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Show B-1 C-1 THERE IS WORK TO DO BEFORE PERFORMANCE INSIDE THIS EDITION Be back-to-school ready with tips from our Park City Parent publication inserted in this paper. MINERS ARMED WITH LOTS OF EXPERIENCE Park Record. COLUMNS, A-18 MTN. TOWN NEWS, A-16 SUMMER IS GETTING HOTTER IN SKI TOWNS TERI ORR ASKS WHEN U.S. WENT TO WAR WITH ITSELF The PA R K C I T Y, U TA H Serving Summit County since 1880 Man saved from trench in Park City Crane used to bring the worker out JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record A worker sustained an unspecified injury on Friday morning while below street level where a pedestrian tunnel is under construction on Kearns Boulevard, requiring a rescue operation, the authorities said. The Park City Fire District and the Park City Police Department mounted a major trench operation on a busy stretch of the street outside the Park City School District campus as rescuers rushed to the scene at 10 a.m. The firefighters and Search and Rescue personnel encircled the location while some of them went below street level to secure the man before he was lifted out of the trench. The rescuers put the man on a basket and attached the basket to a crane the crews are using for the tunnel work itself. The crane slowly lifted the basket and turned toward the other rescuers. They retrieved the basket and helped lower it to the ground before carrying the man, who was on a rescue board, to a nearby stretcher. He was then taken to an ambulance and was transported to Park City Hospital. The Fire District said the man suffered an injury to an extremity while working in the trench. Details about the injury and the circumstances that led to the injury were not available. Tricia Hurd Hazelrigg, a Fire District public information officer, said the district’s crew fortified the walls of the trench using materials carried by the heavy-rescue unit, a standard practice in that sort of operation. They then secured the worker, who was between 15 feet and 20 feet deep, put him in the rescue basket and attached the basket to the crane cables. The crane delicately lifted the basket to the waiting emergency personnel. The Police Department directed traffic on Kearns Boulevard as the rescuers worked. There were numerous police and Fire District vehicles at the scene, slowing traffic on the road. The Police Department said the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration was contacted as a standard procedure after a workplace incident like the injury on Friday. The pedestrian tunnel is a major construction project along a busy stretch of Kearns Boulevard, which is part of the state highway system and also known as S.R. 248. 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B-2 Vol. 139 | No. 54 50¢ Fair criticized for stars, bars and Iron Cross A County Councilor says derby promoted white nationalism The Park Record Rescuers secure a worker to a stretcher on Friday morning after he sustained an unspecified injury while below street level where a pedestrian tunnel is under construction on Kearns Boulevard. W W W. PA R K R E C O R D . C O M Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, August 10-13, 2019 ALEXANDER CRAMER JAY HAMBURGER/PARK RECORD | The presence of a car emblazoned with a Confederate flag and another featuring what County Councilor Glenn Wright called an Iron Cross — a symbol used by the Nazis as a war medal — at Saturday’s demolition derby in Coalville prompted him to question whether Summit County should continue to support the event, one of the premier draws of the annual county fair. “Can’t be promoting white nationalism at the county fair,” Wright said during Wednesday’s County Council meeting. “Without (a policy in place), I’d go so far as to say canceling the demolition derby.” He suggested enacting a policy to govern what can and cannot be painted on the cars. One of the cars in question was painted tan and sported a Confederate flag on the passenger door and an American flag on the driver’s side. The other was gray with the number 88 painted on the driver’s door and a black cross outlined in white painted on the driver’s side rear door. Both the number and the cross can be construed as white nationalist symbols. The number 88, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, can mean “Heil Hitler,” as H is the eighth letter of the alphabet. But it is also the number used by popular NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., a connection that might have been more evident to fans attending the motorsports spectacle. Please see Symbols, A-2 CHRISTOPHER SAMUELS/PARK RECORD Summit County Councilor Glenn Wright suggested the county needs a policy to regulate imagery used on demolition derby cars at the county fair after cars displaying imagery he deemed objectionable participated in the derby Aug. 3. The two cars in question are a tan vehicle with the Confederate flag on the left, and the gray vehicle displaying the number 88 and a black cross outlined in white on the right side of the photo. All ears at the fair Voters poised to reduce the Park City field One candidate will be dropped in City Council primary on Tuesday, ballot deadline nears JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The Park City Council primary election is Tuesday, but hundreds of people have already cast their ballots. The Summit County Clerk’s Office indicated it had received approximately 900 ballots in the vote-by-mail primary by Friday. The primary season, which will drop one candidate from the seven-person field, has not been a political barnburner, and it is difficult to project what sort of turnout it will draw. The candidates are: • Nann Worel, an incumbent City Councilor who once was the executive director of the not-for-profit People’s Health Clinic • Becca Gerber, an incumbent City Councilor and CHRISTOPHER SAMUELS/PARK RECORD Aspen Silcox, left, and Fallyn Silcox, of Coalville, present their rabbits for judging Wednesday at the Summit County Fair’s Youth Pet Fest. The event allowed children to earn prizes by showing off their pets. Please see Primary, A-2 Park City posts rainbow-themed banners Pride flag-like pattern adorns Main Street as part of city’s ‘Love where you live’ efforts JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record City Hall has posted banners along Main Street with a color pattern resembling the rainbow seen on pride flags associated with the LGBTQ community. The banners are part of a wider municipal program of inclusivity and they were installed in the months after a controversy in nearby Heber City regarding pride flags that drew attention in Park City. The banners were recently put up along Main Street. The rainbow-themed banners, which also are emblazoned with the message “Love where you live,” are one of three patterns that adorn the Main Street lampposts. One of the other designs says “Love where you live” in English while the other says the same message in Spanish. The other two have blue backgrounds. Mayor Andy Beerman in his State of the City address in February announced the “Love where you live” initiative, saying at the time the effort would cover a range of issues. The announcement was made alongside other topics like a planned expansion of the infrastructure for electric vehi- cles and the creation of a resident advocate post at City Hall. The banners with the message written in Spanish are an acknowledgment of the large Spanish-speaking population of Park City. The rainbow-themed banners, though, are especially noteworthy in a community that has long been seen as one of the state’s most welcoming places for the LGBTQ community. Park City has hosted a gay ski week for years and there once was a Queer Lounge that opened for the annual Sundance Film Festival. The banners are flying less than two months after the Park City Council declared June as Pride Month. The elected officials that month adopted a resolution declaring Park City “has a dedicated history” of promoting equality and opportunities for members of the LGBTQ community. The mayor in June called Park City a tolerant community as he spoke in favor of Pride Month in the community. They also appeared in the months after a widely publicized controversy in Heber City regarding the display of pride flags. The Heber City controversy did not involve Park City, but leaders in Park City noted the issue in the Wasatch County seat as they made the Pride Month declaration in June. The Park City resolution was at least partially inspired by the controversy in Heber City. The banners, meanwhile, fit with City Hall’s social equity efforts, which are designed to ensure Please see Rainbow, A-2 VISITOR GUIDE Book club offers a rainbow of selections at the Park City Library JAY HAMBURGER/PARK RECORD Park City posted banners along Main Street with a color pattern resembling the rainbow seen on pride flags associated with the LGBTQ community. They are part of City Hall’s “Love where you live” campaign and are one of three patterns that adorn the Main Street lampposts. The LGBTQ+ Book Club meets at 4:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month at the Park City Library. The club will explore a wide section of fiction and nonfiction focused on the LGBTQ+ community. Snacks will be provided. For information, visit parkcitylibrary.org. |