ; Beaujolais Festival at Deer Valley in Silver • Lake Lodge. Doors will open promptly at 3 ; p.m. with one seating until 6 p.m. DeerValley will offer a Georges DuBoeuf Nouveau '• Beaujolais in both casks and (pottles. New this ; year organizers are adding the 2007 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais. A full ; Burgundian cuisine buffet will complement the fruity young flavor of the wines. ; Reservations are required and can bo made • by calling Kris Anderson at 645-6640, or ; 800-424-3337 or by mailing a check for $80 per person to Kris Anderson, Deer . Valley Resort, PO Box 889, Park City, Utah, • 840oO. Guests will not receive actual rickets; '. names will be on a list at the door. Getting around town in wheelchair is sticky business By GREG MARSHALL Of the Record staff Cracked and beveled sidewalks, limited parking, traffic, few places to access the sidewalk from the street and a wealth of historic buildings constructed decades before the Americans with Disabilities Act conspire to make Park City's Main Street a perilous place for David Nicholls. "There's not one disabled parking spot on Main Street, which is just ludicrous," Nicholls, a quadriplegic, said. "It's a challenge anyway that it is a hill. And if I park off Main Street, then I have to cross the street. It might be slippery. It might take me a little longer to get across and then here comes a car.'' To make matters worse, the street has few ramps that lead smoothly from sidewalk to the road, accommodations known to engineers as curb cuts. Nicholls finds himself flying over curbs with groceries, books and dry cleaning bouncing on his lap. On the other side of the curb. Nicholls finds City names Nov. 28 Giving Day for city • ._' I* The Park City Council declared Nov. 28 Giving Day to support nonprofit organizations mat may be feeling the squeeze from the tightening economy. Christmas in the Meadow Holiday Boutique ~ Shopforthe holidays at the Holiday Boutique and find unique arts and crafts from the Wasateh From as well as elsewhere in the state. Gourmet food by Gateway Grill and Volkers Bakery will be available. The bouHque is at St. Mary's Catholic Church on State Route 224 and White Pine Canyon Road. Activities run Saturday from 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and Sunday Nov. 23. from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. himself fenced into streets. On Wednesday afternoon, Main Street was thick with traffic. Nicholls' white Chevy Avalanche was just one more vehicle among delivery trucks, jeeps and sedans. After executing a U-turn that pointed his car north, heading down the street, Nicholls pulled up to the curb near the Hungry Moose. Unable to unload on the passenger side, he swung open the driver's-side door into oncoming traffic, hooked the frame of his wheelchair with his wrist and lifted it across his body to the street a few feet below. Then he assembled the chair by sliding wheels onto the frame, angling the chair against the door to keep it from rolling away. In one quick motion, he lifted his body and threw himself into the chair. His assist dog, Tacoma, barked in encouragement. "Now the trick is to figure out how to get on the sidewalk," he mused. The nearest point of access was about 30 yards uphill. He trudges up the hill and onto the sidewalk, "There's a couple places here I'd really like to go," he said, bumping past Bandits Bar and Grill and Pine. He stops in front of Bacchus Wine Bar and asks the clerk inside if they restaurant offers any way for him to come inside. The clerk said no and apologized. "That's OK," Nicholls grinned. "I was going to buy the joint.1' Nicholls, known to local radio listeners as Diamond Dave, was paralyzed from the waist down and left with limited dexterity in his fingers and hands after a ski accident five years ago. A snowboarder collided with him on Big Bear Mountain in California, where he worked as a professional ski instructor. At the time of the accident, he and other instructors were practicing turning drills that required them to traverse the mountain with wide, loose turns. "I thought a snowmobile hit me," he remembered over a plate of sausage, eggs and a pancake breakfast. "It was like ridiculous, crazy whiplash." Medics estimated that the snowboarder careened into Nicholls at 70 mph. It was enough force to shatter three vertebrae in his lower back and render him unable to move his legs. Tie accident has slowed Nicholls, but it hasn't dampened his competitive drive. Nicholls moved to Park City in September after coaches at the National Ability Center recruited him to play rugby and hockey from his chair. "What really caught my eye was the first adaptive bobsled team in the world," Nicholls said. A pilot on the team, Nicholls steered his team's sled faster than an able-bodied Jamaican team last year. Nicholls is strong, with thick forePlease see Advocates, C-2 PHOTOS BY DAVID RYDER / PARK RECORD Leap of faith: Dave Nicholls, top left, demonstrates his hand controls and unloads his wheelchair at a handicap parking stall In City Park Wednesday. Nichols then rolls up Main Street. m COMPLETE DINNER FOR FOUR PERSONS FOR $24.95! Your Favorite Italian Food To Go! Family Dinner Package* Choice or Qnc: how to orders 1. Select your menu Items. ' Traditional Caesar ^alad $24.95 Family Dinner Package For Four Persons* 1 Call Ghidottrs Classic Italian Restaurant to place your order. 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