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Show C-1 B-1 OAK RIDGE BOYS SHINE A LIGHT ON KAMAS EDUCATION, A-7 RESTAURANT GUIDE Check out our restaurant guide on page B-6. Learn more at parkrecordonline.com/restaurants SKIER PUNCHES BACK AT A DISEASE Park Record. COLUMNS, A-12 DAY SCHOOL SENDS STUDENTS INTO THE WORLD JAY MEEHAN REMEMBERS A BACKSTAGE ACCOMPLICE The PA R K C I T Y, U TA H W W W. PA R K R E C O R D . C O M Wed/Thurs/Fri, December 12-14, 2018 Serving Summit County since 1880 Statehouse delegation makes stop | State House District 53 Rep. Logan Wilde, R-Croydon, addresses the issues he believes will be confronted during the upcoming general legislative session at a reception with Summit County’s elected officials and department heads Monday evening in Coalville. Legislators outline priorities in talk at County Courthouse ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The USOC during meetings this week could select a city to carry torch toward 2030 Efforts remain focused on 2030, but the games four years earlier could still be a possibility JAY HAMBURGER JAY HAMBURGER Park City, Salt Lake City and the wider Wasatch Mountain region by late on Friday could be selected to carry the United States torch toward another Winter Olympics. The United States Olympic Committee during meetings this week in San Francisco may select a bid city for a future games, likely those that will be held in 2030. Salt Lake City and Denver are the candidate cities. The Park City area has a crucial role in the Salt Lake City plans for the games. Park City Mountain Resort, Deer Valley Resort and the Utah Olympic Park are identified as major competition venues, as they were during the Winter Olympics in 2002. The Park City area would also be expected to again be one of the popular gathering places for the Olympic revelry, and any games organiz- The Park Record PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO A sculpture along S.R. 224 in Park City commemorates the community’s role during the 2002 Winter Olympics, a visible reminder of the games of that year. The United States Olympic Committee on Friday could select a bid city for a future games. Salt Lake City and Denver are the candidate cities. ers would see the Park City area as critical to the logistical plans for transportation and security that drive much of the overall preparations. “The importance of this meeting is we know Please see Games vote, A-2 Sterling start to season The Park Record Summit County’s elected officials and department heads were given the floor Monday evening to address a range of topics with the county’s current and newly elected state representatives ahead of the start of the general legislative session next month. The reception allowed elected county officials and department heads to have a captive audience with most of Summit County’s GOP state representatives, including Reps. Tim Quinn, R-Heber, and Logan Wilde, R-Croydon, along with Ronald Winterton, R-Roosevelt, who was elected last month to serve in the state Senate and retiring Sen. Kevin Van Tassell, R-Vernal. County officials have been working over the last couple of years to ensure state representatives are speaking on behalf of the county’s interests on Capitol Hill. “When we started this it was about relationship building,” said Janna Young, Summit County’s deputy county manager. “But, now it gives us an opportunity before the session starts to tell them what our issues are so we can try and work together throughout this session.” The representatives were given a few minutes each to address the issues they believe will be confronted during the upcoming session, such as tax reform, transportation, water and housing. But, the majority of the evening was spent with Summit County’s department heads taking advantage of the opportunity to address a range of issues important to the county, including medical cannabis, water quality, the county’s lawsuit against opioid manufacturers, and how the budget surplus can help the county with its transportation goals. State leaders recently announced Utah will end the year with a budget surplus of approximately $1.3 billion, with the lion’s share of it likely going into the state’s education fund. Derrick Radke, Summit County’s Please see Delegation, A-2 3 sections • 34 pages Classifieds .............................. C-8 Columns ............................... A-12 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-13 Education ............................... A-7 Events Calendar ..................... C-6 Legals ................................... C-11 Letters to the Editor ............. A-13 Restaurant Guide.................... B-6 Scene ...................................... C-1 Scoreboard ............................. B-5 Sports ..................................... B-1 Weather .................................. B-2 50¢ Olympic decision appears imminent The Park Record TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Vol. 138 | No. 89 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD The Winter Olympic efforts in Salt Lake City and the wider games region are focused on the event in 2030. But with the field of potential hosts for the Olympics of 2026 dwindling to just two places — Stockholm and a joint Italian bid of Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo — there is persistent chatter that the United States Olympic Committee could forward a candidate city for those games if the efforts in Sweden and Italy are disrupted by financial or political issues. It seems to be an unlikely scenario with the USOC planning to stage the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The USOC and organizers in Los Angeles want to focus on the finances of those games without the competition for revenues with an Olympics in the U.S. two years earlier. People involved in the efforts in Utah, however, continue to see a bid for the Olympics in 2026 as a possibility even if it is an unlikely one. If the USOC on Friday selects Salt Lake City as the bid city for a future games, probably the event in 2030, there could be a possibility the city would also be mentioned in the context of the Olympics in 2026. Such a scenario would depend on the status of the Swedish and Italian bids. Salt Lake City and Denver are competing to become the U.S. bid city for a future games. Colin Hilton, the president and CEO of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation and a member of the Utah Olympic Exploratory Committee, speculated Salt Lake City could become a “contingency” for the Olympics in 2026 if the capital city is selected as the bid city for a future games. The International Olympic Committee is expected to select a host for the 2026 Olympics in 2019. It is not yet clear, though, whether a host for the games in 2030 will be selected then as well. Salt Lake City and the wider Olympic region appears suited to be a contingency for the 2026 Olympics even as it pursues the games of four years later. The Utah Olympic Exploratory Committee sees the state’s blueprints for a future games as superior to any competitor. The backers of another Olympics argue the venues needed for an Olympics exist and remain in use at World Cup levels. They also say the transportation infrastructure, crucial to the logistical aspects of a games, is largely in place and the Olympic region is prepared for the crowds. Any games effort for 2026, though, would involve a significantly condensed timeline for an organizing committee and the other entities that would hold key roles like local governments and the competition venues. Park City Jodi Downard, left, helps her daughter Siena Downard, 4, ski toward the Sterling Express chairlift on Saturday during opening day at Deer Valley Resort. Please see A 2026, A-2 There is a power lunch designed for youths Students learn about successes of leaders in business CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER The Park Record As soon as the lunch bell rang, young girls started to pile into the library at Ecker Hill Middle School. They sat at tables until there were no more available seats, and the girls who continued to trickle in sat on the floor. They took bites of their lunches and chatted with friends as they eagerly awaited the Power Lunch guest speaker. Power Lunches at Ecker Hill did not always attract large crowds. When the program started three years ago, a few dozen students would show up as the word spread. But now, about 400 girls and boys attend the bi-monthly lunches, which are put on by the Park City Community Foundation’s Women’s Giving Fund and include a presentation from a female leader in the community. The speakers share the stories of their successes and life lessons with the sixth- and seventh-graders. Lauren Vitulli, organizer of the Power Lunches, said the idea began after the Women’s Giving Fund received a grant from Vail Resorts’ EpicPromise program. She said the fund’s 1,200 members wanted to be more involved in the community. The fund’s primary role is to award grants to nonprofits. After receiving the grant from EpicPromise, Vitulli said she talked with Park City School District about bringing its members into Ecker Hill Middle School to talk with young girls. The district agreed. Vitulli recruits members of the Women’s Giving Fund to speak and volunteer at the Power Lunches. Speakers have included Olympic skiers, architects and Pilates instructors. After some pushback from the young boys in the school, Vitulli decided to start hosting separate Power Lunches for the boys. Female leaders appear at about 10 girls-only events and five boys-only events each year. At the most recent lunch, Joy Durling, chief information officer of Vivint Smart Home, spoke. Durling spoke about her experience leading a team of engineers and chasing her dream of a career in technology. She encouraged the girls to lift each other up throughout their lives and to be positive during both successes and failures. “Learning how to leverage the strengths of the young women around you is empowering,” she said during the event. Some of the students said after the lunch that being surrounding by peers who want to learn from female leaders made them feel good. Sophia Azzaro, a sixth-grader, Please see Learn, A-2 CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER/PARK RECORD Students at Ecker Hill Middle School stand with Joy Durling and Lauren Vitulli, center, after the Power Lunch last month. Durling was the speaker and Vitulli organized the event. VISITOR GUIDE Catch a movie at the Summit County Library The Book to Film Club will host a free screening of the film, “The Catcher Was a Spy,” rated R, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 13, at the Summit County Library Kimball Junction Branch. For information, visit thesummitcountylibrary.org. |