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Phone (4351649-9014, fax(435) 649-4942 or .',.$ emaiJ circulafion@parkrecord.com. Published every Wednesday and Saturday.. about the economy as much anymore. "I'll probably spend more this year because there is stuff I need to get," he explained. Holly Eberly at Tanger said she's cognizant about the economy* but her family has not been affected negatively; she hasn't let it influence her shopping habits. Justin Smith said he's feeling better about his personal finances kinds of things," he explained. Heidi Simmons of Coalville was this year and plans to spend a little working all night at a local retailer. more. She thinks shoppers are continuing Noel Smith and Ashlee Mora to be cautious. Her colleagues sell- both said they have new jobs this ing children's clothes were the year and plan to spend more busiest, suggesting they were prior- because they can. itizing needs. According to a press release, "I think people were bargain NRF president and CEO Matthew shopping. If they didn't find them, Shay said he believes most they were pickier," she said. "I Americans are feeling the worst is think people are still cautious... I behind them, but "will still shop with the economy in the back of am." But roughly the same number of their minds." people at the outlet mall and the Sgt. Ron Bridge with the Junction Walmart said they were Summit County Sheriff's office confident in their own situation said he saw about the same size of and were spending accordingly. crowd as last year and there were Parkite Steve Mainwaring said no incidents at any of the shopping he's retired and doesn't worry centers. • Continued from A-1 • Continued from A-1 Shoppers hit the stores Rancher's death remains mysterious going down to Salt Lake and they saw his truck coming back," Carr said. "He drove up to his gate. It appears he got out of his truck and had opened the gate when he was shot in the back ... He died almost instantly." Carr says Ercanbrack was murdered. "In this close-knit community everybody knew everybody. Everybody knew what everybody else was doing," Carr said. "This wasn't a hit that was brought in out of Chicago or anything like that. There is no doubt in my mind that it has local overtones." Blaine Ercanbrack said his father was 47 years old when he was shot and killed. ballots between the Republicans • Continued from A-1 "We've gotten over it for the and the Democrats on Election most part. It's just one of those Day, with nods being given to things that is always there. You just Democrats like San Granato, the wish that feeling would go away," loser in the Senate campaign, and Blaine Ercanbrack said in a teleRepublicans like Congressman phone interview. "If we could find Rob Bishop, who won another out who and why they did what term. In the state Senate campaign they did, me and my brothers and on the ballot this year, Summit sisters would feel a lot better." County went with the Democrat, was 16 years old when Paul Dowland, who finished well hisBlaine father was shot. His siblings behind Republican Kevin were between the ages of 14 and VanTassell, the incumbent, once 22. the ballots throughout the district "Why and who are our biggest were tallied. questions," Blaine said. "They "It certainly is disappointing. It have given us a little bit of hope. plank of the platform was his most unique, but ethics have not means we have some more work to They've reopened it and they are seemed to be a crucial issue to do," Wright said about District 53, following some leads. We're hopvoters in District 53 over the admitting he had hoped for better ing that somebody just might stumturnout on Election Day. years. ble onto the story and maybe Brown had made his two previ- somebody will come forward at Brown, meanwhile, stuck to his conservative platform while also ous campaigns in District 53 com- this point in time and say somepainting himself as being an petitive in Summit County, losing thing." important backer of the Park City by 7.2 percentage points in 2008 to The deputies in the 1970s conarea's tourism-heavy economy. Democrat Katherine Lofft and by ducted poor investigation into his Brown also trumpeted his opposi- 2.9 percentage points in 2006 to father's adeath, Blaine said. tion to a highly controversial edu- Bonham. He won both campaigns "We're seeing being done cation-funding idea - known as on the strength of his showings 34 years later thanmore we did probably equalization - that would shift elsewhere in the district. the day it occurred," he added. money from one area of the state Observers say Republicans were Carr said investigators did not to another. Park City schools were motivated in 2010 as they went to spend enough time probing the especially worried about the idea. the polls to show their unhappiness death. He went against powerful figures with President Obama, a scenario in the state Republican Party in that likely influenced the results up his opposition to equalization. and down the Republican ticket. "I think Park City, more than Brown acknowledged there being anywhere else, is sensitive to that an "Obama factor" in his Summit equalization debate, and they County showing and Wright con- • Continued from A-1 know he stepped up," Henry ceded it was a Republican year. Bonham, the Democratic candiGlasheen, the chairman of the date in District 53 in 2004 and 2006, Summit County Republican Party, said, calling Brown one of the lead- pinned Wright's loss in Summit County on discontent with ers in the opposition to the idea. The portion of District 53 inside Democrats nationally. She said the Summit County covers the Park president has not been able to City limits as well as the East Side change the country as he had of the county. Park City is reliably hoped to when he campaigned in Democratic and has been for gen- 2008. Independent voters in 2010 City Hall's economic-development erations, while the East Side is seen would have broken for the program, according to Michael as a place where Republicanism Republicans, she said. "It's just emblematic of what Kovacs, the assistant city manager. remains popular even as Park City anticipates the Park City people move there searching for happened everywhere in the coun- He Council could consider the reasonable housing prices and a try," Bonham said, adding, "I request as early as Dec. 16. think it's a reflection of just that rural setting. The City Council also recently Summit County voters split their temperament." authorized City Hall officials to apply for federal funding on behalf of the Miller Business Summit County: District Resource Center, with an $80,000 2010 grant from the U.S. Department Mel Brown, Republican / 51.6% 59.3 % of Housing and Urban Glenn Wright, Democrat 35.7 % . 45.2 % Development being requested. The arrival of the Miller 2008 Business Resource Center in Park Mel Brown, Republican / 46.2% 54.5% City comes as local leaders contin[Catherine Lofft, Democrat.^;,, 53.8% 45.5% ue to try to diversify an economy that has relied heavily on the 2006 "'-.*-...« closely related industries of Mel Brown, Republican / 45% 54.3% tourism, construction and real Laura Bonham, Democrat 47,9.0% 39.1% estate, segments that suffered ter- Democrats unable to keep toehold Business help is available Specializing '///// \/A 435.200.0260 Open Daily at 5 PM CATED INSIDE THE GATEWAY CENTER O gjE CORNER OF HEBER AVE. & SWEDE ALL! furniture in home /£WfllZ05 R E P I N I S H I N G F U R N I T U R E V I S I T O U R S H O W R O O M A T 3 2 6 7 S O U T H 3 0 0 W E S T (IIS 1XIT 303) • Never Have to Seal Again! . .FREE Lifetime Warranty w/ Purchase* _ P I A N 1 N S A T N I Q O U SALT L A K E and repair. S 5 * 4 A V A J O T R E E T BIST&O MENU touch up S E ribly in the recession. 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A French Bistro in repair and restoration of Starting @ 545/sf installed {3 cm Material) "I'm frustrated because an adfe* quate investigation was not done at the time," Carr said. "Back in the 70s we weren't in the dark ages of law enforcement. We had really good investigators back in that day* They just didn't dig. " '.-: The gunman might have been across the street when he shot Ercanbrack. '; "The individual who shot him was standing across the road and had placed the gun on a fence post that had a v-shape at the top. He was able to rest the barrel of the gun in that v-shape. That's probably where the shot came from," Carr explained. "The possibility exists that it was a contract killing ... This is a lay-in-wait kind of situation. There were bushes and that kind of stuff that kept the individual out of sight. Somebody driving up the road like Bill Ercanbrack was driving wouldn't have noticed anybody." Ercanbrack was involved in a land dispute at the time, Carr said. "Mr. Ercanbrack was well known and quite popular. He also had his share of enemies," he said. "He was a divorced individual and was quite popular with the women. So there might have been a jealousy thing." Today investigators are searching for two people Ercanbrack had a confrontation with about a year before he was shot. "Mr. Ercanbrack had a run in with a couple of young men who were trespassing on his property during the deer season. They had cut some fences while they were hunting and he found their vehicle on his property. He took the coil wire out of the truck and in the snow they were able to track him down and they confronted him with guns," Carr said. "[Ercanbrack] lured them into going to his home on the pretext he was going to give them their coil wire back and then he got the drop on them with a gun. Those are people of interest to us obviously." The men received trespassing citations but investigators have found no record of the case in the County Courthouse. 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