FRONT PAGE A1 TOOELE Tooele takes Grantsville in TRANSCRIPT extra innings, See A10 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY BULLETIN SINCE 1894 TUESDAY April 28, 2015 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 121 No. 95 $1.00 GOP picks new party chairman FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO Trent Stirling is the new Tooele County Republican party chair. by Tim Gillie STAFF WRITER Tooele County Republican del- egates unanimously elected a new leader to run the local party for the next two years. Trent Stirling Bern of Grantsville ran unopposed for the county Republican chairman’s job at the party’s organizing convention Friday night at Tooele Applied Technology College. Nearly half of the 120 Republican Party county delegates turned out for the party’s biennial organizing convention. “I will strive for party unity over the next two years,” Stirling said. “Politics can be divisive, but as Republicans, we can unify around our principles.” Limited right-sized government with sound fiscal policies and eco- nomic growth are the key policies SEE CHAIRMAN PAGE A9 ➤ Democrats set to elect new leaders this week by Tim Gillie STAFF WRITER SUE BUTTERFIELD/TTB PHOTOS Tooele County Democratic del- Jenna Bartholomew (top) served as a volunteer sweeping the walkways egates will gather Wednesday at at the Historic Benson Gristmill on Saturday morning. The Howard fam- Tooele Applied Technology College ily, Quinn, Sandy, Lafe, Bethany, Connor, Reid and Evelyn (left) helped to elect their party’s leadership for plant sycamore trees on Stansbury Parkway on Saturday. One hundred the next two years. budding sycamores (above) were planted by approximately 200 volun- The county Democratic Party organizing convention will start at teers to replace the poplars that were cut down last summer. 7 p.m. While local Democrats generally do not nominate officers prior to the convention, Rick Pollock, Tooele Volunteers descend on Stansbury and gristmill County Democratic Party vice chair- man, said he is not aware of any 100 sycamore trees planted on Stansbury Parkway; Benson Gristmill prepared for 2015 season and gloves. current party officer who will run for “We put the last one in just before the re-election. by Steve Howe Less than a year after the commu- and grow for 60 or more years. rain started,” Jones said. SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE “We’re looking for new blood,” UV INDEX nity’s iconic poplar trees, which were Stansbury Park Service Agency It will be another year before the The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY STAFF WRITER Wednesday 6:31 a.m. 8:22 p.m. said Pollock, who has served as the dead or dying, were cut down, 100 new Manager Randall Jones said all of the sycamore trees start to look fuller and Thursday 6:30 a.m. 8:23 p.m. local Democratic Party vice chair- Almost 200 volunteers showed up sycamore trees stand in their place. sycamore trees, which are a mold healthier, he said. Sycamores don’t grow Friday 6:29 a.m. 8:24 p.m. Saturday 6:27 a.m. 8:25 p.m. man for eight years. Saturday morning to plant new land- The young sycamore trees, about 2 to and fungal resistant variety known as as quickly as the poplars they replace, Sunday 6:26 a.m. 8:26 p.m. mark trees as part of a Arbor Day cel- 3 inches in diameter, line Stansbury “Exclamation,” were planted by com- Monday 6:25 a.m. 8:28 p.m. SEE DEMOCRATS PAGE A9 ➤ Webration Th F in StansburySa Su M Park.Tu Parkway where they’re expected to live munity members who brought shovels SEE VOLUNTEERS PAGE A12 ➤ Tuesday 6:24 a.m. 8:29 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Wednesday 4:24 p.m. 4:19 a.m. protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Thursday 5:20 p.m. 4:48 a.m. Very High; 11+ Extreme Friday 6:17 p.m. 5:18 a.m. Saturday 7:15 p.m. 5:48 a.m. ALMANAC Sunday 8:13 p.m. 6:21 a.m. A couple of a.m. Statistics for the week ending April 27. Warm with plenty of Sunshine and patchy Cloudy with a shower Cloudy with a couple Monday 9:12 p.m. 6:58 a.m. Partly sunny Partial sunshine t-showers; partly sunshine clouds or thunderstorm of thunderstorms Temperatures Tuesday 10:10 p.m. 7:39 a.m. sunnyLake Point completes network for coast-bound Tesla drivers High/Low past week 75/31 Full Last New First Normal high/low past week 65/42 77 52 71 49 74 52 75 52 75 54 by 75Emma49 Penrod 65 50 In a caseAverage of temp history past week repeating 52.1filling in the final gap in a net- City, Lake Point was key to finish- to use — and so far, Biggs said, charge while using the stations, STAFF WRITER itself, theNormal town average is again temp past an week impor- 53.7work of charging stations that ing the heartland-to-coast route, they’ve proven relatively popular but Biggs said it’s not uncommon TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low May 3 May 11 May 17 May 25 tant stop on a route of a different will allow Tesla drivers to trav- said Erik Biggs, the general man- with the public. for Tesla drivers to stay over- Shown is Wednesday’s A century ago Lake Point was variety. el from Colorado to California ager at Lake Point’s Comfort Inn. “There’s somebody charging night while they wait to charge Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are Wednesday’s highs and an important way marker on the Tesla and Lake Point’s Comfort without paying for fuel. The superchargers are only here every day,” he said. up and continue their travels AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 Wednesday night’s lows. Lincoln Highway route across Inn unveiled the town’s first Tesla With pre-existing Tesla sta- compatible with Tesla-made It does take more than 30 the U.S. Supercharger Station last month, tions in Wendover and Salt Lake electronic cars, but they’re free minutes for a car to reach a full SEE TESLA PAGE A12 ➤ UTAH WEATHER Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD A8 Grouse 76/44 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 79/52 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Tuesday CLASSIFIEDS B5 74/43 79/54 80/53 78/53 HOMETOWN B1 Ogden Stansbury Park Good Cowboys rope Grantsville set 77/49 Erda 79/53 Stallions in tense to open school’s OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 78/53 Pine Canyon Wednesday Salt Lake City 75/44 81/53 69/46 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 78/51 Bauer Good Thursday game biggest play in 77/52 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal SPORTS A10 79/52 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 77/52 years 77/45 See A10 78/50 See Stockton PollenThursday Index Price complete 79/52 See A5 75/46 High Good Nephi forecast Rush Valley 77/49 77/51 Ophir Moderate on A9 73/48 Source:Low www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti Absent 80/51 76/43 Green River Tu W Th F Sa Su M 86/49 Dugway Source: Intermountain Allergy & Asthma Richfield Gold Hill 77/52 80/41 Moab 75/49 RIVERS AND LAKES Hanksville 80/48 Beaver 82/49 Vernon In feet as of 7 a.m. Monday 75/41 Ibapah 76/49 24-hour 78/48 Stage Change Vernon Creek at Vernon 0.95 -0.01 Cedar City Blanding South Willow Creek St. George 77/42 74/47 at Grantsville 1.46 none 87/58 Kanab 78/46 Eureka 71/47 Great Salt Lake Elevation at Saltair Boat Harbor 4192.38 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY April 28, 2015 BABY ANIMAL DAY AT CLARK HISTORICAL FARM SR-36 RENEWED PROJECT UPDATE 1280 N 1000 North 100 East Broadway SR 36 Valley View Dr 600 North Old Timers Rodeo Ball Field Grounds Dow-James Recreation Complex Droubay Rd Droubay Utah Ave MAIN STREET Coleman 200 West 100 West 100 East Tooele Vine St Vine Street Library Red Delpapa Memorial Park Seventh St Seventh 200 South Broadway 400 South LAURALYN BRUNSON/TTB PHOTO Skyline Dr The Clark Historical Farm in Grantsville again hosted Baby Animal Day last Saturday, which was enjoyed by Carson Newman (left) and Kaitlyn Knutson (right). 520 S 700 South MAIN STREET Road Construction Coleman Alternate Routes SR Chamber creates new campaign that 36 connects local buyers to local vendors Road closures related to connect the new main to indi- Tooele City’s water main replace- vidual connections. Businesses ment project will continue for and residents will be notified in by Tim Gillie of our larger businesses with That figure does not include the company and outlined several the next several weeks. advance of short disruptions to STAFF WRITER what other local business pro- wages and benefits of around tips for doing business with According to Tooele City water service that will occur. vide, we can keep the dollars 70 employees who live in Tooele EnergySolutions. Engineer Paul Hansen, Main Once finished with the north- The Tooele County Chamber in our community,” said Jared County, he said. EnergySolutions purchasing Street continues to be reduced ern half of the project, traffic of Commerce is taking its “buy Hamner, the chamber’s execu- Last week’s morning meeting policy requires their procure- to one lane in each direction controls will be moved to a sec- from 200 South to 700 North to tion of Main Street from Old local” campaign to the corporate tive director.