Crime Jumps 25 Percent in County
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FRFRONTONT PAGE A1 www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY Erda Days celebrates with community fun See A12 TOOELETRANSCRIPT BEST Papernon-daily inUtah Utah Press BULLETIN ASSOCIATION July 21, 2009 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 116 NO. 15 50¢ Crime jumps 25 percent iny count Police say hard economic times are driving a surge in property crimes by the Tooele County Sheriff’s by Jamie Belnap Office, and police from Tooele, STAFF WRITER Grantsville and Stockton was 1,784 in 2008 compared to 1,423 The overall number of crimes reported cases in 2007. committed in Tooele County Overall, property crimes jumped 25 percent last year, increased by 25 percent, with bucking the trend of a state- burglary and larceny seeing the wide decrease, according to the biggest jumps. Violent crime Crime in Utah 2008 preliminary increased 15 percent, with aggra- report complied by the Utah vated assault and robbery seeing Department of Public Safety. the largest increases. This is the second year in a row Tooele City, the scene of most crime in the county has increased crimes in the county, reported photography / Maegan Burr following several years of slight 1,150 total crimes. Tooele County Tooele County School District Superintendent Terry Linares speaks at an emergency school board meeting Monday night to decide what to do with Grantsville decreases or little change. reported 444 total crimes. Elementary students this school year after a fire damaged much of the school on July 13. The board adopted a plan that would send half the students to Willow The total number of report- Elementary and the other half to Grantsville Junior High School. ed crimes for areas patrolled SEE CRIME PAGE A6 ➤ 81 10.0 TOOELE COUNTY35.00 CRIME15.00 RATES 70.0 64 Violent Crime 30 13 7.5 15% 26.25 27 11.25 52.5 56 After-fire plan set for G-ville 26 11 2008 23 47 43 5.0 17.50 7.50 35.0 7 7 15 6 2.5 8.75 3.75 17.5 Elementary School students 2 2 0 0 1 0.0 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 0.00 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 0.00 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 0.0 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 District still weighing up whether to repair damage or build a new school Homicide Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault by Tim Gillie Junior High. Rebuilding will take a year while build- 30.0 340 1200 1,242 100 Property Crime 98 STAFF WRITER The July 13 fire, which started in the ing a new school would take two years. The 317 25% 87 faculty break room, damaged the building district is still waiting for cost estimates and 2008 983 83 82 22.5 255 900 964 75 251 896 902 75 In an emergency meeting held Monday worse than initially believed. It will be at information from its insurance company 21 245 night, the Tooele County School Board least a year before the building can be used before making a decision on how to pro- 220 215 15.0 170 600 50 approved a plan to relocate 750 Grantsville again, according to Terry Linares, Tooele ceed, Linares said. 15 15 Elementary School students following a fire County School District superintendent. In the meantime, the district administra- 11 last week that damaged the school. “There was a lot of damage done to tion, in consultation with teachers, admin- 7.5 85 300 25 The plan adopted by the board last night the building,” Linares said. “The board will istrators, and board members, examined 3 will send Grantsville Elementary’s third and have to determine at a future date if we several options. 0.0 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 0 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 0 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 0 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 fourth grades to Willow Elementary, while will rebuild only the damaged parts of the Arson Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft fifth and sixth grades will go to Grantsville school or build a new school.” SEE STUDENTS PAGE A5 ➤ Source: Utah Department of Public Safety graph / John Hamilton Star gazers Grantsville trailer park honor historic lunar landing pioneering bin recycling by Emma Penrod by Sarah Miley Residents separate the type sorted and Moyle just picks up CORRESPONDENT STAFF WRITER of material — cans, cardboard, the bins. plastic, etc. — and place into “I gave them the opportunity Forty years ago, man first set foot on the A mobile home park in the proper recycling container. moon. Monday night, a crowd gathered Grantsville is setting a green That way, the recycling is already SEE RECYCLING PAGE A3 ➤ to mark the historic occasion with a star example for the rest of the county party at the Stansbury Park Observatory. due to a grassroots recycling pro- And though neither Stansbury’s notori- gram put in place by the park’s SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE ous mosquitos nor the moon itself coop- UV INDEX owner. erated, participants seemed happy to Nelson Moyle, a Salt Lake The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Wednesday 6:17 a.m. 8:54 p.m. spend an evening with their eyes on the 9 9 8 9 9 9 8 City resident, has owned Rocky Thursday 6:18 a.m. 8:53 p.m. heavens. Mountain Mobile Home Park Friday 6:19 a.m. 8:52 p.m. Saturday 6:20 a.m. 8:51 p.m. The party was hosted by the Salt Lake on Durfee Street for 10 years. Sunday 6:21 a.m. 8:50 p.m. Astronomical Society, a group of about He started putting out several Monday 6:22 a.m. 8:49 p.m. 200 amateur astronomers. It was attend- Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue plastic garbage bins for his 10 Tuesday 6:23 a.m. 8:48 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set ed by about 70 avid astronomers from number, the greater the need for eye and skin tenants and their families to col- Wednesday 6:55 a.m. 9:26 p.m. the Salt Lake club, as well as many locals protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 lectively use for recycling about Thursday 8:15 a.m. 9:57 p.m. Very High; 11+ Extreme Friday 9:32 a.m. 10:24 p.m. looking to glimpse the moon, planets, or four months ago. Saturday 10:45 a.m. 10:50 p.m. stars on the historic date. ALMANAC “I put little recycle signs on Sunday 11:56 a.m. 11:16 p.m. Statistics for the week ending July 20. Sunshine and very Intervals of clouds Partly“We’re sunny hereand very to share the skies with them and asked them to do their Monday 1:05 p.m. 11:43 p.m. Sunshine Sunny and very warm Mostly sunny Partly sunny Temperatures Tuesday 2:12 p.m. none warm and sun everyone,”warm said Salt Lake Astronomical best to recycle, and I’d make sure High/Low past week 99/56 New First Full Last Society President Dave Bernson. Normal high/low past week 91/63 it gets to the recycling [facility],” 95 67 96 66 97 66 Unfortunately,95 66 last 94night’s65 most obvi-92 64 91 64 Average temp past week 80.4 Moyle said. ous viewing target, the moon, was not Normal average temp past week 77.0 On his weekly visits to TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low July 21 July 28 Aug 5 Aug 13 particularly visible. Instead, early in the Grantsville to manage the prop- Shown is Wednesday’s photography / Maegan99 99 Burr weather. Temperatures are evening, many of the available telescopes 95 98 93 erty, Moyle takes the full recy- Forecasts and graphics provided by 89 photography / Maegan Burr Wednesday night’s lows and Steve Fisher, Siegfried Jachmann81 and Craig Blanchard (l-r) AccuWeather, Inc. ©2009 focused on Saturn, partially because it cling bins with him in the back Wednesday’s highs. talk amongst themselves Monday night at the Stansbury Park of his pickup truck and replaces Rocky Mountain Mobile Home Park manager Jack Wilson and Nelson Moyle, owner SEE GAZERS PAGE A5 ➤ Observatory star party. The party was held 68to commemorate72 72 76 the69 them with empty bins. of the trailer park, load bins of cans and cardboard into Moyle’s truck in Grantsville UTAH WEATHER 40th anniversary of the moon landing.56 59 Monday afternoon. Moyle transports the material into Salt Lake City for recycling. Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan Grouse 93/51 Wendover Precipitation (in inches) INSIDE Creek 98/71 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point 95/58 BULLETIN99/72 BOARD97/71 A8 97/68 11.28 11.64 Ogden CLASSIFIEDS B5 Stansbury Park 94/66 Erda 97/68 Miss Tooele County Pioneer history told Vernal Grantsville 96/69 Pine Canyon during pageant Salt Lake City 91/55 HOMETOWN B1 97/68 86/60 0.03 0.21 0.45 0.55 crowned Tooele 97/68 Bauer 95/67 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal See B1 OBITUARIES A7 See 93/66 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D See A6 Provo Roosevelt 95/67 93/57 94/59 OPEN FORUM A4 Complete Stockton Pollen Index Price 93/66 94/61 High Nephi SPORTS A10 Forecast Rush Valley 93/61 92/65 Ophir Moderate on A9 85/59 Low Delta Manti Absent 98/65 92/60 Green River Tu W Th F Sa Su M 98/66 Dugway Source: Intermountain Allergy & Asthma Richfield Gold Hill 95/66 94/62 Moab 95/61 RIVERS AND LAKES Hanksville 98/66 Beaver 99/64 Vernon In feet as of 7 a.m.