FRONT PAGE A1 County track launches teens racing career See A10 TOOELETRANSCRIPT SERVING TOOELE COUNTY BULLETINUL SINCE 1894 THURSDAYTHURSDAY August 4,4, 2016 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 123 No. 19 $1.00 Field where fire began was under city review City: ‘Active enforcement process’ started before July 19 JESSICA HENRIE Knighton said the city has strip shorter than 6 inches. STAFF WRITER fined him in the past for hav- But the owner of any At a fire recovery meet- ing weeds that were too tall unimproved lot larger than 5 ing Monday night, victims of and questioned why the grass acres — including the 13-acre Tooele’s July 19 fire demanded in the nearby field was allowed field where the fire started to know why a nearby field to remain. — is not required to mow their where the fire began was According to Tooele City’s entire field. Instead, they are allowed to have tall weeds. weed ordinance, which is required to cut the weeds at Jordan Knighton, a Tooele found in Title 8 of the city least 15 feet from other prop- resident whose home was code under “Abatement of erty owner boundaries. Weeds destroyed in the fire, sparked Nuisances,” landowners with in those 15-foot zones must be the tension between fire vic- lots smaller than 5 acres must shorter than 6 inches. tims and officials at Monday’s keep the weeds both on their FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO meeting at Tooele City Hall. property and along the park SEE FIELD PAGE A12 ➤ A field where a grass fire started and spread to nearby homes July 19 was under city review at the time of the fire, an official said. City code requires property owners to keep their weeds shorter than 6 inches. Volunteers are huge help to fire cleanup STEVE HOWE July 19 fire in Tooele City. STAFF WRITER McCartney and Southern Wednesday afternoon, Baptist Convention Disaster Pastor Jon McCartney was at Relief were among a number work cleaning up a pull-behind of organizations and individual trailer in the parking lot of volunteers that contributed First Baptist Church in Tooele. to removing debris where 10 The trailer, which contained homes once stood, on and six shower stalls and laundry around Van Dyke Way. The fire capabilities, was being pre- destroyed 10 homes, damaged pared to return to Salt Lake eight more and totaled eight County after being used during cleanup efforts following the SEE CLEANUP PAGE A9 ➤ FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Kanon Fields, Ryker Jones, Bryson Yeaman, Dominic Yeaman and Kal-El Fields check out a dummy in the Mountain West ambulance at the National Night Out Against Crime event held Tuesday. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Blaine Prescott advises a child to always wear his seatbelt when he is in a vehicle. County Fair opens Area police, citizens its doors tonight socialize at event BY TIM GILLIE Other entertainment for STEVE HOWE all of the county’s law enforce- STAFF WRITER opening night includes yo-yo STAFF WRITER ment and other first respond- The Americana country man Dale Myerberg, comic Despite wet conditions, com- ers came together at the same music of Carver Louis and the hypnotist Shawn Fetters, and munity members of all ages event. Old Lincoln Highway Band will an outdoor viewing of the showed up for the National Other agencies in atten- bring in the Tooele County Fair movie “Big Hero 6.” Night Out at Deseret Peak dance included the Utah tonight. Other fair events will get Complex Tuesday night. Highway Patrol, Tooele County The fair starts with a 5 p.m. underway tonight as the City The free, nationwide event Emergency Management, opening ceremony at Deseret of Fun Carnival opens at 5 p.m. was hosted by the Grantsville Tooele County Health Peak Complex. Carver Louis and runs until 10 p.m. The City Police Department this Department and the county’s and his group will take to the Junior Livestock Show’s Pee year, in partnership with the volunteer fire departments. stage at 6 p.m., following a Wee Showmanship event will Tooele County Sheriff’s Office Grantsville City Police Chief performance by the Jazz-In-It start at 6 p.m. and Tooele City, Stockton and Kevin Turner said despite some dance troupe. The petting zoo, pony Dugway police departments. There is no charge for It also marked the first time SEE EVENT PAGE A6 ➤ tonight’s entertainment. SEE FAIR PAGE A7 ➤ SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX The Sun Rise Set FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Friday 6:30 a.m. 8:39 p.m. Saturday 6:31 a.m. 8:38 p.m. Sunday 6:32 a.m. 8:37 p.m. Monday 6:33 a.m. 8:36 p.m. County to rebuild 6 miles of Mormon Trail Tuesday 6:34 a.m. 8:34 p.m. Wednesday 6:35 a.m. 8:33 p.m. BY TIM GILLIE F Sa Su M Tu W Th Thursday 6:36 a.m. 8:32 p.m. STAFF WRITER the budgetedThe PILThigher the [payment AccuWeather.com UV Index™Road, Mormon Trail Road is in Detention Center, will allow The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Friday 9:24 a.m. 10:18 p.m. With more money and in lieu of taxes]protection. amount0-2 Low; 3-5 that Moderate; 6-7 suchHigh; 8-10 bad shape it won’t hold a gravel trucks to use SR-36 Saturday 10:23 a.m. 10:48 p.m. lower costs, the Tooele County we received,Very along High; 11+ with Extreme some patch or pothole fill. In April, instead of Mormon Trail Road, Sunday 11:21 a.m. 11:17 p.m. Commission has found a way of our reserves, to rebuild the county filled potholes and according to Bitner. Monday 12:17 p.m. 11:47 p.m. ALMANAC Tuesday 1:13 p.m. none to rebuild worn-out Mormon Mormon TrailStatistics Road,” for the week said ending August 3. bare spots in that segment “SR-36 is already construct- Clouds and sun with a An afternoon Partly sunny with a Wednesday 2:09 p.m. 12:19 a.m. Partly sunny Mostly sunny Partly sunny Trail Road. Mostly sunny Tooele CountyTemperatures Commission with gravel. ed to handle the heavy load of Thursday 3:04 p.m. 12:53 a.m. t-storm in spots thunderstorm possible t-storm possible Budget adjustments Chairman WadeHigh/Low Bitner. past week The 98/66 estimate to excavate 30 gravel trucks,” he said. First Full Last New approved by the county com- Years of heavyNormal high/low truck pasttraffic week inches 93/67 of the road and rebuild Using a new, but proven, 89 70 90 72 92 69 92 69 93 63 89 63 94 66 Average temp past week 82.0 missioners at their Aug. 2 have taken aNormal toll averageon the temp road, past week it to 79.8handle heavy gravel truck method that will be sufficient TOOELE COUNTY WEATHERmeeting included $2.1 million which was notDaily designed Temperatures for Hightraffic Low was $1 million per mile. for Mormon Trail Road’s traf- Aug 10 Aug 18 Aug 24 Sep 1 Shown is Friday’s weather. to rebuild six miles of Mormon 119,000-pound tractor-trailer The completion of South fic, Bitner expects the project FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Forecasts and graphics provided by Temperatures are Friday’s highs and Friday night’s Trail Road from South rigs full of gravel, according to Mountain Road, which runs to cost in the neighborhood of Motorcyclists slow down on a heavily damaged section of the Mormon Trail AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 lows. Mountain Road to Rush Valley. Bitner. from Mormon Trail Road to Road. The Tooele County Commission has found a way to rebuild 6 miles of “We’ll use the $488,000 over South of South Mountain SR-36 near the Tooele County SEE TRAIL PAGE A6 ➤ the worn-out road. UTAH WEATHER Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Logan BULLETIN BOARD B6 Grouse 88/54 Wendover PrecipitationINSIDE (in inches) Creek 86/66 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point CLASSIFIEDS C6 83/58 90/71 91/72 88/71 Ogden Stansbury Park Tooele pursues A capella group HOMETOWN A10 90/67 Erda 89/71 OBITUARIES A8 Vernal Grantsville 90/71 Pine Canyon curbside recycling returns to Tooele Salt Lake City 86/60 91/72 78/61 KID SCOOP B7 Tooele 92/72 Bauer program Friday 89/70 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal 89/69 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D SPORTS B1 Provo Roosevelt 89/70 See A2 See A4 87/60 88/63 See Stockton Pollen Index Price complete 89/69 85/59 High Nephi forecast Rush Valley 86/61 88/65 Ophir Moderate on A9 83/65 Low Delta Manti Absent 88/66 82/53 Green River Th F Sa Su M Tu W 89/68 Dugway Source: Intermountain Allergy & Asthma Richfield Gold Hill 89/69 81/57 Moab 84/67 RIVERS AND LAKES Hanksville 91/66 Beaver 88/67 Vernon In feet as of 7 a.m. Wednesday 79/56 Ibapah 86/64 24-hour 87/61 Stage Change Vernon Creek at Vernon 0.89 none Cedar City Blanding South Willow Creek St. George 81/58 78/61 at Grantsville 1.45 -0.01 92/73 Kanab 84/58 Eureka 82/62 Great Salt Lake Elevation at Saltair Boat Harbor 4189.80 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THURSDAY August 4, 2016 Slowly, but surely, the salt flats may be working their way back JESSICA HENRIE “What was all mud last year is flats.