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FRONT PAGE A1 TOOELE Stansbury RANSCR IPT dancer earns T all-state for SERVING second time TOOELE COUNTY See A9 BULLETIN SINCE 1894 TUESDAY November 13, 2012 www.TooeleTranscript.com Vol. 119 No. 47 50¢ Reduction in revenue leads to third round of layoffs by Tim Gillie “The last few months have been horrible, noon announcements were eight part-time STAFF WRITER but we have to reduce expenses to match workers from the Deseret Peak Complex, two our income.” part-time information department workers, For the third time in the last four months County employees learned of more two part-time people from the maintenance Tooele County has announced a reduc- impending cuts in staff last Thursday after- staff, one part-time person from treasurer’s tion of employees as the Tooele County noon when county commissioners sent an office that had been devoted to collect- Commission and county department heads email to all county employees stating that ed license renewals for the Department of scramble to reduce expenses to meet an department heads would be holding meet- Motor Vehicles, one full-time person from unforeseen reduction in revenue. ings to inform their staff of reduction in the IT department, one full-time clerk from “We really hope and believe this will be force plans for their departments. the justice court, three secretaries from the the last round of cuts in staff we will have This most recent round of layoffs affected county attorney’s office and one full-time to make for this year,” said Colleen Johnson, 22 people, according to Johnson. Tooele County Commission chairwoman. Eliminated through the Thursday after- SEE LAYOFFS PAGE A10 ➤ TALES OF SACRIFICE Maegan Burr Daniele Collard looks at hats Tuesday morning at C-A-L Ranch. Retail sales rose this year, and the rise is expected to continue into the holiday Holiday shopping outlook bright for local retailers by Rachel Madison STAFF WRITER Many stores in Tooele have seen sales trend upward through- out the year, and most are planning on those sales continuing to rise during the holiday season. Scott Wolfe, assistant store manager at C-A-L Ranch in Tooele, said sales at his store are up about 5 percent from last year. “At this point we’re only up 5 percent, but during the holidays is when we sell the most stuff, so we expect that percentage to rise,” he said. “At this point in time, our clothing department is heads above the rest of the departments in terms of percentage of what we’ll make off it.” C-A-L Ranch’s work wear, in particular, has sold well this year, Wolfe said. “With EC Source coming through installing the power line [Rocky Mountain Power’s Mona-to-Oquirrh transmission line], they’re coming in to buy clothing, and heavy-duty clothing at Maegan Burr SEE RETAILERS PAGE A5 ➤ Stansbury High School principal Kendal Topham talks about his deployment Monday at the Elk’s Veterans Day Ceremony at the Dow James building. Chamber of Commerce reloads Transcript-Bulletin with experienced executive director Benefit Fund by Tim Gillie STAFF WRITER Nominations are being Two months after firing its previous execu- accepted for the annu- tive director, the Tooele County Chamber of al Tooele Transcript- Commerce has refilled the position. Bulletin Christmas SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX The chamber’s 15-member executive board Benefit Fund. Each met last Wednesday and selected Jared Hamner, year, readers are asked to The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 7:15 a.m. 5:12 p.m. of Grantsville, to manage the chamber’s day-to- nominate a local family they Thursday 7:16 a.m. 5:11 p.m. day affairs. feel is in need of help from Friday 7:17 a.m. 5:11 p.m. Saturday 7:18 a.m. 5:10 p.m. “We were impressed with Jared’s presenta- the community. From those include a thorough descrip- Sunday 7:19 a.m. 5:09 p.m. tion he made to the board,” said Jed Winder, nominations, the Transcript- tion of the hardships the Monday 7:20 a.m. 5:08 p.m. Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue chairman of the chamber’s board of directors. Bulletin will choose one fam- family is facing, as well as Tuesday 7:22 a.m. 5:08 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin “Jared’s background will help the chamber’s ily to profile, encouraging the an explanation of how the Wednesday 8:08 a.m. 6:04 p.m. protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 board of directors as we take the Tooele County community to donate cash fund could help them this Thursday 9:16 a.m. 7:07 p.m. Very High; 11+ Extreme Chamber of Commerce to the next level.” Christmas. Friday 10:15 a.m. 8:14 p.m. and gifts to make their holi- Saturday 11:05 a.m. 9:24 p.m. ALMANAC Hamner worked for the last 16 years for West days a little merrier. Please send nominations Sunday 11:48 a.m. 10:33 p.m. Statistics for the week ending Nov. 12. Ridge Academy, formerly known as the Utah and contact information Cloudy most of the Last year, Kay Negrette Monday 12:24 p.m. 11:40 p.m. Partly sunny Partly sunny Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy Partly sunny Sunny Temperatures Tuesday 12:56 p.m. none time Boys Ranch, a residential treatment center for and Dakota Madill, a single by Tuesday, Dec. 4, to the High/Low past week 68/16 teen boys and girls. Tooele Transcript-Bulletin New First Full Last Normal high/low past week 53/34 mother and her wheelchair- 50 30 52 35 50 34 49 36 52 36 53 35 49 32 Average temp past week 41.9 A native of Indiana who has a bachelor’s bound son, were given doz- Christmas Benefit Fund at TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Normal average temp past week 43.3 degree in business economics from Indiana ens of gifts, bags of food and P.O. Box 390, Tooele, Utah, Daily Temperatures High Low University, Hamner originally moved to Utah a check for more than $3,800 84074, or email nominations Nov 13 Nov 20 Nov 28 Dec 6 Shown is Wednesday’s weather. Temperatures are Maegan Burr in 1994 to accept a management position with by the newspaper and its to [email protected] Forecasts and graphics provided by Wednesday night’s lows and Federal Express. In 1996, he changed careers and readers. with “Benefit Fund” in the AccuWeather, Inc. ©2012 Tooele County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jared Hamner poses for a photo at the Wednesday’s highs. Each nomination should subject line. chamber’s office Monday. The Chamber of Commerce board felt that Hamner’s experience directing UTAH WEATHER West Ridge Academy will serve him well as the new executive director. SEE CHAMBER PAGE A6 ➤ Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD B4 Grouse 46/26 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 48/28 Knolls Clive Lake Point Tuesday CLASSIFIEDS B6 50/25 51/28 52/29 50/31 HOMETOWN B1 Ogden Stansbury Park Good Child’s creativity Two deaf teachers 50/32 Erda 50/31 put to work on share their world OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 51/32 Pine Canyon Wednesday Salt Lake City 47/25 51/29 41/26 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 50/32 Bauer Good “Green Screen with sign language 50/30 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS A8 49/29 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 50/30 Adventures” 50/24 See B1 47/28 Stockton SnowfallThursday (in inches) Price 49/28 See A7 49/26 Good Nephi Rush Valley 54/28 50/27 Ophir 44/25 Source: www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti 55/27 54/27 Green River Last Month Season 54/27 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 52/27 57/29 Moab 51/27 SNOWPACK Hanksville 57/29 Beaver 55/26 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 55/28 Ibapah 51/26 56/25 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Monday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 1.4 2.6 0.8 St. George 56/27 50/31 Average 2.1 1.4 0.2 62/43 Kanab 60/30 Eureka Percent of average 67% 186% 400% 46/26 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY November 13, 2012 Power outages black out Tooele as storm hits by Lisa Christensen Tooele without power. Later that quential. It primarily hit the and shut down for a little while. five hours, according to Jolene the perishable food, Thurgood STAFF WRITER day, from 1:40 p.m. to 3:46 p.m., north end of Tooele, darkening We passed out a lot of refunds,” Thurgood, store leader. said, a back-up generator another outage left 7,488 cus- traffic lights as well as buildings, Hope said. “They understood, “We’re pretty prepared enabled the cash registers to More than 10,000 people were tomers in Tooele in the dark. A and some stores had to close because the whole area was out because we’ve had [the power continue working, though the left without power at some point third outage, on Saturday from down until power was restored.