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Show Miners focused on state title Park City shows concentration in field, at the plate in first-round win. Page B-1 Jeremy Ranch Elementary School invites the public to its annual Spring Festival from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, May Park CiWeather 10. The event is a benefit for the school s Masterpieces in Art Program. Ixxal artists will le in attendance and there will be hands on activities for children. Partly tunny skies until the weekend. Possible showers show-ers at the end of the week. See B-2 tor details. 1222370 CCMP 7tf C-Ui5 UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION S3 307 U S SALT LftKET CITY UT 64121-1277 Serving Summit County since 18 PARK CITY, UTAH www.parkrecord.com .29 wea 1 nurv rn, i ia; u-iv, 2002 - t-- Jr. " . - n -" " PETER PAflK RECORD Shelley Weiss, a City Park host, is seeking other Parkites to participate in the program this summer. City Park hosts sought By JAY HAMBURGER Of the record staff The City Park host program returns for the fourth year this summer and organizers are seeking volunteers. An offshoot of the Park City Police Department. City Park hosts roam the park offering information to patrons and looking for anything suspicious. The hosts are effectively the Police Department's eyes in the park, which is one of the more popular spots in Park City during the summer. "They wanted to increase their presence in City Park but they wanted to use citizen volunteers." volun-teers." said Shelley Weiss, who is organizing the volunteers. The hosts were slated to start their City Park rounds last weekend. They are stationed in the park to answer questions, such as what events are scheduled at the park, greet people and help the Police Department. Weiss said the hosts help ensure that the park is safe, such as watching for alcohol consumption. con-sumption. "In terms of helping the police, it's about prevention," Weiss said. "People are less likely to be drinking in their car - drinking huge amounts of alcohol." The hosts do not have police powers, such as the ability to arrest someone or write a ticket. tick-et. "What we can tell people is 'You're doing this. You could get a ticket."" she said, describing describ-ing the hosts' duties. If a problem persists, the hosts can call the police. Weiss hopes to draft about 30 hosts. There are now about seven people who have signed up for the upcoming summer season. The volunteers, who walk in the park in pairs, receive shirts designating them as City Park hosts. They carry walkie-talkies and cell phones, which keep them in contact with the Police Department. The volunteers can either walk or ride bicycles bicy-cles in the park. The program will run into the fall, when activity at City Park normally subsides as colder cold-er weather sets in. Hosts must be more than 21 years old, sign a waiver and allow police to conduct a background back-ground check. They receive training before they start the City Park patrols. Weiss hopes enough volunteers sign up that the hosts can be at the park at least seven days a week from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Schedules are flexible so volunteers can sign up for hours that are convenient to them, she said. For more information, call Weiss at 615-7190 615-7190 or Lvnn Nagel of the Police Department at 615-5500. "It's really fun," Weiss said. "It's great exercise." n step with the times u ,ji - , ' y . ' "V " ' . ,!' I I ll" ' 1 1 1 NAN CHALAT NOAKERPARK RECORD Rosa Salguero of Las Chicas takes center stage at Sunday's Cinco de Mayo Festival at City Park. Salguero is one of the, choreographers for the group which is made up of local middle school students. The annual event is hosted by the Mountainlands Community Housing Trust. Brawl mars Miners' win Fight between fans overshadows Park City's 1 -0 victory over Scots By SHANE McCAMMON Of the Record ituff Mike (juctschow and his soccer plavers knew they were in for a physical second round pluyoll match with Hen Lomond Monday, but nobody anticipated antic-ipated the KO-minute flurry o elbows, punches, taunts, insults, yellow cards, an ejection and a post game brawl between fans that involved smashed lips and cracked windshields and the Summit County Sheriff's Department. host amid the parking lot fight and contentious match was the Miners' scrappy 1-0 win to advance to the state semifinals. "You expect hard tackles, you expect physical play, but you don't expect to see sucker punches and the other things Hen l.omond resorted to." Guelschow said. "It's not soccer. It's an embarrass ment to Hen lyomond and their program. Jt's impossible impos-sible for me to overstate my disgust for their pro gram." This isn't Park City's first run-in with Region 11 soccer teams. Jn last year's state finals, Andrew McCutcheon was punched in the post game hand shake line by an Ogdcn player. The Miners will play Ogden Thursday at p.m. at Juan Diego High School for the chance to advance to the finals, and Guetschow expects another heated match like the one Monday. '"Ogden is a slightly more talented team, but ) expect the same physical level of play from a team that allowed a player to sucker punch our player and allowed him to stay in the program." the coach said. "I'm expecting the same thing and we'ie going to have to pick up our level of play to overcome that."' II anything. Monday's bruising quartet liiral will serve as a primer lor the Miners' semihn d match. Guetschow said. Me said teams like Hen Jmond have to resort to intimidating the Miners physically to combat the senior-dominated squad's skill level. That was true Monday, when midfielder Hian O'Kcefe consistently juked Hen lomond defenders in the first half, only to spend the next 40 minutes Please see Fight, A-2 Kimball torch is dubbed nice Olympic legacy Art center, hoping to keep Kranstover piece, faces HDC By JAY HAMBURGER 3 SECTIONS 44 PAGES Agendas...... - .A-8 Business B-9 Classifieds C-9 Columns ...... A-1 4 Crossword . - .....C-A EditoriaL A-1 5 Education .. . A-11 Events Calendar C-2 Letters to the Editor A-1 5 Legals C-15 Movies ......... C-4 Professional Services C-8 Profile B-7 Restaurant Guide B-8 Sports - B-1 TV Listings C-6 VGcather . .....3-2 Of the Record staff Tom Hurd has emerged as the chief critic of the Kimball Art Center's request to maintain its Winter Olympic look permanently. The Historic District Commissioner from upper Park Avenue offered some of the most pointed comments during a Monday meeting about the Kimball's application applica-tion to keep the Bill Kranstover torch piece and accompanying accom-panying Olympic decorations. Hurd argued that the Kimball would not have been allowed to erect the art if it was an ordinary application. The art center asked to build the piece temporarily for the Olympics but afterwards requested that it be allowed to stay. "We would never approve this," Hurd said. He also criticized a series of flagpoles that the Kimball also wants to keep. "That many flagpoles standing that dose together would never have been seen," H urd said, adding that the Kimball's application would essentially trash a historic building at the crossroads of Old Town, Hurd is worried that others in the historic district w ill take note if the project is OK'd. "If we approve this, we are setting a precedent that the guidelines don count," he said. An HDC vote on the application is not yet scheduled. On Monday, a majority of the commissioners appeared willing to allow the Kimball to retain the sculpture but were queasy about allowing all the girders and other elements, ele-ments, including the flagpoles, to remain. Though Hurd was vehement, others at the meeting were supportive of the Kimball's application. Main Street boosters, including Bill Malone, executive direc- Please see HOC, A-2 Making a real difference . W. ; 1 SCOTT SINEflAttK RECORD The Peace House benefit, held at The Phoenix on Main Street Friday night, celebrated those that had a hand in starting the shelter as well as those that continue to make it possible. Pictured left to right: Tina Lewis, a member of the Governor's Council on International Affairs, Park City Historian Bea Kummer and Eccles Center Director Teri Orr pose with bouquets bou-quets in hand, a special thanks from the Peace House, The three women have been instrumental instru-mental leaders in the community. Proceeds from the event will enable The Peace House to continue serving victims of domestic abuse. Tinderbox conditions follow another dry winter Fire officials gather in Park City; daim that '02 could be difficult By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff The local 2002 fire season could be one of the wor A in recent years as a result of several straight drought years. On Monday, a workshop for federal fire managers and officials from Western states opened in Park City. The conference, which ends Friday, covers a number of topics, such as a national fire plan, fire-resistant build ing materials and issues specific to Utah. The Bureau of Land Management $ Salt Lake office is helping organize the conf erence, which is expected to draw about 350 people. "Some people said the year 2000 was the worst in U.S. history. We expended more money and burned more acres. We had some major disasters." said Teresa Rigby, a fire specialist with the BLM's Salt Lake office. Rigby said there are similarities between 2CXJ0 and the upcoming summer. She said dry winters the past few years have created an environment that could produce pro-duce fires. "The years f drought led up to the year 20W and we haven had any relief from that" the said. "The weather is compounding the problem w ith the dry ears we have had. Ihis year, there is the potential lorpretly severe fires." The Fark City ( ire District s participating in the conference and will oiler a presentation to the group, which includes firelighters Irom across the West. ( ire District spokeswoman Shawn Winder agrees that summer 2J02 might be tough. "It's dry everywhere. We're gearing up." she said. The annual conference, being held at the Prosjxxtxjr Marriott, was expected to iix-lude officials from the BLM. the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Sen ice. Please see Awful, A-2 fpbQR copy! 0 f |