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Show The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, January 21-24, 2017 A-3 CITY BEAT CITY EDITOR: JAY HAMBURGER 649-9014 EXT. 111 | citynews@parkrecord.com March could be the biggest RUSTIC. LOCAL. REAL. Lunch Monday – Friday 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM • Dinner Daily from 5:00 PM (435)649-8060 Prospector Square 2093 Sidewinder Drive www.grubsteak.com grubsteak@xmission.com Reservations gladly accepted PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO The Park City Police Department stood guard during a demonstration outside the building once known as the Racquet Club in Park Meadows during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The protesters rallied against the passage of a California ballot measure making same-sex marriage illegal. Past protests have not attracted the anticipated crowds JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record In January of 2005, as George W. Bush was sworn in as president for the second time, perhaps 30 people gathered during the Sundance Film Festival to show their displeasure with the Republican president. And, two years later, as the Iraqi war continued, fewer than 50 people staged a protest during Sundance against the military action. Most of the demonstrations that we’ve had in the past are very small groups. This is significantly more, potentially,” Rick Ryan Park City Police Department There is a long history of demonstrations timed to occur during the film festival, typically supporting causes of the political left. But even with large crowds in Park City for the festival and a global press corps in the city, the demonstrations in the past have typically drawn far smaller crowds than the organizers had hoped to attract. But a demonstration planned on Saturday, the day after Donald Trump was sworn into office as the president, could, potentially, become the largest protest in Park City’s modern history. It seems that, different than in past years, the demonstration on Saturday will coalesce as organizers desire. They hope thousands of people will march in Old Town in support of a variety of causes. The organizers of the Women’s March on Main, scheduled alongside a similar demonstration in Washington, D.C., have said between 4,000 and 5,000 people could participate on Saturday. The Park City Police Department estimates the number could range from between 2,000 and 3,000. Even at the smaller range, the Women’s March on Main would draw at least 1,000 or more people than past demonstrations held during Sundance. “Most of the demonstrations that we’ve had in the past are very small groups,” said Rick Ryan, a Police Department captain and a member of the department since 1985. “This is significantly more, potentially.” Ryan said many demonstrations during Sundance in the past have involved perhaps 10 people or fewer. He anticipates the Women’s March on Main will be the largest demonstration in Park City in his 31 years with the Police Department. The Women’s March on Main, which is not affiliated with the film festival, won a City Hall approval for a demonstration that will descend Main Street from the Brew Pub lot at the southern end of the street, turn east on Heber Avenue and end at the flagpole lot on the lower stretch of Swede Alley. A rally is planned in the lot. The march, scheduled during the busy opening weekend of Sundance, is designed to support a variety of causes, including women’s rights, civil liberties and worker’s rights. More than 4,500 people had indicated they planned to attend Please see Crowd, A-4 Time to protest? There have been many demonstrations in Park City during the Sundance Film Festival promoting a range of causes like animal rights and equality. They typically did not draw as many people as organizers hoped. Some of the notable ones over the past 20 years include: • the Occupy Wall Street movement, which drew attention in 2012. A group numbering fewer than 12 people rallied at the Wells Fargo bank branch on Kearns Boulevard. At one point, some of them stormed into the lobby chanting and dancing. Police officers almost immediately ordered them out. Between 30 and 40 people supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement rallied on Main Street the day before. • the gay rights movement, which was present during the 2010 festival. There were 30 or so demonstrators outside a screening at the facility once known as the Racquet Club. The demonstrators were unhappy with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ position on gay marriage. • the animal rights movement, which has demonstrated repeatedly during Sundance, including in 2009. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that year staged a small demonstration on Main Street. The demonstrators contended primates should not be used in films. A person dressed in a gorilla suit repeatedly threw a banana peel on the sidewalk as passers-by watched. • the conservative Westboro Baptist Church, which in 2011 stationed several people outside a film that depicted a fictional congregation that resembled the Kansas church. Approximately 200 Park City High School students staging a counterdemonstration overwhelmed the small number of people from the church. — Jay Hamburger “When choosing a school for our daughter, we were looking for a rigorous, liberal arts based curriculum, an institution with the ability to tailor education individually, and like-minded peers. 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Equal Housing Opportunity. Each Office Independently Owned & Operated. SNYDERVILLE BASIN PLANNING COMMISSION Interested applicants must submit your online application at: http://www.summitcounty.org/321/Volunteer-Boards. For further information, contact Patrick Putt at (435) 336-3158. Deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2017. rk City ,U a P The t The Summit County Council is seeking an individual to serve on the Snyderville Basin Planning Commission. Meetings are scheduled the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Interested citizens must be residents of the Snyderville Basin Planning District for at least one year and may reside within the incorporated boundaries of Park City. The Commission’s role is to hear, review and recommend approval or disapproval of land use proposals consistent with the Snyderville Basin Development Code and other governing documents and to prepare or cause to be prepared amendments to the general plan, zoning and subdivision regulations.The Board meets at least once a month on the second Thursday evening, at 6:30. IN PRINT ONLINE MOBILE PARK RECORD PAR 649-9014 SERVING SUMMIT COUNTY SINCE 1880 photo by Pat McDowell Skier - Adolph Imboden from park record circa 1977 |