Park Record | 2010-11-17 | Page 2

'Quite sure' Romney will run in 2012 • Continued from A-1 •I. Serving Summit County since 1880 Hatch stops in Wanship j p H O M E DELIVERY ; $|%v % • • Wed/Thurs/Fri, November 17-19, 2010 The Park Record A-2 NOW AVAILABLE ' ;/: • •K The Porlt Record, Park City's No. 1 source •£ for local news, opinions and advertising, is •i- now available For home delivery in •£ Summit, Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis and ,i,' Utah counties. Single copies are also ',Z available at 116 locations throughout Park ','•• City, Heber City, Summit County and at |: Murray Printing in Salt Lake City. 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Phone [phone], fox [phone] or \* email [e-mail], , Published every Wednesday and ! • Saturday.. ing set of topics that dwelled on state, national and international issues. Some highlights included: • Hatch saying he is dedicated to repealing the health care bill, one of President Obama's top legislative victories. He called the legislation a "big-spending bill" and said Washington should not force Americans to buy health insurance. • The senator acknowledging, in retrospect, he would rather have cast a 'Nay' vote on the legislation that created the Troubled Asset Relief Program, which poured money into the banking system, in 2008. He said, though, the program was meant to ensure the country did not enter an economic depression and said much of the money has been paid back. • Hatch talking about the plight of conservatives on Capitol Hill, describing that there has not been a fiscally conservative Congress during his time in Washington. He said it is "always uphill for conservatives," but the Tea Party movement could someday bring fiscal conservatism to the Senate. • Hatch saying l*violent radical Islam" is the country's worst enemy. He mentioned the Taliban and alQaida as he spoke about American enemies. A person in the audience spoke about Sept. 11 conspiracy theories at one point. Hatch said he anticipates Mitt Romney will seek the Republican nomination for the White House in 2012, saying in an interview Romney "would be my preference." Hatch said in an interview with The Park Record Romney has not informed him of his political plans in 2012. But Romney, who helmed the 2002 Winter Olympics and owned a mansion in Park City until recently, has the background in economics that a president should possess, Hatch said. "I'm quite sure he's going to run," the senator said. Hatch mentioned his support of Romney while addressing the crowd, but it was a brief interlude during the remarks. Hatch: illegals growing marijuana in national parks Hatch said Mexican people are entering the United States illegally and then committing crimes, including, according to Hatch, cultivating drugs. He said some are setting up their operations in cherished places like national parks. "They're coming across and using our national parks and special land to grow marijuana," Hatch said. He also said there are millions of people from other countries in the United States who have stayed longer than their visas allowed. Many of them are hard workers, he acknowledged, saying they want to remain in the U.S. for their jobs. Hatch said the border between the U.S. and Mexico must be secured and told the crowd people of "goodwill" must reach an accord on immigration. Emergency drill schedule^ response to disasters and violept acts. > By DOUGLAS GREENWOOD Before the exercise, police and Of the Record staff deputies will sweep the school to ensure no weapons of any kind are on the campus. Officers will set upr a Administrators and faculty from perimeter around the school and South Summit School District will only one door will be used for join police departments and emer- entrance and exit. Every participant gency response teams from Summit will go through a security checkpoint County, as well as surrounding coun- to ensure no one brings any type of ties, for a realistic, on-location train- weapon into the school, said Ron Bridge of the Summit County ing exercise Wednesday. All three South Summit schools Sheriff's Department. will be excused by 11:30 a.m. Deputies went door-to-door in Beginning at 1:30 p.m., the high the neighborhood to inform resischool will be used to stage three dents of the event, Bridge said. separate emergency scenarios, which Every student brought a notice will include active gunmen, shooting home for his or her parents. • only blanks, sweeping through the The Summit County Sheriff's school in response to each situation. Department sent out a reverse 9-1-1 Teams will use South Summit message to all land-lines and regisMiddle and Elementary schools as tered cell phones in the community. bases of operations for the training. The road in front of the high About 10 law-enforcement agen- school will be closed for the exercise. cies from Summit, Wasatch, Salt More than 150 district personnel, Lake, Duschesne and Utah counties faculty members and students will will use the exercise to focus on tak- aid in the training by acting as ing quick, safe and effective actions though school is in session to in emergency situations, including increase realism. will be found elsewhere, she said.The type of mercury that was found, labeled as inorganic mercury, is different than the type that is found in thermometers and some seafood. Officials early in the week were considering several theories that could explain the appearance of the mercury. One of the theories involves a recent changeover in the drinking-water sources. number of people who ingested the Lundborg said City Hall recently mercury could be very small. City stopped using water from the Spiro Hall has been distributing bottled Tunnel as Park City Mountain water since the discoloring was portation options aimed at mitigat• Continued from A-1 Resort fired up its snow-making reported. ing visitor impacts. equipment using Spiro Tunnei Lundborg said people in the water. Instead, City Hall is putting "There is a strong desire to get neighborhoods are able to take more water into the drinking-water transportation into Summit County showers at their residences, but she and the Park City area, as well as advises them not to drink water system from the Judge Tunnel and the Wasatch Front canyons" from the shower. She said people Thiriot Springs sources. explained UTA Board Chairman The water from Thiriot Springs is should not be concerned about Greg Hughes. "It's a logical investmore corrosive than the Spiro washing dishes with the water. ment in transportation infrastrucTunnel water and could be dissolvture as we seek to enhance tourism The EPA says people exposed to ing buildup containing mercury into into these areas and make them mercury above the standards for a short time could suffer kidney dam- the water from the surface of the ble," although locating funding for more accessible to the public while pipes, Lundborg said. The age. operations remains a big barrier. having a positive impact by reducchangeover in the water sources UTA applications seeking federal ing traffic and congestion." City Hall collected approximate- occurs annually, but Lundborg theogrant monies could still be several ly 20 water samples throughout Park Callahan said providing minimal years away from being awarded, service levels carries a yearly operaCity on Monday for testing based on rizes the Thiriot Springs water may possibly necessitating using state tional price tag of around $2 million the mercury discovery. Lundborg have become more corrosive. jnQuey.-SalesJas revenues, or anoth- and goes up from there depending said she expected results will likely City Hall continues to provide e r funding source in order to get on frequency of the routes. be available on Wednesday. There is updates about the water'system on Summit County commuter buses on Conservative estimates predict rid- no reason to believe the mercury its website, wiyw.parkcity.org. the road sooner than later. "It ership of 5,000 or more passengers ..ta identifying .those, traveling.up and down the mounfunding sources," he said. tain daily. Passenger fares only contribute "Studies we've looked at show tional terrain more frequently allows • Continued from A-1 about 30 percent of the cost of oper- pretty consistent ridership during the UAC to produce more accurate ations, according to Callahan. The commuter hours and expectations forecasts regularly. rest must come from subsidies by (for service) rise pretty quickly The UAC website (http://utathe state, local governments or the from there," said Callahan, explainhavalanchecenter.org/) is already up feds. ing that basic service would provide and running for daily avalanche Proposed service linking Summit for buses on the half hour during warnings, and the toll-free number is County with the Salt Lake Valley the morning commute. Service in full swing, as well. was most recently mentioned in would then taper off throughout the "No matter how we're accessing middle of the day, intensifying again "Wasatch Canyons Tomorrow," a these mountains, we have to spread conservation-heavy plan released towards evening. adequate knowledge," Gordon said. earlier this week by Envision Utah, Carpenter said its possible service economy took a toll. "It's totally a give-give situation." . "We're back on track now," in conjunction with the Governor's might only be offered at peak comGordon went on to say that workGordon said. "Credit to Welter's. Office, the Utah Transit Authority, mute times in the beginning and ing on such an impressive machine Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, gradually expanded to all day. They stepped up." Gordon was more adamant in say- helps swing open that door to fellow the Utah department of Express routes would likely include ing that a donation of this magnitude snowmobilers, who could be thrown Transportation, Uinta-Wasatchregular stops at the University of will be especially helpful with their off by a UAC member on a sled. Cache National Forest and the Utah. "It gives us a lot of street cred\" he ultimate goal: to help save lives. town of Alta. said. "Riding up on a hot sled hdlps us Park City, in partnership with "It's an enormous contribution," Among key points discussed in the break the ice. It helps us interface." new document are ways to protect, Summit County, is hiring a consult- he said. "It helps us cover 100-times The forecaster couldnt be more the terrain we could normally do on preserve and enhance the usage and ant to update the region's transappreciative of the donation and he skis." enjoyment of all seven Wasatch portation plan. Those recommendaknows that when push comes to Gordon added that there is anothFront Canyons - Parleys, tions will go a long way toward shove, this matter of goodwill will er snowmobile donated by TYi-City Emigration, Red Butte, City Creek, deciding how swiftly bus service indeed make a difference. Mill Creek, Big Cottonwood and reaches reality. "How (buses) gets Performance Polaris, which allows "It's great for both of us," Gordon Little Cottonwood - including the prioritized will decide a lot. If we more than one forecaster to head out said. "And the bottom-line is, it helps and study the landscape with relative purchase of land to preserve open have the funding and political supsave lives." ease. 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