Leash laws and other small town moments

For as international as Park City is,well cultured and globally popular through not only our snow and Sundance film festival but our well groomed culture, Park City is still a small town. PC definitely has it small town quirks, the best place to read of these small happenings is our newspaper, The Park Record.
The Park Record defines a small town newspaper, the main headline always a story about the events around town or a profile. These events are always something that are kinda irrelevant but they are important to Park City, which is what matters.

For example if you look at website this week, the most emailed article is about new leash laws for the summer time, and the debate wether to allow more free roam or requires leash on the trials. Another top article is about the sand-trap situation at the Canyons Ski Resort, the panic over wether they will be ready for the summer time. The best part though is the police blotter:

Someone along Aerie Drive contacted the police at 6:39 p.m. reporting that a dog was outside barking "incessantly," the police were told. The barking started a few days prior to the police being contacted.
Rocks were found on the street along the Guardsman Connection Road in Deer Valley, the police reported at 1:49 p.m. The rocks had fallen down a hillside and onto the road. The police said the situation presented a traffic hazard.
At 7:01 p.m., a horn was reported to be sounding along lower Iron Horse Loop. The police were told the noise might have been an alarm of some sort
Ducks were reported to be relaxing in the road along the 2200 block of Park Avenue. The police said the birds were a traffic hazard.
Three people were reported to be stuck in an elevator on the 1300 block of Lowell Avenue at 12 a.m. The Park City Fire District was called.

Those were just some of the highlights from the blotter. What else make's Park City such a special small town, the fact that everyone knows your name. One time someone called my mom and told them I was speeding in my car. Or another instance that there is only one high school in a 45 minute radius or maybe it is that I can ride my bike through the whole town all summer and never need to drive a car.


My favorite part of living in such a small town though is that sense of wacky community. The warmth and unity for everyone and their cause is amazing. I love that, I enter my 435 area code and know that all my crazy idea will always be supported by the colorful residents. I have big small town love.