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Show A-4 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, January 25-28, 2020 The Park Record A stuffed bear left in the Shoe Tree 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 The doll was found with a noose in the beloved landmark JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record 3092 So. Highland Dr., Salt Lake City (801)484-6364 888.445.RUGS (7847) Mon.-Sat. 10 am to 6 pm A small stuffed bear was found hanging from a noose in the Shoe Tree along the Poison Creek Trail in Old Town earlier in January, the Park City Police Department said, a highly unusual discovery in the beloved landmark steps from lower Main Street. The Police Department received the report at 2:35 p.m. on Jan. 19. A City Hall transit worker filed the report. Phil Kirk, a police captain, said the stuffed bear is approximately 12 inches in height. It was discovered hanging amid the shoes from a thin white rope tied in a noose, Kirk said. It is unclear whether the person who put the bear and noose on the tree was attempting to promote some sort of message. The police called the municipal Parks Department to remove the stuffed bear since it was too high in the tree for the Searching for new things to do? You don’t have to work this hard. Check out the calendar in Scene for local music, events and more! JAY HAMBURGER/PARK RECORD The Shoe Tree is a landmark just off lower Main Street. The Park City Police Department says a small stuffed bear was found hanging from a noose in the Shoe Tree earlier in January. officer to reach. It was gone, though, by the time the workers from the Parks Department arrived. The Shoe Tree is widely known locally for the numer- ous shoes that have been tossed into the branches. The practice dates back years. There are several trees nearby the original Shoe Tree that also have numerous shoes in the branches. The trees are typically collectively known as the Shoe Tree. It is believed the tradition of throwing shoes into the trees at the location started in the late 1960s or early 1970s. Parking dispute escalates Driver hits other person in lot at PCMR, police say JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record A dispute between two people about a parking spot at Park City Mountain Resort quickly escalated and ended with a driver hitting the other person, the Park City Police Department said, a bizarre case but one that nonetheless illustrates how fierce competition can be for a parking spot in Park City during the ski season. The Police Department was called to the PCMR parking lots at a little bit before noon on Jan. 19, a busy day in Park City as crowds arrived during a three-day holiday weekend. The confrontation involved a 19-year-old man from Wellington, Colorado, and a 40-yearold woman from Heber City. Phil Kirk, a police captain, said the man reported the case to the police. He told the police he was attempting to save a parking spot by standing in the space. The man told the police a woman in a Subaru approached and told him to move, Kirk said. He told the police he refused and the driver pulled into the spot, hitting him with the front of the vehicle as he attempted to move out of the way, Kirk said. The captain said the man suffered a sore right leg and denied medical attention. The woman parked and left to go skiing, the police said. The Police Department contacted her afterward. Kirk said the woman told the police she was attempting to park when the man, who she said was on the phone at the time, remained in the space. She told the police she gestured for him to move, but he told her he was saving the spot, Kirk said, adding that she said she did not see another vehicle and told the man he could not save a spot. She told the police the man started screaming as the vehicle turned into the space. The man hit the body of the car and the windshield with a fist, she said, according to Kirk. Kirk said the Police Department forwarded the case to the Summit County Attorney’s Office for screening for a charge of reckless endangerment against the driver. “Even though parking is at a premium, rarely do we have individuals getting in this kind of confrontation,” Kirk said. A mountain lion reported JAY HAMBURGER The Park Record The Park City Police Department in mid-January received a report of a mountain lion sighting toward the edge of Park Meadows, one in a series of wildlife cases logged over the course of a week. The mountain lion was spotted running across the street on Gallivan Loop at 8:47 p.m. on Continued from A-3 Old Town protected at a business without intending to go inside and instead heading to Main Street. In both of Jan. 17. The animal was headed toward a driveway. Gallivan Loop is located toward the northern reaches of Park Meadows, a heavily populated neighborhood. The street is also close to the open space of Round Valley. Public police logs did not provide details about the sighting. Reports of mountain lions are rare in Park City, but they are notable since they pose a danger to people and pets. Mountain lions sometimes move toward neighborhoods at times of heavy snow in the upper elevations as they follow prey animals to the lower elevations. The Police Department last week also received a series of reports of elk sightings. The cases included along S.R. 224 on Jan. 18 and Jan. 15. The elk were attempting to cross roads in each of the reports, the police were told. those scenarios, the owner of the property could likely have the vehicle towed. Some businesses, in Old Town and elsewhere, during Sundance protect their lots with signs and patrols. The restrictions and the increased prices for public parking are seen as nudging festival-goers toward the transit system. The fare-free City Hall bus system, with lines running from the Main Street core, to the mountain resorts and points in the Snyderville Basin, runs on an expanded schedule during Sundance. A festival shuttle that stops at Sundance venues runs alongside the municipal system. Both of the systems are jammed, but many see them as a better option than a private vehicle based on the traffic and the parking restrictions. It might not be known until the closing credits of Sundance whether a Hollywood ending was written into the script. n i a t n u o M e Hom Looking to sell a home, condo, property, or townhome? Call 435-649-9014 to get your listing seen by over 10,000 people |