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Show Wasatch Canyon Reporter EDITORIAL Snowboarding boards in town, some of the new places you can ride, sbus, to driving the damn thing. Every rider can go In this issue we take a look at some of the and how snowboarding went from the batk into the season es that vas the a finaneéi view i pomt they run thie, show: ue cea : ski ae : will _ | | - Alta Ski Lifts 801-742-3333 Opening Thanksgiving Week Number of lifts operating all ma MS, those jokes, but quieter. And soon the jokes will all be About Skiers. So enjoy this first 9 walking fully erect in the Wasatch. Base Depth patrol cars you sen Siu Bone set SK sly to good cause, except the officers in the twelve don’t know if you per you end up responsibi 0 of 8 30” Cost of an all area adult ticket Sheriff’s Visit Avalanche Benefit — An open letter to Sheriff Kennard: On September 26, I was at a fund-raiser for the Utah Avalanche Forecast Center at the Black Diamond: Complex. Everyone gay¢é ? e | $27 WRESORT . Brighton’s Snow Report Number | hem, but as the head cheese around that place, 801-943-8309 i as if they were on toa feally't big bust. The officers. < junted, eee th whatever, from their various cars and trucks. They milled in the parking lot, on the periphery of the party... eyeing us do-gooders with suspicion. This party raised $16,000. | Number of lifts operating Base Depth Cost of an all day ticket 2 of 7 25” esshinge ~ 801-649- 811 cet Joreking NOW AND OPEN snowboar ding! re mace Setgeant Potter went on to assure me that | Se oo nego ‘ the Av nine units sure as death gad. taxes. Ban th = if a | 4 me that according to his records “only four units rolled” to these calls. My eyes can’t fm Park City a character” who fumed. gut to have an outstanding warrant. Of course that description fit many of us at the event. reese aoe - I thought it was curious. While it is true, I only counted nine patrol cars, other: pers reported seeing as many as twelve. I spoke with Sergeant Potter, the information officer at the Sheri f°s department, and he assured me that there were two calls emanating from the Black Diamond Complex at approximately the same time. One was a call regarding a young child locked in White Ford Explorer. The other was concerning a “suspicious looking ay oy Number of Lifts Open Jupiter Total ct FullDay | 1of 14. diay eases = Pow : ‘the atmosphere of wiht was previously a fun benefit. String Cheese Incident was playing, Tibetan food was hs served, great local soa exe being raffled and auctioned. «$21 oi ” ee ae ae What I learned in Sophomore philosophy class: Violence is not only the physical act, it is the threat of violence. What I mean by this is that one officer present at the party is a comforting sign of public security. Twelve officers, and their accompanying twelve firearms, twelve cans of mace, and twelve very large batons built only for striking people, is a threat, therefor an act of violence against the people at the Avalanche forecasters party. Mind you, all of these people are taxpayers, most law abiding, and many are business owners in the valley. Yes some had long hair, but I thought that persecution of long hairs was not as trendy as the heady days of the “60’s and *70’s. - WE cin de < eae ticeominee: 801-534-1400 Number of Lifts Operating = ZO 7 ~Mid Mountain Depth Here is what you need to know as the Sheriff. You cannot gather a large group of officers together, fully armed without looking like a threat. You do yourself and your department’s image a grave disservice by appearing en ie Early Season Full Day Lift Pass $22 masse. The funny thing is the response you so often hear is “if the people aren’t doing anything wrong, then they “ap have nothing to fear.” That 1s a myth. Even someone who is completely legal has fear when they are faced with a football squad sized crowd of officers. We have created a system in our country that has caused much of the} Mauntaii © oer Ee no Brian Head Resort- 801.677.2035 Deer Valley Resort - 801.649.1000 populace to fear rather than celebrate police. Your job as sheriff would be to turn that trend around. Therefor you Elk Meadows - 801.438.5433 need to weigh the value of collecting that many officers together at one time. They better be heading to a parade Nordic Valley - 801.745.3511 or chasing some big crime, because otherwise you are merely decreasing the publics faith in their police system. Powder Mountain - 801.745.3771 | ; Using my little calculator, and making a few phone calls, I was able to determine roughly the value of the time Snowbasin - 801.399.1135 Snowbird - 801.742.2222 Sundance Resort - 801.225.4107 that these officers spent ruining the party. I think it would be a nice good faith gesture if you, or your men, kicked Wolf Mountain- 801.649.5400 in the equivalent of the tax money which was frivolously used that September evening. Based on beginning Sheriff’s pay, average car lease cost, and gas, I feel you owe the Avalanche Forecast Center a cool $400 bucks...who knows, that money might actually save a life. Next year I suggest you just buy tickets to the event. Other terribly important phone numbers: (attarwood (alato NG16 Aan chellleat ler I fi 364.1581" Extended: 364.1591 _ . Fark City Avalanche/Weather Info: 649.2250 SKI UTAH Snow Report: 521.8102 UDOT Road Conditions: 964.6000 Weather: 575.7669 US Navy Exact Time: 1.900.410.TIME Page 2 . : __ |
