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Show A-2 The Park Record Continued from A-1 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. To report a missing paper, please call 801–204–6100. 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No portion may be reproduced in any form without written consent of the managing editor or publisher. 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 Published every Wednesday and Saturday Democrats on defense lawmakers — including Sen. Allen Christensen, who represents much of northern Summit County — have put forth legislation that would undo certain elements of the voter-approved plan, establish caps on the number of people covered under Medicaid and reinstate the work requirement that caused King and a number of other Democrats to vote against the Legislature’s original plan. Alterations to the full Medicaid expansion would require waivers to be sent to the federal government, delaying implementation. Christensen’s bill passed out of committee Tuesday. “We’ve already delayed this five years; it’s just ridiculous,” King said. “It’s just insane to not expand it to have the benefit.” He takes particular issue with the work requirement, which was not part of the plan that passed at the polls. “They look at the poorest among us and they say, ‘The reason you’re poor is because you’re lazy,’” King said. “It’s a naked value judgment.” Legislation King is also readying his own proposals tackling a variety of issues, like a law that would require action from bystand- Continued from A-1 Sport on an upslope The jumps got bigger, the grabs more technical, and unnatural spins (originating from the skier’s non-dominant side) became a must for competitive success. “Doubles have become the new thing,” Voisin said. “I learned my first double, the double cork 1260, back in October. Then also the rail tricks — the whole level of girls riding has really stepped up in all aspects in rails and jumps.” To put that in perspective, when Kaya Turski won the gold in the women’s freeski slopestyle at the 2014 X Games, the biggest move she threw was a switch cork 720. She probably could have thrown something larger, but that was the trick she had dialed to the point where judges would score it well. Voisin herself performed a switch 1080. This year, the winning run in slopestyle by Estonian Kelly Sildaru in- Continued from A-1 Parking hogged vehicles displayed an HBO sticker on the rear window. The parking spots provided the drivers a strategic location within a few blocks of much of the Main Street hubbub as large crowds moved about the Main Street core. From the parking spots outside the post office, the drivers could quickly reach points on Main Street as well as Swede Al- 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 ers in emergencies and one that would address net neutrality at the state level. With bystander intervention, King hopes to introduce a small adjustment that he believes could make a big impact in crises. “It’s narrow in scope and it’s focused just on individuals who know about someone who has suffered serious bodily injury and they have the ability to call 911,” King said. Another proposal he plans to put forth would require the state government to do business only with internet service providers that adhere to net neutrality rules that were in place at the Federal Communications Commission prior to President Trump’s administration. Currently, only Comcast and Centurylink, two of the nation’s largest ISPs, serve Summit County. No new developments In regards to a criminal complaint state Sen. David Thatcher lodged against King accusing him of assaulting Thatcher in a Capitol hallway, King said he believes a video of the incident published by the Salt Lake Tribune shows that the complaint is a “nothing burger.” The video shows King making physical contact with Thatcher during a confrontation. “I’ve never been so grateful for video in my life,” King said. “People can look at it and judge for themselves.” Thatcher filed the complaint last year alleging that King assaulted him during a heated argument in a hallway. No further developments in the case have been announced since the release of the video. cluded a cork 900 tail grab, followed by two switch 1080 mute grabs. Voisin said the field broadened after Sochi, and the competitors are pushing each other further and further each season. Which is one of the reasons Voisin is excited for the FIS World Championships, which will take place in Park City and Solitude starting Friday. It will be a huge stage, and the sport’s progression will be display for thousands of spectators. Park City is also Voisin’s home away from home, where she and a handful of teammates live in the winter. “I think it will be a pivotal moment,” she said of the current era in women’s freeskiing. “Just because this is the time when everything is changing, and women’s skiing is going big.” At press time, the U.S. World Championship freeski team had not been announced, though Voisin was in the running for the slopestyle team. If she is selected, spectators will be able to see Voisin and her fellow competitors on Feb. 6, when the finals will be held on Park City Mountain Resort’s Pick N’ Shovel run. “I’m excited to represent USA and Park City, and show people how much fun freeskiing is,” Voisin said. ley. Vehicles from other firms were seen circling Main Street and Swede Alley in traffic at the same time. A representative of a firm with markings on several of the vehicles seen in the spots outside the post office declined to provide a statement. City Hall’s transportation planning manager, Alfred Knotts, said the 5th Street parking restrictions remain intact during Sundance. He said staffers are “actively managing and ticketing if it is being utilized by non-postal customers.” Parking is tightly restricted in the Main Street core during Sundance. There are restrictions on Main Street itself, and City Hall increases the prices of paid parking in public lots during the event. Sundance, meanwhile, is the most competitive stretch of the year in Park Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 30-February 1, 2019 Authorities probe a hoax shooting report The caller may have tried to prompt SWAT response during fest ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON The Park Record The Summit County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an apparent “swatting” incident after someone called dispatchers early Sunday morning alleging to have shot his girlfriend at a home on White Pine Canyon Road. Law enforcement officers discovered the call was a hoax when they arrived at the home. The Sheriff’s Office received the call around 1 a.m. Sunday morning. The man sounded distraught and claimed he had just shot his girlfriend and was going to shoot “the kids” next. According to a Sheriff’s Office report, the man requested a hostage negotiator and appeared to be suicidal. He claimed to be in possession of an AR-15 rifle. Dispatch reported that the caller suddenly left the line and dispatchers heard what sounded like shots being fired. No other calls came in around that time from nearby homeowners reporting the sound of gunfire. Deputies, along with members of the Summit Wasatch Advanced Tactics (SWAT) team and Park City Police Department, responded to the home, which was vacant, according to the report. A residence caretaker told law enforcement that the homeowners were in California. Lt. Andrew Wright, with the Sher- iff’s Office, said the caller was specific about his location in White Pine Canyon, which is what prompted the multi-agency response. Investigators believe it was a case of “swatting,” in which someone makes a fake report to emergency services in an attempt to prompt a response from a SWAT team. Wright said investigators will try to determine if the call was part of a diversionary effort to pull resources away from the law enforcement presence monitoring the Sundance Film Festival. “That was in the back of our minds,” he said. “There are many different things that we have to consider when something like this comes in with very detailed information. This sounded like the real deal and something we need to be extremely serious about. We would treat any call like this with that same awareness.” Wright compared the call to other scams where people are contacted in a request for money. He said it is extremely difficult for law enforcement officers to track down the callers in those cases because an app is often used to disguise the number. However, he said “swatting” is not common in Summit County. “I don’t remember any time that this has happened to us specifically in Summit County,” he said. “We’ve had calls from residents who thought they heard gunshots, but nothing that has triggered such a large response.” White Pine Canyon Road features several multi-million dollar homes located around the Colony neighborhood, situated near Canyons Village at Park City Mountain Resort. officials have declined to provide details about the locations and hours of the checkpoints, citing operational security. The access passes were required at some points and locations, but at other times nobody was stationed along the Hillside Avenue route toward Old Town. The traffic involves a mix of Park City residents, members of the workforce, skiers and festival-goers in their private automobiles. Taxis, shuttles and ridesharing services add to the traffic during Sundance as they arrive in large numbers for the brisk business of the festival. The Park City Police Department received a series of complaints during the first days of Sundance that centered on traffic in Old Town. Some of those complaints were lodged south of 15th Street, the section of Old Town where the access passes may be required. Phil Kirk, a Police Department captain, said Old Town streets, typically narrow, two-lane roads, became stressed with the traffic. “There’s going to be backups. There’s going to be gridlock occasionally,” Kirk said, adding, “We’re hoping people are patient and understanding that during Sundance . . . that we’re trying to do the best we can to minimize the traffic backups.” The Police Department reports included: • on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 6:59 p.m., drivers were reported to be reaching Ontario Avenue on their way to Marsac Avenue, creating a traffic jam. • on Jan. 26 at 5:52 p.m., officers were called to Norfolk Avenue, where traffic was reported to be in gridlock. The police at 5:04 p.m. that day also received a gridlock complaint on Norfolk Avenue. Gridlock was also reported on Norfolk Avenue at 3:52 p.m., on the stretch of the street between 8th Street and the Park City Library. • on Jan. 26 at 5:30 p.m., cars were reported to be “racing down the street” in the vicinity of the 1400 block of Woodside Avenue. The drivers did not have the proper permits, apparently the access passes, for that section of Old Town, the police were told. • on Jan. 26 at 3:49 p.m., there was traffic on 8th Street as pedestrians were walking on the road. The person who contacted the Police Department said they “thought traffic was supposed to be local traffic only,” according to agency logs. City for the transportation industry. There is an influx during the festival of ridesharing vehicles and firms that do not operate inside Park City at the same level on a year-round basis, putting pressure on the established Park City-area companies. There have long been strained relations between the Park City-area companies and the other ones. The 5th Street side of the post office was expected to be closely monitored during Sundance as a result of City Hall’s recent change to the one-way direction of the street. The one-way change was designed to better manage traffic rather than address parking issues. Continued from A-1 Gridlock steals scene |