Waste Raises Big Stink by Deseret Peak Complex
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FRONT PAGE A1 www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY TOOELE RANSCRIPT Softball, baseball T swing into season Check out the See A10 features on our new Web site: BULLETIN tooeletranscript.com March 17, 2009 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 115 NO. 087 50¢ Cop turning tide in graffiti battle Having an officer dedicated to graffiti crimes has November — a time when a spike in graffiti had prompted the city helped city make six arrests since last November to appeal for the public’s help in catching taggers. Those arrests are by Jamie Belnap heads all graffiti investigations. being linked back to nearly 20 docu- STAFF WRITER “When graffiti was in our inves- mented graffiti cases, according to tigations division, we were sending Young. The war against graffiti in Tooele misdemeanor cases to detectives “That’s huge,” Wimmer said. City is ongoing, with ever-shifting who were already carrying a case “We’ve charged more people with battlefronts, but police and city offi- load of felony cases,” said Lt. Paul graffiti in the last few months than cials say it’s a war they been winning Wimmer, of the Tooele City Police we have in a while.” since the start of the year. Department. “Obviously they had Those arrests are the result of Progress began when Tooele City to prioritize their case load, so we informants coming forward, neigh- police officer Brad Young was tapped were losing the battle and having a bors being vigilant and school offi- to act as the city’s de facto graffiti hard time following up on graffiti. cials keeping their eyes open. Tooele czar at the end of November, accord- This move allows graffiti to carry a City Parks and Recreation director ing to city officials. Previously, busy higher priority. We don’t get a lot of Kathy Bell said her department has detectives had been called out to cases with [evidence or witnesses], paid out four $250 rewards to such investigate taggings on commercial but those that we do get are getting informants since November, and is buildings, fences, park equipment, followed up on in a more timely looking to pay out a couple more photography / Maegan Burr and even private residences. Now manner.” rewards pending arrests. Tooele City Police Officer Brad Young stands in front of some freshly painted-over graffiti on Main Street at Young, a crime prevention specialist As a result, the department has the old bowling alley Tuesday morning. Since Young began spearheading the city’s fight against graffiti in with five years on the force, spear- been able to make six arrests since SEE GRAFFITI PAGE A8 ➤ November, the department has made several arrests linked to 20 graffiti cases. Waste raises big CAR DELEARS HEADED BACK TO NEBRASKA stink by Deseret Peak Complex by Tim Gillie is unbelievable. When the wind is right, the STAFF WRITER smell drifts over to the Miller Raceway. How are we going to attract more business and There’s a foul odor in the air along SR-122 tourists to Tooele County when people get between Tooele and Deseret Peak Complex, that smell?” and it’s leaving residents concerned about Several people concerned about the negative health and economic impacts. stench have pointed the finger at a piece “It is awful,” said Rachel Silva, a of property owned by the family of Tooele Grantsville resident who drives SR-112 to County Commissioner Bruce Clegg. The work in Tooele every day. “How anybody could tolerate something that smells so bad SEE STINK PAGE A6 ➤ District’s school nursing shortage easing — slightly by Sarah Miley In 2007, Tooele County gave a $300,000 STAFF WRITER subsidy to the Tooele County School District to hire additional nurses for the 2007-08 Two years after funding was allocated school year. Funds to pay for the new nurses to hire additional school nurses, Tooele came from payment in lieu of taxes (PILT) County Health Department officials say the money received from the federal govern- extra help has made a difference in improv- ment. ing school nursing services, though there’s a long way to go yet. SEE NURSING PAGE A7 ➤ pool photo / Michael Brandy Allen Patch (center) goes before Judge Stephen Henriod in 3rd District Court Tuesday morning for an extradition hearing. Patch is accused of stealing more than 80 cars from Legacy Auto Sales in Scottsbluff, Neb., last week with the intent to auction them off in a number of western states. He turned himself in last Thursday in Salt Lake City. Rachel Fait (right), a co-defendant in the case who was arrested by the Tooele County Sheriff’s Office, watches from her seat. SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 7:36 a.m. 7:39 p.m. Thursday 7:34 a.m. 7:40 p.m. 6 Legislators:6 Session proved a Friday 7:33 a.m. 7:41 p.m. 5 5 5 5 Saturday 7:31 a.m. 7:42 p.m. 3 Sunday 7:29 a.m. 7:43 p.m. Monday 7:28 a.m. 7:44 p.m. Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Tuesday 7:26 a.m. 7:45 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eyegood and skin one for Tooele County Wednesday 3:02 a.m. 11:54 a.m. protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Thursday 3:48 a.m. 12:51 p.m. Very High; 11+ Extreme Friday 4:27 a.m. 1:51 p.m. by Tim Gillie Legislators faced a tough ses- Technology College, and water Saturday 5:00 a.m. 2:53 p.m. ALMANAC STAFF WRITER sion that involved tackling two laws were revised in a way that Sunday 5:29 a.m. 3:57 p.m. Statistics for the week ending March 16. Sunshine and patchy Mild with times of Times of clouds and Rather cloudy and Cooler with a couple Sunshine and patchy budgets — balancing the 2009 gives an edge to Tooele County Monday 5:54 a.m. 5:01 p.m. Partial sunshine Temperatures Tuesday 6:18 a.m. 6:05 p.m. clouds clouds and sun sun mild of showers possible clouds The Utah State Legislature went budget due to decreased revenues residents that have lost water High/Low past week 69/15 Last New First Full Normal high/low past week home 52/30 an hour early last Thursday and making even further cuts to rights. 61 39 63 42 65 44 62 41 52 36 52 35 56 30 Average temp past week with lawmakers38.8 declaring the ses- the 2010 budget. Several broad Overall, state agencies were Normal average temp past weeksion a 41.4 success. Those sentiments issues were tackled including asked to cut their 2010 budgets TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Mar 18 Mar 26 Apr 2 Apr 9 Shown is Wednesday’s are being seconded by Tooele substantial changes in the state’s by 15 percent, said Rep. Ronda County representatives, who say liquor laws, ethics reform, and Menlove, R-Garland. Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are photography / Maegan Burr 69 Wednesday night’s lows and 51 53 52 several55 important pieces of legis- health care reform. “Fortunately we were able to AccuWeather, Inc. ©2009 Wednesday’s highs. 39 42 RN, BS Nurse Dawn Powell places a bandage on Northlake Elementary fourth-grader Brelyn Benson’s lation to come out of the session Legislation was also passed forehead Tuesday morning at the school’s sick room. Tooele County School District decreased their will40 directly benefit the county. creating the Tooele Applied SEE SESSION PAGE A5 ➤ nurse-to-student ratio from one nurse for every 6,100, to every 2,700 students. 28 35 UTAH WEATHER 15 21 21 23 Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan Grouse 56/27 Wendover Precipitation (in inches) INSIDE Creek 62/41 BULLETINKnolls BOARDClive B3 WEATHER Lake Point 59/30 63/39 62/39 63/39 4.11 4.28 Ogden CLASSIFIEDS B5 Stansbury Park 59/39 63/39 HOMETOWN B1 Erda 1.25 Paranormal Musician sets up new Vernal Grantsville 63/41 Pine Canyon 0.56 0.98 Salt Lake City 63/31 63/39 53/33 0.11 investigators seek out recording studio Tooele 63/39 OBITUARIES A7 Bauer 61/39 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal 61/38 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D spirits in old Tooele See A6 Provo Roosevelt See 61/39 64/32 OPEN FORUM A4 62/36 Complete Stockton Snowfall (in inches) hospital Price SPORTS A10 61/38 64/36 56.0 See B1 Nephi Forecast Rush Valley 63/36 TV LISTINGS B2 60/38 Ophir on A9 54/33 Delta Manti 6.5 68/37 63/34 1.0 Green River Last Month Season 74/40 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 62/38 66/37 Moab 62/33 SNOWPACK Hanksville 73/41 Beaver 76/41 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 67/34 Ibapah 61/36 64/32 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Monday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 16.9” 16.4” 11.8” St. George 66/35 68/37 Average 24.1” 18.4” 11.7” 79/50 Kanab 72/40 Eureka Percent of average 70% 89% 101% 58/35 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY March 17, 2009 CORRECTION Dugway land restoration nearing completion The two photographs of Of 210 contaminated sites identified in mid-1990s, only eight remain to be cleaned up alleged burglars that accom- panied the March 12 article by Jamie Belnap “Tooele merchants suffer STAFF WRITER spate of night burglaries” were incorrectly placed.