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Show A-2 The Park Record The Park Record. Serving Summit County since 1880 The Park Record, Park City’s No. 1 source for local news, opinion and advertising, is available for home delivery in Summit, Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis and Utah counties. Single copies are also available at 116 locations throughout Park City, Heber City, Summit County and Salt Lake City. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Summit County (home delivery): $56 per year (includes Sunday editions of The Salt Lake Tribune) Outside Summit County (home delivery available in Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and Utah counties; all other addresses will be mailed via the U.S. Postal Service): $80 per year To subscribe please call 435–649– 9014 or visit www.parkrecord.com and click the Subscribe link in the Reader Tools section of the toolbar at the bottom of the page. Continued from A-1 Roadwork delayed “This was planned originally. The water issue was expected, but we did get more than what we had anticipated. That’s why we did the saw cuts to drain that and we haven’t had any further issues. We believe that issue has been solved. One is not the result of the other.” But, some residents along S.R. 248 are unsure whether the chip seal is necessary on such a high-volume road. Peter Kemp, who lives in Deer Mountain, said a chip seal will create loose gravel for several months after the project is complete. “I have experienced chip seal and generally chip seal is used on roads that either are too expensive or not high-used roads,” Kemp said. “Wasatch County did one in the Deer Mountain neighbor- hood last year and we are still dealing with the loose gravel. It comes off your tires and it’s a mess.” Kemp questioned UDOT’s statements that the project is not related to the water seepage issue despite assurances from officials. He added, “The reality is they are trying to address the problem from last year.” “Typically I didn’t think you really saw it on that top of road with high traffic and lots of trucks. I thought it was a Band-Aid fix for whatever the problem is,” he said. “Everyone going between Park City and Kamas are going to be miserable. It just seems funny to be doing a project on a road that was just freshly paved eight months ago. I just want them to fess up and tell us why they are doing this and how it will work. We just want some assurances it won’t be a disaster driving on that road for the next three or four months.” UDOT is expected to begin work on the chip seal when temperatures consistently exceed 60 degrees. The project is anticipated to take approximately one month to complete. Most of the work is expected to be done overnight and during off-peak hours. Rotating lane closures are expected. To report a missing paper, please call 801–204–6100. Same-day redelivery is possible if you call during the following hours: * Weekdays: 6:30–8 a.m. * Saturday: 7–8 a.m. * Sunday: 7–10:30 a.m. To contact the newsroom, please call 435–649–9014 or email editor@parkrecord.com For display advertising, please call a sales representative at 435–649– 9014 or email val@parkrecord.com TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD To place a classified ad, please call 435–649–9014 or email classads@parkrecord.com The Hill Air Force Base Honor Guard presents the colors during Park City’s annual Memorial Day program at the Park City Cemetery Monday morning. After the presentation of colors, the Park City Treble Makers sang the national anthem. For questions about your bill, please call 435–649–9014 or email accounts@parkrecord.com Continued from A-1 The Park Record (USPS 378-730) (ISSN 0745-9483) is published twice weekly by Wasatch Mountain News Media Co., 1670 Bonanza Drive, Park City, UT 84060. Periodicals postage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah, 84199-9655 and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Park Record, P.O. Box 3688, Park City, UT84060. Entered as second-class matter, May 25, 1977, at the Post Office in Park City, Utah, 84060 under the Act of March 3, 1897. Subscription rates are: $56 within Summit county, $80 outside of Summit County, Utah. Subscriptions are transferable: $5 cancellation fee. Phone: 435–649–9014 Fax: 435–649–4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com COURTESY OF SUMMIT COUNTY The Summit County Council is scheduled on Wednesday to revisit the idea of constructing a new road to connect Bitner Road and the Silver Creek neighborhood. The frontage-road route, shown, is one of the preferred alignments. Street seen as a link between important residential corridors The Park Record THE NEWSROOM Contents of The Park Record are Copyrighted 2015, Wasatch Mountain News Media Co. All rights reserved. No portion may be reproduced in any form without written consent of the managing editor or publisher. The county envisions a route through Basin ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON To request a vacation hold or change of address, please call 435–649–9014 or email: circulation@parkrecord.com The Park Record online is available at www.parkrecord.com and contains all of the news and feature stories in the latest edition plus breaking news updates. The Record’s website also hosts interactive entertainment, restaurant and lodging listings and multimedia features. Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 30-June 1, 2018 Heroic flight recalled people at the ceremony looked skyward. There were other traditional elements as an honor guard from Hill Air Force Base presented the colors and mournful notes of taps were performed. A small piece of the crashed B-18, not found until the spring of 2017, was on display. Some of the people in attendance later visited the crash site. Upward of 30 people from the Pirtle, Anderson and other crewmen’s families were in attendance as the crash was remembered. Frank Smith’s father, C.A. Smith, was the last one to leave the plane. He retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel, worked in the logging industry, served as the mayor of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, was a schoolteacher and has since died. Continued from A-1 Wrecks mar weekend Published every Wednesday and Saturday Direct Importer of the World’s Finest Rugs A t t h e H i s t o r i c Vi l l a T h e a t r e 3092 So. Highland Dr., Salt Lake City (801)484-6364 888.445.RUGS (7847) Mon.-Sat. 10 am to 6 pm The son, who traveled to Park City from Idaho Falls, Idaho, for the ceremony, said in an interview his father met his mother while recovering in a hospital from the accident. He remembered that his father did not talk about the details of the accident, only describing he was in a plane accident. The plane was headed to Salt Lake City from Denver, he said, noting the crew was expected to fly to Pearl Harbor shortly after the crash in Park City. “Most of that generation didn’t talk about what they did, what they went through,” he said. “To them it’s like doing a job.” Ray Lynn Togersen’s father, Raymond Lloyd Togersen, was the radio operator and broke an ankle in the crash. His father, who died in the 1980s, spent his career in the Air Force, rising to the rank of senior master sergeant. The father said little about the crash over the years, Togersen said, describing that he had wanted more details about what happened. “It’s just a true honor,” Togersen, who traveled from Bossier City, Louisiana, said about the ceremony on Monday. “It gives me more insight to what happened that day . . . more of what actually happened.” A day before, on Saturday, an SUV traveling westbound and towing a camper lost control between Jeremy Ranch and Parleys Summit and entered the median, flipping the camper, according to Utah Highway Patrol Cpl. Andrew Battenfield. No other vehicles were involved. An elderly couple traveling in the SUV was taken to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray by ambulance with minor injuries. The Summit County Council is expected to revisit the idea of connecting Bitner Ranch Road and the Silver Creek neighborhood on Wednesday, with county staffers encouraging elected officials to select a preferred route during the meeting. County Council members explored the possible connection with staffers in February during a public hearing more than 30 people attended, with many commenting on their preferred route for the new road and the impact it would have on their neighborhood. Residents were split about what their preferred route would be, with most wanting it constructed further away from their own neighborhood. The connection is part of the county’s transportation master plan and is intended to improve traffic flow, transit circulation and provide a necessary route for emergency responders to access the Silver Creek area, according to a county staff report prepared in anticipation of Wednesday’s meeting. Drivers currently have to use Interstate 80 to reach Bitner Road or other areas in Kimball Junction. County staffers told Council members at the February meeting that the connection has been on the table for more than 10 years. In 2015, Silver Creek’s Service Area No. 3 conducted two informal surveys to better understand what the public wanted in terms of a preferred route. An overwhelming number of respondents selected a Continued from A-1 Golfers elude moose utes later, after the moose left the immediate area. “The moose was following them but did not seem to be actively chasing them,” Clearwater said. Moose sightings are common in Park City, but it is rare for one to be seen seeming to tail a person or a vehicle. The Park City Police Department regularly receives reports of moose sightings. The department said it did not immediately field a complaint about the moose on the golf course on Monday, though. frontage road connection. Four options are being considered based on the lowest cost of construction and number of parcels that would be affected by each alignment. The options are to extend the frontage road, Valley Drive, Church Street or Wasatch Way to connect with Bitner Ranch Road. The options have remained consistent throughout the process. The frontage road option would be better for future transit and connectivity to area trails, according to the staff report. It wouldn’t require traffic to travel directly through a neighborhood and represents the second lowest cost of construction among the potential routes. The preferred option for the Park City Fire District and Summit County’s emergency manager would be to extend the frontage road. The second option — Valley Drive — would disturb the least amount of wetlands and would incur the lowest cost of construction. The road is close to the freeway, but wouldn’t cause a traffic jam for cars waiting to access it. However, it would divert more traffic through a residential area and impact a significant amount of parcels. Church Street and Wasatch Way pose similar benefits or constraints. The matter is listed on the County Council’s Wednesday agenda as a work session item. But, public input may be taken. It is scheduled for 5 p.m. After the February meeting, county staffers were told to reexamine the costs of securing the right-of-way and gather more input from homeowners in the surrounding neighborhoods. Staff has encouraged County Council members to select a preferred route during the meeting on Wednesday to allow the public works department to move forward with acquiring the rightof-way and designing the new road. The police received at least two moose reports in the final 10 days of May, including one on the 1300 block of Lowell Avenue on May 21 at 7:38 p.m. The animal appeared to have a broken leg, the police were told. On May 26 at 4:25 p.m., meanwhile, two moose were seen in the vicinity of Bonanza Drive as it passes the Rail Trail. The police were told the moose were close to two buildings. It appeared they were “pinned,” the person who contacted the Police Department said, according to department logs. The Police Department in the middle of May fielded several moose reports, including one at Rotary Park in Thaynes Canyon. Rotary Park does not abut the golf course, but it is across the street from part of the links. Other recent reports involved moose on Prospector Avenue and Kearns Boulevard. Police officers typically attempt to keep pedestrians and drivers away from moose as they wait for them to move back toward the unpopulated open spaces in and around Park City. |