www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY TOOELE RANSCRIPT Cowgirls clipped T by Lady Hawks in extra session See A6 BULLETIN January 3, 2006 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 112 NO. 64 50 cents 2005 A Look Back Raceway, floods, SR-36 top list When newspapers compile lists of top stories, they look to those events that impact the most people within their reader- ship areas. Such is the case with this year’s Tooele Transcript- Bulletin Top 20 stories for 2005. Business and residential devel- opers focused on Tooele County this year because the population continues to climb. It soared to an estimated 52,000 in 2005. Utah business mogul Larry H. Miller found enough open space in Tooele Valley and coopera- tion from county leaders to build his dream project. The develop- ment of Miller Motorsports Park ranked No. 1 on our list. Other growth-related stories include the completion of SR- 36 and other business projects throughout the county. The coun- ty’s ongoing negotiations with hazardous waste companies and changes soon to come to Deseret Chemical were big. Throughout the year, Utah’s leaders waged war with Private Fuel Storage in its efforts to store high-level nuclear waste in Skull Valley. Nature also played a big role this year by pounding Tooele with its biggest rainstorm ever. photography / Troy Boman Miller Motorsports Park earned the pole position in our list The deluge added to the wet of top 20 stories of 2005. Larry H. Miller (left) sits in one year overall, ending six years of of his restored and race-ready Ford Cobras. Ranked second drought. In the spring residents in the list was the completion of SR-36 in October, which battled floods. was celebrated with fanfare and cake (top photo). Spring Despicable crimes occurred flooding came in third and caused many residents (above) throughout the year, and Tooele to sandbag property along 700 South in Tooele. County’s gang problem posed concerns for the community. SEE TOP STORIES ON A3 Beverly White caps life of public service Annual chamber banquet by Mary Ruth Hammond one more on the way. to feature ‘Wright’ voice STAFF WRITER A graduate of Tooele High Even though she “officially” School, Bev received her diplo- by Karen Hunt last Friday. retired Dec. 16, 2005, don’t think ma at age 16. STAFF WRITER “Debbie was funny,” Winters for a moment that Tooele’s “I had to pass an articulat- When KSL radio talk show said. “She was really nervous. Beverly White is finished mak- ing class to graduate early,” host Doug Wright’s bobblehead She was hoping she could walk ing the world a better place in she explained. “Joe Shutz, who doll appeared on eBay, leaders into the studio and get prepped which to live. At age 77, Bev says died a month ago, and I were of the Tooele County Chamber on what she was going to say she still has lots of ideas, tons the youngest graduates of our of Commerce made a quick and they brought her into the of energy, and plenty of time to class.” decision. studio and put here in front of complete several more projects. As a young mother, Beverly Chamber director Debbie the microphone and started The only daughter of Gus and spent as much time as she could Winn sent out mass e-mails and talking. She was really nervous Helene Larsen, Bev and her two with her children, but she also the board members all agreed. at first, but after a few minutes brothers, Bob and Steven, lived worked part-time during most of They wanted it. she started joking and having with their parents in Salt Lake their “growing up” years. It was board member Russ fun with it.” City until she was about 14 years “In fact, I have worked either Winters who bid on-line and Wright reminisced with Winn old. part- or full-time since I was 13 acquired the doll for $513. Every on his time working in Tooele. “Then we moved to Tooele, years old,” she said. “When my year, money raised by the bob- He remembered working at the and I’ve been here ever since,” children were young, I would ble head dolls goes toward KSL’s radio station on Main Street just she said. work at J.C. Penney’s during “Quarters for Christmas,” which north of Vine Street. He said Two years after marrying Christmas time. I worked a lot supplies shoes to needy children every time the train went down Floyd White, who passed away of other part-time jobs as well.” throughout Utah. Vine the record would skip. in November 2004, Bev and Bev’s first government job was “Where he’s coming out here, Wright thanked Winn profuse- her husband built the house in serving as the Tooele County it just made sense to raise the ly for purchasing the doll, send- Tooele in which she still resides. Clerk under the leadership of hype for the annual banquet,” ing the bid for his doll higher “I have been in this house for Jay Kirk, Sr. She then worked for said Winters. than that of his co-worker’s Greg 55 years,” she said. the Utah Division of Alcohol and Wright, who had started Wrebull, a sports broadcaster on And it was in that house Drugs for a number of years. his radio broadcast career in KSL. the Floyd and Beverly raised “That was a part-time job, Tooele County at KTLE Radio, is Winn teased him that the their five children, including: but along with Ron Lunsford scheduled to speak at the 2006 chamber was willing to go much Susie Morris, of West Valley [who now lives in Colorado], Installation Banquet. higher, but she said the extra City; Doug White, an attorney we started a lot of rehabilitation But, Winn had an early chance money would go toward having who lives in Bountiful but has programs for people addicted to to chat with the 20-year KSL a delicious dinner. a law office in Tooele; Robyn alcohol and drugs,” she said. talkshow host. “Doug is very well-known, the Cavaness, of Montana; David, file photo / Troy Boman In 1970, Bev received the After the Tooele Chamber of number one listened to radio deceased; and Wendy McCleery, Beverly White, a lifelong Democrat, displays her collection of political shock of her life when she was Commerce won the bid for the in Utah,” Winn said. “But he’s of Taylorsville. campaign buttons. White retired last month from the Adult Probation called by then-Utah Gov. Calvin doll, Doug Wright invited Winn very entertaining and that’s why Bev has 13 grandchildren, and and Parole community service program. She also served 10 terms in to appear on The Doug Wright seven great-grandchildren with the Utah House of Representatives. SEE WHITE ON A2 Show on KSL radio at 10:30 a.m. SEE CHAMBER ON A2 WEATHER OPEN FORUM A4 DOINGS B2 INSIDE Partly cloudy tonight with a chance OBITUARIES A5 CROSSWORD B3 2005 definitely had it share of snow after midnight. Partly of weird, wacky stories cloudy Wednesday. Lows SPORTS A6 CLASSIFIEDS B4 See B1 in the 20s. Complete Forecast: A2 HOMETOWN B1 TV LISTINGS B7 A2 TUESDAY January 3, 2006 ETCETERA ... Windy Days Temps/Precipitation ValleyLocal WeatherWeather Forecast Date High Low (prec./inches) photography / Bruce Dunn Dec. 29 56 34 trace Wed 43/26 Dec. 30 42 28 .09 1/4 Tooele County residents spent Dec. 31 56 35 .02 Partly cloudy skies. High 43F. much of their extended New Year’s Jan. 1 49 32 .24 Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. weekend listening to the wind Jan. 2 51 35 .15 howl. Indeed, it was a blustery Ned Bevan, Tooele’s weather observer weekend with wind gusts topping for the National Weather Service, reports Thu 50 mph on Saturday, Sunday and that his recording station at 139 S. Main 41/27 Monday. The wind caused some received .50 inches of precipitation 1/5 damage including Linda Warner’s between Dec. 29 and Jan. 2, a total of 1.17 Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the home (left) on Vine St. in Tooele. during December and .39 inches so far low 40s and lows in the upper 20s. Warner’s nephew Greg Warner (on in January. The normal for December is 1.43 inches and the normal for January is roof) and other neighbors quickly 1.07 inches. helped to dislodge the tree from For the water year, which began Oct. Fri 44/31 her home. The weekend storms 1, 2005, Tooele has received 3.24 inches of 1/6 also brought a half an inch of rain precipitation. The normal for the year is to the Tooele Valley. 18.49 inches of precipitation. Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 40s and lows in the low 30s. Area Ski Report Today’s Mountain Weather Forecast: Sat Winter storm warning in effect until 41/26 11 am mst this morning... today...windy. 1/7 Snow in the morning...then snow likely in Partly cloudy. Highs in the low 40s the afternoon. additional accumulation 2-6 and lows in the mid 20s. inches. Highs at 8000 feet around 30. and county buildings,” she said. with over the years, all but is a sad.” Alta — 112” mid mtn. 19” new snow 48 “If they were not sex offenders ‘about two’ claimed they were In talking about today’s world, hrs; 7/7 lifts open White Beaver Mountain — 71” mid mtn.