FRONT PAGE A1 TOOELE Season was TRANSCRIPT memorable for boys SERVING basketball TOOELE COUNTY See A10 BULLETIN SINCE 1894 TUESDAY March 1, 2016 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 122 No. 79 $1.00 Water projects stir concerns for Great Salt Lake’s future by Tim Gillie tion funds and put it into an STAFF WRITER account for water infrastructure. The bill would also divert a Legislators from Tooele County one-sixteenth of a percent sales are worried that a bill to fund tax, which generates $1.8 million state water projects may open annually for the transportation the door to divert more water fund, and put the revenue each away from the Great Salt Lake. year into a new water infrastruc- Senate Bill 80, Infrastructure ture account. Funding Amendments, passed At 48 percent of its volume the Senate and cleared a House when pioneers first reached Salt committee last week. It awaits Lake Valley in 1849, Reps. Merrill final approval on the House Nelson and Doug Sagers are con- floor. cerned that additional diversion Sponsored by Sen. Stuart of water flowing into the Great Adams, R-Layton, SB 80 would take $35 million in transporta- SEE WATER PAGE A7 ➤ SUE BUTTERFIELD/TBP PHOTOS Medical marijuana Alyssa Banks (above) was crowned Miss Tooele County Saturday along with her first attendant Kendra Martell (left) and Shanna Shepherd (right). Martell (below right) competes in the evening wear competion at the Miss Tooele County Scholarship Pageant. Shepherd (lower left) answers an onstage question during the pageant. The pageant hasn’t be held since July 2014. Saturday’s pageant had six contestants. Senate bills move Banks crowned Miss Tooele County on to House floor by Tim Gillie STAFF WRITER by Jessica Henrie for use by patients with a specific STAFF WRITER medical condition. The Miss Tooele County Scholarship Pageant According to the bill’s text, made a successful comeback Saturday night, the Two separate bills legalizing “cannabis product” contains event’s organizers said. part of the marijuana plant for cannabinoids — or chemical More than 100 people turned out at Stansbury medical use moved on to the compounds such as THC, is High School’s auditorium to see Alyssa Banks, House last week. intended for human ingestion 21, of Tooele City crowned Miss Tooele County, The Senate passed the second and is separated into doses. according to pageant co-directors Holly Rabanne version of Senate Bill 73 on Feb. Thatcher said he was sympa- and Kathie Steinagel. 25 with a 17-12 vote. Sen. Peter thetic to the people with chronic Kendra Martell,19, and Shanna Shepherd,18, Knudson, R-Brigham City, who pain or illnesses who told the both from Stansbury Park, were named first and represents Tooele County, voted Senate they would benefit from second attendants, respectively. for the bill. Sen. Dan Thatcher, R- medical marijuana. However, “The night was amazing,” Rabanne said. “It was West Valley City, another county he believes the Food and Drug everything we wanted it to be. It was glamorous, representative, voted against it. Administration should test the elegant and classy.” SB 73 is sponsored by Sen. compound before cannabis The last Miss Tooele County Scholarship Mark Madsen, R-Saratoga product is legalized. Pageant was held in July 2014, during which Annie Springs, with support from Rep. “If we’re going to treat this like Butterfield was crowned Miss Tooele County. Gage Froerer, R-Huntsville. The a medicine, we should treat it like Butterfield is currently working in New York City most recent version of the bill and was unable to attend the pageant. In her place, would legalize cannabis product SEE MARIJUANA PAGE A9 ➤ SEE BANKS PAGE A12 ➤ Area police agencies endorse Thatcher’s SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 7:01 a.m. 6:22 p.m. body camera bill Thursday 6:59 a.m. 6:23 p.m. Friday 6:58 a.m. 6:24 p.m. Saturday 6:56 a.m. 6:25 p.m. Sunday 6:55 a.m. 6:26 p.m. by Steve Howe policy in the hands of the state Monday 6:53 a.m. 6:28 p.m. W Th F Sa Su M Tu STAFF WRITER government. Tuesday 6:52 a.m. 6:29 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Thatcher said there is no leg- Wednesday 1:55 a.m. 12:08 p.m. protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Local law enforcement agen- islation that governs the use of Thursday 2:49 a.m. 12:58 p.m. Very High; 11+ Extreme cies are coming out in support body cameras in Utah, which law Friday 3:40 a.m. 1:54 p.m. Saturday 4:28 a.m. 2:56 p.m. ALMANAC of a state Senate bill that would enforcement agencies are not Sunday 5:13 a.m. 4:03 p.m. Statistics for the week ending Feb. 29. place control of statewide body required to carry. The creation Intervals of clouds and Sunshine and patchy Cooler with a couple Monday 5:56 a.m. 5:13 p.m. Mostly sunny Cloudy Cloudy and breezy Cloudy Temperatures Tuesday 6:36 a.m. 6:24 p.m. sunshine clouds of showers possible camera policy in the hands of of minimum standards for use High/Low past week 65/24 the Peace Officer Standards and of body cameras and release and Last New First Full Normal high/low past week 48/29 60 39 62 40 61 43 60 46 60 43 47 28 49 31 Average temp past week 41.6 Training council. retention of footage is in the best Normal average temp past week 38.3 The proposed legislation, interest of the state, he said. TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Mar 1 Mar 8 Mar 15 Mar 23 introduced by Sen. Daniel Since POST already establish- Shown is Wednesday’s Thatcher, R-West Valley City, is es most of the law enforcement Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and competing with a bill in the state standards in Utah, Thatcher AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Wednesday night’s lows. House of Representatives, which puts control of body camera SEE CAMERA PAGE A12 ➤ UTAH WEATHER Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD A8 Grouse 49/26 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 63/35 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Tuesday CLASSIFIEDS B5 52/32 59/34 59/35 58/40 HOMETOWN A10 Ogden Stansbury Park Good Jazz player Young Stallions 57/35 Erda 59/40 supports reading see more action in OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 59/40 Pine Canyon Wednesday Salt Lake City 56/27 61/40 48/32 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 60/39 Bauer Good in local schools consolation game 60/39 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS B1 59/38 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 60/39 See B1 59/28 See A2 56/30 See Stockton SnowfallThursday (in inches) Price complete 60/38 58/33 Good Nephi forecast Rush Valley 59/29 58/35 Ophir on A9 52/37 Source: www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti 59/36 58/31 Green River Last Month Season 68/34 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 58/37 62/32 Moab 58/36 SNOWPACK Hanksville 69/31 Beaver 67/34 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 61/30 Ibapah 57/32 60/30 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Monday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 18.0 14.8 10.5 St. George 66/32 65/36 Average 16.5 14.6 8.2 79/43 Kanab 70/29 Eureka Percent of average 109% 101% 128% 52/31 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY March 1, 2016 Seven area high school artists chosen for all-state art show by Jessica Henrie The juries also accepted Tooele dents with) 3D pieces in, ever.” teacher at Stansbury High, said Benson said. “I wanted to play Grantsville High, said Tripp is also STAFF WRITER High students Heidie Benson’s Until now. it was a new record for the high around with the painting on a an above-average student. mixed media piece and Kelsie Coyle said her students, school to get four pieces into the photo idea. While I was looking at “She’s the kind of student that Artwork from every high school Jackson’s ceramic art. Camille DeSpain and Van Moorlehem, show. Hancock submitted a photo other people’s work, I got the idea will always strive to go above and in Tooele Valley was selected for Tripp from Grantsville High suc- have worked really hard on their of himself with his hand painted for my piece.” beyond what’s required,” Kahlo the 44th Annual Utah All-State cessfully submitted a clay piece. art during their years of high red, while Stephenson submitted Jackson, the other Tooele said. “The thing that’s cool about Art Show. Melissa Coyle, who teaches school. Both exhibited pieces a photo of an old Ferris wheel student whose artwork was the piece she put into the show is Springville Museum of Art pottery at Stansbury High, said are from a special concentration reflected in a puddle. accepted, submitted a ceramic ... she challenged herself not only hosts the art show.