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C O M Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, April 14-17, 2018 Serving Summit County since 1880 Ranching’s fences fuel area divide | Vol. 138 | No. 20 Diamond dodgeball 50¢ The area GOP mobilizes in a difficult year Republicans plan gathering as party reaches election season without full slate of candidates TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD JAY HAMBURGER A cow grazes on John Blazzard’s farm in the Kamas Valley in March. Blazzard’s farm has 110 cows. He owns another 240 that are currently in the west desert past the Little Sahara sand dunes. The Park Record A historic agricultural industry struggles as Park City booms ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record Summit County’s agricultural industry is steeped in history and familial ties, with the east end of the county still maintaining a predominantly agricultural-based community. But, everything from market forces to population growth and development are threatening the rural atmosphere and making it more difficult to sustain a living the way previous generations did. Many ranchers also cite a lack of understanding from those on the West Side and a “Park City influence” as endangering their way of life. John Blazzard, a Kamas cattle farmer, said Summit County’s growth could eventually be detrimental to those who continue to work the land. He’s already seen it take a toll on the Kamas Valley, as the amount of land farms and ranches operate on has significantly decreased over the years. An article on page A-8 explores the history of the industry in Summit County and the challenges that farmers and ranchers face today amid a changing society. Plastic bill produced a paper trail Parkites and others were dismayed with move against bag ban JAMES HOYT The Park Record In the waning days of the 2018 Utah legislative session, a bill passed in the Senate that caused an uproar in Park City. The Container Regulation Act, which would have banned governments in Utah from enacting plastic grocery bag bans, came under fire before the House of Representatives eventually struck it Please see Plastic bill, A-2 3 sections • 42 pages Business ............................... A-17 Classifieds .............................. C-7 Columns ............................... A-20 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-21 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ................................... C-10 Letters to the Editor ............. A-21 Restaurant Guide.................... B-6 Scene ...................................... C-1 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 Sports ..................................... B-1 Weather .................................. B-2 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Park City High School’s Kellen Denkers dodges an inside pitch during a Wednesday game against Tooele High School. The Miners beat the Buffaloes, 3-0. The team upped its record in the region to 9-0. The Miners next play Juan Diego Catholic High School in a three-game series starting on Tuesday. A threat of wildfires sparks early talk of summer danger Forum will explore whether Summit County could suffer a devastating blaze this year ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record Summit County Councilor Glenn Wright was volunteering at an event in Park City during the fall when a constituent randomly asked him if a devastating wildfire could occur here in Summit County. Wright was relatively uninformed about the topic, but immediately answered in the affirmative. The question was posed around the same time that larger wildfires were hitting the western coast of the country, particularly in Washington, Oregon and California, and the smell of smoke was lingering around Summit County. Once Wright conducted more research on the topic, he discovered the county was just as susceptible to a massive wildfire as places in other western states. As local and state officials start to gain a better picture of what the upcoming wildfire season will be like, Project for Deeper Understanding, a Park City issue group, plans to host a panel discussion to address the threat and inform community members about what they can do to reduce it. “We could be on the verge of a really bad summer,” Wright said. The forum, titled The Era of Mega-fires: Is Summit County Next?, will address the potential for wildfires and what homeowners can do to reduce the potential danger in their own backyards. It is scheduled at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. The two-hour event will also include a question-and-answer segment with the audience. The discussion will be divided into two parts. The first will address U.S. Forest management. “Over the last 90 years or so, we have had poor forest management practices,” Wright said. “Those issues are much longer term and we have to work with the Forest Service to improve the forest’s health, but it’s a conversation we need to be having.” The second part of the discussion will focus on the Wildland Urban Interface, which designates which areas are more susceptible to blazes. Wright said some of the neighborhoods that could face a blaze are Summit Park, Pinebrook, Sun Peak, Weber Canyon and Samak, among others. “I want to scare the hell out of people who have houses in the forest because that’s an area where we can do something about it,” he said. Chris Crowley, the county’s emergency manager, The Summit County Republican Party on Tuesday is scheduled to gather in Kamas, anticipating an upbeat evening even in a year when the local GOP is not competing in campaigns in its home county. The county’s Republican convention normally is a showcase event that provides the slate of candidates an opportunity to rally the party faithful in the months before the general populace typically turns toward politics. But it is unclear what sort of mood will be displayed on Tuesday as the county Republicans meet with the understanding that the party did not field a candidate in any of the County Courthouse campaigns, an extraordinarily rare scenario. The Summit County Republicans have, essentially, ceded control of the County Courthouse to the Democrats for at least the next two years. The gathering on Tuesday will follow less than a month after party caucuses that selected delegates for the upcoming convention. The atmosphere at the Park City caucus location seemed subdued as compared to some held in the past. The county convention normally involves crucial delegate votes as the candidates attempt to secure a nomination outright at the convention rather than being forced into a primary to decide the party nomination. But this year’s event will lack that drama since there is not a Republican competing for a County Courthouse post. The party does not anticipate casting a vote on candidates on Tuesday. Anyone can attend the convention, but only county delegates previously selected are allowed to cast a vote if one is needed to decide an issue regarding party business. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. at South Summit High School. “Convention is part business, part pep rally,” said Brantley Eason, the chair of the Summit County Republican Party, projecting a crowd of between 150 and 200 people. Eason said he anticipates at least 12 candidates competing in Statehouse or congressional campaigns or their surrogates will attend on Tuesday. They will deliver stump speeches. Eason said he is not sure whether Mitt Romney, a Senate candidate, will attend. He said it is also not certain whether Rep. Rob Bishop, the congressman whose district includes Park City and surrounding Summit County, will attend. Surrogates will appear on behalf of Romney and Bishop if they do not attend themselves, he said. “Everybody’s really excited. There’s a lot of chat- Please see Forum, A-6 Please see The GOP, A-2 The president ‘undignified,’ candidate says Eric Eliason from the United Utah Party seeks seat in Congress JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Eric Eliason, a United Utah Party candidate in the 1st Congressional District, would have some advice for President Trump if they were to meet. “Pull back on the tweets, for sure,” Eliason said in an interview about his long-shot bid for the House of Representatives seat that includes Park City and surrounding Summit County. Eliason, 46 and a resident of Logan, wants to unseat Rob Bishop, a Republican congressman who has easily defeated opponents over the years but has not proved as popular in Park City as he is elsewhere in the district. Eliason is an entrepreneur and investor who focuses on consumer goods and an adjunct business professor at Utah State University. He said the president acts in an “undignified way.” He criticized Trump’s actions regarding tariffs and the possibility of the administration’s policies could lead to a trade war with China and others for no reason. Eliason also questions the turnover in the Trump administration, saying an organization suffers when there are departures. “We really need to be an example to the free world,” he said. Although he criticizes the Republican president and wants a congressional seat now held by a Republican, he does not see himself as offering a platform similar to that of the Democrats. Eliason said he is socially conservative compared to Democrats, describing himself as a pro-life candidate. He said he wants facilities updated at Hill Air Force Base, a major employer in the congressional district, and described the possibility of Russian interference in U.S. elections as the largest challenge to national security. Eliason supports term limits in Congress and supports the free-market economy. Eliason described a stark difference between his platform and that of the incumbent regarding public lands, a topic that Bishop’s challengers and his critics have long stressed even as he easily won re-election bids. “Public lands should remain in public hands. They benefit us all that way,” Eliason said, knocking Bishop for supporting reducing the size of national monuments and backing the extraction industries. He said there are federal lands in Utah that “warrant better protection.” He cited some of the land that was once set aside as part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Trump removed that land from the national monument. Eliason Please see Eliason, A-2 VISITOR GUIDE Join the warrior women of Park City High School at fundraiser COURTESY OF ERIC ELIASON Eric Eliason is campaigning for the 1st Congressional District as a member of the United Utah Party. He plans to stress transparency in campaign finance and protection for public lands. Park City High School students will present the Warrior Women Fashion Show, a leukemia fundraiser, on April 18, at Jeremy Ranch Golf and Country Club. All proceeds will benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in honor of student and survivor Faith Froehlich. |