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FRONT PAGE A1 Cowboys battle to 8-3 win over Buffs See B1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT SERVING TOOELE COUNTY BULLETIN SINCE 1894 TUESDAY May 3, 2016 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 122 No. 97 $1.00 Robber with VOLUNTEERS GET BENSON GRISTMILL gun steals READY FOR SEASON painkillers OPENING PHOTOS SUE BUTTERFIELD from store TTB FILE PHOTO Pharmacy in Stansbury Park robbed Hundreds of volunteers arrived at Benson Gristmill Saturday Saturday; hunt for suspect ongoing morning with tools in hand to help prepare the popular tourism by Steve Howe from the sheriff’s office, the pre- site and community gathering STAFF WRITER scription drugs taken by the sus- place for the summer season. pect included painkillers. The After a morning of cleaning, An unidentified man robbed amount of medication taken and Birch Family Pharmacy in its total value was not released Wesley Vorwaller (left) takes a Stansbury Park Saturday after- by police. seat in the “Johnson Cabin.” The noon and the Tooele County Witness accounts said the sus- cabin is especially important to Sheriff’s Office is looking for the pect was about 5 feet 10 inches suspect. tall and weighed approximately Vorwaller: it was his childhood The suspect, identified as a 150 pounds. He was described as home. Beside pulling weeds and white male in his late 20s or early having dark hair and wearing a mowing lawns, volunteers spent 30s, presented the pharmacist black zip-up hoodie with a white with a list of medications before skull and cross design on the much of the morning stripping showing a gun in his pants’ back, blue jeans and tan-colored wood of old paint, like Suzanne waistband. Hamner (below) and applying According to Lt. Ron Johnson SEE ROBBER PAGE A9 ➤ fresh paint, like Ron Thomas (bottom). Several volunteers brought their families, like Lance King (lower left) with his daughters Maleah and Makayla. The gristmill officially opens for the season this Thursday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays until fall. Originally built in 1854, the gristmill was restored in the 1980s and attracts several thousand visitors each year, many from foreign countries. The gristmill is located at 325 SR- 138 in Stansbury Park. For more information, see bensonmill.org. COURTESY OF TOOELE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE The Tooele County Sheriff’s Office is looking for an adult male who robbed Birch’s Family Pharmacy in Soelberg’s at Stansbury Park Saturday. Witnesses described the suspect as a white male in his late 20s to early 30s with dark hair, and approxi- mately 5’10” tall and 150 pounds. The robber got away with pain medication. Pounds of pills turned over to feds SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAYfor MONDAY proper TUESDAY disposal Wednesday 6:24 a.m. 8:28 p.m. Thursday 6:23 a.m. 8:29 p.m. Friday 6:22 a.m. 8:30 p.m. Saturday 6:21 a.m. 8:31 p.m. Local year-long collection nets over 800 Sunday 6:19 a.m. 8:32 p.m. Monday 6:18 a.m. 8:33 p.m. W Th F Sa Su M Tu Tuesday 6:17 a.m. 8:34 p.m. pounds of unwanted prescription drugs The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Wednesday 5:14 a.m. 6:09 p.m. protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Thursday 5:53 a.m. 7:23 p.m. by Steve Howe Birch FamilyVery High; Pharmacy 11+ Extreme in Tooele, Friday 6:35 a.m. 8:36 p.m. Saturday 7:22 a.m. 9:47 p.m. STAFF WRITER sponsored by theALMANAC Tooele County Sunday 8:13 a.m. 10:54 p.m. Health DepartmentStatistics for the week endingand May Tooele 2. Pleasant with clouds Clouds and sun with a A shower and t-storm Remaining cloudy with Times of clouds and Monday 9:08 a.m. 11:53 p.m. Cloudy with showers Mostly sunny Temperatures Tuesday 10:07 a.m. none and sun shower around; not as warm a passing showerMore than sun800 pounds of City Police Department. prescription drugs collected in The four-hourHigh/Low past take-back week event 63/37 New First Full Last Normal high/low past week 67/44 79 57 79 57 68 48 62 46 61 44Tooele County69 were47 turned 76over 52collectedAverage 114 temppounds past week of unused 47.2 to the federal Drug Enforcement or expiredNormal prescription average temp past weekdrugs, 55.2 TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low May 6 May 13 May 21 May 29 Agency Monday morning for dis- according to Tooele City Police Shown is Wednesday’s posal. Officer Tanya Turnbow. Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and The medication collection When DEA representatives AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Wednesday night’s lows. comes on the heels of a pre- scription drug take-back event at SEE PILLS PAGE A12 ➤ UTAH WEATHER Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD B4 Grouse 77/48 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 77/53 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Tuesday CLASSIFIEDS B6 71/45 78/56 79/57 78/57 HOMETOWN A10 Ogden Stansbury Park Good ‘Joseph and Local chapter 77/56 Erda 80/58 the Amazing of history group OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 80/58 Pine Canyon Wednesday Salt Lake City 74/46 81/58 68/50 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 81/59 Bauer Good Technicolor shares Grantsville 79/57 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS B1 78/56 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 79/57 Dreamcoat’ will pioneer heritage 80/54 75/46 See Stockton PollenThursday Index open Friday Price complete 78/56 See A10 73/48 High Good Nephi forecast Rush Valley See A7 77/49 77/54 Ophir Moderate on A9 72/52 Source:Low www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti Absent 77/51 74/47 Green River Tu W Th F Sa Su M 81/53 Dugway Source: Intermountain Allergy & Asthma Richfield Gold Hill 78/56 77/45 Moab 72/53 RIVERS AND LAKES Hanksville 84/54 Beaver 80/49 Vernon In feet as of 7 a.m. Monday 74/46 Ibapah 76/52 24-hour 74/46 Stage Change Vernon Creek at Vernon 0.91 none Cedar City Blanding South Willow Creek St. George 75/46 75/49 at Grantsville 1.58 -0.01 88/59 Kanab 80/41 Eureka 71/49 Great Salt Lake Elevation at Saltair Boat Harbor 4190.89 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY May 3, 2016 One dead after auto rollover on I-80 by Steve Howe with a Honda Accord slowing or There were 276 fatalities sixth-highest total in the state. SR-36 RENEWED STAFF WRITER stopping in the right lane of I- involving automobile accidents Tooele County also had the 80 due to what may have been in Utah in 2015, an increase of 20 second-highest number of unre- A Weber County woman died a mechanical issue. A Chevrolet over 2014, according to the state strained fatalities in the state last PROJECT UPDATE in a single-vehicle accident after pickup truck hit the back of the Department of Public Safety. year at seven, according to Utah her SUV rolled on Interstate 80 car, ejecting both occupants and There were 15 fatalities in Tooele Zero Fatalities. The Utah Department of Transportation continues its Saturday evening. killing the driver. County last year, which was the [email protected] construction project along SR-36 Huong Tran Ngo, 67, of Roy, through Tooele City this week. west side of the road while work- was the sole occupant of the gray Motorists should anticipate ers excavate the east side. Crews SUV when it drifted to the left some delays. are also placing storm drains shoulder of the road near mile After further review, UDOT along the east side. marker 74 for an unknown reason has decided to leave part of Traffic restrictions include: around 5 p.m., according to the Memory Lane open while work- • Traffic is reduced to one lane Utah Highway Patrol. Ngo over- ers reconstruct SR-36. However, in each direction and flaggers corrected to the right, causing the short intermittent closures may are directing traffic. • UDOT has decided to leave vehicle to leave the roadway. be needed. Local residents can get in and out via the road to part of Memory Lane open The SUV overturned after Settlement Canyon. while workers reconstruct SR-36. going off the road and the driver However, short intermittent clo- was ejected, UHP said. Ngo was Railroad viaduct to Vine Street sures may be needed. Local resi- pronounced dead at the scene Landscaping, as well as any dents can get in and out via the of the accident from injuries she missing sidewalks, will be rees- road to Settlement Canyon. tablished through early June. sustained. Please observe the speed limit Traffic restrictions include: and pay close attention to traf- Investigators from UHP are • Southbound traffic is reduced investigating an improperly fic control devices and signage. to one lane starting at Vorwaller Be alert for crews working near worn seatbelt as a factor in the Drive. the roadway and construction fatal accident. No determination Vine Street to 520 South vehicles entering and exiting the has been made yet if drowsy or Landscaping and sidewalks work zone. Safety is UDOT’s top impaired driving contributed to will be reestablished through priority for all crews and com- the accident.