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Show A-2 Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 21-23, 2019 The Park Record Continued from A-1 The Park Record. Serving Summit County since 1880 The Park Record, Park City’s No. 1 source for local news, opinion and advertising, is available for home delivery in Summit, Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis and Utah counties. Single copies are also available at 116 locations throughout Park City, Heber City, Summit County and Salt Lake City. SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Summit County (home delivery): $56 per year (includes Sunday editions of The Salt Lake Tribune) Outside Summit County (home delivery available in Wasatch, Salt Lake, Davis, Weber and Utah counties; all other addresses will be mailed via the U.S. Postal Service): $80 per year To subscribe please call 435–649– 9014 or visit www.parkrecord.com and click the Subscribe link in the Reader Tools section of the toolbar at the bottom of the page. To report a missing paper, please call 801–204–6100. Same-day redelivery is possible if you call during the following hours: * Weekdays: 6:30–8 a.m. * Saturday: 7–8 a.m. * Sunday: 7–10:30 a.m. Responders serve area and education. According to his bio, Leri “also has no problem setting a grueling pace for daily physical fitness requirements.” Richins grew up in Summit County and started working for the Utah Highway Patrol in 2013, according to his bio. The document lauds his work ethic, ability to perform under pressure, dependability and integrity. “(Richins) goes the extra mile to help the public when they are in distress and he exemplifies the core values of the Highway Patrol,” the document states. Croft realized his passion for helping others in need while working as a ski patroller, according to his bio. He then pursued and received his EMT certification and has worked with the American Red Cross. “(The) most rewarding part of being an EMT is the feeling of appreciation he receives from families who (he) is called to assist and seeing patients get better with the care they deserve,” the bio states. The Elks Lodge has hosted the event since 2002, and Hewitt said he is thankful for the lodge’s graciousness and generosity. “I can’t say enough about the Elks,” he said. “As fire chief, I always look for ways to recognize the efforts of firefighters, and the police and sheriff feel the same way. It’s nice to have an outside entity...go out of their way every year.” Lynnette Garrett, sporting homemade Elks Lodge earrings while staffing the corn-on-the-cob station, said she’d made seven dozen ears of corn and 25 pounds of coleslaw. Henefer resident Chris Paskett made the brisket. More than a dozen people in red Elks Lodge shirts volunteered to staff the event, mingling with those in other uniforms, chatting and handing out food and drinks. Elks Lodge member Craig Cooper helped launch the event initially, he said, to recognize the service of the people who often put themselves in harm’s way for the safety of otherwise. In years past, there have been a few times when firefighters were called away to work during the picnic, Cooper said. So Elks Lodge members packed up the food and delivered it to the fire stations, making sure they had a meal waiting for them when they returned. 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The Park Record (USPS 378-730) (ISSN 0745-9483) is published twice weekly by Wasatch Mountain News Media Co., 1670 Bonanza Drive, Park City, UT 84060. Periodicals postage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah, 84199-9655 and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Park Record, P.O. Box 3688, Park City, UT84060. Entered as second-class matter, May 25, 1977, at the Post Office in Park City, Utah, 84060 under the Act of March 3, 1897. Subscription rates are: $56 within Summit county, $80 outside of Summit County, Utah. Subscriptions are transferable: $5 cancellation fee. Phone: 435–649–9014 Fax: 435–649–4942 Email: circulation@parkrecord.com Published every Wednesday and Saturday COURTESY OF THE SUMMIT COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Ladies from Tagge’s Fruit Farm show off the corn and peaches for sale at the Summit County Community Market. Continued from A-1 Market grows Formerly known as food stamps, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program uses an Electronic Benefits Transfer to pay retailers for items covered by the program. Many retailers have card readers to access those funds. The community market does as well. People who receive government assistance can use their card like any other debit card at the market. And thanks to a program called Double Up Food Bucks, the first $20 in SNAP benefits will be worth $40. Wilson explained a state grant pays to double the funds used to pay for locally grown fruits and vegetables, up to $20. The limit was $10 last year. Vendors at the market are mostly local, Wilson said, with Tagge’s Fruit Farm, located north of Ogden, probably having the longest distance to travel. Others include growers from the Summit Community Gardens, Francis Family Farms and Rustling Aspen Farm from Midway, and Hawk & Sparrow organic bakery, also from Midway. Even the Summit County Sheriff’s Office has a greenhouse and garden that Direct Importer of the World’s Finest Rugs A t t h e H i s t o r i c Vi l l a T h e a t r e 3092 So. Highland Dr., Salt Lake City (801)484-6364 888.445.RUGS (7847) Mon.-Sat. 10 am to 6 pm might have enough produce to come to the Aug. 27 market, Wilson said. The benefits of shopping local are more than just tastier veggies, Wilson said. Nutrient levels are optimized the sooner food is eaten after it is picked, she said, and there are environmental benefits when the food travels shorter distances to consumers. Plus, buying local keeps local farms going. The market will feature Utah State University Extension instructors, including a nutrition expert and instructors giving information about backyard gardening and how to use what comes from the ground. The hospital’s health offerings include blood pressure tests, a mental health questionnaire and diabetes screenings. People will receive their results at the market, Wilson said, informing them of potential risks. In its first year, the market was at the Health Department, but it just wasn’t big enough, Wilson said. Moving to the hospital site last year worked out great, she said, and the hospital invited the event back before organizers had even asked. Wilson said around 300 people attended each market last year, and it’s grown by about 100 customers yearly. It’s a smaller market, Wilson said, but that allows more interaction between customers and farmers. “They care about their products, want you to have the best possible experience,” Wilson said. “It’s so small and intimate, people come away with it with fresh produce and information.” COURTESY OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER This map shows the Park City potential public safety power shutoff area, the shaded area on the left. As a result of a new fire-mitigation policy from Rocky Mountain Power, energy to that area might be shut off when extreme fire conditions exist. Continued from A-1 Fire threat fought the Jordanelle Reservoir. The shutdowns are designed to protect infrastructure, avoid causing new fires or exacerbating existing ones and to lessen the effects of unplanned power outages, but the outages may also leave residents and businesses in those areas without power. The utility plans to keep residents informed about the potential outages, and asks customers to update their contact information on its website, rockymountainpower.net. David Eskelsen, another Rocky Mountain Power spokesperson, said the shutoff areas aren’t in well-inhabited places, but rather near the so-called wildland-urban interface, or where growth and infrastructure has encroached on well-forested areas. By taking the juice out of the lines when the wind is gusting, the land is dry and the temperature is high, Rocky Mountain Power hopes its infrastructure won’t contribute to a potential catastrophe. Park City emergency manager Mike McComb said he has been kept apprised of Rocky Mountain Power’s plans and lauded the new initiative. He cautioned against misunderstanding the policy to preemptively shut down power circuits, saying the utility would consider turning off the power to these zones only “when it gets to predetermined critical levels in the highest risk areas.” “They’re not just going to flip the switch and switch it off because it’s hot,” McComb said. “When we get into the red flag conditions - hot, dry and windy for extended periods of time - (they’ll) just be watching the conditions very closely.” Summit County Fire Warden Bryce Boyer said power lines can spark fires in many ways, whether wind pushes the Continued from A-1 Tour draws big crowd H. Miller Group of Companies. “The atmosphere is really hard to replicate because of the challenging terrain, the beauty of the area and most importantly, the fans that line the streets. All of that is what makes Park City such a special finish.” One of the cooler aspects of the Tour of Utah is the “sprint to the finish bike race.” Taking place after the race began, kids, aged 5-12, are given the opportunity to race across the finish line in front of the cheering crowd. Fans were also given the opportunity to meet the racers prior to the start of each stage. “Autograph Alley” was designed for fans to line up and interact lines close enough together for electricity to spark between them, or poles get knocked over in storms with live wires hitting the ground. He said he’s seen a case where a hawk flew between lines, got zapped, then fell to the ground dead and flaming, starting a fire. Boyer called power lines a commonality in various fires he’s worked, and said he’d already been to a few this year that were power-line related. He said he was just returning from the scene of a small fire in the Chalk Creek area that appeared to be caused by a three-stage transformer that had blown and snapped off the top of its pole. Shutting off the power to a line that is in extreme fire risk is a last line of defense, Eskelsen said, and Rocky Mountain Power is pursuing a host of other measures. It’s clearing vegetation around infrastructure, investing in better engineered systems and has worked with the National Weather Service and the National Interagency Fire Center to improve its weather maps of the area. Eskelsen said the utility is installing weather-monitoring equipment in new weather stations and on equipment already in the field to further localize its weather reports - instruments that measure wind speed, temperature and humidity. It’s also contracted with meteorologists and trained its field crews to read and understand the data. Eskelsen said the devastating California fires have certainly influenced the decision to pursue this policy, but the utility is responding to a larger trend. “I think the driving situation really has been the change in fire behavior the last four to five years,” he said. “It used to be that fires larger than, say, 5,000 acres were pretty rare. Now that isn’t particularly rare at all. … (We) recognized in this past year it’s important to take individual actions.” Rocky Mountain Power is hosting a Wildfire Safety and Preparedness Information Session for those who live in the Park City potential public safety power shutoff area from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, at the Park City Library, 1255 Park Ave. with the athletes as they made their way to the sign-in stage every day, making for a chaotic scene, as kids would jump with joy when in the presence of their favorite riders. “Tradition is a part of the Tour of Utah and coming back to Park City is obviously a big part of that,” Zang said. “We want to showcase the state of Utah through the eyes of sport and the unique opportunity to take world-class cycling to Park City.” As the cyclists climbed up Main Street towards the finish line, they were greeted with chalk renderings, giving support and encouragement to all the riders. When you combine the love of cycling with the charm of Main Street, it’s no wonder Park City has become the annual finishing point for the Tour of Utah, breaking tradition of typically changing up the courses year to year. “It’s awesome to have so many cycling enthusiasts in Summit County who know a lot about the sport,” Zang said. “When I’m rolling in for final stage and the roads are lined with recreational riders, it’s all part of the success formula that makes this such a perfect place to have as a final stage for the Tour of Utah.” |