FRONT PAGE A1 www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY Family fights fires through the generations See B1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT BULLETIN April 24, 2007 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 113 NO. 96 50¢ Hospital to expand Addition to Mountain West Medical Center will cater to women’s health needs by Mark Watson women can meet to learn the lat- STAFF WRITER est in the world of medicine and A new $4.5 million addition to treatment. Mountain West Medical Center Of the total cost of the new will double the facility’s ability to addition, $1.4 million will be spent care for female patients, accord- on state-of-the-art medical equip- ing to hospital CEO Chuck Davis. ment. Hospital officials announced Davis said market demand was the expansion plans at the behind the decision to expand. Healthy Woman Wellness Fair “The hospital opened on May Thursday night at Tooele High 17, 2002, and during the first year School. The new building will be we had 225 deliveries,” Davis said. located near the main hospital on “During 2006, we had 480 deliv- the northwest side and will have eries. Something needed to be a separate entrance and waiting done.” room, according to Davis. The Davis said the women of the 14,000-square-foot facility should world drive the medical services be completed by the fall of 2008. industry. The hospital is working on archi- “About 70 to 80 percent of med- tectural designs and will seek con- ical decisions are made by women struction bids later in the year. in the community,” he said. “Wives photography / Troy Boman The new building will feature a deal with the medical issues for Commuters roll along SR-36 this morning. A new study will examine possible routes for a highway to run north-south across Tooele Valley. modern maternity area, additional their husbands and mothers take space for gynecological surgeries, care of their children.” a larger nursery and an expanded During the past year, admis- Midvalley Highway project moving ahead area for viewing babies, Davis sions to the hospital were up 17 said. It will offer labor, delivery, percent, surgeries were up 38 per- New $1 million study will provide route options, assess environmental impact recovery and post-partum servic- es. There will also be areas where SEE HOSPITAL ON A7 by Mark Watson Stockton. this summer. ing will be held this summer. Then STAFF WRITER This preliminary study will cost “We really do not have an exact his company’s engineers will map Global engineering consulting $1 million with $800,000 funded location for the highway now,” out possible routes and come back firm Parsons Brinckerhoff America by the federal government and said Ed Rock, project manager for to the public for more input. He has been contracted by the county $200,000 funded by the county. Parsons Brinckerhoff. “It should said major land owners affected to study proposed routes for the The study should be completed run near Sheep Lane and connect would be notified by mail about the Midvalley Highway to run north- within the next 12 months and will with I-80. We have not determined plans, and all county residents will south through the center of Tooele include possible routes, an envi- how far south it will go. We’re hop- be invited to public meetings. Valley. At a minimum, the highway ronmental impact statement and ing to learn a lot more from public County Engineer Jim Lawrence would extend from SR-112 to I- any other concerns raised during scoping meetings.” 80 and perhaps even run south to public meetings, which will be held Rock said the first public meet- SEE MIDVALLEY ON A3 Pub reopens after GOLF ANYONE? mandatory closure Tracks owner uses downtime to retool menu, institute dress code by Suzanne Ashe STAFF WRITER Tracks Brewing Company in Tooele will reopen Thursday after being closed for more than a month. The club closed March 19 after its liquor license was suspended by the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for overserving customers and for lewd conduct at a charity fundraiser hosted at the bar last December. Thursday, when the doors open at 6 p.m., club owner Dayne Applegate said patrons should look forward to some positive changes. First off, the bar has had a throughout clean- ing — five years worth of dust has been blown photography / Troy Boman from the rafters. Retired state Supreme Court Chief Justice Gordon R. Hall smiles The kitchen will feature an all-new steak- during dedication ceremonies on Monday at the new Tooele house-styled menu, and some other consider- County Courthouse that now bears his name. Hall served as ations are in place such as enforcing a dress chief justice of the court for 12 years. code. One of the code violations the club was cited for was in regard to bikini-clad models who posed with patrons on motor cycles dur- New courthouse named ing the December fundraiser.“If people are dressed a certain way, if they’re dressed up, to honor local jurist they’ll act a certain way,” club manager Nate Gordon R. Hall first judge to have a SEE PUB ON A6 courts building bear his name by Suzanne Ashe School leaders STAFF WRITER The new Tooele County court complex was dedicated and offi- gather ideas at West cially named the Gordon R. Hall Courthouse yesterday. Hall, 81, who spoke at the dedication, was described by colleagues Coast conference as a Tooele boy who made good. He served as chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court for a record-setting 12 years from 1981 to 1993. by Alleen Lang He’s now the first judge in the state to have a courthouse named after CORRESPONDENT him. Members of the Tooele County School About 100 lawyers, judges, law enforcement officers, county offi- Board were instructed on everything from cials and other dignitaries gathered at the new courthouse for the tackling school budgets to using laptop dedication ceremony. Utah Supreme Court Justice Christine Durham, technology in the classroom during the Tooele County Commission Chairwoman Colleen Johnson, and 3rd annual National School Boards Association District Court Presiding Judge Sandra Peuler each spoke to the stand- meeting in San Francisco on April 13 to 17. ing-room-only crowd. Six board members along with superin- “Gordon is a true gentleman,” said Tooele Justice Court Judge tendent Mike Johnsen and business man- William Pitt. It was Pitt who did all the leg work getting the court- photography / Troy Boman ager Richard Reese attended four days house named for Hall. Jordon Pace and other Northlake Elementary school kids practice putting with a fris- of workshops and brought home stacks Hall gained a law degree at the University of Utah in 1951. He set bee Thursday. The game of disc golf is similar to traditional golf except that clubs are of materials and ideas they hope to see up a practice in his hometown of Tooele a year later before serv- replaced with a wide range of discs that function as drivers and putters. The frisbee implemented in the district over the next golf activities were organized by Salty Dawgs Disc Golf of Salt Lake City as part of an few years. effort to promote physical activities at the school. SEE JURIST ON A3 SEE SCHOOL ON A7 OPEN FORUM A4 HOMETOWN B1 WEATHER INSIDE OBITUARIES A6 TV LISTINGS B2 Mostly sunny today with Cowgirls sweep Bears for first highs in the low 60s. time in history of program THE BULLETIN BOARD A8 CLASSIFIEDS B4 Complete Forecast: A2 See A10 SPORTS A10 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY April 24, 2007 Utah & The West Corrections NASA Solar Ambassador Mormon who Patrick Wiggins was incorrect- ly identified in a photo that Eight years after Columbine, victims’ ran with last Thursday’s arti- opposed sons’ cle “Discussion on telescopes planned for Saturday’s star relatives find questions still unanswered ordination party.” The Transcript-Bulletin apologizes for the error. by Robert Weller loses lawsuit ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLETON, Colorado (AP) — The families In the April 5 article “Tree SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man of Columbine school shooting victims pledged farm becomes a labor of love who sued the Mormon church after to appeal a judge’s decision to seal information for Erda woman,” Corey Combe his sons were ordained as priests about the two killers, saying the information against his wishes lost much of was incorrectly identified as might have helped prevent the Virginia Tech his case at the state appeals court affiliated with Valley Nursery, massacre. Thursday but still can try to prove rather than Combe Tree Farm. Columbine High School was closed Friday, as that he suffered emotional dis- The Transcript-Bulletin apolo- it has been every April 20 since the 1999 attack gizes for the error. in which two students, Eric Harris and Dylan tress. The court upheld all but a por- Valley Weather Forecast Klebold, killed 12 classmates and a teacher before killing themselves. tion of a judge’s ruling that found To mark the eighth anniversary of the slayings, Michael Gulbraa’s claims were reli- Local Weather Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter asked state residents to gious matters beyond the reach of join a bell-ringing and moment of silence for the the judiciary. Wed 71/48 4/25 Virginia Tech victims on Friday. In 2005, Gulbraa sued The Sunshine. High 71F. Winds WSW In the years since Columbine, Colorado has Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- at 5 to 10 mph. become a better place, Ritter said during a day Saints, 18 months after being solemn ceremony outside the Cathedral of the told his sons were ordained to the Immaculate Conception in Denver, moments Mormon priesthood in Japan while Thu 66/44 4/26 before the cathedral bells tolled.