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Show C-1 B-1 GO TO MAIN STREET FOR ABSTRACT ARTWORKS EDUCATION, A-9 Got an opinion? Send your letters to the editor of The Park Record: editor@parkrecord.com UTE SKIER DID NOT CROSS THE COUNTRY SCHOOL BOARD REALIGNS SCHEDULE FOR GRADE CHANGES The Send us letters COLUMNS, A-20 AMY ROBERTS WANTED A HEADS UP BEFORE ICE OPERATION Park Record. PARK CITY , UTAH | WWW.PARKRECORD.COM Wed/Thurs/Fri, February 22-24, 2017 Serving Summit County since 1880 Family frolics Vol. 137 | No. 5 50¢ Immigration agents capture four in the city Operation prompts widespread concern among Latinos By JAY HAMBURGER PHOTO COURTESY OF SEBASTIAN SAUCEDO The Park Record Local soccer player Sebastian Saucedo holds up the Copa MX trophy after his former team, Veracruz, won the tournament last season. Saucedo was recently named to the U-20 World Cup qualifying team and will return to Real Salt Lake in March. Another goal is reached Sebastian Saucedo, a product of Park City, named to Team USA By GRIFFIN ADAMS The Park Record Growing up in Park City, Sebastian Saucedo was surrounded by Olympic athletes. He remembers going to assemblies as a little kid at McPolin Elementary School, where top wintersport athletes would come and speak to him and the rest of the kids. Saucedo, who plays for local Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake, now represents Team USA himself. Instead of in the snow, though, he’s on the pitch. Earlier this month, he was named to the country’s U-20 World Cup qualifying team, an honor given to just 20 players throughout the country. “It’s a huge achievement and it’s an amazing feeling,” Saucedo said. “As a kid, you dream of being a professional athlete. When you become a professional athlete, you want to be called into your national team and it’s a dream come true. “Being able to represent the USA logo is an honor. I’m not just representing the state I was born in or the state I was raised in, but also a whole country you have to fight for.” Though he’s talented, Saucedo realizes that he hasn’t gotten to where he is without a little help. From his parents -- who would sometimes miss work so Saucedo could make a training session -- to various teammates and coaches that have guided him along the way, Saucedo is grateful for all of the support. “Without my family I don’t think one of this would’ve been possible,” he said. Please see Another, A-2 3 sections • 44 pages Classifieds ........................... C-10 Columns .............................. A-20 Crossword ........................... C-4 Editorial............................... A-21 Education ............................ A-9 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 The bill would rescind a municipality’s authority to require new structures or subdivisions to have fire sprinkler systems under certain circumstances, a move that worries the city’s elected leaders and officials with the Park City Fire District. “If you look at the requirements, a very high percentage of Park City falls within the standards that are already set within state law,” Ford said. “Now there may be some homes and some areas in Park City where fire suppression isn’t necessary for the safety of the public. We have found the way it is being required in Park City is very dangerous for the homeowners, as far as the property damage caused by the water sprinklers.” Ford said Park City officials have voiced the only objections he has heard regarding the legislation. He added, “My perspective is it seems to be an emotional reaction because this doesn’t just strip the use of fire suppression from the Park City area.” “They feel some of their power as a municipality has been stripped from them, but, unfortunately, they have taken it to a level where they are operating different than anyone else in the state,” Ford said. “I think we can pass it without them, but my only concern is we have always considered Park City a good ally so we hate having this rift. The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended four people in Park City late last week, mounting an operation that caused widespread concern among the area’s Latino population as well as among the largely white leadership at City Hall and the County Courthouse. The Park City Police Department said the operation lasted from 5 a.m. until 8 a.m. on Friday. The Police Department was not provided details, including the locations of the arrests, the nationalities of the people taken into custody, their ages or their genders. Wade Carpenter, the police chief, said the Enforcement and Removal Operations section of Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the operation. Carpenter said the four people were wanted on felony counts involving re-entering the country or unspecified other offenses. Police Department dispatchers were notified of the operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement just prior to it starting, the police chief said. He said the operation was not a raid or a roundup. It was completed without issue. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson declined to provide details, saying deportation officers conduct targeted enforcement daily. The apprehensions on Friday initially prompted communitywide concern that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was conducting a raid and the arrest numbers would mount throughout the day. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Police Department, though, provided public statements quelling the concern that a raid was underway. The initial concern coupled with the eventual outcome of the operation led to the scheduling of a forum on Thursday with local leaders that is meant to address the situation. The police chief on Saturday released a one-page statement describing “targeted enforcement actions” in Park City. He said Immigration and Customs Enforcement told him the actions “are not uncommon, nor sweeps nor raids, and are part of their normal enforcement operations.” “Given the timing and heightened anxiety regarding Federal immigration policy, it is both understandable and unfortunate that a considerable amount of community fear and confusion was created,” Carpenter said in the statement. Summit County Sheriff Justin Martinez also released a one-page statement about the operation, addressing some of the same issues as the police chief. “With the current political climate regarding Federal immigration policy lending itself to heightened fears, we have witnessed many citizens experience anxiety and confusion as a result of recent rhetoric,” the sheriff said. Please see Bill, A-2 Please see Four, A-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Walter Grove, a 2-year-old, laughs as his mom, Margaret, approaches from behind to chase him through the snow at Canyons Village Saturday afternoon. The two are vacationing in Park City from Roanoke, Virginia, and spent a few minutes chasing each other, giggling and sharing hugs before the youngster decided he was tired. They were in Park City during the busy three-day Presidents Day weekend. Bill sparks a city objection The measure seeks to repeal municipal fire-safety rules By ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record Ross Ford, the executive vice president of the Utah Home Builders Association, says he hopes a measure recently introduced in the Utah House of Representatives to amend construction and fire codes doesn’t strain the organization’s relationship with Park City Municipal. House Bill 281 repeals municipal requirements related to fire safety, fire notification systems and fire suppression systems. The measure would set a statewide standard “so everyone knows when and why fire suppression is required,” Ford said. The bill is currently under consideration in the Utah House of Representatives Business and Labor Committee. “We kind of have that hodgepodge of different things in different communities so why not make this a standard so everyone knows what to expect?” Ford said in an interview with The Park Record. Gay ski week begins Event could be the largest ever held in Park City By JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record A group of gay skiers plans to return to Park City this week for the seventh consecutive year in what could be one of the largest-ever gay ski weeks in the city. Elevation: Utah is scheduled to open on Thursday and end on Sunday. Tom Whitman, the producer of the event, said approximately 1,000 people are anticipated to travel to Park City. The number is a little larger than 2016, he said. Whitman said Elevation: Utah in 2017 is expected to draw a record crowd for the Park City events. “It was an easy choice to choose Park City, I think. It’s what a ski town is supposed to look like,” Whitman said, noting that the city is close to an international airport, is renowned for snow conditions and offers two mountain resorts. He said Salt Lake City, meanwhile, has a “vibrant gay population.” He said people in Park City have been welcoming during the previous gay ski weeks. There is a “liberal acceptance” in Park City and Salt Lake City, he said. Whitman said gay ski weeks in Park City have been held without incident over the years. He said managers at venues and nightclubs used by gay ski week have supported the event without exception. Whitman said people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender want to support each other amid the national politics. It is important to hold events in places that are not “liberal bubbles,” he said, referring to Utah. The other gay ski week Whitman produces is located in Mammoth Lake, Calif. “Community’s important when it feels like it’s being attacked in some ways,” he said. There have been various gay ski weeks in Park City for years, but the cancellation of one of the events received attention in 2009. That event, Please see Gay ski week, A-2 Clean checkup TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Dr. Herb Binder rinses Galdino Sanchez’s mouth with water after completing his dental exam and cleaning during a People’s Health Clinic children’s dental appointment Tuesday afternoon. In addition to checking up on children, parents were able to take advantage of the free clinic. VISITOR GUIDE Take a tot to story time at the Kimball Art Center Free story times for tots will be from 3:30-4:30 p.m. every Thursday at the Kimball Art Center, 1401 Kearns Blvd. The program, for 3- to 5-year-olds and their parents, brings art to the community and inspires young children to express their creativity. Staff will read a book each week and lead tots in an art project themed around the story. For information, visit www. kimballartcenter.org. |