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FRONT PAGE A1 TOOELE RANSCRIPT Tooele improves T to 5-0 for first SERVING time in 50 years. TOOELE COUNTY See A10 BULLETIN SINCE 1894 TUESDAY September 23, 2014 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 121 No. 33 $1.00 Stericycle, state will look into claims by Emma Penrod STAFF WRITER Both Stericycle and the state have pledged investigations into new claims regarding alleged permit violations at the medical waste handler’s North Salt Lake incinerator. Allegations surfaced earlier this month when an anonymous person claiming to be a former Stericycle employee said in an online video that incinerator supervisors directed employees to ignore company policies regarding measuring the weight and radioactivity of materials. This caused the incinerator to burn more material SEE STERICYCLE PAGE A6 ➤ FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Kaitlyn Bresee tosses an empty bucket to Tyler Lawrence. The Tooele seniors spent the day with classmates repairing damage at the Tooele ‘T’. Study: Snake THS seniors restore Tooele ‘T’ landmark Valley aquifer Gochis and five other THS faculty and staff by Tim Gillie members spent the day on the hillside. STAFF WRITER Using cement mixers and generators from not crucial to a spot below the base of the “T,” the group Tooele High School students didn’t head to mixed concrete and then formed a brigade to class on Monday morning. pass five gallon buckets half-full of concrete Instead the class of 2015 scaled the side of a up the mountainside to the landmark. local water mountain and spent the morning laboring to The concrete was then poured around the protect the hillside site of Tooele’s iconic ‘T.’ base and sides of the ‘T’ to repair erosion And after their work was done, they caused by water runoff, according to Gochis. by Emma Penrod returned that night for the traditional light- Last week, prior to the Senior T-day, a group STAFF WRITER ing of the landmark to kick off Tooele High’s of staff from the school climbed to the marker homecoming week. to repair damage to its white covering. A first-ever baseline study intended to estab- According to THS Principal Bill Gochis, “I was looking at the ‘T’ through some bin- lish the actual extents of the embattled Snake Monday’s restoration project was the first day oculars from my house and it looked brown in Valley aquifer suggests the underground water of a new tradition. some places,” Gochis said. “My first thought system may have less to do with Tooele County “The senior class used to make an annual was that it was mud that had washed down water supplies than previously thought. trip to the ‘T’ to maintain the ‘T,’ said Gochis, the hillside from all the rain.” Fish Springs and a few other spring complexes who is a 1975 THS graduate. “Now that the Gochis dispatched some staff members to FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO located in the southwestern corner of the coun- BLM has given us the rights to the land where inspect the landmark and to make prepara- Mike Lawrence and Jarod Jackson work to repair ero- ty mark the bulk of the Snake Valley aquifer’s the ‘T’ sits, we are going to reinstitute the sion damage on the ‘T’ yesterday on the mountain above annual tradition.” SEE LANDMARK PAGE A8 ➤ Tooele’s east side. SEE AQUIFER PAGE A6 ➤ Developer working fast to prep Saddleback by Tim Gillie STAFF WRITER Dirt has been flying in the Lake Point area since July as the devel- oper of The Pastures at Saddleback races against nature to reach a self-imposed deadline to get the SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX first building lot on the market. FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO The Tooele County Planning The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 7:18 a.m. 7:23 p.m. For the second time this year, a speed event has been cancelled due to Commission approved the final Thursday 7:19 a.m. 7:22 p.m. water on the Salt Flats at the Bonneville Speedway. Speed Week events plat for the first 49 lots in the Friday 7:20 a.m. 7:20 p.m. Saturday 7:21 a.m. 7:18 p.m. have been cancelled due to recent rains. Pastures at Saddleback at its July Sunday 7:22 a.m. 7:17 p.m. 9 meeting. The Pastures also Monday 7:23 a.m. 7:15 p.m. W Th F Sa Su M Tuincludes parcels designated as Tuesday 7:24 a.m. 7:13 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin trails and access points to larger Wet salt flats cancelprotection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Wednesday 7:43 a.m. 7:35 p.m. open areas. Thursday 8:41 a.m. 8:07 p.m. Very High; 11+ Extreme “Our plan is to have asphalt laid Friday 9:40 a.m. 8:41 p.m. Saturday 10:40 a.m. 9:19 p.m. ALMANAC by this fall,” said Chris Robinson, Sunday 11:40 a.m. 10:02 p.m. another speedStatistics race for the week ending Sept. 22. managing partner for Saddleback Intervals of clouds and Not as warm with a Periods of sun with a Mostly cloudy with a Monday 12:39 p.m. 10:50 p.m. Plenty of sunshine Mostly sunny Clouds and sunshine Temperatures Tuesday 1:36 p.m. 11:45 p.m. sunshine thunderstorm in spots couple of t-storms couple of showers Partners. by Lisa Christensen AccordingHigh/Low pastto week the 93/52 Crews have been moving dirt, New First Full Last Normal high/low past week 78/52 86 58 86 62 85 58 73 51 67 47 STAFF69 WRITER48 70 Southern43 CaliforniaAverage temp past Timing week 72.0doing mass grading of the proj- Association’sNormal website, average temp Speed past week 65.1ect area, and working quickly TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Sep 23 Oct 1 Oct 8 Oct 15 A second racing event on Week at World Finals has to install water and sewer lines, Shown is Wednesday’s the Bonneville Salt Flats has been canceled because the according to Robinson. Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and been canceled because of frequent rains in the area Water lines come from a one- AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014 FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Wednesday night’s lows. rain, and Wendover is feeling Construction crews work to install water and sewer lines in the Pastures of Saddleback development in Lake Point. The the pain. SEE SALT FLATS PAGE A9 ➤ SEE SADDLEBACK PAGE A9 ➤ development will have 49 home lots in a subdivision. UTAH WEATHER Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD B3 Grouse 85/47 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 85/59 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Tuesday CLASSIFIEDS B5 84/49 87/61 87/60 87/61 HOMETOWN B1 Ogden Stansbury Park Good New fro-yo shop Club gives Tooele 86/61 Erda 88/60 opens in Tooele Runners a chance OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 88/60 Pine Canyon Wednesday Salt Lake City 79/51 88/60 74/51 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 88/62 Bauer Good See A2 to help each other 86/58 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS A10 85/57 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 86/58 See B1 83/53 84/55 See Stockton PollenThursday Index Price complete 85/57 82/55 High Good Nephi forecast Rush Valley 86/53 84/56 Ophir Moderate on A9 77/53 Source:Low www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti Absent 88/57 86/53 Green River Tu W Th F Sa Su M 88/57 Dugway Source: Intermountain Allergy & Asthma Richfield Gold Hill 85/57 86/56 Moab 84/56 RIVERS AND LAKES Hanksville 90/59 Beaver 88/54 Vernon In feet as of 7 a.m. Monday 85/51 Ibapah 83/55 24-hour 87/53 Stage Change Vernon Creek at Vernon 1.13 none Cedar City Blanding South Willow Creek St. George 84/49 85/58 at Grantsville 1.37 none 93/64 Kanab 87/55 Eureka 78/53 Great Salt Lake Elevation at Saltair Boat Harbor 92.83 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY September 23, 2014 Yeti’s Frozen Blast serves up fresh treats by Tim Gillie toppings. tomers can casually browse the 6. Hours are Monday through STAFF WRITER The frozen desserts are self- Internet while eating. Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 served through dispensers “We’re looking forward to p.m.; Friday and Saturday from Tooele has a new hangout that mounted in the wall. being part of the community for 11 a.m. to midnight; and Sunday serves frozen treats. Customers walk in and grab a long time,” Holmes said. from noon until 8 p.m. Mike Holmes, a former pro- a container, fill it up, apply top- Yeti’s Frozen Blast is located [email protected] duction supervisor for URS, pings and then pay 49 cents per at 134 W. 1180 North in Suite didn’t want to leave the town ounce for their creation. he grew up in when Deseret The frozen treats are a selec- Chemical Depot closed. tion from Honeyville Farms, a So when DCD shut down, he Utah company, and are paired at opened Yeti’s Frozen Blast on the Yeti’s for making twists.