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FRONT PAGE A1 www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY Cowboys open season Tuesday See A10 TOOELETRANSCRIPT BULLETIN November 20, 2007 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 114 NO. 52 50¢ County crime stats showing slight downward turn by Suzanne Ashe in 2004. in a row, was up significantly Crime in Tooele County Motor STAFF WRITER Two homicides were report- from the previous two years. Aggravated Larceny Vehicle ed in Tooele County, the same An estimated 1,417,745 vio- Homicide Rape Robbery Assault Burglary (Theft) Theft Arson Total The number of violent and as 2005. However, reported rob- lent crimes occurred nation- 2006 property crimes in Tooele beries and aggravated assault wide in 2006 — about 473.5 2 28 7 57 226 941 90 15 1366 County fell for a second straight both fell to their second-lowest violent crimes per 100,000 2005 year last year, according to the levels in five years. There were inhabitants. Between 2005 and 2 15 7 48 231 993 78 15 1389 Crime in Utah 2006 preliminary 941 reports of larceny-theft 2006, violent crime increased 2004 0 28 14 65 270 950 92 3 1422 report compiled by the Utah (including identity theft), down 1.9 percent. Department of Public Safety. from the previous year’s 993 According to a report 2003 0 13 9 74 254 852 80 2 1284 The total number of report- cases. from the Federal Bureau of ed crimes in 2006 was 1,366 The news was not all good Investigations, the five-year 2002 0 22 12 87 254 707 91 13 1186 — down 3.9 percent from a however. The number of arson high point of 1,422 incidents cases, 15 for the past two years SEE CRIME PAGE A6 ➤ Source: Utah Department of Public Safety, graph / John Hamilton Health complex VANDALS HURT SKATERS six months behind schedule Dearth of available contractors has made construction drag on by Doug Radunich STAFF WRITER It was originally supposed to open in June of this year, but the new $5.5 million Tooele County Health Department complex now isn’t likely to be fully functional and occupied until January 2008, according to Tooele County Health Department Director Myron Bateman. Construction delays and architectural revi- sions are to blame for the building being behind schedule, Bateman said. “It’s hard to get contractors right now to work because of the current building boom,” he said. “There’s so much other work going on in the area for them. We have also made a few changes in our building plans.” The project consists of construction of a new 29,658-square-foot, two-story building, as well as remodeling 7,000 square feet of the existing health department building next door, accord- ing to Centerville-based Ascent Construction, which is managing the project. Work began in July 2006. Bateman said it’s more the new construction, not the remodeling, that’s responsible for the delay. “The remodeling has been coming along well, but the construction, especially the concrete photography / Troy Boman The Stansbury skate park was first closed at dusk after it was vandalized with graffiti, but will now be closed around the clock after a second graffiti attack recently. SEE HEALTH PAGE A6 ➤ See story on A3. County schools Tripp earns a piece to get massive of Nobel Peace Prize tech upgrades US Magnesium manager honored for his work on climate change by Tim Gillie STAFF WRITER by Tim Gillie award was shared in equal STAFF WRITER parts between Gore and the Tooele County School District is about Intergovernmental Panel on to infuse classrooms districtwide with On the surface, Al Gore Climate Change (IPCC). $1.1 million worth of new technology and Tom Tripp would seem Tripp is an active, working courtesy of the state legislature. to have little in common. member of the IPCC. The legislature in 2007 made a one- Former Vice President Gore Five days after the Nobel time allocation of $50 million statewide has become the nation’s most announcement, Tripp specifically for instructional technology famous green crusader and opened up his e-mail at work that enhances and facilitates learning for an Oscar-winning filmmaker and read a message forward- students. A technology committee com- for his global-warming doc- ed to him by Dr. Rajendra posed of Tooele County School District umentary “An Inconvenient K. Pachauri, of India, chair- personnel, administrators and teachers Truth.” Tripp is a metallur- man of the IPCC. It read, “I has developed a plan for spending the photography / Troy Boman gical engineer and techni- am delighted that the enor- county’s share of that funding. Brian Mulvey teaches math to eighth-grade students at Grantsville Jr. High School Monday. Mulvey cal services manager for US mous teamwork of the IPCC The plan includes 14 “21st century uses an interactive whiteboard that saves anything written on the board to his computer and allows Magnesium — once labeled has earned recognition with classrooms,” 60 instructional centers, him to distribute lessons in a digital format. by the EPA as the No. 1 pol- the Nobel Peace Prize. This wireless infrastructure, and training for luter in America. makes you and your col- teachers, according to Jim Langston, the lab of 30 laptops for students to use. display it in real-time on the board, and But the two men now share leagues Nobel laureates.” district’s education technology coordina- The instructional centers include store the image on the lap-top. In sci- at least one thing: the 2007 Tripp said it would be tor. an overhead LCD projector, document ence classes, the document camera can Nobel Peace Prize. mathematically difficult to A 21st century classroom includes a camera, teacher laptop, and interactive be connected to a microscope, explained When the Norwegian Nobel calculate his percentage of ceiling-mounted LCD projector, teacher whiteboard. Langston. Committee announced this the prize. laptop, audio sound package, integrated The document camera is a digital cam- The technology committee will decide year’s Peace Prize on Oct. “I was only one person in student response system, document cam- era mounted on an arm. It can capture 12, they included in the era, interactive whiteboard, and a mobile the image of anything placed under it, SEE UPGRADES PAGE A9 ➤ announcement that the SEE TRIPP PAGE A5 ➤ WEATHER OPEN FORUM A4 SPORTS A10 INSIDE A few clouds will linger through OBITUARIES A6 HOMETOWN B1 Local poet brings county Wednesday with highs in the TV LISTINGS B2 BULLETIN BOARD A8 history to life in new book. upper 30s to low 40s. See B1 Complete Forecast: A2 ANNOUNCEMENTS B3 CLASSIFIEDS B4 A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY November 20, 2007 Utah & The West Valley Weather Forecast Utah experiences record population increase Local Weather by Brock Vergakis ASSOCIATED PRESS Tue 37/22 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After working 11/20 for two years at an investment bank in New York, Hannah Huegel was ready to trade Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper Manhattan for the mountains. 30s and lows in the low 20s. She chose Utah, joining tens of thousands of others from across the country who con- tributed to the largest population increase in state history. Between July 2006 and July 2007, Utah’s Wed population grew by 84,425 to nearly 2.7 mil- 37/21 lion, according to figures released by the 11/21 state’s population estimates committee. Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper Transplants made up about half the growth. “I grew up out here and I was sick of the 30s and lows in the low 20s. East Coast and wanted to be closer to Idaho, but not in Idaho. And Salt Lake is much cooler,” said Huegel, who spent her youth in Idaho Falls, before moving to the Northeast for high school and college. Thu Much of Utah’s growth is the result of a 38/24 strong economy. The state has one of the 11/22 nation’s lowest unemployment rates, and Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper employers often struggle to find enough 30s and lows in the mid 20s. workers. Huegel, 25, landed a job as a paralegal at ©2005 American Profile Hometown Content the Nature Conservancy in Salt Lake City. Service “What it comes down to is I can have a real job and also enjoy myself. Plus, I have family photography / Troy Boman Temps / Precipitation out here, which is nice,” she said. Erda, show from above in this 2004 file photo, is one of many small Utah towns experiencing rapid growth. State officials are hoping they can per- Date High Low (prec./inches) suade other educated workers to move to highlight the need for planning throughout of numbers provided by the Internal Revenue cant portion of the surplus to go to roads. Nov. 15 50 26 0 the state, too. Utah has a shortage of engi- the state for education, transportation and Service, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Highways are congested with commuters, Nov. 16 61 31 0 neers and teachers. An Ogden-area company taking steps necessary to preserve our qual- day Saints, school districts and other sources. particularly along the Wasatch Front. Nov. 17 63 44 0 recently decided to open a plant in Idaho ity of life,” he said. Utah’s stronger-than-expected economy Huegel lives downtown and walks to work Nov. 18 70 42 0 because it said it couldn’t find enough work- Salt Lake County’s population has cracked will give state lawmakers as much as $406 to avoid the traffic she saw in New York Ned Bevan, Tooele’s weather observer ers in Utah.