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FRONT PAGE A1 Citizens of Rush Valley celebrate their town together See A10 TOOELETRANSCRIPT SERVING TOOELE COUNTY BULLETIN SINCE 1894 TUESDAY August 16, 2016 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 123 No. 22 $1.00 Grass fire causes evacuation, torches 10 acres STEVE HOWE quickly spread the fire through STAFF WRITER the dry, yellow grass beyond More than 10 acres of a England Acres Park. field were damaged by a grass Whitehouse said the fire fire that was sparked Monday switched direction four times morning by a pair of young as the wind changed, leaving boys, according to the Tooele a twisting swath of blackened City Fire Department. ground as the fire threatened The fire began near the homes on the east and west of intersection of 1000 North and the field, which is Tooele City 400 East and was reported property. The fire also reached at 10:13 a.m., Tooele City the top of a Tooele City water Fire Chief Bucky Whitehouse said. Strong, swirling winds SEE FIRE PAGE A9 ➤ DAVID BERN/TTB PHOTO A large grass fire erupted Monday morning next to England Acres Park in Tooele City, forcing evacuations of nearby homes and burning an estimated 10 acres before fire crews doused the blaze. The fire was reportedly started by two young boys playing with a lighter. A Tooele City firefighter (above) mops up while city park workers (left) watch fire crews to make sure the flames are extinguished. July 19 fire debris buried at landfill TIM GILLIE STAFF WRITER Two hundred and forty tons of debris from the July 19 fire that devastated a west side Tooele City neighborhood has been buried at the Tooele County Landfill in Bauer. Tooele County’s Solid Waste Department, in conjunction with Tooele City, arranged for the cleaned-up debris to be disposed at the landfill for no charge, according to Robert Warner, Tooele County Solid Waste Department director. “They brought out burnt branches, cement, ashes, and other residue of the homes and personal belongings,” Warner said. Metal was pulled out of the debris and taken to a recycler before the burned rubble was hauled to the landfill, accord- FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO The Tooele County Solid Waste Department buried 240 tons of debris in the county landfill after volun- SEE DEBRIS PAGE A7 ➤ teers cleaned up a west Tooele City neighborhood devastated by a July 19 fire. FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Tooele City has begun to disperse about $142,000 in cash donated to the victims of a July 19 fire that destroyed 10 homes and damaged 17 others. Fire victims start City takes out $11.35M bond to pay to see $142K in off legal settlement with developers JESSICA HENRIE STAFF WRITER Tooele City officials took SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX out a $11.35 million bond last The Sun Rise Set cash donations WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY month to pay off a legal settle- Wednesday 6:42 a.m. 8:24 p.m. Thursday 6:43 a.m. 8:22 p.m. ment with Overlake subdivi- Friday 6:44 a.m. 8:21 p.m. JESSICA HENRIE whose homes were total or sion’s developers. Saturday 6:45 a.m. 8:19 p.m. STAFF WRITER Sunday 6:46 a.m. 8:18 p.m. partial losses. They have not The city will pay off the Monday 6:47 a.m. 8:16 p.m. Tooele City has begun to dis- yet given money W Thto peopleF Sa with Su M Tu bond over the next 20 years Tuesday 6:48 a.m. 8:15 p.m. perse about $142,000 in cash damaged homesThe higher because the AccuWeather.com Zions UV Index™ using money from sales tax The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Wednesday 7:59 p.m. 5:53 a.m. donated to the victims of the Bank is stillprotection. processing0-2 Low; credit 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 revenue; no taxes will be Thursday 8:38 p.m. 6:59 a.m. July 19 fire, an official said. card donations,Very High; said 11+ ExtremeMayor raised. The interest rate on the Friday 9:15 p.m. 8:07 a.m. The donations are given out Patrick Dunlavy. bond will start at 2.3 percent Saturday 9:52 p.m. 9:16 a.m. ALMANAC by a distribution committee, and go up to 3.4 percent by the Sunday 10:28 p.m. 10:26 a.m. A thunderstorm “There’s stillStatistics like for the $12,000 week ending August 15. Some sun, a t-storm A thunderstorm in Sunshine and patchy Mostly sunny and Times of clouds and Intervals of clouds and Monday 11:06 p.m. 11:36 a.m. which determinedpossible in athe distribu- that hasn’t beenTemperatures turned in,” he end of the 20-year timeframe, Tuesday 11:46 p.m. 12:45 p.m. around in the p.m. spots in the afternoon clouds pleasant sun sunshine tion formula afternoonbased on how said. High/Low past week 95/56 said city economic develop- Full Last New First severely victims’ homes were The $142,000Normal high/lowfigure past week 91/65 ment consultant Randy Sant. 92 66 92 65 89 61 83 59 86 65 89 63 91 64 Average temp past week 75.5 damaged, said Tooele County includes donationsNormal average made temp to past week 78.3 “This was issued as a sales TOOELE COUNTY WEATHEREmergency Management the Tooele FireDaily ReliefTemperatures Fund at High Low tax bond, which means sales Aug 18 Aug 24 Sep 1 Sep 9 Shown is Wednesday’s Director Bucky Whitehouse. Zions Bank and two tele-fund- tax was pledged to cover the Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and City officials, partnering raisers organized by KSL and FILE PHOTO debt service on the bond,” Sant AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Wednesday night’s lows. with TCEM, have already Tooele City officials have issued a $11.35 million bond to pay off a legal settlement with the developers distributed checks to people SEE DONATIONS PAGE A9 ➤ of the Overlake subdivision. The 20-year bond will reduce the city’s annual payment, an official said. SEE BOND PAGE A7 ➤ UTAH WEATHER Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD A8 Grouse 92/55 Wendover PrecipitationINSIDE (in inches) Creek 92/66 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point CLASSIFIEDS B4 88/61 95/68 95/68 92/70 Ogden Stansbury Park Stansbury Days Stansbury HOMETOWN A10 92/67 Erda 94/70 OBITUARIES A8 Vernal Grantsville 93/68 Pine Canyon activities set for cross-country Salt Lake City 89/56 95/70 81/60 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 97/71 Bauer this weekend dominates Premier 92/66 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal 92/67 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D SPORTS B1 Provo Roosevelt 92/66 See A3 Invitational 89/58 90/60 See Stockton Pollen Index Price complete 93/66 See B1 85/56 High Nephi forecast Rush Valley 89/57 92/64 Ophir Moderate on A9 86/60 Low Delta Manti Absent 93/63 84/52 Green River Tu W Th F Sa Su M 97/62 Dugway Source: Intermountain Allergy & Asthma Richfield Gold Hill 93/66 87/56 Moab 90/64 RIVERS AND LAKES Hanksville 95/63 Beaver 91/63 Vernon In feet as of 7 a.m. Monday 87/57 Ibapah 90/63 24-hour 93/57 Stage Change Vernon Creek at Vernon 0.90 none Cedar City Blanding South Willow Creek St. George 90/57 85/62 at Grantsville 1.43 none 102/73 Kanab 92/61 Eureka 83/58 Great Salt Lake Elevation at Saltair Boat Harbor 4189.44 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY August 16, 2016 Discover awards $20K to school district for financial literacy TIM GILLIE said David Nelms, chairman district’s director of career and “With all of our teachers preparation, money manage- the Discover card and offers STAFF WRITER and CEO at Discover. “Through technical education. using the same curriculum, we ment, saving, investing and private student loans, per- Just in time for the new our Pathway to Financial “We used the grant to buy can offer support and training retirement. sonal loans, home equity loans, school year, Tooele County Success program, Discover is software and workbooks for for the teachers from the dis- “We greatly appreciate checking and savings accounts School District has received giving high school teachers the all the financial literacy teach- trict,” Oborn said. the support from Pathway and certificates of deposit new materials to teach finan- resources they need to teach ers in the district,” she said. Signed into law in 2003, to Financial Success,” said through its direct banking cial literacy. financial education in the “This will be the first time we Senate Bill 154, required finan- Superintendent Scott Rogers. business. Discover Financial Services classroom so that students can have had a uniform curriculum cial literacy to be added to “It is support like this that Discover has over 3,400 awarded $20,000 to Tooele gain important knowledge and for financial literacy. Prior to public school curriculum. allows us to provide curricu- employees at a Customer Care County School District as part tools for life after graduation.” this, we had the state learning In 2004 the State Board of lum for our teachers and stu- Center in West Valley City and of the company’s Pathway to Tooele County School objectives, but had to find their Education approved a financial dents to enhance learning and processing center in Salt Lake Financial Success program, District has taught financial lit- own materials.” literacy course as a high school give our teachers a medium City.