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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, May 2-5, 2020 B-7 The Park Record Peace House luncheon will become a virtual ‘lunch-in’ PARK GATE There’s a virus in Park City. And it’s infecting the City. Park City fathers are reducing Historic Park City to historic with a little “h”; as in history. The damage is irreparable. Unless Parkite’s unite! In 2019, the Park City Historic Design Review Team reviewed and approved an application for 139 Main. While there are things very disheartening about home’s design, worst is obliterating the historic sandstone wall that fronted Main. That sandstone wall, with double-score line mortar work was contemporary to the wall of historic St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Imagine the uproar that would come from anyone disturbing THAT wall. Approval of off street parking required removing 12’ of a 30’ wall. 40%! This wall was the single oldest element in historic Park City and is seen in the earliest photographs of upper Main from the 1880’s. Park City approving removal of even a portion is absurd. What’s more absurd is the fact this wall was quietly removed from historic significance designation a couple of years ago. Sadly, the entire wall was removed on March 21st. While we don’t oppose improving of property, we do oppose any change to necessary fabrics of Historic Park City. “We have to have parking!” they cry. Not really. 4 of the 12 homes on Main Street don’t have off street parking. They survive. With “Build Green” and “Carbon Footprint Reduction” pressures gaining traction, Park City has every right to deny a parking privilege. It is not a right. Besides, parking is free for two vehicles for every home in the area at China Bridge parking structure. Park City should have taken a stand. PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Peace House will not host its annual Spring Luncheon fundraiser this year due to COVID-19 protocols. Instead, the local anti-domestic abuse nonprofit, will hold a virtual fundraiser on Thursday. COVID-19 won’t stop nonprofit’s annual fundraiser SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record COVID-19 isolation has spurred Peace House, an anti-domestic violence nonprofit, to continue its fundraising efforts, even though the disease will prevent it from presenting its annual spring luncheon. While the Summit County Health Department’s protocols won’t allow a large gathering on Thursday, May 7, at the Chateaux Deer Valley, the rise in the domestic violence calls as victims are shut in with their abusers motivated Peace House’s staff and board to set up the first Spring Lunch-In, a virtual fundraiser, said Julie Joyce, who, along with Kate Margolis, cochairs the nonprofit’s board. “We still got a lot of encouragement from people who were anxious to participate in anything to host some kind of event, and, quite honestly, the funds that are raised from the luncheon are critical to our organization to help run our programs and services,” Joyce said. The Lunch-In will start at 11:50 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, and run through 11:50 p.m. on May 7, said Sally Tauber, director of development and marketing. Donations can be made at peacehouse.org, and donors can donate directly to Peace House or support different people who have created their own fundraisers for Peace House, she said. “We have set up a series of videos of people talking about why they support Peace House, and we will add and change the videos until the day of the fundraiser,” she said. Peace House, which opened a new community campus in 2019, wants to raise $150,000, Joyce said. “Our costs have gone up significantly, not only with the new facility and new programs we will launch over the next year, but because the pandemic has increased demand of our services as families are forced to shelter in place with abusers,” she said. “We are also having to implement a telehealth platform to enable our staff to work remotely and also provide counseling, therapy and case management remotely, which also has increased our cost.” In its 2019 annual update Peace House reported that it provided 101 adults and children with shelter, served 232 adults and children with resources and counseling and received 4,654 domestic violence calls, which increased by more than 25 percent between December 2019 and March 2020. “We also expect those staying in our emergency shelter will extend their stays due to the economic impact COVID-19 has on job offerings and affordable housing,” Joyce said. To help Peace House reach the $150,000 goal, the Marriott Daughters Foundation health education nonprofit has pledged a matching grant of $50,000, ac- Peace House Spring Lunch-In fundraiser When: Thursday, May 7, all day Web: peacehouse.salsalabs.org/springlunchin cording to Tauber. “When we reach $50,000 in donations, the grant will kick in, and it will match the next $50,000,” she said. Margolis, who has been an anti-abuse advocate for 17 years, said the domestic violence around the globe and in Wasatch and Summit counties has reached crisis mode. “I’m getting calls every day by people who don’t know where to go or who to talk to,” she said. “The (underlying basis) of domestic violence is control, which starts with isolation. So when your entire country is in isolation and you are forced into your house and can’t go to your job it becomes a crisis level.” Anyone who is in a domestic-violence situation can call Peace House’s 24/7 emergency hotline at 800-647-9161, Joyce said. “The hotline is staffed with trained advocates to help connect people with support and resources so they can plan for their safety,” she said. Margolis, who moved to Park City five years ago, said she is proud to be part of the Peace House family. “I’ve seen many different shelters in my experience, but the way Peace House walks the walk with their clients without judging is extraordinary,” she said. “There is only support and love, and I’m grateful to be part of it.” TURN, TURN, TURN There’s more. Approving an Historic NonCompliant Home is unacceptable. Several elements failed to meet “Shall Be” sections of the recently revised Historic District Design Guidelines. Among them, there “Shall Be” no Roof-Top Decks. The home has the entire front of the building as a proposed roof-top deck. This is clearly non-compliant. There “Shall Be” a historic neighborhood compatible solid to void ratio. This building has more glass than wall. These percentages don’t match. Windows “Shall be historic in size and shall relate to human scale.” Floor to ceiling windows do not relate with historic Old Town human scale. These and more non-compliant conditions were approved by Park City’s team charged with maintaining historic classification on national registers. Worldwide this location is called Historic Main Street. Park City citizens and visitors alike have bought into the concept and strive to operate under rules supporting that so-very-important designation. Something that belongs on boardwalks of Atlantic City or Newport Beach need not be built on Main Street. This project has been appealed. The Friends of Old Town Historic Residential Main Street call out to readers of the Park Record to support us. Only grass roots efforts can stop this poor decision making. FOOTHRMS@GMail.com Paid for by The Friends of Old Town 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 36 37 38 39 74 75 76 99 100 101 BY ROYCE FERGUSON / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ 17 Royce Ferguson, 34, is an American living in London, currently between jobs. He says one perk of residing in Europe is that the international edition of The New York Times prints both the Saturday and Sunday puzzles on Saturday, “enabling a regular Saturday crossword binge.” He got the idea for this puzzle while on holiday in Switzerland, a nation known for its 47-Acrosses. This is Royce’s crossword debut. — W.S. AC R O S S 50 Statement that may precede ‘‘Wish me 1 1969 hit for Neil luck!’’ Diamond 51 Per ____ 6 Big dipper? 9 Event at a convention 52 Arc on a musical score center 53 Go back (on) 13 Southern bread 55 British ending 17 Risk maker 56 Conventional 19 What a plastic bag might come with, 59 Deal with nowadays 60 Suffix with block 20 Comics mutant 61 China’s Zhou ____ 21 Specks of dust 62 Hound 22 Ad label in red and 64 Some bolt holders white 67 Arroz ____ cubana 24 What Santa does (Cuban-style rice) before Christmas 70 Demerit 26 They do dos 72 Once-ubiquitous 27 Tempe sch. electronics outlets 28 Invites out for 77 A hot one can burn you 29 [Let it stand] 78 Stars in western 30 Pop singer Ora movies, e.g. 31 Heats 80 ‘‘That’s my foot!!!’’ 33 Bête noire 81 Son of George and 34 Italian pal Jane Jetson 35 Burning 82 Verbal concession 40 Some of the American 84 Start to pay attention heartland 86 See 47-Across 44 Belief in Buddhism 87 Sea that Jesus is said and Hinduism to have walked on 45 Certain make-your88 Beloved members of own-entree station the family 47 With 86-Across, 89 Having a fix fixation problem 90 South American suggested by this barbecue puzzle’s theme 48 One hanging around 91 Rather eccentric the yard 94 D.C. types 95 It fits a big frame, for Online subscriptions: Today’s short puzzle and more than 4,000 past puzzles, 97 1990s Nickelodeon nytimes.com/crosswords show about a ($39.95 a year). preteen boy 98 Former Saudi king 102 Peninsula with seven countries 106 Hosp. area 107 What torcedores can skillfully do 109 Hierarchical systems, so to speak 111 It may spit venom 112 News items often written in advance 113 Beget 114 Nasdaq, e.g.: Abbr. 115 Things that can bounce 116 Bone connected to the wrist 117 Founding member of the U.N. Security Council, for short 118 Humanities dept. 119 Like the entire 290page Georges Perec novel ‘‘A Void,’’ curiously enough 11 Alan who directed ‘‘All the President’s Men’’ 12 Any nonzero number raised to the power of zero 13 Florida county named for a president 14 Los Angeles’s ____ College of Art and Design 15 Where talk is cheep? 16 This: Sp. 18 Way to run someone out of town, idiomatically 21 Heavy defeat 23 QB-protecting group, for short 25 Cousin of cream cheese 31 Not outstanding 32 Aware 33 German city on the Weser 34 Try to see if anyone is home, maybe 36 Adversary DOWN 37 Island famous for its 1 Bygone kings nightlife 2 Attended 38 Was livid 3 Nail-polish brand 39 Slowly disappear 40 Orgs. running drives 4 Who said: ‘‘No good for school supplies movie is too long. No bad movie is short 41 Little piggy enough’’ 42 Sullivan who taught 5 Dos más uno Helen Keller 6 Worth mentioning 43 Temper 7 Subsidiary of CVS 44 Enlist again Health 46 Early king of Athens, in Greek myth 8 Races in place 48 Magical rides 9 Ken Griffey Jr. or Ichiro Suzuki 49 No longer working: Abbr. 10 Short winter days? 18 22 19 20 23 26 29 30 41 42 43 27 28 32 35 44 45 48 51 49 52 56 53 57 58 61 68 62 69 70 77 71 78 82 83 50 60 64 91 95 103 104 92 80 86 89 93 94 97 106 98 107 109 110 111 112 113 114 116 117 118 69 It stops at Union and Penn Stations 71 Understand 73 Agnus ____ (prayers) 74 Banned aid? 75 Lead-in to Aid 76‘ ‘Auld Lang ____’’ 78 Gambler’s alternative to Las Vegas, NV, or Atlantic City, NJ 79 One with special I.T. privileges 66 81 85 96 105 52 Sedate state 54 State 57 Gerontologist’s study 58 The driving force behind this puzzle? 63 Cheerfulness: Var. 65 Nonbinary pronoun 66 A dip, or a series of steps 67 Spanish girlfriend 68 Things once tossed in the Trevi Fountain 65 73 88 90 55 59 72 84 46 54 63 79 87 102 25 34 47 67 24 31 33 40 21 108 115 83 Throwing away 85 Pond critter 86 Latin version of the Bible 89 Doesn’t give a hoot, colloquially 92 Applebee’s competitor 93 Kitchen gadgets 94 System of government 96 ____ dog 97 Loading areas 119 98 Championship 99 Texas A&M athlete 100 Lugs 101 Add oil and vinegar to, say 102 Bit of chemistry 103 Legal cover? 104 Plugging away 105 Testing stage 107 Ratchet (up) 108 Command to a dog 110 Buckeyes’ sch. |