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Long-time Grantsville residents to lead parade. See A8 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S TUESDAY July 3, 2018 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 125 No. 9 $1.00 Nonprofit aims to bring in high-tech drone jobs First military drone testing, now commercial drones may be headed to Tooele County TIM GILLIE and other contributions to STAFF WRITER coordinate the efforts for a test Already home to military site for drone command and drone testing, Tooele County control systems,” Milne said. officials are working on “Think of it as an niche eco- attracting commercial drone nomic development tool.” testing with high-tech jobs to A drone is an aircraft with- the county. out a human pilot onboard, County Commissioner according to the Federal Shawn Milne, along with Mitch Aviation Administration. Zundel, Box Elder County’s Military drone testing in the economic development direc- county is done at Dugway tor, incorporated UAS in Utah, Proving Ground. a nonprofit organization in During the 2018 general September 2017. legislative session, the state UAS in Utah was set up with Legislature approved a $1.2 Box Elder County officials to million appropriation for promote a collaborative effort, Tooele County to attract and according to Milne. UAS stands develop a drone testing facility. for Unmanned Aerial Systems, Milne said the money would according to the organization’s soon be directed to the non- Articles of Incorporation. profit organization that he and “We needed an organiza- tion to receive grant money SEE DRONE PAGE A7 ® Marin Legge is crowned Miss Tooele City 2018 at Saturday night’s scholarship pageant at Tooele High School. Miss Tooele City 2017 Kat Hawley (back) and 2017 co-attendant Ayanna Likens (right) crowned Gebs. 2018 MISS TOOELE CITY PAGEANT PHOTOS FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE Grantsville’s The auditorium stage at Tooele High School was the venue Saturday night for the 2018 Miss Tooele City Scholarship Pageant. Nine local women competed for the Fourth of July honors, with Marin Legge crowned Miss Tooele City 2018, and Sadee Simmons and Lily Gebs selected as co-attendants. Responsibilities for Miss Tooele City celebration is and her co-attendants include: Being a positive and professional representative for the city throughout the year and pro- moting the city as a great place to live, work and play; a role model for local ready to roll youth; exhibiting patriotism and being ambassadors during the city’s Fourth of July celebration. STEVE HOWE player. All proceeds from event The scholarships are $2,000 for Miss STAFF WRITER will benefit the Alzheimer’s Tooele City and $1,000 for each co- The Fourth of July may Association. attendant. Scholarships are to be used not be until tomorrow, but The basketball tourna- to defray expenses related to academic Grantsville City has been cel- ment, which will be held at advancement, and are paid to royalty ebrating America’s founding Grantsville Elementary School, Miss Tooele City Marin Legge (above) is joined by her co-attendants Lily Gebs (left) and Sadee after the Miss Tooele City Scholarship since last week, with events for begins at 6 p.m., with registra- Simmons. Simmons reacts (above right) when she is crowned by Likens and Hawk. Gebs (above Pageant the following year. the entire community. tion at 5 p.m. The cost is $5 right) holds still while she’s crowned by Likens. Today’s lineup of events per player, with funds ben- includes a tennis tournament, efiting the Grantsville High 3-on-3 basketball tourna- School’s athletic programs. ment, and the Miss Grantsville The Miss Grantsville Scholarship Pageant. Events Scholarship Pageant, which over the weekend included a features 10 contestants vying 4-on-4 volleyball tournament for the crown, will begin at and 3-on-3 soccer tourna- 6 p.m. at Grantsville High ment, both of which were held School. The pageant is free Saturday. and open to the public. The tennis tournament On the Fourth of July, how- will be held tonight at the ever, Grantsville City will pull Cherry Street tennis courts at Miss Tooele City contestants (below) Lily Gebs, Mariana Sablan, Marin Legge, Angela Moore, Indianna Shosted, Katelyn Bush, Sadee Simmons, 7 p.m., with a cost of $10 per SEE GRANTSVILLE PAGE A7 ® Cassidy Evans and Kailee Russell take the stage after the evening wear competition to find out the results of the 2018 pageant. Concerts, fireworks, parade and rodeo continue this week MARK WATSON the first of night of the 73rd raphy. 7 p.m. both nights with main ages a herd of 75 bulls and 250 Jim Harrell, Bret Brockmeier, STAFF WRITER Annual Bit n’ Spur Rodeo at Gates open at 7 p.m. and the rodeo performances start- horses. Darcy Brockmeier and Cindy Tooele’s Fourth of July cel- Deseret Peak Complex. concert starts at 8 p.m. Cost is ing at 8 p.m. The rodeo is a Events include bareback Elton. ebration continues on Tuesday Clark has sold over five mil- $5 per person and fireworks Rocky Mountain Pro Rodeo bronc riding, barrels, bull rid- Harrell and Elton have been with a concert featuring coun- lion albums, and is the only follow the concert. Association event, and Broken ing, saddle bronc riding and working together as co chairs try music artist Terri Clark Canadian female artist to be The Bit n’ Spur Rodeo runs Heart Rodeo Company, LLC of bull riding. for seven years. Nearly 50 at the Tooele High School a member of the Grand Ole Tuesday and Wednesday West Point, Utah, will provide Bit n’ Spur Rodeo chairs and football field. Also, Tuesday is Opry, according to her biog- nights. Mutton Bustin’ starts at the stock.The company man- committee members include SEE PARADE PAGE A7 ® INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B4 CLASSIFIEDS B6 171 athletes Over 600 flags Life’s Worth HOMETOWN A8 run, bike and respectfully Living OBITUARIES A6 swim to the retired in Foundation OPEN FORUM A4 finish line ceremony. unveils mural SPORTS B1 See B1 See A3 See A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY July 3, 2018 MURAL FOR AWARENESS Life’s Worth Living Foundation unveiled a mural on Monday eve- ning (far left) to raise awareness about the 22 veterans who die by suicide everyday in the United States. The mural, created by chalk artist Joseph Knickerbocker of Grantsville, (left) features the statue of a soldier the foundation is raising money for to place in Tooele City’s Veterans Memorial Park. Knickerbocker, along with a group of volunteers, includ- ing Harlee Clayton and Cherie Jaramillo (bottom left), also worked on the mural. The image of singer/songwriter J. Marc Bailey (below) appears on the mural to promote his free concert on July 4. Bailey is donating proceeds from his song “Some Gave All” to the foundation for the soldier statue. FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTOS GOP winner for Senate Dist. 17 lost in Tooele County by 51 votes TIM GILLIE the votes cast, among the three Tooele County. Knudson has served in the Thatcher, Democrat Clare STAFF WRITER counties included in Senate In Tooele County, Senate state Senate since 1999. Collard, and Green Party can- A Tremonton man who has District 17, according to the District 17 includes Lake In the Nov. 6 general didate Abrian Velarde will be served in the state House of unofficial election night vote Point, Stansbury Park, West election, Sandall will face on the ballot for Senate District Representatives since 2015 tally. Erda, Grantsville, Wendover, Democratic candidate Michael 12 in the general election. won the Republican Primary His Republican primary Dugway, Rush Valley, Vernon Keil from Stansbury Park. Senate District 12 includes on June 26 for one of two state opponent, Clark Davis, a and Ophir. The district also Senate District 12 also Tooele City, East Erda, Pine Senate seats that represent former Brigham City mayor, includes parts of Box Elder and includes part of Tooele County. Canyon, Magna, and parts parts of Tooele County. received 6,077 votes. Cache counties. Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West of West Valley City and West Scott Sandall garnered While Sandall won the total The winner of the general Valley City, is the incumbent Jordan. Both Collard and 6,825 votes, or 52.9 percent of vote count throughout the election will replace Sen. Pete senator representing District Velarde are from Magna. multi-county Senate District, Knudson, R-Brigham City, who 12. He had no opposition in [email protected] he trailed Davis by 51 votes in did not run for re-election. the June 26 primary. Scott Sandall Subscribe Today 435-882-0050 14-year-old in stable condition TOOELETRANSCRIPT BULLETIN after Sunday shooting ADMINISTRATION STEVE HOWE Following the shoot- Due to the nature of his Scott C. Dunn Publisher STAFF WRITER ing, investigators secured injury, the 14-year-old victim Joel J. Dunn Publisher Emeritus A 14-year-old boy is in a warrant for the property has been unable to speak OFFICE stable condition in a Salt on Mobil Avenue and were with police about the shoot- Bruce Dunn Controller Lake area hospital after he able to recover the firearm ing, Hansen said. Chris Evans Office Manager suffered a gunshot wound they believe was used in Tooele City police are Vicki Higgins Customer Service Sunday afternoon in Tooele. the shooting, according to looking for 19-year-old EDITORIAL Tooele City police were Hansen. Dylan Aragon, who they David Bern Editor dispatched to 684 Mobil There was no further believe was in the room at Darren Vaughan Sports Editor Ave. shortly after 1 p.m. update on the shooting the time of the shooting Francie Aufdemorte Photo Editor on reports of a shooting, Sunday, but on Monday and has not spoken with FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Tim Gillie Staff Writer according to Tooele City morning, Hansen confirmed police, Hansen said.