County United in Fight Against Prison
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FRONT PAGE A1 TOOELE Stallions RANSCRIPT honor former T star, victim of SERVING Australia auto TOOELE COUNTY accident SINCE 1894 See B1 BULLETIN TUESDAY January 20, 2015 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 121 No. 67 $1.00 County united in fight against prison by Tim Gillie STAFF WRITER Tooele County and its municipali- ties are now united in opposing the relocation of the Utah State Prison to Tooele Valley. “It is not in Tooele Valley’s or Tooele County’s best interest to sup- port the relocation of the Utah State Prison (Draper) to the Tooele Valley or Tooele County,” reads a resolution unanimously approved by the Tooele County Council of Governments dur- ing their Jan. 15 meeting. SEE PRISON PAGE A3 ➤ Sheriff’s Deputy FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO justified Grantsville Library Technician Nancy Carter tells a group of children a tale during story time. It was Carter’s last story time before her retirement. Nancy Carter bids farewell in Dec. 28 to Grantsville City Library shooting By Steve Howe Barbara Grygierczyk interviewed and hired STAFF WRITER Carter to the position in Stansbury Park. By Steve Howe Carter created her own puppets and props STAFF WRITER After years of storytelling and puppet for the storytelling program, using time and shows, Nancy Carter retired from her position resources not supplied in her part-time job, A Tooele County Sheriff’s deputy was as a library technician at the Grantsville City Grygierczyk said. legally justified in using lethal force in Library last Thursday. “You will never get another person to the shooting death of a Stansbury Park Carter, 79, spent 12 years working with replace Nancy,” she said. man last month, the Tooele County library programs in Tooele County including Carter also undertook the daily responsi- Attorney’s Office ruled on Jan. 15. previous positions with the county’s book- bilities of a library technician, which include Sgt. Eli Wayman fired three shots mobile depository in Grantsville and the cataloguing and repairing books and helping from his AR15 rifle in the early hours Stansbury Park Community Association. residents with finding materials and the pub- of Dec. 28, fatally wounding 28-year- Library Director John Ingersoll said Carter’s lic computers. old Nicholas McGehee, who had alleg- work with children went above and beyond “I just have a passion for reading programs edly pointed a handgun at the deputy. the regular duties of her position. In addition for children and working with children,” County Attorney Scott Broadhead to shows and readings, Carter would lead lit- Carter said. “It’s rewarding.” said in the ruling that Wayman was FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO erary groups and classes. Ingersoll said that Carter also played a justified in using deadly force because Grantsville Mayor Brent Marshall escorts Library technician Nancy Carter to the “She was an integral part of the library,” significant role in setting up the Grantsville front of the room so she could be honored by friends, family, coworkers and he said. “Whatever was needed, she stepped SEE SHOOTING PAGE A3 ➤ library patrons at her retirement party last Thursday. up.” SEE LIBRARY PAGE A3 ➤ SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 7:48 a.m. 5:33 p.m. Thursday 7:47 a.m. 5:35 p.m. Jesse Horowitz’s parents Stansbury residents take Friday 7:47 a.m. 5:36 p.m. Saturday 7:46 a.m. 5:37 p.m. Sunday 7:45 a.m. 5:38 p.m. Monday 7:44 a.m. 5:39 p.m. W Th F Sa Su M Tu Tuesday 7:44 a.m. 5:41 p.m. struggle to heal as Beach The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin steps to build trails system Wednesday 8:20 a.m. 7:28 p.m. protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Thursday 9:01 a.m. 8:40 p.m. Very High; 11+ Extreme by Emma Penrod National Parks Service has assigned the com- Friday 9:40 a.m. 9:52 p.m. sentencing draws near Larry Beach Saturday 10:16 a.m. 11:02 p.m. ALMANAC STAFF WRITER munity a full-time representative whose job for Sunday 10:52 a.m. none Statistics for the week ending Jan. 19. the next year is to develop a master plan for a Sunshine and patchy Sunshine and patchy Monday 11:29 a.m. 12:10 a.m. Mostly sunny Mostly sunny Partly sunny Mostly sunny Partly sunny Temperatures Tuesday 12:08 p.m. 1:15 a.m. clouds clouds By Steve Howe “No matter what happened that morning he In the not-too-distant future, it could be pos- Stansbury and Lake Point area trail system. High/Low past weekwould kiss me and48/20 tell me he loved me,” she said. sible for bicyclists from Stansbury Park, and The representative will also help the county’s New First Full Last STAFF WRITER Normal high/low past week 39/22 32 14 34 18 41 21 41 25 44 27 47 34 48 34 Average temp past“You week don’t get that 32.8 from a teenager.” possibly even Tooele, to use peddle-power to largest unincorporated community find fund- During the week, Darcy Horowitz, her son,Normal Jesse, average tempJesse past weekHorowitz 30.7 was only a month away from ride to Salt Lake. ing to make their trails vision a reality. TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Jan 20 Jan 26 Feb 3 Feb 11 and their two dogs would get in the car for their his high school graduation when a tragic series of A group of citizens in Stansbury Park, with Ken Richley, the National Parks Service land- Shown is Wednesday’s daily trip to school. events ended his life. assistance from the Live Fit Tooele County coali- scape architect and community planner who Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and Every day he was dropped off at Stansbury Park In the early hours of April 26, he joined a group tion, has received a grant from the National will head the Stansbury trails project, met with AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 Wednesday night’s lows. High School, Jesse Horowitz would complete their Parks Service. But the grant is unusual: It doesn’t morning ritual. SEE JESSE PAGE A7 ➤ award Stansbury a cash sum — instead, the SEE STANSBURY PAGE A3 ➤ UTAH WEATHER Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD B3 Grouse 29/9 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 35/18 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Tuesday CLASSIFIEDS B5 32/11 37/19 37/18 36/20 HOMETOWN B1 Ogden Stansbury Park Good Tooele boys beat Stansbury girls 34/17 Erda 36/19 Stansbury in improve to 2-0 OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 33/16 Pine Canyon Wednesday Salt Lake City 31/13 37/18 28/13 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 35/18 Bauer Good Stallion’s own with emotional 32/14 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS A8 36/17 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 32/14 corral victory 33/10 31/11 See Stockton SnowfallThursday (in inches) Price complete 36/16 See A8 See A8 41/14 Good Nephi forecast Rush Valley 37/13 32/11 Ophir on A7 29/9 Source: www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti 38/18 36/10 Green River Last Month Season 43/13 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 33/13 38/13 Moab 35/14 SNOWPACK Hanksville 43/18 Beaver 43/19 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 37/9 Ibapah 32/11 38/11 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Monday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 8.1 6.9 3.3 St. George 40/11 43/21 Average 9.8 7.5 5.0 57/26 Kanab 48/17 Eureka Percent of average 83% 92% 66% 28/8 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY January 20, 2015 Committee appointed to finish economic development plan by Tim Gillie Councilman Scott Wardle dur- should be small with the gov- With the lawsuit amicably STAFF WRITER ing the COG meeting. ernments holding a majority of settled, community leaders that The decision to appoint the positions.” attended the two economic A committee of three people Dunlavy, Marshall, and Milne A group of over 50 local busi- development summit meet- will hammer out a proposal came after two economic sum- ness, government, education ings in 2014 were ready to try to complete economic devel- mit meetings in 2014 recom- and military leaders gathered a united approach to economic opment planning started by a mended the formation of a new for two meetings in May and development again. group of 50 local leaders last entity to unite county-wide eco- July of 2014 to discuss Tooele The group reached a con- year. nomic development efforts. County’s economic future. sensus to let the Tooele County At a meeting last Thursday, The governing board for the In the late 1980s to the early Council of Governments work the Tooele County Council joint economic development 90s, Tooele County had an eco- out details for a new entity to of Governments approved group should consist of a com- nomic development corpora- be responsible for economic a committee consisting of bination of elected government tion that consisted of represen- development.