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Show A-2 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, August 24-27, 2019 The Park Record 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. 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Believing he’s out of the Wasatch game, Skidmore fell into a minor funk. But rather than continuing to sulk, Skidmore and his family relied on their faith to get through the tough period. Skidmore, who’s a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, read scriptures each day, particularly ones that described what he was going through and asking for a miracle to have him play. “A lot of prayer, positive thinking really helped me get through it,” Skidmore said. “There’s a lot of stuff in scriptures and the book of Mormon that said God is the God of miracles. … I held on to a lot of that and just had faith.” His faith allowed him to focus on his rehab, which he did every day. He visited teammate Andrew Pederson’s house to use the “Bemer,” a machine that electromagnetically promotes blood flow in the micro vessels of the body to aid in healing. Despite the prayer and rehab twice a day, Skidmore’s participation was undetermined for the Wasatch game after initially being told he would be out for up to six weeks. Everything changed when he got a fleeting moment of hope while attending church on Aug. 11, furthering his belief in faith. “The orthopedic I was seeing is a member of my church and I had a chance to talk with him,” Skidmore said. “After church, he started to do a bunch of grip tests and motion tests and he thought I’d be able to get the cast off that week. … It was probably the best news I’ve heard the whole summer. I felt like I was floating.” Continued from A-1 Service honored less of the gravity of the moment,” Elliott said. “And her smile was very reassuring.” Lewis helped every new elected official from County Councilor to assessor find their way, Elliott said, a point echoed by Richer, himself a former County Commissioner, and Tom Fisher, the current county manager. Richer described Lewis as friendly and outgoing, always with a calm demeanor and never ruffled. He said Lewis was nominated for the honor by 15 people. Elliott lauded her leadership style, kindness of spirit and willingness to accept every person she encountered. “She trusted people to give her their best,” Elliott said. “When you know that the person you’re talking with trusts you and appreciates your viewpoint, you’re going to give back that trust.” Wally and Lorraine Stuecken Rob Harter, the executive director of the Christian Center of Park City, recalled Wally Stuecken as a storyteller who would pop into his office after taking care of the flowers out front, coffee in hand and armed with at least one joke. “They’re people with boundless energy,” Harter said of the Stueckens. “It felt like every time I turned around they were volunteering somewhere, planting gardens, pulling weeds, doing recycling, riding their bikes around town.” After relocating to Park City on a fulltime basis in 2006, the Stueckens quickly became full-time volunteers. 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 Rather than going to the doctor the following Monday of game week, Skidmore and his family elected to wait until Wednesday to go to the doctors for an X-ray and final decision. “We easily could’ve gone Monday, but I wanted to give it as much time as possible so we waited until the last day I could get it checked out before I had to practice in order to play,” Skidmore said. “I practiced Monday and Tuesday, going through 7-on-7 stuff to stay fresh. … But more than anything, getting the mental reps in by helping Carson (Tabaracci, backup QB) get ready for the game in case I couldn’t play.” After the X-ray, the doctor cleared Skidmore to play. Skidmore would have to wear a brace for the game as a precaution since he was not fully healed. The brace hardly mattered because Skidmore was so ecstatic to get the chance to strap up against Wasatch that he couldn’t wait to tell head coach Josh Montzingo the good news. “Knowing he needed a doctor’s note clearing me to play, I walked into his office right after the appointment and just kind of dangled the note in front of him with a big smile on my face,” Skidmore said. “I definitely had some fun with it, but he just shook his head and said ‘Good, let’s go to work.’” And go to work is exactly what Skidmore did under the bright lights two nights later. He finished the game completing 11-of-15 passes for 208 yards and three touchdowns, adding another 29 yards rushing and a touchdown in leading the Miners to a 35-30 victory. After the game, while standing on the field and watching his teammates and the fans celebrate the win, Skidmore couldn’t help but think back at what had occurred over the previous three weeks. He reflected on having his dream crushed before his eyes, the emotional and spiritual toll it took on him to stay positive and the physical journey to get healthy and play. “Without a doubt, yes,” said Skidmore when asked if it was all worth it. “If not for my faith, family and teammates, this wouldn’t have happened. It’s a big faith builder.” Richer said the list of organizations the Stueckens helped stretches to more than 20. It includes Park City Hospital, Peace House, Christian Center of Park City and the National Ability Center. “They were people that I would say were very willing to be on the front lines and help with all these different organizations and help in all these different ways,” he said. “Whenever you go to an event at the Park City Institute, there they were handing out programs. When you went to a Deer Valley symphony, there they were handing out programs.” Katie Wright, executive director of the Park City Community Foundation, recalled noticing the Stueckens for the first time when she saw them volunteering at three organizations on the same day. “They find absolute joy and, frankly, bring a lot of joy to people, by volunteering and serving at many, many nonprofits in our community,” Wright said. “They do this because they really are optimistic about the future (and) believe the world can be better for all people. The way to make a better Park City is by jumping in and serving.” Wright described how excited Lorraine Stuecken gets about her involvement in local organizations like the Women’s Giving Fund, telling people in other communities how her group of 1,000 women had raised $1 million. Wally Stuecken died in February at 84, six days before the couple’s 61st wedding anniversary, according to his obituary. He spent his career in Detroit working in the auto industry, but, perhaps notably for a man of his generation, Wright said that Wally was mindful that not everybody had the same advantages he did. “He noticed and advocated that not everyone, like women and people of color, were always given the same opportunities,” she said. “That was something he fought for.” Student housing task force to hold meetings Christian Center spearheads effort to ease J-1 stress JAMES HOYT The Park Record For the past 12-odd years, Becky Yih has dedicated a portion of her home to providing housing for the international seasonal workers who make Park City tick by running chairlifts, waiting tables and parking cars during the winter. And that means sometimes coming in clutch for people with less-than-perfect English who are trying to figure out their housing situation a continent away. “I’ve had people (say when they matched up with us), ‘I was about to just not come,’” the retired microbiologist and Park City resident says. “I mean, every single time they’re at that frantic, worried edge of not finding a place to stay.” Yih is part of a work group organized by the Christian Center of Park City called the Student Housing Task Force, including residents and representatives of public and private stakeholders from around the area. The task force is set to hold the first of a planned series of public informational meetings at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Christian Center’s headquarters at 1283 Deer Valley Drive and a second next month at Bill White Farms. “We are looking for families and primary homeowners who are in residence who will rent out a space, room or portion of their home to a student – or a couple – while they are in residence,” Pete Stoughton, director of programs at the Christian Center, said at a meeting in the Marsac Building Monday. Yih and Stoughton were joined by representatives of City Hall, the Summit County courthouse, Deer Valley Resort and student sponsor agencies that interact with the State Department. Mountainlands Community Housing Trust is also active in the effort, though its representative was absent Monday. Several high-profile incidents have shown the effects of the area’s housing shortage on seasonal workers. Park City Council Lynn Ware Peek said in a meeting January that one couple from Argen- Continued from A-1 Primary: a toss-up? date is equal to or less than one quarter of 1 percent of the total number of votes. That margin is expected to be a Continued from A-1 People’s Health hits milestone Bodnar, an OB-GYN at the Park City Hospital who works half a day each week at the People’s Health Clinic. Bodnar brings eight years of experience in reproductive care to the People’s Health Clinic. She said her volunteering at the People’s Health Clinic helps enable a safer journey through childbirth because the orga- tina had been led to believe they would receive full housing accommodations during their stay. They ended up living in a basement with 14 other tenants with an unheated utility closet as their space, Peek said at the time. The issue doesn’t just affect ski towns like Park City and Aspen – the task force is incorporating ideas from ocean destinations like Myrtle Beach and Cape Cod that face many of the same issues. Stoughton said he hopes the group’s emphasis on student seasonal workers provides a foothold for a broader effort to help more workers find beds in Park City. Jeff Jones, director of economic development and housing for Summit County, said officials and stakeholders from Wasatch and Salt Lake counties are welcome to join in the process as their roles in the Park City tourism industry become more prominent and summer business trends upward. “It’s going to take a collective effort to find some solution to come up with those workers,” Jones said. Other tourism-reliant communities have come up with their own housing incentives. Breckenridge, Colorado’s town council recently approved a cash incentive for local property owners willing adopt deed-restricted status on their units for year-round workforce housing. A number of other ski town anchor resorts have implemented “turns for tenants” programs that provide season passes to residents who house seasonal workers. “We aren’t modeling off those but we are definitely informing off those,” Yih said. Housing seasonal workers is generally a three-month commitment, and a regulated system for vetting both landlords and tenants as well as developing lease terms would make it a less daunting task for others than it had been for Yih when she started renting out to J-1 holders, she said. As of now, her terms are simple: Pay rent, be respectful and don’t forget about the litter box. “I still felt like I was still flapping in the breeze (starting out) and this program will include a lot more structure and materials for the homeowner,” she said. little more than eight or nine votes. The meeting to certify the election is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. in the City Council chambers at the Marsac Building. The canvass is scheduled less than a week before Labor Day, the traditional start of the Park City campaign season. Either Fairbanks III or Lewis will join the other candidates on the November ballot at the beginning of a crucial stretch of the campaign as Parkites are expected to turn their attention to politics after a primary season that appeared to draw only scattered interest. nizations share procedures and records for continuity of care. “I get to see them during their entire prenatal care; really manage every single aspect of that,” Bodnar said. “It’s going to be one of the four (OB-GYNs at Park City Hospital). … All of their records are available so the nursing staff knows who they are.” The People’s Night Out event is set to feature catered food and cocktails as well as performances from Grammy-winning Christian contemporary staple Chris Tomlin as well as country-western musicians Ross Copperman and Josh Osborne. Registration is available at the People’s Health Clinic website at peopleshealthclinic. org. Tickets start at $400 and top out at $10,000. |