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TOOELE RANSCRIPT Stansbury T volleyball S places at T C State S See B1 BULLETIN TUESDAY October 30, 2018 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 125 No. 43 $1.00 Election Day ballot loaded with choices Between candidates, amendments and propositions, local voters will mark up to 35 ballot items TIM GILLIE local school board position STAFF WRITER — depending on your school The 2018 ballot for Tooele board district. County has 34 or 35 items for A sample ballot can be voters to mark. found after entering the Elected positions on this address at the lieutenant gov- year’s ballot include candidates ernor’s website, vote.utah.gov. for U.S. senate, U.S. House of To assist voters in understand- Representatives, state Senate, ing the different propositions, Carol LaForge paints Gianna Makaafi’s face during Saturday’s 27th Annual Family Halloween Carnival state House of Representatives, proponents and opponents for at the Dow James Building in Tooele City. The carnival was sponsored by Together With Youth. County Commission Seat A, each ballot issue were invited County Commission Seat to submit their arguments for B, County Attorney, County or against the ballot issues to FAMILY FUN AT THE HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL Auditor, County Clerk, County be published on this website. Sheriff, State School Board, 13 Here is a brief review of the PHOTOS FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE state judges, one local judge, six ballot issues included on three constitutional amend- the ballot for all Tooele County ments, and one non binding voters. The 27th Annual Family Halloween Carnival opinion question, and three Often referred to as was held Saturday at the Dow James Building statewide propositions. Proposition #1, the first issue in Tooele City. There are also two local Sponsored by the city’s Together With propositions and maybe a SEE BALLOT PAGE A8 ® Youth, the event was held from noon to 2 p.m. and featured a costume parade, food, games, face painting and more. Entrance to the event was free, but partici- pants were encouraged to bring one can of food per person as a donation to the Tooele Food Bank to help those less fortunate. The carnival continues the lead up to Halloween with special events planned State says no to for both Tooele and Grantsville cities on Wednesday. For more information, see related story on Page A2. DU disposal at Clive facility without study DEQ staff concerned about ‘unstable nature’ of depleted uranium metal TIM GILLIE the DEQ board room in Salt STAFF WRITER Lake City. A state board has denied EnergySolutions applied for EnergySolutions’ request for the rule exemption to allow it a rule exemption to allow its to receive depleted uranium Clive facility to accept depleted from dismantled military uranium from dismantled mili- munitions. If it had been tary munitions. approved, EnergySolutions’ The Utah Department of anticipated it would accept Environmental Quality’s Waste up to 10,000 tons of depleted Management and Radiation uranium metal over a four-year Control Board voted to deny period from the U.S. Army. EnergySolutions’ application About 40 percent of the for an exemption from state depleted uranium munitions regulations that require a are already in Tooele County Quinton Castleburry (top) and Chloe Keeling (left) take part in the performance assessment prior at Tooele Army Depot. The costume parade at the Family Halloween Carnival on Saturday. Cameras to the disposal of significant rest of the depleted uranium and smartphones were a common sight during the carnival. Maria Tucker quantities of depleted uranium (above) takes a picture of her son, Isaac, in his Spiderman costume. during a meeting Thursday at SEE DISPOSAL PAGE A9 ® Grantsville City unveils new $465K fire engine STEVE HOWE Commander fire engine was then driven by the fire depart- ing an open house. More than for the department since 1992 seating for five firefighters, STAFF WRITER ordered in July 2017 and it’s ment to the station. 150 people attended the open and will put the department’s with the air tanks loaded After more than a year of been a long wait since for “Thursday was Christmas house, according to Critchlow. 1983 engine into semi-retire- directly into the seats for four waiting, Grantsville Volunteer Grantsville City Fire Chief Rob for me,” Critchlow said. The decals arrive on ment. Critchlow said the 1983 firefighters. The 1992 engine Fire Department’s latest piece Critchlow. The fire engine The fire engine is so new it Wednesday, the finishing engine will be used as a supply can seat six, but only carries of equipment has finally arrived last Thursday, after doesn’t even have the depart- touch on the $464,668 piece of vehicle, transporting tools and four air packs, which are car- arrived. it was driven from the South ment’s decals on it yet, but it equipment. other necessities to fires. The pristine Rosenbauer Dakota factory to Lake Point, was on display Saturday dur- It’s the first new fire engine The new engine includes SEE ENGINE PAGE A8 ® INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B3 CLASSIFIEDS B5 Couple gets Stansbury Halloween HOMETOWN A10 creative in outscores Mt. events OBITUARIES A8 restoring 1946 View 57-43 See A2 OPEN FORUM A4 truck to reach SPORTS B1 See A10 quarterfinals See B1 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY October 30, 2018 Spooky lineup of Halloween events on tap this week STEVE HOWE parking lot. There will be hay will be tonight from 3:30 p.m. STAFF WRITER rides, bounce houses, enter- to 5:30 p.m., with candy for Trick-or-treaters from tainment prizes, candy and kids and prize drawings. The around Tooele County will games. event is sponsored by local have options Wednesday as There will also be hot businesses in Grantsville’s they look for Halloween candy dogs, apples, popcorn, hot downtown area. Meier and and other goodies. cocoa and other drinks at the Marsh Physical Therapy will A Halloween tradition will Albertsons, located at 740 N. host a pumpkin carving and return for a 13th year, as the Main St. decorating contest at 6:30 Tooele City Downtown Trick The Grantsville City Police p.m. or Treat will be held from 4 Department will sponsor The Carriage Crossing p.m. to 7 p.m. The trick-or- a community Trunk-or- subdivision in Grantsville will treat route will run on Main Treat event at Grantsville host a Halloween event as well Street between Utah Avenue High School parking lot on Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 9 and 100 South, and Vine Halloween from 5:30 p.m. to p.m., promising food, fun and Street from 50 East to 50 8 p.m. Attendees can purchase frights. The event is open to West. All are welcome. hot dogs, chips and a drink the public but non-residents TTB FILE PHOTO The Tooele Albertson’s will for $2. will need to park outside the TTB FILE PHOTO Isabelle Ernstsen looks colorful in host a free event tonight, from The annual trick-or-treat in subdivision and walk in. Trick-or-treaters file down Main Street picking up sweets from local busi- her costume at last year’s trunk or 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the store’s the Grantsville Town Center [email protected] ness at last year’s Halloween on Main in Tooele. treat in Grantsville. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VIGIL Michigan man arrested, charged after high- speed pursuit on I-80 STEVE HOWE based on the in-car radar, the against the trooper when he STAFF WRITER statement said. The vehicle attempted to place him in the A Michigan man is fac- passed both troopers and the rear of a UHP vehicle, the ing criminal charges after responding trooper initiated statement said. He pressed he allegedly failed to com- a traffic stop. his feet against the car and ply with a traffic stop on The Impala pulled to the said he would break the Interstate 80 and was found right and stopped along the door. with drugs in his vehicle and shoulder, the statement said. Once he was secured, in his possession. The driver, later identified as Harter undid his seatbelt and Charles Roy Harter, 28, is Harter, put his left arm out slammed his body against charged with third-degree the window and gestured at the squad car door, the state- felony failure to stop or the troopers. ment said. An ambulance respond at the command Harter crossed back into was called to medically of police, as well as misde- the right lane of travel and evaluate Harter and he was meanor counts of attempted pulled out, and the trooper transported to Delle, but he escape from official custody, tried to determine if he was refused to get in the ambu- driving with any measurable looking for a safer location lance and was taken to the controlled substance in the to pull over, according to Tooele County Detention body, interference with an the probable cause state- Center. arresting officer, possession ment. The Impala acceler- During an inventory of or use of a controlled sub- ated to about 81 mph, then the vehicle, troopers found stance and use or possession increased its speed to in a marijuana grinder and a of drug paraphernalia. excess of 100 mph. small amount of marijuana, A UHP trooper was travel- The Impala and the troop- according to the probable ing eastbound on I-80 near ers passed the exit 62 over- cause statement. Harter later milepost 59 when another pass and Harter’s vehicle told police he had taken LSD trooper near exit 56 reported came to a stop in the left and was unsure where he a white Chevrolet Impala lane, the statement said.