A car in the McPolin Elementary parking lot caught fire on Friday morning before school started. More details are currently unknown. This story will be updated.

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A brand new, specially designed fire engine came to rest at the Deer Valley Fire Station 34 on Thursday after a push-in ceremony to bring it in.

A small army of firefighters, Mayor Nann Worel, Summit County Council Chair Malena Stevens and City Councilors Ed Parigian and Jeremy Rubell pushed in the new engine.

The ceremony is a tradition tracing back to the day of horse-drawn vehicles, according to Chief Bob Zanetti.

“The ceremony itself ties everything together,” Chief Zanetti said. “We’ve been waiting two and half years for this to arrive.”

Capt. Jon Jahp explained some of the features specific to the new engine, describing how it was built to be able to maneuver in the tight spaces of Deer Valley and Main Street.

“As you guys know, it snows an insane amount up here,” Jahp said. “This has a new four-wheel-drive system that is hydraulic all-wheel drive.”

Jahp also explained the cab was designed to withstand large amounts of crush pressure that could happen in the case of a rollover incident.

Mayor Worel said she was “so excited that we have this resource here because the value of the property up here, as everyone knows, is in the billions of dollars. So to be able to protect that property gives me a great sense of security.”

After the engine came to rest in the bay of the station, Mayor Worel and Summit County Councilor Stevens were invited to throw a bucket of water onto it. The ceremony began around 1:20 p.m., and the new engine quickly became ready to respond to an emergency.

“I hope to have it in service by 2 this afternoon,” Chief Zanetti said while firefighters moved equipment from the one engine to the new one.

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Lucky Ones Coffee held a reopening celebration on Wednesday afternoon and officially welcomed patrons to a new space. Lucky Ones signed a lease for five more years in the space connected to the Park City Library, now with revamped aesthetics and improved functionality of the barista area. 

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On one of the last days in August, with the sun still high above the westward mountain range, a class of curious apiarists gathered among the rows of vegetables and flowers at the Summit Community Gardens. The attendees were there to learn from Mike McKinney of Root Revival. After fielding a few questions, McKinney, dressed in a t-shirt, pants and flip-flops, directed the group over to the hive that sits in the northwest corner of the garden under the shade of a willow tree.

McKinney explained that the bees were busy taking advantage of the abundance of flowers this time of year, so a good number of them wouldn’t be in the hive, hence why he could get by with his chosen attire and not worry about putting on a protective suit.

“Why do the bees leave when we put smoke in the hive?” McKinney asked the group. He compared it to what people would do if they smell or see smoke in their house: They get out. The smoke of choice was burning burlap, torch ignited and blown into the hive and then onto the frame.

At the end of the class, the group served honey, fresh out of the hive. McKinney asked for a volunteer to help carry the top box, heavy with golden honey and honeycomb, to the back of his truck so he could transport it for harvest. This marks the final honey harvest of the year, and the top box will not be replaced. Bees in the hive will spend the remainder of the summer into fall gathering honey to store in the hive to live off of this winter.

McKinney isn’t off the hook during the off months. He explained how beekeeping is a year-round task. During the winter months he will continue to check on the hives he maintains, feeding sugar water to hives low on honey store and keeping entrances clear of snow buildup to ensure there is adequate air flow.

The honey that was harvested will be given in gift jars to attendees of the Summit Community Garden and EATs (Eat Awesome Things) Farm to Fork event at the Pendry on Sept. 12. Tickets are available at summitcommunitygardens.org.

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The letter of the day was T, like Tim the tiger, tickle, toes and yes, transit and trolley too. The theme of the stories Youth Services Librarian Katrina Kmak read on Thursday morning to the toddlers all centered around transit, with ad libs to localize the illustrated bus stories to include more information about Park City’s transportation.

After a musical interlude on the ukulele to assist with “getting the wiggles out,” it was time for the group of kids and adults to board the red and green trolley that is most commonly seen making trips up and down Main Street. After stories were read and a fitting rendition of “The Wheels on the Bus” was sang, story time ended with questions for Tim Carroll, transit supervisor.

With a boost from their adult, the kids in attendance had the option to ring the trolley bell before heading their separate ways, as Kmak prepared for another group of children to take part in story time on the trolley.

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Left: Campbell Voorhees performs a portion of a performance set to the Broadway musical Legally Blonde.

Right: Trevor Meebor leaps through the air while the rest of the group from the Figure Skating Club of Park City watches on Saturday.

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Buses, cars, bikes and walkers made the trip back to schools in the Park City School District on Tuesday for the first day of the 2024-25 year. Middle schoolers were “clapped in” at Treasure Mountain, kindergartners and preschoolers said anxious goodbyes to their parents at McPolin and high schoolers handed out doughnuts in the parking lot to welcome their peers back to class.

Left: Katrina Kmak bikes her son, John “Jack” Burdick V, to his first day of kindergarten. Kmak’s husband, John Burdick IV biked with them to Jack’s first day of class as well.

Right: Shane Hoffmeyer says a teary goodbye to his dad, Tyler Hoffmeyer, on his first day of preschool at McPolin Elementary. Tyler is the technology instructional coach at Park City High School. “I’m excited to have [Shane] nice and close by,” he said.

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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band played at Canyons Village Saturday night as part of their All the Good Times: The Farewell Tour. The concert was presented by the Park City Institute.

Leading up to the concert, reporter Scott Iwasaki was able to interview keyboardist and vocalist Bob Carpenter. Here is an excerpt from that article:

“This will be the last night we play in Park City, that’s for sure, but we are looking forward to getting back to Utah,” said Carpenter, who has been a band member since 1980. “We spent a lot of time in the west, and some of us lived in Colorado and Utah for a long time. In fact, one of the guys in our road crew has a lot of family in Salt Lake, so we’ve done a lot of shows in Utah over the years. So it will be good to get back.”

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The obstacle course was set and the athletes were fitted in their best velcro shoes. Some competitors opted for a barefoot approach to tackle the colorful tunnel and to clear the inclines. The excitement in the room was palpable, but this is one event you are not going to see on national television. The first-ever Crawling Olympics were held on Monday at the Park City Library.

Katrina Kmak of the library created the event. She explained how her own love for the Olympics inspired her to think of something different for the Baby and Me time slot at the library. Although it was not a typical reading hour, it was an event that is still vitally important, she said.

“Singing, talking, playing, reading and writing are the five things for early literacy with Utah Ready to Read,” Kmak said. The event focused on play but was a good way for the youngest Olympians to work on hand-eye coordination, socialize with their peers, and even get their hands on a book to carry around at the conclusion of the races, she said.

“Just getting kids used to coming to the library is important,” Kmak said. No gold medals were given out, but each participant went home with one or two books they were allowed to keep.

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