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Easter Coloring 2020 Book inside! EasterCOLORING TOOELE BOOK ENTER BY SUNDAY • APRIL 12! 2 WAYS TO ENTER: RANSCRIPT 1. Drop off at business OR 2. Take photo of page & email to: T [email protected] *All entries for doctor clinics must be emailed. S For Children 12 & Under T C SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT BULLETIN S THURSDAY March 19, 2020 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 126 No. 84 $1.00 County declares local emergency TIM GILLIE work underway. It is a drain EDITOR on our resources and this will The Tooele County provide a tool box to access Commission has issued an resources now and in the emergency declaration in future.” response to the COVID-19 pan- The declaration activates demic. the county’s Emergency County Commission chair- Operations Plan and man Tom Tripp read a two- Emergency Operations Center. page declaration of local It also contains links to online emergency during the County copies of health advisories. Commission’s meeting Tuesday Using links will allow the night. county to keep citizens updat- Tripp described the declara- ed with the latest information tion as the “opening of a tool and recommendations for box.” local, state and national public Jeff Coombs, executive health sources, according to director of the Tooele County Tripp. Health Department, said the Included in the health advi- declaration would help with sories is the March 17 state providing resources to deal public health order that all with the COVID-19 outbreak. food service establishments, “It’s not a matter of we are restaurants, self-serve buffets, TIM GILLIE/TTB PHOTO in a dire panic,” he said. “It is Tooele County Commissioners Shawn Milne, Tom Tripp, and Kendall Thomas at their meeting on Tuesday night. The commissioners issued a declaration in preparation to continue the SEE EMERGENCY PAGE A7 ® of local emergency during their meeting.. State order closes local restaurants dine-in service CEILLY SUTTON Herbert said on a Facebook STAFF WRITER post. “We have not made this CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTO Local food service estab- decision lightly. I know this lishments are responding to will disrupt lives and cost jobs, restrictions by a state public and for that I’m very sorry. health order that closed all Still, I’m convinced this will dine-in service as of midnight save many lives, and I’m also Wednesday. convinced that Utahns will step Announced by Gov. Gary up to help each other, and we Herbert, the order allows curb- will get through this together.” side, drive-thru, pick up, and This closure has affected delivery services to continue. many restaurants in Tooele Herbert said the order is County. intended to limit the spread of Angelou Geovijian, owner the novel coronavirus in public of American Burgers in Tooele, areas. Grantsville and Herriman, said “With the increasing num- that he has had to cut employ- ber of COVID-19 cases in our ees’ hours but has not let any- communities, we must take one go. quick action to adjust and “Business has been slow- CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTO adapt in our daily lives to limit the spread of the virus,” SEE RESTAURANTS PAGE A7 ® Wednesday morning’s earth- quake dumped items on the floor at Soelberg’s Market in Stansbury Park (left). The earthquake left cracks at the base (above bottom) and in a supporting beam (above top) at the current Tooele City Candidates file for Police Station. local offices COURTESY SOELBERG’S MARKET The filing period for can- County Council District #4: Earthquake rumbles Tooele Valley didates for the 2019 election Jared Hamner, Republican ended at 5:30 p.m. today. County Assessor: Jake As of press time the follow- Parkinson, Republican CEILLY SUTTON “We have a group of people that are According to Whitehouse, Tooele ing people were listed on the County Recorder/Surveyor: STAFF WRITER trained to do rumor control,” he said. County officials are prepared for future Tooele County Clerk’s website Jerry Houghton, Republican A 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook “The biggest concern yesterday was earthquakes and encourages the public as filed to run for local offices. County Treasurer: Michael J. Tooele Valley on Wednesday morning that a 9.0 earthquake was coming soon. to prepare. They include: Jensen, Republican followed by dozens of aftershocks. This was misinformation. It is not pos- “We actually have an electronic app Utah House District #21: School Board District #1: According to a press release from sible for the seismologists to predict the called Tooele Ready,” Whitehouse said. Doug Sagers, Republican Sandy Critchlow, nonpartisan; the University of Utah, the earthquake magnitude of earthquakes, especially “It is a free app you can get from the Utah House District #68: Albert G. Bottema, nonpartisan; occurred at 7:09 a.m. with the epicen- during such a precise time limit.” app store. In the past number of years, Amiee O. Finster, Democratic; Robert (Bob) Gowans, nonpar- ter below Magna, Utah. Whitehouse said that damage we have had paper copies available of Kirk D. Pearson, Constitution; tisan The initial earthquake was also felt throughout the county was minimal. So what people can do to get ready for an Merrill Nelson, Republican School Board District #2: in Southern Idaho, Wyoming and south far, only eight structures in the county earthquake. Well, two years ago, we Tooele County Council Julia Holt, nonpartisan into Millard County. have reportedly been damaged, while made that into an app, which people District #1: Shawn Milne, School Board District #3: This was the largest earthquake in crews continue to look for more struc- can view on their phone.” Republican: Scott Wardle, Scott Bryan, nonpartisan Utah since 1992. tural and/or cosmetic damange. The Tooele Ready app goes through Republican; Sarah Patino, School Board District #4: After the initial earthquake, rumors But Whitehouse said several hun- a list of what individuals can do Republican ValaRee (Allen) Shields, non- of a larger destructive quake spread dred homes temporarily lost power to be prepared for an emergency, County Council District #3: partisan; Maresa Manzione, fast, according to Bucky Whitehouse, after the quake hit. Power was restored Whitehouse said. Jeff Saunders, Democratic; Tye nonpartisan emergency management director for at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. Also, no Hoffman, Republican Tooele County. injuries were reported, he said. SEE EARTHQUAKE PAGE A7 ® INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B7 CLASSIFIEDS B8 Hospital Stansbury Fairies inspire HOMETOWN B1 prepares for Observatory local author OBITUARIES A6 COVID-19 turns 43 See B1 SPORTS B2 See A2 See A3 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THURSDAY March 19, 2020 Utah Motorsports Campus suspends ON-LINE SCHOOL RECESS operations for 2 weeks due to virus — WOW Karting, WinterX and UMC Racetrack to reassess situation in 14 days Kart Championship — over the next two weeks will have their registration Utah Motorsports Campus will employees is always our primary con- fees refunded or credited. suspend operations for two weeks, cern, and we will do whatever it takes “We would like to encourage every- effective immediately, to minimize the to ensure everyone stays safe and one to follow all published guidelines risk of the COVID-19 to guests and healthy,” he said. “We will reassess and stay safe, and we would like to employees, a UMC official says. the situation in 14 days and proceed thank all the governmental officials “As an outdoor venue, we feel our appropriately from that point.” and medical professionals who are risk is much lower than other venues, Cancelled events include WOW working hard on our behalf,” Hunt but out of an over-abundance of cau- Karting, WinterX Round 6 and Round said. tion, we are following the guidelines 1 of the UMC Karting Championship For event or ticket information, or put forth by national and local govern- on March 20-21, Round 1 of the NASA for questions regarding UMC, call 435- mental agencies and suspending our Utah Region Championship on March 277-8000 or visit the track’s website at operations for two weeks,” said Dixon 28-29, and Salt City Drift on April 4. UtahMotorsportsCampus.com. Hunt, UMC senior vice president. All guests who have prepaid for “The safety of our guests and participation in UMC-operated events County Commission holds off RV park ordinance for a fifth reading commissioners changed that recom- ‘I really struggle with this. I can’t support it,” Thomas says mendation to read, “at the discretion of the property owner and/or their TIM GILLIE an RV. I want to develop a high-end designee, 40% of the individual spaces SUE BUTTERFIELD/TTB PHOTO EDITOR park with modern motor coaches with within a recreational coach park may Six-grader Max Kooynan does a “cool skateboard flip” Wednesday after- The Tooele County Commission landscaping, clubhouses and the kind be allowed occupancy up to 12 months noon at the park. held off approving a proposed ordi- of thing the traveling public expects.” for individuals in need of temporary nance change for recreational coach To accomplish that, Robinson said a housing.” parks after a discussion about trailer successful RV park will need the abil- County commissioner Shawn Milne parks during its meeting Tuesday night ity to have RC stays for longer than 30 expressed concern over the location of at the County Building. days at certain times of the year. RV parks. He said he wasn’t too excit- County commissioner Kendall “We need to rent longer during ed about a trailer park at the gateway Thomas said he could not vote for the off season and revert back to shorter to the county right off of Interstate 80. Tooele City Council ordinance change as proposed. duration at times of higher demand,” “The locale is important here,” he “I’m not sure about changing the he said.