County Voters Pick Cruz, Sanders in Caucuses
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FRONT PAGE A1 Dave Buck has spent 58 years saving lives See A10 TOOELETRANSCRIPT SERVING TOOELE COUNTY BULLETIN SINCE 1894 THURSDAY March 24, 2016 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 122 No. 86 $1.00 County voters pick Cruz, Sanders in caucuses FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTOS Republican District 8 Chairman George Simper (left) leads the caucus meeting on Tuesday night. It was one of many caucuses held in Utah to vote for a presidential candidate for November’s election as well as select delegates for upcoming Republican conventions. Megan Wanlass (above) helps Denise Casey with a ballot form at the Democratic caucus meeting. Both parties see huge turnout for unconventional presidential campaign by Tim Gillie on Tuesday night, according to STAFF WRITER Trent Stirling, Tooele County Republican Party Chairman. Tooele County voters echoed Around 2,200 people par- the statewide trend Tuesday ticipated in the last Republican night as Ted Cruz and Bernie Party caucus meetings held two Sanders were elected as the pres- years ago in the county, he said. idential favorites of their parties’ It wasn’t only presidential pol- caucuses. itics that drove people to caucus The opportunity to select a meetings. presidential nominee at caucus For Karen Ware, 36, Tooele, meetings instead of a primary it was her religious leaders that election caused both Democrats influenced her to attend her and Republicans to turn out in first caucus meeting on Tuesday unexpected numbers, according night. to party leaders. “My church leaders asked A little over 3,000 Republicans members to get more involved in FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO attended caucus meetings Vern Pankratz casts his ballot at a Republican caucus meeting held at Middle Todd Arave watches as Kennarae Arave fills out a form at the Democratic caucus SEE CAMPAIGN PAGE A12 ➤ Canyon Elementary in Tooele. spread throughout the county meeting held Tuesday at Clarke N. Johnsen Junior High School in Tooele. Low inventory, lots of buyers trigger jump of home building across county by Tim Gillie the Tooele County Association STAFF WRITER of Realtors. “Low interest rates and posi- New home construction took tive equity have a lot of people off in Tooele County last year, out looking to buy a home,” she according to building permit said. “But the available inven- numbers. tory of existing homes doesn’t Tooele City, Grantsville City meet the demand.” and Tooele County issued 414 Grantsville experienced the FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO permits for new single-fam- largest growth, with 120 per- Donner Reed Museum Docent Jay Weyland points to a large crack along the out- ily homes in 2015, up from 290 mits issued in 2015 compared side wall of the building. new single-family home per- to 50 in 2014 — a 144-percent SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX mits issued in 2014. That’s a increase. The Sun Rise Set FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Friday 7:24 a.m. 7:47 p.m. 43-percent increase. “Grantsville is booming,” Saturday 7:22 a.m. 7:48 p.m. A low inventory of existing Sloan said. “They had several Sunday 7:21 a.m. 7:49 p.m. Popular museum’s Monday 7:19 a.m. 7:50 p.m. homes and a high number of new developments ready for Tuesday 7:17 a.m. 7:51 p.m. homebuyers stimulated new new homes last year.” FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Wednesday 7:16 a.m. 7:52 p.m. F Sa Su M Tu W Th home building in 2015, accord- Thursday 7:14 a.m. 7:53 p.m. Construction workers prepare an area in front of a new home under construc- The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ SEE BUILDING PAGE A7 ➤ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin ing to Berna Sloan, president of tion for concrete in Lake Point Monday morning. north wall isprotection. failing0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Friday 10:03 p.m. 8:37 a.m. Saturday 10:58 p.m. 9:09 a.m. Very High; 11+ Extreme Sunday 11:53 p.m. 9:43 a.m. Monday none 10:21 a.m. Repairs to Grantsville’s DonnerALMANAC Reed Tuesday 12:48 a.m. 11:03 a.m. A shower in the Chance for snow Statistics for the week ending March 23. Mostly cloudy and Mostly cloudy and Mostly cloudy with a Cloudy with spotty Grantsville and Tooele cities make affordability top 10 list Wednesday 1:40 a.m. 11:49 a.m. morning; mainly showers in the Mostly cloudy Temperatures Thursday 2:31 a.m. 12:42 p.m. chilly milder couple of showers showers cloudy Pioneermorning Museum estimatedHigh/Low pastat week $60K 67/27 pared by a New York City-based finan- property taxes, the cost of homeown- Last New First Full Normal high/low past week 55/35 49 32 47 31 59 41 49 33 42 34 47 32 52 35 Average temp past week 43.8 by Tim Gillie cial technology firm. er’s insurance, and the average annu- by Steve Howe years standing.Normal average temp past week 45.0 STAFF WRITER Grantsville ranked No. 6 and Tooele al mortgage payment for the average TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Mar 31 Apr 7 Apr 13 Apr 21 STAFF WRITER The north wall of the Donner City ranked No. 9 on SmartAsset’s study home in every city in the country with a Shown is Friday’s weather. Reed Pioneer Museum is bulging Two communities in Tooele County of home affordability in Utah. population greater than 5,000. Forecasts and graphics provided by Temperatures are Friday’s highs and Friday night’s One of the most historic build- outward, with a series of thick were listed among the Top 10 most SmartAsset took a look nationwide AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 lows. ings in Grantsville is starting to affordable cities in Utah in a list pre- at the five-year average of closing costs, SEE LIST PAGE A7 ➤ feel the weight of more than 150 SEE WALL PAGE A9 ➤ UTAH WEATHER Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Logan BULLETIN BOARD B6 Grouse 45/25 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 51/31 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Thursday CLASSIFIEDS C5 42/21 52/32 51/32 48/33 HOMETOWN A10 Ogden Stansbury Park Good Local churches Tooele swim coach 48/29 Erda 49/33 to hold Easter to receive national OBITUARIES A8 Vernal Grantsville 50/33 Pine Canyon Friday Salt Lake City 47/29 50/33 37/24 KID SCOOP B7 Tooele 49/32 Bauer Good services, activities award 49/32 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS B1 48/31 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 49/32 49/27 See A2 See B1 47/30 See Stockton SnowfallSaturday (in inches) Price complete 49/31 50/28 Good Nephi forecast Rush Valley 49/29 48/29 Ophir on A9 42/27 Source: www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti 53/29 48/28 Green River Last Month Season 62/34 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 50/30 53/27 Moab 49/29 SNOWPACK Hanksville 62/38 Beaver 62/33 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 54/25 Ibapah 48/29 54/26 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Wednesday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 19.7 17.8 8.2 St. George 59/25 58/35 Average 21.6 17.9 10.3 73/43 Kanab 63/32 Eureka Percent of average 91% 99% 80% 42/25 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 THURSDAY March 24, 2016 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN A2 Injured missionaries recovering after ISIS bombings in Belgium by Jessica Henrie “As his family, we wish to Ohio. ly have a prayer for them and former president of the Tooele STAFF WRITER express our deep appreciation The bomb went off after Clain their families.” LDS Stake. to his caring and competent passed through airport secu- The bombings at the airport Norby also served as the area Updates have been released medical staff and to all those rity. Initially, church headquar- and subway in Brussels killed director of all seminary students on four missionaries injured in who have expressed well-wish- ters announced only the inju- 34 people, including three sui- in the West Valley and Tooele the terror attacks in Belgium es and prayers on his behalf,” ries of Norby, Wells and Empey. cide bombers, and injured 270 areas. In 2003, he and his wife Tuesday, including a former Norby’s family said in a state- But at noon on Tuesday, the others. Belgian law enforce- sold their home in Tooele to Tooele High School seminary ment published by the church. church learned Clain had also ment is currently investigating accept a call to preside over a teacher. “Our prayers go out to all those been hospitalized with minor the bombings, according to mission in Cote d’Ivoire. Richard Norby, 66, is in a who were affected by this ter- injuries. Belgian authorities. After their return from Cote medically induced coma after rible tragedy and wish for “They’re doing okay, they’ve The Islamic State group ISIS d’Ivoire in 2005, they moved to undergoing a “lengthy” surgery. the speedy recovery of all the been taken care of,” said claimed responsibility for the Lehi, and Norby started work at His wife, Pamela Norby, is by wounded bystanders.” Frédéric Babin, president of attacks.