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Show B-1 HOME INSIDE PARK CI TY REAL NTAIN & MOU ESTATE MER S | SUM LIFESTYLE 2017 ACY FOR PRIV SCAPE URES LAND R FEAT WATE WITH BEDS NSION BUNK COOL ADD DIME S WITH MEMORIE CREATE with s AINr Kitc hen TERT doo ENbor ate Out Ela FORMER MINER TAKES SWING AT ROYALTY SUMMER HOME MAGAZINE BUSINESS, A-15 The PARKRECORD.COM/ PARKCITYSBEST TERI ORR WANTS TO SPRING FORWARD Park Record. PARK CITY , UTAH | WWW.PARKRECORD.COM Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, May 13-16, 2017 Serving Summit County since 1880 A survivor helps the mentally ill COLUMNS, A-18 REAL ESTATE BOARD HONORS ONE OF ITS OWN VOTE NOW! Vol. 137 | No. 28 50¢ Skate through spring Park City bans plastic bags in a first for state COURTESY OF KEVIN HINES Kevin Hines, who will give a speech in Park City, attempted to take his life when he jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in 2000. Since then, he has traveled the world to show people that recovery from mental illness is possible. TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Jennifer Gardner, a Park Meadows resident, wears a wig fashioned out of plastic bags on Thursday as she speaks to Mayor Jack Thomas and the Park City Council in support of a ban on plastic bags. The City Council unanimously enacted the ban, the first of its kind in Utah. He jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge and is now on mission By FRANCES MOODY The Park Record Moments before he jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge, Kevin Hines felt his life would never change. He believed the voice in his head, telling him to give up, would always be talking to him. He thought a feeling of hopelessness would haunt him forever. But seconds before Hines plunged into the water, he immediately regretted his decision to take his own life. “The only words that went through my head for the rest of the fall until I hit the water were, ‘What have I done? God, please save me,’” Hines said in an interview that aired on KPCW this week. Hines is one of 2,000 people who have jumped off San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, and one of 37 who survived the fall. He was 19 years old when, in September 2000, he attempted suicide. Since then, he has made it his mission to tell those who suffer from mental illness that there is light at the end of the tunnel. He now travels from place to place to share his story. This week, he was in Japan giving a lecture. “I didn’t have anybody advocating for my mental wellbeing on a regular basis in therapy,” Hines said in his interview. “The doctor never told me that, with treatment and hard work, I could get better and I could stay well.” Hines will make his way to Park City to explain the message that recovery from depression and mental illness is possible. Titled “Cracked Not Broken: Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt,” Hines’ speech is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17, at the Park City Library’s Jim Santy Auditorium. The talk, named after a book Hines wrote, is one of many events for Connect’s Mental Health Awareness Month in May. Connect is a nonprofit working to overcome the challenges of mental illness. “We wanted to approach Kevin for the fact that 90 percent of people who commit suicide have underlying mental illness,” Shauna Wiest , executive director for Connect, told The Park Record. “That was the difficulty or Please see Survivor, A-2 3 sections • 42 pages Business .............................. A-15 Classifieds ........................... C-9 Columns .............................. A-18 Crossword ........................... C-4 Editorial............................... A-19 Events Calendar .................. C-6 Legals .................................. C-12 Letters to the Editor ............ A-19 Movies................................. C-4 Restaurant Guide................. A-13 Scene .................................. C-1 Scoreboard ......................... B-5 Sports .................................. B-1 Weather ............................... B-2 Three stores impacted as a part of the environmental move TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Dylan Taylor, a fourth-grader at Jeremy Ranch Elementary School, speeds along the pavement as he takes a lap around the school in his inline skates on Thursday. Taylor and his classmates have been learning to inline skate with instructors from the U.S. Speedskating team. By JAY HAMBURGER A political divide addressed Park City leaders on Thursday evening enacted a ban on large stores distributing razor-thin plastic bags to customers, the first prohibition of its kind in the state. The ban is seen as part of City Hall’s broad environmental program and is also meant to reduce the number of plastic bags littering the community. The Park City Council voted unanimously in favor of the ban after a hearing that drew support from Parkites but questions from figures representing industries that will be impacted. The ban covers only Park City stores that sell groceries and have at least 12,000 square feet. City Hall says three stores will be impacted by the prohibition – Fresh Market, The Market at Park City and Rite Aid. The ban goes into effect in late June. Park City has discussed measures regarding bags for nearly a decade, first promoting reusable bags and then moving toward more aggressive actions like the one taken on Thursday. There is a possibility state leaders could eventually address the issue as well. An action by the Legislature, perhaps to prohibit bans like the one Park City adopted on Thursday, could override the local decision. Park City Attorney Mark Harrington explained the possibility to the elected officials in response to a question by City Councilor Nann Worel. The ban involves the thinnest plastic bags designed to be used just once. The large stores generally distribute the bags at the greatest numbers. The ban does not target reusable bags, bags used for foodstuffs bought in bulk and bags that are used for meat, fish and flower wraps. It also does not prohibit newspaper bags, dry-cleaning bags and garbage bags. “Everywhere I go, there is contamination,” Mayor Jack Event intends to connect conservatives and liberals By MONIKA GUENDNER The Park Record “It’s really hard to hate each other when you’ve heard each other’s stories. Hearing the stories is humanizing,” Founder of the Project for Deeper Understanding Rev. Charles Robinson said. “They become a human being, not just a spokesperson for an ideology.” Robinson heard that plea for bridge building in the days and weeks after the 2016 Presidential elections. “People from the community at large would come up to me and say, ‘I don’t understand why anyone would vote for [Donald Trump]. I want to understand. Can the Project for Deeper Understanding do something?” Robinson said. So in March, the group brought liberals and conservatives together for a ‘listening exercise’ in Park City. First, a select panel told the audience what led them to embrace the liberal or conservative viewpoint. As with other Deeper Understanding events, others could ask questions in a respectful way, creating “constructive conversations” as Robinson The Park Record calls them. Doug Clyde, a Democrat who served as a planning commissioner on the predominantly Republican east side of the county, has experience working with people holding opposing opinions. “There’s a whole range of views out there. It’s not as black and white as people might think,” he said. He experienced this while on the East Side Planning Commission. “We spent a lot of time on code revisions to accommodate and revise the usability of the Land Management Code. It’s not in anybody’s interest to make it difficult,” he said. Likewise, citizens can gain experience from this event. “I greatly appreciate that they [Project for Deeper Understanding] are coming over here, and I appreciate their work,” he said. Cheryl Butler, chair of the Summit County Democratic Party, was one of the four panelists in March, and will return for this event. “It turned out that the facilitator and moderators ensured a very safe forum where people could be very comfortable with expressing their point of view,” she said. Butler noted the similarities, more than the range of differences, in the participants. “All of us had similar stories of how our various backgrounds took us to our different political viewpoints,” she said. Please see A divide, A-2 Please see Plastic bags, A-2 Official considers a Parley’s Park is king second mayoral bid Andy Beerman would run for top office if the incumbent retires By JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Andy Beerman, a Park City Councilor who unsuccessfully sought the mayor’s office four years ago, said on Wednesday he would mount a second campaign for the city’s top position if the incumbent mayor does not seek reelection. Beerman’s comment, made during in an interview with The Park Record, is the most direct statement about the upcoming mayoral campaign to date. The incumbent, Mayor Jack Thomas, has not declared whether he will seek re-election. Thomas said earlier in the week it would be at least several weeks before he announces his political plans for 2017. It is believed potential mayoral candidates like Beerman are awaiting the decision by Thomas. If the incumbent seeks re-election, some who are considering a bid for the mayor’s office would likely not challenge Thomas. Should Thomas not seek a second term, there could be a wider candidate interest without the incumbent on the ballot. “I would run if Jack chooses to retire,” Beerman said, adding that he would support the incumbent’s re-election campaign if Thomas seeks a second term. “I’d like to make sure we keep moving forward with our priorities.” Beerman is 47 and lives in Old Town. He moved to Park City in 1995. He and his wife own significant residential and commercial holdings at the Treasure Please see Mayoral, A-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Sarabi, played by Megan Schulz, Mufasa, played by Oliver Shane, and Rafiki, played by Lydia Brown, stand atop pride rock during “Circle of Life with Nants’ Ingonyama,” the opening number of “The Lion King, Jr.” musical, at Parley’s Park Elementary School Wednesday afternoon. The production was put on by students in the third, fourth and fifth grades. VISITOR GUIDE Every minute counts when headed to Park City screening CONNECT Summit County, a nonprofit that raises awareness of mental health issues, will present a free screening of “Alzheimer’s Every Minute Counts” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, at the Park City Library. A panel discussion will follow the screening. For information, visit www.connectsummitcounty.org. |