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Show Moose on the Loose nears final act Herd to gather on Heber Avenue and raise funds for nonprofits. PageC-1 Park CiWeather Shaking Dxrs Productions will present "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" Dec. 27 and 27 at the Yarrow. For more information, call 649-7000. 649-7000. A white Christmas is In the forecastl Snow through the weekend. See B-2 for a forecast ti 500 Serving Summit County mice 1880 PARK CITY, UTAH www.parkrecord.com .DC ..... rnhl 7 Ul :3 NO.92 , uecember 24-26, 2003 Tree roundup will benefit lacrosse teams Park City organization will collect old Christmas trees to raise money for season By BRETT LARSEN Of the Record staff The lacrosse season is still months away, but members of Park City High School's boys' and girls' lacrosse teams will be getting a workout during the holidays. Players from both squads will be out picking up old Christmas trees from curbsides all over Park City on Dec. 27 and Jan. 3, all in an effort to raise most of the money they will need to sustain their teams during the upcoming season. sea-son. "We depend on it," said David Moore, president pres-ident of the Park City Lacrosse Organization, referring to the annual tree drive, which is in its fourth year. "The money that we raise directly goes to the boys and girls." Although the teams are made up of Park City High School students, they are club teams, meaning they don't get any direct financial support sup-port from the school. That's where they PCLO comes in. The organization depends almost entirely upon the Christmas tree collection, which is performed for a $10 fee per house. Moore said. Private donations make up the rest of the yearly year-ly budget, which pays for things like uniforms, equipment and travel expenses. For a while, the PCLO also governed teams for kids in fourth through eighth grades, teams which were taken over by Basin Recreation in recent years. There are now nearly 50 boys and 40 girls who play lacrosse" at the high school. Moore said. They compete in the Utah High School Lacrosse League, which includes more than 30 schools from Logan to Orem, and that number is steadily growing as interest in the sport increases. To practice during the snowy winter months, the local teams regularly rent out the gym of the Park City Racquet Club, which will take a large chunk of the more than $5,000 the PCLO hopes to raise with its tree-gathering effort. "That's why we have to do the Christmas tree pick-up," Moore said. "The fundraiser really helps us." On the two Saturdays following the holiday, players will begin collecting used trees at 9 a.m. Once all the trees are gathered, they will be delivered to one of two recycling centers in Park City and in Snyderville, Moore said, where they will be converted to mulch. Since some of that mulch can be used to restore local trails, the fundraiser is also environmentally envi-ronmentally friendly, he said. "We also look at it as providing a nice service serv-ice to the community," Moore said of the fundraiser. "It's real inexpensive for people to take part in it." Moore added that several people have donated to the lacrosse teams even if they don't have a Christmas tree to get rid of. Owners of artificial trees or no tree at all have still paid the $10 just to help out. "We do get a lot of community support," he said, and added that any donation will be gratefully grate-fully received. "We try to get it wherever we can." Orders must be placed before the day of the pick-up, and can be completed by calling Moore at 645-9575 or by emailing spm4-moore.com. spm4-moore.com. The teams plan to col lect trees on the first two Saturdays after the holiday, Moore said they would carry out a limited lim-ited number of orders on Jan. 10. 4 SECTIONS 60 PAGES Agendas.. A-8 Automotive C-23 Business B-9 Classifieds C-13 Columns A-16 Crossword C-4 Editorial A-17 Education A-9 Events Calendar C-2 Letters to the Editor A-17 Legals C-26 Movies C-4 Professional Services B-12 Restaurant Guide C-9 Scene & Heard C-9 Sports B-1 TV I 1st in or C-11 Weatl ler. .B-2 mPaik Record. Serving Summit County since 1880 www.parkrecord.com Resorts give Santa a lift i ' 4- . a;u' i : mm. ' ' T V. . is ) PtlU I O COURTESY OF KAT IE S.tt)RlX3E ' Santa Claus is shredding the slopes at The Canyons through Christmas Day. Each of the resorts will be hosting Christmas festivities, for a listing,' see the Calendar, C-2. County tees up gplf course By PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff ' . " . '. ' . y " . . Outside of I'ark City, it's Summit County's only resort center. ; . "These are part of ihe four-season resort aspect of what .The Canyons will become," said Summit County' Chief Civil Attorney Dave Thomas. Thomas referred to agreements- adopted by the Summit County Commission last week. The plans are expected to jumpstart, stalled development at 'Hie Canyons. Agreements concerning the Forilm and pedestrian streets at The Canyons and a future, 18-hole golf course are linchpins in providing four-season resort appeal, Thomas said. "Those are the two items that needed the most work," Thomas said. With development stalled in these critical regions of the 'Hie Canyons specially planned area (SPA) olher developers have not been comfortable moving forward. Following creation of the SPA by the county several years ago. Thomas said American Skiing Company (ASC) - which owns The Canyons - lei! on some hard financial times. 'lee times were supposed to already be available on a golf course at the resort. Last week, (ireg Speam. a consultant con-sultant hired by the county to help breathe life into the project said beginning construction on the course is critical. criti-cal. "Then we know that we are moving forward at the resort." Spearn said, during a commission meeting last week. An agreement adopted by the commission last week extends the course s completion date to fall of 2(XKi. Full plav would be expected on the course during the summer of2(M)7. David (ice. a real estate attorney retained by the county to work with members of the SPA. said ASC would likely support the proposed Forum and pedestrian streets agreement and other amendments to the SPA agreement, but not the county's proposed golf course timeline. "There were certain Forum improvements that the county feels should have been completed by now." ( iee said. Please see ASC, A-2 Riepen, Kernan disagree about recycling costs Budget projections show Park City center almost $26,000 in debt By PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff 1 Insa Riepen, executive director of Recycle Utah says the center is almost $2fi.()()() in the hole. The recycling center, will receive $12,000 from Summit County next year but Riepen says it's not enough. She has requested the commission double the amount they pay Recycle Utah each year. "We are getting more material," Riepen said. "Summit County commissioners do not recommend recom-mend an increase." The county contracted with County Curbside earlier ear-lier this year to expand recycling service in Park City and South Summit and that company dumps material materi-al at the center for free. As does every other business, which uses the facility, facil-ity, Riepen said, adding that tipping fees at the recycling recy-cling center for commercial users is not an option. "It's a hot potato ... Recycle Utah is paying for getting that recycled," Riepen said. "Our costs are going up." , , However, Joe Kernan, co-owner of County Curbside and Park City Council-elect says Riepens numbers are only projections through August 2004. "I dont agree with the assertion that the county's impact on the recycling center is negative ... I think also our contract likely makes the recycling center a little bit of money each month," said Kernan, a former member of the Recycle Utah Board of Directors. - , He said Riepen was wrong when she recently claimed that County Curbside is draining the center. "I think that assertion was incorrect that there could have been a better way to ask for money," Kernan said about Riepen's recent request for increased funding from the county. He said his company now takes plastic to Salt Lake County after Riepen told him about the strain recycling plastic was having on the center. "Riepen told us that plastic was costing them a lot of labor time," Kernan said. He adds that the recycling center is financially sound and it is perhaps up to the staff to make the operation more efficient. "More,: than half of their time really should be spent like a business looking at ways to improve their operations and .productivity." Kernan said. Regardless of 2004 budget projections, lie says the center has money. - "If I were the new board 1 would be. comfortable enough ... they should feel comfortable they have an ample reserve." Kernan said. "The recycling center can make whatever adjustments they need in their operations ... and correct some numbers and decide how they can be more efficient." Riepen supports County Curbside but says the Please see Riepen, A-2 J a m m i ng wi t h s u pe rsta rs v..i : ;" t. . : ,'.f v : -. GRAYSON WESTR4RK RECORD Aaron Lewis, of the band Staind, croons into the frosty night air Friday as part of the Chevy Truck U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix competition. Pro boarders from around the world flipped their tricks at Park City Mountain Resort. Lawmen plan to be extra vigilant during holidays With nation's terror alert higher, police, deputies plan to look for suspicious activity By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff Local lawmen will be extra vigilant during the holidays - one of the busiest times of the year in Park City - in response to the U.S. government raising the national terrorist threat level. Hut they also say that it is unlikely that Park City or Summit County is a terrorist target. The Park City Police Department and the Summit County Sheriff's Office say that they are responding to the tipping of the threat level from 'yellow' to 'orange,' which means that there is a high risk of a terrorist attack compared to the elevated ele-vated risk that a yellow level signified. "I think it's a heightened state of awareness, keeping an eye out for anything suspicious," said Lt. Phil Kirk from the Police Department. Kirk said the Police Department has contacted the stale Department of Homeland Security and there is not intelligence reports that indicate' Park City would be a target. He said officers will be paying closer attention to what he described as "vital infrastructure," such as the city's water plants, the transit system and communications systems. "In our briefings every morning, we direct them to be more aware of anything suspicious," he said. At the Summit County Sheriff's Office, Chief Deputy Dave Booth said deputies are especially mindful of dams and the Utah Olympic Park. "We keep a constant eye out," Booth said. Booth noted that winter is easier for the Sheriff's Office because lots of the high mountain roads are closed for the season so there is less ter- Please see Lawmen, A-2 l94937M0000l' |