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Show C-1 B-1 BARN DOOR OPENS FOR ALPACA EDUCATION EDUCATION, A-5 Th PARK CITY FLEXES LACROSSE MUSCLES e Park Record. 2019 VOTING ENDS NEXT WEEK The Park Record’s annual quest to find the best of the best ends May 31. Vote at parkrecord.com/parkcitysbest Park Record. COLUMNS, A-12 INNOVATION CONTEST EATS UP STUDENT’S ‘SPORKNIFE’ AMY ROBERTS DISCUSSES HOW THE RIGHT IS SO WRONG The PA R K C I T Y, U TA H Serving Summit County since 1880 Band will march on Normandy | W W W. PA R K R E C O R D . C O M Vol. 139 | No. 31 Wed/Thurs/Fri, May 22-24, 2019 Step up for schools 50¢ Housing plans for Old Town split Park City PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO The Park City High School Marching Band performs on Main Street in 2017 during the Fourth of July celebrations. The band has been invited to play in France next month as part of the events marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day. PCHS students picked to perform during the D-Day anniversary CAROLYN WEBBER ALDER The Park Record In a couple of weeks, a small town in the Normandy region of France will watch marching bands parade down its streets to commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives on the nearby beaches 75 years ago. Dozens of Park City High School students will be among them. The high school’s marching band is participating in the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The school is one of 17 bands and choirs from the U.S. selected to perform during the memorial parade. The band is also playing at two cemeteries in honor of U.S. soldiers who died in France during World War II. The band is set to perform its numbers for the Park City community May 29 at 6:30 p.m. at Dozier Field. Bret Hughes, the director of percussion, said the school was selected to play in Normandy after the band performed in Hawaii in 2016 at the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He said the group that organized the musical performances at Pearl Harbor was impressed by the students’ behavior and skills. The group called Hughes two weeks after the students returned from Hawaii asking if the program wanted to perform in Normandy. By June of 2017, the marching band trip to Normandy was cemented. Liam Hanrahan, a junior and the band’s drum major, remembers hearing about the Normandy trip for the first time. He immediately knew he wanted to go. He played at Pearl Harbor and said it was impactful. He is eager to have a similar experience in France. “Knowing the history of what happened there and being able to play and represent the U.S. is just a very cool experience,” he said. Owen Nagel, a junior who plays the snare drum in the drumline, also went on the Pearl Harbor trip. He said he remembers looking up to the older band members during that time. Now, he is excited to be a leader to younger classmates. The students began practicing for Please see March, A-2 3 sections • 34 pages Classifieds .............................. C-8 Columns ............................... A-12 Crossword .............................. C-4 Editorial................................ A-13 Education ............................... A-5 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 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Ed Parigian on Monday studies the plans for City Hall to develop a second phase of workforce or otherwise affordable housing in Woodside Park. A City Hall-organized open house at the Park City Library drew approximately 40 people to learn about the development proposal in Old Town. The opinions were mixed. TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Allison Dittmer of Team Buns laughs as she nears the top of the stairs at a Utah Olympic Park ski jump Saturday during the annual Running With Ed relay race. The event, in its 10th year, is a fundraiser for the Park City Education Foundation. For more photos, see page A-10. City Councilor, fighting for working moms, runs again JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record & Snowboard Rentals. She grew up in Park City and is a graduate of Park City High School. “I’ve learned how to be effective in the role,” Gerber said about her first term as a City Councilor, explaining that building consensus and collaborating are important points in governing Park City. Steve Pettise and Megan McKenna were two of the people at the Park City Library on Monday evening learning about City Hall’s plans to develop a second phase of workforce or otherwise affordable housing in Woodside Park on the northern edge of Old Town. Pettise and McKenna attended a City Hall-organized open house designed to explain the municipal project, one of the most ambitious in Old Town in years. The proposal has drawn support and criticism as an important Park City Planning Commission meeting about the project, scheduled on Wednesday, approached. The opinions of Pettise and McKenna, outlined in interviews at the open house, are indicative of the broader debate about the project. The supporters see the project as something that continues City Hall’s aggressive housing programs, which are designed to offer opportunities to a broad segment of the community, while critics worry about a development as large as the second phase of Woodside Park in tightly packed Old Town. McKenna, a teacher at Park City High School who lives in Prospector, said she plans to submit an application for a unit in the second phase of Woodside Park if she does not secure a unit in the first phase. She praises the location in Old Town as a spot where someone can walk to Main Street, the Park City Li- Please see Gerber, A-7 Please see Plans, A-2 Becca Gerber wants a second term to continue addressing social equity, arts district JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record Becca Gerber, a first-term member of the Park City Council who is seen as bringing a younger person’s perspective to the Marsac Building, will seek reelection this year, saying she wants to continue to work on significant issues like housing as well as the development of an arts and culture district. Gerber is the second of three incumbents to declare their intentions to seek another term. Firstterm City Councilor Nann Worel also launched a reelection campaign. The other incumbent whose City Council seat is on the ballot, Lynn Ware Peek, is not seeking a full term after her appointment to fill the seat vacated by Andy Beerman when he ascended to the mayor’s office. Max Doilney, a businessman, is also campaigning. Gerber is 39 years old and lives in Park Meadows. She is the director of marketing for Aloha Ski City Hall project designed for Woodside Park draws praise, questions about the size PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Park City Councilor Becca Gerber will seek a second term in this year’s municipal campaign. She plans to campaign on a platform that includes transportation, sustainability and the closely linked topics of social equity and the affordability of Park City. Poet laureate lays track toward Park City Poem written as ode to and eulogy for the transcontinental rail SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Utah’s Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal says her poem “West: A Transition” is an ode to and a eulogy for the Transcontinental Railroad. The reason is because historians view the Transcontinental Railroad as both a monumental success and a monumental failure, she said. “General Grenville Dodge, Union Pacific’s chief engineer, believed the railroad was going to bring us closer to international trade with the Far East,” Rekdal said. “But what happened was domestic trade increased, because people traveled from the East Coast to the West Coast and began trading with each other.” The poet will shine light on these issues when she performs “West: A Transition” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, at the Kimball Art Center, 1401 Kearns Blvd. The reason Rekdal says she will “perform” the poem rather than simply read it is because the free presentation is a 30-minute multimedia event. She will read the poem against a backdrop of images and recordings of people speaking in the languages of the Chinese workers and others who helped build and maintain the Transcontinental Railroad. “You will also hear music that was inspired by the railroad’s influence on America,” she said. The idea for a collage of sound came to Rekdal during a year-long researching effort after she was commissioned by the Utah Arts Council and Spike 150 to write the poem in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad’s completion. “At first I thought I would write a long poem, but as I began doing the research, I realized that I needed to Please see Poet, A-2 PHOTO BY AUSTEN DIAMOND Utah Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal will perform her poem “West: A Translation” on Thursday, May 23, at the Kimball Art Center. The poem, commissioned by the Utah Arts Council and Spike 150, will feature a multimedia backdrop. VISITOR GUIDE A Swaner EcoCenter event is, actually, your beeswax A do-it-yourself beeswax wrap workshop will run from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, at the Swaner EcoCenter. These wraps can be used to keep food fresh as an alternative to plastic wrap or aluminum foil. Supplies will be provided. For information, visit swanerecocenter.org. |