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Show A-10 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 1-3, 2018 Program turns a new page Junior hopeful for recovery One Book One Community is set for mid-October CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER The Park Record Each year, students at Park City High School and other community members open the pages of the same book and read. One Book One Community, as it is called, encourages students and adults in Park City to all read a specified book. The program culminates with a visit from the author. After the program was moved to the winter last school year, it is expected to again take place in the fall, with a visit scheduled for Oct. 16 and 17. The book that was selected was “The Rent Collector” from Camron Wright. The timing for the 10th annual One Book One Community was changed at the request of teach- ers in the English department at Park City High School, said Jen Billow, the associate director of communications and development at the Park City Education Foundation. The foundation helps fund the event. Originally, students would read the book over the summer and the author would visit in the second week of September, but it became difficult for teachers to make room for it so early in the year while covering the regular curriculum. Teachers thought pushing it to the winter would work better, so last year the program culminated in an author visit in January. Again, the timing was not ideal. Melissa Nikolai, an English teacher at the high school, said that moving it to the second month of school seemed like the best option. “It’s a good time to get an author in and to start off the year with this common book that all the teachers can delve into,” she said. When the program moved to COURTESY OF PARK CITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION Don Felder Quarter With Time.pdf 1 7/27/2018 PM The Park City Education Foundation recently3:20:05 announced that the One Book One Community novel will be “The Rent Collector” by Camron Wright. The program is again taking place in the fall. the middle of the school year, Nikolai said, most teachers were on different schedules for the curriculum and it was hard to interrupt them with the book. “We were trying to find our own time to carve out to fit that book into a schedule,” she said. “Last year, we felt like we didn’t give it enough justice as we wanted to.” She said that having it earlier in the school year lets students read it over the summer, but also gives students who move into the district enough time to read it after school starts. Nikolai wants to give as many students and adults as possible time to read it, because she said that it is beneficial to be able to share the experience and have a “common conversation” about it. “Anything that builds community and conversation and connection, I think is a great thing,” Nikolai said. Another change to the program is that, rather than having author lectures with small groups of English classes, there will be a big lecture at the Eccles Center on Oct. 16 that all students in the school will be invited to attend. Students interested in learning more about the writing process or asking specific questions will be able to attend a smaller lecture the following day. “That will give students where this is their passion a chance to be more up close and personal,” Billow said. A community event will take place at the Jim Santy Auditorium at the Park City Library on Oct. 17. “The Rent Collector” is a good read for people of all ages, Nikolai said. It is based off true characters living in the world’s largest dump in Cambodia. The main character is a young mother who is striving to educate herself and teach herself how to read. “It is about survival and what people will go through for education, for literacy, for the power of a good story to uplift and inspire,” she said. Nikolai hopes that the students — or anyone who reads the book — will gain a better understanding of how people around the world live. Perhaps, some will be inspired to do something to make a difference. after spinal injury from crash His family is seeking donations on GoFundMe CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER The Park Record Andre Lopez’s plans were simple. Skateboard with friends and enjoy the rest of summer before heading back to school in a few weeks. Now, after a car accident that left him in the intensive care unit, his plans are far more complicated. Lopez, 16 and an incoming junior at Park City High School, was returning from a trip to California on July 16 with his mother, Ana Lopez, and dog Roscoe when the car hydroplaned and flipped. According to Ana, he ended up shattering the L1 and L2 vertebrae in his spine and is currently being treated at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City. Ana also suffered serious injuries, including broken ribs and a punctured lung. She is out of the hospital and recovering. Roscoe died in the crash. Ana said the rainstorm that caused her to hydroplane began suddenly, a little east of Elko, Nevada. As buckets of water started to flood the road, she hit the brakes and the next second, the car was flipping. When she came to, a woman was yelling, “Are you OK?” She called for her son in the back seat, who said that he could not feel his legs, and they waited as first responders arrived at the scene to cut them out of the vehicle, which was on its side. They were taken separately via ambulance to the University of Utah Hospital and Primary Children’s Hospital. Ana spent a week at the university hospital being treated for her injuries. Andre is expected to be released in about four weeks, she said. Ana said that her son is recovering quicker than anyone anticipated after surgery to repair his vertebrae. He is able to freely C PHOTO BY ANA LOPEZ Andre Lopez, an incoming junior at Park City High School, shattered his lower vertebrae after a car crash on his way home from California. He is currently recovering from the accident at Primary Children’s Hospital. move from his waist up and can wiggle his toes. He has regained feeling in his legs, but is still not able to move them on his own. His lower back is also weak and is not able to support his body weight on its own. His road to recovery is expected to be a long one, Ana said. He will need to go through months of physical therapy and occupational therapy. He may need to be homeschooled in order to heal. To help cover the costs of the accident — including car and medical expenses — Ana Lo-s pez’s sister set up a GoFundMet page. 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