TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S TUESDAY June 29, 2021 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 128 No. 9 $1.00 Grantsville City hosts Fourth of July events CEILLY SUTTON speaking skills, performance STAFF WRITER skills, and show off their Grantsville City will host evening wear, according to multiple Fourth of July events Marshall. this year, including sports tour- There will be a four-on- naments, Miss Grantsville City four volleyball tournament on Pageant, a car show and more. Thursday. Registration for the To kick off the festivities, tournament begins at 5 p.m. Grantsville is hosting a pick- at the Grantsville High School leball tournament tonight at football field. The cost is $5 6:30 p.m. in the tennis courts per player. The game will begin across from Grantsville High shortly after registration. School. On Friday, there will be The cost is $5 per player, a three-on-three basketball according to Grantsville City tournament. Registration for Mayor Brent Marshall. the tournament begins at 5:30 There will be a three-on- p.m. for grades three through three soccer tournament on eight at Grantsville Elementary Wednesday evening at 5 p.m. School located at 50 Park for those 12 years old and Street. Registration for grade under at the Cherry Street nine and adults will be at 7 Park. At 6 p.m. those 13 years p.m. and the cost for players old and older will play. The is $5. cost is $5 per player. The dusk to dawn tennis Also on Wednesday, the Miss tournament will be held on Grantsville City Pageant will be Friday evening as well at 7 held beginning at 6 p.m. in the p.m. at the Cherry Street ten- Grantsville High School audi- nis courts. The cost to register torium at 155 E. Cherry Street. is $10. CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTO Elizabeth “Lizzie” Rawlings is crowned 2021 Miss Tooele City by 2020 Miss Tooele City Ella Leonelli on Saturday at the Tooele High School During the pageant, mul- Those interested in playing auditorium. tiple women will compete in the sports tournaments that to hold the title of Miss don’t have an in-person reg- Grantsville City and her atten- istration can visit Grantsville. dants. They will showcase their SEE GRANTSVILLE PAGE A12 ® Lizzie Rawlings crowned 2021 Miss Tooele City CEILLY SUTTON STAFF WRITER Following a closed door broadcast pandemic pageant, Miss Tooele City returned to the big stage in 2021. The 10th annual Miss Tooele City Pageant was held at the Tooele High School auditorium on Saturday. At the end of the evening the city’s new roy- alty, Miss Tooele and two attendants, were properly installed. In 2020 the pageant was held in the common room at the Tooele City Police Station with a limited number of attendees due to the pandemic. “We are so glad to be back here,” said FILE PHOTO Tooele City Mayor Debbie Winn, in her Wyatt Nuttall throws out lolipops and keeps one for himself from the Utah comments at the beginning of the pag- Fire Museum parade entry in Grantsville Fourth of July Parade in 2019. eant. “Tonight, three beautiful women will be selected to serve our beautiful city for the next 12 months by working at city events, volunteering in the com- munity, and honoring our servicemen TUESDAY MORNING WRECK and women. They truly do earn their scholarship that they receive and we are thankful for the service they provide.” SEE RAWLINGS PAGE A12 ® Rawlings (above) performs a ballroom dance during the talent part of the com- petition. Hannah Sheppard (left) performs a bal- TIM GILLIE/TTB PHOTO let as her talent. A car that was upside down in the intersection of Utah Avenue and Main Rylie Grissetti Street in Tooele City on Tuesday morning is being turned over so it can be (right) shows off loaded on a tow truck at 10 a.m. Police are still investigating the incident. It her dress during is believed the car may have clipped the back of a semi-truck while chang- the evening wear ing lanes. No injuries were reported. A male and female were seen exiting competition. the car and they departed from the scene. WEATHER FORECAST INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD A6 CLASSIFIEDS A7 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY School District OBITUARIES A8 gets water wise OPEN FORUM A4 See A2 88 84 86 91 93 93 91 63 64 63 64 68 70 68 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY June 29, 2021 Drought drags on as summer officially starts School district takes steps to save water, asks public to help report waste TIM GILLIE EDITOR June 20 marked the summer solstice — the day with the lon- gest daylight hours — and the start of astronomical summer. Even before summer hit, higher than average tempera- tures and lower than average rainfall combined with extreme dry soil aggravated the state’s drought conditions, accord- ing to the Divisions of Water Resources and Water Rights. As a result, streams state- TIM GILLIE/TTB PHOTO wide are flowing at less than A green field at Tooele High School on Tuesday afternoon. The school 50% of normal, which means district is using technology to control timing and minimize water use on less water is getting to reser- lawns and fields. voirs, according to the Division of Water resources. County School District is con- utilizes zero-scape design rates based on weather con- turf type and water absorption wasting water. In the month of May 2021, serving water used on the grass concepts and smart irrigation ditions in each zone. They applications to keep as much “The public’s help in alert- the Tooele Valley/West Deseret and turf at school facilities. timers. The school district is adjust watering schedules and water in the plants root system ing us of such issues can result area received 13% of the “Despite all our efforts, the also integrating smart irriga- soak-in times, only applying as possible, according to King. in the problem being identi- 30-year average amount of fact is, the availability of water tion controllers into existing the amount of water that is However, with thousands fied weeks earlier than relying precipitation for the month of is extremely limited this year, sprinkling systems, according needed, based on temperature, of sprinkler heads spread on routine checks alone to May, according to the National so we will be limiting how to King. rainfall, and wind, according throughout the school district find them, potentially saving Resources Conservation much we water our green spac- “These controllers dra- to King. in hundreds of zones, which hundreds of gallons of wasted Service. es through the summer,” said matically minimize our water “This means not watering operate at times when build- water,” King said. Tooele County’s reservoirs Ryan King, energy manager usage,” King said. zones that have received suf- ings are not occupied, it is pos- The public can use the email are also below their average for the school district. “This Smart timers like ficient rainfall and postponing sible for broken or misaligned address — operations@tooele- level, the NRCS reports. doesn’t mean we are letting the WeatherTRAK use localized watering schedules during sprinkler heads to get missed, schools.org — to report things With Utah facing what Gov. lawns die, they just won’t be as weather data, soil type and times of high winds,” King said. King said. like mis-aligned or broken Spencer Cox calls “the most green as they normally are.” ground slope information to The school district also uses King is requesting the pub- sprinkler heads, according to severe drought conditions in When it comes to new con- maximize watering efficiency grow mats, fertilizers specifical- lic’s help in reporting sprinklers King. recent memory,” the Tooele struction, the school district by calculating evaporation ly formulated for our soil and on school grounds that are [email protected] Blood supply shortage Draft transportation program announced Red Cross schedules blood drives in Tooele to help Public comment TIM GILLIE shelves are stocked with blood EDITOR products over the Fourth of period open until The American Red Cross July holiday and beyond, said is short of blood nationwide Red Cross leaders. and several blood drives have As a result of the blood July 31 been scheduled for Tooele shortage, some hospitals are TIM GILLIE County to help with the short- being forced to slow the pace EDITOR age here in Utah. of elective surgeries until A draft transportation Mountain West Medical the blood supply stabilizes, improvement plan for the Center held a blood drive this delaying crucial patient care, Wasatch Front, including morning that continues this according to the Red Cross. Tooele County, has been afternoon and evening from Summer is traditionally a unveiled by a regional plan- 2:15 to 7:15 p.m. time when blood donations ning group that lists priority EXIT Realty Ascendancy decline. The need for blood projects for 2022-2027. will hold a blood drive on July doesn’t take a holiday break The Wasatch Front 9 and there will be a blood — patients still depend Regional Council, along drive at the Church of Jesus on lifesaving transfusions, with the Utah Department Christ of Latter-day Saints according to the Red Cross. of Transportation and the Tooele Utah North Stake In most cases, those who Utah Transit Authority, has building on July 13. have received a COVID-19 released the Draft 2022-2027 Donors of all blood types vaccine can donate. However, Transportation Improvement — especially type O and those knowing the name of the Program, which includes pri- giving platelets — are urged manufacturer of the vaccine ority transportation projects to to make an appointment now they received is important in enhance mobility, strengthen and help ensure hospital determining donation eligibil- the economy, connect com- ity, according to Red Cross munities, increase access to leaders.