FRONT PAGE A1 Fawsons honored as grand marshals See A8 TOOELETRANSCRIPTRIPT Happy 4th of BULLETIN July! TUESDAY July 4, 2017 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 124 No. 10 $1.00 $3.5M in PILT comes through for county TIM GILLIE in Lieu of Taxes. Chairman Wade Bitner. “But million to the county’s gen- government for PILT. include $5.5 million from STAFF WRITER First authorized by Congress it’s money that our congres- eral fund and $340,000 to the PILT is the third highest property taxes, $3.6 million It wasn’t a check in the mail, in 1976, PILT’s purpose is to sional delegation has told us county’s municipal services source of revenue in the coun- from West Desert mitigation but Tooele County received help local governments offset could go away at any time, so fund. ty’s 2017 general fund budget. fees, $3 million from PILT, and $3.57 million from the federal the loss of property tax due to we would like to reduce our The 2017 PILT amount It accounts for 11.2 percent of $2.3 million from sales tax. government in an electronic non-taxable federal lands. dependency on PILT.” exceeds the budgeted amount the general fund’s budgeted “It would be hard to replace wire transfer this week. “PILT money is important The 2017 county budget by $173,253 (5.1 percent). In revenue in 2017. PILT without a tax increase,” The money was the 2017 to our county budget,” said estimated PILT revenue at 2016 the county received near- The top revenue producers federal government’s Payment Tooele County Commission $3.4 million. It allocated $3.06 ly $3.5 million from the federal for the general fund budget SEE PILT PAGE A7 ➤ Dunlavy calls it a day after three terms as mayor He decided not to file for reelection to spend more time with family MARK WATSON ing,” he said. “This job wears STAFF WRITER on you after a while. Despite Patrick Dunlavy will accom- of what some people think plish a rare feat when he leaves — that anybody could do this office next January: He will job — my background working wrap up three terms as mayor with the city for so many years of Tooele City. helped me during my time as “There have been a few mayor.” mayors who have served two The mayor will soon com- terms, but nobody has served plete 50 years of service to three terms until me,” Dunlavy Tooele City. said. Dunlavy started out at the He considered a run for a Tooele City Police Department fourth term right up until the for 11 years, served as finance final day for filing on June 7. director for a short time, city “The reason I decided that parks and recreation director now might be a good time to go is because things are chang- SEE DUNLAVY PAGE A10 ➤ MISS TOOELE CITY 2017 CROWNED Firework use FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO limited to only The Miss Tooele City Scholarship Pageant is one of several events on the schedule for this year’s Fourth of July celebration certain areas in Tooele. Miss Tooele City 2016 Morgan STEVE HOWE to all unincorporated land in STAFF WRITER Hinton and co-attendant Sydnee Simmons Tooele County, which means The list of possible locations Stansbury Park, Erda, Lake crown Kat Hawley (above) as Miss Tooele to use fireworks is limited in Point and other communi- Tooele County amid concerns ties are affected by the ban, City 2017 at the pageant Thursday night. about wildfires. according to North Tooele Fire Eva Olcott and Ayanna Likens were The state Department of District public information Division of Forestry, Fire officer Ryan Willden. Anyone crowned co-attendants at the pageant. and State Lands, and federal caught violating the fire The trio (right )will ride in Fourth of July Bureau of Land Management, restrictions is violating state have passed restrictions on law and punishable by up to parades and serve as ambassodors during several potential fire-starting six months in jail and a fine of community activities. Twelve contestants activities, including lighting off $1,000. fireworks, using tracer ammu- The fireworks ban isn’t competed for the Miss Tooele City title. nition and exploding targets. Those restrictions apply SEE FIREWORK PAGE A10 ➤ SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE UV INDEX The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 6:05 a.m. 9:03 p.m. Thursday 6:05 a.m. 9:03 p.m. Friday 6:06 a.m. 9:02 p.m. Saturday 6:06 a.m. 9:02 p.m. Sunday 6:07 a.m. 9:01 p.m. Monday 6:08 a.m. 9:01 p.m. Racers, visitors W Th Fat Sa Susalt M Tu flats will be Tuesday 6:08 a.m. 9:01 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set number, the greater the need for eye and skin Wednesday 6:07 p.m. 3:44 a.m. protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Thursday 7:01 p.m. 4:22 a.m. Very High; 11+ Extreme Friday 7:52 p.m. 5:04 a.m. asked to scrape salt from vehicles Saturday 8:40 p.m. 5:50 a.m. ALMANAC Sunday 9:24 p.m. 6:41 a.m. Statistics for the week ending July 2. An afternoon Clouds and sun with a Warm; partly sunny, Partly sunny and Monday 10:05 p.m. 7:35 a.m. Mostly sunny and hot Partly sunny and hot Partly sunny and hot MARK WATSON fromTemperatures their vehicles. of four major racing associations that Tuesday 10:42 p.m. 8:33 a.m. thunderstorm possible shower in the area then mostly cloudy remaining very warm STAFF WRITER “WhenHigh/Low youpast week have 500 teams 99/54 out, and use the Bonneville Salt Flats, which Full Last New First Land speed racing on the Bonneville at leastNormal four high/low vehicles past week with each 88/62 team, include the Southern California 103 73 100 73 99 73 101 74 95 73 97 67 100 72 Average temp past week 75.9 Salt Flats will occur this summer and youNormal can get average upward temp past to week 3,000 vehicles 74.8 Timing Association, Utah Salt Flats TOOELE COUNTY WEATHERracers will be asked to help save the out Dailyon the Temperatures salt.” said LouiseHigh Ann Low Racing Association, Bonneville July 8 July 16 July 23 July 30 Shown is Wednesday’s salt. Noeth, public relations specialist with Motorcycle Speed Trials, and Land FILE PHOTO ©2017; forecasts and graphics weather. Temperatures are provided by Wednesday’s highs and Before pulling onto the asphalt the Save the Salt Alliance. “We want to Speed Events. Racers will test and tune their cars this week on the Bonneville Salt Flats in preparation Wednesday night’s lows. access road to leave the salt flats, they leave that salt out on the salt flats.” for the upcoming land speed racing season. In an effort to preserve the salt, racing will be reminded to remove all salt The new program is a joint effort SEE SALT PAGE A7 ➤ teams will be asked to remove all salt from their vehicles before they leave the area. Download our app today UTAH WEATHER Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Logan Tooele City Parade Route BULLETIN BOARD B4 Grouse 99/60 Wendover PrecipitationINSIDE (in inches) Creek 102/72 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point July 4th • Parade Begins at 9:00 A.M. CLASSIFIEDS B6 95/62 103/75 103/77 100/75 Swimming Pool End Park Ogden Stansbury Park Bit ‘n’ Spur Rodeo Maps for Tooele HOMETOWN A8 300 South 400 South 200 West 200 West 101/68 103/76 100 South Erda Vine St. OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 104/74 Pine Canyon runs tonight, and Grantsville’s 400 North Salt Lake City 104/77 Utah Ave. 99/64 85/67 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.04 12.88 11.50 100 West 100 West OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 104/76 Bauer Tuesday 520 South 4th of July parades 103/73 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal 101/74 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D SPORTS B1 Provo Roosevelt 103/73 See B1 50 West See A10 99/65 99/63 See Stockton Pollen Index Main Street Main Street Main Street Price 200 South complete 101/74 High Start (East Northbound Lanes) 97/66 Skyline Drive Rush Valley Garden Street Nephi forecast 100 South 99/65 101/75 Ophir Moderate on A7 95/68 Low 100 East Delta Manti Absent 100/66 99/61 Green River M Tu W Th F Sa Su 110/70 Dugway Source: Intermountain Allergy & Asthma Richfield Gold Hill 102/74 100/61 Moab 99/71 RIVERS AND LAKES Hanksville 105/71 Beaver 104/66 Vernon In feet as of 7 a.m. Sunday 96/57 Ibapah 100/69 24-hour 100/69 Stage Change Vernon Creek at Vernon 0.97 none Cedar City Blanding South Willow Creek St. George 98/62 97/65 at Grantsville 1.67 none 106/76 Kanab 101/61 Eureka 89/63 Great Salt Lake Elevation at Saltair Boat Harbor 4194.31 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN TUESDAY July 4, 2017 Dry-out trend started in May holds course through June MARK WATSON 15.21 inches. 69 degrees on June 13. STAFF WRITER The temperature soared to Jake McArthur, watermas- A dry May in Tooele City a high of 99 degrees on June ter at Grantsville Irrigation was followed by an even drier 26, with an average daily high Company, said the reservoir June, according to data from of 86.9 degrees.