Lt. Governor Tours Tooele Vaccination Clinic Tooele ‘Exceeding State Goals with the Resources They Have, ‘Says Lt
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Cowboys crush Wildcats See A6 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S THURSDAY January 21, 2021 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 127 No. 68 $1.00 Lt. Governor tours Tooele vaccination clinic Tooele ‘exceeding state goals with the resources they have, ‘says Lt. Governor TIM GILLIE from the National Guard and addition- EDITOR al funding for COVID-19 vaccination Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson toured clinic staffing. Tooele County’s Health Department’s The health department’s parking COVID-19 vaccination clinic on lot was full on Wednesday morning of Wednesday morning. senior citizens showing up for vaccine Henderson’s visit was part of a tour appointments. of all of Utah’s local health depart- The appointment system may have ments to observe vaccine delivery and been a little overwhelmed at first, but listen to local health officials’ needs with 10 people answering phones, and concerns as the vaccination effort on Tuesday the health department in the state ramps up. made over 2,000 appointments for After visiting Tooele County, vaccinations for people 70 and older. Henderson tweeted: “This is only week Appointments were scheduled either 3 of being LG, but these local health by phone or over the internet. department visits are my favorite Those appointments extend into thing about my job so far. This AM was February. TIM GILLIE/TTB PHOTO Tooele health department. They’re “We will continue to take appoint- exceeding state goals with the resourc- ments and once our appointments es they have and we’re working to get reach the limit of our vaccine supply Tooele County residents what they need to ramp up capacity.” we will take names for a waiting list,” over 70 (above) check in Tooele County Health Department Coombs said. at the Health Department Director Jeff Coombs said he shared Right now Tooele County is receiv- on Wednesday morning two obstacles for capacity expansion ing around 600 to 800 doses of COVID- for their COVID-19 vac- with Henderson — bodies and fund- 19 vaccine each week, which is 2.2% cines. Tooele County Health ing. of the state’s supply. The county’s Department (right) Director “Right now we’re pulling people allocation is based on the percentage Jeff Coombs (left) and John away from their jobs that are funded of the state’s population that lives in Contreras, Tooele County epidemiologist (right), dis- by contracts and grants,” said Coombs. the county. cuss the county’s vaccination “We can’t pay them for vaccination The doses available for the health plans with Lt. Gov. Deidre work from those funds. Also as we department’s clinics will increase as Henderson (center). expand the vaccine clinic we will need the health department’s school nurses more people to staff them.” Coombs said the county needs help SEE CLINIC PAGE A8 ® COURTESY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S OFFICE. Crime in the city Theft, assault, alcohol and other drugs lead the list of crimes CEILLY SUTTON STAFF WRITER Top four reported Jeremy Hansen, crimes in 2020 public informa- tion officer at the Tooele City Police 405 Department talks Drug Violations about which types of 719 crime are most com- Assaults mon in the city, what 414 to do if a member of Alcohol Offenses the community sees a crime taking place, IN THE SHADOW OF THE FUTURE TEMPLE and how residents of 905 Thefts the city can prevent crime. Crime, according CLAYTON DUNN/TTB PHOTO to Hansen, is defined Church of Jesus Christ of as “an illegal act for Latter-day Saints missionar- which someone can be pun- “Tooele City Police ies Sisters Jones, Troutman, ished by the government.” Department responded to Cosman and Summers sit in Unfortunately, crime hap- 14,019 calls for service in pens everywhere and Tooele 2020,” said Hansen. “Of that front of the site of the Deseret City is not exempt from it. number, 5,779 calls resulted Peak Utah Temple in Tooele The most common type of in a crime report being com- City on Wednesday afternoon. crime in Tooele City is property pleted. The top four categories crime, according to Hansen, of crime reported were thefts, and the least common is homi- cide. SEE CRIME PAGE A8 ® Grantsville Council votes against Cooley Lane housing development MARK WATSON planned to create 38 build- the preliminary plat in a Code, according to the resolu- so far in my two-plus years as this that I love,” Sparks said. CORRESPONDENT ing lots in the area of Cooley regularly scheduled public tion. a councilmember, this is the “When I look at a neighbor- Grantsville City Council Lane which would include 32 meeting for compliance with Councilmembers Krista hardest thing we have tackled,” hood coming in or a new devel- rejected approval of a resolu- 7,000-square-foot lots and six the requirements of the per- Sparks, Jeff Hutchins and Hutchins said. “I’m against it. opment coming in, I’m always tion for a preliminary plat one-acre lots. Nash indicated tinent Grantsville City code Jewel Allen voted against the There is nothing about it that is looking at the surrounding for the proposed Royal he had worked with the City requirements, and found the resolution while councilmem- good for the community, espe- area and if its’ congruent with Subdivision located at 265 on the development for about proposed preliminary plat had bers Darrin Rowberry and cially the neighbors there.” what we have there.” North Cooley Lane with a 3-2 one year. met or can meet the require- Scott Stice voted to approve He said neighbors in the A dilemma for councilmem- vote at its meeting Wednesday. Grantsville Planning & ments of the City’s Land Use the resolution. area had voiced their concerns. Developer Adam Nash Zoning Commission reviewed Management and Development “In everything I have done “There is nothing about SEE DEVELOPMENT PAGE A8 ® BULLETIN BOARD B5 CLASSIFIEDS B7 Homes rise in OBITUARIES A5 CORONAVIRUS TRACKER empty field SPORTS A6 See A3 Data as of January 20, 2021. Source: Utah Department of Health TOOELE COUNTY- Known Cases: 5,592 UTAH- Known Cases: 328,320 Hospitalizations: 162 • Deaths: 17 Hospitalizations: 12,729 • Deaths: 1,517 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THURSDAY January 21, 2021 Tooele City Arts Council plugging local musicians online Arts council will put selections from local artists on their YouTube and Facebook pages CEILLY SUTTON their Facebook and YouTube Tippets. “We really would like and the CD has generated STAFF WRITER channels to grow their online to start doing more virtual 1,273 plays on SoundCloud Local musicians are getting following and help advertise things and it would be a good since it’s release on Dec. 15, a boost from the Tooele City the CD. idea to get a YouTube chan- according to Boekweg. Arts Council. Currently, there are two nel. We thought it would be “I think overall the public’s The Tooele City Arts songs from the CD posted, a good way to promote local reaction has been really posi- Council has partnered with one from the band Some Fish artists and help promote our tive,” said Boekweg. “We saw two local musicians to pro- and one from the band Broad YouTube channel.” people making comments mote a free CD of Tooele Daylight. Boekweg was excited that on SoundCloud saying they County musicians. For the next 16 weeks, the the city was interested in pro- enjoyed what they’ve heard. With several events that Tooele City Arts Council will moting the CD. I’ve gotten comments from usually feature local musi- post songs from the CD on “It was cool to see the city, people who have picked up cians canceled due to COVID- their YouTube and Facebook just like us, wanted to do the CD and they’ve enjoyed 19, Chance Boekweg and his pages. something for local musicians it and it was really diverse. friend, Chris Toohey, who Holly Tippets, from the and provide access to that to They didn’t think that Tooele owns 7th Street Studios in Tooele City Arts Council, said people who live in Tooele,” County had such diversity Tooele, decided to create a highlighting the musicians on Boekweg said. in it’s musical talent. So, it’s compilation CD featuring their YouTube channel would The CD is composed of dif- been really good.” local artists to allow for their be a good way to promote the ferent genres of music. It was Boekweg and Toohey said music to be heard during the Arts Council and the musi- put on SoundCloud for public that releasing the CD was a pandemic. cians at the same time. access. good experience. Sixteen local musicians and “The council thought with For those who don’t have They plan to make another bands are featured on the CD, the current situation with access to SoundCloud, or CD if the pandemic contin- called Local Leaves, includ- COVID and not being able to would rather listen to a physi- ues. ing Some Fish, High Strung, hold our regular events, we cal copy of the music the CD “I think it’s been a posi- beginning was that people to say that we would even Broad Daylight, Jamie Gael, thought maybe it would be is available, for free, at the tive thing for everyone who on both ends could enjoy it, limit it to the musicians who and Cloe Bullough a fun way to highlight local Transcript Bulletin and the contributed music to the whether they were providing made it this year. We are will- Boekweg and Toohey have artists and the community,” Tooele City Library. CD,” said Boekweg. “It’s good music or listening to music.