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Show A-4 Wed/Thurs/Fri, April 17-19, 2019 The Park Record Help keep Park City Green and Clean City Beat CITY EDITOR: JAY HAMBURGER 649–9014 EXT. 15711 | citynews@parkrecord.com Bobcat traverses yard Blue Boar Inn & Restaurant WEDNESDAY NIGHT CHEF’S DINNER $29.95 for Three Courses Enchanting European Inn & Fine Dining Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Served Daily Sunday Brunch Look for Green Tips every Wednesday in The Park Record for ways to be ecofriendly in your daily life AAA FOUR DIAMOND AWARD, 2015 Inn & Restaurant BEST OF STATE 2018 Best Northern European Fine Dining Best Bed & Breakfast Best Plated Brunch 1235 Warm Springs Road, Midway, Utah 435.654.1400 • www.theblueboarinn.com COURTESY OF JASON HENDRICKSON A Solamere man, Jason Hendrickson, last week saw a bobcat traverse the backyard, calling the experience a “pretty cool thing.” The sighting in the backyard followed a little more than two weeks after the Park City Police Department fielded a call about a bobcat carrying off a rabbit. The animal trots across snow in Solamere JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Please join us in Celebration on Easter Sunday Services at 8:30am and 10:30am Enjoy brunch between services 4051 N. Highway 224 shepherdofthemountains.org Jason Hendrickson was inside his Solamere house last Thursday evening playing with his pet Australian shepherd when he noticed something moving outside. It was a bobcat traversing the backyard at a slow pace across the snow. A brief video captured by Hendrickson shows the animal move from the open yard toward a pine before disappearing from view. It was “trotting across the backyard,” Hendrickson said. “It was pretty awesome. I’m glad my dog was inside with me,” Hendrickson said in an interview, calling the experience a “pretty cool thing.” It was the first time he saw the bobcat and he has not seen it since the sighting on Thursday. As a result of the sighting, he said, he now goes outside with the pet to “scope out the backyard, just to be sure.” He estimated the bobcat weighs up to 35 pounds and compared the animal’s size to that of a medium-sized dog. The sighting outside the Solamere house occurred a little more than two weeks after an earlier report of a bobcat in a different part of Park City. In the earlier case, the Park City Police Department was told a bobcat was seen carrying off a rabbit on Three Kings Drive, a street close to the Park City Golf Club. Bobcat reports to the Police Department are rare. Wild Aware Utah, a program that involves the state Department of Natural Resources, Utah’s Hogle Zoo and Utah State University Cooperative Extension, says bobcats are adapted to living close to people and are found in areas that are urban. Wild Aware Utah says bobcats sometimes see small pets as well as poultry as prey even though conflicts with people are uncommon. More information about bobcats is available on the Wild Aware Utah website. The link is: wildawareutah.org/utah-wildlife-information/bobcats. Wildlife reports to the Police Department dropped last week after numerous calls in recent months. The heavy snow in the winter forced the animals like deer, elk and moose to lower elevations in search of food. Predators like mountain lions followed the prey animals to the lower elevations. Spots on art board available Panel influences city government’s selection of works CITRUS CUCUMBER PEDICURE $80 $53 LOCALS* This refreshingly light pedicure revives your feet for spring with a citrus sea salt body polish infused with Vitamin E for radiantlooking skin. Lock in all of the moisture with a shea butter whip while enjoying The Getaway cocktail or a Cucumber Mint Smash mocktail. CALL FOR APPOINTMENT: 435-647-5555 *Available April 1 – May 31, 2019. WA L D O R FA S TO R I A PA R KC I T Y.CO M JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Park City wants to add to the palette of opinions about public art in the community. Mayor Andy Beerman and the Park City Council are preparing for a round of appointments to the Park City Public Art Advisory Board, a City Hall panel that holds influence in decisions regarding artworks on public display. The Public Art Advisory Board crafts recommendations to the elected officials about plans to display artworks as well as expenditures for the works. The panel also maintains an inventory of City Hall’s public art. The Public Art Advisory Board is also heavily involved as City Hall selects artists to create pieces that will be acquired with taxpayer funds. Three spots are available on the Public Art Advisory Board. Someone must live within the Park City limits to qualify for appointment. Terms are three years and someone is limited to serving a maximum of two terms consecutively. Meetings are scheduled on the second Monday each month at 5 p.m. There is no compensation for service on the Public Art Advisory Board. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on April 29. They are available on the City Hall website, parkcity.org. Select “Public Art Advisory Board (PAAB) Vacancies” in the Latest News section of the front page. The direct link for information is: parkcity.org/ Home/Components/News/ News/33894/23?backlist=%2f. The elected officials intend to interview the candidates and make the appointments in May. The terms are scheduled to begin July 8. For more information, contact Jenny Diersen, the economic development program manager at City Hall, at jenny. diersen@parkcity.org or 6405063. The Public Art Advisory Board, meanwhile, is scheduled to provide the elected officials an annual update at a City Council meeting on Thursday. The discussion is expected to cover priorities for 2019 and is slated to begin at 3:40 p.m. in the City Council chambers at the Marsac Building. PoliCe Blotter Photographer draws attention near schools A Park City police officer investigated a driver whose vehicle pulled off Kearns Boulevard close to the Park City School District campus on Saturday, April 13 at 10:58 p.m. The officer contacted the driver, learning the person was photographing nighttime scenes. The person indicated they would be at the location for 30 minutes, according to police logs. Other incidents reported to the Police Department last week included: On Sunday, April 14 at 6:34 p.m., the police received a complaint about gushing water toward the north end of City Park, in the vicinity of Park Avenue and Sullivan Road. The person who contacted the Police Department indicated a water main may have broken. The police described the case as a utility issue. Garbage was seen in the road at or close to the intersection of Kearns Boulevard and Snow Creek Drive at 3:14 p.m. The police described the garbage as a traffic hazard and was removed. A vehicle was seen with a broken rear window at the China Bridge garage at 3:10 p.m. Public police logs did not provide details. The Police Department said the circumstances were suspicious. A driver reportedly left a garage with an unspecified sort of bag atop the vehicle at 12:20 p.m. on Kearns Boulevard. The bag fell off the vehicle, the police were told. A party, described to the police as large, was reported at 12:48 a.m. on Saddle View Way. The Police Department logged the case as suspected disturbing the peace. On Saturday, April 13, a man was reported to be yelling somewhere along Park Avenue, close to an abandoned commercial space, at 4:56 a.m. The Police Department classified the case as suspected disturbing the peace. On Friday, April 12 at 11:47 a.m., the police assisted after a vehicle ran out of gas at or close to the intersection of Kearns Boulevard and Bonanza Drive. The Police Department at 11:47 a.m. received a complaint from someone along Park Avenue, where construction workers were reported to be trespassing and destroying landscaping. The police indi- cated the case was civil rather than criminal in nature. On Wednesday, April 10 at 10:48 p.m., a person on Lucky John Drive told the police left a house and found doors open when they returned that were not open when they left. The person wanted a police officer to walk through the house. The Police Department said the circumstances were suspicious. The Police Department at 1:35 p.m. received a complaint about stoplights showing green in all directions at the intersection of S.R. 224 and Meadows Drive. The police indicated the issue caused a traffic hazard. On Tuesday, April 9 at 6:51 p.m., a vehicle was reported to have been burglarized somewhere along Park Avenue. Public police logs did not provide details. A hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on Snow Creek Drive the day after it occurred. The police received the report at 2:31 p.m. The victim was parked in a lot at the time the damage occurred. Public police logs did not provide details. On Monday, April 8 at 3:51 p.m., a bag was reportedly stolen from a ski locker room on Empire Club Drive. The Police Department logged the case as a suspected theft. |