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FRONT PAGE A1 TOOELE Stansbury RANSCRIPT softball tops T sports list for 2013 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY See A10 BULLETIN SINCE 1894 TUESDAY December 31, 2013 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 120 No. 61 $1.00 2013 TOP STORIES OF THE YEAR County budget woes continue by Tim Gillie nomic development department STAFF WRITER dissolved, bookmobile services eliminated, and the emergen- In the last three cy management department months of 2012, merged into the health depart- Tooele County ment. government was Also, the county engineer 1 plagued2 with bud-3was laid off4 and his post5 termi- get cuts and staff nated, the surveyor’s office was reductions as stripped of all employees except county commissioners respond- for a part-time elected surveyor, ed to declining revenue. and the sheriff’s department was In Dec. 2012 the commission- decreased by 22 employees. ers6 passed a balanced7 budget for8 During 92012, $3.1 10million 2013 and went into the New Year was slashed from the budget in hoping their financial troubles part due to declining mitigation were over. fees from EnergySolutions, and But continued budget and because anticipated income for staff reductions, elimination of contracted inmates at the new whole departments, and other Tooele County Detention Facility cost cutting moves dominated didn’t materialize. the1 headlines in 2013.2 3The 20134 budget included5 a By May 2013 the county’s proposed $2.6 million property employment count dropped tax increase, the first property from 418 to 300, a 28.2 percent tax increase for the county in 27 reduction. years. The budget was initially balanced without the need for Budget cuts additional layoffs with the pro- 6 7 8posed property9 tax increase.10 The county’s government However, at the start of the went into 2013 considerably FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB FILE PHOTO leaner than 2012, with the eco- SEE BUDGET PAGE A6 ➤ Daniel Pacheco shows the panel his property tax statement July 23. Pacheco received the tax bill earlier that day and found out his property tax increased 117 percent. Grantsville man dies during standoff by Lisa Christensen STAFF WRITER Suicidal threats turned into a standoff with police that resulted in the first fatal officer-involved shooting in 1 2 Grantsville’s3 known4 history. 5 On Sept. 29, officers from the Grantsville City Police Department were called to a house on Clark Street to check on 37-year-old Travis Davis, who had been sending texts and 6 Facebook7 posts saying8 that he was9 consid- 10 ering taking his own life. When officers arrived, Davis had locked himself in his home. Family members told officers Davis had at least five firearms in the house and showed officers a picture Davis had sent of him holding one gun to FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB FILE PHOTO his head. Tooele City Mayor Patrick Dunlavy at Tooele Applied Technology College on Oct. Calls to and a trace on Davis’ cell phone 17. The Tooele City Council chose to appeal a ruling by 3rd District Court Judge 1 2 3 4 5Randall Skanchy that upheld a 2009 jury verdict where Tooele City must pay confirmed he was in the house. More offi- cers were called as backup for the escalat- $20.7 million to Tooele Associates. ing situation, which became more serious FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB FILE PHOTO after one of the officers saw the back door Grantsville Police Officer Jim White on the scene of the investigation of a officer-involved shooting in SEE SHOOTING PAGE A7 ➤ Judge rules Tooele Grantsville on Sept. 29. 6 7 8 9 10 SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX must pay $20.7M to The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 7:53 a.m. 5:13 p.m. Thursday 7:53 a.m. 5:14 p.m. Patch Springs Wildfire Friday 7:53 a.m. 5:15 p.m. Saturday 7:53 a.m. 5:16 p.m. Overlake developer Sunday 7:53 a.m. 5:16 p.m. Monday 7:53 a.m. 5:17 p.m. was biggest in UtahW Th F Sa Su M Tu by Tim Gillie $20.7 million, plus interest as of Tuesday 7:53 a.m. 5:18 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin STAFF WRITER Nov. 9, to Tooele Associates, the Wednesday 7:46 a.m. 6:03 p.m. by Lisa Christensen The Patchprotection. 0-2Springs Low; 3-5 Moderate; Wildfire 6-7 High; 8-10 developer of the Overlake sub- Thursday 8:36 a.m. 7:17 p.m. began asVery a High; tiny 11+ Extreme blaze—just 10 The 11-year- division. Friday 9:21 a.m. 8:30 p.m. STAFF WRITER Saturday 10:00 a.m. 9:42 p.m. acres—on the ALMANACwestern slopes old legal battle After a few weeks of delib- Sunday 10:35 a.m. 10:51 p.m. L i g h t n i n g of the StansburyStatistics for the weekMountains ending Dec. 29. on between Tooele eration, the Tooele City Council, Sunshine and patchy Partly sunny with Freezing fog in the Monday 11:09 a.m. 11:57 p.m. Partly sunny Partly sunny Partly sunny Turning cloudy Temperatures Tuesday 11:42 a.m. none clouds snow showers possible in Skull Valleya.m.; partly sunnyAug. 10, overshadowed by two City and the devel- which has already spent over sparked a wildfire somewhatHigh/Low larger past weeksiblings closer 46/15 1 2 3 oper4 of Overlake5 $5 million defending the city New First Full Last Normal high/low past week 38/22 40 21 39 23 42 28 39 21 34 21 43that25 threatened36 21to Terra.Average By the temp pasttime week the other 28.9 almost came to an from lawsuits filed by Tooele 1 2 3 4 four5 communities, fires hadNormal been average contained, temp past though, week 30.2 end in 2013. Associates, decided to appeal TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Jan 1 Jan 7 Jan 15 Jan 23 destroyed several Patch Springs had grown over- On Nov. 9, Utah 3rd District Skanchy’s judgment. Shown is Wednesday’s buildings and con- night to 3,000 acres, greedily fed Court Judge Randall Skanchy “We believe that there are Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and sumed enough acres to earn the by low humidity and hot winds. issued a written judgment that some important legal principles AccuWeather, Inc. ©2013 Wednesday night’s lows. grim title of biggest wildfire of FRANCIE6 AUFDEMORTE/TTB FILE7 PHOTO supported8 a 20099 jury verdict10 the year for the entire state. SEE WILDFIRE PAGE A7 ➤ Utah Highway 199 landmark Willow Springs Lodge was destroyed in the that ordered Tooele City to pay SEE OVERLAKE PAGE A9 ➤ UTAH WEATHER 6 7 8 9 10 Patch Springs fire. Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Logan BULLETIN BOARD A8 Grouse 31/11 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 34/17 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Tuesday CLASSIFIEDS B5 40/16 35/15 36/16 39/22 HOMETOWN B1 Ogden Stansbury Park Moderate 2013 Photos of the Tooele County 36/21 Erda 40/22 AIR ACTION OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 41/23 Pine Canyon Year 1 2 3 suffers4 third year5 Wednesday Salt Lake City 24/3 40/22 33/18 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 38/19 Bauer Moderate See B1 in drought 40/21 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS A10 40/19 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Roosevelt 1 2 3 4 5 40/21 AIR ACTION Provo 35/14 See A3 30/14 See Stockton SnowfallThursday (in inches) Price complete 40/19 39/16 Moderate Nephi forecast Rush Valley 42/19 40/17 Ophir AIR ACTION on A9 36/21 Source: www.airquality.utah.gov 6 7 8 9 10 Delta Manti 39/20 41/20 Green River 6 7 8 9 10 Last Month Season 40/19 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 39/19 44/24 Moab 39/16 SNOWPACK Hanksville 42/23 Beaver 41/17 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 45/21 Ibapah 40/19 41/16 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Sunday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 0.0 0.0 0.0 St. George 41/17 45/22 Average 0.0 0.0 0.0 53/32 Kanab 52/26 Eureka Percent of average -- -- -- 37/22 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY December 31, 2013 Deseret Chemical Depot shuts down, returns to TEAD South Area by Lisa Christensen Although a few workers are STAFF WRITER still finishing final transitions in the area, the rest of the 400 or Seventy years to so employees had their last day the day after Deseret on the job on July 11. About 94 1 Chemical2 3 Depot4 5 percent had left DCD voluntarily opened, the facility or found other work by the time was handed over to Tooele Army the depot closed, leaving 20 or so 6 Depot7 to become8 its9 South10 Area still looking for work. once again. Pomeroy credited the depot’s On July 11, DCD’s last com- human resource department mander, Col. Mark Pomeroy, for tirelessly looking for other handed the keys to TEAD employment options. Some 1Commander2 3 Col.4 Roger5 remaining employees were still McCreery, expressing thanks to looking for leads for their unem- the employees for seven decades ployed coworkers after the lights 6of dedication7 8 and9 essentially10 had been turned off and the gates working themselves out of a job.