FRONT PAGE A1 www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY Successful demolition derby pulled off at Deseret Peak Complex See A10 TOOELETRANSCRIPT BULLETIN June 24, 2008 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 115 NO. 011 50¢ Human skull found in attic Police say remains are at least several years old by Natalie Tripp left uncovered in this situation.” STAFF WRITER The Tooele County Medical Examiner removed the skull from A human skull was discovered in the roof Monday evening for further the attic of a Tooele home Monday examination and testing that will afternoon by contractors remodel- result in information such as the age ing the roof. of the skull. Forensic investigators Paul and Karen Dupaix had hired hope to have more information by Superior Exterior to tear down and Thursday, although that timeframe rebuild the roof of their 100 South may have to be extended somewhat, Street home, which is almost 100 according to Tooele City Police Capt. years old. But as the construction Steve Newkirk. crew was pulling off shingles around Remodeling work on the house 4 p.m., one of the workers noticed was stopped and the construction the skull through the slats under- crew was dismissed after making the neath. discovery. “I pulled back the bottom layer The Dupaixs’ house was built of shingles and I saw what looked in 1910 on land owned by Peter like the top of a head,” said Fausto Droubay. It is unclear whether or Hernandes, the contractor who dis- not Droubay himself lived in the covered the skull. “I was really ner- house, but according to the Tooele vous as I started to peel off the other County Recorder’s Office, the house shingles, and then I saw the whole was purchased by a chiropractor thing.” named Heber J. McKay in 1928. The construction crew quickly McKay turned the house over to the notified the Dupaixs of the discovery Home Owners Loan Corporation in and the family called police.“The 1936 and it was purchased the same skull is several years old and is quite year by Rex and Helen Stutzneggar. decomposed,” said Tooele City Police The couple raised their family in the Lt. Jorge Cholico. “We may bring in home for 64 years until the Dupaixs photography / Troy Boman cadaver dogs and other resources purchased it in 2000. to help us. We don’t know where the Tooele County Medical Examiner Judd Erickson pulls a human skull from a Tooele home. The skull was discovered by construction workers re-roofing the home rest of the body is. There is quite a bit SEE SKULL PAGE A5 ➤ Monday afternoon. Grantsville approves Summertime air $10.4 million budget quality still good by Doug Radunich we did for this time last year,” STAFF WRITER Johnson said. “Our new officer Valley’s ozone levels County typically doesn’t see will also require more money those kind of bad-air days The Grantsville City Council in fuel and maintenance costs. remain well below until late July or early August. recently adopted a $10.4 mil- In addition to the new offi- Jeff Coombs, environmental lion budget for the 2008-09 cer, the increased budget will those on Wasatch Front health director for the Tooele year. also cover higher fuel costs County Health Department, Unlike Tooele City, overall, new data phones for by Sarah Miley said yellow and red air days Grantsville does not plan to our department, and two new STAFF WRITER are usually associated with dip into reserves to balance the police cars, one of which will higher temperatures that budget, nor will it follow Tooele be used by the new officer.” For several days last week, are evident in those months, City officials’ lead in declin- Several other city depart- counties along the Wasatch which correlates with high ing pay increases. In fact, the ments saw budget increases. A Front suffered from poor air ozone levels. Grantsville budget includes a 4 total of $741,000 was allocated quality, prompting the Utah While PM (particulate mat- percent cost-of-living increase for the Class C road depart- Division of Air Quality to ter) 2.5 is a problem in the for all city employees plus 3 ment — which is used to keep issue yellow and red air warn- winter, ozone is the pollutant percent step increases. the city’s roads drivable and ings. Just over the Oquirrh of concern in the summer- The Grantsville City Police well-maintained — up from Mountains, however, the air time. Ozone, also called smog, Department was one of several only $169,000 last year. The has not been nearly as bad. is formed mostly from cars departments that saw a budget almost $600,000 increase is Although the state and industry through chemi- increase from last year, going due to restricted funds from Department of Environmental cal reactions. Ozone forms up 14 percent to $1.2 million the department being unused, Quality hasn’t established when nitrogen oxides and for 2008-09. Grantsville City which left it with additional the air pollution warnings of volatile organic compounds Police Chief Dan Johnson said funds this year. green, yellow and red days “cook” in the sun. the increase will allow him to The Grantsville Volunteer for Tooele County, Bucky Lots of sun, hot days and add an officer to keep up with Fire Department will get an Whitehouse, public infor- stagnant weather condi- increasing calls for service. increase of 32 percent — from mation officer for the Tooele tions can speed up ozone “We need a new police offi- $350,000 last fiscal year to County Health Department, formation, and the air can cer on staff because we have $460,400 this year. The city photography / Troy Boman said based on that criteria the be trapped for several days, had 600 more calls for service Cambree and Brennda Fogg listen to their mother Karalee (l-r) read a county would have qualified which is a frequent occur- for this year at this time than SEE BUDGET PAGE A7 ➤ book in the shade at Tooele City Park Monday. Red air quality alerts are for no yellow or red days so far rare in Tooele County, unlike the Wasatch Front. this summer. He added Tooele SEE AIR PAGE A6 ➤ Grantsville City Budget 2008-09 Garbage $406,000 Mom pleads guilty to child abuse homicide RDA Other Park $539,000 child abuse homicide — a second- Center, where he later died. $783,000 $226,000 Prosecutor says infant Police Dept. degree felony. Emelyantsev originally told police City Court $1.2 million adopted from Russia was Kimberly Emelyantsev, 33, made a the child had fallen off a chair in the $251,000 General Fund dropped more than once 911 call on March 6 to report that her family’s living room when she had left $4.4 million Executive & son Nikolai — a child with Down syn- the room for a few minutes to change Sewer Central Staff Class C Roads drome who she had recently adopted another child’s diaper. She was arrested $3.1 million $741,000 Agencies by Jamie Belnap from Russia — was experiencing breath- March 10 after physicians at Primary $700,000 Highways STAFF WRITER ing problems. Tooele City police officers Children’s Medical Center advised police Fire Dept. $236,000 who responded to the scene noted dis- that Nikolai had sustained injuries that $460,000 A Tooele mom originally charged coloration and bruising to the child’s were a result of blunt-force trauma Water $1.7 million with the murder of her 14-month-old face. The child was taken to Mountain to the head and could not have been adopted son pled guilty Friday in 3rd West Medical Center and then trans- graph / John Hamilton District Court to amended charges of ported to Primary Children’s Medical SEE PLEADS PAGE A3 ➤ OPEN FORUM A4 HOMETOWN B1 INSIDE OBITUARY A7 BULLETIN BOARD A8 TV LISTINGS B3 CLASSIFIEDS B5 Tooele’s first farmer’s Miss G-ville crowned SPORTS A10 ANNOUNCEMENTS B10 market opens with at early pageant one merchant See A6 WEATHER See B1 Sunny skies. Highs in the lower 90s. Complete Forecast: A9 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY June 24, 2008 Incentive plan approved for school district employees by Tim Gillie or other pre-approved devel- Wondering STAFF WRITER opment opportunity. The third area requires A new performance-based the staff member to set and about the incentive pay plan has been achieve two goals relating to approved for Tooele County improving student achieve- Weather? School District employees that ment, and one goal that is part emphasizes overall profes- of their school’s improvement sionalism, professional devel- plan. The employee must meet opment and goal-setting. with their supervisor and dis- The plan is the offshoot of cuss the goals in advance. Don’t worry, it’s still a one-time $20 million alloca- Employees who success- inside — bigger and tion by the state Legislature fully meet the requirements better than ever. for school districts to develop in all three areas will receive Check out page A9 for performance-based pay incen- a bonus. The amount of the tive plans for employees. Each bonus will depend on how expanded, up-to-date district that wants to apply to much money the school dis- weather information with receive a portion of the allo- trict receives. The bonus all-local forecasts and cated money must develop should be at least $200, and if criteria for its own incentive enough funding is available it meteorological data. plan and have it to the Utah may reach as much as 1 per- State Office of Education by cent of an employee’s salary.