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Show The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, March 15-17, 2017 W A-19 GREEN TIPS AY WE WERE Cultivation of mind and heart Cutting down on plastics By MAHALA RUDDELL Recycle Utah Park City Museum Research Coordinator By MOLLY BROOKS Plastic is everywhere. It’s cheap and easy to use, but comes with a huge cost for the earth. Not only is it made from petroleum, a nonrenewable resource. It also isn’t biodegradable, meaning every piece of plastic sent to the landfill will stay there forever. Here are some everyday plastics to cut out of your life: •Plastic bags: The average American family takes home 1,500 plastic bags every year. Instead, use a reusable cloth bag each time you visit the grocery store. •Plastic bottles: 1,500 plastic water bottles are consumed every second in the United States. Use a reusable bottle to fill with water from the tap. •Straws: Tiny pieces from straws can end up in our streams, lakes and oceans, where they pose a threat to aquatic life. Choose not to use one instead, or invest in a reusable metal straw. •Plastic toothbrushes: Since most toothbrushes contain plastic, metal and nylon, they can be difficult to recycle. Use a bamboo toothbrush instead, and compost the handle when you’re done with it. •Plastic cutlery: When getting food to go or delivery, plan ahead by always having reusable cutlery in your bag or car and requesting no cutlery with your order. Cutting down your plastic use can be as easy as planning ahead. When using plastic is unavoidable, make sure to recycle it. Recycle Utah accepts both hard and soft plastics at our center at 1951 Woodbine Way. Community nonprofit Recycle Utah, a drop-off recycling center, provides these weekly tips. Visit its website for more information: www.recycleutah.org Attorney for Utah offers resignation Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s top federal prosecutor has offered his resignation to President Donald Trump’s administration, joining dozens of his counterparts around the country who were asked to submit letters of resignation. U.S. Attorney for Utah John W. Huber submitted his letter of resignation on Friday evening immediately after receiving a request from the Trump administration. PARK CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM Written in a scrapbook next to this picture of Holy Cross sisters in the 1920s are encouraging words: “Look onward; strive upward.” But spokeswoman Melodie Rydalch said Monday that Huber has not resigned because his letter had not been accepted yet. She says the matter is in the hands of the U.S. Department of Justice. The Department of Justice said Friday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had sought the resignation of 46 U.S. attorneys remaining from the Obama administration. Many other U.S. attorneys nominated by Obama had already left. Huber was appointed in 2015. SA LE PE N D IN G In the first couple of decades of Park City’s history, the town’s schooling system was limited. The first school was a oneroom log building opened by the Ontario mine in 1875 for children of miners. In 1879, a free school was added, but it wasn’t until 1882 that St. Mary’s of the Assumption Academy, run by the Holy Cross sisters, offered a private alternative for young Parkites. The Sisters of the Holy Cross are a Catholic religious order whose origins can be traced to France, where the Congregation of the Holy Cross was founded in the 1830s by Reverend Basil Anthony Moreau. The Congregation’s U.S. headquarters are located at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, a school the order was instrumental in founding. Father Scanlan, a Holy Cross priest, was one of the first Catholics in Utah when he arrived in 1873. He served the miniscule population of Catholic families living in the midst of Mormon Zion. Father Scanlan and his associates traveled to Park City about once a month to say Mass for Catholic miners. By 1881, the Catholic population had grown enough to warrant the building of a church. Shortly after, Father Scanlan sent for Holy Cross sisters to help teach Park City’s youngsters. The sisters were well-educated women who taught both Catholic and non-Catholic children in subjects from math and geography to languages, music and drawing. On Fridays, girls were taught fancy needlework and boys participated in athletics. Stu- dents helped with chores, such as sweeping out classrooms and tending the coal furnaces. Anecdotal evidence says the sisters were strict but kind and kept a keen eye on their students. For children who showed minor behavioral problems, the sisters bolstered self-esteem and increased responsibilities to foster trust. For those who showed major behavioral problems — such as Jack Green, who got into plenty of trouble as a child but eventually ended up serving as Park City mayor — the sisters complained of demonic possession and doled out punishments like time-outs in classroom corners or memorization of endless Shakespearean sonnets. The Holy Cross order emphasized education and health care, and operated high schools, colleges and hospitals throughout the country. The order’s founder wrote in 1849 that “we shall always place education side by side with instruction. The mind shall not be cultivated at the expense of the heart.” The sisters sent to serve Park City over the years were wellrespected by the community in which they were heavily involved. And perhaps for young, impressionable Catholic girls, they served as important role models. Park City schoolgirl Marie McDonough was certainly inspired. She walked to St. Mary’s Academy every morning along King Road. After graduating, she became a teacher herself and eventually joined the Holy Cross order. She became Sister Marie Camille after taking final religious vows in 1926. She taught and served as principal in public and private schools throughout Indiana, California, Arizona, Washington, Idaho and Utah for the rest of her life. LUXURY, PRIVACY, AND VIEWS AT LAST SUN IN PARK CITY! 70 Last Sun, Park City 4 BD | 6 BA | 4,089 SF | $1,975,000 Z D This exquisite home is nestled on a gentle hillside above the Park Meadows golf course and boasts terrific mountain and ski run views. Enjoy a gourmet kitchen, spacious great room and family room, and four spacious en suite bedrooms.The desirable downhill floor plan provides “no steps” main level entry A truly fantastic Park City mountain home! 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