www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY GHS alums reflect on pranks, school fire at homecoming. See B1 TOOELETRANSCRIPT BULLETIN October 18, 2005 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 112 NO. 42 50 cents I See You Mom on mission for more nurses Senator signs on to school health plan by Jesse Fruhwirth lar heartbeat and headaches. STAFF WRITER Tuck said that a nurse who A political effort led by a would help medicate students Tooele mother to hire a full-time would help children with routine school nurse for every school and emergency health needs. in Utah has been added to the “She’s not old enough to baby- legislative agenda. Utah has the sit, much less medicate herself ... lowest nurse to student ratio in someone who is licensed by the the nation prompting this mother state ought to be medicating my to say Utah’s schools need better child” while in school, she said. funding from the state. Sen. Ed Mayne (D-West Valley) Paula Tuck has gathered over has signed onto the effort and 2,200 signatures for her “Michaela has started preparations to sub- Petition.” Her petition asks state mit a bill to create a “legislative lawmakers to mandate and fund task force studying school nurs- a full-time nurse in every Utah es.” It is unclear when the task school “even if it means a slight force would be created if the bill increase in our property taxes.” is passed by the Legislature when Michaela is Tuck’s 10-year-old it convenes in January. daughter who, in the panic of a Currently the Tooele’s school severe asthma attack, over-medi- district budgets just over $78,000 cated herself with her albuterol per year for health needs for inhaler and was consequently the county schools. Most of that hospitalized. An overdose of alb- uterol can cause seizures, irregu- SEE NURSES ON A3 G-ville police chief photography / Troy Boman job status OK by law With an air of wisdom, an owl alights on a barn at the historical Jay Reuben Clark Farm in Grantsville. by Mary Ruth Hammond However, some Grantsville resi- CORRESPONDENT dents are extremely unhappy that There are a lot of issues being Johnson can receive retirement pay raised in this year’s mayoral race and still serve as the city’s police Mill projects focus on recycling history in Grantsville. Perhaps one of the chief. In an unsigned letter delivered biggest issues in the 2005 campaign to many Grantsville households and by Alleen Lang past the grist mill, Fitzwater said, is the fact that Police Chief Dan even posted in some businesses CORRESPONDENT “every day I watch this water go Johnson, after serving 20 years as just a few days before last month’s The word recycling congers by” and feels connected to the a policeman, has “officially” retired primary election, it was stated that up images of aluminum cans ancestor who made it possible. but remains at the helm of the city’s “…the (Grantsville) Chief of Police and stacks of newspapers, but “Recycling is the gun barrel police department. and several police officers (are) vio- Jay Fitzwater, a volunteer at vision,” of the site,” he said. “This It is apparently confusing to some lating the federally guaranteed civil the Benson Grist Mill, says the crew, the whole crew should be that Johnson can retire and draw 50 rights of some of the community’s entire 11-acre historic site is a honored for there efforts,” he percent of his earnings through a citizens.” recycling project. said. retirement plan and still receive a The letter did not explain “We are recycling history, recy- Fitzwater, the on-site sawyer, paycheck as the city’s police chief. what “rights” were being violated cling our heritage,” Fitzwater does his part using wood from But it is perfectly legal, according to or “who” was being denied those said, “and we are not stingy with trees cut down from sites like Robert Newman, executive director rights. But the letter continued, how we share it.” the DUP museum and the Tooele of Utah Retirement Systems. “That these charges could even be From restored cabins to weav- County Courthouse to make Furthermore, according to made is an indication of a grave ing rag rugs, the entire crew of boards for floors and doors in Newman, Johnson is not the only situation within the Grantsville City grist mill volunteers is “recycling cabins at the site. Utah police chief or sheriff taking government that is totally unaccept- photography / Alleen Lang “I don’t want a tree to hit the able to us as citizens.” this stuff to recapture our his- Colleen Garrard uses a 42-inch loom purchased from the Baron Mill in advantage of House Bill 272, which tory.” Brigham City to weave rag rugs for floors of the cabins at the Benson allows those in the top echelons of A descendent of Ed Cassity, law enforcement to retire and still Grist Mill. Garrard’s craftmanship is not only a way to recycle old rags, SEE RECYCLING ON A3 SEE JOHNSON ON A8 engineer of the ditch flowing but a way to bring back pioneer traditions to the historic mill. retain their positions at full pay. If quake rocked valley, I See You Too lower elevations would sustain most damage by Mark Watson said. “Earthquakes greater than 5 STAFF WRITER can cause major problems.” Earthquake experts in Utah know Eldredge said the major concern where a major earthquake will most in Utah is the Wasatch Fault along likely occur, they just don’t know the bench of the Wasatch Mountains when it will happen. which runs for about 200 miles. The On Oct. 8, an earthquake measur- Wasatch Fault produces a major ing 7.6 on the Richter Scale struck quake about every 350 years. The Pakistan. The death toll as of today Hansel Valley quake was a result in that area is estimated at more of this active seismic zone which than 54,000. Utah has never experi- extends from Brigham City on the enced an earthquake of that magni- north to Nephi on the south. tude, but back in 1934 a 6.6 quake Tooele Valley would definitely feel hit Hansel Valley north of the Great a major quake along the Wasatch Salt Lake. Range. Records indicate the Hansel “Major earthquakes are random. Valley quake was felt over a 30,000 In Utah it could happen tomorrow square-mile area. or it might not happen for another “Tooele County’s most active 200 years,” said Sandy Eldredge faults are the Oquirrh Fault and of the Utah Geological Survey. “In the Stansbury Fault,” Eldredge said. Utah we get an earthquake of the “The Oquirrh fault showed move- magnitude of 5 or greater every four ment within the last 9,000 years. photography / Mike Call years. The last earthquake over 5 Members of the Grantsville High School drama club were all smiles during the Homecoming parade Friday. The thespians pro- was 5.8 in St. George in 1992,” she SEE QUAKE ON A4 moted their upcoming production while enjoying the trip down Main Street. WEATHER OPEN FORUM A6 HOMETOWN B1 INSIDE Mostly cloudy tonight and OBITUARIES A7 DOINGS B2 Buffs, Cowboys set for key grid Wednesday with a chance of rain. clash Thursday at GHS Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the CROSSWORD A8 TV LISTINGS B4 See A10 upper 60s. Complete Forecast: A2 SPORTS A10 CLASSIFIEDS B6 A2 TUESDAY October 18, 2005 ETCETERA ... New vet loves all creatures great and small News Briefs ValleyLocal WeatherWeather Forecast by Karen Hunt arranging the horses, putting Leaking mustard agent STAFF WRITER sick horses together, deciding Unlike most veterinarians, Dr. which horses to sell and put- Wed 66/46 detected 10/19 Gretchen Glose — a Wisconsin ting them together, monitor- Mustard agent vapor leak- small town girl — loves work- ing which horses were close to ing from two over-packed 155 Sunshine along with some passing clouds. High 66F. Winds SW at 5 ing animals of all sizes. foaling and keeping them close mm projectiles was detected to 10 mph. “Most people want to do to the buildings and so on. last Thursday during routine only one or two species and Some say Glose is the first monitoring operations in a stor- that’s it,” Glose said, “and most woman veterinarian in Tooele age igloo at Deseret Chemical Thu people don’t want to do big ani- — something she doesn’t think Depot. 65/41 10/20 mals at all.” about much. But, a more com- Depot workers in protective But, Tooele’s newest veteri- mon comment is people’s sur- clothing placed the munitions Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid 60s and lows in the low 40s. narian said the chance to work prise at how young she looks. in larger airtight containers for with large farm animals in addi- She says she is in her 20s, but continued storage. tion to pets helped draw her to is definitely old enough to The earth covered storage Tooele Veterinary Clinic. have been through veterinary structure is filtered and no vapor Fri 60/39 10/21 “I liked the town,” said Glose. school. escaped into the environment. “I liked that there were a lot of Times of sun and clouds. Highs in She graduated from veteri- There was no danger to sur- small businesses in Tooele and rounding communities, accord- the low 60s and lows in the upper nary school at the University of 30s. that it was growing some too, ing to a press release.