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For complete details and full disclosures, call (855) 559-2520. 8/31/16 5:01 PM CFCU649Coach HWSeptBonusAutoLoanAdTooele.indd arrested 1 for sexual abuse of two teens STEVE HOWE alleged sexual misconduct When Grantsville City police in Cedar City and charges of tion from a victim’s mother STAFF WRITER between Curtis Ware, 47, and interviewed the second victim, forcible sodomy were request- that Ware made arrange- Grantsville High School’s a juvenile female student after she said Ware had touched ed by Grantsville City police in ments to contact the victim, head football coach was being notified by the school, her inappropriately several 5th District Court, the prob- he was arrested Thursday and arrested Thursday for unlawful according to a probable cause times, including on her breasts, able cause statement said. booked into the Tooele County sexual activity with a minor, statement. During the inves- according to the statement. When police interviewed the Detention Center. forcible sex abuse, sexual tigation, a second juvenile She also said she had seen first victim, she said there was Turner did not reveal wheth- battery and lewdness with a female victim was identified. Ware do the same to the first inappropriate touching that er there was physical evidence minor, according to a news Grantsville City Police Chief victim and said the first victim occurred on several occasions in the case, but said the release from the Tooele County Kevin Turner said the victims told her about sexual activity in Grantsville, which led to the department had enough infor- School District. were 16 and 17 years old dur- with Ware. incident in Cedar City. Based mation to warrant an arrest. The Grantsville City Police ing a press conference Friday The alleged sexual activity on the information received Department learned of the afternoon. with the first victim occurred from the victims and informa- SEE ABUSE PAGE A5 ➤ Curtis Ware Water year in deficit situation after dry August JESSICA HENRIE water year, said Ned Bevan, STAFF WRITER cooperative weather observer Despite receiving less than for the National Weather a tenth of an inch of pre- Service. cipitation last month, Tooele Tooele City received 0.08 County’s drought status has inches of total precipitation not changed. last month, bringing its total According to the U.S. precipitation level for the Drought Monitor, the major- water year to 15.22 inches. ity of the county is still in D0 The city normally receives .94 or “abnormally dry” weather inches in August, Bevan said. conditions. The drought moni- Normal for this point in the tor uses a scale of D0-D4 to water year is 17.07 inches. rate drought severity, with D4 Water years begin Oct. 1 and being described as “exceptional end Sept. 30. drought.” A new pipeline installed in But the lack of precipitation Settlement Canyon in 2014 has caused Tooele City to slide has been a big help in adding even further below where it should be at this point in the SEE WATER PAGE A4 ➤ Old bikes at Utah Motorsports Campus FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTOS FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO August offered little to no precipitation across Tooele County, further put- ting the water year, which ends Sept. 30, into a deficit situation. Pictured is Vernon Reservoir. Wildfire burns more than 4,000 SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 7:02 a.m. 7:51 p.m. acres near Vernon Thursday 7:03 a.m. 7:49 p.m. Friday 7:04 a.m. 7:48 p.m. STEVE HOWE contained; Tooele County Fire Saturday 7:05 a.m. 7:46 p.m. STAFF WRITER Sunday 7:06 a.m. 7:44 p.m. Warden Daniel Walton said he Monday 7:07 a.m. 7:43 p.m. W Th F Sa Su M Tu A wildfire blackened heard the blaze was 25 percent Tuesday 7:08 a.m. 7:41 p.m. FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ thousands of acres in Tooele contained as of this morning. The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Wednesday 12:54 p.m. 11:27 p.m. While the Tooele County Commission wranglesprotection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 County over the weekend and The fire has been burning Thursday 1:48 p.m. none over the future sale of Utah Motorsports Campus,Very High; 11+ Extreme continues to burn several miles through grass, sagebrush and Friday 2:41 p.m. 12:06 a.m. the racetrack this summer has hosted several outside of Vernon. juniper vegetation about 10 Saturday 3:32 p.m. 12:50 a.m. ALMANAC Sunday 4:21 p.m. 1:39 a.m. events, like Saturday’s Bonneville Vintage GrandStatistics for the week ending Sept. 5. The wildfire, dubbed the miles southwest of Vernon. Pleasant with plenty of Pleasant with plenty of Cooler with sunshine Mostly sunny with a Monday 5:07 p.m. 2:34 a.m. Mostly sunny and nice Plenty of sunshine Plenty of sun Prix, which featured racing motorcycles from Temperaturesa West Government Creek Fire, Due to the improving Tuesday 5:50 p.m. 3:34 a.m. sunshine sunshine and patchy clouds shower possible past era. Racer Dennis Micaletti (top) takes hisHigh/Low past week 96/47 started on Friday by a lightning containment on the fire, the First Full Last New Normal high/low past week 85/59 strike. As of Monday, the fire closures at Erickson Pass and 81 55 81 51 78 48 84 57 91 57 1965 Matralla73 for44 a lap. Alex80 McClean52 (above)Average temp past week 72.3 stands next to his 1937 Norton. Karl EngellenerNormal average temp past week 72.2 had spread over 4,244 acres Little Valley roads will be lifted TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER and Kevin Moorehouse (above right) work on Dailya Temperatures High Low and was only partially con- today, Walton said. Sep 9 Sep 16 Sep 23 Sep 30 Shown is Wednesday’s modified 1968 Honda Sl 175 before racing. Rilex tained. On Monday, fire crews were Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are A news release from the focused on holding contain- Wednesday’s highs and Devereuax (right) rode his motorcycle to UMC AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 U.S. Forest Service on Monday Wednesday night’s lows. Saturday to watch the grand prix. said the fire was 5 percent SEE WILDFIRE PAGE A7 ➤ UTAH WEATHER Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD B3 Grouse 79/40 Wendover PrecipitationINSIDE (in inches) Creek 80/54 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point CLASSIFIEDS B10 73/43 80/53 81/50 80/59 Ogden Stansbury Park Former Stallions Local artist paints HOMETOWN B6 79/53 Erda 81/58 OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 81/57 Pine Canyon do well at in-state wall with Pokémon Salt Lake City 81/44 82/57 72/50 OPEN FORUM B4 Tooele 83/59 Bauer college football See B6 81/55 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal 81/56 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D SPORTS B1 Provo Roosevelt 81/55 game 82/45 82/52 See Stockton Pollen Index Price complete 81/55 See B1 82/50 High Nephi forecast Rush Valley 82/48 81/53 Ophir Moderate on A5 76/54 Low Delta Manti Absent 85/56 81/49 Green River Tu W Th F Sa Su M 87/52 Dugway Source: Intermountain Allergy & Asthma Richfield Gold Hill 81/53 83/49 Moab 77/53 RIVERS AND LAKES Hanksville 89/61 Beaver 87/56 Vernon In feet as of 7 a.m. Monday 81/49 Ibapah 80/51 24-hour 82/46 Stage Change Vernon Creek at Vernon 0.91 none Cedar City Blanding South Willow Creek St. George 83/51 80/51 at Grantsville 1.42 none 92/64 Kanab 85/45 Eureka 76/51 Great Salt Lake Elevation at Saltair Boat Harbor 4189.09 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY September 6, 2016 Life’s Worth Living Foundation to hold vigil Saturday at park Candlelight vigil honors National Suicide Prevention Week who struggles with suicidal scholarships, we’ve brought in ber one cause of death for thoughts, or has lost someone training to TATC ... we’re very our youth 10-17 years old. ... to suicide, the foundation also active politically.” It’s kind of staggering, but if JESSICA HENRIE people to come out, honor “They’ll probably be people works to bring suicide preven- As a certified 501(c)3 we can all come together and STAFF WRITER those people they’ve lost and from our foundation,” he tion training to the county, organization, the foundation realize what’s available in our The Life’s Worth Living have a unified front [for sui- said.