www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY Top-notch show takes Sociable-goers ‘to the movies’ See B1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT BULLETIN March 28, 2006 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 112 NO. 88 50 cents Sheriff’s Dept. Grantsville lights up like ‘Great White Way’ by Mary Ruth Hammond determines STAFF WRITER Was it a Broadway show or the Grantsville 2006 Sociable program? Those attending Saturday’s Sociable prob- UHP trooper ably had a hard time telling if they were at a great, professional production in New York — or at a hometown talent show in the small caused crash city of Grantsville. In all, 38 production num- bers involving more than 200 people were by Jesse Fruhwirth performed on the Grantsville High School stage STAFF WRITER Saturday evening and each rendition was truly An accident investigation has determined that magnificent. a Utah Highway Patrol Trooper was responsible Approximately 1,400 people attended this for a crash last Thursday that injured four people year’s Sociable, which was under the direction including the trooper. Criminal charges may be of co-chairpersons Treasa Perkins and Ken filed. An official said the UHP will wait to see if Hale. More than 200 committee members freely criminal charges are filed before any consider- gave of their time and talents to prepare food, ation of sanctions will be made. decorate the school, sell tickets, make scrap- “We’ve finished our investigation and we sent books and perform a myriad of other chores to everything to the County Attorney’s office,” keep the tradition of the Sociable alive. For 122 years now, Grantsville has followed the advice of early leaders of The Church of Inside: Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to hold an annual celebration to honor the older mem- Man not wearing seat belt in I-80 fatality bers of the community. All old-timers, age 75 See A2 and over, who currently reside or who have ever lived in Grantsville receive free tickets as “honored guests” at the Sociable. There is even Tooele County Sheriff Frank Park said. “The a reception for that age group before other accident was definitely his fault.” people begin to arrive. Trooper Jeremy Floyd was responding to an The Sociable begins each year on a Thursday alert of a reckless driver that was swerving in when the Children’s Sociable is presented five and out of oncoming traffic northbound on SR- different times at Grantsville High School. 36. He entered the intersection of Bates Canyon Elementary and junior high students go to the Road and SR-36 and collided with 24-year-old high school at different times to watch the Tina Murray and her two young children pas- youth — who have to audition for a spot on the sengers. Murray was traveling northbound and program — perform. entered the intersection on a green light around There were 26 production numbers on the noon. Children’s program, involving 131 students this “He had his lights on but did not have his siren year. Four-year-old Scout Sutton was especially on,” Park said. “And he didn’t properly clear the adorable as she walked onto the stage all alone intersection when he went through ... The lady to sing and dance to the tune “Baby Ballerina.” had the green light and when you’re approaching Teenagers including Alicia Sherman, Chelsy a red light, you’ve got to make sure that it’s clear Jensen, Brach Boman and Matt Hislop did a before you go through because you do not have fantastic job with their ballroom dance moves. a right of way. Your lights and siren only request And Bryce Jorgason and Tiana Thurgood didn’t the right of way, they don’t demand it.” miss a beat or even stumble once as they Murray’s car rolled several times in the colli- impressed the audience with their tumbling- sion and Floyd’s vehicle struck a pole. type dance style performed to the tune “Die Floyd, Murray and the two children survived Another Day.” the crash. Both Floyd and Murray were taken by Miss Outstanding Teen, Felicity Silva, helicopter to Salt Lake City for emergency medi- impressed the audience with her skills as a ven- cal attention. All four were wearing safety belts. triloquist. But it would have been absolutely “The seat belts did a marvelous job,” Park said. impossible to have picked just one number of “[Floyd and Murray] have both been released the 26 performed on the Children’s Sociable as from the hospital and the kids are fine.” being the best. Obviously, each girl, boy and There have been two traffic fatalities in Tooele teen put their whole heart and soul into practic- County so far in 2006, one due to weather ing and performing to the best of their abilities. and road conditions the other a fatigued driver With so many talented youth, it seems a pretty (see story on A2). Both of those fatal crashes sure bet that Grantsville’s Old Folks Sociable were single-vehicle rollovers and neither of the will continue forever. photography / Troy Boman deceased were properly restrained by safety Rush Kee entertained honored guests, those 75 and older, with his fiddle playing Saturday at Grantsville’s belts. SEE SOCIABLE ON A3 122nd Old Folks Sociable. SEE ACCIDENT ON A2 Rescue teams train for disaster on the lake Transcript-Bulletin by Jesse Fruhwirth STAFF WRITER Representatives from various brings home awards Search and Rescue squads and other first responders gathered by Karen Hunt Tooele first place awards: this weekend to discuss issues STAFF WRITER • The Transcript Bulletin regarding Great Salt Lake. What The Tooele Transcript- staff won Best Special Section would we do if commercial jet Bulletin won several top acco- for its 2005 Business and crashed into the lake, they asked. lades this past weekend as the Visitor’s Guide, which repre- A grand coalition of many Search Utah Press Association present- sents the strengths of the coun- and Rescue agencies, as well as ed awards for the 2005 Better ty nationwide. The judge wrote, their water capable equipment, Newspaper Contest at the St. “Beautiful piece, far exceeding would be required for a success- George Holiday Inn. the rest on photos and design. ful rescue. The Tooele Transcript For a Chamber piece it was a “I don’t think you need a crystal Bulletin garnered six first place pleasure to read.” ball to see how complicated it awards, four second place The project was led by Ben would be if we had an airliner out awards and four third place Nielson as art director and here,” said Steve Calis of the Salt awards competing against other David Bern as editor-in-chief. Lake County Search and Rescue large weeklies statewide. Writers included David Bern, team. Overall, The Davis County Mike Call, Karen Hunt, Diane Calis said any major disaster on Clipper took home the Kirby Sagers, Karen Lee Scott and the lake would create a national Kirkman General Excellence Mark Watson. Photographers media event. He said the “Great award for weeklies with a cir- were Troy Boman and David Salt Lake First Step,” as the gath- culation over 6,000. The Deseret Bern. Ad design was completed ering was called, is necessary to Morning News earned the first by Liz Arellano and Heidi Mills. ensure that Utah first responders place honor in the daily catego- Account Executives Clayton shine under the intense scrutiny ry and the Weber State Signpost Dunn, Keith Bird and Debbie of the national media. and Sanpete Messenger led the Winn secured the funds for the Event organizer Eric Stucki competition in the same cat- project. of the Utah Division of Parks photography / Troy Boman egory for the state’s smaller and Recreation said a full-scale Weber County Search and Rescue’s mobile command center was the most coveted item on display at the weeklies. SEE AWARDS ON A3 Great Salt Lake First Step training for emergency responders Saturday. Participants introduced their teams SEE TRAINING ON A2 and equipment early in the day, then spent hours at classes about the lake and about various rescue boats. WEATHER OPEN FORUM A4 SPORTS A10 INSIDE Breezy tonight with rain showers OBITUARIES A6 HOMETOWN B1 Cowboy soccer gives defending and thunderstorms likely. Lows champs a battle in league loss in the lower 40s. Highs in the DOINGS A7 CROSSWORD/SUDOKU B2 See A10 50s. Complete Forecast: A2 TV LISTINGS A8 CLASSIFIEDS B3 A2 TUESDAY March 28, 2006 ETCETERA ... Accident Temps/Precipitation ValleyLocal WeatherWeather Forecast continued from page A1 UHP Lt. Mike Rapich said his Date High Low (prec./inches) Wed March 23 56 32 48/37 department has not yet begun an March 24 62 35 3/29 internal investigation. March 25 66 44 Rain showers in the morning then “Obviously we’re looking into March 26 64 25 .46 3” snow thundershowers in the afternoon. the situation to decide what March 27 60 30 High 48F. went wrong,” Rapich said. “We’ll Ned Bevan, Tooele’s weather observer take action to mitigate a situa- for the National Weather Service, reports tion like that from happening in that his recording station at 139 S. Main Thu 49/38 the future.” received .46 inches of precipitation 3/30 Rapich said a board of UHP between March 23 and March 27 and a total of 2.41 so far this month. The normal Rain and snow showers. Highs in administrators will determine for March is 2.32 inches. the upper 40s and lows in the up- Floyd’s fate, but mitigating cir- For the water year, which began Oct.