It’s hard to know what to make of the news. You read the headlines, and the conclusion is that the sky is falling. Runaway growth, insufferable traffic, the obliteration of our small-town character, chain stores on Main Street and possibly the Olympics coming back to town. If you picked up a copy of The Park Record from 40 years ago, the headlines would be surprisingly similar. The construction of the Shadow Ridge condominiums was going to knock the planets out of alignment. The world escaped destruction only by moving the Miners Hospital from its original location to City Park. Park Record columnist Tom Clyde.