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Show Wed/Thurs/Fri, June 26-28, 2019 A-3 The Park Record County Seat COUNTY EDITOR: ALEXANDER CRAMER 649–9014 EXT. 15712 | Countynews@parkrecord.com Hoyt Peak cabin burns No injuries in blaze, cause under investigation ALEXANDER CRAMER The Park Record A Hoyt Peak cabin burned down in the early morning hours Monday. The South Summit Fire District received the call around 3:30 Monday morning after somebody in the Marion area saw smoke and flames on the peak and called 911, SSFD spokesperson Scott Nagle said. “It was a small cabin up in the hills, been there many years,” Nagle said. “Nobody was occupying it at the time. When we got there, it was already burning good.” Since nobody was inside, firefighters didn’t enter the building and instead concentrated their efforts on making sure the fire didn’t spread. State fire inspectors arrived later that morning and the investigation was still ongoing, Nagle said. The district dispatched four brush trucks carrying 12 fire personnel, Nagle said, as the roads are still too soft and, in some places, snowy to get a bigger fire engine up there. The brush trucks Liv Patio eM usic is Op on en Frid ays ! COURTESY OF SOUTH SUMMIT FIRE DISTRICT An uninhabited cabin on Hoyt Peak burned overnight Sunday into Monday. No one was injured in the fire, the cause of which was still being investigated. carry hundreds of gallons of water each. The fire burned for about two or three hours, Nagle said, leaving not much more than the building’s foundation. Nagle said it was good there weren’t many trees immediately adjacent to the cabin, which helped limit the chance of the fire spreading to the surrounding forest. Firefighters sprayed down the couple of trees that were near the cabin, but mostly monitored the situation. The risk of it spreading was low because of the wet, cooler spring in Summit County, Nagle said. South Summit Fire Chief Scott Anderson commented in a Summit County Facebook post that if the fire had happened in a couple months when conditions are expected to be drier, it could have been catastrophic. He said it served as a reminder of the importance of creating defensible space around structures to prevent a fire spreading and give fire personnel the ability to access the building and potentially save it. “It wasn’t a difficult fire,” Nagle said. “A structure fire, not a big structure — luckily there was nobody in it. That’s the most important thing.” Wind farm to hold open house Public input sought for East Side proposal ALEXANDER CRAMER The Park Record Summit County might be getting its first wind farm. The project would be on the far east side of the county, about seven miles southwest of the nearest population center, Evanston, Wyoming. Emily Skill, a project developer with the firm that’s shepherding the project through the approval process, Enyo Renewable Energy, said the folks in Evanston will be able to see the turbines. But since the project is in Summit County, it has to pass through the planning pro- cess here. Enyo is hosting an open house to hear from the public from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at the Ledges Event Center, 202 Park Road, Coalville. Enyo staff members will be on hand to explain and answer questions about the project. Lisa Yoder, the county’s sustainability program manager said the project is “a big deal.” “I believe it is the first wind farm in the county and it absolutely supports the county’s net 100 percent renewable electrical energy goals,” Yoder wrote in an email. The Echo Divide Wind Park will use approximately 39 turbines along the Utah-Wyoming border south of Interstate 80 to generate up to 100 megawatts of electricity, Skill said in a press release. That’s enough to power about 21,730 homes, which Yod- er points out is about 80 percent of the total in Summit County. There’s no guarantee the energy will stay in Summit County, though the county will be able to bid for it. Enyo has an agreement in place with Rocky Mountain Power to tap into its distribution network, but no agreement yet about who will purchase the power. Skill said municipalities that have renewable energy goals like the county, Park City or Salt Lake City might be interested in purchasing the power, as well as utilities like RMP. Skill said the firm has lease agreements signed with landowners, has submitted an application for a permit, is scheduled to present the project at an info session at the end of July and have the East Side Planning Commission vote on whether to approve the process Aug. 1 or Aug. 15. Sunday, June 23 A man with three warrants out for his arrest was pulled over while driving on westbound Interstate 80. Deputies arrested him for driving with a suspended license and without insurance in addition to his warrants. A TJ Maxx employee was threatened after accusing a man of shoplifting from the store, but after the man left, the employee probably thought he or she was done with the situation. When the employee showed up for work the next morning, though, the man and two others were in a vehicle in front of the store, so the employee called the authorities. Deputies arrested the three people — a man and a woman from Heber City and a man from Salt Lake City — after seeing a meth pipe lying in plain sight in the vehicle and discovering there were several outstanding warrants for one of the three. After searching the vehicle, deputies found more methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Friday, June 21 Deputies investigated the burglary of a storage facility in Wanship after a man reported that he found his storage unit unlocked. When he looked inside, he found it was missing two computer monitors and some mail. Deputies noticed several neighboring units that were missing locks and attempted to contact their owners, one of whom reported missing a Dewalt drill. There was no evidence or video surveillance in the area. Thursday, June 20 A 35-year-old Coalville man was arrested for domestic violence assault in the presence of six children and intoxication. When deputies arrived, a woman told them her husband had pushed her down while they were arguing. There were six children in the house at the time. The Sheriff’s Office said it would forward the case to the Division of Child and Family Services and a victims advocate program. A 34-year-old Samak woman was arrested for intoxication after deputies found her unconscious in a vehicle. The authorities were called to the outlets on North Landmark Drive for a report of a woman who was going in and out of consciousness in her vehicle. 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The 19-year-old told the authorities he was going to live with his girlfriend. Monday, June 17 Deputies reported they would investigate a series of storage shed break-ins in Wanship. Sometime between the evening of June 15 and the morning of June 17, an unknown suspect cut the padlocks of numerous storage sheds and made off with camping equipment, skis and a heater. The Sheriff’s Office suspects the person was limited to what they could carry because of expensive items left behind. A person ordered more than $3,700 worth of goods from Home Depot using a stolen credit card. A man picked up the first half of the order a few days ago, but the second order is awaiting pickup at the same store. The suspect is using the name and address of a real person living in Herriman. The investigation was ongoing. © 2018 BHH Affiliates, LLC. An independently owned and operated subsidiary of HomeServices of America, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, and a franchisee of BHH Affiliates, LLC. 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