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Show SPORTS The Park Record. Editor: Ryan Kostecka sports@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.15704 Twitter: @ParkRecSports PARK CITY PIONEERS PUCK DROPS THIS WEEKEND The Park City Pioneers Senior A hockey team returns to action this weekend when they host the Bozeman Stingers (0-2) for a double-header. The series kicks off on Friday at 7 p.m. and concludes on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., which all games taking place at the Park City Ice Arena. This weekend series will be the Pioneers’ (2-3) final home games the rest of the month, as Park City won’t return until a weekend series against the Breckenridge Vipers on Friday, Feb. 21. OPENING FOR COACHES AT PARK CITY HIGH SCHOOL Park City High School is looking for coaches for the following sports during the upcoming spring season: head coach for softball, assistant boys soccer coach and an assistant coach for boys lacrosse. Anyone interested should contact athletic director Jamie Sheetz at jsheetz@pcschools.us. KIDS NIGHT OUT FOR FUN Kids Night Out at the PC MARC is on Friday, Jan. 24th from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Participants will be heading to Heber City for Pizza and Bowling at Holiday Lanes with ages 6-12 welcome. You can register online at parkcityrecreation.org or call 435-615-5401. PRENATAL YOGA WORKSHOP RETURNS Prenatal Yoga returns to the PC MARC on February 4th and is held Tuesdays from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. This 8-week workshop is designed for new and expecting moms. The instructor will integrate the body and mind to promote mindfulness, movement and meditation. Newborns welcome. Register online at parkcityrecreation.org or call 435-615-5401. For more sports briefs, please visit www.parkrecord.com/sports PARK CITY LEARNING THROUGH DEFEAT, B-2 www.parkrecord.com MINERS FOCUSED ON WHAT LIES AHEAD, B-3 B-1 WED/THURS/FRI, JANUARY 15-17, 2020 Parkite retires after 30 years of service Karen Yocum is now focused on fishing and camping in Montana RYAN KOSTECKA The Park Record It was Friday, Jan. 3, and Parkite Karen Yocum did the same thing she’d done nearly every Friday morning for the past 30 years. She woke up and went through her morning routine — but this morning was different. Rather than make lunch to take with her to work, it dawned on the 63-year-old that she no longer had to do that. Rather than make the drive to the Park City Municipal Athletic and Recreation Center, Yocum could do as she pleases because after 30 years of work at the PC MARC as a Recreation Supervisor, the 63-year-old was retired. “Thirty had always been the target time to retire, but when I first started, I had no idea that was in my view,” Yocum said. “But waking up that first morning, it was way more than a feeling of not having to do something. … It was more than that. It’s been different every day. Right now it feels like a vacation still, like I will go back, but then I can think about it for one second and know that I’m not.” For Yocum, everything changed in her life when she moved to Park City in 1988. At the time she was married and relocated to the sleepy mountain town from New Jersey. A lifelong west coast person prior to moving to the east coast, Yocum jumped at the opportunity to move back West, where she grew up. “When he (ex-husband) called and asked if I wanted to move west, I just said yes. … Even though I had no idea where, I just wanted to get west because the East Coast wasn’t for me,” Yocum said. “I was far from my family, who lived in California, 175 N. Club Cabins Court• MLS 11908682 3 Bedrooms | 3 Bath | 2,500 Sq. Ft. | $1,250,000 PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Park City officials and others at a meeting in December celebrated the retirement of Parkite Karen Yocum, middle. Yocum, who moved to Park City in 1988, worked for the municipal government since then and spent her City Hall career in recreation services. The Park City Council acknowledged the retirement with a resolution that says, in part, Yocum “has developed and managed recreation programs, leagues, camps and classes for the community...” so it was great being able to be closer. We arrived in Utah on June 30, 1988 and I never left. … And I don’t think I ever will.” Almost one month to the day when Yocum landed in Park City, she began her career at the MARC. It was July 31, 1988 and she was just hired at the PC MARC as a substitute teacher. Little did Yocum know that day at the PC MARC would help Please see Retired, B-4 TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Karen Yocum, left, has been a fixture at Park City High School basketball games as the seated official for games, most recently at last Friday’s matchup vs. Springville. 1971 N. Lookout Peak Cir • MLS 11901485 5 Bedrooms | 8 Bath | 7,356 Sq. Ft. | $4,150,000 CHRIS MADDOX 435.657.4063 Chris.Maddox@RedLedges.com RedLedges.com Exclusively Brokered by Red Ledges Realty, LLC . Obtain the Property Report required by federal law and read it before signing anything. No federal agency has judged the merits or value, if any, of this property. 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