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Show A-16 The Park Record Meetings and agendas Tues/Wed/Thurs/Fri, December 24-27, 2019 Ridgelines TO PUBLISH YOUR PUBLIC NOTICES AND AGENDAS, PLEASE EMAIL CLASSIFIEDS@PARKRECORD.COM By Tom Kelly Shannon Bahkre: Keeping skiing fun 30 Day Comment Period: Groundwater Source Protection Ordinance December 3, 2019 – January 6, 2020 The Summit County Health Department is issuing a 30-day formal notice and comment period during which the public can provide input on the proposed Groundwater Source Protection Ordinance to the Summit County Code of Health. Public notice is hereby given that the Summit County Board of Health (“Board”) in accordance with UCA §26A-1-121, will conduct a public hearing to discuss and possibly take action regarding Groundwater Source Protection Ordinance by the Summit County Health Department. The Hearing is scheduled for Monday, January 6, 2020; Beginning at 4:00 p.m. at the Summit County Health Department; 650 Round Valley Drive; Park City, Utah 84060. The Board seeks comment by members of the public on its proposed changes to the Summit County Code of Health. The proposed changes can be viewed online at http://summitcountyhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Proposed-O rdinance_Summit-County-Groundwater-Source-Protection-.pdf Comments must be postmarked or received at the Summit County Health Department by 5:00 pm Mountain Standard Time on Friday, January 3, 2020. Comments may be emailed to dsiddoway@summitcounty.org. Public comments will also be taken at the Board of Health meeting held on Monday, January 6, 2020, at 4 pm at the Summit County Health Department Office located at 650 Round Valley Drive, Park City. Or by mail to: Derek Siddoway Summit County Health Department 650 Round Valley Drive, Suite 100 Park City, Utah 84060 White House predicts Pelosi to ‘yield’ on impeachment Trump surrogates make the Sunday show rounds HOPE YEN ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White House argued Sunday that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has put herself in an untenable position by stalling House-passed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in hopes of shaping the upcoming Senate trial. The House voted Wednesday to impeach Trump, who became only the third president in U.S. history to be formally charged with “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Pelosi has declined to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate until Republicans provide details on witnesses and testimony, forestalling a trial that is likely to result in Trump’s acquittal on charges of obstruction of Congress and abuse of power. Meanwhile, an influential senator and key Trump ally predicted that the drive for new testimony by Pelosi, D-Calif. and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would be for naught. “She will yield. There’s no way she can hold this position,” said Marc Short, the chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence. “We think her case is going nowhere.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Schumer have been at an impasse over the issue of new testimony, leaving open the possibility of a protracted delay until the articles are delivered. Trump complained Saturday that the holdup was “unfair” and claimed that Democrats were violating the Constitution, as the delay threatened to prolong the pain of impeachment and cast uncertainty on the timing of the vote Trump is set to claim as vindication. Schumer told reporters in New York that “the Senate is yearning to give President Trump due process, which means that documents and witnesses should come forward.. What is a trial with no witnesses and no documents. It’s a sham trial.” Short called Pelosi’s delay unacceptable, saying she’s “trampling” Trump’s rights to “rush this through, and now we’re going to hold it up to demand a longer process in the Senate with more witnesses.” “If her case is so air-tight ... why does she need more witnesses to make her case?” Short said. White House officials have highlighted Democrats’ arguments that removing Trump was an “urgent” matter before the House impeachment vote, as they seek to put pressure on Pelosi to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate. McConnell has all but promised an easy acquittal of the president, and he appears to have secured Republican support for his plans to impose a framework drawn from the 1999 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. That trial featured a 100-0 vote on arrangements that established two weeks of presentations and argument before a partisan tally in which then-minority Republicans called a limited number of witnesses. That has sparked a fight with Pelosi and Schumer, who are demanding trial witnesses who refused to appear during House committee hearings, including acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former national security adviser John Bolton. A close Trump ally, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Pelosi would fail in her quest “to get Mitch McConnell to bend to her will to shape the trial.” Graham is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and was a House manager, comparable to a prosecutor, during the Senate’s impeachment trial of Clinton. “She’ll eventually send the articles because public opinion will crush the Democrats,” said Graham. Asked whether he expected witnesses in the Senate, he replied: : “No, I don’t.” At one point, Trump had demanded the testimony of witnesses of his own, like Democrats Joe Biden and his son Hunter, and the intelligence community whistleblower whose summer complaint sparked the impeachment probe. But he has since relented after concerted lobbying by McConnell and other Senate Republicans who pushed him to accept the swift acquittal from the Senate and not to risk injecting uncertainty into the process by calling witnesses. The Senate’s second-ranking Democrat, Dick Durbin of Illinois, said his party is looking for a signal from McConnell that he hasn’t ruled out new witnesses and documents. But Durbin acknowledged that Democrats may not have much leverage in pushing a deal. He criticized both Republican and Democratic senators who have already announced how they will vote in the trial, saying the Constitution requires senators to act as impartial jurors. Republicans hold a 53-vote majority in the Senate. “The leverage is our hope that four Republican senators will stand up, as 20 years ago, we saw in the impeachment of Bill Clinton, and say, this is much bigger than our current political squabbles,” Durbin said. The Constitution requires a two-thirds majority in the Senate to convict in an impeachment trial — and Republicans have expressed confidence that they have more than enough votes to keep Trump in office. Short spoke on “Fox News Sunday,” Durbin appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union,” and Graham was on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” It was a gorgeous day at Deer Valley Resort as a young family cruised up the chairlift from Snow Park. Mom and dad flanked the two young kids - ready for a December ski day. Mom’s eyes gazed at the steep pitch of Champion. A bit of emotion gripped her as she thought back to that day 18 years ago when she won an Olympic silver medal. She remembered the seeming improbability of it - “this isn’t supposed to be me, is it?” She vividly recalled finding her family amidst the thousands of screaming fans. Yes, it was supposed to be her. Two-time Olympic freestyle moguls medalist Shannon Bahrke Happe (pronounced happy), trademark pink hair peeking out of her helmet, points out Champion to the kids. They’re more interested in their own ski day. But they’ll appreciate it someday. Happe moved from Lake Tahoe to Utah in 1998 to prepare for the 2002 Olympics. It became a place that would change her life with the Olympic medal, and has proven to be a wonderful area for she and husband Matt to raise daughter Zoe, now six, and young Tucker, a year and a half. Christmas week is special for Happe. As part of Deer Valley’s Ski With a Champion program, she’ll spend much of the next week skiing with guests, sharing her bubbly, vivacious personality and introducing them to what has become her favorite ski resort. “I love this time of year because I get to ski with my favorite families,” she said. “But, most of all, I look forward to being out there with my own family on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. We’ll be skiing, sledding, playing in the snow and hoping for a giant snowstorm so we can build a gi-normous snowman.” Daughter Zoe is starting to really understand skiing. “I wasn’t sure she was feeling it in the past,” said Happe. “But this year when I tried to help her on a powder day she just said, ‘Hey, mom, it’s OK - I got this.’” And the little girl ripped through the powder like a hot knife through butter. As an infant, Tucker spent last season in a child carrier. This month, he took his first strides on skis. “I was so nervous,” said Happe. “There I am, in front of the whole Deer Valley ski school, showing Tucker how to ski. He stood up and went 15 feet.” Tucker still spends most of his time in a carrier on mom’s chest, which often garners wayward looks from skiing guests. But they quickly realize the pink-haired lady has the skillset. “Tucker is heavier this year and his feet hand right where the back of his ski boots hit me in the knees,” laughed Happe. “It isn’t optimal but we’re both smiling. And the little girl ripped through the powder like a hot knife through butter.” Shannon and Matt are instilling in their kids the same thing she experienced growing up on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. “I had the childhood everyone dreams of,” she recalls “I grew up in the mountains with beautiful fresh air. I played a lot of sports - I swam in Lake Tahoe, we played soccer, we ran track, we played softball and played in the woods. But the best thing was that in the winter we got to go skiing.” Her mom and dad instilled that love of skiing in her beginning at age three. She was just a little girl having fun, no gloves, no goggles, hair flowing. When she began competing, well, she was awful. “I got my butt kicked every which way,” she recalls. “But I thought, if these other girls can do it, I can too.” She also had a role model in Jonny Moseley. “Having Jonny come back into our Squaw Valley locker room with the U.S. Ski Team jacket and telling us we can do it too - that’s where I really believed.” She remembers that day in February, 1998 when Mosely won Olympic gold in Nagano. She was at an event in Canada, watching with her team late at night at a ski lodge. “That just lifted our Squaw Valley team up,” she stated. “Someone from our team was the best in the world. And he did it in style. He put an exclamation mark on it. That was such a defining moment for me.” The next year she moved to Utah, enrolling in the University of Utah and training at Deer Valley, connecting with friends she had met from Wasatch Freestyle over the years. She set her sights on 2002. But it was a tough, competitive road with a talent-packed team. While it all seemed so improbable, she made it happen. That has been the story of her life. Eight years later, in the twilight of her career, she won again - taking Olympic bronze while teammate Hannah Kearney won gold. Again, it was improbable - coming back after being sixth in the first run. Today, she remains very much the Energizer Bunny. As an entrepreneur, her Team Empower Hour has brought motivation to thousands, engaging her fellow Olympians in telling their stories. Her book, Mommy, Why Is Your Hair Pink, has excited kids and families. And her role as a skiing ambassador has kept her active on snow, sharing her personality and her passion for skiing to others. To me, Shannon has always embodied the fun and family in skiing. She’s the quintessential skiing mom, exuding confidence but never letting challenges get in the way of having a fun time outdoors. And what a perfect way to spend Christmas, enjoying the holiday snow and a hot chocolate with grandma and grandpa in the lodge. Merry Christmas. Wisconsin native Tom Kelly landed in Park City in 1988 (still working on becoming an official local). A recently inducted member of the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame, he is most known for his role as lead spokesperson for Olympic skiing and snowboarding for over 30 years until his retirement in 2018. This will be his 50th season on skis, typically logging 60 days in recent years. Red CaRd RobeRts By Amy Roberts The 12 Stages of Christmas Between my neighbors, my friends and my family, I’ve spent the past few Decembers surrounded by kids of a believing age and adults who are desperately trying to keep up the charade. There might be 12 days of Christmas, but I’m pretty sure there are also 12 stages of Christmas. They go something like this: 1. Everyone to the attic! We’re getting the decorations out! 2. Realizing your neighbors who keep the lights up all year are not lazy, they’re geniuses. 3. Casually hiding the glitter-covered pine cone with pipe cleaner antlers and a red pom for a nose under the couch. 4. Swearing at Christmas lights then throwing the whole string back into the decorations box so you can swear at them again next year. 5. Piling the kids into the car to look at other people’s decorations. 6. Reminding children that Santa is watching. 7. Commenting loudly and often that it’s too bad Santa will obviously be skipping your house this year. 8. Googling “adult-only resorts.” 9. Convincing your child who just found the glitter-covered pinecone under couch that the Elf on the Shelf must have hid it there. 10. Giving said pinecone premium tree-front real estate and moving the $30 ornaments to the back of tree to ensure pinecone is focal point. 11. Replacing the milk and cookies with wine and Doritos after the kids go to bed. 12. Opening gifts and realizing the people who love you the most know nothing about you. If I have learned one thing from years of participating in and observing various family traditions over the holidays, it is this: The amount of time and energy we spend to make this month “magical” is proof we humans are not the top rung on the intelligent life ladder. And I will never understand how most of us carry computers with the ability to power an entire city in our back pockets, yet we haven’t managed to invent a string of Christmas lights that can still work after one bulb goes out. She’s at the age now where the innocence of belief is perfectly paired with the commercialization of the holiday — she wants it all and if that means Santa has to trade in his sleigh for a UPS truck, so be it.” Addison, my 5-year old niece, is especially excited for Christmas this year. She’s at the age now where the innocence of belief is perfectly paired with the commercialization of the holiday — she wants it all and if that means Santa has to trade in his sleigh for a UPS truck, so be it. For weeks she’s FaceTimed me almost daily, providing me with detailed status reports. I’ve received insider information on each present under the tree – who it is for, who it is from, and what she believes is inside. She’s acted as both judge and jury, personally determining who is on the naughty or nice list at any given moment. Sometimes she provides reasoning for her decision. “Grandma is on the naughty list because she wouldn’t let me put makeup on Royce.” (For reference, Royce is a dog.) I also get the play-by-play on the shenanigans of the Elf on the Shelf. I don’t know how that custom started; I don’t remember it being a thing when I was a child. The whole concept is so strange to me. Why would anyone willingly add to the number of those sitting in silent judgment of their life with a fake smile on their face? I thought that’s what a motherin-law was for. It seems to have gotten a little out of hand too. The elf is supposed to watch kids and report back to Santa, but instead he’s roasting marshmallows and hooking up with Barbie. During my last video conference call with my niece, I reminded Addison she better be good, or Santa might not bring her anything. She gave me an unnerving smile and replied, “Well, I was pretty bad last year and he still came.” Can’t argue with that logic. Amy Roberts is a freelance writer, longtime Park City resident and the proud owner of two rescued Dalmatians, Stanley and Willis. Follow her on Twitter @amycroberts. |