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Letters to the Editor

They made women's golf tournament happen

Editor:

A BIG thank you to all who helped make the Utah State Women’s Amateur golf tournament a success. THANKS to the Park City Golf Club who hosted the tournament, Hotel Park City, Legacy Lodge, all the generous sponsors, and all the volunteers who donated their time for this event. THANKS to all the players who participated and endured the rain delay on the last day of the tournament. And THANKS to all the media who covered the tournament and especially to Adia and Scott for their coverage in the Park Record.

Thank you ALL for supporting women’s golf in Utah!

Cindi Chittenden

Susie Williams

Beckie Boudreaux

Co-Chairs

Utah State Women’s Amateur

When the porcupine struck, White Pine was there

Editor:

In response to Robert Dickson’s suggestion that the local veterinarians create an after-hours on-call team to provide 24/7 animal medical services: perhaps he is not going to the best veterinarian. We moved here in 2000 and have been using White Pine veterinarians. Most of our visits have been routine, but last November, the evening before Thanksgiving, our Alaskan Malamute had a 10:30 p.m. rendezvous with a HUGE porcupine. We called White Pine and within 10 minutes the vet on duty called us back and said he would meet us at White Pine in 15 minutes.

We arrived in 10 minutes, the clinic was lit up and Rick Sickelsmith was waiting for us at the door. We retrieved our dog on Friday — the porcupine had done extensive damage — with the warning that more quills might surface, as they had been injected very deep. Sure enuf, Sunday morning at 6 a.m. dogger wakes us up pawing at his mouth. We could see more quills pushing out, but there was nothing we could do. He wouldn’t hold still, and we are not surgeons. Another call to White Pine. The vet on duty met us at the door and Parley was off for another round of anesthesia and quill removal. I can’t imagine driving to Salt Lake City with a frantic 120-pound dog with a facefull of porcupine quills.

White Pine has been there for us twice. They are the best.

Alice K. Puleo

Park City

Relay For Life has strong finishing kick

Editor:

The planning committee for Park City’s 5th Annual Relay For Life wants to thank the Park City community for helping us not only achieve our goal of raising $50,000 for the American Cancer Society, but surpassing it by more than double. As of the end of the Relay at 6 a.m. on Saturday, August 18, we had raised over $105,000!

A huge round of applause go out to a long list of groups and individuals who made this possible:

— Teams, volunteers, committee members, sponsors, silent auction donors, contributors, vendors, entertainers and visitors who contributed and/or participated in the event

— Mayor Dana Williams and members of our city management who procured us the incredible venue of the Sports Complex at Quinn’s Junction

— Stacey Noonan and the Park City Ice Arena for allowing us 10 hours of special ice events

— Local media for helping us get the word out there.

Most of all, thanks to the cancer survivors and the families and friends of victims who keep us committed to continuing events such as this until we find a cure, and who inspire us to hope.

See you at next year’s Relay For Life!

Susan Morrell

Relay For Life Publicity Chair

We’re not contagious

Editor:

As I took my Saturday morning stroll to the Main Street Post office and newsstand at the Bus Station I picked up a Park Record. Once home I opened the paper to another article regarding a debate about low-income housing. Earlier in the week I read a letter to the editor, completely mistaken and full of false grasps at truth, regarding issues of affordable housing.

When I applied to the units on lower Deer Valley Drive I was informed that I must live (and work) in Park City, the unit will appreciate only 3% annually, and will only be resold to qualified applicants. If I chose to purchase a piece of property in order to flip it for profit I must have gone elsewhere. If there is concern regarding the effect of these units on the surrounding area please look across the street where 3-bedroom units are currently hovering around 1.5

million and rising steadily.

This debate is not restricted to Park City. In a recent Mother Jones article similar cases are popping up all around the country. This is a real issue and the merits of the argument are frequently turned into emotional hysteria by our favorite Not-In-My-Backyard personalities.

The current housing market and the market instability it is causing nationally should be a sign to educated people that housing has grown too expensive too quickly, is not sustainable at this rate, and forward-thinking organizations who choose to address these issues should be applauded for their ability to address reality for their entire community … not just those who are over-leveraged and depend on the value of their homes to increase.

My complex is filled with well-educated, 100% Caucasian, nice and clean people. Next time you’re taking a ski lesson, considering which bottle of Cabernet will go well with your entree, or generally talking with anyone who works in this town, beware, it may be one of the people living in the Urban Ghetto provided by Park City.

Thank you for your attention.

Sincerely,

Benjamin Mixson

Park City

Your generosity is appreciated

Editor:

Thank you to Park City Women’s Golf Association and the Community for their support of the 21st annual Women’s Invitational Golf Tournament benefiting Image Reborn Foundation and breast cancer research!

A HUGE thank you goes out to the Park City Women’s Golf Association, and the 2007 Invitational Committee for making such a generous donation to Image Reborn Foundation. Our portion of the proceeds from the tournament will be used to expand our program and add additional retreats for women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, with an added emphasis on special retreats for younger women, ages 20-39, who are suffering from this disease.

Also many thanks to Sheila Tucker for coordinating the volunteers from the University Health Care Redstone Center, the volunteers from Image Reborn, the Park City Golf Club, and the sponsors, all of whom helped to make this event such a success.

The many women we can continue to serve by providing healing retreats, at no charge to participants, are the ultimate recipients of all your hard work. On behalf of the survivors, the Board of Directors and me, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your devotion to the cause.

Donna Creighton

Executive Director

Image Reborn Foundation

Park City, Utah

Vacating public land is not in the public interest

Editor:

On August 30th, the City Council and Planning Commission will meet jointly to consider a request by Park City Development Corp. to vacate 8,000 sq ft of platted unbuilt McHenry Ave for the proposed Echo Spur Subdivision on Rossie Hill. This public right-of-way is one of the few open spaces left in our Historic District and has remained undeveloped for all these years due to serious topography and access challenges.

I would trust that any consideration by the Council members of vacating undeveloped public land for private real estate development would be undertaken only when there was clear and undisputed benefits for the citizens of our City — such as an exchange for other open space or preservation of open space within the development parcel for public use, and even perhaps, in times of fiscal need, the sale of public land at fair market value.

This subdivision proposal does not, in my judgment, offer any benefit to the City or its Citizens that would justify vacating public property. The developer’s offer to build a short extension of Shorty’s Stairs above Ontario Ave. in exchange for the vacated land does not begin to approach fair and equitable consideration and would serve no one other than the residents of Echo Spur. It would appear that the only party benefiting from such an exchange would be the developer.

Last month a petition, signed by 122 Park City homeowners, was submitted to the Planning Commission urging the City Council to preserve the McHenry Ave. open space and to instruct the Planning Commission to work with the Applicant to find alternatives to the current proposal that are more harmonious with the topography of the parcel and consisted with the character of the surrounding neighborhood.

I would hope that our elected officials will give this issue their most serious consideration.

Bill Tew Park City

Habitat gala was a team effort

Editor:

Friday night’s Habitat for Humanity Building Dreams Gala for Summit and Wasatch Counties was a major success on all levels. We had a surprisingly strong turnout for an end of the summer event and raised even more donations than expected. Thank you to the Miller-Adrians for providing an elegant yet inviting atmosphere for the event. It was a lovely evening of socializing with friends old and new. I considered each guest a personal friend. Your presence meant a great deal to me. A special heartfelt thank you to all who attended.

Pulling off an event of such magnitude is never easy. Hats off to Christina Miller and Debbie Dorius, Habitat board members and co-chairs of the event, for accomplishing an event that was refreshing and creative. Thanks so much for making the evening special for everyone. Plus, gala committee members Annette Baker, Joan Edwards, and Crystal Orgill were key contributors in making the event a success as well.

Our incredibly supportive community came together once again to make this event a great one! Habitat for Humanity for Summit & Wasatch Counties is able to provide affordable housing for families in need throughout our community through your support and love. Thank you so much to all in attendance, our sponsors, and volunteers!

Best regards,

Julie Bernhard

Executive Director

Habitat for Humanity

Summit & Wasatch Counties

Letters

School district must lead

Park City School District is being investigated by the federal Office of Civil Rights for persistent and ongoing violations. It’s a very big deal that has a lot of our community on edge.



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