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Show C-1 B-1 CAFE CULTURE COMES TO THE LIBRARY PLAYERS SCORE SPOTS ON ALL-STATE TEAMS BUSINESS, A-11 BUSINESSES PREPARE TO HEAD TO THE THIN AIR OF PARK CITY The FACEBOOK Follow the in-crowd ‘Like’ us www.facebook.com/parkrecord COLUMNS, A-26 TOM CLYDE PREDICTS KIMBALL JUNCTION WILL BE NUKED Park Record. PARK CITY , UTAH | WWW.PARKRECORD.COM Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 25-28, 2017 Serving Summit County since 1880 Vol. 137 | No. 14 50¢ Recycling leader tapped Workers face uncertainty as housing lost TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Park City Institute Executive Director Teri Orr says National Endowment for the Arts funding cuts would impact programs like concerts. Owners of onetime school admit arrangement was not permitted Arts cuts may hurt Park City By ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record When Wawra graduated from the Leadership Park City class two years ago, she said the program inspired her to become more involved in the community. She added, “Recycle Utah was the nonprofit I went after first.” “I grew up as a kid knowing that conserving our environment is important and I feel like that is important to raise the next generation to do the same,” Wawra said. “We want to provide support for community and staff as we continue to protect our water sources. That’s who we are and those are the things that are really important to us.” Wawra serves on the organization’s advisory board and was promoted to secretary last year. She currently works for Vail Resorts in the marketing department for Park City Mountain Resort. Wawra will soon be responsible for overseeing Recycle Utah’s education and outreach programs, along with five full-time and two part-time employees. The organization has outgrown its current location at 1951 Woodbine Way and Wawra admitted a new site will also be needed soon. “Change is inevitable and we will relocate, but it is too soon for me to decide what that correct change is. I think it is good to continue where Insa has directed us for so long,” Wawra said. “Recycle Utah would not be what it is today without Insa’s role over the past 20 years. “I am very grateful to have something that is so established in this community and I admire where it has gone in her time,” she said. Riepen, who was part of the selection process, said the organization needs “new energy and knowledge.” Riepen cited Wawra’s marketing background as proof of her capabilities. When Juan Chavo arrived in Park City from Chile on a temporary visa in early December, he needed somewhere to stay. Chavo said he, along with nearly a dozen other Chilean seasonal workers, looked for places throughout Park City and the Snyderville Basin. He said they were unable to find housing until a friend suggested the former Colby School property along the east side of State Road 224. “We were looking and then someone said they have a house and we wanted to live there,” Chavo said in an interview with The Park Record. Chavo moved into a large, dormitory-style room furnished with six bunk beds and found a job as a dishwasher at a restaurant in the Basin. He said sharing a living space was initially difficult because “there was like 50 people for four restrooms and one kitchen.” “But after that, it wasn’t so bad. I met a lot of people from different countries and now I am so happy,” Chavo said. “When I heard there was a problem with the fireman I said, ‘Why? We don’t have any fires.” Earlier this month, the Park City Fire District received a complaint from a citizen that people were staying in the former school facility illegally. The fire district conducted an investigation, along with Summit County building officials, after the March 10 allegation and issued a notice to vacate to the property owners. The tenants have until April 2 to leave. Fire District Chief Paul Hewitt previously told The Park Record the property met the minimum standard for fire code regulations, but the workers would still need to vacate. Emma Worsley and Julie McBroom, who, operating as Hoffvest LLC acquired the former Colby School/ Snowed Inn property in 2014, admitted up to 50 people were living in the nearly 10,000-square foot building’s 15 bedrooms. Worsley said “only 10 are left.” The tenants had access to a kitchen on the main floor, a large dining area, a common area with a ping pong table and broken foosball table, and “seven or eight bathrooms,” according to Worsley. The workers were charged $400 on a month-to-month basis. Worsley admitted there were plumbing issues, but emphasized it was fixed in a timely manner. She said the first person moved in during December and said there was no online advertising. “We now know there is a different process we should have taken, but we undertook the steps we felt were necessary, such as ensuring the safety and hygiene of the people staying here,” Worsley said. “We had the place inspected by a fire company and had regular cleaners come in. We thought we were doing a good job looking after these seasonal workers who were only going to be here on their J-1 visas for a short period Please see Recycle Utah, A-2 Please see Workers, A-2 President’s budget would have broad impacts in area By SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record The nation’s arts and cultural organizations let out a collective gasp last week when President Donald Trump unveiled his first federal budget plan that included proposals to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. If the cuts are approved, Utah would be one of the places hit the hardest, said Gay Cookson, director of the Utah Division of Arts & Museums. “Nearly 73,000 people hold creative occupations in Utah, and creative occupations are growing at 3.7 percent per year,” Cookson told The Park Record. “Utah [also] has 36 cities and counties with option taxes that support the arts, like the Summit County RAP Tax.” The National Endowment for the Arts reported this year that Utah is No. 1 per capita in the nation for attendance at live music, theater and dance performances. Utah is also No. 2 in the nation for attendance at art exhibitions, Cookson said. Many of these live performances and exhibits are funded in part by National Endowment for the Arts money, which makes it way to Utah in two ways. The first is through an NEA/Utah Division of Arts & Museums partnership. “The NEA budget, $148 million this year, participates in a one-of-akind partnership with each state, and 40 percent of that budget is distributed directly to states, in our case, through us,” Cookson said. “Arts organizations can write grant requests to our office and we make decisions on distribution at the local level.” Last year, the Utah Division of Arts & Museums received more than $731,000 for grants to arts organizations, arts education programs, underserved communities and folk arts. “The grants were given to nearly 300 organizations in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties and serve more than 4 million people annually,” Cookson said. The breakdown was as follows: • $551,000 to organizations such as Ballet West and Utah Symphony Please see Cuts, A-8 3 sections • 58 pages Business............................... A-11 Classifieds ........................... C-16 Columns .............................. A-26 Crossword ........................... C-4 Editorial............................... A-27 Events Calendar .................. C-6 Legals .................................. C-19 Letters to the Editor ............ A-27 Movies................................. C-4 Restaurant Guide................. A-25 Scene .................................. C-1 Scoreboard ......................... B-5 Sports .................................. B-1 Weather ............................... B-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Carolyn Wawra, who lives in Jeremy Ranch, was recently selected as the new executive director of Recycle Utah. Wawra will replace longtime leader Insa Riepen on April 4. Carolyn Wawra understands importance of conservation By ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record Whenever Carolyn Wawra goes trail running or takes her border collie, Penguin, for a walk around her Jeremy Ranch neighborhood, she picks up trash that she finds along the way. “I want to leave this place better than how I found it,” Wawra said. Wawra said her passion for recycling and conservation will go hand-in-hand with her new position as executive director of the nonprofit organization Recycle Utah. Her first day will be April 4. Wawra was recently selected to replace longtime director Insa Riepen. In January, Riepen announced her retirement after 17 years with the organization. Her last day will be April 1. ‘This job is who I am, in a sense, because I grew up recycling,” Wawra said. “My mom used to recycle and she would say she did it because ‘I want the Earth to be nice for you’ and I feel like a lot of things we use will outlive us.” Recycle Utah is one of the community’s leading sustainable partners. The organization prevents 200 tons of materials from being sent to the Summit County’s landfill. Recycle Utah also regularly provides hazardous waste collection options and reaches more than 3,000 students in Summit and Wasatch County through its environmental education programs. ‘Dogs Ears’ desired Park City leaders say field outside library will be protected By JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Park City leaders have reaffirmed their desire to protect the field outside the Park City Library from development, crafting terms that will ensure nothing is built there permanently but allowing temporary uses beyond recreation. Mayor Jack Thomas and the Park City Council at a recent meeting continued the discussions about the field and asked that a document be drafted outlining the terms. The document is known as a preservation easement. A third party would be tapped to enforce the easement. A City Council straw poll at the recent meeting showed there was unanimous support for a preservation easement. The elected officials, though, did not cast a formal vote. That is expected in coming months. The straw poll, though, was a victory for a movement that has pressed City Hall to protect the field outside the library. A group known as Save the Library Field has lobbied officials to guard against the development of the greenspace. The group sees the field as an attractive place in densely packed Old Town where people can hang out, play catch or run their dogs. The group says it is the only field in Old Town that is not programmed with activities. The field now serves as an offleash area. Park City Manager Diane Foster at the recent meeting labeled the library field “Dogs Ears.” It was a reference to the debate about Bears Ears National Monument, a protected area in Southern Utah created in the final weeks of the administration of President Obama. City Hall will pursue a preservation easement that encompasses the field but not the slope at the southern end of the greenspace closest to the Park City Library. It would disallow permanent structures but allow temporary ones as well as temporary programming approved through municipal processes. It would also allow special events approved through City Hall processes. The preserPlease see ‘Dogs Ears,’ A-2 Adorable, adoptable TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Cooper Rose Carey, 18 months old, is all smiles as 10-week-old Dachshundmix puppies surprise her and her parents as they closed on a house at Metro National Title on Park Avenue on Thursday. The dogs, adoptable through Nuzzles & Co., were transported to businesses across Park City via Uber as part of an event meant to encourage adoptions. VISITOR GUIDE Youngsters are poets, and they know it Park City Toastmasters, Treasure Mountain Junior High teachers and the Summit County Library Kimball Junction Branch will present YouthSpeak 2017 from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, at the library. YouthSpeak is an annual showcase of students who read their original poetry and essays. More: www.thesummitcountylibrary.org. |