www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY TOOELETRANSCRIPT Cowboys split state tourney affairs in Price. See A8 BULLETIN May 10, 2005 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 111 NO. 100 50 cents Erda girls ranch may be adding a school by Karen Lee Scott STAFF WRITER Though it would look like a modern barn on the outside, farm animals and equipment wouldn’t be housed inside. Instead a maximum of 50 teen- age girls would use the building as a school. The owners of Utah Youth Village’s Alpine Academy are seeking to place a private school on their 27 acres of property in Erda where three group homes are already in place and another photography / Troy Boman two are in the works. Heavy spring rain and a solid snowpack have put the rush back in Rush Lake. Kite boarder Jake Buzianis rides the steady wind on the lake Monday afternoon on his wind-born rig. While Utah Youth Village President Eric Bjorklund hopes the school can be built in the West Desert Basin Reservoir Storage near future, plan approval is con- Spring rain knocks county Current Storage Last Year tingent upon the Erda Township Average Total Capacity Planning Commission’s issuance 5 of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). off six-year drought status If such a permit is granted the 4 accessory school building can by Karen Lee Scott county was in the extreme As far as how much of the wet 1,000 acre-f be built, but if not Bjorklund STAFF WRITER drought category but now the stuff recently fell, the National would have to make an appeal to Drizzle, drizzle, drip. Mother Utah Snotel year-to-date precipi- Weather Service has three mea- 3 the Tooele County Commission. Nature’s generous rain showers tation update graph shows that suring stations in the Tooele However residents opposed to have finally ended the six-year Tooele is currently at 146 percent Valley area. The one located in the school could take the same eet drought. of its average. the Stansbury Mountain Range is 2 step if it was approved. While most of the rest of the According to the Utah Division called Mining Fork and as of today Seven Erda residents spoke state has been drought free for of Water Resources, as of May 1, it has measured 190.80 inches of against the planned 50 foot the Vernon Creek and Grantsville snow since October 2004 with a several weeks, Tooele County has 1 by 130 foot school last week been continually labeled by the reservoirs had met or surpassed snow water equivalent of 36.60 during the township meeting. U.S. Drought Monitor as “abnor- their full capacities. The Settlement inches. Rocky Basin in Settlement Some expressed worries over Canyon Dam (in Tooele) was also mally dry.” But data now shows 0 near its maximum full point. (See Vernon Settlement Grantsville Basin Total how the school would affect the county as drought free. SEE WATER ON A2 the Erda atmosphere and others Just a year ago most of the related graph.) Creek Creek wondered what would happen if Alpine Academy ceased to exist. It is expected that the plan- Job With a View New golf pro hopeful ning commission will either grant or deny a CUP during their meeting this Wednesday night about course’s future at 7 p.m. in the Tooele County Courthouse, 47 S. Main, Tooele. by Mark Watson jumped at the opportuni- If they grant a permit the com- STAFF WRITER ty,” Scott said. He replaces mission can also place certain Soon the rains will Gary Matthie as director of conditions or regulations on cease, the sun will shine golf at Oquirrh Hills. the permit such as how big the and golfers will converge “The course is in great structure is. As it will be a busi- on courses throughout the shape,” Scott said. “We want everybody to give ness meeting and not a work state. us a try, those who have meeting, no public comments New Oquirrh Hills Golf played here before and will be taken. Pro Chris Scott wants those who have not. We Bjorklund told the Tooele potential customers to need to remind people that Transcript-Bulletin that the girls know that his course is we are now cutting the living at the Alpine Academy in primed, ready and open for business. rough so it is manageable Erda are currently getting their The Professional Golf for golfers.” education on a home school Association pro has been Scott’s wants the course basis. Each of the homes where directing the affairs of the to support itself through the girls stay comes with a class- course for only one month, green fees, driving-range room. but he is fired up about fees, golf lessons, clothing He said some of the main pur- the potential of his new sales and the famed Sand poses behind the Youth Village workplace on Tooele’s east Trap Grill. “Our goal is to program are to teach the youth bench. break even. We need to do how to function in a family set- “I’ve been watching ting as well as how to properly this place for awhile and SEE GOLF PRO ON A3 function in a typical school. “We’ve found we need to rep- licate more of a school-like envi- ronment for us to do a better job Short-lived liens create of preparing them for public or private school.” He said it’s currently like concerns in Overlake teaching the girls how to drive a by Mark Watson Associates had already paid stick shift car from the confines STAFF WRITER Forsgren $1.6 million for of an automatic vehicle. An error in filing a lien engineering and surveying. Bjorklund said the school with Tooele County created The two entities signed the would have classrooms, admin- some panic for homeowners first of multiple contracts istrative offices, counseling in Overlake subdivision the back in 1996. rooms, a small library and rest- past two weeks. A spokesman from the rooms. There would be no caf- Forsgren Associates Inc., Tooele County Recorder’s eteria, locker rooms or athletic filed a lien against the entired Office said the original lien equipment, as the girls would Overlake Development on included an old description walk home for their lunch and April 22. of the property and cov- get their physical activity at The lien was filed in an ered the whole Overlake home. effort to recover $90,800.86 Development. The lien Watch this Thursday’s edi- photography / Troy Boman owed to them by Tooele should have been placed tion of the Tooele Transcript- At 240 feet, Pete Winkelaar and Mike Wasson tighten bolts on a 300-foot cell phone tower near the SR-138 and I-80 Associates, LLC for engi- on one undeveloped lot. On Bulletin for the results of the intersection last week. They say it is the best job in town. The rainbow is caused by a lens flare, which occurs when neering work and survey- Thursday, the lien against the planning commission meeting. the sunlight passes directly into the lens and the light is refracted by the lens elements. ing services at Overlake. A e-mail: [email protected] SEE LIEN ON A2 West Desert Basin Reservoir Storage lien document shows Tooele Current Storage Last Year Average Total Capacity 5 WEATHER OPEN FORUM A4 SPORTS A9 INSIDE 4 Chance of showers and thunder- 1,000 acre-f OBITUARIES A6 HOMETOWN B1 Tooele High School Sterling 3 storms tonight and Wednesday. Scholars an exceptional bunch Lows in the 30s. Highs in the 50s. TV LISTINGS A7 DOINGS B2 eet See B1 2 Complete Forecast: A2 CROSSWORD A7 CLASSIFIEDS B4 1 0 Vernon Settlement Grantsville Basin Total Creek Creek A2 TUESDAY May 10, 2005 ETCETERA ... Big celebration planned for park honoring war veterans Pollen Count Valley Weather Forecast By Mark Watson Local Weather STAFF WRITER The pollen counts from the If people want to shop, grab Intermountain Allergy and Wed 52/39 some fast food, dine out or see Asthma Clinic in Salt Lake City 5/11 a movie they probably need to as of May 10, 2005 were as fol- Variable clouds with showers at drive to the north end of Tooele’s lows: times, and perhaps a rumble or Main Street to find what they two of thund. Mulberry - Very High need. Grass — High If people want to relax, enjoy Sycamore — High the outdoors and reflect on the Mold — Moderate Thu 54/40 sacrifices endured by American Oak — Low 5/12 soldiers throughout the years, Cedar — Low Occasional showers possible. they can do that by visit- Ash — Low Highs in the mid 50s and lows in the low 40s. ing Tooele Veterans Memorial Walnut — Low Square on the south end of Main Temps/Precipitation Street. Fri The renovated city park on 63/41 the corner of Vine Street and Date High Low (prec./inches) 5/13 May 5 74 50 .14 Main Street will open to the May 6 65 44 .17 Times of sun and clouds. Highs in public on Memorial Day. May 7 59 37 .39 the low 60s and lows in the low May 8 66 45 .18 40s. A military parade, fly-over from May 9 69 47 .04 Hill Air Force Base, and remarks from Gov. Jon Huntsman are Ned Bevan, Tooele’s weather observer Sat planned for May 30 to help dedi- for the National Weather Service, reports 71/48 cate the new park. that his recording station at 139 S. Main 5/14 photography / Troy Boman The parade will start at noon received .92 inches of precipitation Partly cloudy.