Grantsville girl wrestlers place well in tourney See A10 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S TUESDAY January 26, 2021 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 127 No. 69 $1.00 Next part of Midvalley Highway almost ready Rep. Sagers said state may pay for study and property SCOTT FROELICH tion from the Utah Department that will span approximately INTERN of Transportation. 17 or 18 miles, which Sagers Tooele County is set to Utah House Rep. Doug noted would come at an extra add, yet another phase, to the Sagers, who represents resi- expense. extensive Midvalley Highway dents of Tooele County, com- In order to build the road project that is now heading mented on the project, of along UDOT’s proposal, three into its second year of con- which he said is in “high prior- pipelines would need to be struction. ity” status. His main concern reinforced in order for con- Local officials in Tooele during the recent legislative struction to cross over them. County recently agreed upon session was what it will mean Sagers estimates that each the next phase of develop- for county residents and indus- reinforcement on the pipe- ment, which will expand upon try in the area. lines would cost $10 million the stretch of highway— from “We’ve identified a tentative — amounting to a roughly state Route 138 to state Route alignment for the extension of $30 million price tag to go 112— which has an extension Midvalley Highway — it will along with other funding. Also onto Sheep Lane, south of SR be significant,” Sagers said. needed in the route is the con- 112 into Tooele City’s indus- One of the most notable struction of an overpass, which trial depot area. Funds were elements of the second phase normally costs $30-40 million, also secured for an upcoming is the nearly 20 miles of new according to Sagers. FILE PHOTO environmental impact survey, road to be constructed. UDOT The first phase of the Midvalley Highway, from I-80 to SR-138, under construction in Nov. 2020. Local leaders are coming in the form of a dona- submitted a plan for a route SEE HIGHWAY PAGE A12 ® near to agreement on the route and funding for the next phase, from SR-138 to SR-112. Monday night ‘Booms’ from Hill Air Force Base not earthquakes Hill Air Force Base training at night this week TIM GILLIE announced on Jan. 24 that EDITOR starting on Jan. 25 they would The “booms” heard and felt begin flying later in the eve- in several Tooele County neigh- ning, with last landings around borhoods on Monday night 9-9:30 p.m., until Friday. were most likely the result of The booms may be sonic Hill Air Force Base training booms caused by the aircrafts, flights, not an earthquake, according to the Department of according to the Utah Division Emergency Services. of Emergency Management. A sonic boom is an impul- Several Tooele County resi- sive noise similar to thunder. It COURTESY GOV. SPENCER COX Gov. Cox delivered his first State of the State address at the state Capitol on Jan. 21. dents reported hearing loud is caused by an object moving booms that shook windows faster than sound -- about 750 and homes around 9:15 p.m. miles per hour at sea level. on Monday night. An aircraft traveling through The Utah Department of the atmosphere continuously Gov. Spencer Cox delivers his first Emergency Management said produces air-pressure waves that while the booms were similar to the water waves strong enough to be recorded caused by a ship’s bow. When State of the State address last week by seismometers, their waves the aircraft exceeds the speed traveled too slowly to be an of sound, these pressure waves earthquake. combine and form shock waves TIM GILLIE However, Cox opened with a message vaccine distribution are working and The University of Utah which travel forward from the EDITOR of hope after he mentioned legislators the end to this pandemic is in sight.” seismograph stations website generation or “release” point, Gov. Spencer Cox delivered his first have been tested for COVID-19, masked, Cox thanked legislators who have reported no earthquake activi- according to an Air Force fact State of the State address on Thursday the galleries were empty, he shortened bought into his budget proposal for ty in Tooele County on Monday sheet. evening to a joint meeting of the state the length of his speech, and spouses education. evening. Hill Air Force Bases’s 388th House and Senate in the House cham- and staff were watching from home. “I’m grateful to you legislators who Instead of an earthquake, Fighter Wing reported that bers with an empty gallery. “Truly every single citizen of this agree and have pledged historic educa- the Department of Emergency night flight training is essen- The traditional address was untradi- state has made enormous sacrifices to tion funding this year, including $112 Services points to training tial to their mission based on tional as the capitol building was under save lives and keep our economy open,” million dollars in bonuses for our teach- exercises at Hill Air Force the design of the aircraft and restrictions related to both COVID-19 he said. “Tonight we salute you and say ers,” Cox said. “In addition, I have pro- Base as the likely cause of the considering that it is preferred and security concerns for protests in to all Utahns that help is on the way. posed a nearly 6% increase in our state’s booms. connection with the presidential inau- Vaccines are being administered as we Hill Airforce Base guration. speak. The changes we have made to SEE COX PAGE A12 ® SEE BOOMS PAGE A12 ® Alcohol interrupts brain development in underage drinkers one occasion of drinking. This are getting the alcohol,” Clegg Parent bonding, boundaries, and monitoring decrease underage drinking might be car accidents, fights, stated. “Local data indicates CEILLY SUTTON memory issues, blackouts, that Tooele County high STAFF WRITER prevention specialists. of construction. Substances rized into two major categories bodily injury, and those types schoolers tend to consume The Tooele County Health “Multiple studies have indi- like alcohol interrupt that — health problems and impair- of things.” the alcohol from home with- Department reminds com- cated that parts of the brain development and prime the ment issues. Clegg said that health issues out their parent’s permission, munity members not to give aren’t fully developed until the reward center of the brain for “Health problems would and impairment problems are from home with their parent’s alcohol to those under the age early to mid-twenties,” said addiction and other health be those damaging effects “very real,” because when und- permission, and at someone of 21. Peter Clegg, prevention coor- problems. There are significant on brain development, organ eraged individuals drink, they else’s home with their parent’s Alcohol should not be given dinator at the Tooele County reductions in risk when we functioning, increased risk of tend to drink until they are permission.” to minors for a number of Health Department. “In our delay alcohol use.” cancer, and addiction,” said impaired. 58.8% of Tooele County reasons, according to Tooele adolescent years, our brains The risks of alcohol abuse Clegg. “Impairment problems “We don’t have much con- County Health department are undergoing large amounts among minors can be catego- are those that can occur from clusive data on where youth SEE ALCOHOL PAGE A12 ® BULLETIN BOARD A7 CLASSIFIEDS A6 Schools safety OBITUARIES A9 CORONAVIRUS TRACKER study OPEN FORUM A4 See A2 SPORTS A10 Data as of January 25 2021. Source: Utah Department of Health TOOELE COUNTY- Known Cases: 5,750 UTAH- Known Cases: 337,264 Hospitalizations: 169 • Deaths: 20 Hospitalizations: 13,054 • Deaths: 1,597 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY January 26, 2021 Tooele County School District gets safety report Consultant prepares school-by-school report on safety and security for schools TIM GILLIE Their report included exist- the office to be near the front EDITOR ing strategies that they recom- door, according to Nichols. The Tooele County School mend that the school district One of the most significant District heard a plan to should continue and recom- projects that should be a top improve school safety and mended new actions, with priority is $7 million for access security with a $24.3 million estimated costs, for additional control in buildings, he said. price tag during their Jan. 19 steps to maintain security and Access control includes meeting. safety in schools. creating a safe vestibule area The report reviewed by the The report included both where visitors can wait until school board on Jan. 19 was suggested district-wide policies their identity and background prepared by consultants hired and practices and a school-by- can be checked before they by the school district in 2020. school list of strategies. receive an identification badge FILE PHOTO In March 2020 the school The school-break out of and are allowed access to the Tooele Junior High school, built in 1964., has unreinforced masonry walls that may be subject to collapse during board advertised a request for costs totaled $24.3 million building. an earthquake. A security and safety study completed for Tooele County School District estimated the cost of proposals for a security and in costs, however Nichols Most new school buildings safety upgrades for the school to be $13.2 million. safety consultant. R.L. Nichols explained that list included have this feature and the dis- & Associates, a Georgia-based two school-specific high price trict has retrofitted some build- ty enhancements included $1.9 exits and establish clear expec- veillance of school property.