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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, April 10-12, 2019 Education The A-5 The Park Record PCCAPS PROGRAM GETS THE SPOTLIGHT , A-6 www.parkrecord.com Park Record. A-5 SCHOOL LEADERS TO LEAVE DISTRICT, A-6 WED/THURS/FRI, APRIL 10-12, 2019 Editor: Carolyn Webber Alder education@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.15718 Teen makes headway on inclusivity in sports PARK CITY RUNNING CLUB SET TO START ON MONDAY She won third place in statewide competition for her helmet design Park City Running Club is set to start meeting on April 15, according to Trailside Elementary School’s newsletter. The club is open to fourth- and fifth-graders, and training is scheduled to take place Mondays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The club will meet at Trailside Elementary School and walk across the street to run in the soccer fields. The club plans to participate in five races until it ends on June 1. For more information, contact Kristin and Pete Stoughton at 801-707-4030. LEARNING ACADEMY TO HOST RESOURCE FAIR The Park City Learning Academy is set to hold a resource fair on April 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. According to a flyer, representatives from employment services and agencies, financial supports, guardianship planning and independent living will be at the event. The fair will also include a screening of the documentary “Intelligent Lives.” For more information, contact Dan Gallery at dgallery@pcschools.us. HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA RECEIVES HIGH HONORS Park City High School’s symphony and chamber orchestra students recently returned from a trip to New York City where they performed at the New York Heritage Festival. According to the Park City School District’s Facebook page, the musicians received several honors. The symphony and chamber orchestras were awarded silver ratings and placed first in their divisions. The chamber also won the Most Outstanding Orchestra award. Nina Williams and Debbie Hsu both received the Maestro Award, the Heritage Festival’s highest award for individual performers. CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER The Park Record Remy Eichner is aware that life can feel limiting for people with severe hearing loss. So when she discovered a product that provided more freedom, she took hold of the opportunity. Eichner, a junior at Park City High School, recently came up with a helmet design that would fit around a cochlear implant, a surgically implanted device that functions as an inner ear for those with severe or profound hearing loss. The helmets would allow people with the implants to ride a bike, ride a horse or ski while protecting their heads with a helmet, Eichner said. She entered her idea into the Utah High School Entrepreneur Challenge put on by the University of Utah’s Lassonde Institute and won third place. Eichner calls her invention Enable Helmets. For her prototype, she cut out some foam from the interior of a bike helmet to create a pocket that fits over the cochlear implant. She hopes to keep developing the product to make helmets that are safe and comfortable to use. She came up with the idea because her friend, who has a cochlear implant, said she could not ride horses because no helmet would fit over the device. Given the options of riding without a helmet or riding but not being able to hear, her friend determined it would be impossible for her to ride safely. She also was not able to wear a helmet while riding a bike or skiing. Eichner enjoys riding horses, and she was upset to know her friend could not do the activity because the equipment did not accommodate her needs. Eichner became obsessed with trying to find some helmet that would work, but she came to the same conclusion her friend did. There was nothing on the market. It was not long before Eichner thought, “Why don’t I make one?” She shied away from the idea at first, unsure where she would even begin. “To start up a product and be a young entrepreneur is scary,” she said. Eichner does not consider herself an entrepreneurially minded student. Ever since she took an American Sign Language class her freshman year, she has planned on pursuing a career where she can work with people who are deaf. She said she fell in love with sign language, and she imagined she would be an interpreter or teacher one day. But a couple days after she came up with her helmet idea, a representative from the Lassonde Institute came to her class and told the students about the entrepreneur challenge. Eichner decided to enter the contest with about 300 other students to see if her product was viable. She spent the next couple months researching helmet safety and cochlear implants so she could make a safe product for users. She chipped away at the prototype while juggling school and two different sports. Please see Helmet, A-6 COURTESY OF REMY EICHNER Remy Eichner, a junior at Park City High School, won third place in the Utah High School Entrepreneur Challenge for her helmet that is compatible with cochlear implants. Club worries it may be target of irritant release Incident took place prior to conservative group’s planned event CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER The Park Record A conservative student club at Park City High School says it may have been the target of an April 1 incident involving a student releasing bear spray in the school’s lecture hall. The Turning Point Club, a chapter of a national organization that aims to spread conservative political ideas to youth, was set to host a speaker from B R I N G Y O U R F R I E N D S & F A M I LY T O Prager University in the lecture hall that evening. Prager University is a nonprofit that produces videos promoting conservative views. The event was relocated to Ecker Hill Middle School after officials evacuated PCHS following the bear spray release. The club’s leaders said they felt targeted by the incident, which took place about five hours before the scheduled start time of the event. “We can say with decent confidence that someone tried to keep away one of our speakers by pepper spraying the venue that he was going to speak at,” said Max Mobley, the club’s president. Please see Club, A-6 — join us — Saturday, Apr il 27 th 1 1 am - 4pm Jeremy Ranc h Go l f a nd Co unt ry C l ub, 8770 Jeremy Ro a d , Pa rk C i t y You MUST register your dog and purchase admissions in advance by April 19th! THE B ESTMINSTE R B ESTM I NST E R DOG SHOW A F u n , Fa m i l y- F r i en d l y Pet Fair & Ca n i n e Con test ! I t ’s op e n to ever yon e - even i f yo u d o n’t b r i n g a d og !! Dog Entry: $20/dog for unlimited size category entries, includes 1 adult handler General Public admission, even if you don’t bring a dog: $5/ adult, kids 10 & under free TO ENTER YOUR DOG & PURCHASE ADMISSIONS, CONTACT JULIE AT 435.640.5119 OR parkrecordevents9014@gmail.com sponsors The area’s first and best dog show, The BESTMINSTER Dog Show is a pet fair with featured dog contests that is open to the public, even if you don’t bring a dog!! The featured contests are for all dogs, regardless of breed or size. Fun booths will be displayed, along with light-hearted dog contests like Best Bark, Waggiest Tail, Loveliest Lady, Fabulous Fella, Best Kid Handler, Best Costume, and Best Owner/Dog Lookalikes! presented by Park City / Coalville |