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Show A-2 Wed/Thurs/Fri, December 14-16, 2016 The Park Record The Park Record. Serving Summit County since 1880 The Park Record, Park City’s No. 1 source for local news, opinion and advertising, is available for home delivery in Summit, Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis and Utah counties. Single copies are also available at 116 locations throughout Park City, Heber City, Summit County and Salt Lake City. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Summit County (home delivery): $48 per year (includes Sunday editions of The Salt Lake Tribune) Outside Summit County (home delivery available in Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and Utah counties; all other addresses will be mailed via the U.S. Postal Service): $72 per year To subscribe please call 435-6499014 or visit www.parkrecord.com and click the Subscribe link in the Tools section of the toolbar at the top of the page. To report a missing paper, please call 801-204-6100. Same-day redelivery is possible if you call during the following hours: * Weekdays: 6:30-8 a.m. * Saturday: 7-8 a.m. * Sunday: 7-10:30 a.m. Continued from A-1 Fees stay the same • 3.81 cents per kilowatt-hour use rate The current average bill under netmetering would increase from about $55 a month to $74, according to Rocky Mountain Power. “Any changes in rates does not affect the profit of Rocky Mountain Power,” Murphy said. “You are still going to save about 35 percent per month if you install solar, but you won’t save as much as you were before.” Rocky Mountain Power will reportedly notify the commission “if a stipulation is reached or if the attempt to resolve this matter becomes unfruitful,” according to court documents. 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The Park Record (USPS 378-730) (ISSN 0745-9483) is published twice weekly by Wasatch Mountain News Media Co., 1670 Bonanza Drive, Park City, UT 84060. Periodicals postage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah, 84199-9655 and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Park Record, P.O. Box 3688, Park City, UT 84060. Entered as secondclass matter, May 25, 1977, at the Post Office in Park City, Utah, 84060 under the Act of March 3, 1897. Subscription rates are: $48 within Summit County, $72 outside of Summit County, Utah. Subscriptions are transferable: $5 cancellation fee. Phone: 435-649-9014 Fax: 435-649-4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com Published every Wednesday and Saturday. like me,” Thomas said. The gathering was held in the weeks after Election Day, and there has been a concern among Latinos about tighter enforcement of immigration laws during the administration of Donald Trump. The event was not political in nature, but there seemed to be undertones related to the incoming administration. Some of the publicity materials announcing the forum mentioned the election. “There may be some concerns with some of you, and I understand that. But we are here to support you, we are here to serve you. We are not here to intimidate you. We are here to be your friends and welcome you all,” Thomas said. The forum was held in Spanish with only occasional translation into English. Panelists included members of the Park City Police Department and a representative of the Mexican consulate in Salt Lake City. In an interview afterward, Gabriel Gil, a consular agent in the Mexican consulate, said there are worries about the incoming administration among people from Mexico living in the area. “They’re concerned they’re getting Continued from A-1 Teachers win grants projects and collaborate with other students. She speculated that a grant like that could catch the district’s attention as it designs a high school expansion “Our customers who don’t have solar panels don’t have a choice to pay that money for those who do have panels,” Murphy said. “Our mandate is to provide electricity at the lowest price possible. We can get wind and solar much cheaper from large-scale farms than we can from rooftop solar, but if people want to make that decision to install it themselves, that is their choice.” The suspended request will not affect an August hearing before the Public Service Commission to determine a permanent structure. Summit County and Park City Municipal Corp. filed petitions to intervene and respond to the increase rates during the hearing County Council Chair Roger Armstrong said while he is encouraged, he is still “deeply concerned” about the proposed rate structure that is still pending. “I would hope that there are some discussion going on between the entities that have intervened with Rocky Mountain Power,” Armstrong said. “While the withdrawal and suspension of the request concerning the transitional tariff is nice, it is not the core of the problem.” deported, if there’s going to be a general action,” Gil said. He said the consulate explains to Mexicans in the state that U.S. laws will need to be changed if the presidentelect wants to remove benefits now afforded people from Mexico. He said the consulate also explains there is a procedure that is required before someone can be deported from the U.S. “We try to tell them to be prepared, know the laws in their community,” Gil said. The forum was held as City Hall officials attempt to assure Park City Latinos there will not be changes in the relations between the local government and the Latino community as the Trump administration assumes office in January. The mayor has made strong public statements since Election Day indicating the operations of City Hall regarding immigration issues and the enforcement of immigration laws will not be altered. The mayor has said he plans to draft a letter to the congressional delegation that represents Park City by the end of the year addressing the prospects of tightened federal immigration policies during the Trump administration. Glenn Wright, a Democratic Summit County Councilor-elect, was in the audience and said in an interview afterward he was pleased with comments made by Police Department representatives regarding their desire to help people and enforce local rules rather than immigration laws. He said the message seemed to resonate. “The people you see here are vital for our community,” Wright said, adding, “They’re as much vital residents of Park City and Summit County as I am.” and potentially a new elementary-level building. Seeing programs flourish, first in one classroom, then in a whole school or throughout the district, is one of the major rewards the PCEF receives, Hutchinson said. She’s eager to see where this batch of grants ends up. “It reminds us that the work that we’re doing is very important,” she said. “We love to see the idea planted in the classroom, then move through the pipeline. We’re so fortunate to be in a district where the generosity of the donors enables these programs to happen. This is the kind of discretionary budget that just doesn’t exist in Utah because the legislative funding.” Corrections American freestyle skier Jonny Moseley was incorrectly identified as Tommy Moe in the front page photo of the Weds., Dec. 7 edition of The Park Record. Summit County Council member Colin DeFord was misidentified as Colin Adair in one reference in the news story “Summit County political divide is stark” in the Sat., Dec. 10 edition of The Park Record. DeFord’s opponent was Doug Clyde in the race for council seat B. We regret the errors. Direct Importer of the World’s Finest Rugs A t t h e H i s t o r i c Vi l l a T h e a t r e Man sent to prison for South Summit assault Jewelry, cash topping $1 million taken from longtime area figure By ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record A 3rd District Court Judge handed down an indeterminate prison sentence of one-to-15 years last week to a Taylorsville man for his role in assaulting longtime Summit County property owner Nadine Gillmor and stealing more than $1 million in jewelry and cash from her. Ricky Joseph Archuleta, 40, entered a guilty plea in October to burglary and theft, each second-degree felonies. On Monday, Dec. 5, a 3rd District Court judge imposed a one-to-15 year sentence at the Utah State Prison for each count. Nathan Zachairah Oosterhof, 39, of Vernal, is also facing two felony charges for aggravated burglary and theft. Oosterhof has not entered a plea, but was considered a flight risk and “credible danger” to the victim before he was arrested, according to court documents. He has been previously convicted of felony theft and fleeing from the police. He recently failed to appear in a domestic violence assault trial in Uintah County. He is currently being held in the Summit County Jail. A third suspect, Orlando Robert Sandoval, 27, of Naples, admitted to detectives that he had entered Gillmor’s home with Archuleta. Sandoval has also been charged with aggravated burglary and theft, but Summit County prosecutor Patricia Cassell said “we would agree that his role was much less than the other two.” “I think it (sentencing) is appropriate, considering the case,” Cassell said. “It was pretty life changing for her. She Dispatch move backed Sergeants say there is risk when calls to 911 need to be transferred By JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The sergeants of the Park City Police Department in early December signed a letter to the Park City Council supporting an idea to merge the dispatch operations of the department with the Summit County Sheriff’s Office. It was an extraordinarily rare public statement from the sergeants as a group. The chief of police or the department’s captains more typically make statements about agency policies. Sergeants, ranking fourth in the department hierarchy, have direct oversight of officers in the field during their shifts and help craft Police Department procedures. The Police Department and the Sheriff’s Office are discussing whether to pursue a merger as a result of a state report that looked into 911 emergency systems in Utah with the possibility of consolidating some of the 911 centers. The goal is to reduce the number of calls that are transferred between agencies, which is seen as leading to more rapid responses by the authorities. The Police Department operates a secondary 911 center while the Sheriff’s Office runs a primary one. The two-page letter from the six Police Department sergeants says the support Hol cial iday e p S e Gift Certificat 50 Minute massage & 50 minute facial for $100 ($150 value) Receive an Eminence Holiday Gift Kit with any Gift Certificate purchase over $200 ($40 value, while supplies last) 3092 So. 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Later that same day, the same two men returned to Gillmor’s home claiming to have left a cell phone behind, according to documents. When she went to look for the phone, the men walked in again before she “pushed them out the door” and called the Sheriff’s Office. A deputy located the suspects, who claimed they were visiting a friend, walking down the street. They were not arrested. According to court documents, while Gillmor was cooking breakfast the next morning at about 6 a.m. both men entered the kitchen carrying several items from her safe. When she tried to stop them from leaving, Archuleta shoved her “hard into a wall” before he ran out of the house. Gillmor, who is in her 80s, reportedly suffered heart palpitations after the encounter and had to be transported to an area hospital. According to court documents, she needed a new pacemaker as a result of the incident. Gillmor reported $1 million worth of jewelry and $30,000 in cash missing after the incident, some of which has been retrieved, Cassell said. of a merger is not based on displeasure with the department’s existing staff of dispatchers. Instead, there is concern that “being a secondary 911 center creates an inherently greater risk for officers, visitors and citizens.” Time is critical in a variety of cases, the letter says. “Generally we estimate a three to five minute delay from the time a 911 call is received at Summit County, transferred and then dispatched to our officers; and we believe this to be an unacceptable and unnecessary risk,” the letter says. The sergeants say there is a shared dispatch software between the two agencies, meaning officers in the city immediately see when a 911 call is made to Summit County from an address in Park City. Officers head to the scene prior to the call being transferred to Park City dispatchers, according to the letter. “When this happens, officers are arriving on potentially life threatening situations with little or no information. A single call center rectifies this problem and allows our officers to receive pertinent information without delay,” the sergeants say. They provide an example of a 911 call involving a report of a man with a gun at Park City Medical Center earlier in 2016. The weapon was a BB gun, it was later determined. The dispatchers in Summit County who fielded the call sent Summit County deputies and Utah Highway Patrol troopers even as the police also responded, the letter says. “However, a lot of unnecessary conPlease see Merger, A-12 |