Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Editor:
Summit County residents responded enthusiastically to the offer of a free Household Hazardous Waste Collection on May 4th at Canyons cabriolet parking lot.
At the bi-annual "Save Our Streams" day, more than 453 vehicles drove through the collection site, with volunteers from Park City Sunrise Rotary Club directing traffic and manning stations to receive residents’ hazardous waste materials.
Over 9,050 lbs of e-waste was accepted and taken to Recycle Utah. The Summit County Sheriff’s department took in 20 five-gallon buckets of medicines, two buckets of sharps and three buckets of cosmetics.
Also accepted were 10 buckets of batteries, CFLs, light tubes and 40+ car batteries for Recycle Utah. Summit County picked up a full dumpster of automotive tires, refrigerators and freezers for proper disposal.
A large quantity of paint, solvents and poisons were received and with technicians from VEOLIA, STANTEC, the Park City Fire District and Summit County Public Works, trained professionals received and sorted toxic material for hours after the event.
A big shoutout goes to Park City Municipal Corporation, Summit County, and Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District for their financial support. Of course a special thanks is given to Recycle Utah whose education and efforts are always so vital.
"If you don’t want to drink it, don’t dump it!" This was the Save Our Streams tagline to reinforce the importance of responsible hazardous waste disposal. The event was free to the public, for private use only, and will be repeated again in October.
Karen Nielsen
Park City Sunrise Rotary Club
Thank you
Editor:
A BIG THANKS to those who helped bring the important film Finding Kind to our community. We wanted to acknowledge Interim Superintendent Tom Van Gorder with the Park City School District for his support of the project. The talented Dave Hallock administrator of the Eccles Center who orchestrated our five screenings for our parents, community and 6-12th grade students. We also want to thank The United Against Bullying Coalition Executive Board, Park City Day School led by Tess Miner-Farra.
A special thank you to the Park City School District counselors for all of the work they do on a daily with the children and families of our district, to our impromptu speakers panel and to our fabulous guest speaker panel a sincere thanks, also to Julianne Rosen-Carone whose marketing of the film was instrumental.
With Gratitude
Sam Walsh and Willow Amendola
Park City School District Counselors
Samantha Walsh, M.S.W.
Intervention Counselor
Park City High School
Every Unleashed Moose Has Its Day
Editor,
Unleashed moose are on the loose, ambling onto Main Street ("Moose Amble Onto Main Street," May 4-7 Park Record). Last month, one even kicked an unleashed dog that somehow got too close on a hiking trail. The unleashed moose was relocated to Spanish Fork for its impudence.
If anything’s more fundamental to our Independent Republic’s quirky diversity than unleashed dogs, it’s unleashed moose. We have life-sized metal totems to them dotting our town. Conversely, we don’t have a single life-sized statue of so much as a Chihuahua. Nonetheless, unleashed moose can’t walk our streets without everyone and their dog calling the police. Those branded as "troublemakers" get deported to Spanish Fork. These reactions are short- sighted. Our unleashed moose might move if they realize they’re second-class citizens. Each time one does, we’ll each lose that much more of our quirky diversity.
Before that happens, we should try dedicating certain public places on certain days to the exclusive use of unleashed moose. Trails and rural parks seem ideal, since unleashed moose prefer large open areas. Sure, some unleashed moose will still go wherever they want on whatever day it is and feign ignorance if confronted. Others won’t even bother to leave their pellets in plastic bags for some human being to pick up. Still, we shouldn’t let a few rotten apples spoil everything for all the perfectly
conscientious unleashed moose that we’ve all met.
Granted, dedicating public places to unleashed moose on certain days might not be the permanent panacea for issues that some say were settled centuries ago anyway. We’ll therefore have to try it on a temporary, experimental basis to see how things go. After all, every unleashed moose has its day.
Mike Otto
Park City
School staff gets pampered
Editor:
The Treasure Mountain Jr. High PTSO would like to thank the many Park City businesses who helped to make Staff Appreciation Week delicious and relaxing for the hardworking teachers and staff at TMJH. Thank you also to the many parents who helped out by bringing food and supplies, decorating the lounge and setting up and cleaning up. The week could not have happened without you! And finally, thank you to the teachers and staff at TMJH for working hard every day to educate the 8th and 9th graders of Park City School District. We appreciate you!
Sincerely yours,
Kathy Silianoff
Teacher Appreciation Committee
Treasure Mountain Jr. High PTSO