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Show i ''t p f 4 50 cents Vol.116 No. 10 4 sections 54 pages Park City, Utah D Serving Summit County since 1880 I immt li ' 28,1994 Briefs PCHS alumni host banquet The Park City High School Alumni Association the oldest high school alumni association in America will hold its 92nd annual banquet on May 28. The banquet will be held at the Yarrow hotel from 6:30 p.m. to midnight. The cost for dinner, dancing and yearly dues is $20. All Park City High School graduates are invited. For more information contact Greg Winn at 649-9375. HOA registration extended The Park City Community Development Department has extended the date for the annual registration of home owners associations. Due to the recently approved ordinance allowing accessory units in single-family single-family dwellings, the deadline is now June 1, 1994. For more information on fees and forms, contact the Building Department at 645-5040. 645-5040. Check bouncer caught A man who is suspected of writing approximately $3,000-worth of bad checks to area bars and restaurants in November and December 1993 was picked up by police in Albuquerque, N. M. last week. Paul Charles Johnson will be arraigned in Albuquerque this week. He will then have a chance to waive an extradition hearing, which will allow Park City police to bring him back to Utah. '94-'95 school times set After a collaborative effort between the Park City School District, the school district transportation department and the Park City High School, the district announced that there will be two starting and ending times for the 1994-95 school year instead of three as previously announced, According t0 Transportation Director, Patti Fellows, three new buses which the district ordered late last year, combined with three of six buses the high school had on reserve for special events, will be put into service to accommodate the increased need for transportation. The district had planned on three start times, but agreed to review the possibility of two to allow earlier start times that teachers preferred. The start and end times are: Park City High School; 7:30 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., Treasure Mountain Middle School; 7:35 a.m. to 2:25 p.m., . elementary schools; 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. Fellows said, "The scheduling for extracurricular extra-curricular activities will require some reconfiguring for the high school but with work it can be arranged." ki An v D Classifieds D7 U Agendas A5 U Education A6 ' P Columns AW Tube Times C7 I nu GX. u Crossword C8 U Editorial All Street Beat B5 Marketplace D 1 When & Where B2 County Democratic by CHRISTINE CAPUTO Record staff writer Democratic delegates narrowed the field of candidates for County Commission A seat last Friday at the County Democratic Convention held at the Marsac building in Park City. Both Ron Perry and Ruth Wagner tied in the ballot, each receiving 23 votes. Blonquist received 17 votes and therefore is ,4 vV M "ii mil Mj " - ( f f "Cr- 6ces anc blades... Domestic by CHRISTINE CAPUTO Record staff writer Editor's Note: This is part one of a two-part two-part series. Domestic violence, according to the Domestic Peace Task Force of Summit and Wasatch Counties, is an underrated, overlooked crime which occurs often in these areas. Until recent years, there was no organization in these counties dedicated solely to handling. domestic violence incidents, identifying such crimes, in order to solve them effectively. This lack of Rotary Club chooses 'Citizen of the Year' by DIANA HINGSTON Record staff writer One of the community's unsung heroes received an accolade from the Park City Rotary Club April 26. Evelyn Richards was given the club's Jack C. Green Citizen of the Year Award. Greg Schirf, chairman of the Citizen of the Year Award Committee, said: "It is rare to find someone who has given so much to the community." "Over the past 10 years she had performed an impressive list of charitable acts," he said. "These include being largely responsible for sponsoring a family from Vietnam, seeing them settle in and become productive members of the community. She founded a local shelter for battered women and children and she can often be found serving at Salt lake soup kitchens. She takes great pride in the care and beautification of the Glenwood Cemetery. "In the political arena, she was instrumental in establishing the local chapter of the League of Women Voters. She serves as treasurer for Friends of the out of the running for the commission seat. Perry and Wagner will face off at the primary coming up in June. The fact that Summit County is the fastest growing county, not only in Utah, but in the nation, was an important theme running amongst candidate speeches at the convention. A reception began at 6:30 p.m. sharp, allowing county and state delegates to meet and talk if ' t photo by Eva Kropp Bikes, blades and otherwise assembled at the starting line of the annual Earth Day Globe Trot, held Saturday, April 23, at City Park. The 5K race began at the Miners Hospital and took participants to Solamere in Deer Valley and back. violence desperately needed services is being dealt with by local residents. In the fall of 1990, Debra Daniels, director of the Women and Children in Jeopardy Program at the YWCA in Salt Lake City, came to speak to the women members of the Shepherd of the Mountain Lutheran Church in Park City. Upon hearing shockingly high statistics about domestic violence crimes in their area, the church members organized to form the Domestic Peace Task Force. "It's the only organization like it in these counties," said Chairman of the Board and task force member, Jean Paulson. Library. She was involved in the protest march of the Global Peace Movement. She also worked on the campaign to pass a bottle and can deposit law in Utah. 'The fall of the Russian empire is largely due to Evelyn Richards. There was Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and Evelyn Richards' --Father Patrick Carley "And," he said, pausing for effect, "she is the Sub for Santa." Father Patrick Carley, former priest of the Park City parish, also had praise for Evelyn Richards, in his lilting Irish brogue. "I can't think of anybody more continued on A2 convention gets things rolling with various candidates. The evening was filled with lively introductions and speeches which launched candidates' aims and qualifications out on the floor. Candidates carefully addressed different needs demanding attention in our sprouting county. Dave Jones, the state's Democratic Parly Chairman spoke first, followed by Attorney General Jan Graham. Graham expressed her prevalent The task force enlisted the cooperation of many local groups and community leaders to embark upon programs that would educate county residents about domestic violence. Ground has also been set aside for a local shelter which will open in 1995. "Most women don't want to leave their own neighborhoods and pull their kids out of their schools just to get help," said Paulson, and admittedly, as victims, they shouldn't have to leave their homes because the county doesn't have the facilities or capabilities to help them. For obvious reasons, Paulson didn't feel she should publicize the shelter's location just II I i I , ? M, m li.f . 1 -M m Uv- 4 Junior Ski Team awards Smith the Newspaper Cup The Park City Junior Ski Team invited Park Record Sports Reporter Luke Smith to a year-end banquet held April 19. They presented Smitn with tne 'Newspaper Cup a trophy that has been awarded for the past ten years to the media member considered most valuable. Bob Marsh said, "It was really a way to say thanks for the Record's support. We know there are many worthy causes in Park City. Luke knew a lot of the kids and so was able to put a personal slant on all of the stories." appreciation of the people of Summit County because they had been the reason she won the election for attorney general two years ago. Summit County had given Graham the race by casting her over 7,000 votes. The two candidates for Orrin Hatch's U.S. Senate seat, Pat Shea and John Benson, spoke next calling on county delegates' support at the state convention. The in Summit County contender for the U.S. Representative's seat, Bill Orton was unable to attend the convention, but gave a speech through representative, Matt Alvarez. Orton is running unopposed in the Democratic Party. Candidates for state and county offices gave the remainder of the speeches with Gordon Ottley, running for the State Senate seat continued on A2 Parkway decision delayed by DIANA HINGSTON Record staff writer The Utah Transportation Commission April 22 considered Park City's request for money from the Highway Enhancement Projects Fund to make improvements along State Road 224. No decision was made to allocate funds at the meeting because one of the commissioners was unable to stay for the entire time. The City Council wants $500,000 to put a fire sprinkling system in the old Osguthorpe barn, to refurbish the McPolin farmhouse as a visitors' center and to put the finishing touches to landscaping of trails on the west side of the highway. The Highway Enhancement Committee reviewed 34 projects from around the state in mid-March. mid-March. The six-member committee is composed of three Utah Department of Transportation staff members and three members of the public. Every year the committee allocates $3 million. Park City's continued on A2 yet. "Word will get around when the time comes." Although it is agreed that a lot of domestic violence occurs in the two counties, it has been difficult for the task force to gather county-specific statistics. Usually, the police classify many domestic violence crimes under different categories such as assault, which underscores the prevalence of domestic problems. The only accurate statistics the task force has been able to attain are based on state-wide facts, gathered by the State Department dT Human Services. The statistics were continued on A2 ; i photo by Dick Griffin |
