OCR Text |
Show B-2 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 10-12, 2018 After abandoning communism by joining the circus, family discovers ski aerials Rec RepoRt PARK CITY MOUNTAIN RESORT Park City Mountain Resort is open for the season. On Monday, the resort listed 27 lifts and 74 trails open. Cloud Nine and Drift to Blanche trails were scheduled to open this week. For more information, go to Parkcitymountain.com or call 435-649-8111. Novaks find new life after leaving Czechoslovakia DEER VALLEY RESORT Deer Valley Resort is open for the season. For details on the resort’s activities and season passes, visit DeerValley.com or call 435-6491000. On Monday, the resort listed 20 lifts and 51 runs open. BEN RAMSEY JEREMY RANCH NORDIC The Park Record The Jeremy Ranch Golf Course listed all 10K of track as open for Nordic skiing on Monday. For more information about conditions and fees, go to thejeremy.com. At the North American Cup competitions at the Utah Olympic Park last month, Nick Novak, 21, had a mixed showing. He was fairly sure he dislocated his jaw on the first day of competition – X-rays showed it wasn’t broken. After falling on the second day, he was wondering if he would get a chance to travel with the U.S. Aerials team to Moscow. Only a few athletes would be selected to go, and it would be a significant stop for a competitor of his caliber. But he said what he really hoped was that someday he would get to compete in the Czech Republic, where his family is from. “They don’t hold the events at the moment, but hopefully sometime soon we will get an event there, because it’s one of my favorite places in the world,” he said. Of course, it’s changed a lot in the last few decades. The open political atmosphere and romantic ambiance of Prague was not always so cheerful, as Jaroslav Novak, Nick’s father, knows all too well. Under Soviet control, Jaroslav, better known as Jari, said Czechoslovakia was much different than it is now. He found communist ideology stifling, and time in the army, which was mandatory for citizens, was marked by hazing. He didn’t want his children to grow up there. The last straw was when, as a world-class trampoline gymnasts, Jari traveled with the Czechoslovakian team to the Gymnastics World Championships in Switzerland, but was told neither his team nor the Germans or Russians would compete, as part of a political move against South Africa. “Then I said we want to compete, and they said it would be about two years in jail when you go back,” he said. “We BRIGHTON MOUNTAIN RESORT Brighton Mountain Resort is open for the season. For more information, call 801-532-4731 or the Snow Report Hotline at 801-5324732 ext. No. 2 or visit: www.brightonresort.com for more details. SOLITUDE MOUNTAIN RESORT Solitude Mountain Resort is open for the season. For more information call 801-534-1400 or visit solitudemountain.com for more details. BASIN RECREATION Basin Recreation keeps a busy schedule, maintaining more than 145 miles of trails for hiking, biking, dog walking and more. To plan a visit, go to www.basinrecreation.org for a complete list of trails. For trail information or maintenance concerns, email Phares Gines, at phares@basinrecreation.org. SOLDIER HOLLOW Soldier Hollow park opened for the season on Dec. 21 offering a number of winter activities through March including tubing, groomed cross-country ski trails, cross-country lessons and ski rental, as well as the Biathlon Experience. Reservations and rates are available online at UtahOlympicLegacy.org. MOUNTAIN DELL Mountain Dell Golf Course is available for Nordic skiing. For pass prices and conditions go to utahnordic.com. MOUNTAIN TRAILS FOUNDATION Round Valley Express, Silver Quinn, Fast Pitch, Matt’s Flatt and Hat Trick have been groomed and area ready for Nordic skiing, according to the Mountain Trails website. Watch for thin cover on most trails. Other trails are open for fat biking and snowshoeing, though might not be skiable. For more information go to mountaintrails.org. WHITE PINE NORDIC CENTER The 3K track and 5K tracks are both open, as is the store, which sells skis, ski service, clothing and season passes. For more information and current track conditions call 435-649-6249 or go to the winter activities section at whitepinetouring.com. WASATCH-CACHE NATIONAL FOREST The Heber-Kamas Ranger District maintains trails and campgrounds in the Uinta Mountains east of Kamas. Wolf Creek Pass is still open, and Guardsman Pass is closed. The Mirror Lake Highway has also closed for the season. For more info, go to FS.USDA.gov/uwcnf or call 435-783-4338. STATE PARKS AND RESERVOIRS For information such as water temperature and current conditions at Jordanelle and Rockport state parks, visit StateParks.Utah.gov. For information on the Echo Reservoir, call 435-336-2247. The PHOTO BY STEVEN EARL/U.S. SKI AND SNOWBOARD Nicholas Novak, a U.S. aerialist skier, will compete at the Deer Valley International Ski World Cup on Friday. were crying, but not competing. At least we were there.” In the early 1980s, the Novaks – Jari, his wife used their skills as trampoline gymnasts to join the circus. “It was a classic circus with elephants and lions, not the cirque du solei,” Jari said. They performed off the Russian Swing, which is like a giant playground swing with a platform instead of a seat. Using the momentum of the swing, acrobats flip in huge arcs onto pads and props. It was all a cover. The Novaks, including their 1-yearold son, Lukas, would travel with the circus, biding their time until they could escape communism and move to a country with better opportunities for their children. They traveled with about nine families, including their children, performing shows Park City statistics for the week ending Jan. 8 Temperatures: THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Precipitation: Snow early in the afternoon Times of clouds and sun An a.m. flurry; otherwise, mostly cloudy Mostly sunny Partly sunny Winds: WNW 7-14 mph Winds: SSW 6-12 mph Winds: WNW 6-12 mph Winds: SW 4-8 mph Winds: WNW 4-8 mph 38°/21° 37°/30° 38°/17° 37°/18° 37°/22° Ogden 39/23 Elko 41/26 Salt Lake City 41/26 Sunrise 7:49 a.m. ......... 7:49 a.m. ......... 7:49 a.m. ......... 7:49 a.m. ......... 7:48 a.m. ......... Sunset 5:18 p.m. 5:19 p.m. 5:20 p.m. 5:21 p.m. 5:22 p.m. Moonrise Wednesday ...... 2:02 a.m. ......... Thursday ........... 3:01 a.m. ......... Friday ............... 3:58 a.m. ......... Saturday .......... 4:54 a.m. ......... Sunday ............ 5:47 a.m. ......... Moonset 1:14 p.m. 1:46 p.m. 2:21 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:42 p.m. Wednesday ...... Thursday .......... Friday ............... Saturday .......... Sunday ............ Ely 42/20 First Full Craig 36/12 Park City Provo 44/23 Price 41/21 Richfield 44/23 Moab 45/20 Cedar City 44/21 Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and Wednesday night’s lows. Grand Canyon 42/17 Jan 16 Jan 24 Jan 31 Grand Junction 44/18 Farmington 45/23 Page 53/33 Last Aspen 38/12 Cortez 45/19 St. George 53/33 MOON PHASES New Evanston 35/18 38/21 Wendover 44/23 SUN AND MOON Feb 7 NATIONAL CITIES City Albany Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus, OH Dallas Denver Wednesday Hi Lo W 32 30 pc 12 8 c 56 51 pc 41 32 s 33 29 s 42 41 i 55 43 pc 46 46 c 54 52 c 47 46 r 48 46 r 62 53 pc 50 20 c A storm system will move across the region Wednesday and Wednesday night bringing periods of snow in the mountains, while valley rain changes over to snow in many locations. As the storm moves off to the east, clouds will break to allow some sunshine in the south Thursday. Meanwhile, a storm moving into the Northwest will spread snow into the north. ROAD CONDITIONS REGIONAL CITIES Logan 39/26 Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Shown is the highest value for each day. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 High; 11+ Extreme. Jon Lillis Mac Bohonnon Alex Bowen Eric Loughan Zach Surdell Nik Seemann Nick Novak Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 REGIONAL FORECAST Total for the week ............................. 0.16” TM Aerials Ashley Caldwell Kiley McKinnon Madison Olsen Morgan Northrop Winter Vinicki Madison Varmette Jaelin Kauf Keaton McCargo Morgan Schild Nessa Dziemian Oliva Giaccio Mikaela Matthews Tess Johnson KC Oakley High for the week ................................ 46° Low for the week ................................. 16° ACCUWEATHER UV INDEX Avital Shimko Moguls Brad Wilson Troy Murphy Dylan Walczyak Troy Tully Emerson Smith Bryon Wilson Jack Kariotis Casey Andringa Joal Hedrick Weather WEDNESDAY Please see Gymnasts, B-5 Confirmed U.S. athletes competing at the Visa International Ski World Cup FIVE DAY FORECAST FOR PARK CITY ALMANAC throughout Europe. “We were really good at the time, so it was no problem,” Jari said. “The group got a contract to work in France. We traveled through France for five or six months, then we got one more contract in Portugal and after that, on the way back home, we disappeared in France.” They took their son and some belongings and boarded a train to Switzerland in the middle of the night. “We just disappeared,” he said. “(The owners of the circus) tried to find us, but they never could. My father-in-law went to their house to pick up some stuff, like a sewing machine -- very expensive in Czechoslovakia -- he knew they were kind of (angry) but nothing dramatic.” Jari said, had he been a high-level functionary, it would have been a different story, but being gymnasts, there was no lasting retribution against his family. “My father (a mechanical engineer) lost his job when I left, but they actually hired him again because they couldn’t do it without him,” Jari said. From France, the Novaks crossed into Germany, where they found an organization that was helping Czechoslovakian refugees immigrate to America. City Aspen Boulder Butte Colorado Springs Elko Ely Evanston Flagstaff Gallup Grand Canyon Grand Junction Gunnison Idaho Falls Jackson Hole Mesquite Missoula Ogden Page Pocatello Provo Pueblo Reno Rexburg St. George Salt Lake City Spokane Sun Valley Tahoe Twin Falls Yellowstone Wednesday Hi Lo W 38 12 sn 53 24 c 27 12 sn 52 18 c 41 26 c 42 20 c 35 18 sn 41 22 sf 42 22 sn 42 17 sf 44 18 sh 38 8 sn 36 17 sn 34 10 sn 57 38 c 30 22 sn 39 23 r 53 33 c 37 24 sn 44 23 sn 59 19 c 53 30 c 34 19 sn 53 33 c 41 26 r 35 31 c 38 19 c 44 25 c 36 25 c 27 7 sn Thursday Hi Lo W 28 16 pc 43 32 pc 32 25 c 37 19 pc 47 33 c 47 29 pc 34 31 pc 47 23 s 44 14 s 48 17 s 37 17 pc 30 4 pc 35 29 sf 28 24 sn 59 40 s 35 29 sn 40 33 c 49 32 s 40 33 r 38 28 pc 45 13 pc 57 32 pc 32 25 sf 52 32 s 42 35 pc 39 33 sn 36 26 sn 52 27 pc 43 32 c 22 17 sn Interstate 80: The pavement will become snowcovered and slippery Wednesday with K snow or rain changing to snow. M US-40: Snow or rain changing to snow Wednesday will lead to the pavement becoming snowcovered and slippery. TRAVELERS FORECAST Travelers heading to Wyoming and Colorado will experience delays Wednesday as snow accumulates several inches in the mountains, and roads even become snowcovered in the valleys. Elsewhere, a mix of rain and snow can slow travel. WEATHER HISTORY The heaviest snowstorm ever to affect the Southeast coast of the United States struck on Jan. 10, 1800. Along the St. Mary’s River in northern Florida, 5 inches of snow fell. The port of Charleston, S.C., received 10 inches. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 WORLD CITIES Thursday Hi Lo W 45 44 pc 20 16 c 59 55 c 53 43 pc 47 43 pc 52 48 c 57 54 r 55 23 r 60 41 r 54 45 r 56 47 r 54 27 pc 41 26 s City Des Moines Detroit Dover Houston Honolulu Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Nags Head New Orleans New York Norfolk Wednesday Hi Lo W 48 28 c 40 40 c 39 32 pc 66 57 pc 83 71 pc 62 45 pc 65 51 pc 79 67 t 42 17 c 47 41 pc 71 60 c 36 34 s 43 37 s Thursday Hi Lo W 28 5 i 49 33 r 53 45 pc 67 34 t 83 67 pc 61 44 s 72 53 s 80 70 c 19 -6 sn 53 49 c 71 44 pc 47 42 pc 57 53 c City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Providence St. Louis San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle Tampa Washington, DC Wednesday Hi Lo W 59 37 pc 76 61 sh 38 33 s 64 46 pc 47 43 r 35 28 s 58 54 c 68 52 pc 63 51 pc 56 48 pc 45 43 sh 78 63 c 41 34 pc Thursday Hi Lo W 39 19 c 79 63 pc 48 44 c 68 46 s 57 47 c 49 42 pc 58 20 r 66 38 pc 71 52 s 58 49 pc 52 44 r 77 64 s 52 48 c City Auckland Bangkok Barbados Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Dublin Frankfurt Hong Kong Jerusalem London Montreal Wednesday Hi Lo W 78 65 c 86 68 pc 84 79 pc 30 8 s 44 31 c 92 71 s 43 35 c 47 36 c 59 53 c 60 43 pc 48 35 pc 25 24 pc Thursday Hi Lo W 78 64 pc 84 65 pc 85 78 sh 30 9 s 40 33 c 93 72 pc 42 36 c 44 34 c 61 52 c 64 43 s 43 34 c 44 37 c City Moscow Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome San Juan Seoul Sydney Tokyo Toronto Warsaw Zurich Wednesday Hi Lo W 28 25 c 22 20 sn 49 37 sh 88 73 c 59 42 c 82 75 pc 24 7 s 77 68 c 53 39 s 36 34 i 38 31 c 44 33 c Thursday Hi Lo W 29 16 c 26 23 sf 46 36 c 87 75 pc 57 41 r 84 75 sh 17 4 s 80 71 pc 48 33 s 47 39 c 37 28 r 42 34 c Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. |