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FRONT PAGE A1 Stansbury girls squeak by Tooele to remain unbeaten in region See A10 TOOELETRANSCRIPT SERVING TOOELE COUNTY BULLETIN SINCE 1894 THURSDAY February 6, 2014 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 120 No. 72 $1.00 Medical waste handler looking at Rowley sites Land sale is in the works that may place Stericycle on 40 acres north of Timpie by Emma Penrod Stericycle, a Illinois-based STAFF WRITER medical waste handler that operates an incinerator in State officials have confirmed North Salt Lake, has recently that they have begun talks with come under fire for the level of Stericycle regarding a possible pollution its Salt Lake operation sale of 40 acres of land just allegedly releases into a nearby west of Stansbury Bay near U.S. residential neighborhood. Magnesium. Last May, the Utah Division Stericycle is still consider- of Air Quality alleged that the ing several possible parcels company exceeded its emis- FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO near Rowley, so the sale is not sions limit in May and that During Wednesday’s Tooele County legislative caucus at the State Capitol, Rep. Doug Sagers, R-Tooele (at right), said if the Utah State Prison is moved here, there yet final, said Deena Loyola, the company was allegedly should be some economic benefit provided to the county from the state. Seated next to him is Tooele County Commissioner Shawn Milne (center) and Commissioner a public information offi- manipulating tests designed to Bruce Clegg (left). cer with the Utah Trust Lands measure the incinerator’s emis- Administration. Additionally, sions. she said, the sale is contin- That area for the proposed State prison may be on the move to Tooele gent on Stericycle complying sale is zoned for general man- with state regulations as well ufacturing, a zone that can by Tim Gillie The Prison Relocation and ing at the State Capitol, lawmak- ments of locating the prison as Tooele County mitigation STAFF WRITER Development Authority voted at ers discussed the possibilities in proximity to downtown Salt requirements. SEE WASTE PAGE A7 ➤ their meeting held Wednesday of the prison coming to Tooele Lake for access to courts, it is A state committee’s recom- afternoon to recommend to the County. close to the University of Utah mendation to relocate the Utah legislature that the state prison Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R- Medical Center for healthcare State Prison has people again in Draper be moved to an unde- West Valley City, explained why needs, and it’s close to a popula- speculating about Tooele County termined location. Tooele County is a good location tion base for volunteers, accord- Proposed Tooele County becoming home to the state’s At last night’s public Tooele for the prison. largest prison population. County legislative caucus meet- Tooele County fits the require- SEE PRISON PAGE A6 ➤ Wendover Stericycle Grantsville 138 Tooele Location 199 Area in red is the approximate location of school trust lands County no longer the most obese in Utah that may be sold to Stericycle. Vernon by Emma Penrod graphic / John Hamilton STAFF WRITER Tooele County may have turned the corner in its long-time struggle with obesity. The county’s obesity rate fell by Stansbury almost 4 percent in 2012, according Bay Stansbury to new data from Utah’s Indicator- 80 Island Based Information System for Public Health (IBIS-PH). An estimated 28 percent of coun- ty residents were considered obese Timpie in 2012, down from 31.6 percent in 2011. The decline put the coun- ty’s obesity rate below the Weber- Skull Valley 80 Morgan health district, which weighed in at 29.6 percent. 196 This marks the first time in sev- Cedar Mountains eral years that Tooele County has 138 not topped the charts for obesity in the state. Yet, the county remains Grantsville the most overweight in Utah. About FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Stansbury Mountains Skull Valley Road SEE OBESE PAGE A9 ➤ Shannon Hislap works out at a circuit training class held at the Grantsville Stake Center. Tooele County’s obesity rate decreased from 31 percent in 2011 to 28 percent in 2012. County was prepared in Mother charged with SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX homicide in accidental The Sun Rise Set FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAYcase WEDNESDAY farm bill THURSDAY didn’t pass Friday 7:33 a.m. 5:54 p.m. Saturday 7:32 a.m. 5:56 p.m. Sunday 7:31 a.m. 5:57 p.m. More than $3.1 million in PILT funds looks certain; time poisoning of toddler Monday 7:29 a.m. 5:58 p.m. Tuesday 7:28 a.m. 5:59 p.m. will tell if county fair will be held this summer Wednesday 7:27 a.m. 6:00 p.m. by Lisa Christensen Commission FChairman Sa Su BruceM Tu W Th Thursday 7:26 a.m. 6:02 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ STAFF WRITER The Moon Rise Set by Tim Gillie Clegg openednumber, Tuesday the greater night’s the need for eye and skin Friday 12:09 p.m. 1:53 a.m. STAFF WRITER commission meetingprotection. 0-2by Low; review- 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 The mother of a 2-year-old boy who died after alleg- Saturday 12:53 p.m. 2:48 a.m. ing the TooeleVery County High; 11+ PILT Extreme con- edly ingesting methadone has been charged with her Sunday 1:40 p.m. 3:39 a.m. If Congress hadn’t passed the tingency plan. son’s death. Monday 2:30 p.m. 4:26 a.m. farm bill Tuesday, the Tooele “Even if the presidentALMANAC signs the Jill Goff, 32, was charged Wednesday with child abuse Tuesday 3:23 p.m. 5:08 a.m. Statistics for the week ending Feb. 5. Mainly cloudy with a On-and-off snow and A chance for rain or Mostly cloudy, chance Wednesday 4:18 p.m. 5:47 a.m. Cloudy; rain possible Clouds and sunshineCounty CommissionersTurning cloudy had a farm bill, we stillTemperatures have sequestra- homicide, a second-degree felony. Goff was arrested Thursday 5:14 p.m. 6:22 a.m. bit of snow rain snow showers of a little rain plan ready to keep the county tion and debtHigh/Low ceiling past problems week 38/14 Saturday after two of her children, an 8-year-old boy First Full Last New budget intact despite the possi- to deal with,”Normal he said. high/low “So past weweek 41/23 and a 5-year-old girl, tested positive for methadone in 41 27 42 33 45 31 44 27 43 27ble loss of more47 than29 $3 million.43 want31 to have onAverage record temp our past weekcon- 27.7 their system. Her 2-year-old son had died on Friday Although funding for the fed- tingency plan Normalin case average PILT temp did past week 32.1 night, and police say it is possible the boy’s death was TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Feb 6 Feb 14 Feb 22 Mar 1 eral payment in lieu of taxes pro- not get funded and for any other from a methadone overdose. Shown is Friday’s weather. gram was included in the farm item that might attack our bud- Capt. Paul Wimmer of the Tooele City Police Forecasts and graphics provided by Temperatures are Friday’s bill, the commissioners Tuesday get.” Department, said an autopsy performed Sunday highs and Friday night’s TTB FILE PHOTO AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 lows. made public a plan to pull $3.1 The contingency plan, devel- revealed no physical indication of cause of death, million from their 2014 budget in Tooele County planned to pull $3.1 million from its budget in case PILT funds were not case PILT was not funded. SEE FARM PAGE A9 ➤ passed by Congress. County commissioners told county fair board members that funding SEE METHADONE PAGE A6 ➤ UTAH WEATHER for the fair was dependent on PILT funding. Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Logan BULLETIN BOARD B6 Grouse 36/25 AIRPrecipitation QUALITY (in inches) Wendover INSIDE CLASSIFIEDS C6 Creek 42/30 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Thursday 41/29 42/29 36/22 44/33 Good HOMETOWN B1 Ogden Photos from Outdoor Stansbury Park OBITUARIES A8 42/31 43/33 2014’s memorable Adventure explores Erda Friday Vernal Grantsville 42/29 Pine Canyon basketball season Goblin Valley in KID SCOOP B7 Salt Lake City 34/9 43/36 31/20 Good SPORTS A10 Tooele 44/33 Bauer 41/27 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal See B1 Southern Utah 39/29 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt See 41/27 Saturday 37/19 complete See A5 39/33 Stockton SnowfallGood (in inches) Price forecast 39/29 39/23 Nephi on A9 Rush Valley Source: www.airquality.utah.gov 40/28 39/29 Ophir 33/20 Delta Manti 42/32 38/25 Green River Last Month Season 43/27 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 41/29 42/28 Moab 40/25 SNOWPACK Hanksville 45/28 Beaver 47/30 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 42/27 Ibapah 39/28 42/27 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Wednesday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 8.8 9.9 4.5 St. George 41/28 42/26 Average 11.8 11.2 6.2 53/38 Kanab 48/28 Eureka Percent of average 75% 88% 73% 35/26 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN THURSDAY February 6, 2014 City OKs updated tobacco specialty store ordinance by Emma Penrod locating within a 1,000 foot buf- bought the store out from under STAFF WRITER fer.