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Show inii i nmi;""'mii"iy'n Artist blends nature with technology Jenkins trades desk job for life as traveler, travel-er, digital artist, photographer. Page C-1 Pri CityWeather Cinco de Mayo Festival: On Sunday City Park Vill be filled with music and dance from noon to 4 p.m. The event will also include children activities, drop-in soccer games and local food vendors. Variable clouds with a chance of showers this weekend. week-end. See B-2 for details. Etta TheTTT) 500 Serving Summit County sirt 'oon DO NOT REMOVE FROM LIBRARY PARK CITY, UTAH www.parkrecord.com NO.28 4-7, 2002 Tl TTV jo hr kxQi (DO Kid's Safety Day kicks off summer season Factory Stores sponsors free KidCare ID passports By KAYLA DAKOTA Of the Record staff As part of a national effort to provide families with personal safety IDs for children, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, parents can obtain free KidCare ID passports. The pocket-sized booklet is designed as a individual indi-vidual record about a child. Inside the front cover is room for an updated photo, which is provided at the event at no charge. The next two pages of the passport are for detailed information: blood type, place of birth, identifying features, mother and father's names and the local police department depart-ment number. Four additional pages are for ongoing, on-going, photo records. As the child changes from year to year, a parent can paste updated photos in the appropriate spaces. The KidCare ID is for emergency use, a document kept at home in the event that a child is ever missing. Project KidCare was developed by Polaroid in conjunction with The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children(NCMEC). According to the U.S. Department of Justice, "over one million children are reported missing in our country every year. We believe that increasing awareness about missing children has never been more critical." "Most parents do not have suitable photographs photo-graphs if their child becomes lost or missing," explained Ernest Allen, president of NCMEC. "It is very important to have a recent, unobstructed unob-structed head-and-shoulder photograph of a child." A prepared account of a child's vital information informa-tion has made a difference. One in seven missing children are found because parents have taken the time to document on a year-to-year basis identifying characteristics. Too often, when a child is missing, the only available photos are those taken, possibly, a year or two in the past; shadows or hands may cover the face of "the only family photo." The photos taken today at KidCare are standardized, high-quality head-shoulder head-shoulder shots. In addition to developing a personalized child passport, the Summit County Sheriff's Department will be taking fingerprints. The four-hour event is not all seriousness, though. McGruff the Crime Dog, "Josh B'Gosh" the Bear, and the Hush Puppy are going to be at the KidCare event, which may be better termed "KidCare Fair." Tours of the fire engine and the sheriff's mobile unit, free stickers and hats from the fire department are part of the planned activities. Also, raffle prizes and goodies good-ies will be given away. KidCare IDs are part of Kid's Safety Week, which begins May 4th. Saturday's activity is being sponsored by the Factory Stores at Park City. Natalie Watson, who is one of the event's organizers, says that "We the Outlet Stores want to do our part to help raise the awareness through our free 'Kid's Safety Day event, which will be held rain or shine because the Factory Stores are using vacant store space on the east side of the parking lot. 3 SECTIONS 44 PAGES Agendas A-8 Business B-7 Classifieds C-9 Columns ..A-14 Crossword C-4 Editorial A-15 Education A-9 Events Calendar C-2 Letters to the Editor A-15 Legals C-1 2 Movies C-4 Professional Services B-4 Restaurant Guide B-9 Sports B-1 TV Listings C-7 Weather B-2 Lawmen One veteran out, another will go to battle in primary election By PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff Two current members of the sheriff's department ran into stiff competition from two newcomers. Longtime county lawman Robert Bates was knocked out of the running. At the same time. Lieutenant Joe Offret will have to go through a primary battle in order to stay in the race. David Edmunds, a Republican, can bypass June's primary. He will face either Offret or Winder, depending on which Democrat wins the primary. "1 was disappointed, I was at least expecting to make it to a primary," Bates said. With 72 percent of the vote, and the largest margin of victory at the Republican convention. Edmunds receiv ed 64 of the delegates' votes, knocking Bates, who received 25, out of the race. Bates said he has no plans to run for sheriff in the near future. "I'm going to go back to work and just do the best job I can," said Bates, who currently serves as a sergeant ser-geant at the Summit County Sheriff's Office. Offret managed to force a primary on the Democratic side, but had only 29 votes to Winder's 47. Fueled up and ready to go 'A PETER CHUDLEIGHR4 RK RECORD Eager golfer Carey Johnston jumps in the cart to head out for a round of golf Thursday morning at Park City Municipal Golf Course. The course officially opened to the public Wednesday. For more information, please see B-2. A sergeant with the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office, Winder said the wide margin in both races is proof that some residents of Summit County are looking for change in the sheriffs office. "This race is going to set the pace and set the direction for this office. The Summit County sheriff's sher-iff's office has tried to maintain a pace, but they haven 1 gone outside their circle." Winder said. A big part of Winder's campaign includes forging better relationships with different entities throughout ihe county. He said the sheriffs ollice should be better bet-ter connected to organizations like the county's school districts, and political entities like the county commission. Please see Lawmen, A-2 Mystery tenants to place bids on Kmart lease Local Kmart closing pushed to sell remaining merchandise By JANA MCQUAY Of the Record staff At one point, rumors were flving around that Target was a possible tenant tor the soon-to-be-vacated Kmart building. Righl now. however. Summit County Director of Community Development Alison Weyher is reluctant reluc-tant to identify interested retailers. "We arc hopeful that Kmart is approached b a tenant such as Target, or a big-box user.' Wchei said. "We believe the site is an important retail anchor, so our hope would be that Kmart would be able to sublease to someone with a large retail potential." Weyher has received calls from several inquisitive inquisi-tive people who have asked her about ihe matter. "As far as I know, Kmart is the only one who knows, and they're not talking," she said. Weyher and other county planning stall have dis cussed the future of the Kmart building. "It is our understanding that Kmart is subleasing that building, but they may subdivide it and lease it to several tenants, but that's all we know." Weyher said. "They will dispose of all t heir surplus real estate. I believe towards the end ol Mav." Weyher believes the Kmart site is important because it serves as an entry to the Boyer and MJM Redstone developments, hut. again, she isn't commenting com-menting about who the high-profile tenant could be. Please see Kmart, A-2 Parents want dogs controlled at City Park Some argue loose canines are a threat to toddlers on playground By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff When Judie Howatt visits City Park with her 2 -year-old grandson, she does not want to hassle with loose dogs. Instead, she would rather play with the toddler without being nervous that an uncontrolled and potentially poten-tially vicious dog is lurking nearby. Last Sunday afternoon, as many Parkites with young kids and some with their dogs lounged at City Park, Howatt said the loose dogs can be disconcerting. "No. 1, you dont know if the dog is kid-friendly. Also, it's not fair for the kids to step in dog messes," she said. "Some kids are frightened of dogs. If the dog is not under control, I worry for the children." Howatt argues that a trip to City Park is to have fun, not to be on guard for a loose dog. "This is a kids' playground. They shouldn't have to be worrying about a dog," she said. City Park appears to be a key battleground in Park City current debate about loose dogs. Several weeks ago, the city government was criticized for not protecting protect-ing citizens from loose dogs and that the canines pose a threat to people. Besides City Park, Old Town and the Rail Trail neighborhood are also spots that have been debated in the past month. This week, there was not as much public discourse about the topics but the Marsac Building is considering options, including a task force to talk about a solution and, perhaps, a children-only area in City Park. Studies are ongoing at City Park to locate a spot. It's unclear if the city will decide on a children-only area or, as some have suggested, creating a dog park within City Park. Dogs would be able to run off leashes in such a park. 'T think it's a terrific for dogs. They love it. The owners own-ers love it. That's a proper place, not where kids are playing," Howatt said about a dog park. Mayor Dana Williams briefly addressed the issue at Thursday's Park City Council meeting but there was not a lengthy discussion. A more detailed talk might be scheduled for the City Council's next meeting. Summit County Animal Control and the Park City Police Department are working with the City Council on a solution. With spring, activity at City Park and on local trails is picking up. Several weeks ago, the city was urged by angry residents to more strictly enforce its leash laws. Last Sunday, Maureen Staples, a Prospector resident resi-dent with a 3 -year-old daughter and a 1 -year-old son, was at City Park with her kids, one of several visits to City Park hey make each week. "I've been concerned in the past. They always say (dogs) are friendly but for a little person, they are the same height," she said. Staples, who said she is a dog-lovcr. has not had problems with loose dogs in City Park but has had encounters in her neighborhood. "They just come up and start growling or barking at you. You don't know if they will attack you," she said. The loose dogs have forced Staples to carry pepper spray in her neighborhood and on the Rail Trail. She has sprayed dogs three or four times on the streets in Prospector, she said. "They won't bother you once you get them in the snout once. We only use it if they come after us," she-said. she-said. Jennifer Guetschow. an Old Town Tesident, has a 1 -year-old daughter and an 11 -year-old daughter, argues that loose dogs should be kept out erf the playground play-ground area in City Park. "If a dog gets startled by a child, there's no way to know how he will react," Guetschow. who had a leashed dog with her Sunday, said. Miners distance themselves from region pack r John Beck and his Park City track teammates team-mates pulled off an accomplishment unmatched by the Miners in more than a decade winning both the boys and girls region championships Thursday. The Park City girls got stellar performances perform-ances in the field events to make up for sub-par days on the track, while the boys, led by Brad Osguthorpe, dominated dominat-ed ran past second-place Uintah. Park City coaches said the championships were won when athletes consistently stepped up to beat opponents ranked ahead of them like Chris Jackson, who unexpectedly won the long jump. See B-1 B-1 for more on the track team and its championships. SCOTT SmtPARK RECORD - X I |