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Show A-8 Wed/Thurs/Fri, February 19-21, 2020 The Park Record Meetings and agendas Ridgelines TO PUBLISH YOUR PUBLIC NOTICES AND AGENDAS, PLEASE EMAIL CLASSIFIEDS@PARKRECORD.COM By Tom Kelly Let the Games return AMENDED AGENDA SUMMIT COUNTY COUNCIL Wednesday, February 19, 2020 NOTICE is hereby given that the Summit County Council will meet in session Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at the Summit County Courthouse, 60 North Main Street, Coalville, UT 84017 (All times listed are general in nature, and are subject to change by the Council Chair) 12:35 PM Work Session 1) Interview applicant for vacancies on the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation Service District (10 min) 2) 12:45 PM - Interview applicants for vacancies on the North Summit Recreation Special Service District (30 min) 1:15 PM Closed Session - Personnel (90 min); Property acquisition (45 min) 3:30 PM - Move to Council Chambers 3:40 PM Work Session, Continued 1) Pledge of Allegiance 2) 3:45 PM - Presentation of Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Check; Ben Nadolski, Northern Region Supervisor, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (10 min) 3) 3:55 PM - Legislative update; Kim Carson and Tom Fisher (20 min) 4) 4:15 PM - Presentation of Summit Community Power Works report; Lisa Yoder, Ryan Anderson and Jeff Bousson, Utah Clean Energy (30 min) 4:45 PM Consideration of Approval 1) Formulate Council’s comments for the Central Wasatch Commission’s proposed Mountain Transportation System; Chris Robinson (45 min) 2) Appoint members to serve on the Snyderville Basin Special Recreation Service District 3) Appoint members to serve on the North Summit Recreation Special Service District 4) Council Minutes dated February 5, 2020 5) Council Comments 6) Manager Comments 6:00 PM Public Input 6:15 PM Work Session, Continued 1) Review of County Curbside Feasibility Study; Tim Loveday, Derrick Radke (45 min) One or more members of the County Council may attend by electronic means, including telephonically or by Skype. Such members may fully participate in the proceedings as if physically present. The anchor location for purposes of the electronic meeting is the Council Chambers and Conference room, Summit County Courthouse, 60 N. Main, Coalville, Utah Individuals with questions, comments, or needing special accommodations pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding this meeting may contact Annette Singleton at (435) 336-3025 Repair shop owner testifies he feared returning to work Parkite Alex Hall stares up at the big screen following the conclusion of his run during the big air World Cup event at Truist Park in Atlanta in December. Hall went on to win the event, giving him back-to-back victories in World Cup big air events to begin the 2019-2020 season. Different lens medals,” said Hall, a graduate of the Winter Sports School. “The X Games are where all the best runs are done with everyone doing their best possible tricks. There’s so much training time that when you get out on the course, you can really go for it.” He continued his winning ways with two more medals earlier this month, taking home gold in streetstyle and silver in slopestyle on the Dew Tour in Copper Mountain, Colorado. The 21-year-old is no stranger to winning and competing on the big stage. He was an Olympian at just 19, finishing 16th in slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. He also has two World Cup gold medals in slopestyle and one silver medal in big air that he won prior to the start of this season. “Its always weird for me being in the position of winning because I’m usually the guy looking up to others,” Hall said. “I’ve been lucky enough to have won as much as I have in the past, and now more recently. It’s always hard to keep winning streaks alive so I’ve gotten good at just taking whatever comes next.” doubles luge and four-man bobsled. And it made history when Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers won the first-ever gold medal in the new women’s bobsled event. These were the scenes and the stories that have formed the fabric of our community for two decades. Now, it’s time to think about doing it again. Last week, Salt Lake City and the State of Utah took a notable next step to bringing back the Olympics, naming the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for While the 2002 Games have long since passed, we have kept that fire alive in a vibrant, outdoor culture.” the Games. It was an anticipated next step for hopeful local organizers after the USOPC had named Salt Lake City as America’s Choice for a future bid in December, 2018. While there is no timeline, 2030 and 2034 are the next opportunities. Ironically, it’s a far shorter leadup than Salt Lake City had in its quest for the 2002 Games, which began with its U.S. selection in June, 1989. As we watch cities around the world question the value of the Games for their communities, we think back to how those 17 days enriched our lives. From the fire pits on Main Street to the venues built into our mountains, we figured it out. We learned that the value of the Olympics isn’t the throngs of visitors or the gold medals or even the 17 days. The Olympics to us are represented by the young athletes of the world who were barely born in 2002 and now make our community their home. Our community’s culture is embodied in the gold medalist sitting next to us in a coffee shop. We thrive in outdoor celebration on a crisp Park City evening, standing at the base of the Utah Olympic Park ski jumps or staying warm amidst the thousands of cheering fans at a Deer Valley World Cup. The Olympics have engendered the pride we feel in a community that has been protected and preserved by strong civic leadership. From our ridgelines to our canyons, Park City has always been a welcoming community. The fire pit gatherings in 2002 embodied our town. While the 2002 Games have long since passed, we have kept that fire alive in a vibrant, outdoor culture. U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland was in town last weekend. She was struck by both our incredible natural environment as well as the support, from the state level down to municipalities, like Park City. “This environment has everything it will take to have a spectacular Winter Games,” she said. “And we’re excited to do it again.” Looking ahead, 2020 and 2034 are not all that far away! 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. Victim in hate crime trial says attack ruined his life COURTESY OF U.S. SKI AND SNOWBOARD Continued from A-1 I wandered down historic Main Street marveling at the glittering lights in the fresh, falling snow. Revelers spilled out of the Wasatch Brew Pub at the top of Main, while a block below, a line wound its way out of the Roots store back toward Swede Alley. Up and down Main Street, friends and neighbors chatted with foreign visitors around propane-fueled fire pits. Such was the spirit for 17 days in 2002 when the world came to our little mining village nestled on the Wasatch Back to celebrate the Olympic Winter Games. It’s been 18 years since our Park City ridgelines were bedecked in glitter and gold, turning our city into a quaint Olympic village that would leave indelible memories on our residents and visitors alike. We remember hometown hero Joe Pack soaring into the blue sky to win aerials silver. It was here we were introduced to the inimitable Shannon Bahrke, who won moguls silver on Champion at Deer Valley. We met Bode Miller by virtue of his crazy one-skinear-crash at Snowbasin and his giant slalom silver medal on C.B.’s at Park City. And we saw the world’s biggest smile on the face of skeleton gold medalist Jimmy Shea as he flashed a photo of his late grandfather who had inspired him. Our Park City family cheered on slalom forerunner Ted Ligety, who would win his own Olympic gold four years later. Crowds flocked to the ski jumps, walking up from Bear Hollow down below to witness a Swiss Harry Potter look-alike Simon Amman sweep double gold. Nearly two decades later, he’s still competing. Team USA was strong on the sliding track, winning silver-bronze in men’s But despite being one of the best slopestyle competitors in the world, Hall has an unusual approach and mindset when it comes to competition. To him, it’s not about the medals, the podiums or the legacy. It’s all about being the best skier he can be on that day, and regardless of the outcome, always taking the result in stride. “As long as I’m having fun and skiing as best I can, I’ll always be satisfied no matter the result. … Especially because there’s so much more to life,” he said. “I can always be satisfied if I know that I did what I could to win, even if I don’t in the end. It’s all about trying my hardest and I think that’s what counts most.” According to his friends, including recent X Games gold medalist Colby Stevenson, Hall is one of the least competitive guys you’ll meet on tour. But he wasn’t always that way. When he was younger, Hall says he based too much of his personal success in life on winning — but has since grown out of that knowing that a gold medal isn’t what life is all about. He enjoys too many other aspects of life to put his whole life into making it onto the podium. “I think that’s been my personality as I’ve grown, where I kind of don’t worry about things too much,” Hall said. “I mean I still get nervous before I compete because I want to do well, but I’m at my best when I’m having as much fun as possible. I never think about the end result. … It’s more about the journey, being in the moment and have as much fun with it as possible.” Included in his other passions are skateboarding and surfing, two things he loves doing when the sun is shining and the ground is covered with sand rather than snow. He took a few surfing trips with friends this past summer, hitting up Australia, Canary Islands and California, admitting it’s a nice balance with skiing. More recently though, Hall has also gotten into filmmaking, acknowledging that taking video clips of tricks and posting them online is a huge part of what grows the success of his sport and a great way to get sponsors. At the newschoolers.com — the home for competitive skiing — 20th anniversary awards show two weeks ago, Hall won Skier of the Year while also taking home Highest Rated Video and Best Short for his film MAGMA — filmed in a month at Mount Hood in Oregon with a few shots from Mount Bachelor and South Sister. Regardless of whether skiing takes him to the 2022 Olympics or not, Hall acknowledges how lucky he is to live his life and how that, much like his personality, will never change. “It’s a very unique lifestyle that I live,” Hall said. “I only want to do this as long as I’m having fun. … But when I’m not enjoying it, I’ll be done and start to truly explore different things in skiing and in life.” BRADY MCCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah car repair shop owner has spoken publicly for the first time about he, his brother and his son being attacked by a man with a metal rod who prosecutors say targeted them because of the color of their skin. Jose Lopez testified Thursday about the November 2018 attack at his shop in Salt Lake City in the hate-crime trial of Alan Dale Covington. “This has destroyed my life,” Lopez testified through an interpreter. Lopez said the man who attacked him, his brother Angel Lopez and his son Luis Lopez first screamed, “I hate Mexi- cans. I’m here to kill a Mexican,” The Salt Lake Tribune reported. His son tried to defend them, but was brutally beaten, with the metal rod crushing his eye socket and tearing into his nose. The father was struck in the back and arm while trying to protect his son. Angel Lopez eventually scared the man away as police arrived, according to testimony. Jose Lopez received stitches in his arm, and Luis had to have a titanium plate put into his face, according to testimony. Jose Lopez said that he feared for his life and was afraid to return to his shop after the attack. Prosecutors said Covington had gone to another shop two days earlier with the aim of killing a Mexican. Covington has pleaded not guilty to three federal charges of committing a hate crime. His public defender, Emily Stirba, said Covington suffers from delusions and was after the Mexican mafia, which he believes killed his daughter. “Mr. Covington doesn’t have a problem with Mexicans,” she said. “He was after the cartel. And no one likes the Mexican cartel. The United States doesn’t like the Mexican cartel.” A car dealer named Jorge Crespo testified at the trial Thursday that a man with a shovel had shown up at his business two days before the attack and said, “I’m going to kill them. I’m going to kill all the Mexicans.” Crespo said he tried to calm down the man, identified as Covington, for 30 minutes. The man left after Crespo explained he was from Venezuela, not Mexico, he said. Crespo acknowledged under questioning by Covington’s attorney that Covington’s conduct didn’t make sense and he was mumbling a lot. The trial is expected to continue next week. Proposed park would protect important Utah dinosaur site Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — An important dinosaur site that has fallen into neglect would be protected as Utah’s 45th state park under a measure being proposed in the state Legislature. The bill would create Utahraptor State Park in the Dalton Wells Quarry, about 15 miles north of Moab, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. The quarry is where the first fossils of Utahraptor, the state’s official dinosaur, and other unique species were found. State Paleontologist Jim Kirkland said the site, west of Arches National Park, has massive deposits of dinosaur bones from at least 10 species found nowhere else in North America. “It’s a gold mine of new di- nosaurs,” Kirkland said. “There are 30 that we know are only in Moab Valley.” The creation of a state park is backed by Grand County leaders who have long wanted to safeguard the quarry. There is now unregulated recreational use in Dalton Wells, and the site has been subjected to litter and vandalism. The land is crisscrossed with motorized and mountain bike trails and is heavily used for camping. It’s also the site of a Civilian Conservation Corps work camp that was used as an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. The proposal to create the park is still very early in the process, Utah Department of Natural Resources spokesman Nathan Schwebach said. “The Dalton Wells/Willow Springs area is popular but (needs) infrastructure to support the demand,” he said. “With some planning, we can better care for the area while maintaining its recreational value.” Dalton Wells is on a large block of state-owned land that is popular among people trying to avoid the crowds in the Moab area. It’s overseen by the state agencies that aren’t equipped to run a park. Officials are seeking to identify other land in Grand County that can be traded for trust land near the dinosaur quarry. “We are trying to make the trade to make this park possible. We are working with our sister agencies to determine what is beneficial for them and is beneficial for us,” Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration Director David Ure said. |