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Park Record file photo Welcome to High Valley Transit. Next stop: Heber? Last week was a notable one for public transit in Summit County, as the newly expanded Snyderville Basin Public Transit District convened for the first time and (almost) selected “High Valley Transit” as its new name, one of a number of administrative tasks on its agenda as it sets out to meet a July 1 deadline to take over operations in the Basin from Park City Transit. The district will need to hold a public hearing to officially change the name, which officials indicated is scheduled for March 4. Other finalists i...

Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships Williams Went Back-To-Back With CR In 1996 Tonya Williams of Illinois made hurdles history multiple ways at the 1996 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene. Williams repeated as NCAA champion in the 400-meter hurdles in a collegiate record of 54.56, then an hour later finished second in the 100-meter version – the closest anyone yet had come to a sweep of the women’s hurdles. The elusive sweep of women’s hurdle races would have to wait until 2010, when Queen Harrison of Virginia Tech pulled...

My favourite novel is Kurt Vonnegut’s The Sirens Of Titan. Aside from his use of humour to make compelling (and heart-breaking) statements about the ‘usefulness’ of life, I think Vonnegut’s genius here lies in the brevity he affords his really good ideas – of which there are a constellation.There’s a three-page aside in which he casually explains that Stonehenge was built by humans under the telepathic influence of a distant planet, just to send reassuring messages to a robot stranded in a broken ship on Mars; viewing Stonehenge from above, the robot reads the ar...

Courtesy of Malena Stevens Judge Shauna Kerr, standing behind a wall of plexiglass, delivered the oath of office Tuesday evening to the newest Summit County councilor, Malena Stevens, who stood several feet away to adhere to pandemic-related protocols. Stevens is the newest councilor, replacing Kim Carson, who retired after two terms on the county’s highest legislative body. The other four councilors remained unchanged, and at their first meeting of 2021 Wednesday, Glenn Wright was selected as chair and Chris Robinson was named vice-chair. The council generally rotates these positions each ...

Park Record file photo Summit County Councilor Kim Carson’s days have been peppered with unusual scenes in recent years, she said, from driving a rodeo queen around before the annual demolition derby at the Summit County Fair to trying her hand at cutting a car apart while training with the Park City Fire Department. Carson’s tenure as a Summit County councilor ends this year after two terms on the county’s highest legislative body, but she said in a recent interview her service has brought some lifelong memories. Carson was lauded by her colleagues and county staff in the final council...