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PARK CITY , UTAH | WWW.PARKRECORD.COM Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 19-22, 2016 Serving Summit County since 1880 Vol. 136 | No. 83 Dog tale: ‘Tis the season to be giving Kids read to pups 50¢ A search for hope in time of Trump Parkites seek reasons for climate change optimism By DAVID HAMPSHIRE The Park Record TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Haley Ward, 8, reads “Top 10 Dogs For Kids” to Monkey, the 3-year-old Pitbull, and handler Melodie Greene as Avi Graves, 8, listens and hugs the dog during the Park City Library’s Paws To Read program Tuesday afternoon. The program lasted for an hour and was a first for the library. Program allows them to practice reading By SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record The Park City Library invites kids between the ages of 5 and 12 to Paws to Read. The new program is a way for kids to practice reading skills in a nonjudgemental environment by reading aloud to a specially trained dog provided by Therapy Animals Utah, said Youth Services Librarian Katrina Kmak. “The more they do it, the better they get at reading,” Kmak said during an interview with The Park Record. “The animals don’t judge when a child stumbles over a word. They are always happy to love, and we want everyone to feel good about reading.” Paws to Read is held Tuesdays from 4-5 p.m. and the dog is named Monkey. “Monkey is a pit-bull mix, who is handled by Melodie Greene,” Kmak said. “Monkey is so cute and the sweetest dog ever.” Each child, between the ages of 5 and 12, gets a 15-minute slot to read on a first-come-first served basis. “They’ll have five minutes to pet and get to know Monkey and then 10 minutes to read,” the librarian said. “I like that they will be able to read out loud without having teachers or peers stopping them to tell them they mispronounced a word or they took too long to read a sentence. The dog just sits and listens.” The concept for Paws to Read has grown in popularity over the past year. “It has picked up all over the nation and even in Summit County,” Kmak said. “I believe the Summit County Library does this with another therapy animal group.” Therapy Animals Utah, a nonprofit that utilizes dogs and cats in animalassisted activities and therapy, and the Park City Library have tried to find a way to work together since the library’s renovation last year. Please see Reading, A-2 3 sections • 44 pages Business............................... A-15 Classifieds ........................... C-9 Columns .............................. A-20 Crossword ........................... C-4 Editorial............................... A-21 Events Calendar .................. C-6 Legals .................................. C-12 Letters to the Editor ............ A-21 Movies................................. C-4 Restaurant Guide................. A-19 Scene .................................. C-1 Scoreboard ......................... B-5 Sports .................................. B-1 Weather ............................... B-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Incoming president of the Park City Rotary Club Robert Holmes and Giving Tree Festival director Kristal Bowman-Carter laugh with nonprofit representatives after the Park City Giving Tree ribbon-cutting ceremony in Miner’s Park on Main Street Friday morning, Nov. 18. The event kicked off the annual tradition of benefitting local nonprofit organizations. Federal land bill goes to D.C. Mountain Accord-related bill weaves through Congress By ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record Summit County Council member Chris Robinson joined U.S. Congressman Jason Chaffetz in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday for a congressional hearing about a bill developed through the Mountain Accord process that proposes a federal land designation for land exchanges and protections in the Central Wasatch Mountains. Robinson attended the legislative hearing before the House Committee on Natural Resources, a subcommittee on federal lands, with Tom Dolan, mayor of Sandy City, Bob Bonar, president and CEO if Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, and Carl Fisher, of Save Our Canyons, along with many others. Utah’s District 1 Rep. Rob Bishop chairs the subcommittee. The Central Wasatch National Conservation and Recreation Area Act would preserve approximately 80,000 acres of U.S. Forest Service land and add 8,000 acres of wilderness, including 967 acres in Summit County located along the ridge separating Park City and Big Cottonwood Canyon. Chaffetz first introduced the legislation, which would also allow for land exchanges with ski resorts and the creation of transportation corridors, in July. It was developed over the last two years through the Mountain Accord process, a collaborative effort between many broad interests along the Wasatch Front and Back, including Summit County and Park City. “Congressman Chaffetz did an admirable job of defending the bill and our Utah delegation is behind it,” Robinson told the Summit County Council on Wednesday. However, Robinson, who has referred to the bill as an important component of the Mountain Accord initiative, said there are still some concerns over its language. He also said the transportation piece is “lagging behind the land protection component.” Layne Jones, a program manager with Mountain Accord, said the measure has only a small chance of getting passed this year, before quickly adding “which we were expecting during the rest of the lame-duck year.” “This was a productive step that we took this week toward moving the bill forward,” Jones said. “We met with each one of our delegation members and they are all supportive. We are also very thankful Bishop gave us a hearing. Even though we will have to undertake this again next year, it was a very important box we can now check. “ Please see Federal, A-2 On Tuesday the temperature in Salt Lake City reached 73 degrees, a record for the date and the hottest temperature ever recorded that late in the year. Park City Mountain Resort had already postponed its opening date from Nov. 18 to Nov. 26. Needless to say, the ski slopes were bare. Climate change, anyone? Exactly one week earlier, the Electoral College had named Donald J. Trump as the next President of the United States. Trump, of course, is the man who announced last May that, if elected, he would immediately “cancel the Paris Climate Agreement and stop all payments of U.S. tax dollars to U.N. globalwarming programs.” It wasn’t a great day to be an environmentalist. Or a skier, for that matter. So there was plenty to whine about over wine at Recycle Utah’s “Green Drinks” gathering Tuesday evening at Aloha Ski and Snowboard’s Main Street location. Gallows humor crept into many conversations. “I’ve been doing this for 27 years,” said National Weather Service hydrologist Brian McInerney, “and in one evening it all went out the window. And I find that crushing. I’m still not sleeping so hot. I try and blow this off and ride my bike and drink two beers at once.” Appropriately, the featured speakers were McInerney and Andy Beerman, two Park City residents who are well versed in the history of global warming and the city’s concerted attempts to stem the tide. McInerney said he can remember the days before climate change became a political football. “The science was straightforward, it was easy to understand and it was well done,” he said. “And I would give talks on this (subject) in the early ’90s and it wasn’t a problem. It was like any other subject. Then it got politicized and things changed and it was hard.” Hammered on talk radio That realization hit him one day, he said, when he was invited to answer questions on a two-hour radio show. “They called me up and said, ‘Can you talk about climate change?’ And it was 6:30 a.m., K-TALK radio. I go into the studio and Please see Climate, A-5 The Yard discussed Ski season scramble is on Residents say land should be used for affordable housing By FRANCES MOODY The Park Record City employees, business owners, residents and other stakeholders met Tuesday and Wednesday to mull over what should be done with a patch of land adjacent to Homestake Road should Park City Municipal purchase it for $6 million. The 18 people who gathered at the Windy Ridge Café on Wednesday evening participated in a discussion on the 2.29-acre parcel located in the south half of The Yard, an area north of the Recycling Center, that turned into a talk about the municipal government’s housing and transportation goals. Lynn Ware-Peek, the city’s community engagement liaison, said the issues brought up were rel- evant, since a development at The Yard would likely be used for housing and/or transportation purposes. “Everything [that deals with] development, projects, or potential acquisition we do through the lens of the city’s three critical priorities: housing, transportation and energy,” she said. Attendees asked members of the city’s development team about money and potential uses of the land, and about the time line for purchase. “What we intend to do right now is show up on Dec. 1 at the City Council meeting and remind everybody that our earnest money is going hard and that we’re serious,” Economic Development Manager Jonathan Weidenhamer said. Several participants said they prefer to build a housing development, but Weidenhamer said the development team only plans to express its intent to buy on Dec. 1, not to present any concrete plans. “After the purchase, we will begin a thorough, public engagement TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Park City Mountain Resort ski lift maintenance employee Matt Bernhard removes the top covering of the lift gate mechanism at the Payday Lift Thursday morning. Co-worker Derrik Poulin rushed over to help Bernhard lay the metal covering on the ground so they could ensure the gates would work properly in advance of opening day on Nov. 26. Please see The Yard, A-2 VISITOR GUIDE ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at the Egyptian Theatre The Ziegfeld Theater Company will perform “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St. The musical will run Nov. 19-20 at 6 p.m.; Nov. 23, 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. “Little Shop of Horrors” is a musical about a florist who finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a man-eating plant. Tickets range from $23 to $45 and can be purchased by visiting www.parkcityshows.com. |