Bit ‘n’ Spur Rodeo Results See A3 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S THURSDAY July 8, 2021 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 128 No. 12 $1.00 NEW CHIEF SWORN IN Lost snake still at large If sighted call dispatch, advise police CEILLY SUTTON of the containers the snakes STAFF WRITER were in was inadvertently An eight-foot-long boa con- knocked over, according to strictor has been on the loose Hansen. for almost a week in Tooele The animal control officer City after escaping its home on and the owner of the snake July 2. looked for the boa for over 90 The snake escaped from minutes, according to Hansen, a home in a neighbor- but were unsuccessful in find- hood on the east side of the ing it. city near 400 North and “Today we haven’t had Antelope Avenue on Friday, any sightings of the snake,” July 2, according to Jeremy Hansen said Wednesday. Hansen, Tooele City Police If the snake is spotted, com- Department’s public informa- munity members are encour- tion officer. aged to call dispatch at 435- “The owner of the snake 882-5600 and not approach called in to say that his eight- the animal. foot boa snake was missing “The snake is not really a from his yard,” Hansen said. hot weather snake,” Hansen “When the animal control offi- explained. “It’s not really cer got there, she learned that accustomed to this area but it the owner was having brand could have found a wet area. new windows installed on his The owner was hoping that home, so he took his snakes the snake went back inside the and put them out back to try home but he hasn’t had any to keep them out of the way.” luck finding it.” While in the backyard, one
[email protected] CEILLY SUTTON/TTB PHOTOS Tooele City Recorder Michelle Pitt (top) swears in Adrian Day as the Tooele City chief of police at the City Council meeting on July 7.