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Buffs tame Tigers See A10 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S TUESDAY September 24, 2019 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 126 No. 33 $1.00 County jail inmate count near capacity STEVE HOWE ate, especially at the begin- ramping up in July, according STAFF WRITER ning of the week, before local to Wimmer. The Tooele County inmates have their initial When the $25 million facil- Detention Center is running court appearance and may be ity was built in 2011, the coun- near capacity again, with rev- released or make bail. But the ty administration’s intention enues exceeding expectations general population figure is was to use outside inmates to over the past two years. around 235. augment jail revenues and help There were 231 inmates The current inmate numbers pay the $1.6 million yearly in the county jail on Monday, are a stark contrast from 2016, bond payment. In the previ- including 68 state inmates when the jail had only 91 total ous two years, revenue from and 53 U.S. Marshal holds. inmates, with four federal pris- contract inmates exceeded The remaining 110 inmates in oners. At the time, the county the bond payment through a the 277-bed facility were local jail was only holding about combination of state, federal holds. nine to 10 federal inmates. and Salt Lake County inmates. Tooele County Sheriff Paul The county jail began It’s on pace to exceed it again FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Wimmer said the number of accepting state inmates in The Tooele County Detention Center, built in 2011 for $25 million, is nearing capacity with a growing population inmates in the jail can fluctu- June, with the population SEE JAIL PAGE A9 ® of federal prisoners and inmates from the state prison. Kodi Lee wins big in America’s Got Talent finale Former Tooele resident declared winner of AGT’s 14th season in Hollywood TIM GILLIE EDITOR Former Tooele County resi- dent Kodi Lee was named the winner of the 14th season of America’s Got Talent on Sept. 18. Originally from California, Lee attended Copper Canyon Elementary and Stansbury High schools while living in Tooele. Back in May 2019 a group of around 30 of Lee’s Tooele County friends and fans gathered at Bonneville Kenneth Grygla of Walmart Transportation stands in front of his semi trailer on Monday. Brewery to watch him audition FILE PHOTO on the premier of AGT’s 14th Kodi Lee plays a Snow Patrol song on the piano and sings it in his season. Tooele home in 2008. Lee played the piano and Grantsville’s Kenny ‘G’ wins sang Leon Russell’s “A Song for remember that he was born You.” with optic nerve hypoplasia Listening to Lee sing and 5th state trucker championship play the piano, it’s hard to SEE KODI PAGE A9 ® PHOTOS FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE TIM GILLIE EDITOR National Truck Driver Sheriff Wimmer, Appreciation Week of Sept. 8-14, passed by with little notice in the commu- nity — except at the Walmart Deputy Millett Distribution Center in Grantsville. Walmart recognized its truck drivers, over 8,900 earn top honors nationally, with 173 of them working out of the Grantsville DC. from association “Truck drivers are a criti- cal part of our team here at Walmart and have been since STEVE HOWE Sam Walton started the pri- STAFF WRITER vate truck fleet in the 1970s,” Two members of the Tooele said Greg Smith, executive County Sheriff’s Office were vice president of Walmart recognized for their contribu- U.S. Supply Chain. “They tions in law enforcement at drive more than 800 mil- the Utah Sheriffs’ Association lion miles a year to keep this Conference last week. economy moving and deliver Tooele County Sheriff Paul the products Americans need Wimmer was awarded Sheriff Grygla (above) sits in their day-to-day lives … we of the Year, while Tooele behind the wheel are proud to celebrate them County Sheriff’s Deputy of his semi. Grygla during National Truck Driver Mindy Millett was recognized (right) poses with Appreciation Week.” as Corrections Officer of the Sheriff Paul Wimmer a gift bag from a There are more than 3.5 Year during the conference, Walmart store. million professional truck held Sept. 15-17 at the Dixie sion of his one-year term as drivers nationwide, deliver- Convention Center in St. president of the Utah Sheriffs’ ing everything from food to George. Association. It’s the highest local grocery stores to books to The Sheriff of the Year award his colleagues can give, Award was presented to SEE TRUCKER PAGE A9 ® Wimmer at the conclu- SEE HONORS PAGE A9 ® INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B4 CLASSIFIEDS B6 Rendezvous Cowboys crush Arts Guild holds HOMETOWN B1 returns Bulldogs annual fall OBITUARIES A6 See A2 See A10 show OPEN FORUM A4 See B1 SPORTS A10 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY September 24, 2019 Three shows to hit Dow James Complex this weekend Rendezvous, Powwow and Rock Show all in one place TIM GILLIE said Blair Hope, rendezvous A grand entry is scheduled EDITOR chairman. for 6 p.m. on Friday and noon This year’s Festival of the The rendezvous is open to on Saturday. A supper break Old West at Tooele City’s Dow the public with no admission will be held from 4-5 p.m. on James Complex will be a triple charge, according to Hope. Saturday with a grand entry header. The Tooele Gem and at 5 p.m. The Miss PANDOS The Tooele Mountain Mineral Society will hold its pageant will be conducted on Man Rendezvous, a native annual gem and mineral show Saturday at 10 a.m. American Powwow, and the on Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 “Enjoy a little of Native Tooele Gem and Mineral p.m. and on Saturday from 10 dances, Indian Taco and Native Show will all converge at the a.m. to 5 p.m. inside the Dow burgers, bring the kids. We complex in Tooele City this James Building. will have a kids craft booth. weekend. The show includes rocks, They can color, make corn The rendezvous will include gems, fossils, displays and husk dolls, talking sticks and games for children, a knife demonstrations along with ojo’,” Powwow organizers said. and tomahawk throw, and door prizes and a silent auc- “It’s going to be a fun week- black powder shoot. Food and tion. There is no admission end packed with all kinds of vendors will also be available fee. fun for families,” Hope said. on site. The rendezvous runs A native Anerican organiza- “Everybody should come on Sept. 27-29. tion called PANDOS will hold down and see it.” “We’ll be there Friday morn- its first “Defend the Sacred” The Dow James Complex is ing putting on an educational powwow with a dance com- located at 438 W. 400 North in TTB FILE PHOTO program for fourth-grade petition at the complex Friday Tooele City. Paul Wells competes in archery at the Mountain Man Rendezvous in 2017. students in Tooele schools,” and Saturday. [email protected] After delays, Grantsville Main St. repaving could begin Saturday MARK WATSON we can,” Ruby said. “We’ve Church streets and then com- CORRESPONDENT installed most of the ped ramps plete more work on North Hale Work to repave Grantsville’s and have done some storm Street. It is anticipated that a Main Street from state Route drain work. Once we start mill- section of east Durfee Street 112 on the east to the Clark ing it will take 16 shifts work- will be closed during the first Street intersection on the west ing six days a week. So the two weeks of October. could begin Saturday, accord- work on Main Street will last Mayor Brent Marshall said ing to the state. about three weeks.” Grantsville’s water and sewer “The project has been Crews will mill off three lines were in critical need of an delayed due to ongoing inches of old pavement and update. He said Grantsville’s waterline projects on Main put down three inches of new old sewer line dates back to Street,” said Courtney Samuel asphalt. the early 1970s and is being with the Utah Department of Ruby said if there are more replaced with a new 18-inch Transportation. “We antici- delays with the Grantsville diameter line. pated getting this done in water-sewer project, they could “The sewer line was September, but if everything possibly hold off the repaving maxed out on the east side goes smoothly this week, project until next spring. of Grantsville with all the we could start as early as “We need the weather hot residential and commercial Saturday.” enough to meet compaction growth,” he said. “There was Rod Erickson, construction requirements. If the asphalt is no capacity in the line and we manager for Grantsville’s $10 too cool you can’t meet those made do the last few years by million water-sewer line proj- requirements,” he said. rerouting the lines. We’ve been ect, said all sewer line work on Ruby said one lane will able to eliminate two lift sta- Main Street is complete, but remain open in each direction tions with this new project.” there are still water connec- on Main Street while the work The mayor said the city also tions and water service laterals is being completed. He said needed a new waterline for fire to finish on Main Street. there could be times when protection. Rodney Ruby, UDOT project flaggers are needed to help “The waterline down Main manager, said crews already with traffic flow.